Study about variations in paleoproductivity on the Brazilian Southern shore during the deglaciation

• Grant number: 16/10059-0
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Scientific Initiation
• Start date: August 01, 2016
• End date: December 17, 2019
• Field of knowledge: Physical Sciences and Mathematics - Oceanography - Geological Oceanography
• Principal Investigator: Silvia Helena de Mello e Sousa
• Grantee: Rafaela Nogueira Mendonça Mendes
• Host Institution: Instituto Oceanográfico (IO). Universidade de São Paulo (USP). São Paulo , SP, Brazil
• Associated scholarship(s): 17/23439-9 - A study on the paleoproductivity changes in the southern Brazilian margin during the deglacial period, BE.EP.IC

Abstract

Facing the current concern with climate change, multiple efforts have been made to investigate different sedimentological, geochemical and paleontological proxies that are known for recording past changes of the ocean environment, because only understanding past climate variations will be possible to anticipate and forecast climate changes in the future. The use of proxies, such as benthonic foraminifera, to study the variability of paleoproductivity has been commonly used. The objective of this project is to verify the variations of paleoproductivity in the southern region of the Santos Basin during the last deglacial period.