This project is an investigation of the motions of the plates relative to the hotspots and of the uncertainties in those motions. The project will build on previous results and will: incorporate more hotspot tracks, construct models of seafloor isochrons for modeling hotspot tracts that have interacted with mid-ocean ridges, simultaneously invert global hotspot tracks for five key anomalies, apply the models further back in time, test the fixity of Pacific hotspots relative to Atlantic hotspots for three ages using paleomagnetic data, and test alternative global relative plate motion circuits. Broader impacts include graduate and undergraduate education and making techniques and computer programs freely available to the community, which are fairly average.

Agency
National Science Foundation (NSF)
Institute
Division of Ocean Sciences (OCE)
Application #
0527375
Program Officer
Brian Midson
Project Start
Project End
Budget Start
2005-08-15
Budget End
2009-07-31
Support Year
Fiscal Year
2005
Total Cost
$273,964
Indirect Cost
Name
Rice University
Department
Type
DUNS #
City
Houston
State
TX
Country
United States
Zip Code
77005