Details of Award
NERC Reference : NE/I016023/1
Micrometre to decimetre scale diffusion in feldspars
Grant Award
- Principal Investigator:
- Professor SP Kelley, The Open University, Environment, Earth & Ecosystems
- Co-Investigator:
- Dr S Sherlock, The Open University, Faculty of Sci, Tech, Eng & Maths (STEM)
- Grant held at:
- The Open University, Environment, Earth & Ecosystems
- Science Area:
- Earth
- Overall Classification:
- Earth
- ENRIs:
- Pollution and Waste
- Natural Resource Management
- Global Change
- Environmental Risks and Hazards
- Science Topics:
- Earth Surface Processes
- Volcanic Processes
- Sediment/Sedimentary Processes
- Geohazards
- Abstract:
- Two recent discoveries, one in natural feldspar, the other in a lab experiment, appear to widen the range of known diffusion behaviour of argon in K-feldspar (and by implication many other minerals), upon which much of thermochronology rests. We have designed a series of experiments to use this unique sample to test the validity of laboratory determined diffusion parameters, 3D argon diffusion, and large diffusion domains, in order to make a step change in our understanding of K-feldspar thermochronology.
- NERC Reference:
- NE/I016023/1
- Grant Stage:
- Completed
- Scheme:
- Small Grants (FEC)
- Grant Status:
- Closed
- Programme:
- Small Grants
This grant award has a total value of £48,346
FDAB - Financial Details (Award breakdown by headings)
| DI - Other Costs | Indirect - Indirect Costs | DA - Investigators | DI - Staff | DA - Estate Costs | DA - Other Directly Allocated | DI - T&S |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| £4,019 | £18,189 | £6,069 | £12,504 | £6,374 | £460 | £731 |
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