Details of Award
NERC Reference : NER/M/S/2001/00092
Feedback between time-dependent convection in the Earth's mantle and tectonic plate velocities.
Grant Award
- Principal Investigator:
- Dr J Lowman, University of Leeds, School of Earth and Environment
- Grant held at:
- University of Leeds, School of Earth and Environment
- Science Area:
- Earth
- Overall Classification:
- Earth
- ENRIs:
- Natural Resource Management
- Global Change
- Environmental Risks and Hazards
- Science Topics:
- Earth Surface Processes
- Tectonic Processes
- Mantle & Core Processes
- Abstract:
- A study is proposed that will examine the feedback between convection in the Earth's mantle and fully evolving rigid tectonic plates. Dramatic changes in plate velocity are recorded in the geologic record (for example, the bend in the Hawaiian Island seamount chain indicates that the Pacific plate rapidly changed its direction approximately 43 Ma) but the forces responsible for the velocity changes are not well understood. The work described herein proposes that changes in plate direction may occur as a result of the feedback between internally heated mantle convection and tectonic plates. To investigate this hypothesis, a parallelised computer code will be utilised to make high resolution 3D convection modelling with tectonic plates feasible.
- NERC Reference:
- NER/M/S/2001/00092
- Grant Stage:
- Completed
- Scheme:
- New Investigators Pre FEC
- Grant Status:
- Closed
- Programme:
- New Investigators
This grant award has a total value of £24,640
FDAB - Financial Details (Award breakdown by headings)
| Total - T&S | Total - Other Costs | Total - Equipment |
|---|---|---|
| £4,849 | £1,703 | £18,089 |
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