A new nano-geochronology approach to global Earth processes

全球地球过程的新纳米地质年代学方法

• 批准号: DE190101307
• 负责人: Dr Denis Fougerouse
• 金额: $ 29.62万
• 依托单位: Curtin University
• 依托单位国家: 澳大利亚
• 项目类别: Discovery Early Career Researcher Award
• 财政年份: 2019
• 资助国家: 澳大利亚
• 起止时间: 2019-06-18 至 2022-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://dataportal.arc.gov.au/RGS/Web/Grants/DE190101307
• 关键词: new; nano; geochronology; approach; global

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.

该项目旨在开发一种新的纳米地质年代学工具。地质年代学是一门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以及生命和过去气候演变等基本问题的关键。许多有价值的矿物相太小，不能用传统方法测定年龄。纳米地质年代学解锁原本无法追踪的信息的潜力在很大程度上仍未被发掘。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填图领域的了解，这在很大程度上支持了矿产勘探。