From crystal to craton: unravelling the low-temperature thermal evolution and long-term stability of cratonic lithosphere

该项目将通过增加有关克拉通演化的基础科学知识来扩大澳大利亚的知识基础。克拉通是大陆的古老核心。这些地区对于它们所包含的资源及其在其他地方作为长期核废料储存库的稳定地点的潜力非常重要。该项目还将通过开发新方法来增强我们的研究能力，并有助于在澳大利亚建立和保持世界领先的研究能力。此外，该项目还将与海外研究人员建立强有力的国际联系。虽然该项目不直接侧重于国家研究重点，但它将为“地球深部资源”和“地球信息学”提供重要的背景信息。

The project will expand Australia's knowledge base by increasing fundamental scientific knowledge about the evolution of cratons, the old nuclei of the continents. These areas are important for the resources they contain and their potential elsewhere as stable sites for long-term nuclear waste repositories. The project will also enhance our research capability by developing new methods and help to build and sustain world leading research capability in Australia. In addition, the project will forge strong international links with researchers overseas. Whilst not focussed directly on the National Research Priorities the project will nonetheless provide important background information to 'deep-earth resources' and 'geoinformatics'.