Diamond genesis: cracking the code for deep-Earth processes

钻石成因：破解地球深部过程的密码

• 批准号: DP0984852
• 负责人: Prof William Griffin
• 金额: $ 19.01万
• 依托单位: Macquarie University
• 依托单位国家: 澳大利亚
• 项目类别: Discovery Projects
• 财政年份: 2009
• 资助国家: 澳大利亚
• 起止时间: 2009-01-01 至 2011-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://dataportal.arc.gov.au/RGS/Web/Grants/DP0984852
• 关键词: Diamond; genesis; cracking; code; deep

The project will provide new insights into the processes by which diamond crystallises in the Earth's mantle, and will deliver information directly relevant to interpreting the diamond prospectivity of the Australian continent. The development of a new diamond mine in Australia, or by Australian companies abroad, would be a major addition to the economy and Australian-based industry. Another outcome of this research will be further development of methodologies for identification of sources of individual diamonds, relevant to the international Kimberley Process for reducing theft and illegal diamond trade. The project will be a highly visible Australian contribution to this global social and economic problem.

该项目将为钻石在地幔中结晶的过程提供新的见解，并将为解释澳大利亚大陆的钻石远景提供直接相关的信息。在澳大利亚开发一个新的钻石矿，或者由澳大利亚公司在海外开发钻石矿，将对澳大利亚经济和以澳大利亚为基础的工业产生重大影响。这项研究的另一项成果将是进一步发展查明个别钻石来源的方法，这与减少盗窃和非法钻石贸易的国际金伯利进程有关。该项目将是澳大利亚对这一全球社会和经济问题的显著贡献。