Primary Recipient

UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS

Amount

$607,031.00

Award Date

8/26/2009

Administering Agency

National Science Foundation

CDFA Number

47.082

CDFA Program Title

Trans-NSF Recovery Act Reasearch Support

Description

The Chukchi Borderland is a block of extended continental crust embedded in the oceanic crust of the Canada Basin. As the piece that does not fit the simple 'windshield wiper' model for the Mesozoic opening of this basin, it figures prominently in all tec