Discovery Projects - Grant ID: DP160101006

Funding Activity

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http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/API/grants/DP160101006

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Active

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Funded Activity Summary

Impact of melt loss on crustal heat production and Earth geodynamics. This project plans to develop a thermodynamic tool set to calculate the amounts of rare earth elements, thorium and uranium in monazite and link its growth and radiogenic heat budget to rock evolution. Thorium (Th) and uranium (U) produce 83 per cent of the heat in Earth’s continental crust. Vast tracts of high-heat-producing rock from hot, deep parts of the crust defy the notion that such crust is depleted in Th and U. The causes of high heat production in the deep crust remain unclear. This project will develop a tool set to calculate the Th and U concentration in minerals (eg monazite, zircon) and silicate melt as a function of depth, temperature and rock composition. This tool set would be of great benefit to the geoscience community for better understanding fundamental geodynamic processes.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 2016

End Date: 12-2022

Funding Scheme: Discovery Projects

Funding Amount: $160,000.00

Funder: Australian Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Inorganic Geochemistry | Geochemistry | Igneous and Metamorphic Petrology | Geodynamics

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

Expanding Knowledge in the Earth Sciences | Titanium Minerals, Zircon, and Rare Earth Metal Ore (e.g. Monazite) Exploration |

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