A multidisciplinary study of the Karoo Basin: chronology of a mass extinction, configuration of a supercontinent

澳大利亚西北大陆架的开发计划将扩大现有的天然气供应，并通过一个创新的碳封存项目帮助管理温室气体排放。更好地了解卡鲁盆地的地质情况将有助于评估澳大利亚西北大陆架的海底沉积物，这对于提高新Gorgon气田的产量和了解地下储层注入二氧化碳的能力至关重要。这项研究还将提高我们对古生代末大灭绝的时间和机制的科学理解，这是地球生命历史上最重要的事件。

Development plans for Australia's North-West (NW) shelf will expand the existing supply of natural gas and help manage greenhouse gas emissions through an innovative carbon sequestration project. A better understanding of well-exposed geology of the Karoo Basin will help evaluate the submarine deposits of Australia's NW shelf, essential for both improving yield from the new Gorgon gas fields and understanding subterranean reservoir capabilities for carbon dioxide injection This study will also improve our scientific understanding of the timing and mechanisms of the end-Paleozoic mass extinction, the most significant event in the history of life on Earth.