Walking with dinosaurs in the Kimberley: mapping the Cretaceous landscapes of the Dampier Peninsula

在金伯利与恐龙同行：绘制丹皮尔半岛白垩纪地貌图

• 批准号: DP140101745
• 负责人: Dr Steven Salisbury
• 金额: $ 28.62万
• 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: 2014
• 资助国家: 澳大利亚
• 起止时间: 2014-01-01 至 2017-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://dataportal.arc.gov.au/RGS/Web/Grants/DP140101745
• 关键词: Walking; dinosaurs; Kimberley; mapping; Cretaceous

The coastline of the Dampier Peninsula, Western Australia, preserves what is arguably one the largest and most significant stretches of dinosaur track-sites in the world. Despite recent National Heritage listing, the majority of these tracksites are largely undocumented, such that their full scientific significance is poorly understood. The aim of this project is to digitally map the dinosaur tracksites of the Dampier Peninsula, utilising high-resolution aerial photography with both manned and unmanned aircraft, airborne and hand-held LiDAR imaging, and digital photogrammetry. The results will allow us to construct high-resolution, three-dimensional digital outcrop models of the tracksites, and bring the 130 million-year-old landscapes back to life.

西澳大利亚丹皮尔半岛的海岸线保存着世界上最大和最重要的恐龙足迹遗址。尽管最近被列入国家遗产名录，但大多数这些轨道站点基本上没有记录，因此它们的全部科学意义很少被了解。该项目的目的是利用有人驾驶和无人驾驶飞机的高分辨率航空摄影、机载和手持式激光雷达成像以及数字摄影测量，对丹皮尔半岛的恐龙足迹进行数字化测绘。研究结果将使我们能够构建高分辨率的三维数字露头模型，并使1.3亿年前的景观恢复生机。