Website
http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/API/grants/FT130100195
Funding Status
Closed
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Funded Activity Summary
Trying times: Millennial to million year luminescence chronologies for improved reconstructions of Australian megafaunal extinctions. The causes of megafaunal extinction in Australia continue to be fiercely debated owing to chronological gaps in the palaeontological record, poorly constrained palaeoenvironmental histories and limited data on long-term faunal responses to climate change prior to human arrival. This project will utilise and advance new luminescence dating methods to provide unparalleled reconstructions of faunal turnover and environmental change over millennial to million year timescales. The chronologies generated through this work will provide a crucial new perspective on the ongoing megafaunal debate and will be used to test key assumptions underpinning anthropogenic- and climate-driven extinction hypotheses on local, regional and continental scales.Funded Activity Details
Start Date: 12-2013
End Date: 04-2018
Funding Scheme: ARC Future Fellowships
Funding Amount: $755,320.00
Funder: Australian Research Council
Research Topics
ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)
Palaeontology (incl. Palynology) | Quaternary Environments | Geology | Geochronology
ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)
Expanding Knowledge in the Earth Sciences | Ecosystem Adaptation to Climate Change | Effects of Climate Change and Variability on Australia (excl. Social Impacts) |
