Discovery Projects - Grant ID: DP0663319

Funding Activity

Website
http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/Web/Grant/Grant/DP0663319

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

Understanding the deep mantle: experimental petrology at very high pressures. The great processes that shape the Earth at its surface, including plate tectonics and continental drift, can only be understood by appreciating how the interior of the Earth works. However, studying the deep Earth is difficult because of the enormous pressures and temperatures involved. This research proposes to simulate conditions in the Earth's lower mantle (that is, below 670 km in depth) by making use of an Australian invented diamond-based ceramic, to double the pressure at which experiments can be performed. The information gained from this fundamental research will help predict how giant ore bodies form. The development of the high-pressure apparatus will also aid material scientists in their quest for novel materials.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 01-01-2006

End Date: 31-12-2009

Funding Scheme: Discovery Projects

Funding Amount: $480,000.00

Funder: Australian Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Geology | Mineralogy And Crystallography | Igneous And Metamorphic Petrology |

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

Ceramics | Earth sciences | Scientific instrumentation

Other Keywords

Ceramics | Earth sciences | Geology | Igneous And Metamorphic Petrology | Mineralogy And Crystallography | Scientific instrumentation

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