The interplay of tectonics and sea level on carbonate platform evolution

在地质时间尺度上，珊瑚礁和碳酸盐台地是地球碳酸盐工厂中最多产的组成部分。该项目将开发一个数字社区框架，以模拟碳酸盐平台在地质时间尺度上的起伏。该项目将揭示构造、地幔对流、海平面变化、气候和陆地沉积物径流对碳酸盐台地生长和淹没的相对影响。结果将确定大堡礁规模关闭珊瑚礁的环境条件，量化碳酸盐平台的碳储存潜力，并以前所未有的细节模拟澳大利亚大陆边缘的构造发展。

Reefs and carbonate platforms represent the most prolific component of Earth’s carbonate factory on geological timescales. The project will develop a digital community framework for modelling the rise and demise of carbonate platforms on geological timescales. The project will untangle the relative influence of tectonics, dynamic topography from mantle convection, sea level change, climate, and terrestrial sediment runoff on the growth and drowning of carbonate platforms. The outcomes will identify the environmental conditions that shut down reefs on the scale of the Great Barrier Reef, quantify the carbon storage potential of carbonate platforms, and model the tectonic development of Australia's continental margins in unprecedented detail.