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http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/API/grants/DP180104074
Funding Status
Active
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Funded Activity Summary
East Antarctica: subglacial heat flux constraints for ice sheet modelling. This project aims to quantify the heat flux from the East Antarctic continent into the base of the ice sheet via the derivation of a large geochemical database, together with elevation-based modelling and new heat flux measurements in regions formerly contiguous with East Antarctica. This subglacial heat flux is poorly constrained in current ice sheet models, but directly affects ice sheet behaviour. The output of this project will be a greatly improved heat flux map for East Antarctica that can be used in ice sheet modelling studies. This should drive significant improvement in models for the evolution of the East Antarctic Ice Sheet, resulting in more accurate projections of ice discharge and associated sea level change.Funded Activity Details
Start Date: 02-2018
End Date: 06-2022
Funding Scheme: Discovery Projects
Funding Amount: $248,048.00
Funder: Australian Research Council
Research Topics
ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)
Inorganic Geochemistry | Geophysics | Geothermics and Radiometrics | Tectonics
ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)
Effects of Climate Change and Variability on Antarctic and Sub-Antarctic Environments (excl. Social Impacts) | Expanding Knowledge in the Earth Sciences |
