Marine Geological Investigation of the Naturaliste Plateau and Diamantina Zone - the tectono-magmatic development of a non-volcanic passive margin

澳大利亚的大陆边缘对包括旅游业、碳氢化合物生产和渔业在内的主要行业产生了巨大影响，在生物多样性和灾害规划(无论是长期还是短期)方面尤其重要，但对我们边缘的海底的了解极其贫乏。为了帮助缓解这一问题，我们将使用R/V Southern Surveyor研究船制作条带测绘图像，并从西澳大利亚边缘由Naturaliste高原和Diamantina地带主导的南段地质迷人部分的海底挖掘样本。

Australia's continental margins impact enormously on our major industries including tourism, hydrocarbon production and fisheries, and are particularly significant with respect to biodiversity and hazard planning (both long and short term), yet knowledge of the seafloor of our margins is desperately poor. To contribute to alleviating this problem, we will use the R/V Southern Surveyor research vessel to produce swath mapping imagery and dredge samples from the seafloor of a geologically fascinating part of the southern section of the Western Australian margin dominated by the Naturaliste Plateau and Diamantina Zone.