Project information
Project aim
The Neoproterozoic was a time of extreme climate change, extra-terrestrial bombardment, furious biotic evolution and continent re-organisation. We don't fully understand what linked these events and processes and, surprisingly, we don't even really know the geography of the planet during this time. In a small way, this project will address this gap by looking at the first evidence of plate convergence between India and Australia/Antarctica (combined at the time)—this is the conception of the supercontinent Gondwana. We aim to fix this conception date by studying rocks that were deformed at this time in Antarctica and eastern India.
Related publications
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Architecture of the Prydz Bay region, Antarctica, from magnetotellurics. Australian Earth Sciences Convention abstract, 2010
(Ref: 14147)
Category 3: Conference paper
During the summer of 2008/09, measurements were taken at 34 magnetotelluric (MT) stations along profiles totaling approximately 180 line km in the Prydz Bay region of Antarctica. Prydz Bay comprises several regions of coastal outcrops with distinct geological histories…
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Defrosting Gondwana - How electromagnetic "eyes" are piercing the Antarctic ice to reveal a former supercontinent's deepest secrets. Research Tuesdays presentation, University of Adelaide, 2010
(Ref: 14148)
Authors:Category 3: Verbal presentation
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Estimating source-field effects using time-frequency analysis: lessons from Antarctica. 20th IAGA WG 1.2 Workshop on Electromagnetic Induction in the Earth, Giza, Egypt, September 18-24, 2010
(Ref: 14146)
Authors:Category 3: Conference paper
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Was there a pre-Nunan India iV Antarctica connection? Evidence from SHRIMP U-Pb Zircon Data International Geological Congress, Oslo, Norway, 6-14 August 2008, 2008
(Ref: 13729)
Authors:Category 3: Conference paper
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Mechanical and thermal reworking of the Vestfold Hills, East Antarctica Australian Earth Sciences Convention, Perth, Australia, July 2008, 2008
(Ref: 13730)
Authors:Category 3: Conference paper