Appendix 5: Funded research projects

Grants and Other income for 2003

Funding Source
Investigators
Project Title
Amount
Macquarie University Host Institution Support
O’Reilly
GEMOC Matching
$100,000
Macquarie University Vice Chancellor’s Special Fund
O’Reilly
Geodynamic Modelling
$100,000
ARC Discovery
O’Reilly, Griffin, Gohl, Morgan, Cottin, Neumann, Xu
How has the continental lithosphere evolved? Processes of assembly, growth, transformation and destruction
$329,926
ARC Discovery
Walter
Palaeobiology of hydrothermal mineral deposits
$73,317
ARC Discovery
Belousova
Crustal evolution in Australia: Ancient and young terrains
$101,695
ARC Discovery
Veevers
Mapping under ice – crustal evolution in Antarctica & the assembly of Gondwanaland
$61,419
ARC LIEF
O’Reilly, Griffin, Braun et al.
An inference engine for complex earth systems (ANU lead institution)
$190,000
ARC SPIRT
O’Reilly, Griffin, Hronsky, WMC
Lithospheric architecture of Australia: relevance to location of giant ore bodies (with industry contribution)
$125,601
ARC
Turner
Federation Fellowship
$296,934
DEST SII
O’Reilly
Advanced technology for a clever geoscience future in Australia
$1,900,000
MURF
Wang
Geochemical characteristics of mantle xenoliths from Taiwan and Penghu Islands, SE China: Implications for mantle process and geodynamics
$83,685
MURF
Malkovets
Evolution of the upper mantle beneath the Siberian Craton and the Siberian Platform
$69,998
MURDG
Wang
Lithosphere extension in East Asia: tectonic and geochemical consequences
$19,900
MURDG
Jackson
Isotopic fractionation of the ore minerals (Cu, Zn, Fe): Mechanisms and significance
$13,000
MURDG
Green
Behaviour of antimony, molybdenum and tungsten in Earth’s crust-mantle system - an experimental examination of their geochemical character
$4,024
MURDF
Etheridge
Risk and value management in mineral exploration
$130,451
RIBG
O’Reilly
A high pressure asher
$61,126
Capital Equipment
Lackie
Upgrade of teaching PC lab
$16,133
Capital Equipment
Lackie
Real-time differential GPS total station
$85,300
EPS
GEMOC
GAU Maintenance contribution
$30,000
PGRF
Aulbach
Depletion and metasomatic processes in the lithosphere mantle
$1,500
PGRF
Touron
Mapping geochemical domains in the mantle beneath the Massif Central (France)
$4,000
PGRF
Rege
Trace elements in diamond
$4,000
IPRS
Delpech
Isotopic characteristics of lithosphere processes beneath the Kerguelen Plateau
$18,009
IPRS and MUIPRA
Guo
An integrated geophysical investigation of the Hunter-Mooki and Peel Faults
$38,809
IPRS and MUIPRA
Aulbach
Depletion and metasomatic processes in the cratonic mantle
$38,809
IPRS and MURAACE
Touron, O'Reilly
Geochemical fingerprinting of the Massif Central (France) mantle
$38,809
IPRS and iMURS
Rege, O'Reilly
Trace elements in diamonds: genetic and forensic implications
$38,809
APA
Murgulov
Crust-mantle evolution and metallogeny, E. Australia
$18,009
8IKC Conference Travel Grant
Aulbach
The lithospheric mantle beneath the Buffalo Head Terrane, Alberta: Xenoliths from the Buffalo Hills kimberlites
$2,765
8IKC Conference Travel Grant
Rege
Trace element analysis of diamond by LAM ICPMS: preliminary results
$2,765
8IKC Conference Travel Grant
Graham
Geochemical and isotopic evidence of a kimberlite-melnoite-carbonatite genetic link
$2,765
EURODOC
Touron
Isotopic studies of the French Massif Central ultrabasic-basic xenoliths: source of the Tertiary-Quaternary volcanism, mantle metasomatism and 4D Mapping of the continental lithosphere
$6,250
EURODOC
Delpech
Isotopic studies of Kerguelen ultrabasic-basic xenoliths: characterisation of the sources of magmatism and metasomatism beneath an oceanic plateau
$6,250
MUECRG
Griffin, University of Oslo, Norwegian Geological Survey
Where was Baltica? Testing continental reconstruction with TerraneChron™ (including industry contribution)
$85,308
MUECRG
Griffin, O'Reilly, Walter, BHP
Proterozoic crustal evolution: Baseline development of a global comparative library of Event Signatures linked to mineral endowment (including industry contribution)
$100,000
MUNS
Daczko
Melt escape and trace-element partitioning during high-pressure partial melting in the lower crust, northern Fiordland, New Zealand
$18,615

Funded Research Projects for 2004

Funding Source
Investigators
Project Title
Amount
Macquarie University Host Institution Support
O’Reilly
GEMOC Key Centre Contribution
$120,000
ARC Discovery
O’Reilly, Griffin, Gohl, Morgan, Cottin, Neumann, Xu
How has the continental lithosphere evolved? Processes of assembly, growth, transformation and destruction
$285,000
ARC Discovery
Belousova
Crustal evolution in Australia: Ancient and young terrains
$99,345
ARC Discovery
Turner
The time scales of magmatic and erosional cycles
$100,000
ARC Discovery
Alard
Toward the use of metal stable isotopes in geosciences
$140,000
ARC Linkage International
O’Reilly, Griffin, Cottin, Gregoire, Xu
How has the continental lithosphere evolved? Processes of assembly, growth, transformation and destruction
$40,000
ARC Linkage Projects
O’Reilly, Griffin, WMC
Global lithosphere architecture mapping (including industry contribution)
$190,000
ARC
Turner
Federation Fellowship
$290,000
ARC
Daczko
The environmental and tectonic implications of volcaniclastic sedimentary deposits on Macquarie Island
$79,000
DEST SII
O’Reilly
Advanced technology for a clever geoscience future in Australia
$1,830,000
MUECRG
O'Reilly, Zhang, WMC
Continental flood basalts: geochemical discrimination with relevance to exploration for nickel and platinum-group elements (including industry contribution)
$60,000
MUECRG
Griffin, O'Reilly, Rio Tinto
Lithosphere Mapping beneath the Dharwar Craton, India (including industry contribution)
$60,800
MUECRG
Griffin, Pearson, O'Reilly, Daczko, NSWGS
Testing Ordovician-Devonian tectonic models for the Lachlan group (including industry contribution)
$50,000
MURIF
Smith, O'Reilly, Parfitt, Esselle
Inversion scattering, remote sensing and data inversion
$247,681
MURF
Malkovets
Evolution of the upper mantle beneath the Siberian Craton and the Siberian Platform
$66,949
MURF
Wang
Geochemical characteristics of mantle xenoliths from Taiwan and Penghu Islands, SE China: Implications for mantle process and geodynamics
$32,482
MURDG
Wang
Lithosphere extension in East Asia: tectonic and geochemical consequences
$19,555
MURDG
Jackson
Isotopic fractionation of the ore metals (Cu, Fe): Mechanisms and significance
$16,700
MURDF
Etheridge
Mineral exploration risk
$100,000
Nu Instruments
Griffin, O'Reilly
Postdoctoral Fellowship from Nu Instruments
$312,929
Capital Equipment
Lackie
Frequency FM Equipment
$42,000
Capital Equipment
Flood
Precision lapping & polishing machine
$90,000
EPS
GEMOC
GAU Maintenance contribution
$30,000
IPRS and MUIPRA
Guo
An integrated geophysical investigation of the Hunter-Mooki and Peel Faults
$39,284
IPRS and MUIPRA
Touron
Geochemical fingerprinting of the Massif Central (France) mantle
$39,284
IPRS and IMUPRA
Rege
Trace elements in diamonds: genetic and forensic implications
$39,284
RAACE and iMURS
Daczko, Milan
The emplacement, pressure-temperature-time path and structural evolution of lower crust gneisses in Fiordland, New Zealand
$39,284
APA
Murgulov
Crust-mantle evolution and metallogeny, E. Australia
$18,484

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