Website
http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/API/grants/FT130101220
Funding Status
Closed
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Funded Activity Summary
How the Earth moves: Developing a novel seismological approach to map the small-scale dynamics of the upper mantle. The concept of small-scale convection currents from about 100-400 km below the Earth’s surface is a model proposed to explain the origins of intraplate volcanoes and mountains. However, direct evidence for the physical reality of small-scale convection cells is generally weak. This project will develop a novel seismological approach combining both ambient noise and earthquake data that can image such small-scale upper mantle convection. The outcomes of this project will help to fill the gap left in the Plate Tectonic paradigm by its inability to explain intraplate geological activity (volcanoes, earthquakes, mountains), which would be a significant step towards unifying conceptual models about how the Earth works.Funded Activity Details
Start Date: 01-2014
End Date: 12-2019
Funding Scheme: ARC Future Fellowships
Funding Amount: $733,323.00
Funder: Australian Research Council
Research Topics
ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)
Seismology and Seismic Exploration | Geophysics | Geodynamics | Tectonics
ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)
Expanding Knowledge in the Earth Sciences | Mineral Exploration not elsewhere classified |
