GEMOC ARC National Key CentreGlossary
ACILP Australia China Institutional Links Program
AGSO Australian Geological Survey Organisation (now GA)
AMIRA Australian Mineral Industry Research Association
ANU Australian National University
APA (I) Australian Postgraduate Award (Industry)
ARC (LGS) Australian Research Council (Large Grant Scheme)
ARC LIEF Australian Research Council Linkage Infrastructure Equipment & Facilities
AWI Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research
CNRS French National Research Foundation
CSIRO (EM) Commonwealth Scientific Industrial Research Organisation (Exploration and Mining)
DEST (SII) Department of Education, Science and Training (from 2002) (Strategic Infrastructure Initiative)
DETYA Department of Education, Training and Youth Affairs (from 1998)
DIATREEM Consulting company within MRL
EMP Electron Microprobe
EPS Earth and Planetary Sciences
EURODOC The council for postgraduate students and junior researchers in Europe
GA Geoscience Australia (formerly AGSO)
GAU Geochemical Analysis Unit (Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Macquarie University)
GEOMAR Research Center for Marine Geosciences
GIS Geographic Information System
GLITTER GEMOC Laser ICPMS Total Trace Element Reduction software
GPS Global Positioning System
ICPMS Inductively Coupled Plasma Mass Spectrometer
IMURS International Macquarie University Research Scheme
IPEV The French Polar Institute Paul Emile Victor
IPRS International Postgraduate Research Scholarship
IREX International Research Exchange Program of ARC
LAM-ICPMS Laser Ablation Microprobe Inductively Coupled Plasma Mass Spectrometer
MC-ICPMS Multi-Collector ICPMS
MRL Macquarie Research Limited
MUECRG Macquarie University External Collaborative Research Grants
MUIPRA Macquarie University International Postgraduate Research Award
MUNS Macquarie University New Staff Scheme
MUPGRF Macquarie University Postgraduate Research Fund
MURAACE Macquarie University Research Award for Areas and Centres of Excellence
MURD(F/G) Macquarie University Research Development (Fund/Grant)
MURF Macquarie University Research Fellowship
NERC Natural Environment Research Council
NSF National Science Foundation (USA)
NSWGS New South Wales Geological Survey
ODP Ocean Drilling Program (International Consortium)
PGRF Postgraduate Research Fellowship
QDME Queensland Department of Minerals and Energy
RAACE Research Areas and Centres of Excellence Postgraduate Scholarships
RIBG Research Infrastructure Block Grant
RSES Research School of Earth Sciences at ANU
SPIRT Strategic Partnership with Industry - Research and Training
USC University of Southern California
XRD X-Ray Diffraction