Details of Award
NERC Reference : NER/T/S/2000/01010
Geophysical methodologies for the characterisation of gas hydrate core
Grant Award
- Principal Investigator:
- Professor MA Lovell, University of Leicester, Geology
- Co-Investigator:
- Dr PD Jackson, British Geological Survey, Coastal Geosc & Global Change Impacts
- Grant held at:
- University of Leicester, Geology
- Science Area:
- Earth
- Overall Classification:
- Earth
- ENRIs:
- Natural Resource Management
- Global Change
- Environmental Risks and Hazards
- Science Topics:
- Earth Resources
- Sediment/Sedimentary Processes
- Geohazards
- Earth Engineering
- Technol. for Environ. Appl.
- Climate & Climate Change
- Abstract:
- Through manufacturing, and geophysically characterising the properties and distribution of a range of synthetic gas hydrate morphologies in a range of sediments in the laboratory, protocols will be established for geophysically logging natural sediment-hydrate core preserved in pressure chambers on board ship. Based on pressure cycling, geophysical behaviour responses will be determined during the start of dissociation and formation. On this basis we then propose to develop protocols to characterise and classify hydrates sampled during ODP Leg 204, significantly improving our understanding of the nature and behaviour of these sediments. This new knowledge will enhance geophysical survey data, better constrain estimates of in-situ hydrates and improve the evaluation of hydrate destabilisation on methane release and slope stability.
- NERC Reference:
- NER/T/S/2000/01010
- Grant Stage:
- Completed
- Scheme:
- Directed Pre FEC
- Grant Status:
- Closed
- Programme:
- Ocean Margins LINK
This grant award has a total value of £85,192
FDAB - Financial Details (Award breakdown by headings)
| Total - Staff | Total - T&S | Total - Other Costs | Total - Indirect Costs |
|---|---|---|---|
| £48,416 | £1,515 | £12,989 | £22,271 |
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