Discovery Projects - Grant ID: DP0770938

Funding Activity

Website
http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/Web/Grant/Grant/DP0770938

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

Reconstruction of marine ecosystems following the greatest mass extinction during the Phanerozoic history of Earth life: Lessons for the present. Frequent defaunation events strongly threaten sustainable development of marine resources and human environments especially in countries that are surrounded by oceans such as Australia. By analysing recovery mechanisms of marine ecosystems following the Permian-Triassic mass extinction, the greatest crisis of Earth life, we will develop predictive tools for analysing restoration of modern marine defaunated ecosystems. Understanding biotic extinction and recovery is crucial to understanding the evolution of the Earth's biosphere. This study increases Australia's research profile on this global issue. The target strata are quality oil source rocks in Perth Basin, and thus this project is beneficial to the Australian petroleum industry.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 01-01-2007

End Date: 31-12-2011

Funding Scheme: Discovery Projects

Funding Amount: $563,070.00

Funder: Australian Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Other Stratigraphy (Incl. Sequence Stratigraphy) | Geology | Sedimentology | Palaeontology |

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

Oil and gas | Integrated (ecosystem) assessment and management | Earth sciences

Other Keywords

Earth sciences | Geology | Integrated (ecosystem) assessment and management | Oil and gas | Other Stratigraphy (Incl. Sequence Stratigraphy) | Palaeontology | Sedimentology

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