GEMOC ARC National Key CentreGEMOC's international links
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Background
GEMOC has strong international links and these broadened through 2004. Active links include funded programs, but have since broadened to include substantial collaborative programs in France, Norway, Germany, United Kingdom, Canada, USA, Taiwan, Italy, South Africa, China, Brazil, Japan, Myanmar, Thailand and the former USSR.
Examples of active funded projects in Asia
- nature and geophysical signature of the lithosphere in southeastern China
- crust-mantle interaction in southeastern China: the origin of the Yanshanian Granites and evolution of southeastern China
- trace element and isotopic characteristics of zircon as indicators of granite magma evolution
- evolution of the lithosphere in northwestern China (Tienshan Mountains in Xinjian)
- metallogenesis of southeastern China
- crustal evolution, basaltic volcanism and basin development, north China
- mantle processes in the mantle wedge above the subduction zone in Japan
- thermal contrasts and paleogeotherms in Siberia, Mongolia, eastern China
- diamond exploration, tectonism, and geophysical nature of the lithosphere, Siberia and East Asia
- mantle terranes and tectonic analysis, Siberia
- lithosphere extension and geodynamic processes in east Asia (including the Taiwan region)
Professor Jinhai Yu and postgraduate student Ms Lei Zhao from Nanjing University with Ming Zhang and the LAM-ICPMS.
FUNDED COLLABORATIVE PROJECTS COMMENCED OR ONGOING IN 2004 INCLUDE:
- The time scales of magmatic and erosional cycles, with Professor C. Hawkesworth (Bristol University), Dr M. Reagan (University of Iowa) and Dr J. Kirchner (University of California).
- The nature of lithosphere extension in the Taiwan region and implications for geodynamics in eastern China, with Professor S-L Chung, National University of Taiwan, relevant to the research project of Dr Kuo-Lung Wang (Macquarie University Research Fellow).
- TerraneChronTM studies to unravel the timing and tectonic history of regions in Tibet was initiated as a collaborative program with the National University of Taiwan.
- Collaboration with colleagues at the University of Jean Monnet, St Etienne, including Professor Jean-Yves Cottin and Dr Bertrand Moine (with reciprocal funding from both sides). A formal agreement between the two universities includes PhD exchange, academic exchange and research collaboration relevant to the nature of the lithosphere in the Kerguelen Archipelago, Crozet Islands and Hoggar.
- Visit to GEMOC by Professor Michel Grégoire and Dr Rémi Freydier for a collaborative project on Malaita mantle samples.
- A project on the geochemistry of amphiboles and metasomatic styles was commenced with Professor Massimo Coltorti and Dr Costanza Bonadiman from the University of Ferrara and Professor Coltorti scheduled a visit to GEMOC in early 2005.
- Igneous rocks, mineral deposits, lithosphere structure and tectonic setting: southeastern China and eastern Australia. This collaboration with Nanjing University has expanded from an AusAID grant under the ACILP scheme. Visits to GEMOC by Professors Xisheng Xu and Jinhai Yu, with postgraduate student Ms Lei Zhao in 2004, continued the close collaboration with Nanjing University.
Postgraduate students Yn-Hsuang Liang and Mei-Fei Chu from Taiwan.
- Lithosphere Mapping and crustal evolution in the Dharwar Craton, India with Dr E. Babu (funded by a Boyscast fellowship from India) and Dr Bashkar Rao, both from the National Geophysical Research Institute, Hyderabad. Rio Tinto also contributed funding and samples.
- Studies with Professor Jianping Zheng (China University of Geosciences, Wuhan) continued on the evolution of the lithosphere beneath several parts of China, and the UHP metamorphism of Dabie-Sulu peridotites.
- Analysis of off-craton lithospheric mantle in East Central Asia Orogenic Belt, with Dr V. Malkovets, Novosibirsk
- TerraneChron? analysis of the edge of the Kalahari Craton in Botswana, with WMC Resources
- Canary Islands lithosphere and volcanism with Prof. E.-R. Neumann (Oslo)
- Tectonic domains in southern Norway using TerraneChron? with Prof. T. Andersen (University of Oslo) and Dr B. Bingen (Norwegian Geological Survey)
- Seismic analysis of data collected on the 2003 RV Sonne cruises to investigate the nature of the Campbell Plateau, Southern Ocean with a 3-month visit by Dr Karsten Gohl (Alfred Wegener Institute, Bremerhaven)
- In situ Sr isotope analysis of marine fossils to constrain stratigraphic/tectonic reconstruction of terranes in New Zealand, with Dr C. Adams (Institute of Geological and Nuclear Sciences, New Zealand)
- Age and magma sources of Chilean Cu-porphyries, with Codelco (Chile) and the CSIRO Division of Exploration and Mining (Perth)
New MOUs were signed with the National Geophysical Research Institute, Hyderabad (India), the University of Ferrara (Italy) and negotiations are underway for collaboration with the United Arab Emirates University.
Refer to the Research Program and Postgraduate sections of this Report for details of other projects.
Refer to the Research Program and Postgraduate sections of this Report for details of other projects.