Details of Award
NERC Reference : NER/M/S/2001/00094
Evolution of sedimentary basins in southern McMurdo Sound: implications for Antarctic tectonic and climatic history.
Grant Award
- Principal Investigator:
- Dr G Wilson, University of Oxford, Earth Sciences
- Grant held at:
- University of Oxford, Earth Sciences
- Science Area:
- Earth
- Overall Classification:
- Earth
- ENRIs:
- Natural Resource Management
- Global Change
- Environmental Risks and Hazards
- Science Topics:
- Earth Surface Processes
- Tectonic Processes
- Palaeoenvironments
- Glacial & Cryospheric Systems
- Abstract:
- Recent geological drilling, glacial geology and geophysical investigations demonstrate that understanding the evolution of sedimentary basins beneath the Ross Ice Shelf is key to deciphering the evolution of the West Antarctic Rift, uplift of the Transantarctic Mountains (TAM), and Cenozoic Antarctic ice sheet history. Magnetic, gravity and seismic reflection surveys are proposed to determine the extent and internal stratigraphic 'architecture' of these basins. It has been proposed that these basins formed in response to West Antarctic rift development and hence, that they should reveal the mechanism of uplift of the TAM. The proposed study is collaborative with New Zealand scientists who have expertise in seismic data acquisition from floating ice shelves. Antarctic field logistical support has already been approved under the New Zealand Antarctic Programme.
- NERC Reference:
- NER/M/S/2001/00094
- Grant Stage:
- Completed
- Scheme:
- New Investigators Pre FEC
- Grant Status:
- Closed
- Programme:
- New Investigators
This grant award has a total value of £51,452
FDAB - Financial Details (Award breakdown by headings)
| Total - T&S | Total - Staff | Total - Other Costs | Total - Equipment | Total - Indirect Costs |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| £13,448 | £10,520 | £12,074 | £10,572 | £4,839 |
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