Appendix 5: Funded research projects

Grants and Other income for 2007

 

Funding Source

Investigators

Project Title

Amount 

ARC Discovery

Alard

Toward the use of metal stable isotopes in geosciences

continuing 

ARC Discovery

Daczko, Dickinson

Spreading ridge sedimentation processes: a novel approach using Macquarie Island as a natural laboratory

$70,000 

ARC Discovery

Jackson, Mountain

Isotopic fractionation of the ore minerals (Cu, Fe, Zn): A new window on ore-forming processes

$60,000 

ARC Discovery

O’Reilly, Griffin, Pearson, Alard, et al.

Earth’s internal system: deep processes and crustal consequences

$230,000 

ARC Discovery

Turner

Mantle melting dynamics and the influence of recycled component

$90,000 

ARC Discovery

Wood

The behaviour of geochemical tracers during differentiation of the Earth

$100,000 

ARC Discovery

O’Neill, Wood, Irifune (Administered by ANU)

Discovering the deep mantle: experimental petrology at very high pressures

$10,000 

ARC Linkage Project with BHP

O’Reilly, Griffin

Global lithosphere architecture mapping (Industry contribution)

$30,000 

ARC Linkage Project with BHP

O’Reilly, Griffin, O’Neill

Global Lithospheric Architecture Mapping II (including Industry contribution)

$77,000 

ARC Linkage Project with Rio Tinto

O’Reilly, Griffin, Pearson

Trace-element analysis of diamonds: new applications to diamond fingerprinting and genesis (including Industry contribution)

$157,823 

ARC Federation Fellowship

Wood

Origin and evolution of Earth’s chemical reservoirs

$322,625 

ARC Federation Fellowship (MQ contribution)

Wood

Origin and evolution of Earth’s chemical reservoirs (Mu contribution)

$180,000 

ARC Federation Fellowship

Turner

The time scales of geochemical cycles and Earth processes

$22,129 

ARC Federation Fellowship  (MQ Contribution)

Turner

The time scales of geochemical cycles and Earth processes

$92,243 

DEST RIBG

O’Reilly

GEMOC-Geochemical Analyst

$60,000 

Aust. Antarctic Division

Daczko, Mosher

The environmental and tectonic implications of volcaniclastic deposits on Macquarie Island

$70,000
(in kind)

MQVC Innovation Fellowship Research Grant

Belousova

Tomorrow’s TerraneChron®: new developments, new deliverables and new destinations

$19,684 

MQVC Innovation Fellowship

Belousova

Tomorrow’s TerraneChron®: new developments, new deliverables and new destinations

$74,151 

MUECRG Scheme with BHPB

Belousova et al.

How have the continents grown? Investigation of three key areas

$50,000 

MUECRG Scheme with BHPB

Belousova et al.

How have the continents grown? Investigation of three key areas

$50,000 

Safety Net

Belousova

The growth of the continental crust: a global approach

$19,350 

Department of EPS

O’Reilly

GAU Maintenance Contribution

$30,000 

MQRF Research Grant

O’Neill

Episodicity in mantle convection: effects on continent formation and metallogenesis

$13,400 

MQ Research Fellowship

O’Neill

Episodicity in mantle convection: effects on continent formation and metallogenesis

$78,180 

DVC (Research) Discretionary Fund

Beier

Support for Fellow in Feodor Lynen Project (Christoph Beier)

$20,000 

Capital equipment

Lackie

Time-Domain EM system

$52,495 

ARC LIEF

O’Reilly CI (Honda et al., administered by ANU)

A new generation noble gas mass spectrometer facility for advanced research in the Earth, Planetary and Environmental Sciences

$700,000 

ARC LIEF (MQ contribution) O’Reilly CI (Honda et al., administered by ANU) A new generation noble gas mass spectrometer facility for advanced research in the Earth, Planetary and Environmental Sciences
$35,000 
Santos Ltd Rushmer Petrological and thermal characteristics
$12,950 

RAACE

Bailey

An ice and crust mass balance study of the Law Dome ice cap, East Antarctica, using geophysical techniques

$14,436 

iMURS

Caulfield

Tofua Volcano, Tonga Arc, eruption history and timescales of magma chamber processes

$43,116 

iMURS

Chevet

Gabbroic rocks from the Kerguelen Island (Indian Ocean): a petrologic, geochemical and isotopic investigation of their origin

$43,116 

iMURS

Cunningham

A U-series isotope study of magma residence times, degassing and petrogenesis of Rabaul Caldera, Papua New Guinea

$43,116 

iMQRES

Donnelly

Mantle xenoliths, kimberlites and related rocks of the Kuruman Kimberlite Province, Kaapvaal Craton, South Africa

$43,116 

iMURS

Gréau

Elemental and isotopic fractionation of siderophile and chalcophile elements: A new perspective on eclogite origin

$43,116 

iMURS

Kobussen

Composition, structure and evolution of the lithospheric mantle beneath Southern Africa

$43,116 

IPRS

Li

Stable metal isotope geochemistry of the Cadia and Northparkes porphyry Cu-Au deposits

$43,116 

iMURS

Locmelis

Understanding nickel deposits using platinum group element geochemistry

$43,116 

IPRS

Mwandu Batumike

The origin of kimberlites from the Kundelungu region (D.R. Congo) and the nature of the underlying lithospheric mantle

$43,116 

iMURS

Nikolic

Evolution of crust-mantle systems near a young rift:  NW Spitsbergen, Norway

$13,684 

iMURS

Portner

Spreading ridge sedimentation processes: a novel approach using Macquarie Island as a natural laboratory

$43,116 

RAACE

Carroll

The mechanisms and deep-crustal controls on continental rifting

$19,616 

RAACE

Milan

The emplacement, presure-temperature-time path and structural evolution of lower crustal gneiss in Fiordland, New Zealand

$11,880 



Funded Research Projects for 2008

Funding Source

Investigators

Project Title

Amount 

ARC Discovery

Daczko, Dickinson

Spreading ridge sedimentation processes: a novel approach using Macquarie Island as a natural laboratory

$65,000 

ARC Discovery

O’Reilly, Griffin, Pearson, Alard, et al.

Earth’s internal system: deep processes and crustal consequences

$230,000 

ARC Discovery

Turner

Mantle melting dynamics and the influence of recycled component

$90,000 

ARC Discovery

Wood

The behaviour of geochemical tracers during differentiation of the Earth

$100,000 

ARC Discovery

O’Neill, Wood, Irifune (Administered by ANU)

Discovering the deep mantle: experimental petrology at very high pressures

$10,000 

ARC Discovery O'Neill The role of supercontinents in Earth’s dynamic evolution (DP0880801)
$114,955 

ARC Linkage Project with BHP

O’Reilly, Griffin, O’Neill

Global Lithospheric Architecture Mapping II (including Industry contribution)

$149,500 

ARC Linkage Project with Rio Tinto

O’Reilly, Griffin, Pearson

Trace-element analysis of diamonds: new applications to diamond fingerprinting and genesis (including Industry contribution)

$153,426 

ARC Federation Fellowship

Wood

Origin and evolution of Earth’s chemical reservoirs

$329,078 

ARC Federation Fellowship (MQ contribution)

Wood

Origin and evolution of Earth’s chemical reservoirs

$180,000 

Department of EPS

O’Reilly

GAU Maintenance Contribution

$30,000 

MQRF Research Grant

O’Neill

Episodicity in mantle convection: effects on continent formation and metallogenesis

$13,000 

MQ Research Fellowship

O’Neill

Episodicity in mantle convection: effects on continent formation and metallogenesis

$78,181 

DVC (Research) Discretionary Fund

Beier

Support for Fellow in Feodor Lynen Project (Christoph Beier)

$20,000 

MQRF Research Grant Dosseto Impact of European settlement on soil loss in the Murray-Darling Basin: a novel quantitative geochemical approach
$14,340 
MQRF Research Fellowship Dosseto Impact of European settlement on soil loss in the Murray-Darling Basin: a novel quantitative geochemical approach
$78,181 

MQNS

Rushmer

Formation of the Earth’s first silicic crust

$19,420 

RIBG GEMOC Fourier Transform Infrared (FTIR) Microscope
$80,000 

ARC LIEF

O’Reilly CI (ANU Lead Institution)

IODP

$6,000,000 

ARC LIEF (MQ contribution) O’Reilly CI (ANU Lead Institution) IODP
$40,000 

RAACE

Carroll

The mechanisms and deep-crustal controls on continental rifting

$20,007 

iMURS

Caulfield

Tofua Volcano, Tonga Arc, eruption history and timescales of magma chamber processes

$45,007 

iMURS

Chevet

Gabbroic rocks from the Kerguelen Island (Indian Ocean): a petrologic, geochemical and isotopic investigation of their origin

$45,007 

iMURS

Cunningham

A U-series isotope study of magma residence times, degassing and petrogenesis of Rabaul Caldera, Papua New Guinea

$45,007 

iMQRES

Donnelly

Mantle xenoliths, kimberlites and related rocks of the Kuruman Kimberlite Province, Kaapvaal Craton, South Africa

$45,007 

iMURS

Gréau

Elemental and isotopic fractionation of siderophile and chalcophile elements: A new perspective on eclogite origin

$45,007 

iMURS/IPRS

Kobussen

Composition, structure and evolution of the lithospheric mantle beneath Southern Africa

$45,007 

iMURS

Li

Stable metal isotope geochemistry of the Cadia and Northparkes porphyry Cu-Au deposits

$45,007 

iMURS

Locmelis

Understanding nickel deposits using platinum group element geochemistry

$45,007 

iMURS/IPRS

Mwandu Batumike

The origin of kimberlites from the Kundelungu region (D.R. Congo) and the nature of the underlying lithospheric mantle

$45,007 

iMURS

Nikolic

Evolution of crust-mantle systems near a young rift:  NW Spitsbergen, Norway

$12,500 

iMQRES

Portner

Spreading ridge sedimentation processes: a novel approach using Macquarie Island as a natural laboratory

$45,007 

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