Collaborative Research: NSF GEO-NERC: The Cracking of a Craton: Understanding Volatile Rel — NSF Award to University of California
The oldest and most stable parts of the Earth’s continents are called cratons. When continents break-up, or rift, these stable crustal areas split apart and allow magma to rise from Earth’s deep interior. This forms new crust. When this happens, reservoirs of economically valuable volatile elements like helium and hydr
| Award title | Collaborative Research: NSF GEO-NERC: The Cracking of a Craton: Understanding Volatile Rel |
|---|---|
| Award ID | 2618910 |
| Awardee | University of California-Santa Barbara |
| City | SANTA BARBARA |
| State | CA |
| Amount obligated | $211,902 |
| Principal investigator | Tobias Fischer |
| Program | Petrology and Geochemistry |
| Start date | 01/01/2026 |
| Abstract | The oldest and most stable parts of the Earth’s continents are called cratons. When continents break-up, or rift, these stable crustal areas split apart and allow magma to rise from Earth’s deep interior. This forms new crust. When this happens, reservoirs of economically valuable volatile elements like helium and hydrogen get stuck underneath the craton, forming a reservoir. Geologically important volatiles like carbon dioxide also get stuck, but how and why this happens is not well understood. |
| Source | NSF Awards |
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