GEMOC ARC National Key CentreAppendix 5: Funded research projects
Grants and Other income 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 Linkage Project with De Beers Group Services |
O’Reilly, Griffin, Pearson |
Composition, structure and evolution of the lithospheric mantle beneath Southern Africa: improving area selection criteria for diamond exploration (including Industry contribution) |
$99,000 |
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 |
| De Beers | Griffin, Belousova | Kimberlite dating | $17,000 |
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 |
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 |
| MQECRG | Belousova | Basin Development in Proterozoic South Australia: developing a time-integrated, compositional framework to assist mineral exploration (including Industry contribution) | $30,000 |
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 |
$1,200,000 |
| ARC LIEF (MQ contribution) | O’Reilly CI (ANU Lead Institution) | IODP | $40,000 |
| Core start up grant | Rushmer | Research Grant | $25,000 |
| Core start up grant | O'Neill | Computer Cluster | $100,00 |
| Core start up grant | Bruce Shaefer | Research Grant | $50,000 |
| NCRIS (MQ contribution) | O'Reilly | AuScope (www.auscope.org.au) | $50,000 |
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 |
| PGRF | Cunningham | Using short-lived U-Series Isotope to understand the timescales of Magmatic processes: Rabaul Caldrea, Papua New Guinea | $4,000 |
| PGRF | Donnelly | The Kimberlites and related rocks of the Kuruman Kimberlite Province, Kaapvaal Craton, South Africa | $3,952 |
| PGRF | Gréau | Stable metal isotope geochemistry of the Northparkes porphyre Cu-Au deposits | $3,980 |
| PGRF | Kobussen | The lithospheric mantle beneath southern Africa: composition, structure and evolution | $3,757 |
| PGRF | Li | Stable metal isotope geochemistry of the Northparkes porphyre Cu-Au deposits | $4,000 |
| PGRF | Mwandulo Batumike | Origin and age of Kundelungu Kimberlites, and diamond potentiality, crustal evolution and lithospheric mapping in southern D.R. Congo | $4,275 |
| PGRF | Portner | Magmatism, Deformation and Sedimentation in Seafloor spreading environments | $4,000 |
| International Travelling Scholarship | Donnelly | The Kimberlites and related rocks of the Kuruman Kimberlite Province, Kaapvaal Craton, South Africa | $1,500 |
| International Travelling Scholarship | Gréau | Stable metal isotope geochemistry of the Northparkes porphyre Cu-Au deposits | $1,500 |
| International Travelling Scholarship | Kobussen | The lithospheric mantle beneath southern Africa: composition, structure and evolution | $1,500 |
| International Travelling Scholarship | Mwandulo Batumike | Origin and age of Kundelungu Kimberlites, and diamond potentiality, crustal evolution and lithospheric mapping in southern D.R. Congo | $1,500 |
Funded Research Projects for 2009
|
Funding Source |
Investigators |
Project Title |
Amount |
ARC Discovery |
Griffin, O’Reilly, Pearson, Stachel, Navon, Harris |
Diamond genesis: cracking the code for deep-Earth processes |
$157,000 |
| ARC Discovery | Turner, Dossetto, Reagan | The application of short-lived Uranium-series isotopes to constraining Earth system processes | $98,000 |
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 |
$95,000 |
| ARC Discovery | O'Neill | The role of supercontinents in Earth’s dynamic evolution (DP0880801) | $111,772 |
| ARC Linkage Project | Rushmer | Partial melting in natural metal-silicate systems: rheological and geochemical implications for the Earth and other planets | $70,000 |
ARC Linkage Project with BHP |
O’Reilly, Griffin, O’Neill |
Global Lithospheric Architecture Mapping II (including Industry contribution) |
$170,000 |
ARC Linkage Project with De Beers Group Services |
O’Reilly, Griffin, Pearson |
Composition, structure and evolution of the lithospheric mantle beneath Southern Africa: improving area selection criteria for diamond exploration (including Industry contribution) |
$157,000 |
| CORE Start up grant | Afonso | Research Grant | $50,000 |
| CORE Start up grant | Rushmer | Research Grant | $25,000 |
Department of EPS |
O’Reilly |
GAU Maintenance Contribution |
$30,000 |
| Australian Antarctic Division | Daczko, Clark | The tectonic significance of regional flat-lying fabrics in rocks (logistic support) | $100,000 |
DVC (Research) Discretionary Fund |
Beier |
Support for Fellow in Feodor Lynen Project (Christoph Beier) |
$20,000 |
| MQ Safety Net | Daczko | Did obesity kill the arc? A model from the Fiordland Arc, New Zealand | $17,000 |
| MQRF Research Grant | Dosseto | Impact of European settlement on soil loss in the Murray-Darling Basin: a novel quantitative geochemical approach | $17,335 |
| MQRF Research Fellowship | Dosseto | Impact of European settlement on soil loss in the Murray-Darling Basin: a novel quantitative geochemical approach | $13,000 |
| MQECRG | Belousova | Basin Development in Proterozoic South Australia: developing a time-integrated, compositional framework to assist mineral exploration (including Industry contribution) | $30,000 |
ARC LIEF |
O’Reilly CI (ANU Lead Institution) |
IODP |
$1,200,000 |
| ARC LIEF (MQ contribution) | O’Reilly CI (ANU Lead Institution) | IODP | $40,000 |
| NCRIS Auscope (www.auscope.org.au) |
O'Reilly | A4.45: Macquarie University Project - Earth Composition and Evolution | $100,000 |
| NCRIS (MQ contribution) | O'Reilly | A4.45: Macquarie University Project - Earth Composition and Evolution | $50,000 |
RAACE |
Bailey |
Law Dome: Ice and crust mass balance studies |
$20,427 |
iMURS |
Caulfield |
Tofua Volcano, Tonga Arc, eruption history and timescales of magma chamber processes |
$46,677 |
iMURS |
Chevet |
Gabbroic rocks from the Kerguelen Island (Indian Ocean): a petrologic, geochemical and isotopic investigation of their origin |
$46,677 |
| iMQRES | Cowlyn | Growth of evolved continental crust in the primitive Tonga Arc: A study of the island of Fonualei | $46,677 |
iMURS |
Cunningham |
A U-series isotope study of magma residence times, degassing and petrogenesis of Rabaul Caldera, Papua New Guinea |
$46,677 |
iMQRES |
Donnelly |
Mantle xenoliths, kimberlites and related rocks of the Kuruman Kimberlite Province, Kaapvaal Craton, South Africa |
$46,677 |
| iMQRES | Foley | Generation of continental crust during subduction initiation | $46,677 |
iMURS |
Gréau |
Elemental and isotopic fractionation of siderophile and chalcophile elements: A new perspective on eclogite origin |
$46,677 |
| iMQRES | Huang | Origin of eclogite and pyroxenite xenoliths in kimberlites and basalts | $46,677 |
iMURS/IPRS |
Kobussen |
Composition, structure and evolution of the lithospheric mantle beneath Southern Africa |
$46,677 |
iMURS |
Li |
Stable metal isotope geochemistry of the Cadia and Northparkes porphyry Cu-Au deposits |
$46,677 |
iMURS |
Locmelis |
Understanding nickel deposits using platinum group element geochemistry |
$46,677 |
iMQRES |
Portner |
Spreading ridge sedimentation processes: a novel approach using Macquarie Island as a natural laboratory |
$46,677 |
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