Discovery Projects - Grant ID: DP0342862

Funding Activity

Website
http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/Web/Grant/Grant/DP0342862

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

High-P partial melting and melt escape from the lower crust: the evolution of a Cretaceous Island Arc, Fiordland NZ. Partial melting, melt segregation and magma transport are the main processes controlling change on Earth. Though there is clear evidence that even small melt fractions can segregate into large igneous bodies, our inability to directly observe active magma ascent means that there is not agreement on the mechanisms by which melt initially segregates, pools and ascends. This project will study well-exposed lower crustal rocks from the root of a long-lived Mesozoic island arc to resolve the mechanisms that controlled melt escape from, and extensive magma transport through deep crustal environments.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 01-01-2003

End Date: 31-12-2005

Funding Scheme: Discovery Projects

Funding Amount: $335,000.00

Funder: Australian Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Geology | Igneous And Metamorphic Petrology

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

Earth sciences |

Other Keywords

Earth sciences | Geology | Igneous And Metamorphic Petrology

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