High-resolution continental paleoclimate record from lake baikal: a key-site for eurasian teleconnections to the north atlantic ocean and monsoonal system (CONTINENT)

Project Information

CONTINENT

Grant agreement ID: EVK2-CT-2000-00057

Project closed

Start date 1 January 2001

End date 1 November 2004

Funded under

• Programme for research, technological development and demonstration on "Energy, environment and sustainable development, 1998-2002"

Total cost € 1 942 403,00

EU contribution € 1 669 141,00

Coordinated by

GEOFORSCHUNGSZENTRUM POTSDAM
Germany

Objective

CONTINENT aims to
(i) reconstruct abrupt climate changes during the Holocene and Eemian and Terminations I and II in Eurasia and
(ii) to compare these records with abrupt changes in Europe. Sediment cores will be selected using seismic survey in Baikal. Biogenic and minerogenic particle fluxes will be monitored through the water column and into the sediments using remote sensing and trap arrays. Attention will be paid to processes occurring at the sediment/water-interface (to produce mass balance models for climate proxies). Climate reconstructions will be based on a multiproxy approach at high time resolution (diatoms, pollen, biomarkers, stable isotopes, photosynthetic pigments and minerogenic particles). Transfer functions will be derived using multivariate techniques. An age model will be constructed allowing the rate of changes to be assessed and compared to European records. Special emphasis will be towards a better understanding of teleconnections.

Fields of science

CORDIS classifies projects with EuroSciVoc, a multilingual taxonomy of fields of science, through a semi-automatic process based on NLP techniques.

• natural sciences › earth and related environmental sciences › palaeontology › paleoclimatology
• engineering and technology › environmental engineering › remote sensing

Programme(s)

• FP5-EESD - Programme for research, technological development and demonstration on "Energy, environment and sustainable development, 1998-2002"

Topic(s)

• 1.1.4.-2. - Key action Global Change, Climate and Biodiversity

Call for proposal

Data not available

Funding Scheme

CSC - Cost-sharing contracts

Coordinator

GEOFORSCHUNGSZENTRUM POTSDAM

• EU contribution: No data
• Address: Telegraphenberg ; 14473 GROSS GLIENICKE POTSDAM ; Germany
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Participants (19)

ALL RUSSIA RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE WORLD OCEAN

Russia

• EU contribution: No data
• Address: Angliyskiy Ave. 1 ; 190121 SINT PETERSBURG
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AUTONOMOUS UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA

Spain

• EU contribution: No data
• Address: Facultat de Ciencies, Campus Universitari ; 08190 SANT CUGAT DEL VALLES
• Total cost: No data

BAIKAL MUSEUM RUSSIAN ACADEMY SCIENCES

Russia

• EU contribution: No data
• Address: Akademicheskaya 1 ; 666016 LISTVIANKA
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FORSCHUNGSVERBUND BERLIN E.V.

Germany

• EU contribution: No data
• Address: Mueggelseedamm 310 ; 12587 BERLIN
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FREIE UNIVERSITAET BERLIN

Germany

• EU contribution: No data
• Address: Malteserstrasse 74-100, Haus D ; 12249 BERLIN
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HUNGARIAN GEOLOGICAL INSTITUTE

Hungary

• EU contribution: No data
• Address: Stefania ut 14 ; 1442 BUDAPEST
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HYDROBIOLOGICAL INSTITUTE OF THE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE CZECH REPUBLIC

Czechia

• EU contribution: No data
• Address: Na Sadkach 7 ; 370 05 CESKE BUDEJOVICE
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INSITUTE OF GEOTECHNICS - SLOVAK ACADEMY OF SCIENCES

Slovakia

• EU contribution: No data
• Address: Watsonova 45 ; 043 53 KOSICE
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INSTITUTE EARTH CRUST RUSSIAN ACADEMY SCIENCES

Russia

• EU contribution: No data
• Address: Lermontov Str., Bldg 128 ; 664033 IRKUTSK
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INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL TECHNOLOGY, PRAGUE

Czechia

• EU contribution: No data
• Address: Technicka 5 ; 166 28 PRAHA 6
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INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY, ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE CZECH REPUBLIC

Czechia

• EU contribution: No data
• Address: Rozvojova 135 ; 165 00 PRAHA 6
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INSTITUTE OF LIMNOLOGY - RUSSIAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCES

Russia

• EU contribution: No data
• Address: Ulan-Batorskaya 3 ; 664033 IRKUTSK
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POLISH GEOLOGICAL INSTITUTE

Poland

• EU contribution: No data
• Address: Skrzatow Str. 1 ; 31 560 KRAKOW
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ROYAL MUSEUM FOR CENTRAL AFRICA

Belgium

• EU contribution: No data
• Address: Leuvensesteenweg 13 ; 3080 TERVUREN
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SILESIAN TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY

Poland

• EU contribution: No data
• Address: 2,Krzywoustego 2 ; 44 100 GLIWICE
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SWISS FEDERAL INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Switzerland

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• Address: Ueberlandstrasse 133 ; 8600 DUEBENDORF
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UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON

United Kingdom

• EU contribution: No data
• Address: Bedford Way 26 ; SE1 9RT LONDON
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UNIVERSITY OF DURHAM

United Kingdom

• EU contribution: No data
• Address: South Road, Sciences Laboratories ; DH1 3LE DURHAM
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W. SZAFER INSTITUTE OF BOTANY - POLISH ACADEMY OF SCIENCES

Poland

• EU contribution: No data
• Address: 46,Ul. Lubicz 46 ; 31 512 KRAKOW
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