Objective
EUROSTRATAFORM will study marine sediment dispersal from source to sink (river output to deposit in on the shelf, slope or basin floor) on contrasted European margins, with the aim of understanding how geological strata are generated. Experimental work and data analysis will examine the water column and sedimentary processes involved in moving sediment through the system. Physical, biological and geochemical processes, which transform that sediment once deposited, will be equally investigated. To bridge the gap in knowledge from these active processes to the stratal record we will work on a variety of timescales from individual flood events to the geological record of the last 500,000 years. This will greatly improve our ability to forecast and hind cast the response of the marine system to natural and anthropogenic perturbation. This research is fundamental to understand matter and energy cycling, and to ensure the safe management of marine resources.
Call for proposal
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CSC - Cost-sharing contractsCoordinator
SO14 3ZH Southampton
United Kingdom
Participants (21)
66860 Perpignan
31400 Toulouse
13545 Gardanne
29280 Plouzane
2600 GA Delft
1350 Koebenhavn K/copenhaegen
29280 Plouzane
13108 St.paul Les Durance
1249 Lisboa
1049 Lisboa
40129 Bologna
1790 AB Den Burg
08028 Barcelona
29280 Plouzane
13545 Aix-en-provence
31400 Toulouse
5007 Bergen
LS2 9JT Leeds
SO14 3ZH Southampton
9037 Tromsoe
66860 Perpignan