Contact details and Glossary

gemoc@mq.edu.au

GEMOC

Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences

Macquarie University  NSW  2109

AUSTRALIA

Nikki Bohan and Carol McMahon

Administrator

Phone:  61 2 9850 8953

Fax: 61 2 9850 8943 or 6904

Email: nbohan@els.mq.edu.au

Professor Suzanne Y. O’Reilly

Director

Phone:  61 2 9850 8362

Fax: 61 2 9850 8943

Email: sue.oreilly@mq.edu.au

Professor W.L. Griffin

Program Leader

Phone: 61 2 9850 8954

Fax: 61 2 9850 8943

Email: bill.griffin@mq.edu.au

Dr Norman Pearson

Manager, Geochemical Analysis Unit

Phone: 61 2 9850 8361

Fax: 61 2 9850 8943 or 6904

Email:  npearson@els.mq.edu.au


 

GLOSSARY

ACILP

Australia China Institutional Links Program

AGU

American Geophysical Union

AMIRA

Australian Mineral Industry Research Association

ANU

Australian National University

APA (I)

Australian Postgraduate Award (Industry)

APD

Australian Postdoctoral Fellowship

ARC (DP)

Australian Research Council (Discovery Project)

ARC LIEF

Australian Research Council Linkage Infrastructure Equipment and Facilities

BSE

Backscattered Electrons

CNRS

French National Research Foundation

CORES

Concentrations of Research Excellence

CRC

Co-operative Research Centre

CSIRO (EM)

Commonwealth Scientific Industrial Research Organisation (Exploration and Mining)

DEST (SII)

Department of Education, Science and Training (from 2002) (Strategic Infrastructure Initiative)

DIATREEM

Consulting company within AccessMQ

EMP

Electron Microprobe

(D)EPS

(Department of) Earth and Planetary Sciences

EURODOC

The council for postgraduate students and junior researchers in Europe

FIM

Facility for Integrated Microanalysis

GA

Geoscience Australia (formerly AGSO)

GAU

Geochemical Analysis Unit (DEPS, Macquarie University)

GIS

Geographic Information System

GLITTER

GEMOC Laser ICPMS Total Trace Element Reduction software

GPS

Global Positioning System

HIAF

Heavy Ion Analytical Facility

ICESAT

Ice, Cloud and land Elevation Satellite

ICPMS

Inductively Coupled Plasma Mass Spectrometer

iMURS

International Macquarie University Research Scheme

IPRS

International Postgraduate Research Scholarship

JCU

James Cook University

LAM-ICPMS

Laser Ablation Microprobe - Inductively Coupled Plasma Mass Spectrometer

LIEF

Linkage Infrastructure, Equipment and Facilities

MC-ICPMS

Multi-Collector ICPMS

MOUs

Memoranda of Understanding

MQECRG

Macquarie University External Collaborative Research Grants (formerly MUECRG)

MQRF

Macquarie University Research Fellowship (formerly MURF)

MQVC

Macquarie University Vice Chancellor

MRL

Macquarie Research Limited

MUIPRA

Macquarie University International Postgraduate Research Award

MURAACE

Macquarie University Research Award for Areas and Centres of Excellence

PGE

Platinum Group Element

PIRSA

Primary Industries and Resources, South Australia

RAACE

Research Areas and Centres of Excellence Postgraduate Scholarships

RIBG

Research Infrastructure Block Grant 

RSES

Research School of Earth Sciences at ANU

SEM

Scanning Electron Microscope

TPBL

Tailored Problem-Based Learning

UN’cstle

University of Newcastle

UNE

University of New England

USYD

University of Sydney

UWA

University of Western Australia

UW’gong

University of Wollongong

UWS

University of Western Sydney

XRF

X-Ray Fluorescence

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