Research Grant
[Cite as https://purl.org/au-research/grants/arc/LP140100874]
Researchers:
Alistair Hack
(Chief Investigator)
,
Associate Professor Scott Bryan
(Chief Investigator)
,
Dr Charles Verdel
(Chief Investigator)
,
Gideon Rosenbaum
(Chief Investigator)
,
Prof William Collins
(Chief Investigator)
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Brief description The Missing link in the Tasmanides: evaluating tectonic evolution and resource exploration potential of the southern Thomson Fold belt. Understanding the Thomson Orogen, a geological region which straddles the New South Wales and Queensland border, is critical for developing geodynamic models for the evolution of eastern Australia, and assessing resource potential. However, it lies under the Great Artesian Basin. This project focusses on ground truthing geophysical acquisition studies using drill core from a targeted drilling program, designed to maximise the available tectono-stratigraphic information. The outcome intends to be a 3D geological map of the region, which can be interrogated for mineral exploration targeting, and from which 4D evolutionary geodynamic models of eastern Australian can be integrated.
Funding Amount $460,000
Funding Scheme Linkage Projects
- PURL : https://purl.org/au-research/grants/arc/LP140100874
- ARC : LP140100874