Details of Award
NERC Reference : NER/B/S/2003/00244
Tourmaline as a monitor of P,T and local element mobility.
Grant Award
- Principal Investigator:
- Dr J Schumacher, University of Bristol, Earth Sciences
- Grant held at:
- University of Bristol, Earth Sciences
- Science Area:
- Earth
- Overall Classification:
- Earth
- ENRIs:
- Natural Resource Management
- Environmental Risks and Hazards
- Science Topics:
- Earth Resources
- Properties Of Earth Materials
- Abstract:
- We have recently identified a previously unrecognised type of sector zoning in metamorphic tourmalines in rocks from the French Massif Central and the Tauern Window in the Alps. This zoning resembles hourglass sector zoning found in magmatic amphiboles. The sector zoning can be used to determine element partitioning among different sectors within the same growth zones. This partitioning will be a function of only P and T, since the chemical environment is the same for all sectors. The crux of this proposal is to attempt to calibrate and test the T-P dependence inter-sector partitioning and to characterise the major- and trace-element partitioning among sectors. If successful, we will have a tourmaline geothermometer, which we plan to use to work out T, P and relative time histories for and monitor local chemical variations in areas under study.
- NERC Reference:
- NER/B/S/2003/00244
- Grant Stage:
- Completed
- Scheme:
- Small Grants Pre FEC
- Grant Status:
- Closed
- Programme:
- Small Grants
This grant award has a total value of £15,036
FDAB - Financial Details (Award breakdown by headings)
| Total - T&S | Total - Other Costs |
|---|---|
| £4,810 | £10,226 |
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