Discovery Projects - Grant ID: DP0558817

Funding Activity

Website
http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/Web/Grant/Grant/DP0558817

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

A new rheological model for Australia to improve seismic hazard estimates and study the region's recent tectonic history and landform evolution. Australia is currently being squeezed between three active mountain belts, the Himalayas, the Papua New Guinea Highlands and the Southern Alps in New Zealand. We propose to integrate a large number of geological and geophysical databases that have been collected over the past few decades to develop a three-dimensional rheological model of the Australian continent, that is a model that predicts where and how Australia is deforming today. Combined with new, targeted field work, this model will be used to predict where earthquakes are likely to take place but also to study how our old continent is affected by these active mountain belts to create the present-day landscapes in which we live.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 01-01-2005

End Date: 31-12-2007

Funding Scheme: Discovery Projects

Funding Amount: $225,000.00

Funder: Australian Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Geomorphology | Geology | Earthquake Seismology | Geotectonics |

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

Earth sciences | Environmental policy, legislation and standards not elsewhere classified | Mathematical sciences

Other Keywords

Earth sciences | Earthquake Seismology | Environmental policy, legislation and standards not elsewhere classified | Geology | Geomorphology | Geotectonics | Mathematical sciences

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