Details of Award
NERC Reference : NER/T/S/2000/01343
Is marine primary productivity sensitive to climate change?
Grant Award
- Principal Investigator:
- Professor J Thurow, University College London, Earth Sciences
- Grant held at:
- University College London, Earth Sciences
- Science Area:
- None
- Overall Classification:
- Earth
- ENRIs:
- Global Change
- Science Topics:
- Biogeochemical Cycles
- Quaternary Science
- Palaeoenvironments
- Climate & Climate Change
- Abstract:
- A better understanding of ocean-atmosphere interactions has to come from calibration of climate model studies against observed patterns of change in the geologic record. ODP Site 893 (Santa Barbara Basin) offers the resolution for the past 15,000 years to reconstruct subdecadal to millennial scale variations in ocean circulation as a function of climate. We propose to quantify biogenic fluxes, sea surface temperatures and coccolith assemblage composition at up to annual resolution to test two hypotheses generated from climate models. The first is that during cold climates decreased coastal upwelling along the NE Pacific margin is the main control on decreased burial of organic matter, the second that during warm periods the extent of ENSO-scale variability is essentially unchanged but that the system shifts towards more frequent cold la Nina events.
- NERC Reference:
- NER/T/S/2000/01343
- Grant Stage:
- Completed
- Scheme:
- Directed Pre FEC
- Grant Status:
- Closed
- Programme:
- Ocean Drilling Programme
This grant award has a total value of £90,802
FDAB - Financial Details (Award breakdown by headings)
| Total - Staff | Total - T&S | Total - Other Costs | Total - Indirect Costs |
|---|---|---|---|
| £51,780 | £6,500 | £8,702 | £23,819 |
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