The future of palaeoclimate and archaeological research in Australia: next generation instrumentation for chronology and environmental reconstruction

该项目的成果将促进对澳大利亚干旱大陆及其周围海洋环境的更好了解，有助于全球气候变化的研究，并为脆弱生态系统对此类事件和过程的反应提供新的见解。该项目直接针对国家研究优先事项“水--关键资源”、“应对气候变化和多变性”、“克服土壤流失、盐碱和酸度”、“可持续利用澳大利亚的生物多样性”和“了解我们的地区和世界”。它为澳大利亚八所大学和一家研究机构的高效合作研究和培训提供了一个联合型平台。

The outcomes of this project will promote a better understanding of Australia's arid continent and its surrounding marine environment, contribute to studies of global climate change, and provide new insights into the response of fragile ecosystems to such events and processes. The project addresses directly the National Research Priority 'Water - a critical resource', 'Responding to climate change and variability', 'Overcoming soil loss, salinity and acidity', 'Sustainable use of Australia's biodiversity' and 'Understanding our region and the world'. It provides a consortium-type platform for highly productive collaborative research and training across eight universities and one research organisation in Australia.