Primary Recipient

ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY

Amount

$114,351.00

Award Date

7/19/2009

Administering Agency

National Science Foundation

CDFA Number

47.082

CDFA Program Title

Trans-NSF Recovery Act Reasearch Support

Description

Intellectual Merit: Kimberlites are the most deeply derived terrestrial magmas and have brought diamonds to the surface that contain minerals believed to originate in the transition zone or lower mantle. The causes and sources of kimberlite magmatism rema