Linking Australia’s basement and cover mineral systems

连接澳大利亚的地下室和覆盖矿物系统

• 批准号: DE240101283
• 负责人: Dr Jacob Mulder
• 金额: $ 25.02万
• 依托单位: The University of Adelaide
• 依托单位国家: 澳大利亚
• 项目类别: Discovery Early Career Researcher Award
• 财政年份: 2024
• 资助国家: 澳大利亚
• 起止时间: 2024-01-01 至 2026-12-31
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://dataportal.arc.gov.au/RGS/Web/Grants/DE240101283
• 关键词: Linking; Australia; basement; cover; mineral

The aim of this research is to use revolutionary new mineral-dating techniques to test the hypothesis that low-temperature fluids can transport metals from Australia's richly endowed geological basement to form new mineral deposits in the sedimentary basins that cover most of the continent. Sedimentary-hosted mineral systems are the largest source of the critical metal cobalt and the second largest source of copper on Earth. These two metals are essential to developing the green energy infrastructure and technologies that underpin a net zero economy. The expected outcomes are a detailed record of paleo-fluid flow and metal cycling in Australia's highly prospective sedimentary basins.

这项研究的目的是使用革命性的新矿物测年技术来测试这一假设，即低温流体可以从澳大利亚丰富的地质基底中运输金属，在覆盖大陆大部分地区的沉积盆地中形成新的矿床。沉积物矿物系统是地球上关键金属钴的最大来源和铜的第二大来源。这两种金属对于发展支持净零经济的绿色能源基础设施和技术至关重要。预期成果是澳大利亚极具前景的沉积盆地中古流体流动和金属循环的详细记录。