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Rainy day ice age in the global south

Naracoorte Cave stalactites reveal climate secrets from the ice ages

Posted on Feb 19 2024 by Michele Ann Nardelli

An international study of the mineral deposits in stalactites in South Australia’s Naracoorte Caves, has shed new light on climate conditions in the Southern Hemisphere during ice ages.

Leading photonics expert crowned Innovator of the Year

Posted on Nov 28 2022 by Lee Gaskin

A ��˴�Ƭ professor who is helping to position South Australia as a hub for photonics and quantum innovation has been named the 2022 South Australian Innovator of the Year.

Superbasin project unearths geological history

Posted on Apr 14 2022 by Stan Denham

A team of researchers from the ��˴�Ƭ will carry out an extensive geological study of the Centralian Superbasin – rocks that were once part of a vast inland sea – under a grant awarded by the Australian Research Council.

Geological cold case may reveal critical minerals

Posted on Sep 24 2021 by Crispin Savage

Researchers on the hunt for why cold eclogites mysteriously disappeared from geological records during the early stages of the Earth’s development may have found the answer, and with it clues that could help locate critical minerals today.

Flinders Ranges rocks reveal Earth’s secrets

Posted on Jun 10 2021 by Crispin Savage

The first virtual plate reconstruction of the Earth’s last billion years of geological history is providing deeper insight into what formed our planet and made it into how it is today.

Fossil emblem sculpture unveiled on campus

Posted on Oct 6 2020 by Robyn Mills

The legacy of ��˴�Ƭ alumni and geological research was highlighted today with the unveiling on campus by Premier of South Australia, the Hon. Steven Marshall, of a sculpture celebrating the state’s fossil emblem, Spriggina floundersi.

Critical minerals focus for top talent

Posted on May 5 2020 by Crispin Savage

The ��˴�Ƭ has appointed Dr Carl Spandler as Associate Professor of Critical Minerals, as part of its ambitions to elevate further its research performance in multiple fields that have tangible outputs of global significance.