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  • 2006 Annual Report

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    Appendix 5: Funded research projects

    Grants and Other income for 2006

    Funding Source

    Investigators

    Project Title

    Amount 

    ARC Discover

    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, Dickinson

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

    $61,140 

    ARC Discovery

    Jackson, Mountain

    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, Rubie, Kelley, Hervig

    The behaviour of geochemical tracers during differentiation of the Earth

    $150,000 

    ARC Discovery

    O’Neill, Wood, Irifune

    Discovery of deep mantle: experimental petrology at very high pressures

    $20,000 

    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 Project

    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 

    VC Innovation Fellowship Research Grant

    Belousova

    Tomorrow’s TerraneChron®: new developments, new deliverables and new destinations

    $19,500 

    VC Innovation Fellowship

    Belousova

    Tomorrow’s TerraneChron®: new developments, new deliverables and new destinations

    $66,831 

    MQECRG

    O’Reilly, Griffin

    Trace-element analysis of diamonds

    $50,000 

    MQECRG (Rio Tinto)

    O’Reilly, Griffin

    Trace-element analysis of diamonds

    $102,000 

    MQECRG

    Griffin, O’Reilly

    Lithosphere evolution across a craton margin, southern Africa

    $50,000 

    MQECRG (de Beers)

    Griffin, O’Reilly

    Lithosphere evolution across a craton margin, southern Africa

    $81,000

    MQRF Research Grant

    O’Neill

    Episodicity in mantle convection: effects on continent formation and metallogenesis

    $18,400 

    MQ Research Fellowship

    O’Neill

    Episodicity in mantle convection: effects on continent formation and metallogenesis

    $66,136 

    MURF

    Malkovets

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

    $22,695 

    MU Safety Net

    Turner

    Mantle melting dynamics and the influence of recycled components

    $19,700 

    MQRIBG

    Turner et al.

    Installation of argon and helium gas pipelines for high-technology instruments in the Geochemical Analysis Unit

    $31,911 

    Dept. EPS

    O’Reilly, DEPS

    GAU Maintenance contribution

    $30,000 

    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 

    iMURS

    Caulfield

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

    $42,231 

    iMURS

    Chevet

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

    $42,231 

    iMURS

    Cunningham

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

    $42,231 

    iMURS

    Kobussen

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

    $42,231 

    IPRS

    Li

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

    $42,231 

    iMURS

    Locmelis

    Understanding nickel deposits using platinum group element geochemistry

    $7,666 

    IPRS

    Mwandu Batumike

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

    $42,231 

    iMURS

    Nikolic

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

    $42,231 

    iMURS

    Portner

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

    $42,231 

    RAACE

    Carroll

    The mechanisms and deep-crustal controls on continental rifting

    $19,165 

    RAACE

    Milan

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

    $19,231 

    AIG Student Bursary

    Harb

    Fragmentation processes, depositional mechanisms and lithification of glassy fragmental rocks, Macquarie Island

    $1,500 

    Funded Research Projects for 2007

    Funding Source

    Investigators

    Project Title

    Amount 

    ARC Discovery

    Alard

    Toward the use of metal stable isotopes in geosciences

    continuing 

    ARC Discovery

    Daczko, Dickinson

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

    $70,000 

    ARC Discovery

    Jackson, Mountain

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

    $60,000 

    ARC Discovery

    O’Reilly, Griffin,Pearson, Alard, et al.

    Earth’s internal system: deep processes and crustal consequences

    $230,000 

     ARC Discovery

    Turner

    Mantle melting dynamics and the influence of recycled component

    $90,000 

    ARC Discovery

    Wood

    The behaviour of geochemical tracers during differentiation of the Earth

    $100,000 

    ARC Discovery

    O’Neill, Wood, Irifune

    Discovering the deep mantle: experimental petrology at very high pressures

    $10,000 

    ARC Linkage Project

    O’Reilly, Griffin

    Global lithosphere architecture mapping (Extra Industry Contribution)

    $30,000 

    ARC Linkage Project

    O’Reilly, Griffin, O’Neill

    Global Lithospheric Architecture Mapping II (Including Industry Contribution)

    $77,000 

    ARC Linkage Project

    O’Reilly, Griffin, Pearson

    Trace-element analysis of diamonds: new applications to diamond fingerprinting and genesis (Including Industry Contribution)

    $128,823 

    ARC Federation Fellowship

    Wood

    Origin and evolution of Earth’s chemical reservoirs

    $316,222 

    ARC Federation Fellowship (uni contribution)

    Wood

    Origin and evolution of Earth’s chemical reservoirs (Mu contribution)

    $180,000 

    ARC Federation Fellowship

    Turner

    The time scales of geochemical cycles and Earth processes

    $316,222 

    ARC Federation Fellowship  (Uni Contribution)

    Turner

    The time scales of geochemical cycles and Earth processes

    $168,390 

    DEST RIBG

    O’Reilly

    GEMOC-Geochemical Analyst

    $60,000 

    Aust. Antarctic Division

    Daczko, Mosher

    The environmental and tectonic implications of volcaniclastic deposits on Macquarie Island

    $70,000
    (in kind)

    MQVC Innovation Fellowship Research Grant

    Belousova

    Tomorrow’s TerraneChron®: new developments, new deliverables and new destinations

    $19,684 

    MQVC Innovation Fellowship

    Belousova

    Tomorrow’s TerraneChron®: new developments, new deliverables and new destinations

    $66,831 

    Safety Net

    Belousova

    The growth of the continental crust: a global approach

    $19,350 

    Department of EPS

    O’Reilly, DEPS

    GAU Maintenance Contribution

    $30,000 

    MQRF Research Grant

    O’Neill

    Episodicity in mantle convection: effects on continent formation and metallogenesis

    $13,400 

    MQ Research Fellowship

    O’Neill

    Episodicity in mantle convection: effects on continent formation and metallogenesis

    $66,136 

    DVC (Research) Discretionary Fund

    Turner

    Support for Fellow in Feodor Lynen Project (Christoph Beier)

    $20,000 

    Capital equipment

    Lackie

    Time-Domain EM system

    $52,495 

    LIEF

    Honda et al.

    A New Generation Noble Gas Mass Spectrometer Facility for Advanced Research in the Earth, Planetary and Environmental Sciences

    $700,000 

    RAACE

    Bailey

    An ice and crust mass balance study of the Law Dome ice cap, East Antarctica, using geophysical techniques

    $14,436 

    iMURS

    Caulfield

    Tofua Volcano, Tonga Arc, Eruption History and timescales of Magma Chamber Processes

    $43,116 

    iMURS

    Chevet

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

    $43,116 

    iMURS

    Cunningham

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

    $43,116 

    iMURS

    Donnelly

    Mantle Xenoliths, Kimberlites and Related Rocks of the Kuruman Kimberlite Province, Kaapvaal Craton, South Africa

    $43,116 

    iMURS

    Gréau

    Elemental and isotopic fractionation of siderophile and chalcophile elements: A new perspective on eclogite origin

    $43,116 

    iMURS

    Kobussen

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

    $43,116 

    IPRS

    Li

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

    $43,116 

    iMURS

    Locmelis

    Understanding nickel deposits using platinum group element geochemistry

    $43,116 

    IPRS

    Mwandu Batumike

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

    $43,116 

    iMURS

    Nikolic

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

    $13,684 

    iMURS

    Portner

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

    $43,116 

    RAACE

    Carroll

    The mechanisms and deep-crustal controls on continental rifting

    $19,616 

    RAACE

    Milan

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

    $11,880 

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