Collaborative Research: A dynamic mechanism for generating directional variation of seismi — NSF Award to University of California
The inner core is a ball of solid iron that sits at the Earth’s center. It is 2000 km across, as hot as the surface of the sun, and experiences 3 million times the pressure of the atmosphere. The inner core helps to control the planet’s magnetic field and contributes to Earth being habitable, unlike Mars. Although huma
| Award title | Collaborative Research: A dynamic mechanism for generating directional variation of seismi |
|---|---|
| Award ID | 2534052 |
| Awardee | University of California-Berkeley |
| City | BERKELEY |
| State | CA |
| Amount obligated | $269,085 |
| Principal investigator | Bruce Buffett |
| Program | SPSE-Study of Physics of Earth |
| Start date | 07/01/2026 |
| Abstract | The inner core is a ball of solid iron that sits at the Earth’s center. It is 2000 km across, as hot as the surface of the sun, and experiences 3 million times the pressure of the atmosphere. The inner core helps to control the planet’s magnetic field and contributes to Earth being habitable, unlike Mars. Although humans may never visit the inner core, researchers can use seismic waves from earthquakes to determine inner core properties. They can also build computer models of its flow behavior t |
| Source | NSF Awards |
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