Earth’s mid-life crisis: recipe for a habitable planet?

地球的中年危机：打造宜居星球的秘诀？

• 批准号: DE230101642
• 负责人: Dr Andrew Merdith
• 金额: $ 25.21万
• 依托单位: The University of Adelaide
• 依托单位国家: 澳大利亚
• 项目类别: Discovery Early Career Researcher Award
• 财政年份: 2023
• 资助国家: 澳大利亚
• 起止时间: 2023-01-01 至 2025-12-31
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://dataportal.arc.gov.au/RGS/Web/Grants/DE230101642
• 关键词: Earth; mid; life; crisis; recipe

This project aims to establish the state and nature of the physical Earth systems (climate, topography, geography, erosion, carbon cycle, oxygen cycle) during the Neoproterozoic Era that made our planet habitable to complex life. By analysing these systems together, fundamental drivers and contributions to making a habitable planet will be untangled. Expected outcomes include the first ever series of climate models of this time period, as well a series of digital reconstructions of the physical systems themselves. Sedimentary hosted ore deposits, such as copper and cobalt, are formed partly as a function of erosion and climate, allowing us to provide a mechanistic driver to their formation, and consequently exploration.

该项目旨在确定新元古代地球物理系统(气候、地形、地理、侵蚀、碳循环、氧循环)的状态和性质，使我们的星球适合复杂生命的居住。通过将这些系统放在一起分析，使地球变得宜居的根本驱动力和贡献将被理清。预期结果包括这一时期的第一系列气候模型，以及一系列物理系统本身的数字重建。沉积赋存的矿床，如铜和钴，部分是由于侵蚀和气候的作用而形成的，这使得我们能够为它们的形成提供机械驱动，并随后进行勘探。