Details of Award
NERC Reference : NER/M/S/2002/00095
Tracking oceanic productivity during mid-Cretaceous oceanic anoxic events using species-specific geochemical analysis of coccoliths.
Grant Award
- Principal Investigator:
- Dr DR Grocke, Royal Holloway, Univ of London, Earth Sciences
- Grant held at:
- Royal Holloway, Univ of London, Earth Sciences
- Science Area:
- Marine
- Earth
- Overall Classification:
- Earth
- ENRIs:
- Global Change
- Biodiversity
- Science Topics:
- Palaeobiology
- Ocean Circulation
- Biogeochemical Cycles
- Population Ecology
- Abstract:
- The importance of oceanic anoxic events in forming the global distribution of black shales has become a topic of intense palaeoceanographic research in the past decade, but their cause remains enigmatic: Are OAEs the result of an increase in global oceanic productivity and/or organic carbon preservation potential? OAEs are hence important in regulating the short- and long-term carbon cycle, and subsequently CO2 levels in the oceans and atmosphere. A new proxy has been developed using the geochemical analysis of species-specific coccolith assemblages, which provides the most exciting and potentially successful new proxy in reconstructing changes in palaeoproductivity. This study will provide a unique insight into productivity and/or preservation changes in the mid-Cretaceous oceans, a period dominated by OAEs and their subsequent role in the global carbon cycle.
- NERC Reference:
- NER/M/S/2002/00095
- Grant Stage:
- Completed
- Scheme:
- New Investigators Pre FEC
- Grant Status:
- Closed
- Programme:
- New Investigators
This grant award has a total value of £50,778
FDAB - Financial Details (Award breakdown by headings)
| Total - T&S | Total - Staff | Total - Other Costs | Total - Equipment | Total - Indirect Costs |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| £3,123 | £10,126 | £12,064 | £20,807 | £4,658 |
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