Details of Award
NERC Reference : NER/T/S/2002/00400
Onset of Cenozoic icehouse:testing nature & cause of change in global ice volume/temp & calcite compensation in Eocene-Oligocne tropical Pacific Ocean
Grant Award
- Principal Investigator:
- Professor PA Wilson, University of Southampton, Sch of Ocean and Earth Science
- Grant held at:
- University of Southampton, Sch of Ocean and Earth Science
- Science Area:
- Earth
- Overall Classification:
- Earth
- ENRIs:
- Global Change
- Science Topics:
- Palaeoenvironments
- Glacial & Cryospheric Systems
- Climate & Climate Change
- Abstract:
- We propose to develop new high-resolution Eocene/Oligocene delta 18C, delta 13C, Mg/Ca and %CO3 records in bulk and benthic foraminiferal calcite with excellent age control from the tropical Pacific (ODP Leg 199). These records will be used to evaluate the nature and cause of changes in global ice volume, temperature, calcite compensation depth (CCD) and carbon cycling during the Cenozoic greenhouse to icehouse transition (~35-31 Ma). We will test the stability of the first major Cenozoic ice-sheets on Antarctica, the role of the hydrological versus the carbon cycle in initiating/sustaining contemporaneous glaciation, the link between glacio-eustatasy and calcite compensation and the relationship between global cooling and deep ocean circulation.
- NERC Reference:
- NER/T/S/2002/00400
- Grant Stage:
- Completed
- Scheme:
- Directed Pre FEC
- Grant Status:
- Closed
- Programme:
- Ocean Drilling Programme
This grant award has a total value of £83,639
FDAB - Financial Details (Award breakdown by headings)
| Total - T&S | Total - Staff | Total - Other Costs | Total - Indirect Costs |
|---|---|---|---|
| £3,594 | £37,138 | £25,824 | £17,083 |
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