Integrated Chronologies and Dynamics of Continental Extension

了解地壳如何被拉伸并最终分裂形成新的海洋盆地，对于了解大陆、大陆资源和地球表面环境的演变至关重要。 该项目结合了分析岩石温度历史的新方法，以追踪其向地表的进展，并直接测量伸展运动后的地表侵蚀率。 这种综合的方法将被用来检查一些最好的表征的例子，在亚利桑那州，墨西哥和非洲大陆的扩展投下新的光在澳大利亚的老伸展环境的发展。

Knowledge about how the Earth's crust is stretched and eventually broken apart to form new ocean basins is fundamental to understanding the evolution of the continents, their resources and the surface environment of our planet. This project combines new methods of analysing the temperature history of rocks to trace their progress towards the surface with direct measurements of the rate of surface erosion following extensional movements. This integrated approach will be used to examine some of the best-characterised examples of continental extension in Arizona, Mexico and Africa to cast new light on the development of older extensional environments in Australia.