Details of Award
NERC Reference : NER/B/S/2001/00827
The Caribbean Plate: using the geochemistry and geochronology of volcanic sequences around its southern Plate margin to constrain tectonic evolution.
Grant Award
- Principal Investigator:
- Dr AC Kerr, Cardiff University, School of Earth and Ocean Sciences
- Co-Investigator:
- Dr P Kempton, Natural Environment Research Council, Operations
- Co-Investigator:
- Professor J Tarney, University of Leicester, Geology
- Grant held at:
- Cardiff University, School of Earth and Ocean Sciences
- Science Area:
- Earth
- Overall Classification:
- Earth
- ENRIs:
- Natural Resource Management
- Environmental Risks and Hazards
- Science Topics:
- Volcanic Processes
- Tectonic Processes
- Mantle & Core Processes
- Palaeoenvironments
- Abstract:
- Despite many years of intensive research, a consensus on the evolution of the Caribbean Plate over the last 125 Ma still remains frustratingly elusive. Central to the controversy is the timing of both the igneous emplacement and the tectonic accretion of the various allochthonous units of the Southern Caribbean. These rocks carry clues to understanding the nature and the timing of the insertion of the Caribbean plate between North and South America. This proposal will integrate carefully focused field studies, Ar-Ar geochronology, radiogenic isotope, major element and trace element analyses, to understand the original tectonic setting of these rocks, and so resolve the mechanisms and timing of Caribbean tectonic evolution, which have an important bearing on global ocean circulation patterns and marine life in the Cretaceous.
- NERC Reference:
- NER/B/S/2001/00827
- Grant Stage:
- Completed
- Scheme:
- Small Grants Pre FEC
- Grant Status:
- Closed
- Programme:
- Small Grants
This grant award has a total value of £27,477
FDAB - Financial Details (Award breakdown by headings)
| Total - T&S | Total - Other Costs |
|---|---|
| £7,000 | £20,479 |
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