Details of Award
NERC Reference : NER/I/S/2000/00942
Continental crustal growth: assessing the mantle contribution in the Lachlan Fold Belt (SE Australia) by Hf isotopic analysis of zircon
Fellowship Award
- Fellow:
- Dr A Kemp, University of Bristol, Earth Sciences
- Grant held at:
- University of Bristol, Earth Sciences
- Science Area:
- None
- Overall Classification:
- Earth
- ENRIs:
- None
- Science Topics:
- None
- Abstract:
- The way in which the Earth?s continental crust has formed and developed its distinctive chemical character through time are long-standing problems in Earth sciences. A critical aspect of this is that although the crust has an overall `granitic? composition, the origin of constituent granite intrusions is beset with controversy. The source rocks for these magmatic bodies is particularly contentious, with some schools advocating derivation exclusively by melting pre-existing crustal protoliths, whereas others invoke the involvement of sub-crustal or mantle-derived magma. In the first case, generation of granitic magmas involves only large-scale vertical redistribution of material without the formation of new crust (i.e. crustal recycling). However, the second instance necessarily results in the addition of varying amounts of new or `juvenile? material, and therefore constitutes an important crustal growth mechanism.
- NERC Reference:
- NER/I/S/2000/00942
- Grant Stage:
- Completed
- Scheme:
- Postdoctoral Fellow
- Grant Status:
- Closed
- Programme:
- Postdoctoral Fellowship
This fellowship award has a total value of £113,942
FDAB - Financial Details (Award breakdown by headings)
| Total - Staff | Total - Other Costs |
|---|---|
| £89,941 | £24,000 |
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