Grants and Other income for 2004
Funding Source
|
Investigators
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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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