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  • 2005 Annual Report

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    Appendix 5: Funded research projects

    Grants and Other income for 2005

    Funding Source

     

    Investigators

     

    Project Title

     

    Amount

     

    ARC Discovery

     

    Alard

     

    Toward the use of metal stable isotopes in geosciences

     

    $115,073

     

    ARC Discovery

     

    Belousova

     

    Crustal evolution in Australia: Ancient and young terrains

     

    $106,348

     

    ARC Discovery

     

    Daczko

     

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

     

    $51,050

     

    ARC Discovery

     

    Jackson

     

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

     

    $102,100

     

    ARC Discovery

     

    O’Reilly, Griffin, Gohl, Morgan, Cottin, Neumann, Xu

     

    How has the continental lithosphere evolved?  Processes of assembly, growth, transformation and destruction

     

     $279,073

     

    ARC Discovery

     

    Turner, Hawkesworth, Reagan, Kirchner

     

    The time scales of magmatic and erosional cycles

     

     $88,816

     

    ARC Linkage International

     

    O’Reilly, Griffin, Cottin, Grégoire, Xu

     

    How has the continental lithosphere evolved?  Processes of assembly, growth, transformation and destruction

     

     $41,796

     

    ARC Linkage  Projects

     

    O’Reilly, Griffin, WMC

     

    Global lithosphere architecture mapping (including industry contribution)

     

    $196,734

     

    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  (MU contribution)

     

    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

     

    $175,000

     

    ARC Federation Fellowship

     

    Turner

     

    The time scales of geochemical cycles and Earth processes

     

    $310,325

     

    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

     

    $310,325

     

    ARC Federation Fellowship (MU contribution)

     

    Wood

     

    Origin and evolution of Earth’s chemical reservoirs

     

    $180,000

     

    MU capital equipment

     

    DEPS

     

    Alpha counting system

     

    $25,000

     

    Dept. Earth and Planetary Sciences

     

    O’Reilly, DEPS

     

    GAU Maintenance contribution

     

    $30,000

     

    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

     

    $179,928

     

    MU DEST RIBG

     

    Turner et al

     

    Facility for the study of short-lived isotopes in mid-ocean ridge basalt glasses

     

    $65,064

     

    MU DEST RIBG

     

    Wood et al

     

    New Wave Micromill

     

    $48,059

     

    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

     

    MUECRG

     

    O’Reilly

     

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

     

    $40,000

     

    MUECRG WMC

     

    O’Reilly

     

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

     

    $40,000

     

    MURDG

     

    Malkovets

     

    Age and evolution of the upper mantle beneath the Siberian Craton and Siberian Platform

     

    $21,920

     

    MURF

     

    Malkovets

     

    Age and evolution of the upper mantle beneath the Siberian Craton and Siberian Platform

     

    $72,695

     

    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

     

    Belousova

     

    Enhancing the use of zircon in crustal studies and mineral exploration: trace-element and statistical approach

     

    $19,208

     

    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

     

    PGRF

     

    McMahon

     

    Fracturing and deformation along the Amery Ice Shelf: A Seismic Study

     

    $4,000

     

    PGRF

     

    Murgulov

     

    Crust-mantle evolution and metallogeny, E. Australia

     

    $4,000

     

    APA

     

    Murgulov

     

    Crust-mantle evolution and metallogeny, E. Australia

     

    $18,837

     

    IPRS and iMURS

     

    Chevet

     

    Gabbroic rocks from the Kerguelen Island (Indian Ocean): a petrologic, geochemical and isotopic investigation of their origin

     

    $40,837

     

    IPRS and iMURS

     

    Cunningham

     

    A U-series isotope study of magma residence times, degassing and petrogenesis of Rabaul Caldera, Papua New Guinea

     

    $40,837

     

    IPRS and iMURS

     

    Hartman

     

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

     

    $40,837

     

    IPRS and iMURS

     

    Mwandu

     

    The origin of kimberlites from the Kundelungu region (D.R. Congo) and the nature of the underlying lithospheric mantle

     

    $40,837

     

    IPRS and iMURS

     

    Nikolic

     

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

     

    $40,837

     

    IPRS and iMURS

     

    Rege

     

    Trace elements in diamonds: genetic and forensic implications

     

     $30,627

     

    RAACE

     

    Carroll

     

    The mechanisms and deep-crustal controls on continental rifting

     

    $18,837

     

    RAACE

     

    Milan

     

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

     

    $18,837

     

    Funded Research Projects for 2006   

    Funding Source

     

    Investigators

     

    Project Title

     

    Amount

     

    ARC Discovery

     

    Alard

     

    Toward the use of metal stable isotopes in geosciences

     

    $121,378

     

    ARC Discovery

     

    Daczko

     

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

     

    $36,414

     

    ARC Discovery

     

    Daczko

     

    Spreading ridge sedimentation processes: a novel approach using Macquarie Island as a natural laboratory

     

    $61,140

     

    ARC Discovery

     

    Jackson

     

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

     

    $62,424

     

    ARC Discovery

     

    O’Reilly, Griffin, Gohl, Morgan, Cottin, Neumann, Xu

     

    How has the continental lithosphere evolved?  Processes of assembly, growth, transformation and destruction

     

     $284,375

     

    ARC Discovery

     

    Turner, Hawkesworth, Kirchner

     

    The time scales of magmatic and erosional cycles

     

     $90,503

     

    ARC Discovery

     

    Nielsen

     

    Thallium isotopes: a novel geochemical tracer to map recycling in Earth’s mantle

     

    $105,000

     

    ARC Discovery

     

    Wood

     

    The behaviour of geochemical tracers during diferentiation of the Earth

     

    $150,000

     

    ARC Linkage International

     

    O’Reilly, Griffin, Cottin, Grégoire, Xu

     

    How has the continental lithosphere evolved?  Processes of assembly, growth, transformation and destruction

     

    $42,590

     

    ARC Linkage  Projects

     

    O’Reilly, Griffin, WMC

     

    Global lithosphere architecture mapping (including industry contribution)

     

    $199,711

     

    ARC Federation Fellowship

     

    Wood

     

    Origin and evolution of Earth’s chemical reservoirs

     

    $316,222

     

    ARC Federation Fellowship (MU contribution)

     

    Wood

     

    Origin and evolution of Earth’s chemical reservoirs

     

    $180,000

     

    ARC Federation Fellowship

     

    Turner

     

    The time scales of geochemical cycles and Earth processes

     

    $316,222

     

    ARC Federation Fellowship (MU contribution)

     

    Turner

     

    The time scales of geochemical cycles and Earth processes

     

    $168,390

     

    Dept. EPS

     

    O’Reilly, DEPS

     

    GAU Maintenance contribution

     

    $30,000

     

    MQERCG

     

    O’Reilly, Griffin

     

    Trace-element analysis of diamonds

     

    $50,000

     

    MQERCG (Rio Tinto)

     

    O’Reilly, Griffin

     

    Trace-element analysis of diamonds

     

    $102,000

     

    MQERCG

     

    Griffin, O’Reilly

     

    Lithosphere evolution across a craton margin, southern Africa

     

    $50,000

     

    MQERCG (de Beers)

     

    Griffin, O’Reilly

     

    Lithosphere evolution across a craton margin, southern Africa

     

    $81,000

     

    MURF

     

    O’Neill

     

    Episodicity in mantle convection: effects on continent formation and metallogenesis

     

    $18,400

     

    MURF

     

    O’Neill

     

    Episodicity in mantle convection: effects on continent formation and metallogenesis

     

    $66,136

     

    MU Safety Net

     

    Turner

     

    Mantle melting dynamics and the influence of recycled components

     

    $19,700

     

    Capital equipment

     

    Lackie

     

    Ground penetrating radar system

     

    $64,550

     

    Capital equipment

     

    Flood

     

    Rocklab grinding mill

     

    $19,500

     

    Capital equipment

     

    Flood

     

    Portable computer laboratory upgrade

     

    $23,100

     

    LIEF

     

    Kennett, Heinson and O’Reilly

     

    Instrumentation for combined seismic and electromagnetic Earth sounding

     

    $350,000

     

    PGRF

     

    Milan

     

    The emplacement, presure-temperature-time path and structural evolution of lower crustal gneiss in Fiordland, New Zealand

     

    $4,000

     

    PGRF

     

    Nikolic

     

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

     

    $4,000

     

    APA

     

    Murgulov

     

    Crust-mantle evolution and metallogeny, E. Australia

     

    $19,231

     

    IPRS and iMURS

     

    Caulfield

     

    Tofua volcano- Tonga Arc, Eruption history and timescales of Magma Chamber Processes

     

    $42,231

     

    IPRS and iMURS

     

    Chevet

     

    Gabbroic rocks from the Kerguelen Island (Indian Ocean): a petrologic, geochemical and isotopic investigation of their origin

     

    $42,231

     

    IPRS and iMURS

     

    Cunningham

     

    A U-series isotope study of magma residence times, and petrogenesis of Rabaul Caldera, Papua New Gunea

     

    $42,231

     

    IPRS and iMURS

     

    Kobussen

     

    Composition, structure and evolution of the lithospheric mantle beneath Southern Africa

     

    $42,231

     

    IPRS and iMURS

     

    Li

     

    Stable metal isotope geochemistry of the Cadia and Northparkes porphyry Cu-Au deposits

     

    $42,231

     

    IPRS and iMURS

     

    Mwandu Batumike

     

    The origin of kimberlites from the Kundelungu region (D.R. Congo) and the nature of the underlying lithospheric mantle

     

    $42,231

     

    IPRS and iMURS

     

    Nikolic

     

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

     

    $42,231

     

    IPRS and iMURS

     

    Portner

     

    Spreading ridge sedimentation processes: a novel approach using Macquarie Island as a natural laboratory

     

    $42,231

     

    RAACE

     

    Milan

     

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

     

    $19,231

     

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