Deep Crustal Section Through a Late Archaean Orogen (Greenland): Archaean Crustal Sutures, Abyssal Peridotites and Gold

板块构造在地球早期-这对于了解澳大利亚丰富的金矿床非常重要。利用板块构造学，像欧洲阿尔卑斯山这样的年轻山脉是在遥远的大陆碰撞时形成的。该项目将调查深侵蚀，超级暴露的格陵兰岛山脉带及其金矿化的起源。 这是为了确定它是否代表了通过古代板块构造形成的西太平洋大陆-大陆碰撞的深部，也是为了深入了解澳大利亚重要的西太平洋金矿，并制作模型以帮助寻找更多的黄金。

Did plate tectonics operate in Earth's early times - the Archaean (before 2500 million years ago)? This is important for understanding Australia's rich Archaean gold mineralisation. Using plate tectonics, young mountains like the European Alps formed when once distant continents collided. The project will investigate the origins of a deeply-eroded, superbly-exposed Archaean Greenland mountain belt and its gold mineralisation. This is to establish whether it represents a deep section through an Archaean continent-continent collision formed via ancient plate tectonics and also to provide insight into Australia's important Archaean gold deposits and to produce models to help search for more gold.