Primary Recipient

REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, THE

Amount

$250,061.00

Award Date

7/19/2009

Administering Agency

National Science Foundation

CDFA Number

47.082

CDFA Program Title

Trans-NSF Recovery Act Reasearch Support

Description

The relatively low shear modulus and high temperature of Earth's ultralow-velocity zones (ULVZ) imply that these thin (5-40 km thickness) regions at the core-mantle boundary (CMB) may be partly molten. In order to maintain the cooling rate necessary to dr