Grant Award View - GA69728

Opening of the Tasman Sea and the separation of Australia and...

Contact Details

Rhonda Bartley

Phone:
03 6232 3211

Email Address:
rhonda.bartley@aad.gov.au

GA ID:

GA69728

Agency:

Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water

Approval Date:

19-Sep-2019

Publish Date:

28-Jan-2020

Category:

Natural Resources - Conservation and Protection

Grant Term:

21-Jan-2020 to 31-Dec-2022

Value (AUD):

$81,050.00 (GST inclusive where applicable)

One-off/Ad hoc:

Aggregate Grant Award:

PBS Program Name:

DCCEEW 18/19 Program 3.1: Antarctica: Science, Policy and Presence

Grant Program:

Australian Antarctic Science Program 2018-19

Grant Activity:

Opening of the Tasman Sea and the separation of Australia and Antarctica: temporal and isotopic constraints to further test the deep-seated Balleny plume vs. tectonic reorganisation models

Purpose:

The Balleny Plume, which is postulated to be located under Antarctica today, is thought to have produced a ~1200 km chain of volcanoes to the east of Tasmania, and may have acted as a driver for the opening of the Tasman Sea and separation of Australia and Antarctica. We aim to collect rock samples from this chain to assess whether it is an age-progressive track and explore its spatial and geochemical associations with other volcanism in the area. Our new data will reveal the timing of movement and separation of Australia, Antarctica and Zealandia during times of major change in the plate-mantle system, such as during global plate reorganisation events, as well times of dramatic climatic shifts, such as oceanographic changes associated with the opening of the Tasman Gateway and glaciation of Antarctica.

GO ID:

GO1539

GO Title:

Australian Antarctic Science Grant Program

Internal Reference ID:

100000002120

Selection Process:

Targeted or Restricted Competitive

Confidentiality - Contract:

Confidentiality - Outputs:

Grant Recipient Details

Recipient Name:

University of Tasmania

Recipient ABN:

30 764 374 782

Grant Recipient Location

Suburb:

Sandy Bay

Town/City:

Hobart

Postcode:

7005

State/Territory:

TAS

Country:

AUSTRALIA

Grant Delivery Location