| ACILP |
Australia China Institutional Links Program |
| AGSO |
Australian Geological Survey Organisation |
| AMIRA |
Australian Mineral Industry Research Association |
| ANSTO |
Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation |
| ANU |
Australian National University |
| APA (I) |
Australian Postgraduate Award (Industry) |
| APWP |
Apparent polar wander path |
| ARC |
Australian Research Council |
| ARF |
Australian Research Fellow (ARC Fellowship) |
| AusAID |
Australian Agency for International Development |
| BSE |
Back-Scattered Electrons |
| CRC |
Cooperative Research Centre |
| CSIRO |
Commonwealth Scientific Industrial Research Organisation |
| DEETYA |
Department of Employment, Education, Training and Youth
Affairs |
| DETYA |
Department of Education, Training and Youth Affairs |
| DIATREEM |
Consulting company within MRL |
| DIST |
Department of Industry, Science and Technology |
| ERDC |
Energy Resources Development Commission |
| GAU |
Geochemical Analysis Unit (School of Earth Sciences, Macquarie
University) |
| GIS |
Geographic Information System |
| GLITTER |
GEMOC Laser ICPMS Total Trace
Element
Reduction |
| GPS |
Global Positioning System |
| HIAF |
Heavy Ion Analytical Facility |
| ICPMS |
Inductively Coupled Plasma Mass Spectrometer |
| IREX |
International Research Exchange Program of ARC |
| JCU |
James Cook University |
| IUGG |
International Union of Geology and Geodesy |
| LA-ICPMS |
Laser Ablation Inductively Coupled Plasma Mass Spectrometer |
| LAM |
Laser Ablation Microprobe |
| MC-ICPMS |
Multi-Collector ICPMS |
| MUIPRA |
Macquarie University International Postgraduate Research
Award |
| MURG |
Macquarie University Research Grants |
| MURF |
Macquarie University Research Fellowship |
| NMP |
Nuclear Microprobe |
| NSF |
National Science Foundation (USA) |
| ODP |
Ocean Drilling Program (International Consortium) |
| OPRA |
Overseas Postgraduate Research Award |
| P |
Pressure |
| PDF |
Postdoctoral Fellow (ARC Fellowship) |
| PIGE |
Proton Induced Gamma-ray Emission |
| PIXE |
Proton Induced X-ray Emission |
| PMP |
Proton Microprobe |
| QUT |
Queensland University of Technology |
| RIEFP |
Research Infrastructure Equipment and Facilities Program |
| RSES |
Research School of Earth Sciences at ANU |
| RTZ |
Exploration and Mining Company |
| SNMP |
Scanning Nuclear Microprobe |
| SPIRT |
Strategic Partnership with Industry - Research and Training Scheme |
| SUCOGG |
Sydney Universities Consortium of Geology and Geophysics |
| T |
Temperature |
| UN |
University of Newcastle |
| UNE |
University of New England |
| UNSW |
University of New South Wales |
| UWS |
University of Western Sydney |
| XRF |
X-Ray Fluorescence |
| WMC |
Western Mining Corporation |
GEMOC ARC National Key Centre