Details of Award
NERC Reference : NER/T/S/2002/00403
A multi-geochemical approach to reconstructing past rapid climatic variability in the Eastern Pacific Ocean (ODP Leg 202).
Grant Award
- Principal Investigator:
- Professor Sir N Shackleton, University of Cambridge, Earth Sciences
- Co-Investigator:
- Professor H Elderfield, University of Cambridge, Earth Sciences
- Grant held at:
- University of Cambridge, Earth Sciences
- Science Area:
- Marine
- Atmospheric
- Overall Classification:
- Marine
- ENRIs:
- Global Change
- Science Topics:
- Ocean - Atmosphere Interact.
- Quaternary Science
- Palaeoenvironments
- Climate & Climate Change
- Abstract:
- Paleoclimatic records have proved that recent glacial intervals were dominated by rapid and extreme instabilities. The Pacific remains one of the less studied areas in terms of such rapid variability, but some hypotheses postulate that low latitude atmospheric water transport from the Atlantic to the Pacific played an important role in such oscillations. The study site of this project is in a key position to monitor first, changes in surface water properties in relation to the regional hydrography, and second, deep water changes related to the global thermohaline system. Mg/Ca estimates of temperature will be performed on planktonic and benthic foraminifera in order to obtain information from both surface and deep water layers. Stable isotope analyses will be carried out on the same samples. The combination of these two methodologies will allow the estimation of past seawater Delta 18O.
- NERC Reference:
- NER/T/S/2002/00403
- Grant Stage:
- Completed
- Scheme:
- Directed Pre FEC
- Grant Status:
- Closed
- Programme:
- Ocean Drilling Programme
This grant award has a total value of £2,285
FDAB - Financial Details (Award breakdown by headings)
| Total - Other Costs |
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| £2,285 |
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