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http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/API/grants/LE0883113
Funding Status
Closed
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Funded Activity Summary
A stable-isotope mass spectrometer for novel determinations of past temperatures. Much of the Australian landscape is subject to a dry and evaporative climate, making it very difficult to use conventional geochemical techniques to estimate past temperatures, even on short timescales of tens to hundreds of years. The application of a new isotopic technique to preserved carbonate minerals (soil carbonate, shells in rivers, lakes and the ocean) avoids the difficulty of this variable evaporation, and directly measures past temperatures. This will have a profound effect on our understanding of environmental changes on both short and long time scales, and permit a better understanding of the hydrological balances within the landscape.Funded Activity Details
Start Date: 2008
End Date: 12-2008
Funding Scheme: Linkage Infrastructure, Equipment and Facilities
Funding Amount: $250,000.00
Funder: Australian Research Council
Research Topics
ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)
Geochronology And Isotope Geochemistry | Geochemistry | Climatology (Incl. Palaeoclimatology) | Surfacewater Hydrology
