Michigan State University received a $572,325 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation Division of Ocean Sciences under the Geosciences federal grant program (CFDA 47.050) from January 1, 2024 to December 31, 2026. The award will support the University's research assessing the role of the lithospheric mantle during passive margin development along the South Atlantic African margin through insights gained from examining lavas and xenoliths exposed due to uplift of the continental crust in southern Angola. Key products and services will include new petrographic, geochronologic, major and trace element, and isotopic data from volcanic rocks and xenoliths in the study area. Analytical and interpretive work will explore reasons for magmatism in southern Angolan basins exhibiting characteristics of magma-poor margins, and whether an upper Cretaceous magmatic event in the region and synchronous African margin uplift resulted from plate or asthenosphere processes. Broader impacts include research training for undergraduate and graduate students and development of an undergraduate education module.
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