Origin of the New England contorted mountain belt: implications for plate tectonics, magmatism and mineralisation

新英格兰扭曲山脉的起源：对板块构造、岩浆作用和矿化的影响

• 批准号: DP0986762
• 负责人: Prof Gideon Rosenbaum
• 金额: $ 16.64万
• 依托单位: The University of Queensland
• 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 2012-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://dataportal.arc.gov.au/RGS/Web/Grants/DP0986762
• 关键词: Origin; New; England; contorted; mountain

The southern New England mountain chain in eastern Australia is characterised by a tight curved geometry. This research will reconstruct the formation of these, hitherto unexplained, mountain curves, unravelling their driving mechanisms and tectonic processes. Results will provide a plate tectonic model for the formation of economic resources, thus facilitating future discoveries of ore deposits in the New England belt, or energy resources in the associated sedimentary basins. The project will foster a pool of highly trained professionals and researchers in the fields of structural geology and tectonics, and will enhance Australia's scientific reputation, maintaining its leading international standing in plate tectonic research.

澳大利亚东部的南新英格兰山脉以紧密弯曲的几何形状为特征。这项研究将重建这些迄今无法解释的山脉曲线的形成，揭示它们的驱动机制和构造过程。研究结果将为经济资源的形成提供板块构造模型，从而为今后新英格兰带的矿床或伴生沉积盆地的能源资源的发现提供依据。该项目将在构造地质学和构造学领域培养一批训练有素的专业人员和研究人员，并将提高澳大利亚的科学声誉，保持其在板块构造研究方面的国际领先地位。