Program Overview

Program Overview

The university program focuses on the Tasmanian Snowball Earth events and their links to mineralisation. The Rocky Cape Region in northwest Tasmania is host to Neoproterozoic sedimentary rocks that formed during one of Earth's most chaotic climatic periods, termed 'Snowball Earth'.

Research Area

The program involves field work and core sampling at MRT to collect samples of glacial diamictite and cap carbonates from northwest Tasmania. Geochronology data will be collected from detrital zircons, and calcite U-Pb data will be collected to constrain the age of Tasmanian Neoproterozoic glacial events.

Location and Supervision

• Location: Tasmania
• Supervisors:
  • Sheree Armistead
  • Clive Calver (MRT)

Project Significance

This project has the potential to produce significant results that will contribute to global studies of Neoproterozoic glacial events. These studies are important in understanding Earth's climate tipping points and how climate is impacted by geological processes.

Last Updated

The program information was last updated on 27 October 2023.