Deep Crustal Section Through a Late Archaean Orogen (Greenland): Archaean Crustal Sutures, Abyssal Peridotites and Gold

板块构造在地球早期——太古宙（25亿年前）发生过吗？这对于了解澳大利亚丰富的太古宙金矿化非常重要。利用板块构造，像欧洲阿尔卑斯山这样的年轻山脉在遥远的大陆碰撞时形成。该项目将调查一个深度侵蚀、极度暴露的太古代格陵兰山带及其金矿化的起源。这是为了确定它是否代表了一个由古代板块构造形成的太古宙大陆-大陆碰撞形成的深层剖面，同时也为了解澳大利亚重要的太古宙金矿床提供了见解，并为寻找更多的黄金提供了模型。

Did plate tectonics operate in Earth's early times - the Archaean (before 2500 million years ago)? This is important for understanding Australia's rich Archaean gold mineralisation. Using plate tectonics, young mountains like the European Alps formed when once distant continents collided. The project will investigate the origins of a deeply-eroded, superbly-exposed Archaean Greenland mountain belt and its gold mineralisation. This is to establish whether it represents a deep section through an Archaean continent-continent collision formed via ancient plate tectonics and also to provide insight into Australia's important Archaean gold deposits and to produce models to help search for more gold.