Modelling karst system and its relevance for paleoclimate reconstruction of Brazil

• Grant number: 18/12285-3
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships abroad - Research Internship - Post-doctor
• Start date: October 29, 2018
• End date: July 28, 2019
• Field of knowledge: Physical Sciences and Mathematics - Geosciences - Geology
• Principal Investigator: Francisco William da Cruz Junior
• Grantee: Valdir Felipe Novello
• Supervisor: Denis Scholz
• Host Institution: Instituto de Geociências (IGC). Universidade de São Paulo (USP). São Paulo , SP, Brazil
• Institution abroad: Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz (JGU), Germany
• Associated to the scholarship: 16/15807-5 - Paleoclimate and paleoenvironmental reconstructions over the last glacial period in the mid-west Brazil, BP.PD

Abstract

This project aims to modelling data obtained from cave monitoring in Brazil in order to calibrate and improve the interpretations of the speleothem proxies utilized in paleoclimate reconstructions. This project also aims to characterize the karst behavior in relationship to climate and environmental changes, as well, to test new proxies for paleoclimate reconstruction. Will be utilized simulation models as Isotope Evolution model (ISOLUTION-model) developed by the Dr. Michael Denninger and Dr. Denis Scholz, which will be partners of this research project. (AU)

Scientific publications

(References retrieved automatically from Web of Science and SciELO through information on FAPESP grants and their corresponding numbers as mentioned in the publications by the authors)

DEININGER, MICHAEL; WARD, BRITTANY MARIE; NOVELLO, VALDIR F.; CRUZ, FRANCISCO W.. Late Quaternary Variations in the South American Monsoon System as Inferred by Speleothems-New Perspectives Using the SISAL Database. QUATERNARY, v. 2, n. 1, MAR 2019. (13/50297-0, 18/12285-3, 17/50085-3, 16/15807-5)

NOVELLO, VALDIR F.; CRUZ, FRANCISCO W.; MCGLUE, MICHAEL M.; WONG, CORINNE I.; WARD, BRITTANY M.; VUILLE, MATHIAS; SANTOS, RUDNEY A.; JAQUETO, PLINIO; PESSENDA, LUIZ C. R.; ATORRE, TIAGO; et al. Vegetation and environmental changes in tropical South America from the last glacial to the Holocene documented by multiple cave sediment proxies. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, v. 524, OCT 15 2019. (16/24870-2, 15/08351-2, 17/50085-3, 12/03942-4, 18/12285-3, 16/00299-4, 16/15807-5, 14/10095-1, 17/23687-2, 12/50260-6)