Weathering on Mars and Australian Analogues: Developing Suitable Chronological Tools and Theoretical Approaches

火星和澳大利亚类似物的风化：开发合适的年代工具和理论方法

• 批准号: DP0666925
• 负责人: Prof Paulo Vasconcelos
• 金额: $ 12.45万
• 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: 2006
• 资助国家: 澳大利亚
• 起止时间: 2006-01-01 至 2009-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://dataportal.arc.gov.au/RGS/Web/Grants/DP0666925
• 关键词: Weathering; Mars; Australian; Analogues; Developing

The research outlined in this proposal will place Australia at the forefront of Mars exploration research. It will lead to the development of new approaches for the analysis of minerals formed by low temperature water-rock interaction and for the interpretation of geochronological results obtained from supergene minerals. The new analytical approaches developed in this project will have direct application in the study of the paleoclimatological and environmental evolution of Earth and Mars. It will also result in improved understanding of environmental and landscape evolution in Australia, helping to reach the objectives of an Environmentally Sustainable Australia, a national research priority.

该提案中概述的研究将使澳大利亚处于火星探索研究的前沿。这将导致发展新的方法来分析由低温水-岩相互作用形成的矿物和解释从表生矿物获得的地质年代学结果。该项目开发的新分析方法将直接应用于地球和火星古气候和环境演变的研究。它还将导致更好地了解澳大利亚的环境和景观演变，帮助实现澳大利亚环境可持续发展的目标，这是国家研究重点。