Integrating deep-earth and surface processes for frontier-basin exploration [ 2010-02-25 - 2013-12-31 ]

Research Grant

Researchers: Dietmar Muller (Chief Investigator) ,  Dr Christian Heine (Postdoctoral Fellow) ,  Dr Giampiero Iaffaldano (Postdoctoral Fellow) ,  Dr Malcolm Ross (Partner Investigator) ,  Dr PATRICK UNTERNEHR (Partner Investigator)

Brief description Integrating deep-earth and surface processes for frontier-basin exploration. It is well-known that mantle convection has a profound influence on basin evolution, and the next step will be to quantify this relationship and provide the science that will make these concepts applicable to exploration. To do this, we will develop a workflow to link plate-reconstruction software with the mantle convection modelling to link plate motions mantle convection and the history of sedimentation systematically for the first time for frontier basin-scale applications. We will apply these emerging technologies to the evolution of basins in the Arctic borderlands frontier for resource exploration and on the Australian continent.

Funding Amount $525,000

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