Australian Laureate Fellowships - Grant ID: FL160100168 [ 2016 - 2023 ]

Research Grant

Researchers Prof Peter Cawood

Brief description This project aims to establish the origin and evolution of the continental crust and its role in the long term development of the Earth system. The continental crust hosts the resources on which we depend and its evolution controls the environment in which we live. The crust’s record (including resources) is episodic in space and time, but the origin of this periodicity is unresolved. Building on recent advances on crustal development, the fellowship would work to resolve the origin of the episodic age pattern, which affects the distribution of mineral systems and their prospectivity.

Funding Amount $2,851,557

Funding Scheme Australian Laureate Fellowships