Appendix 5: Funded research projects

Grants and Other income for 2004

Funding Source

 

Investigators

 

Project Title

 

Amount

 

Macquarie University Host Institution Support

 

O’Reilly

 

GEMOC Key Centre Contribution

 

 $120,000

 

ARC Discovery

 

Alard

 

Toward the use of metal stable isotopes in geosciences

 

$140,000

 

ARC Discovery

 

Belousova

 

Crustal evolution in Australia: Ancient and young terrains

 

 $99,345

 

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

 

Turner, Hawkesworth, Reagan, Kirchner

 

The time scales of magmatic and erosional cycles

 

 $100,000

 

ARC Linkage International

 

O’Reilly, Griffin, Cottin, Grégoire, 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 Federation Fellowship

 

Turner

 

The time scales of geochemical cycles and Earth processes

 

$290,000

 

ARC Federation Fellowship (MU contribution)

 

Turner

 

The time scales of geochemical cycles and Earth processes

 

$190,000

 

ARC Federation Fellowship

 

Wood

 

Origin and evolution of Earth's chemical reservoirs

 

$155,527

 

Nu Instruments

 

Griffin, O'Reilly

 

GEMOC - Nu Instruments Research Fellowship

 

$312,929

 

DEST SII

 

O’Reilly

 

Advanced technology for a clever geoscience future in Australia

 

$1,830,000

 

MU RIBG

 

O’Reilly

 

SAMx automation package for Cameca SX50

 

$55,000

 

MU RIBG

 

Turner

 

A PicoTrace clean air work station equipped with a 16 sample digestion system

 

$23,000

 

MUECRG

 

Daczko

 

Melt escape and trace element partitioning during high-pressure partial melting in the lower crust, northern Fiordland, New Zealand

 

$18,615

 

MUECRG

 

Griffin, Pearson, O'Reilly, Daczko, NSWGS

 

Testing Ordovician-Devonian tectonic models for the Lachlan group (including industry contribution)

 

$25,000

 

MUECRG

 

Griffin, Pearson, O'Reilly, Daczko, NSWGS

 

Testing Ordovician-Devonian tectonic models for the Lachlan group (including industry contribution)

 

$25,000

 

MUECRG - Rio Tinto

 

Griffin, O'Reilly,  Rio Tinto

 

Lithosphere Mapping beneath the Dharwar Craton, India

 

$30,000

 

MUECRG - Rio Tinto

 

Griffin, O'Reilly,  Rio Tinto

 

Lithosphere Mapping beneath the Dharwar Craton, India (industry contribution)

 

$30,800

 

MUECRG - Anglo

 

Jackson, Griffin, Pearson

 

Application of metal isotopes in exploration for magmatic nickel and volcanic-hosted copper deposits

 

$39,870

 

MUECRG - Anglo

 

Jackson, Griffin, Pearson

 

Application of metal isotopes in exploration for magmatic nickel and volcanic-hosted copper deposits (industry contribution)

 

$39,870

 

MUECRG

 

O'Reilly, Zhang, WMC

 

Continental flood basalts: geochemical discrimination with relevance to exploration for nickel and platinum-group elements

 

$30,000

 

MUECRG

 

O'Reilly, Zhang, WMC

 

Continental flood basalts: geochemical discrimination with relevance to exploration for nickel and platinum-group elements (industry contribution)

 

$30,000

 

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

 

Lackie, Flood

 

3D shape of the Mole Granite and thickness of the Torrington Pendant

 

$12,000

 

MURDG

 

Jackson

 

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

 

$16,700

 

MURDG

 

Wang

 

Lithosphere extension in East Asia: tectonic and geochemical consequences

 

$19,555

 

Teaching Development grant

 

Dadd

 

Bringing the workplace into the classroom: the redesign of GEOS 377 using problem-based learning and real workplace scenarios

 

$5,928

 

VC Development Fund

 

Etheridge

 

Improving mineral exploration performance by superior management of risk, uncertainty and value

 

$100,000

 

Industry partner sponsorship BHP-Billiton, Codelco, Tech Cominco, Gold Fields, Newmont, Placer Dome, WMC Resources, Geoinformatics Exploration, Jackaroo Exploration

 

Etheridge

 

Improving mineral exploration performance by superior management of risk, uncertainty and value

 

$108,000

 

Capital Equipment

 

Flood

 

Precision lapping and polishing machine

 

$90,000

 

Capital Equipment

 

Lackie

 

Frequency FM Equipment

 

$42,000

 

Maintenance Macquarie

 

O'Reilly, DEPS

 

GAU Maintenance contribution

 

$30,000

 

CRC Discretionary Fund

 

O'Reilly

 

System Earth: the mantle engine

 

$25,000

 

Postgraduate Research Fund

 

Brad Bailey

 

Law Dome: Ice and crust mass balance studies

 

$3,500

 

IPRS and MUIPRA

 

Guo

 

An integrated geophysical investigation of the Hunter-Mooki and Peel Faults

 

 $39,284

 

IPRS and iMURS

 

Rege

 

Trace elements in diamonds: genetic and forensic implications

 

 $39,284

 

IPRS and MUIPRA

 

Touron

 

Geochemical fingerprinting of the Massif Central (France) mantle

 

 $39,284

 

iMurs

 

Nikolic

 

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

 

$39,284

 

RAACE

 

Milan

 

The emplacement, pressure-temperature-time path and structural evolution of lower crust gneisses in Fiordland, New Zealand

 

$18,484

 

APA

 

Murgulov

 

Crust-mantle evolution and metallogeny, E. Australia

 

$18,484

 

Funded Research Projects for 2005

Funding Source

 

Investigators

 

Project Title

 

Amount

 

ARC Discovery

 

Alard

 

Toward the use of metal stable isotopes in geosciences

 

$110,000

 

ARC Discovery

 

Belousova

 

Crustal evolution in Australia: Ancient and young terrains

 

 $99,345

 

ARC Discovery

 

Daczko

 

A new approach to understanding the mechanisms and deep crustal controls of continental rifting

 

$50,000

 

ARC Discovery

 

Jackson

 

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

 

$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

 

 $255,000

 

ARC Discovery

 

Turner, Hawkesworth, Reagan, Kirchner

 

The time scales of magmatic and erosional cycles

 

 $85,000

 

ARC Linkage International

 

O’Reilly, Griffin, Cottin, Grégoire, 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 LIEF Grant

 

Turner, Schaefer, Brierley, O'Reilly, Griffin, Haydon

 

A ThermoFinnigan Triton high-sensitivity thermal ionisation mass spectrometer for constraining geoscience rates and environmental processes via Ra and Os analysis

 

$495,000

 

ARC LIEF Grant

 

Turner, Schaefer, Brierley, O'Reilly, Griffin, Haydon

 

A ThermoFinnigan Triton high-sensitivity thermal ionisation mass spectrometer for constraining geoscience rates and environmental processes via Ra and Os analysis (MU contribution)

 

$175,000

 

ARC Federation Fellowship

 

Turner

 

The time scales of geochemical cycles and Earth processes

 

$290,000

 

ARC Federation Fellowship (MU contribution)

 

Turner

 

The time scales of geochemical cycles and Earth processes

 

$92,243

 

ARC Federation Fellowship

 

Wood

 

Origin and evolution of Earth's chemical reservoirs

 

$290,000

 

ARC Federation Fellowship (MU contribution)

 

Wood

 

Origin and evolution of Earth's chemical reservoirs

 

$180,000

 

Australian Antarctic Division

 

Daczko, Mosher

 

The environmental and tectonic implications of volcaniclastic deposits on Macquarie Island

 

$79,000

 

Dept. Earth and Planetray Sciences

 

O'Reilly, DEPS

 

GAU Maintenance contribution

 

$30,000

 

MUECRG Scheme

 

Belousova

 

Developing a geochronological framework for the Gawler Craton, South Australia

 

$20,000

 

MUECRG Scheme

 

Belousova

 

Developing a geochronological framework for the Gawler Craton, South Australia (Industry contribution)

 

$20,000

 

Industry partner sponsorship BHP-Billiton, Codelco, Tech Cominco, Gold Fields, Newmont, Placer Dome, WMC Resources, Geoinformatics Exploration, Jackaroo Exploration

 

Etheridge

 

Improving mineral exploration performance by superior management of risk, uncertainty and value

 

$179,9280

 

MUECRG

 

O’Reilly

 

Links between plume-mantle interaction, mantle sulfides and N-PGE endowment in large igneous provinces

 

$40,000

 

MUECRG WMC

 

O’Reilly

 

Links between plume-mantle interaction, mantle sulfides and N-PGE endowment in large igneous provinces (industry contribution)

 

$40,000

 

MURDG Safety Net Scheme

 

Veevers

 

Zircon analysis of Cretaceous and Eocene sediments of Lambert Graben-Prydz Bay, Antarctica

 

$17,706

 

MU Safety Net Scheme

 

George

 

Timing and mechanisms of melt migration and interaction at mantle, lithospheric and crustal levels

 

$20,000

 

MU New Staff Scheme

 

Malkovets

 

Structure and evolution of the upper mantle beneath the Siberian Craton

 

$19,906

 

MU New Staff Scheme

 

Williams

 

The oxidation state of the early Earth mantle: new clues from iron isotopes

 

$19,978

 

IPRS and iMURS

 

Rege

 

Trace elements in diamonds: genetic and forensic implications

 

 $30,627

 

iMurs

 

Hartman

 

Tofua Volcano in Northern Tonga: U-series Isotope and Melt Inclusion Studies Along the Tonga-Kermadec Island Arc

 

$40,837

 

iMurs

 

Nikolic

 

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

 

$40,837

 

RAACE

 

Milan

 

The emplacement, pressure-temperature-time path and structural evolution of lower crust gneisses in Fiordland, New Zealand

 

$18,847

 

APA

 

Murgulov

 

Crust-mantle evolution and metallogeny, E. Australia

 

$18,847

 

Postgraduate Research Fund

 

McMahon

 

Fracturing deformation along the Amery Ice Shelf: a seismic study

 

$4,000

 

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