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Browse MARGINS
Awards in reverse chronological order after start
date (most recent first):
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Processes Controlling Depositional Signals of Environmental Change
in the Fly River Sediment Dispersal System: Mechanisms and Rates of
Shelf Clinoform Development
| MARGINS Focus Area |
Source-to-Sink |
| NSF Org |
OCE |
| Latest Amendment Date |
May 3, 2002 |
| Award Number |
0203351 |
| Award Instrument |
Standard Grant |
| Program Manager |
Richard Poore
OCE DIVISION OF OCEAN SCIENCES
GEO DIRECTORATE FOR GEOSCIENCES |
| Start Date |
July 1, 2002 |
| Expires |
June 30, 2005 (Estimated) |
| Expected Total Amount |
$549,971 (Estimated) |
| Investigator |
Charles
A. Nittrouer (Principal Investigator current)
Andrea S. Ogston
(Co-Principal Investigator current)
Richard W. Sternberg
(Co-Principal Investigator current) |
| Sponsor |
U of Washington
3935 University Way NE
Seattle, WA 98105-6613 |
| NSF Program |
1620 MARINE GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS |
| Field Application |
0204000 Oceanography |
| Abstract |
This project will investigate the processes of sediment transport
and accumulation that lead to development of the shelf clinoform
in the Gulf of Papua off the Fly River. The study will include a
variety of sampling and monitoring stations from near the river
mouth to the base of the clinoform that will provide time-series
observations on the spatial and temporal variation in present day
sediment transport and accumulation. The study will specifically
investigate the role of fluid muds as primary mechanism for across-shelf
transport of sediment that leads to clinoform morphology. Core studies
including radioisotope measurements will provide information of
sediment transport and accumulation on seasonal to millennial time
scales. |
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