Plate Tectonics, Critical Metals and our Habitable Earth. A grand science quest is to understand how our life-nurturing planet came to be. This Fellowship aims to use abundant geological information t

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Plate Tectonics, Critical Metals and our Habitable Earth. A grand science quest is to understand how our life-nurturing planet came to be. This Fellowship aims to use abundant geological information to build a tectonic, bathymetric and topographic digital twin of the Earth’s surface through its middle age (1800–500 million years ago)—then apply this to investigate how deep earth processes including earthquakes, volcanos and plate tectonics endowed our planet with critical metals and built a habitable world. Outcomes include ground-breaking data-driven geology and actualistic deep-time full-earth modelling that have not been attempted before. Expected benefits include de-risking mineral exploration, therefore providing jobs, and honing our responses to challenges facing the modern-day biosphere.. Scheme: Australian Laureate Fellowships. Field: 3799 - Other Earth Sciences. Lead: Prof Alan Collins