Linking Australia’s basement and cover mineral systems

连接澳大利亚的地下室和覆盖矿物系统

• 批准号: DE240101283
• 负责人: Dr Jacob Mulder
• 金额: $ 25.02万
• 依托单位: The University of Adelaide
• 依托单位国家: 澳大利亚
• 项目类别: Discovery Early Career Researcher Award
• 财政年份: 2024
• 资助国家: 澳大利亚
• 起止时间: 2024-01-01 至 2026-12-31
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://dataportal.arc.gov.au/RGS/Web/Grants/DE240101283
• 关键词: Linking; Australia; basement; cover; mineral

The aim of this research is to use revolutionary new mineral-dating techniques to test the hypothesis that low-temperature fluids can transport metals from Australia's richly endowed geological basement to form new mineral deposits in the sedimentary basins that cover most of the continent. Sedimentary-hosted mineral systems are the largest source of the critical metal cobalt and the second largest source of copper on Earth. These two metals are essential to developing the green energy infrastructure and technologies that underpin a net zero economy. The expected outcomes are a detailed record of paleo-fluid flow and metal cycling in Australia's highly prospective sedimentary basins.

这项研究的目的是使用革命性的新矿物约会技术来检验以下假设：低温流体可以将金属从澳大利亚丰富的地质地下室运送金属，以在覆盖大部分大陆大部分大陆的沉积盆地中形成新的矿藏。沉积物托管矿物系统是关键金属钴的最大来源，也是地球上铜的第二大来源。这两种金属对于开发支撑零经济净的绿色能源基础设施和技术至关重要。预期的结果是澳大利亚高度前瞻性沉积盆地古流动流和金属循环的详细记录。