Australian Laureate Fellowships - Grant ID: FL150100133

Funding Activity

Website
http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/Web/Grant/Grant/FL150100133

Funding Status
Active

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Funded Activity Summary

How the Earth works - toward building a new tectonic paradigm. How the Earth works - toward building a new tectonic paradigm: This fellowship project aims to build on the latest technological and conceptual advances to establish the patterns of Earth evolution, and use this information to examine a ground-breaking geodynamic hypothesis which links cyclic plate aggregation and dispersion to deep Earth processes. Half a century after the inception of plate tectonics theory, we are still unsure how the Earth 'engine' works, particularly the forces that drive plate tectonics. The project involves extensive national and international collaboration to potentially create a paradigm shift in our understanding of global tectonics, and hopes to contribute to an understanding of the formation and distribution of Earth resources to provide a conceptual framework for their exploration.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 01-07-2015

End Date: 31-12-2023

Funding Scheme: Australian Laureate Fellowships

Funding Amount: $2,917,436.00

Funder: Australian Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Magnetism and Palaeomagnetism | Geophysics | Geodynamics | Tectonics

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

Expanding Knowledge in the Earth Sciences | Climate Change Models | Mineral Exploration not elsewhere classified |

Other Keywords

Climate Change Models | Expanding Knowledge in the Earth Sciences | Geodynamics | Geophysics | Magnetism and Palaeomagnetism | Mineral Exploration not elsewhere classified | Tectonics

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