Origin of the New England contorted mountain belt: implications for plate tectonics, magmatism and mineralisation

澳大利亚东部的新英格兰南部山脉以紧凑的曲线几何形状为特点。这项研究将重建这些迄今无法解释的山脉曲线的形成，解开它们的驱动机制和构造过程。这些研究成果将为经济资源的形成提供板块构造模式，从而有利于未来在新英格兰带发现矿床，或在伴生的沉积盆地中发现能源资源。该项目将在构造地质学和构造学领域培养一批训练有素的专业人员和研究人员，并将提高澳大利亚的科学声誉，保持其在板块构造研究方面的国际领先地位。

The southern New England mountain chain in eastern Australia is characterised by a tight curved geometry. This research will reconstruct the formation of these, hitherto unexplained, mountain curves, unravelling their driving mechanisms and tectonic processes. Results will provide a plate tectonic model for the formation of economic resources, thus facilitating future discoveries of ore deposits in the New England belt, or energy resources in the associated sedimentary basins. The project will foster a pool of highly trained professionals and researchers in the fields of structural geology and tectonics, and will enhance Australia's scientific reputation, maintaining its leading international standing in plate tectonic research.