Discovery Projects - Grant ID: DP0449756

Funding Activity

Website
http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/API/grants/DP0449756

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

Submarine explosive eruptions of silicic magma: constraints on products and processes from modern sea-floor examples, ancient successions and experiments. Volcanoes are common on the sea-floor. Many have been the sites of devastating explosive eruptions throughout Earth history, producing thick layers of pumice and volcanic ash in both modern and ancient ocean basins. None of these events has been witnessed, hence, little is known about submarine explosive eruptions and the associated volcanoes. This detailed, multidisciplinary study will link exploration of modern explosive sea-floor volcanoes (western Pacific Ocean), field-work on older, submarine volcanic formations (Japan, Greece) and experiments that simulate explosive eruptions and their products. The results will elucidate sea-floor explosive volcanism and its contribution to the geology of ocean basins.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 05-2004

End Date: 12-2012

Funding Scheme: Discovery Projects

Funding Amount: $460,000.00

Funder: Australian Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Vulcanology | Geology | Sedimentology | Fluidization And Fluid Mechanics |

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

Other | Earth sciences |

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