Crustal Growth in the Northern Tasmanides

澳大利亚和昆士兰州政府已投资300多万美元，在昆士兰州北方进行深地壳地震成像，提供了一个广泛的新的地球物理数据集，能够模拟地壳结构和地质演化达到前所未有的水平。 然而，除非通过分析地表岩石使数据真实化，为外推到地球深部提供地质框架，否则这些模型将仍然未经检验。该框架批判性地描述了地壳块体的组装时间和方式，综合信息将生成进化的3D模型，这将大大改善该地区的矿产勘探目标。

The Australian and Queensland governments have invested over $3 million to undertake deep crustal seismic imaging in northern Queensland, providing an extensive new geophysical dataset capable of modelling crustal architecture and geological evolution to unprecedented levels. However, such models will remain untested unless the data is groundtruthed by analysis of rocks at the surface, providing a geological framework for extrapolation into the deep Earth. The framework critically describes when and how crustal blocks were assembled, and the integrated information will generate evolutionary 3D models that will substantially improve mineral exploration targeting in the region.