Discovery Projects - Grant ID: DP0342709

Funding Activity

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http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/Web/Grant/Grant/DP0342709

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

A Mission to Very Early Earth: When Did Conditions Suitable for Life Emerge on Earth? A uniquely Australian resource - 4.4-4.1 Ga detrital zircons from the Jack Hills (WA) - represent the only tangible record of the Hadean Eon (4.5-4.0 Ga) and potentially contain information regarding the origin of the atmosphere, hydrosphere, continental lithosphere, geodynamo, and perhaps even life, during the earliest stages of Earth evolution. Following age characterization of 100,000 zircons, experiments involving short-lived nuclear chronometers and tracers of continental evolution (Hf and O isotopes) will be undertaken on the most ancient zircons that could both radically our paradigm for early planetary evolution and permit assessment of whether life emerged during the Hadean Eon.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 01-01-2003

End Date: 31-12-2005

Funding Scheme: Discovery Projects

Funding Amount: $300,000.00

Funder: Australian Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Geochronology | Geochronology And Isotope Geochemistry | Geology

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

Other Keywords

Geochronology | Geochronology And Isotope Geochemistry | Geology | Titanium Minerals, Zircon, and Rare Earth Metal Ores (E.G. Monazite)

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