Linkage Infrastructure, Equipment And Facilities - Grant ID: LE0775533
Funder
Australian Research Council
Funding Amount
$700,000.00
Summary
A New Generation Noble Gas Mass Spectrometer Facility for Advanced Research in the Earth, Planetary and Environmental Sciences. The current proposal, to establish a new Noble Gas Analytical Consortium for noble gas chronological and geochemical analyses, will generate new knowledge on the evolution of the Earth, with profound implications for past climate change, landscape evolution, formation of ore bodies, and terrestrial geodynamics. Consequently, the facility will conform to the National Res ....A New Generation Noble Gas Mass Spectrometer Facility for Advanced Research in the Earth, Planetary and Environmental Sciences. The current proposal, to establish a new Noble Gas Analytical Consortium for noble gas chronological and geochemical analyses, will generate new knowledge on the evolution of the Earth, with profound implications for past climate change, landscape evolution, formation of ore bodies, and terrestrial geodynamics. Consequently, the facility will conform to the National Research Priority of 'An Environmentally Sustainable Australia'. The new facility will ensure that Australian research remains at the forefront of international science development and will also provide essential training for the next generation of Australian scientists.Read moreRead less
Volatile recycling at the crust-mantle interface: Evidence from halogens and noble gases in deep-crustal fluids. 1) The technique proposed for this study is of proven interest to the mineral exploration industry. This project will: i) increase knowledge of the deep-crustal fluids often implicated in giant hydrothermal ore deposits; and ii) develop laser ablation, which will increase the techniques applicability to Australia's oldest ore deposits. These outcomes will further benefit the mineral e ....Volatile recycling at the crust-mantle interface: Evidence from halogens and noble gases in deep-crustal fluids. 1) The technique proposed for this study is of proven interest to the mineral exploration industry. This project will: i) increase knowledge of the deep-crustal fluids often implicated in giant hydrothermal ore deposits; and ii) develop laser ablation, which will increase the techniques applicability to Australia's oldest ore deposits. These outcomes will further benefit the mineral exploration industry.
2) The experimental data can be applied to testing the long-term storage of CO2 by geo-sequestration.
3) The proposed research is extremely topical and will be presented at international conferences and in high impact journals raising the profile of Australian science. Read moreRead less