Primary Recipient

LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITY, THE

Amount

$144,573.00

Award Date

6/16/2009

Administering Agency

National Science Foundation

CDFA Number

47.082

CDFA Program Title

Trans-NSF Recovery Act Reasearch Support

Description

We will develop physically-based models of magma chambers and conduits that are coupled to the elastic surroundings. As magma ascends the decrease in pressure results in volatile exsolution. This decreases magma density, but increases viscosity and comp