Paleoceanographical/Geochemical Study of Geologically Brief, Warm Events in the Pliocene of the Southern Ocean

南极大陆周围深海(大洋钻探项目)记录的最新研究表明，上新世曾发生过一次或多次短暂的、极端温暖的古气候事件。该奖项支持对南大洋深海沉积物记录的微古生物学研究，以确定南部高纬度地区的上新世温暖事件。利用微化石组合(硅藻和球藻)，这项工作将确定这些暖期的时间和空间范围，并估计这些时间间隔的夏季温度。

Recent work from deep sea (Ocean Drilling Project) records around the Antarctic continent has shown that there were one or more brief, extremely warm, paleoclimatic events in the Pliocene. This award supports a micropaleontological study of the deep sea sediment record from the South Ocean to identify Pliocene warm events in the southern high latitudes. Using microfossil assemblages (diatoms and coccoliths) the work will determine the temporal and spatial extent of these warm episodes and estimate the summer temperature for such time intervals.