Primary Recipient

ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY

Amount

$293,851.00

Award Date

6/05/2009

Administering Agency

National Science Foundation

CDFA Number

47.082

CDFA Program Title

Trans-NSF Recovery Act Reasearch Support

Description

Through plate tectonics and subduction, Earth recycles oceanic crust and lithosphere into its mantle. The down going oceanic crust carries H2O, which, when released into the overlying mantle wedge, causes melting that results in arc volcanism. If the mant