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NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL LINKS

COLLABORATION WITH AUSTRALIAN UNIVERSITIES, CSIRO & INDUSTRY

Earth Chemistry

Dr C.ALLEN with Dr S. Bryan ( University of Queensland , now Yale University ), What amount of crustal recycling has occurred in the Carboniferous volcanic rocks of central coastal Queensland ?.

Dr I.H. CAMPBELL and Dr C. ALLEN with Dr R. Squire and Dr C. Wilson (The University of Melbourne), Dating detrital zircons from sandstones from the Stawell gold mine in Victoria .

Dr I.H. CAMPBELL and Dr C. ALLEN with Mr G. Phillips and Dr C. Wilson (The University of Melbourne), Dating detrital zircons from Precambrian sandstones, Antarctica .

Dr I.H. CAMPBELL and Dr C.ALLEN with Mr M. Paine (CSIRO and Curtin University ), Provenance of heavy mineral deposits in South Australia .

Dr I.H. CAMPBELL and Ms A.STOLTZE with Placer Granny Smith Pty. Ltd , Ore-fluid pathways around the mesothermal gold deposits in the Laverton region, WA using alkali elements and stable isotopes.

Prof M. HARRISON with Dr N. Phillips (CSIRO), Geoscience Research & Development Initiative related to exploration and including various state universities.

Prof M. HARRISON with the Tectonics Special Research Centre ( School of Earth and Geographical Sciences, University of Western Australia , Perth ), Board member Science Advisory Council.

Prof M. HARRISON with Prof S. Turner ( Macquarie University ) and others, Board member for planning of Goldschmidt 2006 Conference in Melbourne .

Dr M. HONDA with Dr D. Phillips (The University of Melbourne), Noble gas studies on diamonds.

Dr M. HONDA with Dr J.D. Woodhead (The University of Melbourne), A primordial solar-neon enriched component in the source of EMI-type ocean island basalts from the Pitcairn Seamounts, Polynesia .

Dr T.R. IRELAND with Dr P. Vasconselis ( University of Queensland ), SHRIMP project on stable isotopes.

Dr I.S. WILLIAMS with Dr M. Hand ( Adelaide University ), Collaborative work towards thesis by Mr D. MAIDMENT.

Dr I.S. WILLIAMS with Australian Scientific Instruments Pty Ltd (25% appointment as Applications Scientist - SHRIMP development, marketing, testing, operator training, applications consultant), SHRIMP commercialisation.

Dr I.S. WILLIAMS with Dr M. Hand ( Adelaide University ) and Dr I. Buick, ( Monash University ), Geologic evolution of the Arunta.

Dr I.S. WILLIAMS with Prof B.W. Chappell ( Macquarie University ), Genesis of SE Australian granites.

Dr I.S. WILLIAMS with Dr P. Lennox ( University of New South Wales ), Chronology of Wyangala granites.

Dr I.S. WILLIAMS with Dr J. Hergt, Dr J. Woodhead and Mr R. Kemp (The University of Melbourne), Age and origin of S-type granite zircon.

Earth Environment

Ms S.BURGESS with Prof R. Arculus (Department of Earth and Marine Sciences, ANU), participated as a biologist on the North Tonga Vents Expedition (NOTOVE) of the RV Southern Surveyor SS11/2004, which was investigating submarine hydrothermal plume activity and petrology of the northern Tofua Arc, Tonga

Dr E. CALVO and Dr C. PELEJERO with Dr P. DeDeckker (Department of Earth and Marine Sciences, ANU), Reconstruction of past oceanic and climatic conditions using deep sea sediments.

Dr E. CALVO and Dr C. PELEJERO with Dr W. Howard and Dr A. Moy (Antarctic Climate and Ecosystems Cooperative Research Centre, University of Tasmania), Comparison of different proxies of past ocean chemistry.

Dr E. CALVO and Dr C. PELEJERO with Prof A. Chivas ( School of Geosciences , University of Wollongong ), Geochemistry of sediments from Gulf of Carpentaria .

Dr S. EGGINS and Prof R. GRÜN with Dr C. Murray-Wallace ( University of Wollongong ), Open-system U-series dating of molluscs.

Prof R. GRÜN and Dr M. GAGAN with Dr R. Wells (Flinders University) and Dr D. Bowman (Northern Territory University), ARC Discovery grant, Stable isotopes in marsupials: reconstruction of environmental change in Australia.

Prof R. GRÜN with Dr P. White (Dept of Anthropology, University of Sydney) and Dr J. Field (Dept of Archaeology, University of Sydney), Dating of the archaeological and megafauna site of Cuddie Springs.

Prof R. GRÜN with Dr J. Dorth (Dept of Archaeology, University of Sydney ) and Dr M Cupper ( School of Earth Sciences , University of Melbourne ), Dating of the megafauna site of Lancefield.

Prof R. GRÜN with Dr R. Wells ( Flinders University ), Dating of a series of South Australian sites with faunal remains including Naracoorte Cave and the Rocky River Site on Kangaroo Island .

Prof R. GRÜN with Prof R. Twidale ( University of Adelaide ), Onset of dune formation in the Stretzlecki Desert .

Dr B. PILLANS with Prof A. Chivas (University of Wollongong), Dr B. Kohn (The University of Melbourne), Dr G. Humphries and Mr M. Wilkinson (Macquarie University) and Prof R. Bourman (University of South Australia), Regolith dating.

Dr E. RHODES with Dr J. Nott ( James Cook University ), Dating of palaeoflood and storm surge deposits in Northern Australia

Dr E. RHODES with Dr K.-H. Wyrwoll ( University of Western Australia ), Dating of fluvial deposits, aeolian deposits and former lake levels.

Dr E. RHODES with Dr P. Hearty ( University of Wollongong ), Dating of coastal sand dunes.

Dr E. RHODES with Prof R. Twidale ( University of Adelaide ), Onset of dune formation in the Stretzlecki Desert .

Dr E. RHODES with Dr R. Wells (Flinders University), Dating a series of South Australian sites with faunal and mega-faunal remains including the Rocky River Site on Kangaroo Island.

Earth Materials

Prof S.F. COX and Dr S. MICKELTHWAITE with geoscientists from five industrial gold mining companies (Goldfields St Ives, Placer Dome, Anglogold, Newmont, KCGM), Development and Application of Stress Transfer Modelling for Area Selection in Mesothermal Gold Systems; ARC-Linkage Project P718.

Dr A.J. BERRY and Prof H.St.C. O'NEILL with Dr G.J. Foran (ANSTO), An in situ study of the oxidation state of U in silicate melts.

Dr J. DUNLAP with Dr A. Harris and Dr B. Jones (CODES, University of Tasmania ), Argon dating.

Mr. J. FREEMAN with Dr D. Stegman ( Monash University ) working on two- and three-dimensional numerical subduction simulations.

Prof I. JACKSON and Dr J.D. FITZ GERALD collaborated with Mr Gang Wang (visiting student from Harbin University , China ) and Dr Z. Stachurski (Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology, ANU) on the mechanical behaviour of bulk metallic glass.

Dr J. MAVROGENES with Dr S. Hageman ( University of Western Australia ), Study of granite-hosted melt inclusions associated with west Australian Au deposits.

Dr J. MAVROGENES and Dr D. McFARLANE with CSIRO, Ongoing project on metamorphism and ore deposits.

Mr D. WOOD with AngloGold Australia , Tectonic evolution of the Anakie Inlier and implications for the early Palaeozoic in eastern Australia .

Earth Physics

Prof K. LAMBECK with Assoc Prof R. Coleman ( University of Tasmania ), Looking Back to See the Future; ARC Discovery Project.

Dr W.P. SCHELLART with Dr D. Stegman ( Monash University ) working on two- and three-dimensional numerical subduction simulations.

Dr W.P. SCHELLARTt with Prof M. Sandiford (The University of Melbourne) on mechanical coupling and stress transfer between the slab and the trailing plate, in particular looking at stresses in the Indo-Australian plate and their relation to the Sunda subduction zone.

Dr P. TREGONING with Dr R. Coleman ( University of Tasmania ), Monitoring of vertical movements of tide gauges, TIGA-PP Analysis Centre.

Australian National Seismic Imaging Resource (ANSIR)

Prof B.L.N. KENNETT is Director of the Australian National Seismic Imaging Resource (ANSIR). RSES has responsibility for the reflection equipment and vibrator sources, as well as the portable instruments that are housed at RSES.

The ANSIR equipment is available via a competitive proposal scheme. During 2004 instrumentation was provided as follows:

  • To University of Western Australia for studies of the use of mine blasts for seismic refraction
  • 20 sets of broad-band equipment to RSES for the Tasman Line experiments
  • 4 sets of broad-band equipment to pmd*CRC for crustal studies in the Yilgarn craton and Gawler craton
  • 8 sets of broad-band equipment to Geoscience Australia for imaging of active faults in the Flinders Ranges
  • 20 sets of short period equipment for detailed structural studies in SE Australia

Reflection experiments carried out in 2004:

  • Curnomona Craton , South Australia (100 km of profile – to be resumed in 2004),
  • Darling Basin , NSW, (300 km of profiles)
  • a number of smaller experiments using the mini-vibrator

PRISE

Dr R. ARMSTRONG with Prof M. Barley and B. Krapez (University of Western Australia) on research into the Late Archaean – Early Proterozoic timescale relevant to the emergence of the Earth’s atmosphere.

Dr R. ARMSTRONG with Prof D. Gray ( University of Melbourne ) on research projects in Oman and Namibia .

Dr R. ARMSTRONG with Dr B. Kohn ( University of Melbourne ) on the geochronology of Macquarie Island .

Dr R. ARMSTRONG has completed a number of geochronological projects for Australian and international exploration companies and consultants during the year and new projects were commenced.

Mr C.M. FANNING with Associate Prof C. Fergusson ( University of Wollongong ) and Prof R. Henderson ( James Cook University ) on Tectonics of the Neoproterozoic – Early Palaeozoic margin in eastern Australia .

Mr C.M. FANNING with Prof J. Roberts ( University of New South Wales ) on the timing of Carboniferous-Permian volcanic rocks in the Tamworth belt NSW.

Mr C.M. FANNING with Dr K. Knesel (Univerity of Queensland) on the timing and protolith history of Cenozoic volcanic rocks from Chile.

Mr C.M. FANNING with Dr M. Rubenach ( James Cook University ) on the geochronology of granitic rocks in north west Queensland .

Dr G.M. YAXLEY and Dr M.D. NORMAN with Dr V. Kamenetsky (University of Tasmania), Dr M. Kamenetsky (University of Tasmania) and Prof. D. Francis, (McGill University), Compositional heterogeneity in olivine-hosted melt inclusions from the Baffin Island picrites.

INTERNATIONAL COLLABORATION

Earth Chemistry

Dr V.C. BENNETT with Prof M. Garcia ( University of Hawaii ), Pb isotope compositions of melt inclusions determined by multi-collector SHRIMP analysis.

Dr V.C. BENNETT with Prof D. DePaolo and Ms K. Weaver ( University of California , Berkeley ), Measurement of Sr isotopic compositions of zircons.

Dr I.H. CAMPBELL and Dr C. ALLEN with Dr M. Palin ( University of Otago ), Dating zircons from the two youngest caldera-forming ignimbrites of the Yellowstone volcanic field, using the laser ablation ICP-MS.

Dr I.H. CAMPBELL and Dr C. ALLEN with Prof P. Reiners ( Yale University , USA ), Double-dating [U/Pb and (Th + U)/He)] of detrital zircons in sedimentary provenance studies.

Dr I.H. CAMPBELL and Dr C. ALLEN with Dr M. Brandon and his research group ( Yale University , USA ), What percentage of sediments are first cycle? Case study in Olympic Mounts, Washington.

Dr I.H. CAMPBELL and Dr C. ALLEN with Dr S. Bryan (Yale University, USA), Geochronology and geochemistry of the long-lived, large-volume silicic magmatism of the Sierra Madre Occidental, Mexico.

Dr I.H. Campbell and Dr C. ALLEN with Dr P. Zeitler ( Lehigh University , Pennsylvania , USA ), What are the U-Pb age profiles for zircons in recent sediments in NE Himalaya.

Dr I.H. CAMPBELL and Dr C. ALLEN with Dr H-Y. Liang (Guangzhou Institute of Geochemistry, Guangzhou , P.R. China), The geochronology and geochemistry of shoshonites from eastern Tibet .

Mr J. CELERIER with Prof An Yin and Mr A. Webb (UCLA, USA), Ongoing collaboration including two months of fieldwork in India with Mr Webb .

Mr J. CELERIER with Prof J.-P. Avouac and Dr O. Beyssac ( California Institute of Technology, Pasadena ) , Collaborative research visit.

Prof T.M. HARRISON with Prof K.D. McKeegan ( UCLA , USA ). Ion Probe Lab Review UCLA, NSF Instrumentation and Facilities Panel.

Prof T.M. HARRISON with Dr J. Blichert-Toft and Prof F. Albarede , (Laboratoire des Sciences de la Terre, Ecole Normale Superieure de Lyon, France), Continuation of collaboration on old zircons analysis.

Dr M. HONDA with Dr J.W. Harris ( University of Glasgow ), Noble gas studies on diamonds.

Dr T.R. IRELAND with Dr S. Weaver ( Canterbury University , New Zealand ), SHRIMP project on Antarctic granites and detrital rocks.

Dr T.R. IRELAND with Prof K. McKeegan ( UCLA , USA ), Collaborative research.

Dr T.R. IRELAND with Mr B. Ito ( Stanford University , USA ), Collaborative work on SHRIMP analyses.

Dr A.P. NUTMAN with Dr J. Hollis and Dr A.A. Garde (Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland), New collaborative research into the Archaean geology in the Kapisillit area of Greenland that will last for 3 years and entail the Survey providing support for up to 2 RSES PhD students.

Dr A.P. NUTMAN with Dr C.R.L. Friend ( British Museum , UK ), Long-standing research into Archaean crustal evolution using Greenland rocks.

Dr A.P. NUTMAN with Dr B. Chadwick (freelance geologist, UK ), Archaean crustal evolution in southern India .

Dr A.P. NUTMAN with Prof U.G. Cordani, and Dr M. Basei ( University of Sao Paulo , Brazil ), Precambrian evolution of South America .

Dr A.P. NUTMAN with Dr M. Basei ( University of Sao Paulo , Brazil ), Timescale of sedimentation and volcanism in the Parana basin of S. America .

Dr A.P. NUTMAN with Mr O. Christiansen (Nunaminerals A/S, Greenland ), Timing of Archaean gold mineralisation in the Nuuk district, Greenland .

Dr A.P. NUTMAN with Prof H. Hidaka and Mr K. Horie ( Hiroshima University , Japan ), Dating of early Archaean rocks in Greenland .

Dr A.P. NUTMAN with Dr P.R. Dawes (Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland , Denmark ), Dating of the Inglefield mobile belt of NW Greenland.

Prof R.W.R.RUTLAND and Dr I.S. WILLIAMS with Dr K. Korsman and Dr J. Kousa (Geological Survey of Finland) and Dr T. Schiöld ( Swedish Museum of Natural History), Svecofennian evolution.

Ms A. STOLTZE with Dr E. Nakamura (Institute for the Study of the Earth’s Interior, Okayama University , Misasa , Japan ), Radiogenic isotopes from the Wallaby Gold Deposit.

Dr I.S. WILLIAMS with Dr J. Wiszniewska and Ms E. Krzeminska (Polish Geological Institute, Warsaw , Poland ), Evolution of the Polish basement.

Dr I.S. WILLIAMS with Dr R. Findlay and Mr G. Kopi (Geological Survey of Papua New Guinea), Provenance of the Owen Stanley metamorphics.

Dr I.S. WILLIAMS with Prof J.W. Goodge (University of Minnesota, Duluth, USA) and Prof P. Myrow (Colorado College, Colorado Springs, USA), Provenance of east Antarctic metasediments.

Dr I.S. WILLIAMS with Prof D. Mossman ( Mount Allison University , Sackville , Canada ), Baddeleyite dating in thin section.

Dr I.S. WILLIAMS for Geological Survey of Canada (Ottawa), Hiroshima University (Japan), National Institute of Polar Research (Japan), Chinese Academy of Geological Sciences (Beijing), and All Russian Geological Research Institute (St. Petersburg), SHRIMP technical and applications consultancy.

Earth Environment

Dr E. CALVO and Dr C. PELEJERO with Dr R. Simó, Dr M. Ribes, Dr C. Marrasé, Prof M. Estrada and Prof J.M. Gili (Institut de Ciències del Mar, CMIMA-CSIC, Barcelona ), Cultures of marine organisms for paleoceanography proxy calibration.

Dr E. CALVO, Dr C. PELEJERO, and Dr S. EGGINS with Dr I. Cacho and Mr L. Pena (GRC Geociències Marines, Dept Estrat. Paleont. i Geoc. Marines, Facultat de Geologia, Universitat de Barcelona , Spain ), LA-ICPMS analysis of foraminifera for the assessment of cleaning protocols.

Dr D. FABEL with Prof J. Harbor ( Purdue University , USA ), Dr A. Stroeven ( Stockholm University , Sweden ), Cosmogenic nuclide-base boundary conditions for numerical ice sheet models: a simulation of the Fennoscandian Ice Sheet through a glacial cycle.

Dr D. FABEL and Prof K. LAMBECK, with Dr A Hubbard ( University of Edinburgh ), Dr A. Stroeven ( Stockholm University , Sweden ), Prof J. Harbor ( Purdue University , USA ), and Dr C. Hättestrand ( Stockholm University , Sweden ), Cosmogenic nuclide-based boundary conditions for numerical ice sheet models: a simulation of the Fennoscandian Ice Sheet through a glacial cycle.

Dr D. FABEL with Prof S. Björk ( Lund University , Sweden ), Cosmogenic exposure dating of Baltic Ice Lake drainage deposits.

Dr D. FABEL with Dr C. Hättestrand ( Stockholm University , Sweden ), Deglaciation history of the Kola Peninsula , Russia .

Dr S. EGGINS with Dr. M. Ellwood and Dr. M. Kelly (National Institute for Water (NIWA), Hamilton , New Zealand ), In-situ analysis of the elemental and stable isotope composition of siliceous sponges.

Dr S. EGGINS and Prof P. DeDeckker (Dept of Earth and Marine Science, ANU) with Prof D. Kroon, Dr P. Anand and Dr F. Peeters , (Department of Earth Science, Free University, Amsterdam, Netherlands), Mg/Ca geochemistry of live-collected and core-top samples foraminifera shells from the Indian Ocean.

Prof R. GRÜN investigated ‘The timing of modern human evolution’ with numerous international scholars. He has collected hominid samples from the anthropological sites Cave of Hearths and Hutjiespunt, South Africa with Prof V.A. Tobias and Dr L. Berger (University of the Witwatersrand) and Prof J. Parkington (University of Cape Town), Skhul, Qafzeh, Tabun, Kebara and Amud, Israel with Prof Y. Rak (Haifa University) and Prof C.B. Stringer (Natural History Museum, London), Banyoles, Spain with Prof J. Maroto ( Universitat de Girona, Spain) and Irhoud, Sale and Thomas Quarry, Morocco with Prof J.J. Hublin ( Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Leipzig ).

Prof R. GRÜN with Dr J. Brink, (Florisbad Quaternary Research Department, National Museum , Bloemfontein , South Africa ), Dating of a range of sites in South Africa , including the newly discovered human site of Cornelia.

Prof R. GRÜN with Dr A. Pike ( University of Bristol ), Uranium uptake of bones.

Prof R. GRÜN with Prof T. de Torres (Escuela Tecnica Superior de Ingenieros de Minas de Madrid), Calibration of amino acid racemisation in bones, cave bear evolution and dating human material from Sidron.

Prof R. GRÜN with Prof U. Radtke and Dr A. Hilgers (Universität zu Köln , Germany ), The onset of dune formation in the Stretzlecki Desert .

Prof R. GRÜN with Dr A. Gurbanov ( Institute of Geology of Ore Deposits, Moscow ) and Dr D. Koshchug (Department of Geology, Moscow State University ) on the reconstruction of cooling and denudation rates of the Greater Caucasus.

Dr B. PILLANS continued his appointment as a Research Associate of the New Zealand Institute of Geological & Nuclear Sciences (IGNS), facilitating collaborative studies of Quaternary sedimentary sequences in the North Island of New Zealand with Dr T. Naish, Dr A. Beu and Dr B. Alloway .

Dr E. RHODES with Prof C. Stringer ( Natural History Museum , London ), Prof. N. Barton ( University of Oxford , UK ), Dr C. Finlayson ( Gibraltar Museum ) and Dr Jalil Bouzaggar ( Rabat Museum , Morocco ), Dating of palaeolithic archaeology and hominid remains from southern Iberia and Morocco .

Dr E. RHODES with Dr C. Sancho and Dr J-L. Pena ( University of Zaragoza , Spain ) and Dr G. Benito ( University of Madrid , Spain ), Dating of fluvial and glacial deposits in N. Spain .

Dr E. RHODES with Dr S. Doerr, Dr R. Shakesby and Ms V. Farwig ( University of Wales , UK ), Reconstructing past heating events to understand past bush fire magnitude and frequency.

Mr A. SADEKOV and Dr S. EGGINS with Dr A.D. Russell and Prof H. Spero ( University of California , Davis , USA ), Investigation of Mg partitioning in calcite precipitated under controlled laboratory conditions by the planktonic foraminifer Orbulina universa (d’Orbigny).

Earth Materials

Dr A.J. BERRY and Prof H.St.C. O'NEILL with Dr S.R. Sutton and Dr M. Newville (University of Chicago, USA) and Dr L. Danyushevsky (CODES, University of Tasmania), Micro-XANES determination of the oxidation state of Fe in komatiite melt inclusions.

Dr A.J. BERRY with Dr S.C. Wimperis ( University of Exeter ) and Dr S.E. Ashbrook ( University of Cambridge ), High resolution 17 O NMR studies of high-pressure silicate phases.

Dr A.J. BERRY and Prof H.St.C. O'NEILL with Dr N. Metrich ( CEA-CNRS , France ), A XANES study of sulfur speciation in synthetic glasses and melt inclusions.

Dr A.J. BERRY and Dr J.A. MAVROGENES with Dr S.R. Sutton and Dr M. Newville (University of Chicago, USA) and Dr A.C. Harris (University of Tasmania), The speciation of Cu in fluid inclusions from Alumbrera, Argentina.

Prof S.F. COX with Dr N. Mancktelow ( ETH-Zurich , Switzerland ), Dr A.-M. Boullier (Universite Joseph Fourier, Grenoble , France ), Dr Y. Rolland ( Universite de Nice , France ) and Dr G. Pennachioni ( Universita di Padova , Italy ), continued collaboration as part of an ARC grant.

Prof S.F. COX with Dr S. Miller ( ETH-Zurich , Switzerland ), ARC Discovery Grant on modelling of fluid flow in fault networks.

Dr J. DUNLAP with Dr C. Teyssier (University of Minnesota, USA), Dr H. Fossen (Bergen University, Norway), Dr N. Mortimer and Dr A. Tulloch ( Institute of Geological & Nuclear Sciences , Dunedin, New Zealand), collaborative argon dating.

Dr J. DUNLAP with Dr P. van der Beek ( France ) and Dr S. Cox ( Institute of Geological & Nuclear Sciences , Dunedin , New Zealand ), collaborative helium dating.

Dr J. HERMANN with Dr A. Korsakov, (Geophysics and Mineralogy, Novosibirsk , Russia ), Evidence for carbonatite and silicate melt involvement in the genesis of micro-diamonds in subducted continental crust.

Dr J. HERMANN with Prof M. Scambelluri ( University of Genova , Italy ), Constraints on subduction zone fluids from high pressure ultramafic rocks.

Dr J. HERMANN with Prof V. Trommsdorff ( ETH-Zurich , Switzerland ), Alpine zircon growth in a garnet-peridotite by infiltration of crustal fluids

Prof I. JACKSON continued an ARC Linkage-funded collaboration with Prof. R. Liebermann’s group ( Stony Brook University , New York ) and Dr G. Gwanmesia ( Delaware State University , USA ) on the high-temperature measurement of elastic wave speeds.

Prof I. JACKSON, Dr J.D. FITZ GERALD and Dr U.H. FAUL with Prof S. Morris ( University of California , Berkeley ) continued a collaboration on grain-boundary sliding in MgO.

Prof I. JACKSON, Dr J.D. FITZ GERALD and Dr U.H. FAUL with Prof K. Itatani (Sophia University, Tokyo) and Prof. F. Bejina (Université Paul Sabatier, Toulouse, France) on grain-boundary diffusion in olivine.

Prof I. McDOUGALL with Dr F.H. Brown ( University of Utah , USA ) and Dr J.G. Fleagle ( Stony Brook University , New York ), Geological history of the Turkana Basin, Ethiopia and Kenya .

Earth Physics

Prof R.W. GRIFFITHS and Dr R.C. KERR with Prof K. V. Cashman ( University of Oregon , USA ) on the dynamics of channelized lava flows, a project funded by an ARC Discovery grant.

Prof R.W. GRIFFITHS with Prof C. Kincaid ( University of Rhode Island , USA ) on the three-dimensional flow and temperature distribution in slab subduction zones, with funding from NSF and an ARC Linkage International grant.

Prof R.W. GRIFFITHS and Dr G.O. HUGHES with Prof R. Watts (University of Rhode Island, USA) on the processes governing the convective overturning and density stratification in the Sea of Japan.

Dr A.McC. HOGG with Prof P. D. Killworth (Southampton Oceanography Centre, UK ) and Prof W. K. Dewar ( Florida State University , USA ) relating to ocean-amtosphere dynamics in the mid-latitudes.

Dr A.McC. HOGG with Dr A. Engqvist ( Stockholm University , Sweden ) on flow through ocean straits.

Dr A.McC. HOGG with Dr J. Nycander ( Stockholm University , Sweden ) on numerical simulation of internal hydraulic flows.

Prof B.L.N. KENNETT is Past-President of the International Association for Seismology and the Physics of the Earth's Interior (IASPEI).

Prof B.L.N. KENNETT and Mr S. FISHWICK with Dr E. Debayle ( University of Strasbourg , France ), Dr M. Ritzwoller ( University of Colorado , USA ) and Dr K. Yoshizawa ( University of Hokkaido , Japan ) on surface wave tomography.

Prof B.L.N. KENNETT with Dr T. Furumura (Earthquake Research Institute, University of Tokyo , Japan ) on a variety of issues in seismic wave propagation, particularly propagation of high frequency waves in subduction zones from deeper earthquakes.

Prof B.L.N. KENNETT with Prof H.-P. Bunge ( University of Munich , Germany ) on the nature of heterogeneity within the Earth.

Prof K. LAMBECK with Drs M. Anzidei (Instituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia (INGV), Italy) and F. Antonioli (Ente per le Nuove Tecnologie, L’Energia e L’Ambiente (ENEA), Rome) Sea level change in the Mediterranean.

Prof K. LAMBECK with Dr D. Sivan ( Haifa , Israel ) Flooding of the Black Sea .

Prof K. LAMBECK with scientists from Universities of Lund, Copenhagen and Kiel and with the Norwegian Geological Survey on a range of glacial rebound and climate issues in Scandinavia , Greenland , and arctic Russia .

Prof K. LAMBECK with Dr Y. Yokoyama ( University of Tokyo ), Sea level change during and before the Last Glacial Maximum.

Dr H. McQUEEN and Prof K. Lambeck with Prof T. Sato (National Astronomical Observatory of Japan), Operating and analyzing a Superconducting Gravimeter at Mt Stromlo to monitor dynamic processes inside the Earth.

Dr H. McQUEEN with Prof Y. Fukuda, T. Higashi and S. Iwano ( Kyoto University, Japan) and Y. Hiraoka (Geographical Survey Institute, Japan ), Absolute Gravity measurements at the Mt Stromlo gravity station, Perth and Tidbinbilla.

Dr M. SAMBRIDGE with Dr T. Nicholson ( University of Wellington , New Zealand ) on aspects of global heterogeneity and its influence on seismic travel times.

Dr M. SAMBRIDGE with Prof K. Creager ( University of Washington , USA ), a school visitor during the year, on seismic travel times.

Dr M. SAMBRIDGE with Dr K. Gallagher ( Imperial College , UK ) on statistical approaches to inverse problems.

Dr M. SAMBRIDGE with Prof M. Christie ( Heriot-Watt University , UK ) on uncertainty quantification in reservoir engineering.

Dr W.P. SCHELLART with Ms V.G. Toy ( Otago University , New Zealand ), primarily working on a reconstruction of the Southwest Pacific region since 65 Ma.

Dr P. TREGONING with Dr T. van Dam (European Centre for Geodynamics and Seismology), Atmospheric pressure loading effects in GPS data analysis.

Dr P. TREGONING with Dr A. Niell (Haystack Observatory, Massachusetts ) and Dr J. Boehms (Technische Universität Wien, Austria ), New mapping functions implemented in the GAMIT GPS software.

Dr P. TREGONING with Drs R. King, T.A. Herring and S. McClusky (Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA), Development of the GAMIT/GLOBK GPS software.

Dr P. TREGONING, Dr H. MCQUEEN, Prof K. LAMBECK, Mr R. DECREVEL with Mr S. Hasiasta (Papua New Guinea University of Technology, Lae), Mr R. Rosa (Papua New Guinea National Mapping Bureau), Mr I. Itikarai and Mr S. Saunders (Rabaul Volcano Observatory, Papua New Guinea), Tectonic studies in Papua New Guinea.

Dr P. TREGONING with Dr J. Virieux (Geosciences Azur, Nice, France) and Dr A. Walpersdorf (Universite Joseph-Fourier, Grenoble, France), REGAL: GPS studies in the French Alps.

PRISE

Dr. R.A. ARMSTRONG with scientists from the Geological Surveys of Brazil, Botswana, Namibia, South Africa, South Korea and Swaziland on a number of collaborative projects.

Dr R.A. ARMSTRONG with C. Lana, Prof W.U. Reimold and Dr R. Gibson (University of the Witwatersrand , RSA), Geochronology of the Vredefort impact structure.

Dr R.A. ARMSTRONG with Dr J.Ward and J. Jacob (De Beers Exploration) and A. van der Westhuizen (University of Stellenbosch, RSA), The provenance and history of diamond-bearing sediments from the Orange River, southern Africa.

Dr R.A. ARMSTRONG with R. Baillie, Prof N. Beukes and Prof J. Gutzmer (Rand Afrikaans University, RSA), Geochemistry and geochronology of the Koras Sequence, South Africa.

Dr R.A. ARMSTRONG with C McClung ( Rand Afrikaans University , RSA), The provenance and geochronology of metasediments from the Aggeneys region, Namaqualand , South Africa , and possible regional correlations.

Dr R. A. ARMSTRONG with J. Mukhopadhyay ( Presidency College , India ) and Professor N. Beukes ( Rand Afrikaans University , RSA) The geochronology of Archaean Banded Iron Formations from the Bailadila Region, Bastar Craton , Central India .

Dr R.A. ARMSTRONG with Dr B. Eglington ( University of Saskatchewan ), Development of a geochronological database for Africa .

Dr R.A. ARMSTRONG with Dr P. Macey and Dr G. Grantham (Council for Geoscience, RSA), A SHRIMP U-Pb study of the main magmatic, metamorphic and tectonic events of central Mozambique .

Dr R. A. ARMSTRONG with Dr Deung-Lyong Cho (Korea Institute of Geology, Mining and Materials, South Korea ), Geochronology and stratigraphy of the Korean peninsula.

Dr R.A. ARMSTRONG with Dr M. Pimentel and Dr M. Escayola ( University of Brasilia , Brazil ), Geochronology and provenance studies of various sequences in Brazil and Argentina .

Dr R.A. ARMSTRONG with Dr Jean-Paul Liégeois (Africa Museum, Belgium), The geochronology, structure and tectonic history of the Aïr and Hoggar regions (SE Taureg shield) in Niger.

Dr R.A. ARMSTRONG with Dr M Bröcker (Institut für Mineralogie , Munster , Germany ), SHRIMP U-Pb zircon geochronology of jadeitites from Greece .

Mr C.M. FANNING with Prof P. K. Link ( Idaho State University , USA ) on changes in provenance of sandstones in the Snake River plain and environs with the passing of the Yellowstone hot-spot.

Mr C.M. FANNING with Dr B.J. Mahoney ( University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire , USA ), The Baja-BC conundrum.

Mr C.M. FANNING with Prof F. Hervé ( University of Chile , Santiago , Chile ), Geochronology and tectonic evolution of the southern Patagonian batholith and outboard accreted terranes.

Mr C.M. FANNING with Dr R.J. Pankhurst (British Geological Survey & the NERC Isotope Geosciences Laboratory, UK), Evolution of the north Patagonian massif and the Sierras Pampeanas.

Mr C.M. FANNING with Dr C.W. Rapela ( Universidad de la Plata , Argentina ), Evolution of the north Patagonian massif and the Sierras Pampeanas.

Mr C.M. FANNING with Dr A. Cocherie & Dr P. Rossi (Bureau de Recherche Geologique et Miniere, Orleans , France ), Evolution of Corsica and beyond.

Mr C.M. FANNING with Dr J.A Aleinikoff (US Geological Survey, Denver USA ), Timing of events in the New England region, North America .

Mr C.M. FANNING with Dr C. Smith-Siddoway (Colorado College, USA), Geochronology of granites in the Ross Sea and the timing of metamorphism in Marie Byrd Land, Antarctica.

Mr C.M. FANNING with Dr K. Shiraishi and Dr K. Misawa (National Institute for Polar Research, Tokyo , Japan ), U-Pb reference zircons.

Mr C.M. FANNING with Dr J. Goodge (Southern Methodist University, USA), The geochronology and tectonic evolution of the East Antarctic Craton, Transantarctic Mountains.

Mr C.M. FANNING with Dr J. Jacobs ( University of Bremen , Germany ), Geochronology and tectonic evolution of Dronning Maud Land.

Mr C.M. FANNING with Prof D. Gebauer and Dr A. Liati (ETH Zürich, Switzerland), Geochronology and trace element geochemistry of zircons from Alpine eclogites.

Mr C.M. FANNING with Dr A. Morton (HM Associates, UK ), Detrital zircon provenance of Palaeozoic basins in North Sea region.

Mr C.M. FANNING with Prof C. Casquet and Dr C.Galindo (Universidad Complutense, Madrid, Spain), Sierras Pampeanas and the evolution of the Argentine PreCordillera.

Mr C.M. FANNING with Prof F. Munizaga and Dr Victor Maksaev ( University of Chile , Santiago , Chile ), Timing of mineralisation in the Collahuasi & Atacama regions.

Dr M. NORMAN with Drs. L. Nyquist and D. Bogard (both NASA Johnson Space Center , Houston), Prof. L. Taylor ( University of Tennessee , Knoxville ), and Prof. R. Duncan ( Oregon state University, Corvallis ), Age, Origin, and Impact History of the Lunar Crust.

Dr M. NORMAN with Prof. M. Garica ( University of Hawaii , Honolulu ), Dr. A. Pietruszka ( San Diego State University , San Diego ), and Prof. M. Rhodes ( University of Massachusetts , Amherst ), Magmatic Processes at Hawaiian volcanoes.

Dr M. NORMAN with Dr. M. Humayun (Florida State University, Tallahassee) A. Brandon (NASA Johnson Space Center, Houston), Prof. T. Elliott, Prof. C.J. Hawkesworth, and Dr. A. Scherstén (University of Bristol, Bristol), Core-Mantle Interaction and Origin of Mantle Plumes.

Dr G.M. YAXLEY and Dr A.J. BERRY with Dr A.B. Woodland (Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Universität, Frankfurt, Germany) and Dr G.J. Foran (Australian National Science and Technology Organization), The oxidation state of Fe in mantle garnets: implications for diamond stability during metasomatic events.

Dr G.M. YAXLEY with Dr A.J. BERRY, Prof A.B. Woodland (University of Frankfurt) and Prof G.P. Brey (University of Frankfurt), Application of XANES to determination of Fe3+/∑Fe in garnet.

Dr G.M. YAXLEY with Prof A. Sobolev (Max-Planck-Isntitut für Chemie, Mainz ), Interactions between high pressure partial melts of gabbro and peridotite upper mantle – an experimental investigation.

COOPERATION WITH GOVERNMENT AND INDUSTRY

Dr R. ARMSTRONG with Dr I. Graham ( Australian Museum , Sydney ) on sapphire-bearing volcanics in eastern Australia .

Dr E. CALVO and Dr C. PELEJERO with Dr G.A.Logan (Geoscience Australia ) on o rganic geochemistry of marine sediments.

Mr C.M. FANNING with Mrs S. DALY, Mr M. SCHWARZ and others (Geological Survey of South Australia) on a geochronological synthesis of South Australia

Mr C.M. FANNING with Mr L. Hutton and Mr I. WITHNALL (Geological Survey of Queensland) on the geochronology of a number of key provinces in Queensland.

Prof T.M. HARRISON, Member of the Australian Research Council College of Experts reviewing ARC Discovery, LIEF, Linkage and Federation Fellowship applications.

Prof T.M. HARRISON, Member of National Committee for Earth Sciences at Australian Academy of Science.

Prof T.M. HARRISON, Member of the Board of the Australian National Seismic Imaging Resource (ANSIR), a Major National Research Facility operated as a joint venture of GA and RSES.

Prof B.L.N. KENNETTt has continued to provide support to the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty (CTBT) Organisation in Vienna through the operation of the Warramunga Seismic and Infrasound Research Station near Tennant Creek in the Northern Territory . The seismic and infrasound arrays have been very ably supported by Mr Peter Biggs and Mr Jingming Duan. Very high reliability has been achieved with data transmitted continuously to the International Data Centre in Vienna via satellite link.

Prof K. LAMBECK, Chair, Antarctic Science Advisory Committee, Department of the Environment and Heritage

Prof K. LAMBECK, Member of AUSAID Technical Advisory Group on South Pacific sea level and climate monitoring.

Prof K. LAMBECK, Member of the Antarctic Climate and Ecosystems Cooperative Research Centre (ACE-CRC)

Prof K. LAMBECK, Member working group for the Prime Minister’s Science, Engineering and Innovation Council on Opportunities for Antarctic and Southern Ocean Science

Prof K. LAMBECK, Foreign Secretary, a member of the Council and a member of the Finance Committee of the Australian Academy of Science

Prof K. LAMBECK, Board Member , Australia 21

Prof K. LAMBECK, Consultant, Geoscience Australia

Dr H. McQUEEN with R. Tracey (Geoscience Australia ) Gravity ties and gradient measurements at the Mt Stromlo gravity and seismic stations in support of Absolute Gravity determinations.

Dr H. McQUEEN with Dr R. Govind and G. Luton (Geoscience Australia ), Coordination of Absolute Gravity measurements at the Mt Stromlo and Tidbinbilla.

Dr M. NORMAN with Dr R. Hough (CSIRO) on the siting of gold and significant pathfinder elements in regolith samples.

Dr A.P. NUTMAN with Dr G. Gibson (Geoscience Australia , Canberra ), Tectonothermal evolution of the Broken Hill area and its relevance to mineralisation.

Dr E. RHODES with Dr R. Torrence ( Australian Museum , Sydney ), Dating of Pleistocene tephras associated with Palaeolithic artefacts in PNG

Dr M. SAMBRIDGE with Dr. P Cummins (Geoscience Australia ) on seismic source studies in the Australian continent.

Mr D. WOOD with Queensland Geological Survey, Tectonic evolution of the Anakie Inlier and implications for the early Palaeozoic in eastern Australia .

Dr G.M. YAXLEY has completed several consultative projects for Australian and international diamond exploration companies and for Australian state geological surveys .


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