Details of Award
NERC Reference : NE/B500758/1
A global study of the long-term lithospheric strength: implications for plate mechanics and mantle dynamics.
Fellowship Award
- Fellow:
- Dr M Perez Gusine, University of Oxford, Earth Sciences
- Grant held at:
- University of Oxford, Earth Sciences
- Science Area:
- Earth
- Overall Classification:
- Earth
- ENRIs:
- Environmental Risks and Hazards
- Science Topics:
- Properties Of Earth Materials
- Tectonic Processes
- Abstract:
- To understand tectonic processes, such as the evolution and location of rifts and orogens, we must understand the spatial distribution of the long-term lithospheric strength (elastic thickness, Te). Recent controversy over the strength of the continents has come in part from problems with the methods used to estimate Te. Building on recent work clarifying these problems, I propose to construct a robust map of Te on continents, inverting for Te from correlations of topography with free-air and Bouguer gravity data. The resulting Te will be used to delineate terrane boundaries, understand the parameters that control the strength and parameterise the rheology of the lithospheric mantle. The continental Te map will be combined with well-known oceanic Te to form a global map from which we will calculate topography and gravity fields due to sublithospheric dynamics.
- NERC Reference:
- NE/B500758/1
- Grant Stage:
- Completed
- Scheme:
- Postdoctoral Fellow
- Grant Status:
- Closed
- Programme:
- Postdoctoral Fellowship
This fellowship award has a total value of £135,130
FDAB - Financial Details (Award breakdown by headings)
| Total - Staff | Total - Other Costs |
|---|---|
| £106,631 | £28,500 |
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