Details of Award
NERC Reference : NER/B/S/2001/00923
Conditions of deformation, metamorphism and fluid flow in an oceanic detachment fault.
Grant Award
- Principal Investigator:
- Dr A McCaig, University of Leeds, School of Earth and Environment
- Grant held at:
- University of Leeds, School of Earth and Environment
- Science Area:
- Marine
- Earth
- Overall Classification:
- Earth
- ENRIs:
- Natural Resource Management
- Environmental Risks and Hazards
- Science Topics:
- Tectonic Processes
- Hydrogeology
- Geohazards
- Abstract:
- Oriented cores and dredge samples of deformed gabbro, diabase and serpentinite have been collected from a corrugated low angle detachment surface north of the Fifteen-Twenty Fracture Zone in the mid-Atlantic. This unique sample set will be studied using SEM/electron probe, and stable and Sr isotopes, in order to establish the conditions of deformation and the extent of fluid flow and seawater alteration in both fault rocks and the footwall. Results will be integrated with sonar and geophysical data to constrain models for the geometry of the detachment, its kinematic evolution, and the interaction between magmatism, fluid flow and deformation in a slow-spreading, magma-starved ridge segment.
- NERC Reference:
- NER/B/S/2001/00923
- Grant Stage:
- Completed
- Scheme:
- Small Grants Pre FEC
- Grant Status:
- Closed
- Programme:
- Small Grants
This grant award has a total value of £31,000
FDAB - Financial Details (Award breakdown by headings)
| Total - Staff | Total - T&S | Total - Other Costs | Total - Indirect Costs |
|---|---|---|---|
| £9,006 | £2,803 | £15,048 | £4,143 |
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