The Chronology of Late Neogene Antarctic Climate Change: Dry Valleys Fjord Fossil Evidence: Collaborative Research

该奖项是为了支持晚第三纪有孔虫的研究 和软体动物的化石。 氧气， 碳和锶同位素将在有孔虫上测量 从东泰勒谷厚厚的冰海序列， 来自莱特谷中部前景梅萨砾石的软体动物。 主要的结果将是一个日期明确的历史， 泰勒新近纪晚期峡湾的温度和盐度， 莱特谷 由于峡湾流入来自罗斯海， 历史反映了罗斯海的主要水体 这是罗斯海地区气候的印记。 这是 一项合作计划，由芝加哥大学的普伦蒂斯 缅因州、美国地质调查局的伊什曼和 俄亥俄州州立大学。

This award is for support of a study of late Neogene foraminifera and molluscs from Dry Valleys glaciomarine sediment. Oxygen, carbon, and strontium isotopes will be measured on foraminifera from the thick glaciomarine sequences in Eastern Taylor Valley, and molluscs from the Prospect Mesa gravels in central Wright Valley. The principal result will be a well-dated history of the temperature and salinity for late Neogene fjords in Taylor and Wright Valleys. Because fjord inflow comes from the Ross Sea, this history reflects that of the principal water mass in the Ross Sea which is stamped with the climate of the Ross Sea region. This is a collaborative proposal between Prentice at the University of Maine, Ishman of the U.S. Geological Survey, and Berkman at The Ohio State University.