Grant: Canada Research Chairs
The University of Western Ontario
$200,000.00
Stable Isotope Science
FY 2023-24
Summary
Water, minerals, shells and organic matter acquire climatic, ecological and environmental signatures that are recorded in the ratios of varieties ¿ stable isotopes ¿ of oxygen, hydrogen, carbon and nitrogen. Back to the Future-II¿ will use these signatures in lake sediments to determine and explain climatic and environmental change in southern Ontario over the last 15,000 years and anticipate future trends. This work will be grounded in a new, atmospheric-based model for precipitation isotopic variations in the Great Lakes region. Clay-water interaction effects on isotopic tracing of water movement in hazardous-waste rock repositories will also be determined to improve safety.
Program
Canada Research Chairs
Recipient
Location
Ontario, Canada
Recipient Type
Academia
Type
Grant
Source
NSERC's Awards Data
As published
Application id
CRC-2018-00109
Name nom
Longstaffe, Frederick
Department département
Head Office
Organization id
36
Institution établissement
The University of Western Ontario
Province en
Ontario
Province fr
Ontario
Country en
CANADA
Country fr
CANADA
Fiscal year exercice financier
2023
Competition year année de concours
2018
Award amount
200000
Program id
CRC
Program name en
Canada Research Chairs
Program name fr
Chaires de recherche du Canada
Group en
DISCOVERY RESEARCH
Group fr
RECHERCHE AXÉE SUR LA DÉCOUVERTE
Committee code
9998
Committee name en
Canada Research Chair Selection Committee
Committee name fr
Comité de sélection des Chaires de recherche du Canada
Area of application code
9999
Area of application group en
Not available
Area of application group fr
Non disponible
Area of application en
Not available
Area of application fr
Non disponible
Research subject code
10000
Research subject group en
The field of research available
Research subject group fr
The field of research available
Research subject en
Le domaine de recherche disponible
Research subject fr
Le domaine de recherche disponible
Field of research list codes
RDF105
Field of research list names en
Earth and related environmental sciences
Field of research list names fr
Sciences de la Terre et sciences de l'environnement connexes
Application title
Stable Isotope Science
Keyword
Stable isotope (O
H
C
N) tracers
earth system science
in-cloud processes explain precipitation isotopes
future climate
humans
paleoclimate
paleoecology
paleoenvironment
paleolimnology
lake sediments
n-alkanes
organic matter
Pleistocene
Holocene
bound water in clay minerals
porewater origins and movement in low-permeability rocks
waste storage
Great Lakes
southern Ontario
Application summary
Water, minerals, shells and organic matter acquire climatic, ecological and environmental signatures that are recorded in the ratios of varieties ¿ stable isotopes ¿ of oxygen, hydrogen, carbon and nitrogen. Back to the Future-II¿ will use these signatures in lake sediments to determine and explain climatic and environmental change in southern Ontario over the last 15,000 years and anticipate future trends. This work will be grounded in a new, atmospheric-based model for precipitation isotopic variations in the Great Lakes region. Clay-water interaction effects on isotopic tracing of water movement in hazardous-waste rock repositories will also be determined to improve safety.
