A new nano-geochronology approach to global Earth processes

该项目旨在开发一种新的纳米地质年代学工具。地质年代学是确定岩石和地质事件年龄的科学，是回答行星演化、塑造地球的地质过程、生命演化和过去气候等基本问题的关键。许多有价值的矿物相太小，无法用常规方法测定年代。纳米地质年代学所具有的解开信息的潜力，否则无法追踪，在很大程度上仍然没有探索。纳米地质年代学的发展和应用将提高我们对澳大利亚地壳和地质测绘领域的认识，这在很大程度上支持了矿产勘探。

This project aims to develop a new nano-geochronology tool. Geochronology is the science of determining the ages of rocks and geological events, and is key to answering fundamental questions of planetary evolution, the geological processes that shaped our Earth, and evolution of life and past climates. Many valuable mineral phases are too small to be dated by conventional methods. The potential that nano-geochronology has to unlock information otherwise untraceable remains largely unexplored. The development and application of nano-geochronology will improve our understanding of the Australian crust and the field of geological mapping, which largely supports mineral exploration.