Website
http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/API/grants/FL140100044
Funding Status
Closed
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Funded Activity Summary
What is natural? Humans, megafauna and climate in northern Australia. What is natural? Humans, megafauna and climate in northern Australia. This project aims to produce the first long-term (100,000 year), replicated, high-resolution terrestrial records of environmental change before, during and after the arrival of humans in Australian savannas. These records will be the first in the world to extract, from the same material, independent, cutting-edge organic and isotope geochemical records of changes in water balance, vegetation type and fire activity. This will enable natural and human drivers of change in northern Australia's climate and biodiversity to be disentangled on two timescales: millennial: before, during and after Aboriginal arrival in northern Australia and centennial: before, during and after European arrival in northern Australia.Funded Activity Details
Start Date: 11-2014
End Date: 12-2020
Funding Scheme: Australian Laureate Fellowships
Funding Amount: $2,647,521.00
Funder: Australian Research Council
Research Topics
ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)
Archaeological Science | Quaternary Environments | Physical Geography and Environmental Geoscience | Isotope Geochemistry
ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)
Effects of Climate Change and Variability on Australia (excl. Social Impacts) | Understanding Australia's Past | Flora, Fauna and Biodiversity at Regional or Larger Scales |
