Primary Recipient

UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SANTA BARBARA

Amount

$341,828.00

Award Date

7/23/2009

Administering Agency

National Science Foundation

CDFA Number

47.082

CDFA Program Title

Trans-NSF Recovery Act Reasearch Support

Description

This award is funded under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Public Law 111-5). Continent collisions can form large plateaus, like Tibet, producing thick crust and high topography that affects climate change. How plateaus grow to become