Discovery Projects - Grant ID: DP140101745

Funding Activity

Website
http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/Web/Grant/Grant/DP140101745

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

Walking with dinosaurs in the Kimberley: mapping the Cretaceous landscapes of the Dampier Peninsula. The coastline of the Dampier Peninsula, Western Australia, preserves what is arguably one the largest and most significant stretches of dinosaur track-sites in the world. Despite recent National Heritage listing, the majority of these tracksites are largely undocumented, such that their full scientific significance is poorly understood. The aim of this project is to digitally map the dinosaur tracksites of the Dampier Peninsula, utilising high-resolution aerial photography with both manned and unmanned aircraft, airborne and hand-held LiDAR imaging, and digital photogrammetry. The results will allow us to construct high-resolution, three-dimensional digital outcrop models of the tracksites, and bring the 130 million-year-old landscapes back to life.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 01-01-2014

End Date: 31-12-2017

Funding Scheme: Discovery Projects

Funding Amount: $410,000.00

Funder: Australian Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Palaeontology (incl. Palynology) | Heritage and Cultural Conservation | Geology | Information and Computing Sciences not elsewhere classified

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

Expanding Knowledge in the Earth Sciences | Conserving Natural Heritage |

Other Keywords

Conserving Natural Heritage | Expanding Knowledge in the Earth Sciences | Geology | Heritage and Cultural Conservation | Information and Computing Sciences not elsewhere classified | Palaeontology (incl. Palynology)

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