Details of Award
NERC Reference : NER/T/S/2003/00318
Slope stability on Europe's passive continental margins.
Grant Award
- Principal Investigator:
- Professor JA Dowdeswell, University of Cambridge, Scott Polar Research Institute
- Grant held at:
- University of Cambridge, Scott Polar Research Institute
- Science Area:
- Marine
- Earth
- Overall Classification:
- Earth
- ENRIs:
- Global Change
- Environmental Risks and Hazards
- Science Topics:
- Sediment/Sedimentary Processes
- Glacial & Cryospheric Systems
- Geohazards
- Climate & Climate Change
- Abstract:
- The few geophysical data so far obtained from the northern margin of the glacier-influenced Yermak Plateau, north of Svalbard, indicate that a very large slope failure has taken place. Our investigations from the RRS James Clark Ross will provide data on: spatial extent of the slide; detailed slide morphology from swath bathymetry and TOBI side-scan sonar; shallow acoustic stratigraphy; core and backscatter data on sediment distribution and properties and to assess dating and sedimentation rates. The work is set in the context of ice-sheet growth and decay on the northern Svalbard margin. Industrial seismic datasets on past slides and associated sedimentation on former high-latitude margins will provide detailed information with which to compare our Late Quaternary observations.
- NERC Reference:
- NER/T/S/2003/00318
- Grant Stage:
- Completed
- Scheme:
- Directed Pre FEC
- Grant Status:
- Closed
- Programme:
- Ocean Margins LINK
This grant award has a total value of £125,210
FDAB - Financial Details (Award breakdown by headings)
| Total - T&S | Total - Other Costs | Total - Indirect Costs | Total - Equipment |
|---|---|---|---|
| £12,845 | £84,204 | £20,447 | £7,713 |
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