Linkage Infrastructure, Equipment and Facilities - Grant ID: LE160100067 [ 2016 - 2023 ]

Research Grant

Researchers Prof Richard Arculus; A/Prof David Cohen; A/Prof Stephen Gallagher; Prof Paulo Vasconcelos; Prof Christopher Elders; Prof John Foden; Prof Millard Coffin; A/Prof Oliver Nebel; Dr Helen McGregor; Dr Michael Clennell; Dr Craig Sloss; Dr Andrew Heap; A/Prof Jody Webster; Dr Anthony Kemp; Prof Simon George

Brief description This project is for a 5-year membership of the International Ocean Discovery Program, the world’s largest collaborative research program in earth and ocean sciences addressing international priorities. The program conducts seagoing coring expeditions and monitoring of instrumented boreholes to study the history and current activity of the Earth, recorded in sediments and rocks below the seafloor. The program’s aims include understanding past global environments on multiple time scales, the deep biosphere, plate tectonics, occurrence and distribution of resources, and generation of hazards. Several multinational expeditions are scheduled and planned in our marine jurisdiction and within the Australasian region.

Funding Amount $10,000,000

Funding Scheme Linkage Infrastructure, Equipment and Facilities