Primary Recipient

WILLIAM MARSH RICE UNIVERSITY

Amount

$100,000.00

Award Date

6/15/2009

Administering Agency

National Science Foundation

CDFA Number

47.082

CDFA Program Title

Trans-NSF Recovery Act Reasearch Support

Description

Many of the mineral resources necessary for modern society are found in the continental crust, particularly in the form of ores. Ore formation requires trace metals from the crust to be scavenged, redistributed and then re-deposited, processes which in so