Discovery Early Career Researcher Award - Grant ID: DE150100326

Funding Activity

Website
http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/Web/Grant/Grant/DE150100326

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

The role of subduction initiation in the evolution of Earth’s oceans. An outstanding question in plate tectonics is how do oceans start to close? The Wilson Cycle describes the life of an ocean in three phases: opening and spreading, foundering of its passive margins and development of new subduction zones, and consumption and closure. It has been suggested that new subduction zones are difficult to form and thereby they are more likely to spread from ocean to ocean like a sort of invasive mechanism. This project aims to make use of laboratory models and plate kinematic modelling to understand how subduction zones are initiating and propagating in the Atlantic. The project aims to provide clues on how ancient oceans may have closed and whether the Atlantic is already in its turning point.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 01-01-2015

End Date: 30-11-2015

Funding Scheme: Discovery Early Career Researcher Award

Funding Amount: $338,266.00

Funder: Australian Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Geophysics | Geophysical Fluid Dynamics | Geodynamics | Tectonics

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

Expanding Knowledge in the Earth Sciences | Mineral Exploration not elsewhere classified | Natural Hazards not elsewhere classified |

Other Keywords

Expanding Knowledge in the Earth Sciences | Geodynamics | Geophysical Fluid Dynamics | Geophysics | Mineral Exploration not elsewhere classified | Natural Hazards not elsewhere classified | Tectonics

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