What's Shaking Down Under

Project: Research

Project Details

Description

This project aims to determine the underlying cause of recent earthquake activity in central Australia. Of all the stable continents Australia is surprisingly seismically active. Intra-plate earthquakes occur relatively frequently here, but are notoriously unpredictable, placing lives and infrastructure at risk. This project offers the opportunity to utilise a new seismic experiment to (1) improve detection of small events that may warn of a more dangerous earthquake to come, (2) provide sub-surface imaging of the hidden crustal boundaries and faults that are ultimately responsible. Benefits include improved hazard assessment, and a new predictive model for exploration that relates regional seismicity, crustal faults, and mineral systems.
StatusFinished
Effective start/end date1/04/191/02/23

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