A multidisciplinary study of the Karoo Basin: chronology of a mass extinction, configuration of a supercontinent

卡鲁盆地的多学科研究：大规模灭绝的年代学、超级大陆的构造

• 批准号: LP0991834
• 负责人: Dr Eric Tohver
• 金额: $ 35.8万
• 依托单位: The University of Western Australia
• 依托单位国家: 澳大利亚
• 项目类别: Linkage Projects
• 财政年份: 2010
• 资助国家: 澳大利亚
• 起止时间: 2010-05-05 至 2013-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://dataportal.arc.gov.au/RGS/Web/Grants/LP0991834
• 关键词: multidisciplinary; study; Karoo; Basin; chronology

Development plans for Australia's North-West (NW) shelf will expand the existing supply of natural gas and help manage greenhouse gas emissions through an innovative carbon sequestration project. A better understanding of well-exposed geology of the Karoo Basin will help evaluate the submarine deposits of Australia's NW shelf, essential for both improving yield from the new Gorgon gas fields and understanding subterranean reservoir capabilities for carbon dioxide injection This study will also improve our scientific understanding of the timing and mechanisms of the end-Paleozoic mass extinction, the most significant event in the history of life on Earth.

澳大利亚西北大陆架的开发计划将扩大现有的天然气供应，并通过一个创新的碳封存项目帮助管理温室气体排放。更好地了解卡鲁盆地的暴露地质将有助于评估澳大利亚西北大陆架的海底沉积物，这对于提高新戈尔工气田的产量和了解地下储层的二氧化碳注入能力至关重要。这项研究还将提高我们对古生代末大规模灭绝的时间和机制的科学理解，地球生命史上最重大的事件