GEMOC ARC National Key CentreAppendix 5: Funded research projects
Grants and Other income for 2005
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Funding Source
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Investigators
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Project Title
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Amount
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ARC Discovery
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Alard
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Toward the use of metal stable isotopes in geosciences
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$115,073
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ARC Discovery
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Belousova
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Crustal evolution in Australia: Ancient and young terrains
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$106,348
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ARC Discovery
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Daczko
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A new approach to understanding the mechanisms and deep crustal controls of continental rifting
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$51,050
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ARC Discovery
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Jackson
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Isotopic fractionation of the ore minerals (Cu, Fe, Zn): A new window on ore-forming processes
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$102,100
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ARC Discovery
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O’Reilly, Griffin, Gohl, Morgan, Cottin, Neumann, Xu
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How has the continental lithosphere evolved? Processes of assembly, growth, transformation and destruction
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$279,073
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ARC Discovery
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Turner, Hawkesworth, Reagan, Kirchner
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The time scales of magmatic and erosional cycles
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$88,816
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ARC Linkage International
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O’Reilly, Griffin, Cottin, Grégoire, Xu
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How has the continental lithosphere evolved? Processes of assembly, growth, transformation and destruction
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$41,796
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ARC Linkage Projects
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O’Reilly, Griffin, WMC
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Global lithosphere architecture mapping (including industry contribution)
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$196,734
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ARC LIEF Grant
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Turner, Schaefer, Brierley, O’Reilly, Griffin, Haydon
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A ThermoFinnigan Triton high-sensitivity thermal ionisation mass spectrometer for constraining geoscience rates and environmental processes via Ra and Os analysis
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$495,000
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ARC LIEF Grant (MU contribution)
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Turner, Schaefer, Brierley, O’Reilly, Griffin, Haydon
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A ThermoFinnigan Triton high-sensitivity thermal ionisation mass spectrometer for constraining geoscience rates and environmental processes via Ra and Os analysis
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$175,000
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ARC Federation Fellowship
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Turner
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The time scales of geochemical cycles and Earth processes
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$310,325
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ARC Federation Fellowship (MU contribution)
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Turner
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The time scales of geochemical cycles and Earth processes
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$92,243
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ARC Federation Fellowship
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Wood
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Origin and evolution of Earth’s chemical reservoirs
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$310,325
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ARC Federation Fellowship (MU contribution)
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Wood
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Origin and evolution of Earth’s chemical reservoirs
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$180,000
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MU capital equipment
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DEPS
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Alpha counting system
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$25,000
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Dept. Earth and Planetary Sciences
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O’Reilly, DEPS
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GAU Maintenance contribution
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$30,000
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Industry partner sponsorship BHP-Billiton, Codelco, Tech Cominco, Gold Fields, Newmont, Placer Dome, WMC Resources, Geoinformatics Exploration, Jackaroo Exploration
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Etheridge
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Improving mineral exploration performance by superior management of risk, uncertainty and value
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$179,928
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MU DEST RIBG
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Turner et al
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Facility for the study of short-lived isotopes in mid-ocean ridge basalt glasses
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$65,064
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MU DEST RIBG
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Wood et al
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New Wave Micromill
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$48,059
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MUECRG Scheme
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Belousova
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Developing a geochronological framework for the Gawler Craton, South Australia
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$20,000
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MUECRG Scheme
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Belousova
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Developing a geochronological framework for the Gawler Craton, South Australia (Industry contribution)
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$20,000
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MUECRG
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O’Reilly
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Links between plume-mantle interaction, mantle sulfides and Ni-PGE endowment in large igneous provinces
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$40,000
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MUECRG WMC
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O’Reilly
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Links between plume-mantle interaction, mantle sulfides and Ni-PGE endowment in large igneous provinces (industry contribution)
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$40,000
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MURDG
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Malkovets
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Age and evolution of the upper mantle beneath the Siberian Craton and Siberian Platform
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$21,920
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MURF
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Malkovets
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Age and evolution of the upper mantle beneath the Siberian Craton and Siberian Platform
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$72,695
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MURDG Safety Net Scheme
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Veevers
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Zircon analysis of Cretaceous and Eocene sediments of Lambert Graben-Prydz Bay, Antarctica
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$17,706
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MU Safety Net Scheme
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George
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Timing and mechanisms of melt migration and interaction at mantle, lithospheric and crustal levels
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$20,000
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MU New Staff Scheme
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Belousova
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Enhancing the use of zircon in crustal studies and mineral exploration: trace-element and statistical approach
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$19,208
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MU New Staff Scheme
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Malkovets
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Structure and evolution of the upper mantle beneath the Siberian Craton
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$19,906
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MU New Staff Scheme
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Williams
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The oxidation state of the early Earth mantle: new clues from iron isotopes
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$19,978
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PGRF
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McMahon
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Fracturing and deformation along the Amery Ice Shelf: A Seismic Study
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$4,000
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PGRF
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Murgulov
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Crust-mantle evolution and metallogeny, E. Australia
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$4,000
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APA
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Murgulov
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Crust-mantle evolution and metallogeny, E. Australia
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$18,837
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IPRS and iMURS
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Chevet
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Gabbroic rocks from the Kerguelen Island (Indian Ocean): a petrologic, geochemical and isotopic investigation of their origin
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$40,837
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IPRS and iMURS
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Cunningham
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A U-series isotope study of magma residence times, degassing and petrogenesis of Rabaul Caldera, Papua New Guinea
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$40,837
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IPRS and iMURS
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Hartman
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Tofua Volcano in Northern Tonga: U-series Isotope and Melt Inclusion Studies Along the Tonga-Kermadec Island Arc
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$40,837
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IPRS and iMURS
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Mwandu
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The origin of kimberlites from the Kundelungu region (D.R. Congo) and the nature of the underlying lithospheric mantle
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$40,837
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IPRS and iMURS
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Nikolic
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Evolution of crust-mantle systems near a young rift: NW Spitsbergen, Norway
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$40,837
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IPRS and iMURS
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Rege
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Trace elements in diamonds: genetic and forensic implications
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$30,627
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RAACE
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Carroll
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The mechanisms and deep-crustal controls on continental rifting
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$18,837
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RAACE
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Milan
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The emplacement, pressure-temperature-time path and structural evolution of lower crust gneisses in Fiordland, New Zealand
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$18,837
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Funded Research Projects for 2006
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Funding Source
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Investigators
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Project Title
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Amount
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ARC Discovery
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Alard
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Toward the use of metal stable isotopes in geosciences
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$121,378
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ARC Discovery
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Daczko
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A new approach to understanding the mechanisms and deep crustal controls of continental rifting
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$36,414
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ARC Discovery
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Daczko
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Spreading ridge sedimentation processes: a novel approach using Macquarie Island as a natural laboratory
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$61,140
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ARC Discovery
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Jackson
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Isotopic fractionation of the ore minerals (Cu, Fe, Zn): A new window on ore-forming processes
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$62,424
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ARC Discovery
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O’Reilly, Griffin, Gohl, Morgan, Cottin, Neumann, Xu
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How has the continental lithosphere evolved? Processes of assembly, growth, transformation and destruction
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$284,375
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ARC Discovery
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Turner, Hawkesworth, Kirchner
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The time scales of magmatic and erosional cycles
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$90,503
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ARC Discovery
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Nielsen
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Thallium isotopes: a novel geochemical tracer to map recycling in Earth’s mantle
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$105,000
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ARC Discovery
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Wood
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The behaviour of geochemical tracers during diferentiation of the Earth
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$150,000
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ARC Linkage International
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O’Reilly, Griffin, Cottin, Grégoire, Xu
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How has the continental lithosphere evolved? Processes of assembly, growth, transformation and destruction
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$42,590
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ARC Linkage Projects
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O’Reilly, Griffin, WMC
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Global lithosphere architecture mapping (including industry contribution)
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$199,711
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ARC Federation Fellowship
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Wood
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Origin and evolution of Earth’s chemical reservoirs
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$316,222
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ARC Federation Fellowship (MU contribution)
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Wood
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Origin and evolution of Earth’s chemical reservoirs
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$180,000
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ARC Federation Fellowship
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Turner
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The time scales of geochemical cycles and Earth processes
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$316,222
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ARC Federation Fellowship (MU contribution)
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Turner
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The time scales of geochemical cycles and Earth processes
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$168,390
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Dept. EPS
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O’Reilly, DEPS
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GAU Maintenance contribution
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$30,000
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MQERCG
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O’Reilly, Griffin
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Trace-element analysis of diamonds
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$50,000
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MQERCG (Rio Tinto)
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O’Reilly, Griffin
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Trace-element analysis of diamonds
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$102,000
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MQERCG
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Griffin, O’Reilly
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Lithosphere evolution across a craton margin, southern Africa
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$50,000
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MQERCG (de Beers)
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Griffin, O’Reilly
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Lithosphere evolution across a craton margin, southern Africa
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$81,000
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MURF
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O’Neill
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Episodicity in mantle convection: effects on continent formation and metallogenesis
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$18,400
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MURF
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O’Neill
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Episodicity in mantle convection: effects on continent formation and metallogenesis
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$66,136
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MU Safety Net
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Turner
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Mantle melting dynamics and the influence of recycled components
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$19,700
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Capital equipment
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Lackie
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Ground penetrating radar system
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$64,550
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Capital equipment
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Flood
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Rocklab grinding mill
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$19,500
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Capital equipment
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Flood
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Portable computer laboratory upgrade
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$23,100
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LIEF
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Kennett, Heinson and O’Reilly
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Instrumentation for combined seismic and electromagnetic Earth sounding
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$350,000
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PGRF
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Milan
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The emplacement, presure-temperature-time path and structural evolution of lower crustal gneiss in Fiordland, New Zealand
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$4,000
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PGRF
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Nikolic
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Evolution of crust-mantle systems near a young rift: NW Spitsbergen, Norway
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$4,000
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APA
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Murgulov
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Crust-mantle evolution and metallogeny, E. Australia
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$19,231
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IPRS and iMURS
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Caulfield
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Tofua volcano- Tonga Arc, Eruption history and timescales of Magma Chamber Processes
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$42,231
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IPRS and iMURS
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Chevet
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Gabbroic rocks from the Kerguelen Island (Indian Ocean): a petrologic, geochemical and isotopic investigation of their origin
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$42,231
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IPRS and iMURS
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Cunningham
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A U-series isotope study of magma residence times, and petrogenesis of Rabaul Caldera, Papua New Gunea
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$42,231
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IPRS and iMURS
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Kobussen
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Composition, structure and evolution of the lithospheric mantle beneath Southern Africa
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$42,231
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IPRS and iMURS
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Li
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Stable metal isotope geochemistry of the Cadia and Northparkes porphyry Cu-Au deposits
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$42,231
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IPRS and iMURS
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Mwandu Batumike
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The origin of kimberlites from the Kundelungu region (D.R. Congo) and the nature of the underlying lithospheric mantle
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$42,231
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IPRS and iMURS
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Nikolic
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Evolution of crust-mantle systems near a young rift: NW Spitsbergen, Norway
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$42,231
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IPRS and iMURS
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Portner
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Spreading ridge sedimentation processes: a novel approach using Macquarie Island as a natural laboratory
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$42,231
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RAACE
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Milan
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The emplacement, pressure-temperature-time path and structural evolution of lower crust gneisses in Fiordland, New Zealand
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$19,231
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