Discovery Projects - Grant ID: DP0667182

Funding Activity

Website
http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/Web/Grant/Grant/DP0667182

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

Palaeoclimatic and environmental significance of major Late Quaternary drainage contributions and disruptions in the Lake Eyre basin. This study will advance our knowledge of the most remarkable floods ever known to have occurred in Australia. They were associated with a vast aquatic ecosystem in what today is the barren northern end of the Flinders Ranges, a region of desert dunes and salt lakes. Remarkably, such wet conditions appear to have coincided with episodes of megafaunal extinction and with the human occupation of Australia. The results will provide valuable information with which to better understand the the main global drivers of episodes of profound wetness and dryness in Australian climate.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 01-01-2006

End Date: 31-12-2008

Funding Scheme: Discovery Projects

Funding Amount: $270,000.00

Funder: Australian Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Geochronology | Geomorphology | Geology | Climatology (Incl. Palaeoclimatology)

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

Climate change | Land and water management | Earth sciences |

Other Keywords

Climate change | Climatology (Incl. Palaeoclimatology) | Earth sciences | Geochronology | Geology | Geomorphology | Land and water management

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