Microscopy of Phase-Changes in Deforming Polycrystals
{'Code': '06030103', 'Directorate': {'Abbreviation': 'GEO', 'LongName': 'Directorate For Geosciences'}, 'Division': {'Abbreviation': 'EAR', 'LongName': 'Division Of Earth Sciences'}}
{'SignBlockName': 'Thomas O. Wright', 'PO_EMAI': None, 'PO_PHON': None}
Rocks undergoing deformation in metamorphic environments                   commonly develop mineral fabrics that are preserved in resulting                metamorphic rocks.  Comprehensive interpretation of these fabrics               relies on knowledge of the mechanisms involved and the history of               fabric development with increasing strain.  Laboratory fabric                   experiments on rock-forming minerals, while conceptually straight-              forward, have the disadvantage of requiring development and main-               tenance of high temperature and pressure.  Technically these                    conditions restrict the ability to directly observe fabric                      development.  This project extends an alternative approach that                 uses low-melting temperature materials as analogs of rock-forming               minerals that can be deformed under room temperature and pressure               conditions.  Fabrics can be directly observed throughout a strain               history.  This work aims to extend prior studies principally on                 recrystallization of camphor and para-dichlorobenzene to studies                of materials that undergo simultaneous deformation and chemical                 reaction and to modify apparatus to permit stress control and                   measurement.  Results are providing insights into the significance              of microstructure, crystallographic fabric and phase distribution               in deformed metamorphic rocks.
{'FirstName': 'Winthrop', 'LastName': 'Means', 'PI_MID_INIT': None, 'PI_SUFX_NAME': None, 'PI_FULL_NAME': 'Winthrop Means', 'EmailAddress': None, 'NSF_ID': '000085107', 'StartDate': '06/01/1988', 'EndDate': None, 'RoleCode': 'Principal Investigator'}
{'Name': 'SUNY at Albany', 'CityName': 'Albany', 'ZipCode': '122220100', 'PhoneNumber': '5184374974', 'StreetAddress': '1400 Washington Ave MSC 312', 'StreetAddress2': None, 'CountryName': 'United States', 'StateName': 'New York', 'StateCode': 'NY', 'CONGRESSDISTRICT': '20', 'CONGRESS_DISTRICT_ORG': 'NY20', 'ORG_DUNS_NUM': '152652822', 'ORG_LGL_BUS_NAME': 'RESEARCH FOUNDATION FOR THE STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK, THE', 'ORG_PRNT_DUNS_NUM': '020657151'}
{'Name': None, 'CityName': None, 'StateCode': None, 'ZipCode': None, 'StreetAddress': None, 'CountryCode': None, 'CountryName': None, 'StateName': None, 'CountryFlag': None, 'CONGRESSDISTRICT': None, 'CONGRESS_DISTRICT_PERF': '""'}
{'Code': '1572', 'Text': 'Tectonics'}
{'url': 'https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/download?DownloadFileName=1988&All=true', 'xml': '8803096.xml'}