This three-year, $212,432 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Geosciences program (CFDA 47.050) will fund research to resolve conflicting evidence regarding metamorphic pressures and stratigraphy in the Tethyan Himalaya. The grantee, University of North Carolina at Wilmington, will lead an integrated field and laboratory study to determine the geometric, temperature, and pressure relationships in this region and assess the viability of non-lithostatic pressure conditions recorded in the Himalayan orogen. The research team will conduct geologic mapping, microstructural analysis, metamorphic thermobarometry and petrochronology, detrital zircon geochronology, and low-temperature thermochronology. This work will test the controversial concept of regional-scale non-lithostatic pressure preservation and have implications for understanding the evolution of fault zones, orogens, and plate-scale dynamics. The award reflects the NSF's mission to advance fundamental geoscience knowledge through competitive, peer-reviewed research grants.
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