Discovery Projects - Grant ID: DP1096911

Funding Activity

Website
http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/Web/Grant/Grant/DP1096911

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

How green were our deserts? Evidence for Late Quaternary climate change and the source of water in the Lake Eyre basin. This project addresses the National Research Priority of Environmentally Sustainable Australia by examining evidence for what has controlled climate change and variable runoff in the vast Lake Eyre basin. It will provide evidence for why Australia, presently the world's driest inhabited continent, has as recently as medieval times supported large lakes holding many cubic kilometres of fresh water adjacent to the now-barren Flinders Ranges. It will show if this water had a tropical or temperate source, fundamental information for understanding Australia's past climate, and allow predictions of future climate to be based on firm evidence.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 01-01-2010

End Date: 31-12-2015

Funding Scheme: Discovery Projects

Funding Amount: $350,000.00

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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