Discovery Projects - Grant ID: DP0344650

Funding Activity

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http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/API/grants/DP0344650

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

Volcanology of voluminous felsic lavas. Eruptions of voluminous lavas (>100km3)have occurred throughout geological time but not in recorded human history. These lavas are a major part of very large volcanic areas that form the continents. Excellent examples have been identified in the Gawler Range Volcanics, South Australia. Little is known about the eruption mechanisms and yet these events are the key to understanding large-scale melting processes deep in the Earth and continent formation. This research will use field data from one of the South Australian examples to constrain the nature and position of the source volcanic centre and to clarify outflow mechanisms.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 01-2003

End Date: 05-2006

Funding Scheme: Discovery Projects

Funding Amount: $96,000.00

Funder: Australian Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Vulcanology | Geology |

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

Earth sciences

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