|
Page Information : About IGCP 440 Project
|
This page provides technical and administrative information regarding Tectonics Special Research Centre - About IGCP 440 Project. For enquiries about the contents of the referring page, contact addresses in the Ownership table, below.
For general enquiries please check the General Enquiries page.
For technical issues or problems relating to these web pages, contact the University Website Office.
Return to referring page
| Page Properties | |
| Site Name |
|
Tectonics Special Research Centre
|
|
|
| Page Name |
|
About IGCP 440 Project
|
Page ID: 28288
|
|
| Short Page Name | About IGCP 440 Project |
| Description |
|
| Keywords |
About IGCP 440 Project Amalgamation of the Rodinia Supercontinent is the major geodynamic event during the Mesoproterozoic era. Parts of Rodinia survived until the Mesozoic fragmentation of Pangea; other parts broke up in the Neoproterozoic The record of amalgamation and break-up of Rodinia is preserved in Mesoproterozoic mobile belts and Neoproterozoic basins present at the margins of most Paleoproterozoic cratons.
The objective of the project is to obtain a robust database and framework for interpretation of the geodynamic evolution of the continental lithosphere during the late Mesoproterozoic and Neoproterozoic.
The project is structured to:
Determine the configuration of Rodinia and the sequence of events in the amalgamation process;
Determine whether the Paleoproterozoic cratons originated by breakup of an older, pre-Rodinia supercontinent, or were independent fragments of continental crust
Improve and enhance the understanding of the breakup of Rodinia during the Neoproterozoic
Allow analysis and interpretation of the distribution of Mesoproterozoic and Neoproterozoic mineral resources in a geodynamic framework
Create a tectonic database from which geodynamic models and maps of the assembly and break-up of Rodinia can be constructed The foundations for the new project were laid by IGCP Project 288 – "Gondwanaland sutures and fold belts", completed in 1996.
Project Leaders Svetlana Bogdanova Email:
Henri Kampunzu Email: Zheng-Xiang Li Email: zli@tsrc.uwa.edu.au
Project Secretary Sergei Pisarevsky Email: spisarev@tsrc.uwa.edu.au
Photograph "Village" Northeastern Jiangxi Field Region, China © M. Greentree
|
| URL(s) |
http://www.tsrc.uwa.edu.au/page/28288
|
| Source |
http://www.tsrc.uwa.edu.au/page/28288
|
| Lineage |
Home
About IGCP 440 Project
|
| Rights |
Copyright 2009, Legal Services, The University of Western Australia
|
| Site Management Plan |
Site management plan
|
| Page History |
Today's Date is Thursday, 26th November 2009 |
| Create Date |
Fri, 05 Sep 2003 14:01:07 +0800
|
| Content Last Edited |
Tue, 15 Mar 2005 10:16:00 +0800
|
| Content Last Approved |
Tue, 15 Mar 2005 10:16:00 +0800
|
| Next Review Date |
A review date has not been set for this page.
|
Return to referring page
|
|