Details of Award
NERC Reference : NER/M/S/2003/00083
Response of ENSO and the tropical Pacific Ocean to past periods of abrupt climate change reconstructed by giant long-lived bivalves.
Grant Award
- Principal Investigator:
- Dr MMM Elliot, University of Edinburgh, Sch of Geosciences
- Grant held at:
- University of Edinburgh, Sch of Geosciences
- Science Area:
- Marine
- Earth
- Atmospheric
- Overall Classification:
- Earth
- ENRIs:
- Global Change
- Environmental Risks and Hazards
- Science Topics:
- Ocean - Atmosphere Interact.
- Palaeoenvironments
- Climate & Climate Change
- Abstract:
- This project aims to quantify past changes of the mean temperature and salinity of the Western Tropical Pacific Warm Pool and the variability of El Nino events in the context of a rapidly changing climate. I will develop a novel approach using seasonally resolved paleoclimate records derived from giant long-lived marine bivalves, Tidacna spp., collected in Papua New Guinea's tectonically uplifted marine terraces of the last Glacial. A number of well-identified reefs were formed when sea level rose rapidly due to episodic collapses of the Northern Hemisphere ice sheets (the Heinrich events) and when the global thermohaline circulation was perturbed. Results from these archives will give unique and unprecedented information of this key area during periods of unstable climate and will contribute to a better understanding of the mechanisms of rapid climate change.
- NERC Reference:
- NER/M/S/2003/00083
- Grant Stage:
- Completed
- Scheme:
- New Investigators Pre FEC
- Grant Status:
- Closed
- Programme:
- New Investigators
This grant award has a total value of £42,859
FDAB - Financial Details (Award breakdown by headings)
| Total - T&S | Total - Other Costs | Total - Equipment |
|---|---|---|
| £9,046 | £17,778 | £16,036 |
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