Paleoprecipitation Climate Model

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	Federal Grant Title:	Paleoprecipitation Climate Model
	CFDA Number:	15.224
	CFDA Description:	Cultural Resource Management
	Federal Agency Name:	Bureau of Land Management
	Category of Funding Activity:	Natural Resources
	Category Explanation:	Information not provided
	Opportunity Category:	Discretionary
	Funding Opportunity Number:	L11AS00169
	Document Type:	Grants Notice
	Funding Instrument Type:	Cooperative Agreement
	Posted Date:	Jul 15, 2011
	Creation Date:	Jul 15, 2011
	Original Closing Date for Applications:	Aug 07, 2011
	Current Closing Date for Applications:	Aug 07, 2011
	Archive Date:	Jul 15, 2012
	Expected Number of Awards:	1
	Estimated Total Program Funding:	87,000
	Federal Grant Award Ceiling:	87,000
	Federal Grant Award Floor:	1
	Cost Sharing or Matching Requirement:	No

Applicants Eligible for this Grant: Unrestricted (i.e., open to any type of entity above), subject to any clarification in text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility"
Additional Information on Eligibility: This project meets the criteria for CESU.
Grant Description: The project is to document a 13,000-year history of rainfall in Idaho's Salmon River basin from freshwater river mussel and land snail shell carbonate stable isotopes. Freshwater mussels and snails absorb water and incorporate the oxygen into their shell. The water they absorb therefore reflects the entire basin. The ratio of isotopes in the water reflects changes in precipitation. A past precipitation model will be developed by conducting stable isotope analyses (18-Oxygen) on freshwater river mussel and land snail shells recovered from archaeological sites along the lower Salmon River. Close interval (10 mm) samples of shell carbonate will be taken along mollusk growth axes, and these subsamples will be submitted for isotope analysis. The results of isotope analyses will be compared against modern freshwater and terrestrial mollusk isotope signatures to establish subdecadal scale proxy climate records of paleoprecipitation. Age control for the isotope record will be established by direct radiocarbon dating of each sampled mollusk shell. Statistical analysis of the assembled isotope records will be used to define patterns and trends in the paleoprecipitation record. This project meets the criteria for the CESU arrangements.
Link to Full Grant Announcement: http://www.grants.gov
Grant Announcement Contact: Melinda D Ritacco, Grants Management Officer, 208-373-4018mritacco@blm.gov
Grants Management Officer [mritacco@blm.gov]
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