ERC- SHRED
Start: 01/01/2020 - End: 31/12/2024
European partnership
Coordinators : Catherine Chauvel
Host institutions :
CNRS and IPGP
Related teams :
Cosmochemistry, Astrophysics and Experimental Geophysics (CAGE), Cosmochimie, astrophysique et géophysique expérimentale (CAGE)
Related themes :
Origins, Earth and Planetary Interiors
Studies of modern-day volcanic processes have revealed material surviving from the Hadean Eon, which occurred between 4.6 and 4 billion years ago. The existence of this material raises questions regarding the nature and physical properties of this material, its survival in an actively convecting mantle, and whether Hadean remnants can be stored in the lowermost mantle.
SHRED intends to answer these questions by exploring modern intraplate volcanism, as well as developing new geochemical tools and innovative simulations to investigate mantle heterogeneities. The project will shed light on decades-old questions regarding mantle geochemistry and geophysics
