澳大利亚国立大学和中国科学院西安黄土与第四纪地质开放研究实验室的一个联合项目的重点是研究澳大利亚北部沙丘的活动性。该项目已对锡耳泊尼湾沿岸、弗拉特里角、约克角东部、科堡半岛和卡奔塔利亚湾内的格鲁特岛等沙丘地(图1)的沙丘做了测年及年代地层单元划分。初步结果表明,北澳东部沙丘移动曾同期出现。在约克角和科堡半岛已鉴别出四个显著的移动幕,自新而老为:第1幕迄今仍活动,第2幕在2600—1800aB.P.,第3幕在 A joint project between the Australian National University and the Chinese Academy of Sciences in Xi’an Loess and Quaternary Geology Open Research Laboratory focused on studying the activity of sand dunes in northern Australia. The project has been dated to the sand dunes of the dune fields (Figure 1) along the shores of the Gulf of Seltam, Cape Flattery, eastern Cape York, the Coburg Peninsula and the Groant Island in the Gulf of Carpentaria Chronostratigraphic unit division. Preliminary results show that the dune movement in the eastern part of North Australia has occurred over the same period. Four notable mobile screens have been identified in Cape York and the Copthorne Peninsula, fresh and old: Act 1 remains active until now, Act 2 remains at 2600-1800 aB.P., Act 3