We have been providing funding to scientists from our member institutions for studies of previously-collected cores and samples since 2012. We have funded 125 legacy projects with nearly $2.5M!
This funding has contributed to least 53 peer reviewed publications, 31 Masters and PhD theses, and 9 undergraduate and Honours projects. Findings have been shared in scores of presentations and media articles.
One educational course (G-Plates) has been developed with our funding. It is utilised by universities, the annual ANZIC Geoscience Masterclass, and some high schools.
Our 2024 CORE Legacy Forum also provided a platform for invited speakers to share the results of their AILAF projects with the ANZIC community and beyond.
Research highlights include:
Amarathunga, U., Hogg, A. M., Rohling, E. J., Roberts, A. P., Grant, K. M., Heslop, D., Hu, P., Liebrand, D., Westerhold, T., Zhao, X., & Gilmore, S. (2022). Sill-controlled salinity contrasts followed post-Messinian flooding of the Mediterranean. Nature Geoscience, 15(9), 720–725.
Amarathunga, U., Rohling, E.J., Grant, K.M. et al. Mid-Pliocene glaciation preceded by a 0.5-million-year North African humid period. Nat. Geosci. (2024).
Armbrecht, L. H., Coolen, M. J. L., Lejzerowicz, F., George, S. C., Negandhi, K., Suzuki, Y., Young, J., Foster, N. R., Armand, L. K., Cooper, A., Ostrowski, M., Focardi, A., Stat, M., Moreau, J. W., & Weyrich, L. S. (2019). Ancient DNA from marine sediments: Precautions and considerations for seafloor coring, sample handling and data generation. Earth-Science Reviews, 196, 102887.
Grant, G. R., Williams, J. H. T., Naeher, S., Seki, O., McClymont, E. L., Patterson, M. O., Haywood, A. M., Behrens, E., Yamamoto, M., & Johnson, K. (2023). Amplified surface warming in the south-west Pacific during the mid-Pliocene (3.3–3.0 Ma) and future implications. Climate of the Past, 19(7), 1359– 1381.
Olierook, H. K. H., Jourdan, F., Whittaker, J. M., Merle, R. E., Jiang, Q., Pourteau, A., & Doucet, L. S. (2020). Timing and causes of the mid-Cretaceous global plate reorganization event. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 534, 116071.