Grant
SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY
$334,990
National Science Foundation
Award ID
2517708
Action Date
2026-07-01
Fiscal Year
FY 2026
Award Type
Grant
Place of Performance
SYRACUSE, New York
Period of Performance
2026-07-01 → 2028-06-30
Funding Agency
National Science Foundation
Description
POSTDOCTORAL FELLOWSHIP: EAR-PF: RECONSTRUCTING AND MODELING HYDROLOGY, VEGETATION, AND OCEAN TEMPERATURES AT THE MIO-PLIOCENE RE-FLOODING OF THE MEDITERRANEAN -SIX MILLION YEARS AGO (6 MA), DURING THE LATE MIOCENE EPOCH, TECTONIC ACTIVITY CLOSED THE MEDITERRANEAN SEA. DURING THIS ?MESSINIAN SALINITY CRISIS (MSC),? THE MEDITERRANEAN DRIED UP, BECOMING A WARM, WINDY DESERT AROUND ISOLATED BRACKISH LAKES. AT THE END OF THE CRISIS (5.3 MA), THE STRAITS OF GIBRALTAR OPENED, RAPIDLY REFLOODING THE ME
Recipient
Name
SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY
State
NY
UEI
C4BXLBC11LC6