Details of Award
NERC Reference : NER/A/S/2001/01181
Grain nucleation mechanisms during recrystallization of deforming rocks: implications for creep processes and rheology.
Grant Award
- Principal Investigator:
- Professor DJ Prior, University of Liverpool, Earth Surface Dynamics
- Co-Investigator:
- Professor R Pond, University of Liverpool, Mech, Materials & Aerospace Engineering
- Co-Investigator:
- Professor J Wheeler, University of Liverpool, Earth, Ocean and Ecological Sciences
- Co-Investigator:
- Professor E Rutter, The University of Manchester, Earth Atmospheric and Env Sciences
- Grant held at:
- University of Liverpool, Earth Surface Dynamics
- Science Area:
- Earth
- Overall Classification:
- Earth
- ENRIs:
- Environmental Risks and Hazards
- Science Topics:
- Properties Of Earth Materials
- Tectonic Processes
- Mantle & Core Processes
- Abstract:
- Recrystallization is a process that facilitates steady-state creep and is a major control upon rock rheology. Nucleation is a key stage in recrystallization that we need to understand in order to model grain-scale processes in deforming rocks, and through this, to understand microstructural development and steady state and transient rheologies during creep. Laboratory experiments will allow us to identify grains nucleated during creep, and measure the evolving orientation relationships of the new grains to the host grains, leading to models for nucleation during creep. Some experiments will involve real-time observations during heating and deformation inside our JREI funded scanning electron microscope. Models will be tested against observations on naturally and experimentally deformed polycrystals.
- NERC Reference:
- NER/A/S/2001/01181
- Grant Stage:
- Completed
- Scheme:
- Standard Grants Pre FEC
- Grant Status:
- Closed
- Programme:
- Standard Grant
This grant award has a total value of £244,126
FDAB - Financial Details (Award breakdown by headings)
| Total - Staff | Total - T&S | Total - Other Costs | Total - Indirect Costs | Total - Equipment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| £101,278 | £13,692 | £33,103 | £57,332 | £38,723 |
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