Details of Award
NERC Reference : NER/A/S/2002/00871
The distribution of water in the mantle; extracting information from mantle xenoliths and melts using experimental constraints.
Grant Award
- Principal Investigator:
- Professor SC Kohn, University of Bristol, Earth Sciences
- Grant held at:
- University of Bristol, Earth Sciences
- Science Area:
- Earth
- Overall Classification:
- Earth
- ENRIs:
- Environmental Risks and Hazards
- Science Topics:
- Properties Of Earth Materials
- Mantle & Core Processes
- Abstract:
- Water has a very large effect on the physical and chemical properties of the Earth's mantle. In recent years, progress has been made in understanding how water can be stored in mantle phases and the maximum amount which can be dissolved in each phase has been constrained to some extent. However, the methods which are used to estimate the actual amount of water in different regions of the mantle are very crude. In this project we propose to perform high pressure experiments, mainly mineral-mineral and mineral-melt partitioning of water between the different solid phases and which will enable the water concentrations in mantle xenoliths and mantle derived magmas to be interpreted in a much more reliable way.
- NERC Reference:
- NER/A/S/2002/00871
- Grant Stage:
- Completed
- Scheme:
- Standard Grants Pre FEC
- Grant Status:
- Closed
- Programme:
- Standard Grant
This grant award has a total value of £178,863
FDAB - Financial Details (Award breakdown by headings)
| Total - T&S | Total - Staff | Total - Other Costs | Total - Indirect Costs |
|---|---|---|---|
| £1,656 | £85,444 | £52,458 | £39,305 |
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