Details of Award
NERC Reference : NER/T/S/2002/00448
Atlantic Seaboard Climatic Responses Including Bounding Errors (ASCRIBE).
Grant Award
- Principal Investigator:
- Professor IJ Fairchild, University of Birmingham, Sch of Geography, Earth & Env Sciences
- Co-Investigator:
- Professor DP Mattey, Royal Holloway, Univ of London, Earth Sciences
- Co-Investigator:
- Professor TC Atkinson, University College London, Earth Sciences
- Co-Investigator:
- Professor AJ Matthews, University of East Anglia, Environmental Sciences
- Co-Investigator:
- Professor PF Dennis, University of East Anglia, Environmental Sciences
- Co-Investigator:
- Professor C Hawkesworth, University of Bristol, Earth Sciences
- Co-Investigator:
- Professor A Baker, University of New South Wales, Sch of Biol, Earth & Env Sciences (BEES)
- Grant held at:
- University of Birmingham, Sch of Geography, Earth & Env Sciences
- Science Area:
- Freshwater
- Earth
- Atmospheric
- Overall Classification:
- Earth
- ENRIs:
- Global Change
- Science Topics:
- Earth Surface Processes
- Quaternary Science
- Hydrological Processes
- Climate & Climate Change
- Abstract:
- This project will test the influence of thermohaline circulation changes versus other controlling factors on Holocene palaeoclimates. The tests rely on climatic reconstructions of the last 1000 years and the 8.2 ka event from the study of speleothems at sites along the Atlantic seaboard, dated by U-series and annual layer counting. Oxygen isotope compositions of palaeoprecipitation will be determined from fluid inclusions at high resolution. Palaeotemperatures will be derived from these data combined with delta 18 O analysis of speleothems, and climatic data also extracted using annual layer studies, using an enhanced time series statistical methodology. Modelling delta 18 O fractionations in atmospheric moisture will test the convergence of GCM predictions of the magnitude and spatial distribution of palaeoclimates with the evidence from the palaeoclimate record.
- Period of Award:
- 1 Oct 2003 - 31 Mar 2007
- Value:
- £67,433 Lead Split Award
Authorised funds only
- NERC Reference:
- NER/T/S/2002/00448
- Grant Stage:
- Completed
- Scheme:
- Directed Pre FEC
- Grant Status:
- Closed
- Programme:
- Rapid Climate Change
This grant award has a total value of £67,433
FDAB - Financial Details (Award breakdown by headings)
| Total - T&S | Total - Other Costs | Total - Indirect Costs |
|---|---|---|
| £31,919 | £12,146 | £23,370 |
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