Past Plate Tectonic Controls on Critical Metal Systems
About the project
A grand science quest is to understand how our life-nurturing planet came to be.
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This Fellowship aims to use abundant geological information to build a tectonic, bathymetric and topographic digital twin of the Earth’s surface through its middle age (1800–500 million years ago)—then apply this to investigate how deep earth processes including earthquakes, volcanos and plate tectonics endowed our planet with critical metals and built a habitable
world.
Contributing Researchers
Leading the project is
Professor Alan S Collins, Mawson Chair at Adelaide University, with a large team of academic, post-doctoral researchers as well as PhD and Hons students - all contributing to the researcher outputs.Â
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Key team members are:
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Andrew Merdith, xxxx
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Morgan Blades, xxx
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Researchers working on this project’ – obviously this one would have me, Morgan, Sandro, Juraj, Tian, Yousef and PhD students Stella, Kate, Matt, Holly, Debbie
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Specific projects and funding
Plate Tectonics, Critical Metals and our Habitable Earth, ARC Laureate Fellowship, FL240100114
https://www.arc.gov.au/2024-laureate-profile-professor-alan-collins
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Plate Tectonics, Critical Metals and our Habitable Earth, ARC Laureate Fellowship, FL240100114
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Mineral Exploration Co-operative Research Centre
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Reconstructing the Beetaloo/Greater McArthur Basin System, LP200301457
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Most recent publications / outputs
Ensure your geological research papers and data sets adhere to our archival standards. We prioritize studies that contribute to our understanding of lithospheric dynamics and crustal evolution.
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