Joint Brazilian-European facility for climate and geodynamic research on the Amazon River Basin sediments

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The CLIM-AMAZON project was selected by the EC (represented in Brazil by the EU Delegation to Brazil) under the INCO-LAB Brazil Call. It receives funding from the FP7 (Seventh Framework Programme for Research and Technological Development). Seventh Framework Programme for Research and Technological ...

The CLIM-AMAZON project was built on the basis of the current French-Brazilian joint laboratory LMI-OCE (Laboratoire Mixte International-Observatoire des Changements Environnementaux), that harness synergies from the complementarity of the observational, analytical and modeling platforms of IRD ...

The initial CLIM-AMAZON consortium consists in two beneficiaries that have been working together on collaborative projects for fifteen years: Institut de recherche pour le développement (IRD, France) and Fundação Universidade de Brasília (UnB, Brazil).IRD - the Coordinator Founded in 1944, IRD is a ...

Main goal Maximize the initial investment of France in the current joint laboratory LMI-OCE (Laboratoire Mixte International-Observatoire des Changements Environnementaux) set up in Brazil, to benefit the whole EU (European Union), and extend the international visibility and scientific excellence ...

© IRD / F. Sondag Aerial view of the Purús River, Brazil The Amazon River basin (ca. 6 million km2) is the largest in the world with mean discharge measured in the Amazon River at the outlet of ca. 206 000 m3 s-1 (Callède et al., 2010) and sediment yields estimated to 800-1200 Mt.yr-1 (Meade ...

© UnB / compiled by Chemale et al., 2002 after Tassinari et al., 2009 and maps of Geological Survey of Peru, Equador, Colombia, Venezuela Geological map of the Amazon River Basin The settlement of the Amazon sedimentary basin is directly related to the Septentrional Andean uplift that occurred ...

© IRD / ORE-Hybam / G. Cochonneau Map of the Amazon River Basin  The research work developed within CLIM-AMAZON will thus address the following research topics: Determine Amazon basin sediment sources based on the geology database. Study the water and suspended load of the Amazon River ...

Who is who and who does what in the project? Here is a little introduction of our team.WP1 - Management of the consortium Operational objectiveEnsure a timely project progress, overall coordinate project activities and ensure the efficiency of project implementation, monitoring, financial matters, ...

CLIM-AMAZON governance structure includes a Management Team, a Steering Committee and five WPs (Work Packages). CLIM-AMAZON is led by two scientific coordinators, Dr. Franck Poitrasson at CNRS/ IRD (Centre national de recherche scientifique/Institut de recherche pour le développement) and Dr. Elton ...

© IRD / F. Sondag Madeira River close to Humaita, Brazil The relationship between climate, hydrology, erosion, sedimentary transport and deposition is one of the most important issues in earth sciences and may give important hints on how our planet works. Initially, it results in the formation ...

Here is where we are in the project activities. Download the chronogram in high resolution. Understand FP7 jargonDeliverable : Partial result of the project that is intended to be delivered to the EC.Milestone : Measurement of progress towards an outcome due to the EC.Review : Evaluation of the ...

The CLIM-AMAZON project has a total budget of 2 578 864,66 EUR. The EU contribution reaches 1 999 990,28 EUR. Nearly 50% of the budget requested to the EC corresponds to WP2 (participation of EU researchers to the joint lab activities) and 30% to WP3 (dedicated to UnB capacity building). ...

One of the INCO-LAB call's objectives is to include at least three additional FP7 MS/AC (EU Member States/Associated Countries) partners in the project to work with IRD and UnB on CLIM-AMAZON research proposals. To date, three PhD and three Post Doc subject proposals have been selected from six EU ...

We are grateful to the institutions listed below for the direct or indirect support that they are providing us:Amazon Protection System SIPAMGeological Survey of Brazil CPRM Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation MCTI National Council of Scientific and Technologic Development The CNPq ...