Discovery Projects - Grant ID: DP0666062

Funding Activity

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http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/API/grants/DP0666062

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

Marine Geological Investigation of the Naturaliste Plateau and Diamantina Zone - the tectono-magmatic development of a non-volcanic passive margin. Australia's continental margins impact enormously on our major industries including tourism, hydrocarbon production and fisheries, and are particularly significant with respect to biodiversity and hazard planning (both long and short term), yet knowledge of the seafloor of our margins is desperately poor. To contribute to alleviating this problem, we will use the R/V Southern Surveyor research vessel to produce swath mapping imagery and dredge samples from the seafloor of a geologically fascinating part of the southern section of the Western Australian margin dominated by the Naturaliste Plateau and Diamantina Zone.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 03-2006

End Date: 03-2008

Funding Scheme: Discovery Projects

Funding Amount: $110,000.00

Funder: Australian Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Geochronology And Isotope Geochemistry | Geology | Igneous And Metamorphic Petrology | Geotectonics

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

Oil and gas | Integrated (ecosystem) assessment and management | Earth sciences |

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