A National Facility for the 3D Imaging of the Near Surface

该提案旨在为建立国家近地表三维成像基金提供资金。其目的是为澳大利亚研究人员提供下一代地球物理仪器，以便对浅层地下进行高分辨率的地貌尺度测绘。这些数据的庞大规模和令人印象深刻的密度可以从根本上改变考古学、地球、环境和法医科学领域可以提出的研究问题。这套综合设备目前在南半球尚未提供，如果得到资助，将使澳大利亚处于激动人心的近地表地球物理领域的前沿，并促进与亚洲、非洲和大洋洲伙伴机构的合作。

This proposal aims to fund the establishment of a National Facility for the 3D Imaging of the Near Surface. It aims to provide Australian researchers with access to next-generation geophysical instruments for high-resolution landscape scale mapping of the shallow subsurface. The expansive size and impressive density of these data can fundamentally change the research questions that can be asked in the fields of archaeology, earth, environmental and forensic science. This integrated suite of equipment is currently not available in the Southern Hemisphere and will, if funded, position Australia at the forefront of the exciting field of near surface geophysics and facilitate collaboration with partner institutions in Asia, Africa and Oceania.