Atlantic meridonal overturning circulation during interglacials (AMOCINT)

• Applicant: Privatdozentin Dr. Mara Weinelt
• Subject Area: Palaeontology
• Term: from 2007 to 2013
• Project identifier: Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) - Project number 40014634

Survey and core sites for sampling of high sedimentation rate interglacial sections available to the Calypso coring system of the RV Marion Dufresne. 2. Conduct detailed site surveys for targeted IODP drilling to recover thick marine sediment sections over past interglacials at key locations for monitoring Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC) variability. 3. Provide a feasibility study based on already available Calypso Cores and new cores taken within AMOCINT: Produce time series of North Atlantic circulation parameters with century scale resolution for the last interglacial and previous interglacials over the past 800.000 years and provide detailed comparisons with ice core records from Antarctica and Greenland.

• DFG Programme: Research Grants
• International Connection: France, Norway, Portugal, United Kingdom
• Participating Persons: Professor Dr. Harry Elderfield; Professor Dr. Eystein Jansen; Dr. Hanno Kinkel; Catherine Kissel; Dr. Silvia Nave; Professor Dr. Ralph Schneider