Linkage - International - Grant ID: LX0454282

Funding Activity

Website
http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/Web/Grant/Grant/LX0454282

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

How has continental lithosphere evolved? Processes of assembly, growth, transformation and destruction. Novel in-situ analytical and dating techniques will be used on samples from the Earth's mantle and deep crust to define the processes by which the continents and their roots (to depths of 250 km) have been formed, modified or destroyed at different times throughout Earth's 4.6 billion year evolution. The role of oceanic plateaus and mantle plumes in building protocontinents or modifying lithospheric volumes will be evaluated. The results will provide a more robust framework for interpreting the architecture of Earth's lithosphere and will have relevance to the formation and location of resources such as Ni, PGEs, Au and diamonds.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 01-01-2004

End Date: 30-06-2007

Funding Scheme: Linkage - International

Funding Amount: $120,000.00

Funder: Australian Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Geochronology And Isotope Geochemistry | Geology | Igneous And Metamorphic Petrology | Geotectonics

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

Earth sciences |

Other Keywords

Earth sciences | Geochronology And Isotope Geochemistry | Geology | Geotectonics | Igneous And Metamorphic Petrology

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