Project Grant 2043067

Award Date 5/1/21
Completion Date 4/30/24
Dollars Obligated $170K
Federal Grant Program
47.050
Assistance Type
Project Grant
Place of Performance
Laramie, WY 82071, USA
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The grant will fund research at the University of Wyoming in Laramie, Wyoming to strengthen understanding of integrated Earth system processes through basic research on the atmospheric, earth, and ocean sciences. Specifically, the funding will support collaborative studies of volatile sources, eruption triggers, and magma ascent rates for mafic alkaline magmas at two volcanoes in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, advancing knowledge of magmatic processes in the East African Rift region.

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