Investigating the Structure and Evolution of the Continental Crust: A Virtual Facility for Thermochronology, Noble Gas Geochemistry and Geochronology

澳大利亚的研究小组在地质年代测定方面取得了许多领先的技术进展。该项目将继续这一记录，并提供核心基础设施，以支持能够处理有关地壳和表面环境演变的基本科学问题以及这些知识在经济上的重要应用的重大合作研究力量。其中包括寻找石油和矿藏，从而实现国家优先目标：开发深层地球资源。该项目将加强与其他国家和国际研究人员的联系，并在一个具有重大世界科学意义的领域建立澳大利亚的研究形象。

Australian research groups have been responsible for a number of leading technical developments in geological dating. This project will continue that track record and provide the core infrastructure to support a major collaborative research strength that can address both fundamental scientific questions about the evolution of the Earth's crust and surface environment, as well as important economic applications of that knowledge. These include the search for petroleum and mineral deposits, thereby addressing the National Priority Goal: Developing deep-earth resources. The project will strengthen links with other national and international researchers, and build Australia's research profile in an area of significant worldwide scientific interest.