Primary Recipient

WILLIAM MARSH RICE UNIVERSITY

Amount

$293,267.00

Award Date

6/19/2009

Administering Agency

National Science Foundation

CDFA Number

47.082

CDFA Program Title

Trans-NSF Recovery Act Reasearch Support

Description

Chemistry of oceanic island basalts (OIBs) reflects the complexity of compositions and processes in the Earth's mantle. Isotope and trace element geochemistry have established that parent lithologies of OIBs in the Earth's mantle are heterogeneous. Howeve