Exploring the nexus between global palaeogeography and the rise of animals

探索全球古地理与动物崛起之间的关系

• 批准号: DE220101558
• 负责人: Dr Marissa Betts
• 金额: $ 27.69万
• 依托单位: The University of New England
• 依托单位国家: 澳大利亚
• 项目类别: Discovery Early Career Researcher Award
• 财政年份: 2022
• 资助国家: 澳大利亚
• 起止时间: 2022-01-01 至 2024-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://dataportal.arc.gov.au/RGS/Web/Grants/DE220101558
• 关键词: Exploring; nexus; between; global; palaeogeography

The Ediacaran–Cambrian periods (635–485 million years ago) capture one of the most critical events in the history of life, but are rarely the focus of global-scale palaeogeographic modelling. By employing a holistic, multi-proxy approach that synthesises vast fossil and geological datasets, this project aims to reconstruct continental positions to determine how shifting landmasses influenced the evolution of the first complex animals. Expected outcomes and benefits include a new, animated global model of continental evolution that can be used across a broad range of fields, particularly for studies investigating the development of Earth System processes and the biosphere in deep time, with potential applications in resource exploration.

埃迪卡拉纪-寒武纪(6.35-4.85亿年前)捕捉到了生命历史上最关键的事件之一，但很少成为全球尺度古地理建模的焦点。通过采用综合大量化石和地质数据集的整体、多代理方法，该项目旨在重建大陆位置，以确定不断变化的陆块如何影响第一批复杂动物的进化。预期成果和好处包括一种新的全球大陆演化动画模型，可用于广泛领域，特别是用于研究地球系统进程和深部生物圈的发展及其在资源勘探方面的潜在应用。