Discovery Projects - Grant ID: DP0211875

Funding Activity

Website
http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/API/grants/DP0211875

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

Stable Carbon and Hydrogen Isotope Signatures of Chemical Fossils to Infer Palaeoenvironmental Change. Aims are to selectively measure the stable carbon and hydrogen isotopic composition of individual chemical fossils (biomarkers) in sediments and petroleum. Biomarkers are derived from biochemicals in algae, bacteria and higher plants and their isotopic compositions reflects important information about the climate and environment under which the precursor organisms lived. Periods of palaeoenvironmental change will be established through the varied stable isotope compositions of certain biomarkers within samples sectioned from sediment profiles of different age. This information will then be used to better identify rocks in Australia offering good sources of petroleum.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 03-2002

End Date: 10-2007

Funding Scheme: Discovery Projects

Funding Amount: $515,483.00

Funder: Australian Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Analytical Chemistry | Exploration Geochemistry | Analytical Chemistry Not Elsewhere Classified | Ionospheric And Magnetospheric Physics

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

Oil and gas | Water services and utilities | Substance abuse |

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