Dynamic earth models for frontier diamond exploration

用于前沿钻石勘探的动态地球模型

• 批准号: LP170100863
• 负责人: A/Prof Nicolas Flament
• 金额: $ 17.38万
• 依托单位: University of Wollongong
• 依托单位国家: 澳大利亚
• 项目类别: Linkage Projects
• 财政年份: 2018
• 资助国家: 澳大利亚
• 起止时间: 2018-09-27 至 2023-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://dataportal.arc.gov.au/RGS/Web/Grants/LP170100863
• 关键词: Dynamic; earth; models; frontier; diamond

This project aims to investigate the link between continent motion and mantle upwelling over the last billion years by combining tectonic reconstructions and recently developed dynamic earth models with the global and Australian rock record. Mantle upwelling is thought to cause eruptions of large volcanic provinces and kimberlites, the primary source rock for diamonds. The project expects to develop a technique to map kimberlite potential in under-explored regions such as Australia. Significant benefits from the project will be the reduction of economic risks in diamond exploration, the training of a researcher in exploration geodynamics, and understanding the link between supercontinents and mantle upwelling.

该项目旨在通过结合构造重建，并将动态的地球模型与全球和澳大利亚的摇滚记录相结合，调查过去十亿年中大陆运动与上升层上升的联系。被认为会导致大型火山省和金伯利特的爆发，金伯利特是钻石的主要源岩。该项目预计将开发一种技术来绘制澳大利亚等未经探索区域中的金伯利特潜力。该项目的重大好处将是减少钻石勘探的经济风险，对勘探地球动力学研究人员的培训以及了解超中国与地幔上升流之间的联系。