Collaborative Research: Investigating Mantle Source Reservoirs and Cretaceous Plate Motion — NSF Award to Oregon State University
This award is funded in whole or in part under the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 (Public Law 117-2). Earth’s surface is composed of numerous rigid ‘plates’ that move with the flow of a highly viscous interior mantle. Individual plate movements can be determined if their past motions are compared to a fixed source on
| Award title | Collaborative Research: Investigating Mantle Source Reservoirs and Cretaceous Plate Motion |
|---|---|
| Award ID | 2535232 |
| Awardee | Oregon State University |
| City | CORVALLIS |
| State | OR |
| Amount obligated | $173,129 |
| Principal investigator | Kevin Konrad |
| Program | Marine Geology and Geophysics |
| Start date | 02/15/2025 |
| Abstract | This award is funded in whole or in part under the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 (Public Law 117-2). Earth’s surface is composed of numerous rigid ‘plates’ that move with the flow of a highly viscous interior mantle. Individual plate movements can be determined if their past motions are compared to a fixed source on Earth, such as so-called “mantle hotspots”. These hotspots are generated by mantle plumes, large thermo-chemical uprisings of material that originate on or near the core-mantle bo |
| Source | NSF Awards |
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