Contact details and Glossary

gemoc@mq.edu.au

GEMOC

Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences

Macquarie University  NSW  2109

AUSTRALIA


Carol McMahon

Administrator

Phone:  61 2 9850 8953

Fax: 61 2 9850 8943 or 6904

Email: carol.mcmahon@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:  norman.pearson@mq.edu.au


 

GLOSSARY

ACILP

Australia China Institutional Links Program

AMIRA

Australian Mineral Industry Research Association

ANU

Australian National University

APA (I)

Australian Postgraduate Award (Industry)

ARC

Australian Research Council

BHPB

BHP Billiton

BSE

Backscattered Electrons

CERCAMS

Centre for Russian and Central EurAsian Mineral Studies

CNRS

French National Research Foundation

CoRE

Concentrations of Research Excellence

CSIC

Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (Spanish National Research Council)

CSIRO (EM)

Commonwealth Scientific Industrial Research Organisation (Exploration and Mining)

DEST

Department of Education, Science and Training (from 2002)

DIATREEM

Consulting company within AccessMQ

DP

Discovery Project

EAPE CoRE Earth and Planetary Evolution Concentration of Research Excellence

EMP

Electron Microprobe

(D)EPS

(Department of) Earth and Planetary Sciences

ERA

Excellence in Research for Australia

EURODOC

The council for postgraduate students and junior researchers in Europe

FIM Facility for Integrated Microanalysis

FTIR

Fourier Transfer Infrared Spectroscopy

GA

Geoscience Australia (formerly AGSO)

GAU

Geochemical Analysis Unit (DEPS, Macquarie University)

GIS

Geographic Information System

GLAM

Global Lithospheric Architecture Mapping

GLITTER

GEMOC Laser ICPMS Total Trace Element Reduction software

GPS

Global Positioning System

HIAF

Heavy Ion Analytical Facility

ICPMS

Inductively Coupled Plasma Mass Spectrometer

iMURS

International Macquarie University Research Scheme

IODP ntegrated Ocean Drilling Program

IPRS

International Postgraduate Research Scholarship

LAM-ICPMS

Laser Ablation Microprobe - ICPMS

LIEF

Linkage Infrastructure, Equipment and Facilities

MC-ICPMS

Multi-Collector - ICPMS

MDU "Minerals Down Under" CSIRO Flagship program

MERIWA

The Minerals and Energy Research Institute of Western Australia

MQNS Macquarie University New Staff Research Grants Scheme (formerly MUNS)
MQRDG Macquarie University Research Development Grant

(i)MQRES

(International) Macquarie University Research Excellence Scholarships

MQRF

Macquarie University Research Fellowship (formerly MURF)

MUIPRA

Macquarie University International Postgraduate Research Award

MURAACE

Macquarie University Research Award for Areas and Centres of Excellence

NCRIS

National Collaborative Research Infrastructure Scheme

NSERC Natural, Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada

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

UWA

University of Western Australia

XRF

X-Ray Fluorescence

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