GLOSSARY
| ACILP | Australia China Institutional Links Program |
| AGSO | Australian Geological Survey Organisation |
| AINSE | Australian Institute of Nuclear Science and Engineering |
| AMIRA | Australian Mineral Industry Research Association |
| ANSTO | Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation |
| ANU | Australian National University |
| APA | Australian Postgraduate Award |
| APA (I) | Australian Postgraduate Award (Industry) |
| ARC | Australian Research Council |
| ARF | Australian Research Fellow (ARC Fellowship) |
| AusAID | Australian Agency for International Development |
| BSE | Back-Scattered Electrons |
| CRC | Cooperative Research Centre |
| CSIRO | Commonwealth Scientific Industrial Research Organisation |
| DEETYA | Department of Employment, Education, Training and Youth Affairs |
| DIST | Department of Industry, Science and Technology |
| DSDP | Deep Sea Drilling Program |
| ERDC | Energy Resources Development Commission |
| GAU | Geochemical Analysis Unit (School of Earth Sciences, Macquarie University) |
| GIS | Geographic Information System |
| GLITTER | GEMOC Laser ICPMS Total Trace Element Reduction |
| GPS | Global Positioning System |
| HIAF | Heavy Ion Analytical Facility |
| ICPMS | Inductively Coupled Plasma Mass Spectrometer |
| IRF | International Research Fellow (IRF Fellowship) |
| IUGG | International Union of Geology and Geodesy |
| LA-ICPMS | Laser Ablation Inductively Coupled Plasma Mass Spectrometer |
| LAM | Laser Ablation Microprobe |
| MC-ICPMS | Multi-Collector ICPMS |
| MUIPRA | Macquarie University International Postgraduate Research Award |
| MURG | Macquarie University Research Grants |
| MURF | Macquarie University Research Fellowship |
| NMP | Nuclear Microprobe |
| NSF | National Science Foundation (USA) |
| ODP | Ocean Drilling Program (International Consortium) |
| OPRA | Overseas Postgraduate Research Award |
| P | Pressure |
| Postdoctoral Fellow (ARC Fellowship) | |
| PIGE | Proton Induced Gamma-ray Emission |
| PIXE | Proton Induced X-ray Emission |
| PMP | Proton Microprobe |
| QUT | Queensland University of Technology |
| RSES | Research School of Earth Sciences at ANU |
| RTZ | Exploration and Mining Company |
| SNMP | Scanning Nuclear Microprobe |
| SUCOGG | Sydney Universities Consortium of Geology and Geophysics |
| T | Temperature |
| TIL | Targeted Institutional Links |
| UN | University of Newcastle |
| UNE | University of New England |
| UNSW | University of New South Wales |
| XRF | X-Ray Fluorescence |