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  • 2006 Annual Report

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    Contacts

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    Contact details and Glossary

    gemoc@mq.edu.au

    GEMOC

    Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences

    Macquarie University  NSW  2109

    AUSTRALIA

    Nikki Bohan and Carol McMahon

    Administrator

    Phone:  61 2 9850 8953

    Fax: 61 2 9850 8943 or 6904

    Email: nbohan@els.mq.edu.au

    Professor Suzanne Y. O’Reilly

    Director

    Phone:  61 2 9850 8362

    Fax: 61 2 9850 8943

    Email: sue.oreilly@mq.edu.au

    Professor W.L. Griffin

    Program Leader

    Phone: 61 2 9850 8954

    Fax: 61 2 9850 8943

    Email: bill.griffin@mq.edu.au

    Dr Norman Pearson

    Manager, Geochemical Analysis Unit

    Phone: 61 2 9850 8361

    Fax: 61 2 9850 8943 or 6904

    Email:  npearson@els.mq.edu.au


     

    GLOSSARY

    ACILP

    Australia China Institutional Links Program

    AGU

    American Geophysical Union

    AMIRA

    Australian Mineral Industry Research Association

    ANU

    Australian National University

    APA (I)

    Australian Postgraduate Award (Industry)

    APD

    Australian Postdoctoral Fellowship

    ARC (DP)

    Australian Research Council (Discovery Project)

    ARC LIEF

    Australian Research Council Linkage Infrastructure Equipment and Facilities

    BSE

    Backscattered Electrons

    CNRS

    French National Research Foundation

    CORES

    Concentrations of Research Excellence

    CRC

    Co-operative Research Centre

    CSIRO (EM)

    Commonwealth Scientific Industrial Research Organisation (Exploration and Mining)

    DEST (SII)

    Department of Education, Science and Training (from 2002) (Strategic Infrastructure Initiative)

    DIATREEM

    Consulting company within AccessMQ

    EMP

    Electron Microprobe

    (D)EPS

    (Department of) Earth and Planetary Sciences

    EURODOC

    The council for postgraduate students and junior researchers in Europe

    FIM

    Facility for Integrated Microanalysis

    GA

    Geoscience Australia (formerly AGSO)

    GAU

    Geochemical Analysis Unit (DEPS, Macquarie University)

    GIS

    Geographic Information System

    GLITTER

    GEMOC Laser ICPMS Total Trace Element Reduction software

    GPS

    Global Positioning System

    HIAF

    Heavy Ion Analytical Facility

    ICESAT

    Ice, Cloud and land Elevation Satellite

    ICPMS

    Inductively Coupled Plasma Mass Spectrometer

    iMURS

    International Macquarie University Research Scheme

    IPRS

    International Postgraduate Research Scholarship

    JCU

    James Cook University

    LAM-ICPMS

    Laser Ablation Microprobe - Inductively Coupled Plasma Mass Spectrometer

    LIEF

    Linkage Infrastructure, Equipment and Facilities

    MC-ICPMS

    Multi-Collector ICPMS

    MOUs

    Memoranda of Understanding

    MQECRG

    Macquarie University External Collaborative Research Grants (formerly MUECRG)

    MQRF

    Macquarie University Research Fellowship (formerly MURF)

    MQVC

    Macquarie University Vice Chancellor

    MRL

    Macquarie Research Limited

    MUIPRA

    Macquarie University International Postgraduate Research Award

    MURAACE

    Macquarie University Research Award for Areas and Centres of Excellence

    PGE

    Platinum Group Element

    PIRSA

    Primary Industries and Resources, South Australia

    RAACE

    Research Areas and Centres of Excellence Postgraduate Scholarships

    RIBG

    Research Infrastructure Block Grant 

    RSES

    Research School of Earth Sciences at ANU

    SEM

    Scanning Electron Microscope

    TPBL

    Tailored Problem-Based Learning

    UN’cstle

    University of Newcastle

    UNE

    University of New England

    USYD

    University of Sydney

    UWA

    University of Western Australia

    UW’gong

    University of Wollongong

    UWS

    University of Western Sydney

    XRF

    X-Ray Fluorescence

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