2021 ERC Advanced grants: DEEP SEE project selected

The DEEP-SEE project is one of the projects selected by the European Research Council (ERC). It is led by Alain Manceau, Geochemist, emeritus researcher at the Chemistry Laboratory. Stefan Steinmann, researcher at the Chemistry Laboratory, is the scientific leader. ERC Advanced grants enable scientists to carry out groundbreaking projects that open up new avenues in their disciplinary field. PROJET DEEP-SEE. Fathoming SEquestration and Enrichment of metals in DEEP marine deposits with novel micro-X-ray emission spectroscopy ERC Steinman Alain Manceau, Geochemist, CNRS Research Director emeritus attached to the Chemistry Laboratory - project leader Stephan Steinmann, Computational Chemist , CNRS Researcher at the Chemistry Laboratory - scientific leader Rare earth elements (REE) and transition and post-transition metals (TM) are essential to modern life, yet we know little about how they concentrate at Earth's surface, especially on the seafloor, which holds vast reserves. The DEEP-SEE project will shift paradigms on marine metal deposits from chemical composition and resource inventories to a holistic view based on atomic-scale observations and modeling.