The National Science Foundation's Geosciences program awarded a $543,785 project grant to the University of California San Diego (UCSD) Scripps Institution of Oceanography Division. The grant supports a collaborative research project with the National Environment Research Council of the United Kingdom that aims to improve understanding of magma flow from the Earth's mantle to the surface. Key components of the project include:
- New marine resistivity imaging using magnetotelluric data to map melt distribution in the Galapagos region;
- Geochemical analysis of existing and new dredge samples along Galapagos lineaments and the spreading center; and
- Geodynamical modeling of two-phase melt channelization to constrain the physical viability of melt localization.
The results will be integrated to generate a new global model for plume-ridge interaction and asthenospheric melt transport. The project, which runs from Jul 1, 2024 to Jun 30, 2027, supports graduate student and postdoctoral training, early career scientist participation, and public/K-12 outreach activities.
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