Primary Recipient

VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY, THE

Amount

$261,031.00

Award Date

6/05/2009

Administering Agency

National Science Foundation

CDFA Number

47.082

CDFA Program Title

Trans-NSF Recovery Act Reasearch Support

Description

Intellectual Merit: Although zircon is widely used for dating geologic events and identifying the source (mantle versus recycled crust) of crustal rocks, it has not been developed as a tool for characterizing fluid-rock interaction. Zircon could potential