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 National Science
Foundation Award #0617194 |
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SGER: Feasibility of Using Old Antarctic Cores for New Paleomagnetic Studies |
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| Investigator(s): |
Kenneth Verosub (PI)
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| Sponsor: |
University of California-Davis, CA 95616 5307522075
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| Start Date/Expiration Date |
2006-03-15 to 2007-08-31 (amended 2006-03-17) |
| Awarded Amount to Date: |
$14,999 |
| Abstract: This Small Grant for Exploratory Research supports a paleomagnetic survey of previously collected sediment cores from Antarcticas continental margin. Many of these cores were originally interpreted with methods that, though advanced for their time, were barely adequate. Nonetheless, these results are still used to construct an overall stratigraphic record for marine sediments and major events related to the Southern Ocean, global climate, and Antarcticas glacial history. With the advances in paleomagnetic techniques over the intervening decades and the great interest and current work on Antarctic marine sediments by major projects such as ANDRILL and ShalDrill, a reassessment of these cores is needed. In addition, these new studies will offer insight into the behavior of the geomagnetic field within the Earths tangent cylinder, the region delineated by an imaginary cylinder parallel to the Earths rotation axis and tangent to the equator of the inner core boundary.
The broader impacts of this work include support of postdoctoral student research and improving societys understanding of global climate change through an improved understanding of the Antarctic marine sediment record. |
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| NSF Org: |
ANT - Antarctic Sciences Section |
| Award Number: |
0617194 |
| Award Instrument: |
Standard Grant |
| Program Manager: |
Thomas P. Wagner
ANT Antarctic Sciences Section
OPP Office of Polar Programs
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| NSF Program(s): |
ANTARCTIC GEOLOGY & GEOPHYSICS |
| Field Application(s): |
Polar Programs-Related |
| Program Reference Code(s): |
SMALL GRANTS-EXPLORATORY RSRCH, 9237
UNASSIGNED, 0000 |
| Program Element Code(s): |
5112 |
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