ADVANCE Fellow: Evaluating the Importance of Lateral Transport on Alkenone Temperature Reconstructions in the late Quaternary

该ADVANCE奖为生物标志物和同位素（14C，13C，18O）分析的古环境和古海洋学应用的持续研究提供资金。PI将确定U37作为世界海洋广泛区域的古温度估计器的适用性和持续有用性，并调查代表深海位置的沉积环境中的烯酮的14C年龄，其中大多数古海洋学研究已经进行。沉积烯酮详细的古温度估计和多代理工作的有用性最近已被14 C的证据，沉积后的横向运输可能会导致烯酮是7000年以上的有孔虫在同一存款的问题。沉积后细粒物质的横向迁移可能是造成这种差异的原因。PI将检查来自两个不同海洋位置的岩心，以确定烯酮是否适合用于古温度估计和多代理工作。这项研究将扩大对碳循环、海洋环流和气候变化之间相互作用的基本理解。先进奖旨在促进处于关键时刻的女性科学事业。PI最近搬到了美国，并正在重建她作为研究人员和教育家的职业生涯。

This ADVANCE award provides funding for continued research on biomarker and isotopic (14C, 13C, 18O) analyses for paleoenvironmental and paleoceanographic applications. The PI will determine the applicability and continued usefulness of U37 as a paleotemperature estimator over a broad area of the world's oceans and investigate the 14C ages of alkenones from sedimentary environments representative of deep-sea locations where most paleooceanographic research has been conducted. The usefulness of sedimentary alkenones for detailed paleotemperature estimation and multi-proxy work has been recently brought into question by 14C evidence that post-deposition lateral transport may cause alkenones to be up to 7000 years older than foraminifera in the same deposit. Post-depotional lateral transport of fine-grained material may account for the differences. The PI will examine cores from two disparate oceanographic locations to determine if alkenones are suitable for paleotemperature estimation and multi-proxy work. The research will expand basic understanding of the interplay between carbon cycling, ocean circulation, and climate change.ADVANCE awards are intended to promote the careers of women in science at critical junctures. The PI has recently relocated to the U.S. and is rebuilding her career as a researcher and educator.