Structure and Dynamics of the Porcupine Magma-Poor Continental Margin from new Ocean Bottom Seismometer Data

Funder	Natural Environment Research Council
Recipient Organization	University of Birmingham
Country	United Kingdom
Start Date	Sep 25, 2022
End Date	Mar 25, 2026
Duration	1,277 days
Number of Grantees	2
Roles	Student; Supervisor
Data Source	UKRI Gateway to Research
Grant ID	`2742142`

Grant Description

The project will include the use of brand-new ocean bottom seismometer data and co-located industrial multi-channel seismic data.

This project will complete the mapping of the Porcupine Basin an exemplar of a magma-poor rift, to reveal the symmetry of rifting, and degree of water ingress to the mantle during continental break-up.

Part of the project will be comparing with data from Galicia (Spain), the site of Birmingham-proposed IODP drilling and a Birmingham-led NSF/NERC 3D seismic imaging programme this will allow us to test hypotheses for the dynamics and temporal evolution of magma-poor rifts.