The University of California, Davis will conduct collaborative research on arc plutonism along the Denali Fault in Alaska under a $185,631 project grant from the National Science Foundation Division of Earth Sciences. The research aims to study possible fault controls on incremental magma transport and assembly along the long-lived strike-slip Denali Fault. The grant was awarded on July 1, 2021 for a three-year period concluding on June 30, 2024.
The research supports the NSF's Geosciences program and its goal of strengthening the national scientific enterprise's understanding of the integrated Earth system through basic research in atmospheric, earth, and ocean sciences. Specifically, the university will analyze fault controls on magmatic processes in Alaska to expand knowledge of incremental magma emplacement along major tectonic boundaries. Insights gained from this research could further understanding of fault zone magmatism and its relationship to plate boundary evolution over geologic time.
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