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  • 2007 Annual Report

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    Appendix 5: Funded research projects

    Grants and Other income 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 (Administered by ANU)

    Discovering the deep mantle: experimental petrology at very high pressures

    $10,000 

    ARC Linkage Project with BHP

    O’Reilly, Griffin

    Global lithosphere architecture mapping (Industry contribution)

    $30,000 

    ARC Linkage Project with BHP

    O’Reilly, Griffin, O’Neill

    Global Lithospheric Architecture Mapping II (including Industry contribution)

    $77,000 

    ARC Linkage Project with Rio Tinto

    O’Reilly, Griffin, Pearson

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

    $157,823 

    ARC Federation Fellowship

    Wood

    Origin and evolution of Earth’s chemical reservoirs

    $322,625 

    ARC Federation Fellowship (MQ 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

    $22,129 

    ARC Federation Fellowship  (MQ Contribution)

    Turner

    The time scales of geochemical cycles and Earth processes

    $92,243 

    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

    $74,151 

    MUECRG Scheme with BHPB

    Belousova et al.

    How have the continents grown? Investigation of three key areas

    $50,000 

    MUECRG Scheme with BHPB

    Belousova et al.

    How have the continents grown? Investigation of three key areas

    $50,000 

    Safety Net

    Belousova

    The growth of the continental crust: a global approach

    $19,350 

    Department of EPS

    O’Reilly

    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

    $78,180 

    DVC (Research) Discretionary Fund

    Beier

    Support for Fellow in Feodor Lynen Project (Christoph Beier)

    $20,000 

    Capital equipment

    Lackie

    Time-Domain EM system

    $52,495 

    ARC LIEF

    O’Reilly CI (Honda et al., administered by ANU)

    A new generation noble gas mass spectrometer facility for advanced research in the Earth, Planetary and Environmental Sciences

    $700,000 

    ARC LIEF (MQ contribution) O’Reilly CI (Honda et al., administered by ANU) A new generation noble gas mass spectrometer facility for advanced research in the Earth, Planetary and Environmental Sciences
    $35,000 
    Santos Ltd Rushmer Petrological and thermal characteristics
    $12,950 

    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 

    iMQRES

    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 



    Funded Research Projects for 2008

    Funding Source

    Investigators

    Project Title

    Amount 

    ARC Discovery

    Daczko, Dickinson

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

    $65,000 

    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 (Administered by ANU)

    Discovering the deep mantle: experimental petrology at very high pressures

    $10,000 

    ARC Discovery O'Neill The role of supercontinents in Earth’s dynamic evolution (DP0880801)
    $114,955 

    ARC Linkage Project with BHP

    O’Reilly, Griffin, O’Neill

    Global Lithospheric Architecture Mapping II (including Industry contribution)

    $149,500 

    ARC Linkage Project with Rio Tinto

    O’Reilly, Griffin, Pearson

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

    $153,426 

    ARC Federation Fellowship

    Wood

    Origin and evolution of Earth’s chemical reservoirs

    $329,078 

    ARC Federation Fellowship (MQ contribution)

    Wood

    Origin and evolution of Earth’s chemical reservoirs

    $180,000 

    Department of EPS

    O’Reilly

    GAU Maintenance Contribution

    $30,000 

    MQRF Research Grant

    O’Neill

    Episodicity in mantle convection: effects on continent formation and metallogenesis

    $13,000 

    MQ Research Fellowship

    O’Neill

    Episodicity in mantle convection: effects on continent formation and metallogenesis

    $78,181 

    DVC (Research) Discretionary Fund

    Beier

    Support for Fellow in Feodor Lynen Project (Christoph Beier)

    $20,000 

    MQRF Research Grant Dosseto Impact of European settlement on soil loss in the Murray-Darling Basin: a novel quantitative geochemical approach
    $14,340 
    MQRF Research Fellowship Dosseto Impact of European settlement on soil loss in the Murray-Darling Basin: a novel quantitative geochemical approach
    $78,181 

    MQNS

    Rushmer

    Formation of the Earth’s first silicic crust

    $19,420 

    RIBG GEMOC Fourier Transform Infrared (FTIR) Microscope
    $80,000 

    ARC LIEF

    O’Reilly CI (ANU Lead Institution)

    IODP

    $6,000,000 

    ARC LIEF (MQ contribution) O’Reilly CI (ANU Lead Institution) IODP
    $40,000 

    RAACE

    Carroll

    The mechanisms and deep-crustal controls on continental rifting

    $20,007 

    iMURS

    Caulfield

    Tofua Volcano, Tonga Arc, eruption history and timescales of magma chamber processes

    $45,007 

    iMURS

    Chevet

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

    $45,007 

    iMURS

    Cunningham

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

    $45,007 

    iMQRES

    Donnelly

    Mantle xenoliths, kimberlites and related rocks of the Kuruman Kimberlite Province, Kaapvaal Craton, South Africa

    $45,007 

    iMURS

    Gréau

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

    $45,007 

    iMURS/IPRS

    Kobussen

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

    $45,007 

    iMURS

    Li

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

    $45,007 

    iMURS

    Locmelis

    Understanding nickel deposits using platinum group element geochemistry

    $45,007 

    iMURS/IPRS

    Mwandu Batumike

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

    $45,007 

    iMURS

    Nikolic

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

    $12,500 

    iMQRES

    Portner

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

    $45,007 

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