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NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL LINKS 2007

COLLABORATION WITH AUSTRALIAN UNIVERSITIES, CSIRO & INDUSTRY
INTERNATIONAL COLLABORATION
COOPERATION WITH GOVERNMENT AND INDUSTRY


COLLABORATION WITH AUSTRALIAN UNIVERSITIES, CSIRO & INDUSTRY

Earth Chemistry

Dr C. ALLEN collaborates with Dr R. Squire (Monash University), Dating detrital zircons from Western Australia Archaean sediments.
Dr C. ALLEN collaborates with Dr A. Harris, U-Pb dating of felsic intrusions from Cadia NSW.
Dr C. ALLEN collaborates with Mr C. Reepmeyer, PhD Candidate, and Mr W. Ambrose, emeritus, School of Archaeology and Anthropology, on compositional characterization of obsidian artifacts and sources from SW Pacific islands.
Dr J.J. BROCKS collaborates with Prof S. George (Macquarie University), on the organic geochemistry and microbial history of saline Lake Tyrrell.
Dr J.J. BROCKS collaborates with Dr B. Rasmussen (University of Western Australia), on carbon isotopes of Precambrian organic matter.
Dr J.J. BROCKS collaborates with Prof Alan Cooper (University of Adelaide), on molecular indicators of damage in ancient DNA.
Dr I.S. BUICK collaborates with Dr G. Clarke (University of Sydney), on the crystal chemistry and petrogenesis of the mineral boromullite; and with Dr. Chris Clark (Curtin University of Technology) and Dr. Martin Hand (University of Adelaide), on the evolution of the Aravalli-Delhi Orogenic Belt, NW India.
Prof I.H. CAMPBELL collaborates with Dr R. Squire (Monash University), on dating detrital zircons from Western Australia Archaean sediments.
Prof I.H. CAMPBELL collaborates with Dr A. Harris, U-Pb dating of felsic intrusions from Cadia NSW.
Prof I.H. CAMPBELL collaborates with Mr C. Reepmeyer, PhD Candidate and Mr W. Ambrose, emeritus, School of Archaeology and Anthropology, on compositional characterization of obsidian artifacts and sources from SW Pacific islands.
Dr M. Honda collaborates with Prof T.M. Harrison (UCLA), Profs J. Chappell, B. Pillans, G. Lister, K. Fifield (ANU), Profs D. Phillips, A. Gleadow, B. Kohn (University of Melbourne), Profs A. Chivas, R. Roberts, C. Murray-Wallace (University of Wollongong), Prof S. O’Reilly (Macquarie University), and Dr D. Cooke (University of Tasmania), A New Generation Noble Gas Mass Spectrometer Facility for Advanced Research in the Earth, Planetary and Environmental Sciences.
Dr M. Honda collaborates with Prof A. Chivas (The University of Wollongong), Continuation of collaboration on cosmogenic noble gas studies in young basalts; Dr D. Phillips (The University of Melbourne), Continuation of collaboration on noble gas studies in diamonds.
Prof T.R. IRELAND collaborates with Australian Scientific Instruments, Geoscience Australia, Dr P. Vasconcelos (University of Queensland), Dr I. Buick (Monash University), Dr P. Carr & Dr C Fergusson (University of Wollongong), Dr G. Clarke (University of Sydney), Dr R. Large and Dr G. Davidson (University of Tasmania), Dr J Hellstrom (University of Melbourne), Dr A. Kennedy and Dr P. Kinny (Curtin University), and Dr B. McInnes (CSIRO), SHRIMP SI Project.
Dr C.H. LINEWEAVER collaborates with Dr P.C.W. Davies, (Director of Beyond Center for Fundamental Concepts in Science, Arizona State Univ, Phoenix on theoretical topics in astrobiology and cosmology.
Dr C.H. LINEWEAVER collaborates with Prof. D.W. Schwartzman (Biology Department, Howard University) and with Dr H. Piontkivska (Department of Biological Sciences, Kent State University), on  statistical analyses and interpretations of the phylogenetic tree of life and the possible hyperthermophilic origin of terrestrial life.
Dr C.H. LINEWEAVER collaborates with Dr Tamara Davis (Dark Cosmology Center, Copenhagen, Denmark), on the Interpretation of the Expansion and Acceleration of the Universe and on Common Misconceptions about the Big Bang.
Dr R. SALMERON collaborates with Assoc. Prof. M. Wardle (Physics Department, Macquarie University), on the structure and dynamics of magnetized protostellar disks.
Mr R. Schinteie collaborates with E. Grosjean (Geoscience Australia), and selected Dr G. Halverson (University of Adelaide) as PhD thesis co-advisor.
Dr I.S. WILLIAMS collaborates with Australian Scientific Instruments, and Dr Allen Kennedy (Curtin University) on SHRIMP development, and with Prof B.W. Chappell (University of Wollongong) on granite geochemistry.

Earth Environment

M. AUBERT collaborates with Dr John Hellstrom, School of Earth Sciences, The University of Melbourne, on laser ablation Uranium-series dating of fossil teeth.
Dr L. K. AYLLIFFE with Dr G. J. Prideaux (Flinders University), Dr J Hellstrom (University of Melbourne) on U-series dating of cave deposits.
Dr S. EGGINS with Prof.. C.W. Murray-Wallace (University of Wollongong) and Dr J. Hellstrom (University of Melbourne), on U-series dating of molluscs.
Dr S. EGGINS and Mr A. SADEKOV with Dr M. KILBURN (University of Western Australian), on nanoSIMS analysis of Mg/Ca banding and trace metal distributions in foraminifera.
Dr M.J. ELLWOOD collaborates with Dr. Edward Butler (CISRO), Dr. Andrew Bowie (ACE CRC) on Trace metals in Southern Ocean waters, and Prof.. William Maher (University of Canebrra) on Germanium and silicon isotope fractionation in sponges and diatoms.
Dr S.J. FALLON with CSIRO, Climate from Deep Sea Corals; Southern Cross University, history of rainfall in N. Queensland; Australian Institute of Marine Science, climate records from tropical corals.
Dr K.E. FITZSIMMONS collaborates with Dr T.T. Barrows (ANU) on high resolution geochronology and palaeoenvironmental reconstruction in the southeastern Australian highlands.
Dr K.E. FITZSIMMONS collaborates with Dr J.W. Magee (ANU), Dr E.J. Rhodes (ex-ANU, now Manchester Metropolitan University), and Dr T.T. Barrows (ANU) on the history of aridity in the central Australian dunefields.
Dr K.E. FITZSIMMONS collaborates with Prof.. J.M. Bowler (University of Melbourne), and Dr E.J. Rhodes (ex-ANU, now Manchester Metropolitan University), on palaeoenvironmental and archaeological records at Mulan, northwestern Australia.
Dr K.E. FITZSIMMONS collaborates with Prof.. P. De Deckker (ANU) on fine resolution geochronology of southeastern Australian cave records.
Dr K.E. FITZSIMMONS collaborates with Dr N. Porch (ANU) on palaeoenvironmental records in western Victoria.
Dr K.E. FITZSIMMONS (as research assistant to Dr E.J. Rhodes (formerly ANU now Manchester Metropolitan University) collaborates with Dr P.C. Fanning (Macquarie University) (western NSW archaeology program); Prof.. J.C. Nott (James Cook University) (tropical cyclone and tsunami histories); Dr J.W. Magee (ANU) (arid zone palaeoenvironmental reconstruction); Assoc. Prof.. R.T. Wells (Flinders University) (arid zone palaeoenvironmental reconstruction); Dr J.D. Clarke (Geoscience Australia) (fluvial geomorphology, northwestern Australia); Mr M. Mann (ANU) (palaeoenvironmental reconstruction of Willandra lakes); Ms C. Bolton (ANU) (palaeoenvironmental reconstruction of Willandra lakes).
Dr M.K. GAGAN, Dr. L.K. AYLIFFE, Mr. D. QU and Ms R. BERDIN with Dr. J. Lough (Australian Institute of Marine Science) and Dr G. Meyers (CSIRO Marine and Atmospheric Research), Co-investigators on ARC Discovery Grant DP0663227 (2006-2010): The Indian Ocean Dipole, Australasian drought, and the great-earthquake cycle: Long-term perspectives for improved prediction.
Dr M.K. GAGAN, Dr L.K. AYLIFFE and Ms S. BRETHERTON with Dr J.-x. Zhao (University of Queensland) and Dr R. Drysdale (University of Newcastle), Co-investigators on ARC Discovery Grant DP0663274 (2006-2008): Monsoon extremes, environmental shifts, and catastrophic volcanic eruptions: Quantifying impacts on the early human history of southern Australasia.
Dr M.K. GAGAN with Dr H. McGregor, Dr D. Fink and Dr E. Hodge (Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation), Comparison of radiocarbon and stable-isotope ratios in Holocene coral microatolls from the tropical Pacific and eastern Indian Ocean.
Prof. GRÜN, Dr. I. WILLIAMS and Prof.. M SPRIGGS (Archaeology and Anthropology) collaborated with a large number of international scholars on the ARC grant Microanalysis of human fossils: new insights into age, diet and migration. Prof. GRÜN collaborated with Prof.. Roberts and Dr. Z. Jacobs, University of Wollongong, and Prof.. G. Duller, University of Aberystwyth, on the ARC grant Out of Africa and into Australia: robust chronologies for turning points in modern human evolution and dispersal.
Prof. GRÜN obtained an ARC Linkage grant Environmental Evolution of the Willandra Lakes World Heritage Area, together with Dr. E. RHODES, Prof. S Webb (Bond) and Drs N Stern (La Trobe) and A. Fairbairn (UQ).
Prof. GRÜN collaborates with Dr J. Field, Dept. of Archaeology, University of Sydney, on the dating of the archaeological and megafauna site of Cuddie Springs, Dr J. Dorth, Department of Archaeology, University of Sydney and Dr M Cupper, School of Earth Sciences, University of Melbourne, on the dating of the megafauna site of Lancefield, and Dr R. Wells, Flinders University, on dating a series of South Australian sites with faunal remains including Naracoorte Cave and the Rocky River Site on Kangaroo Island.
Mr. R. JOANNES-BOYAU collaborates with Dr John Hellstrom, School of Earth Sciences, The University of Melbourne, Laser ablation Uranium-series dating of fossil teeth.
Dr S.D. JUPITER with Dr J. Lough (Australian Institute of Marine Science), Prof. O. Hoegh-Guldberg (University of Queensland), Dr G. Marion (University of Queensland), Dr N. Duke (University of Queensland), Dr S. Lewis (James Cook University).
Prof. M. McCULLOCH is an Associate Director of the ARC Centre of Excellence Coral Reef Studies. The Centre, known as the ARC Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies is a partnership between James Cook University (JCU), The University of Queensland (UQ) and The Australian National University (ANU). The Centre also has close collaboration with the Commonwealth Scientific Industry Research Organisation (CSIRO), the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority (GBRMPA) and the Australian Institute of Marine Science (AIMS). Now in its 2nd year of operation, the Centre has a 5 year budget of approximately A$40 million. The Centre is headquartered at James Cook University, in Townsville under the Directorship of Prof.essor Terry Hughes and is the focus for Australia's leading research on  coral reef sciences, fostering stronger collaborative links between the major partners and 24 other leading institutions in nine countries. Collectively, the Centre creates the world's largest concentration of coral reef scientists.
Prof.. M. McCULLOCH is collaborates with Dr. J. Lough & Dr. K. Fabricius from the Australian Institute of Marine Sciences (AIMS), as part of the Centre of Excellence, on a wide range of coral reef projects in the Great Barrier Reef.   
Prof.. M. McCULLOCH and Dr Stacy Jupiter from RSES together with  Prof.essor Ove Hoegh-Guldberg, (UQ) and Prof.essor Robert Dunbar ( Stanford University ) are  chief investigators on the ARC Linkage grant entitled “Long-term records of water quality and connectivity between Coral Reefs and Mangrove Ecosystems in the Great Barrier Reef ”. Industry Partners include GBRMPA, Mackay City Council and The Queensland Department of Primary Industry. This project was completed in 2007.
Prof.essor M. McCULLOCH and Prof.essor Mike Kingsford and Dr Heather Patterson from James Cook University are continuing their collaboration on the study of the geochemistry of fish otoliths from the Great Barrier Reef.
Prof.. M. McCULLOCH, Dr Julie Trotter and Dr Brian Gulson from CSIRO and Macquarie University are collaborating on a medical project on the possible health hazards of zinc nano-particles in humans.
Mr I. MOFFAT collaborated with Dr N. Chang (James Cook University) and Associate Prof.essor B. Boyd (Southern Cross University) on applying geophysical techniques to the Ban Non Wat archaeological site in North-west Thailand.
Mr I. MOFFAT collaborated with Dr B. David (Monash University), Associate Prof.essor Bryce Barker (University of Southern Queensland) and international colleagues on the study of a wrecked Lakatoi and villages containing Motuan pottery associated with the Hiri trade in the Gulf Province, Papua New Guinea.
Mr I. MOFFAT collaborated with Dr L. Wallis (Flinders University), Dr K. Domett (JCU) and an international colleague on the application of geophysical techniques to the location of Aboriginal skeletal remains on the Coorong, South Australia.
Mr I. MOFFAT collaborated with J. Raupp (Flinders University and Department of Environment and Heritage, SA) on the attempted location of the anchor of the Casurina, a vessel that was part of Boudain’s exploratory fleet using geophysical techniques.
Mr I. MOFFAT collaborated with Dr L. Wallis (Flinders University) on the application of geophysical techniques to the location of historic burials at Kensington Cemetery, South Australia.
Mr I. MOFFAT collaborated with Dr N. Chang (James Cook University) on the application of geophysical techniques to the location of historic burials at Selheim Cemetery, North Queensland.
Mr I. MOFFAT collaborated with Dr A. Gorman (Flinders University) and Dr H. Burke (Flinders University) on the geophysical investigation of the location of an air raid shelter, Adelaide.
Prof. B.J. PILLANS with Dr M. Wallace (University of Melbourne), on the magnetostratigraphy of Quaternary deposits in the Murray Basin, Australia.
Prof. B.J. PILLANS with Prof. R.G. Roberts (University of Wollongong), on luminescence dating of aboriginal rock art.
Dr P.C. TREBLE with Dr R DRYSDALE & Dr J MCDONALD (University of Newcastle), Dr J Hellstrom (University of Melbourne), Dr B.C. Bates & Dr E Campbell (CSIRO Land & Water), WA Indian Ocean Climate Initiative, and Caveworks.

Earth Materials

Prof S.F. COX is collaborating with Assoc Prof D. Cooke (University of Tasmania) on aspects of the development of fracture-controlled flow systems in intrusion-related hydrothermal ore systems.  This collaboration forms part of the activities of the ARC Centre for Excellence in Ore Deposits.
Dr K. EVANS collaborates with Prof R. Powell (University of Melbourne).
Dr J.D. FITZ GERALD collaborates with Dr I.E. Grey and Dr M.L. DeVries (CSIRO) on the crystallography of ilmenite reduction.
Dr J.D. FITZ GERALD collaborates with Dr J. Keeling (Primary Industries and Resources, South Australia) on crystallography and defect structures in antigorite.
Dr M. FORSTER collaborates with Thermochronology and Noble Gas, Geochemistry and Geochronology Organisation (TANG3O), including Prof P. Vasconcelos (University of Queensland), Dr D. Phillips (The University of Melbourne), Prof M. McWilliams (John de Laeter Centre, West Australia), Dr F. Jourdan (Western Australian Argon isotope facility, Curtin University of Technology).
Professor David Green collaborates with Dr Trevor Falloon and Dr Leonid Danushevsky of  School of Earth Sciences, University of Tasmania.
Prof. I. JACKSON collaborates with Dr. Z. Stachurski (Department of Engineering, ANU).
Prof. G. LISTER, is collaborating with Prof. W. Collins (James Cook University) in submission of a Linkage project associated with an AuScope seismic transect.
Dr J MAVROGENES collaborates with Prof M. Barley and Dr M. Fiorrentini at University of Western Australia on Ni and PGE deposits of Western Australia.
Dr S. MICKLETHWAITE is collaborating with Dr H. Sheldon (CSIRO) on the relationship between damage mechanics, earthquake stress changes and gold mineralization.
Dr S. MICKLETHWAITE collaborates with the minerals exploration teams of Harmony Limited (New Celebration goldfield, Western Australia), Newcrest Limited, Newmont Limited, Barrick Limited, Goldfields Limited (St Ives and Agnew goldfields, Western Australia) and formerly Placer Dome Limited (now part of Barrick), on the exploration potential of stress-transfer modeling in fault-related mineral deposits, examining mesothermal, epithermal and carlin-type gold deposits in Australia and North America.
Prof. H. O’NEILL continued his collaboration with Prof. B. J. Wood (Macquarie University) on high-pressure research.
Prof. H. O’NEILL collaborates with Dr M.I. Pownceby (CSIRO) on Mg-Fe2+ exchange between minerals.
Dr R.P. RAPP with Ringwood Superabrasive Pty., Prof B. Wood (Macquarie University/Oxford University, UK), and Prof H. O'NEILL (RSES, ANU), in a project that aims to extend the working range of the multi-anvil apparatus to pressures in excess of 30 GPa (into the lower mantle), through the use of polycrystalline synthetic diamond (PCD) anvils in combination with superhard, specialty tool steel guide blocks.
Dr S. RICHARDS, with Prof. G. LISTER, in collaborative research with De Beers Exploration.
Dr S. RICHARDS collaborates with Prof W. Collins (James Cook University) on orogenesis and evolution of the eastern Lachlan Fold Belt.

Earth Physics

Dr C.E. BARTON collaborates with Prof. Dan Baker, Dr W.K. Peterson, and Dr E. CoBabe-Amman (Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics, University of Colorado) and with Peter Fox (National Center for Atmospheric Research, Boulder) on the Electronic Geophysical Year project; also with Prof. A. Gvishiani (Geophysics Center, Russian Academy of Science) on ICSU’s Committee on Data for Science and Technology (CODATA).
Dr A. DUTTON collaborates with Dr C. Woodroffe (University of Wollongong), Dr S. Smithers (James Cook University) on constraining rates and magnitudes of Holocene sea level change along the Australian coastline.
Dr A. DUTTON collaborates with Dr T. Esat (ANSTO) on development of U-series measurement methodology and on U-series dating of submerged speleothems from the Mediterranean and of last interglacial corals from Western Australia.
Dr F. FONTAINE with Prof B.L.N. Kennett (Australian National University), Dr Malcolm Sambridge (Australian National University), Dr H. Tkalcic (Australian National University), Dr N. Rawlinson (Australian National University), Dr P. Arroucau (Australian National University), Dr. D. Love (Geoscience Australia).

Australian National Seismic Imaging Resource (ANSIR)

Prof B.L.N. KENNETT is Director of ANSIR which continues as a National Research Facility, as a joint venture between The Australian National University and Geoscience Australia linking to the Earth Imaging component of AuScope.    RSES supports the portable seismic instrument. Until mid 2007 RSES had responsibility for the reflection equipment and vibrator sources, but these have now been sold.
The ANSIR portable equipment is available via a competitive proposal scheme with support in 2007 for broadband instruments in Western and Southern Australia and short-period experiments in NSW and Tasmania
A large reflection experiment was carried out from June-September 2007 in North Queensland  from Mt Isa through the Georgetown Inlier to Charters Towers(nearly 1200 km in all), supplemented by 200 km spur from Mt Surprise to Mareebawith AuScope funding.
Dr R.C. KERR with Dr C. Meriaux (Monash University) on the gravitational instability of strongly sheared mantle plumes.
Prof K. LAMBECK led the successful multi-institutional bid for NCRIS funding for the geospatial science component within AuScope. He chairs the Geospatial Subcommittee of AuScope and is a member of the AuScope Executive Committee.
Dr N. RAWLINSON collaborates with Dr. Michael Roach and Dr. Anya Reading (University of Tasmania).
Mr. D. ROBINSON collaborates with members of the Risk Research Group at Geoscience Australia
Dr. W. P. Schellart continued collaboration with Prof. B. Kennett (RSES, Seismology group) to investigate the tomography of the Southwest Pacific region in order to locate potential remnants of subducted slabs in the upper and lower mantle.
Dr. W. P. Schellart further collaborated with Dr. J. Freeman (RSES, Seismology), Dr. D. Stegman (Monash University, Melbourne) and A/Prof Louis Moresi (Monash University, Melbourne) working on three-dimensional numerical simulations of subduction.
Dr H. TKALCIC embarked on a collaboration with Geoscience Australia (Dr. A. Gorbatov, Mr. P. Ivanov), on the construction of synthetic seismograms for the implementation of earthquake source parameters inversion in Australia.
Dr H. TKALCIC collaborates with Dr A. Reading, University of Tasmania, on studying the lowermost mantle from core-sensitive seismic waves recorded at the SSCUA stations in Antarctica, installed by Dr Reading..
Dr P. TREGONING collaborated with Prof. R. Coleman and Dr C. Watson (The University of Tasmania) and Dr M. Leblanc (James Cook University).

PRISE

Dr R.A. ARMSTRONG collaborates with Dr J. Greenfield (Geological Survey of NSW) on isotope characterisation of the Koonenberry Belt, NSW.
Dr R.A. ARMSTRONG collaborated with Dr I. Graham (Australian Museum and University of NSW) on dating of zircon megacrysts from basaltic terrains in Germany.
Dr R.A. ARMSTRONG collaborated with M. van Dongen (Monash University) on SHRIMP U-Pb dating and oxygen isotope analysis of zircons from Ok Tedi mine, PNG.
Dr R.A. ARMSTRONG works in collaboration with Dr K. Sircombe (Geoscience Australia) on testing and development of SHRIMP data reduction software.
Dr R.A. ARMSTRONG is collaborating with Dr L. Shewan (University of Sydney) on isotope and chemical analyses of human remains and environments of ancient Cambodia.
Mr C.M. FANNING collaborates with Dr S. Boger (University of Melbourne) on geochronology of Madagascar.
Mr C.M. FANNING collaborates with Mr H. Reichardt (Monash University) in a study seeking to place time constraints on melt formation, segregation, magma ascent and granite emplacement in transcurrent shear zones.
Mr C.M. FANNING collaborated with the Geological Survey of South Australia and Mr G. Teale (Teale and Associates) on a geochronological framework for the Gawler Craton, South Australia.
Dr M.D. NORMAN works in collaboration with Prof. Barry Kohn (University of Melbourne) on the tectonothermal evolution of southern Mexico.
Dr M.D. NORMAN collaborates with Dr. Grant Douglas (CSIRO) and Parsons-Brinckerhoff (Sydney) on groundwater tracing.
Dr M.D. NORMAN is collaborating with Prof. Patrick DeDeckker (DEMS-ANU) on environmental evolution of eastern Australia.
Dr G.M. YAXLEY is collaborating with AMIRA International, on development of new techniques for interpreting diamond indicator minerals.
Dr G.M. YAXLEY and K. Kiseeva collaborate with Prof D. Kamenetsky (CODES, University of Tasmania) on petrogenesis of kimberlites.

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INTERNATIONAL COLLABORATION

Earth Chemistry

Dr C. ALLEN collaborates with Dr M. Palin (University of Otago, NZ), on dating zircons from the two youngest caldera-forming ignimbrites of the Yellowstone volcanic field, using the laser ablation ICP-MS.
Dr C. ALLEN collaborates with Prof P. Reiners (Yale University, USA), on double-dating [U/Pb and (Th + U)/He)] of detrital zircons in sedimentary provenance studies.
Dr C. ALLEN collaborates with Professor P. Clift (University of Glasgow, UK), on double-dating zircons from Southeast Asian Rivers.
Dr C. ALLEN collaborates with Professor C. Bailey (College of William and Mary, USA) and Professor K. Eriksson (Virginia Polytechnic Institute, USA), on dating detrital zircons from Appalachian sediments.
Mrs. J.N. Avila collaborates with Prof. E. Zinner, Dr. S. Amari and Mr. F. Gyngard (Laboratory for Space Sciences, Washington University), on the study of light and heavy elements on presolar silicon carbide grains.
Dr V. C. BENNETT collaborates with Dr A. Brandon (NASA-Johnson Space Center, Houston), on determining the timing of early planetary processes through the high precision measurement of extinct nuclide isotopic compositions in ancient rocks from the Earth and Moon.
Dr V. C. BENNETT collaborates with Dr A. Nutman and Dr. Y. Wan (Chinese Academy of Geological Sciences, Beijing) on the comparative geochemistry of the oldest terrestrial rocks of Australian, Greenland and China. 
Dr J.J. BROCKS collaborates with Ms C. Jones and Prof J. Banfield (UC Berkeley), Microbiology and Metagenomics of saline Lake Tyrrell.
Dr J.J. BROCKS collaborates with Dr P. Schaeffer (University of Strasbourg, France), Carotenoids of the Palaeoproterozoic Barney Creek Formation.
Dr J.J. BROCKS collaborates with Ms M. Bausch, Dr E. Schefuss, Prof K.-U. Hinrichs (University of Bremen, Germany), and Dr G. Allison and Prof P. de Deckker (ANU), Biomarkers of Desert Crusts and Dust in Australia.
Dr J.J. BROCKS collaborates with Dr P. Wynn (University of Lancaster, UK), Molecular indicators of biomass burning in stalagmites.
Dr. I.S. BUICK collaborates with Dr. S. Kasemann (University of Edinburgh, UK), on in situ lithium isotope geochemistry of cordierite and garnet.
Dr. I.S. BUICK collaborates with Prof. E. Grew and Dr. M. Yates (University of Maine, USA), Dr. Thomas Armbruster (Universität Bern, Switzerland), Dr. Olaf Medenbach (Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Germany) and Prof. Gray Bebout (Lehigh University, USA), on the crystal chemistry and petrogenesis of the mineral boromullite.
Dr. I.S. BUICK collaborates with Dr. G. Bebout (Lehigh University, USA), on nitrogen elemental and isotope geochemistry during crustal anatexis.
Dr. I.S. BUICK collaborates with Prof. G. Stevens and Mr A. Villaros (University of Stellenbosch, South Africa), on LA-ICP-MS mineral trace element constraints on the petrogenesis of S-type granites in the Cape Granite Suite, South Africa.
Dr. I.S. BUICK collaborates with Dr. M. Pandit (University of Rajasthan), on the evolution of the Aravalli-Delhi Orogenic Belt, NW India.
Dr. I.S. BUICK collaborates with Dr. S. Kumar (Shizuoka University, Japan), on trace element partitioning between garnet and orthopyroxene in granulite-facies metapelites and felsic orthogneisses, and on real rock constraints on Li diffusivity in high-temperature ferromagnesian minerals.
Prof I.H. CAMPBELL collaborates with Dr M. Palin (University of Otago, NZ), on dating zircons from the two youngest caldera-forming ignimbrites of the Yellowstone volcanic field, using the laser ablation ICP-MS.
Prof I.H. CAMPBELL collaborates with Prof P. Reiners (Yale University, USA), on double-dating [U/Pb and (Th + U)/He)] of detrital zircons in sedimentary provenance studies.
Prof I.H. CAMPBELL collaborates with Professor P. Clift (University of Glasgow, UK), on double-dating zircons from Southeast Asian Rivers.
Prof I.H. CAMPBELL collaborates with Professor C. Bailey (College of William and Mary, USA) and Professor K. Eriksson (Virginia Polytechnic Institute, USA), on dating detrital zircons from Appalachian sediments.
Dr M. Honda collaborates with Dr J. Harris (University of Glasgow, UK), continuation of collaboration on noble gas studies in diamonds.
Prof T.R. IRELAND continues to collaborate with Dr S. Weaver (University of Canterbury, New Zealand); Professor E. Zinner (Washington University, USA); and Professor K. McKeegan (UCLA).
Dr D. RUBATTO collaborates with Prof M. Engi, Dr A. Berger and Dr E. Janots, University of Bern, Switzerland, on the behavior of LREE accessory minerals during prograde metamorphism and the timing of anatexis in the Central Alps. 
Dr D. RUBATTO collaborates with Prof O. Müntener (University of Lausanne, Switzerland) and Dr M.-A. Kaczmarek (University of Neuchatel, Switzerland), on the  geochronology of the Lanzo Massif, Western Alps, and on fluid-induced recrystallization of zircon.
Dr D. RUBATTO collaborates with Prof O. Müntener (University of Lausanne, Switzerland) and Dr O. Jagoutz (University of Bern, Switzerland), on the timing of rifting in the Northern Atlantic.
Dr D. RUBATTO with Dr A. Korsakov and Prof. N.L. Dobrestov (Russian Academy of Sciences), on the diachronous UHP metamorphism in the Kokchetav massif and the stability of monazite at high pressure.
Dr D. RUBATTO collaborates with Dr A. Azor (University of Granada, Spain), on the geochronology of mafic magmatism in the South Iberian Suture.
Dr D. RUBATTO collaborates with Dr. P. H. Leloup and Miss C. Sassier (Ecole Normale Superieure de Lyon, France), on the duration of deformation along the Ailao-Shan - Red River Shear Zone, China.
Dr D. RUBATTO collaborates with Prof S. Chakraborty (Ruhr Universität Bochum, Germany), on the rates of metamorphism in the Sikkim region in the Himalayas. 
Dr D. RUBATTO collaborates with Dr R. Anczkiewicz (Polish Academy of Sciences, Poland), on the composition and age of highly differentiated melts from Vietnam. 
Dr D. RUBATTO collaborates with Prof R. Compagnoni and Mr I. Gabudianu-Rudulescu (University of Torino, Italy), on the stability of allanite and monazite at high pressure and the age of high-pressure metamorphism in the Gran Paradiso Massif, Western Alps.
Dr D. RUBATTO collaborates with Prof R. Compagnoni, Dr B. Lombardo and Dr S. Ferrando (University of Torino, Italy), on the age and composition of zircon in high pressure granulites from the Argentera Massif, Western Alps.
Dr R. SALMERON collaborates with Prof A. Konigl and Dr C. Tassis (University of Chicago, USA), on dust dynamics and planet formation in protostellar discs.
Mr R. Schinteie collaborates with Dr N. Butterfield (Cambridge University, UK), on fossil-bearing Neoproterozoic and Cambrian sedimentary rocks.
Dr I.S. WILLIAMS and Prof R.W.R. RUTLAND with Dr J. Kousa (Geological Survey of Finland), The evolution of the Svecofennian orogen.
Dr I.S. WILLIAMS with Dr J. Wiszniewska and Mrs E. Krzeminska (Polish Geological Institute, Poland), The evolution of the basement beneath the East European Platform in Poland.
Dr I.S. WILLIAMS with Prof Oh Chang Whan and Dr Kim Sung Won (Chonbuk National University, South Korea), The timing of thermal events in South Korea and South China.
DR I.S. WILLIAMS with Dr Kim Jeongmin, Mr Yi Keewook and Mr Kim Yoonsup (Korea Basic Science Institute and Seoul National University, South Korea), The chronology of thermal events in South Korea.
Dr I.S. WILLIAMS with Dr H. Kaiden (National Institute for Polar Research, Japan), Isotopic analysis by SHRIMP ion microprobe.
Dr I.S. WILLIAMS with Dr K. Sato (Universidade de São Paulo, Brazil), Isotopic analysis by SHRIMP ion microprobe.

Earth Environment

M. AUBERT collaborates with Dr Dirk Huyg, Royal Museums of Art and History,  Belgium, on the study of rock art in Egypt.
Dr L. K. AYLIFFE with Dr T.E. Cerling (University of Utah), Dr B. H. Passey (CALTECH).
Dr S. EGGINS collaborates with Prof.. H. Spero and Dr A. Russell, University of California, Davis, on the temperature, light and carbonate ion controls upon trace element incorporation in laboratory cultured planktic foraminifera.
Dr S. EGGINS collaborates with Dr L. Skinner, University of Cambridge, on the distribution of trace metals in benthic foraminifera.
Dr S. EGGINS collaborates with Prof.. S. Troelstra and Ms E Versteegh, Vrije Universitat, Amsterdam, on the trace metal proxies for environmental change in various European mollusks.
Dr S. EGGINS and Dr M. ELLWOOD collaborate with Dr M. Kelly Troelstra (NIWA, NZ), on the trace metal and B isotopes composition of siliceous sponges.
Dr M.J. ELLWOOD collaborates with Dr. Michelle Kelly (NIWA, NZ) on Understanding the growth habits of deep sea sponges, with Dr. Philip Boyd (NIWA, NZ) and Dr. Cliff Law (NIWA, NZ) on Trace element cycling in the Tasman Sea, with Dr Derek Vance (University of Bristol, UK) on Zinc isotope fractionation in diatoms.
Dr. S.J. FALLON collaborates with Dr. B. Roark, Prof.. R. Dunbar (Stanford University) and Dr. T. Guilderson (Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory) on climate records from North Pacific Deep Sea Corals. Dr. Luke Skinner on ocean overturning from deep sea sediment cores.
Dr K.E. FITZSIMMONS collaborates with Prof.. G.H. Miller (University of Colorado, Boulder) on comparison of aridity proxies (with Dr J.W. Magee, ANU); also monsoon influence on the north Australian arid zone.
Dr K.E. FITZSIMMONS collaborates with Dr M.W. Telfer (Oxford University) on assessing palaeoenvironmental records in the southern hemisphere arid zones.
Dr K.E. FITZSIMMONS (as research assistant to Dr E.J. Rhodes, formerly ANU, now Manchester Metropolitan University) collaborates with Assoc. Prof.. S. Holdaway (University of Auckland) (western NSW archaeology program); Dr R.H. Tedford (American Museum of Natural History) (arid zone palaeoenvironmental reconstruction).
Dr M.K. GAGAN, Dr. L.K. AYLIFFE and Mr. D. QU with Dr W. Hantoro and Dr D. Natawidjaja (Indonesian Institute of Sciences), Prof.. Z. Liu (University of Wisconsin – Madison), and Prof.. K. Sieh (California Institute of Technology), Partner investigators on ARC Discovery Grant DP0663227 (2006-2010): The Indian Ocean Dipole, Australasian drought, and the great-earthquake cycle: Long-term perspectives for improved prediction.
Dr M.K. GAGAN, Dr L.K. AYLIFFE and Ms S. BRETHERTON with Dr W. Hantoro (Indonesian Institute of Sciences) and Dr G. Schmidt (NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies), Partner investigators on ARC Discovery Grant DP0663274 (2006-2008): Monsoon extremes, environmental shifts, and catastrophic volcanic eruptions: Quantifying impacts on the early human history of southern Australasia.
Dr M.K. GAGAN and Ms R. BERDIN with Dr F. Siringan (University of the Philippines), PhD dissertation on Late Quaternary climatic histories from raised coral terraces in the Philippines.
Dr M.K. GAGAN with Dr H. Kawahata (Tohoku University) and Dr A. Suzuki (National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology), Geochemical tracers in corals from the Philippines and Indonesia as proxies of past climate change and the history of marine pollution.
Dr M.K. GAGAN with Dr N. Abram (British Antarctic Survey), Seasonal characteristics of the Indian Ocean Dipole during the Holocene.
Prof. R. GRÜN collaborated with Prof.. C. Falgueres, Dr. J.J. Bahain and other staff members of the the Département de Préhistoire du Musée National d'Historie Naturelle, Paris, on the further development of dating techniques, he co-supervises Mr M. Duval, who visited the ANU to carry out ESR and isotopic measurements for his PhD work and collaborates with Drs D. Grimaud-Hervé and M.H. Moncel on the application of new isotopic systems on Neanderthal remains.
Prof. R. GRÜN collaborates on development of dating techniques with Dr. B. Maureille, Laboratoire d'Anthropologie des populations du Passé, Université Bordeaux 1, on the site of Les Predelles, where Ms T KELLY carried out her Honours project.
Prof. R. GRÜN collaborates with many international scholars on the timing of modern human evolution. He has collected hominid samples from the anthropological sites Cave of Hearths, and Hutjiespunt, South Africa (Prof. V.A. Tobias, Dr L. Berger, Dept of Anatomy, Medical School, University of the Witwatersrand, Prof. J. Parkington, Dept of Archaeology, Cape Town University), Skhul, Qafzeh, Tabun, Kebara and Amud, Israel (Prof. Y. Rak, Department of Anatomy, Haifa University, Prof. C.B. Stringer, Natural History Museum, London), Banyoles, Spain (Prof. J. Maroto, Area de Prehistoria, Universitat de Girona), Irhoud, Sale and Thomas Quarry, Marocco (Prof. J.J. Hublin, Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Leipzig).
Prof. R. GRÜN collaborates with Dr J. Brink, Bloemfontein, on the dating of a range of sites in South Africa, including the newly discovered human site of Cornelia. For the dating work in Africa, he collaborates with Prof.. S. Brandt (Univeristy of Florida), Prof.. M. Rodrigo (University of Madrid), Prof.. J. Richter (Universität zu Köln), Prof.. G. Barker (Univeristy of Cambridge)
Prof. R. GRÜN continues collaboration with Dr A. Pike, Department of Archaeology, University of Bristol, on uranium uptake of bones and Prof. T. de Torres, Escuela Tecnica Superior de Ingenieros de Minas de Madrid, on the calibration of amino acid racemisation in bones, cave bear evolution.
Mr. R. JOANNES-BOYAUcollaborates with Pr C. Stringer, Department of Palaeontology, Natural History Museum, London, UK, on the study of the CO2- defect for ESR dating of tooth enamel from Broken Hill.
Mr. R. JOANNES-BOYAUcollaborates with Dr M-H. Moncel, Département de Préhistoire, Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris, France, High resolution analysis of uranium and U-series isotope distributions in a Neanderthal tooth from Payre.
Dr S.D. JUPITER with Dr M. Field and Dr. C. Storlazzi of the U.S. Geological Survey on coral records of sediment influx to the south Molokai reef
Prof. M.T. MCCULLOCH is collaborating with Prof. Claudio Mazzoli (Dipartimento di Mineralogia e Petrologia, Università di Padova , Italy ), and Dr. Paolo Montagna and Dr. Sergio Silenzi (Istituto Centrale di Ricerca Applicata al Mare – ICRAM, Rome , Italy ) in assessing the impacts of climate change on shallow water coral reefs in the Mediterranean.
Prof. M.T. MCCULLOCH is collaborating with Dr Marco Taviani, and Dr Alessandro Remia (ISMAR-CNR, Bologna, Italy) and Dr Paolo Montagna (Istituto Centrale di Ricerca Applicata al Mare – ICRAM, Rome, Italy), on Deep Sea Corals in the Mediterranean.
Prof. M,.T. MCCULLOCH is continuing collaboration with Prof.essor Robert Dunbar and Dr Brendan Roarck (Department of Geological and Environmental Sciences, Stanford University, California, USA) on Deep Sea corals in the Pacific Ocean.
Prof. M.T. MCCULLOCH is collaborating with Dr J. Blichert-Toft and Prof. F. Albarede (Laboratoire des Sciences de la Terre, Ecole Normale Superieure de Lyon, France), on Lu-Hf isotopes in ancient zircons.
Prof. M.T. MCCULLOCH is continuing collaboration with Dr Juan Pablo Bernal (Septo.Geoquimica, Instituto de Geologia, Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico, Mexico ) on the Terrestrial impacts on Coral reef in the Carribean and speleothem deposits in Mexico.
Prof. M.T. MCCULLOCH is collaborating with Prof. Thierry Correge (Departement de Geologie et Oceanographie, Universite de Bordeaux I, France) on U-series dating of modern corals from New Caledonia.
Prof. M.T. MCCULLOCH is collaborating with Dr Dominik Fleitmann (Institute of Geological Sciences University of Bern) on speleothem research as well as coral reefs from Kenya.
Prof. M.T. MCCULLOCH and Dr S.D. JUPITER are collaborating with Dr M. Field & Dr C. Storlazzi, U.S. Geological Survey, and Dr M. D’Iorio, William Lettis & Associates (CA, USA) on linkages between land use and water quality changes on Molokai, Hawaii.
Mr I. MOFFAT collaborated with N. Araho and A. Kuaso (PNG National Museum and Art Gallery) and Australian colleagues on the study of a wrecked Lakatoi and villages containing Motuan pottery associated with the Hiri trade in the Gulf Province, Papua New Guinea.
Mr I. MOFFAT collaborated with Dr M Hounslow (Lancaster University) and Australian colleagues on the application of geophysical techniques to the location of aboriginal skeletal remains on the Coorong, South Australia.
Prof. B.J. PILLANS with Prof. J. Ogg (Purdue University, USA) on the status of the Quaternary in the International Geological Time Scale
Dr P.C. TREBLE collaborates with Prof. I.J. FAIRCHILD, University of Birmingham, on understanding the climatic controls on cave drip water geochemistry for her sites in southwest Western Australia.
Dr Dr M. WILLE is a part Agouron-Griqualand Paleoproterozoic Drilling Project (AGPDP). In collaboration with Prof.. Nicholas Beukes, University of Johannesburg, South Africa, and Prof., Jan Kramers and Prof. Thomas Nagler, Universtity of Bern reconstructing paleoredox conditions between 2.7 and 2.5 Ga with Mo isotope systematics.
Dr Dr M. WILLE is in collaboration exists with Prof.. Thomas Meisel, University Leoben, Austria, for measuring PGE and Re-Os in black shales.
Dr Dr M. WILLE is in cooperation with the University of Bern and Prof.. Bernd Lehmann, University of Clausthal-Zellerfeld, Germany exist by trying to reconstruct redox changes at the Precambrian-Cambrian boundary
Dr Dr M. WILLE is in cooperation with the University of Bern and Dr. Anja Reitz, Geomar, Kiel, Germany exist by reconstructing Mo scavenging mechanism in Mediterranean sapropels

Earth Materials

Prof S.F. COX continued a collaboration with Dr N. Mancktelow (Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule (ETH) Zürich), Dr A.-M. Boullier (Universite Joseph Fourier, Grenoble), Dr Y. Rolland (Universite de Nice) and Dr G. Pennachioni (Universita di Padova) on fluid flow in Alpine shear zones.
Prof S.F. COX collaborates with Mr C. Barrie, Dr A. Boyle and Prof D. Prior (University of Liverpool) in the application of EBSD techniques to determine detailed deformation mechanisms in experimentally deformed pyrite.
Dr K. EVANS collaborates with Prof M. Bickle (University of Cambridge), Dr B.R. Frost (University of Wyoming, USA) and R. Gordon (Advanced Photon Source, Chicago, USA).
Dr J.D. FITZ GERALD collaborates with Prof I Parsons (Grant Institute, University of Edinburgh) and Dr U. Golla-Schindler (Universität Münster) on feldspar exsolution. 
Dr J.D. FITZ GERALD collaborates with Dr A.K. Engvik (Geological Survey of Norway), Prof A. Putnis (Institut fur Mineralogie, Universität Münster) and Prof H. Austrheim (Institute of Geosciences, University of Oslo) on Albitisation of granitoids. 
Dr J.D. FITZ GERALD collaborates with Dr A. Camacho (University of Manitoba) and Dr J.K. Lee (Queens University) on defect structures in phlogopite.
Dr J.D. FITZ GERALD recently collaborated with Prof C.R. Barnes (University of Victoria, British Columbia) on conodont microstructures.
Dr J.D. FITZ GERALD collaborated with Prof J. Shen (Harbin Institute of Technology) on bulk metallic glass.
Dr M. FORSTER collaborates with Dr T. Ahmad (Delhi University, New Delhi, India) on the structure, tectonics and geochronology along major tectonic boundaries and a UHP dome of NW Himalaya.
Dr M. FORSTER collaborates with Prof R. Compagnoni and Ms. C. Groppo, (Università degli Studi di Torino, Dip. di Scienze Mineralogiche e Petrologiche, Torino, Italy) on the structure, tectonics and geochronology of the PT path of High-Pressure Belt, Sifnos, Greece.
Dr M. FORSTER collaborates with Prof R. Hall and Dr M. Cottam, (Southeast Asia Research Group, Royal Holloway University of London) on the timing and exhumation of Mt. Kinablu region, NW Borneo.
Dr M. FORSTER collaborated with Dr U. Ring (Uni of Canterbury, NZ) and Prof B. Wernicke (Caltech), to host the Post-Conference Fieldtrip on the Ios Metamorphic Core Complex in Central Greece, in association with the GSA Penrose Conference on Naxos.
Professor David Green collaborates with Dr F. Chalot-Prat of Dept of Mineralogy and Petrology, CRPG-CNRS and University of Nancy, Nancy, France; and with Dr Kiyoaki Niida, Dept of Mineralogy and Petrology, University of Hokkaido, Sapporo, Japan
Dr J. HERMANN collaborates with Prof. M. Scambelluri and Dr N. Malaspina (University of Genova, Italy), Prof. T. Pettke and Dr C. Spandler (University of Berne, Switzerland) on constraints on subduction zone fluids from high-pressure ultramafic rocks.  
Dr J. HERMANN collaborates with Dr A. Berry (Imperial College London, UK) and Dr A. Walker (Cambridge University, UK) on water incorporation in olivine.
Dr J. HERMANN collaborates with Dr A. Hack (ETH-Zurich, Switzerland) on phase relations in solid-water systems.
Dr J. HERMANN collaborates with Dr A. Korsakov (Novosibirsk, Russia) on coesite and diamond facies metamorphism in the Kokchetav Massif.
Dr J. HERMANN collaborates with Dr M. Marocchi (University of Bologna, Italy) on trace element variations in hydrous minerals in mantle wedge peridotites and implications for mantle metasomatism.
Dr J. HERMANN collaborates with Prof. M. Engi and Dr A. Berger (University of Berne, Switzerland) on barrovian metamorphism in the Central Alps.
Dr J. HERMANN collaborates with Prof. B. Cesare (University of Padova, Italy) and Dr A. Acosta Vigil (University of Granada, Spain) on partial melting in crustal xenoliths of the South Spanish volcanic province.
Dr J. HERMANN collaborates Dr M.T. Gomez Pugnaire and Mr. J.A. Padron  (University of Granada, Spain) on dehydration of antigortie in subducted serpentinites.
Dr J. HERMANN collaborates with Dr M. Satish-Kumar (Shizuoka University, Japan) on monitoring volatile and trace element contents of fluids in high-grade marbles from Antarctica.
Prof I. JACKSON collaborates with Prof. R. Liebermann and colleagues (Stony Brook University, USA), Prof. G. Gwanmesia (Delaware State University, USA), Prof. J. Kung (National Cheng-Kung University, Taiwan) and Dr. S. Antao (Argonne National Laboratory, USA) in measurement and interpretation of high-temperature elastic properties of minerals.
Prof I. JACKSON collaborates with Prof. U.H. Faul (Boston University, USA), Prof. S. Morris (University of California, Berkeley), Dr. Y. Aizawa (Japan Manned Space Systems Corporation, Japan) and Prof. A. Kishimoto (University of Hiroshima, Japan) in studies of high-temperature viscoelastic relaxation.
Mr. I. Kovacs collaborates with Dr. Erik Hauri (Carnegie Institute, Washington D.C.) on SIMS-FTIR cross-calibration.
Prof. G. LISTER collaborates with Prof. R. Compagnoni (University of Torino, Italy) and Prof. Jean-Pierre Burg, (ETH, Zurich) in a study of tectonic shuffle zones.
Dr J MAVROGENES is collaborating with Dr J. Mungall (University of Toronto) on PGEs in arc magmas.
Emeritus Prof I. McDougall maintains a close collaboration with Prof F.H. Brown (University of Utah, Salt Lake City, USA) in relation to geochronological studies on the Turkana Basin sedimentary sequence in northern Kenya and southern Ethiopia in east Africa.
Dr S. MICKLETHWAITE collaborates with Dr Z. Shipton (The University of Glasgow, UK) and Dr R. Lunn (Strathclyde University, UK) on observational and theoretical aspects of fault mechanics and fault-influenced fluid migration.
Prof. H. O’NEILL collaborates with Prof. H. Palme and Dr G. Witt-Eickschen (University of Cologne, Germany) on chalcophile element concentrations in the mantle.
Prof. H. O’NEILL collaborates with Prof. T. Irifune (Ehime University, Japan) on experimental petrology at very high pressures.
Prof. H. O’NEILL collaborates with Dr. A. J. Berry (Imperial College, London, UK) on oxidation states of cations in silicate melts.
Prof. H. O’NEILL collaborates with Dr Xi Liu (University of Western Ontario, Canada) on the influence of minor elements on mantle melting.
Prof. H. O’NEILL works in collaboration with Dr. A Walker (Cambridge University, UK) on water substitution mechanisms in olivine.
Mr C. PIRARD collaborates with Dr F. Hatert (University of Liège, Belgium) on the mineralogy and metallogeny of Cu-Co-U-Se deposits of Katanga, D.R. Congo.
Mr C. PIRARD collaborates with Prof A.-M. Fransolet and Dr F. Hatert (University of Liège, Belgium) on the effect of Na-metasomatism in phosphates-bearing pegmatitic systems.
Dr R.P. RAPP collaborates with Profs H. Martin and D. Laporte (Laboratoire Magmas et Volcans, Universite de Blaise Pascal, Clermot-Ferrand, France) on an experimental study of origin of Earth's early continental crust, and slab-mantle interactions in subduction zones.
Dr R.P. RAPP collaborates with Prof Tetsuo Irifune (Geodynamics Research Center, Ehime University, Japan) on technolgical advances in high pressure techniques in the multi-anvil apparatus.
Dr R.P. RAPP collaborates with Prof J-F. Moyen (University of Stellenbosch, South Africa), on the tectonic evolution of the Barberton granite-greenstone belt in South Africa.
Dr R.P. RAPP collaborates with Professor Nobu Shimizu (Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, USA) on developing new analytical techniques for the ion microprobe and their application to very small, ultra-high pressure experimental samples.
Dr R.P. RAPP collaborates with Prof S. Foley (Institut für Geowissenschaften, Universität Mainz, 55099 Mainz, Germany) on an experimental study of the melting relations of volatile-bearing mantle peridotite. 
Dr S. RICHARDS collaborates with Dr Grahame Oliver (St Andrews University, Scotland) on Buchan and Barrovian metamorphism in Scotland.

Earth Physics

Dr D.R. CHRISTIE collaborates with Dr P. Campus, Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty Organization, United Nations, Vienna, Austria on infrasound monitoring of volcanoes and CTBT verification activities.
Mr J. DAWSON collaborates with Mr M. Baessler, Institut für Planetare Geodäsie, Technische Universität Dresden, on application of interferometric synthetic aperture radar for surface deformation and topography estimation.
Dr A. DUTTON collaborates with Dr F. Antonioli (ENEA, Rome, Italy), Dr C. Monaco (University of Catania, Italy), and G. Scicchitano, (PhD candidate, University of Catania, Italy) on constraining the tectonic uplift of the Siracusa coastline in Sicily.
Dr A. DUTTON collaborates with Dr F. Antonioli on reconstructing sea level change in the Mediterranean over the past several glacial-interglacial cycles using U-series ages of submerged speleothems.
Dr A. DUTTON collaborates with Dr T. Bralower (Pennsylvania State University, USA) and Dr P. Pearson (Cardiff University, UK) on identifying and quantifying diagenesis of tropical planktonic foraminifera from ancient greenhouse climates.
Dr A. DUTTON collaborates with Dr M. Malone (Integrated Ocean Drilling Program, TAMU, USA) on the geochemistry of diagenetic signatures in foraminiferal calcite.
Ms G. ESTERMANN collaborates with Guillaume Ramillien, LEGOS - Observatoire Midi-Pyrenees, Toulouse, France, on changes in gravitational potential of the orbits as a result of mountain deglaciation.
Dr F. FONTAINE collaborates with Dr G. Barruol (CNRS, France), Prof G. Bokelmann (Université Montpellier II, France) and Dr D. Reymond (LDG CEA, French Polynesia) on the structure of the crust and upper mantle beneath Australia and French Polynesia. He also worked with Dr D. Mainprice (CNRS, France), Dr D. Neuville (IPG Paris, France) and Dr B. Ildefonse on seismic attenuation and viscosity of basalts.
Prof R.W. GRIFFITHS and Dr G.O. HUGHES, with Prof J.R. Lister (University of Cambridge, UK), and Drs J.C. Mullarney (Dalhousie University, Canada) and W.H. Peterson on ‘horizontal convection’.
Prof R.W. GRIFFITHS continued collaboration with Prof. C. Kincaid (University of Rhode Island, USA) on the flow in mantle subduction zones and the interaction of mantle plumes with subduction, funded by an ARC International Linkage grant.
Dr A.McC. HOGG with Prof. W.K. Dewar (Florida State University, USA) and P. Berloff (Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, USA and University of Cambridge, UK) on the dynamics of ocean gyres.
Dr A.McC. HOGG with Dr. M.P. Meredith (British Antarctic Survey, UK), Dr. C. Wilson (Proudman Oceanographic Laboratory, UK) and Mr J.R. Blundell (National Oceanography Centre, UK) on eddy heat flux in the Southern Ocean.
Prof KENNETT continues to collaborate with Dr E. Debayle, University of Strasbourg, France, Dr K. Priestley, University of Cambridge, UK,  Dr S Fishwick, University of Leicester, UK, and Dr K. Yoshizawa, University of Hokkaido, Japan on surface wave tomography.
Prof KENNETT has collaborated with Dr T. Furumura at the Earthquake Research Institute, University of Tokyo, Japan on a variety of issues in seismic wave propagation, particularly the propagation of high frequency waves from the Indonesian subduction zone into stations in northern Australia.
Dr R.C. KERR with Prof J.R. Lister (University of Cambridge, UK) on the horizontal deflection of mantle plumes.
Prof K. LAMBECK collaborates with Dr F. Antonioli, ENEA, Rome, and Dr M. Anzidei, Instituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia, Rome, on sea-level change in the Mediterranean Sea.
Prof K. LAMBECK collaborates with Dr C. Sparrenbom, Swedish Geotechnical Institute, Prof Svante Björck, GeoBiosphere Science Centre, Lund University, and Dr Ole Bennike, Department of Environment History and Climate Development, Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland on ice sheet evolution and sea-level changes in southern Greenland.
Prof K. LAMBECK collaborates with Prof G. Bailey, Department of Archaeology, University of York, UK, and Prof C. Vita-Finzi, The Natural History Museum, London, on an EFCHED project relating to archaeology in the Red Sea Basin.
Prof K. LAMBECK collaborates with members of the Steering Committee for the World Climate Research Programme Workshop “Understanding Sea-level Rise and Variability” on the publication arising from this workshop.
Prof K. LAMBECK, Member of Executive Committee, InterAcademy Panel on international issues.
Prof K. LAMBECK led the Australian delegation to Beijing for the fourth annual China-Australia Symposium on Sustaining Global Ecosystems, Beijing, 8-10 August 2007.
Prof K. LAMBECK attended the Federation of Asian Scientific Academies and Societies (FASAS) Council Meeting, Bangkok, 27-29 November, 2007.
Dr N. RAWLINSON collaborates with: Prof. Greg Houseman, University of Leeds, on teleseismic tomography; Dr. Sebastian Rost, University of Leeds, on seismic array analysis of core phases; and Yanlu Ma, Graduate School of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, on imaging the core-mantle boundary.
Mr. D. ROBINSON collaborates with Prof Roel Snieder, Center for Wave Phenomena, Colorado School of Mines, and Dr Kim Olsen, Department of Geological Sciences, San Diego State University, and Dr Jim Rutledge, Geophysics Group, Los Alamos National Laboratory, and Dr Daniel O'Connell, Geophysics, Paleohydrology, and Seismotectonics Group, U.S. Bureau of Reclamation.
Dr M. SAMBRIDGE with Dr. T. Baba (JAMSTEC, Japan), Methods for choosing hyper-parameters in Earthquake slip inversion.
Dr M. SAMBRIDGE with Prof. K. Gallagher (Univ. of Rennes, France), Monte Carlo inversion and reversible jump algorithms for nonlinear inversion.
Dr M. SAMBRIDGE with Dr. E. Debayle (Univ. of Strasbourg, France), Coupled surface and body wave inversions for mantle seismic structure.
Dr M. SAMBRIDGE with Prof. J. Tromp (California Inst. Of Technology, USA), Inversion algorithms for adjoint gradient methods in seismology.
Dr. W. P. SCHELLART started collaboration with Prof W. Spakman (Utrecht University, Netherlands) and M. Amaru (Chevron, USA), primarily working seismic tomography of the Southwest Pacific region.
Dr. W. P. SCHELLART started collaboration with Dr Randell Stephenson (Free University, Netherlands) working on the tectonic evolution of the Black Sea.
Dr. W. P. SCHELLART started collaboration with Dr Keith Martin (Repsol YPF, Dubai) working on the opening of the Weddell Sea and the break-up of Gondwana.
Dr H. TKALCIC has collaborated with with Prof. Doug Dreger, University of California at Berkeley, Prof. Gillian Foulger, University of Durham and Dr. Bruce Julian, USGS, on anomalous seismic radiation earthquakes in the Bárdarbunga area of Iceland.
Dr H. TKALCIC continues to collaborate with Ph.D. candidate D, Villagomez and Prof. D, Toomey, University of Oregon, USA, on lithospheric structure under the Galápagos Islands from teleseismic receiver functions and surface waves;
Dr H. TKALCIC continues to collaborate with Dr Y. Chen, Multimax, Inc., USA, on studying lithospheric structure under the southern China region from teleseismic receiver functions and surface waves;
Dr H. TKALCIC continues to collaborate with Prof. M. Herak, Dr. S. Markusic and Ph.D. candidate J. Stipcevic, on studying lithospheric structure under Croatia and the Adriatic Sea from teleseismic receiver functions;
Dr H. TKALCIC collaborates with Ph.D. candidate A. Fitchtner, University of Munich, Germany, on using a spectral element code that he has developed to study the propagation effects under Australia and Iceland;
Dr H. TKALCIC collaborates with Dr. S. Chevrot, on studying anomalous travel times of core-sensitive seismic phases recorded in Alaska.
Dr P. TREGONING collaborated with Dr G. Ramillien and Dr J-M. Lemoine on the analysis of GRACE satellite data. He also continued collaboration with Prof. T. Herring and Drs R. King and S. McClusky on the development of the GAMIT GPS software.

PRISE

Dr R.A. ARMSTRONG collaborates with Prof. M. Macambira (Federal University of Pará, Belem, Brazil) on the crustal growth history of the Amazonian Craton,
Dr R.A. ARMSTRONG collaborates with Prof. N. Beukes and Dr S. Schroeder (University of Johannesburg, South Africa) on the chronostratigraphy of the Palaeoproterozoic sequences of the Kaapvaal Craton and the Agouron-Griqualand Proterozoic Drilling Project.
Dr R.A. ARMSTRONG collaborates with Dr E. Roberts (Witwatersrand University) on provenance and age of detrital zircons from the Rukwa Rift Basin, Tanzania.
Dr R.A. ARMSTRONG collaborates with K.H. Hoffmann (Geological Survey of Namibia) on determining the ages of Neoproterozoic glaciations  in Namibia.
Dr R.A. ARMSTRONG collaborates with Dr A. Cocherie (BRGM, France) on SHRIMP characterization of a potential monazite standard.
Dr R.A. ARMSTRONG collaborates with Dr P. Mendonides (Vaal University of Technology, South Africa) on the geochronology of granites from southern KwaZulu-Natal.
Dr R.A. ARMSTRONG collaborates with Prof E. Dantas and Prof M. Pimentel (University of Brasilia, Brazil) on U-Pb-Hf geochronology and isotope geochemistry on various sequences in Brazil.
Dr R.A. ARMSTRONG collaborates with Prof M.Heilbron and S. de Souza (Rio de Janeiro State University, Brazil) on SHRIMP U-Pb geochronology of the Ribeira Belt, Brazil.
Dr R.A. ARMSTRONG collaborates with Dr G. de Kock (Council for Geoscience, South Africa) on the geochronology of Ghana.
Dr R.A. ARMSTRONG collaborates with Dr Geoff Grantham (Council for Geoscience, South Africa) on a regional mapping and geochronological study of the Mozambique Belt.
Dr R.A. ARMSTRONG collaborates with Dr Paul Macey (Council for Geoscience, South Africa) on the geochronology of western Madagascar.
Dr R.A. ARMSTRONG collaborates with Dr Ken Ludwig (Berkeley Geochronology Center, California, USA) on development and testing of SHRIMP data reduction software.
Mr C.M. FANNING continued his collaboration with Prof P.K. Link, Idaho State University on the provenance and time of deposition of Neoproterozoic sequences in Utah and Idaho.
Mr C.M. FANNING collaborated with Dr J. Goodge (University in Minnesota, Duluth) on the geochronology and provenance of sequences in the central Transantarctic Mountains.
Mr C.M. FANNING continued his collaboration with Prof F. Hervé (Universidad de Chile) and Dr R.J. Pankhurst (British Geological Survey) on the geochronological and tectonic evolution of the Patagonia, Tierra del Fuego and the Antarctic Peninsula.
Mr C.M. FANNING is collaborating with Dr M. Babinski (Universidade de Sao Paulo) on the geochronology of Marinoan sequences in Brazil and Uruguay.
Mr C.M. FANNING continued his collaboration with Prof C. Rapela, (Universidad Nacional de La Plata, Argentina) and Dr R.J. Pankhurst (British Geological Survey) on the geochronological and tectonic evolution of the north Patagonian massif and adjacent cratons/terrains of Argentina.
Mr C.M. FANNING collaborated with Dr C. Casquet and Dr C. Galindo (Universidad Complutense, Madrid) on the geochronological and tectonic evolution of NW Argentina and western Peru.
Mr C.M. FANNING continued his collaboration with Dr J.N. Aleinikoff (United States Geological Survey) on SHRIMP II U-Pb analyses of zircon and xenotime.
Mr S.S.M. HUI collaborates with Prof R.P. Harvey, (Case Western Reserve University, Ohio, USA) on analysis of cosmic spherules from the Lewis Cliff, Antarctica
Dr M.D. NORMAN collaborates with Mr. F. Keppie (McGill University, USA) on the tectonothermal evolution of southern Mexico.
Dr M.D. NORMAN collaborates with Profs M. Garcia (University of Hawai’I, USA), M. Rhodes (University of Massachusetts, USA), D. Weis (University of British Columbia, USA), and A. Pietruszka (San Diego State University, USA) on the magmatic evolution of Hawaiian volcanoes.
Dr M.D. NORMAN collaborates with Drs L. Nyquist, D. Bogard, and A. Brandon (NASA Johnson Space Center, USA) on the composition and evolution of the Moon.
Ms A. ROSENTHAL collaborates with Dr. Heidi Hoefer and Prof. Alan B. Woodland, Universität Frankfurt, obtaining measurements of Fe3+/∑Fe in garnets from Norwegian peridotites and garnet-clinopyroxenites using the electron microprobe "flank method" (Hoefer & Brey, 2007) and Mossbauer spectroscopy to establish the oxidation state of the Norwegian peridotite body and to develop standards for Fe3+/∑Fe in garnets.
Dr G.M. YAXLEY collaborates with Prof Steven Foley, University of Mainz, on partial melting of peridotite+H2O+CO2 at 4.0 - 6.0 GPa.
Dr G.M. YAXLEY, and A. Rosenthal collaborate with Prof A.V. Sobolev (Vernadsky Institute, Russia) on high pressure partial melting of garnet pyroxenite.
Dr G.M. YAXLEY with Dr A. Camacho, University of Manitoba, on kinetics of the reaction albite = jadeite + quartz.

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COOPERATION WITH GOVERNMENT AND INDUSTRY

Earth Chemistry

Dr J.J. BROCKS with Dr E. Grosjean and G.E. Logan (Geoscience Australia), The use of polyethylene byproducts to determine the permeability of rock.
Dr J.J. BROCKS with Mr. R. Schinteie (ANU) and Dr G. Ambrose (Central Petroleum Ltd.), Petroleum Potential in the Centralian Superbasin, Australia.
Prof T.R. IRELAND continues to collaborate with Australian Scientific Instruments and Geoscience Australia.
Ms D VALENTE and Prof I.H. CAMPBELL with Phelps Dodge, on the geochemistry, geochronology and evolution of the El Abra porphyry copper deposit in Northern Chile.
Ms D. Valente with El Abra S.C.M., Chile (subsidiary of Freeport Ltd.), PhD studies support.
Dr I.S. WILLIAMS holds a 25% appointment as Chief Scientist at Australian Scientific Instruments Pty. Ltd., a subsidiary of ANU Enterprise, where he works on SHRIMP development, marketing, testing and operator training.
Dr I.S. WILLIAMS provided SHRIMP technical and scientific advice to the Geological Survey of Canada (Ottawa, Canada), Hiroshima University (Hiroshima, Japan), The National Institute of Polar Research (Tokyo, Japan), The Chinese Academy of Geological Sciences (Beijing, China), the All Russian Geological Research Institute (St. Petersburg, Russia), the Korea Basic Science Institute (Daejeon, South Korea) and the University of São Paulo (São Paulo, Brazil).
Dr I.S. WILLIAMS provided on-site scientific and technical training in secondary ion mass spectrometry to scientists from laboratories that have purchased SHRIMP ion microprobes: Dr H. Kaiden (National Institute for Polar Research, Japan), Dr Kim Jeongmin, Mr Yi Keewook and Mr Kim Yoonsup (Korea Basic Science Institute and Seoul National University, South Korea) and Dr K. Sato (Universidade de São Paulo, Brazil).

Earth Environment

Prof. R. GRÜN collaborates with the Department of Environment and Conservation, NSW, and the Three Traditional Tribal Groups in the ARC Linkage grant Environmental Evolution of the Willandra Lakes World Heritage Area.
Prof.. M.T. McCULLOCH and Dr S.D. JUPITER from RSES continued their collaboration with the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority, the Mackay Whitsunday Natural Resource Management Group and the Mackay City Council, in Long-term changes in Mackay Whitsunday water quality and connectivity between coral reefs and mangrove ecosystems.
Prof.. M.T. McCULLOCH together with Jon Brody from JCU and Dr Fabricius from AIMS are collaborating with the Commonwealth Department of Environment and Heritage in The Marine and Tropical Sciences Research Facility (MTSRF) which is part of the Commonwealth Environmental Research Facilities Program (CERF), an initiative of the Australian Government to invest in world-class public good research over the next four years.  Prof.essor McCulloch is involved in a project to support the conservation and sustainable use of the Great Barrier Reef and the connecting coastal regions, focusing on the highly intensive land-use catchments of the Townsville to Cairns region.
Mr I. MOFFAT collaborated with J. Raupp (Flinders University and Department of Environment and Heritage, SA) on the attempted location of the anchor of the Casurina, a vessel that was part of Baudan’s exploratory fleet.
Mr I. MOFFAT assisted the Major Crime Squad, South Australia by performing geophysical survey as part of two murder investigations in Adelaide, South Australia.
Prof. B.J. PILLANS with Woodside Energy, regolith and rock art on the Burrup Peninsula, Western Australia.
Prof. B.J. PILLANS with Newmont Australia. Geochronology of landscape evolution in the Tanami region, Northern Territory
Dr P.C. TREBLE with Land & Water Australia, Drs M FISCHER & E Hodge (Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation (ANSTO)), WA Department of Conservation and Land Management, Naracoorte Caves World Heritage Area, and NSW Department of Environment and Conservation (Yarrangobilly Caves)

Earth Materials

Prof S. F. COX and Dr S. Micklethwaite are collaborating with a consortium of minerals industry sponsors, via AMIRA International, in an ARC Linkage project “Exploration potential of stress transfer modelling in fault-related mineral deposits”.
Prof S.F. COX is collaborating with Gold Fields Australia Limited in a PhD project “Deformational Controls on Dynamics of Fluid Flow, Hydrothermal Alteration and Ore Genesis, Argo Gold Deposit, WA”. This project is jointly funded by Gold Fields Australia Limited and an ARC Linkage grant.
Dr M. FORSTER cooperates with Dr L. Wyborn (Geoscience Australia) in regard to telechronology, discussion and resources for automation and data storage in geochemistry and geochronology and as a national assessment.
Dr M. FORSTER collaborates with Dr Nigel Wood, Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation (ANSTO) Lucas Heights, Sydney in respect to ‘fast neutron rig’ for argon irradiation facility in OPAL reactor.
Dr J MAVROGENES and Dr C McFARLANE collaborated with Randgold Resources Limited on a study of the Morila Au mine in Mali.
Dr S. MICKLETHWAITE collaborates with T. Beardsmore, L. Gauthier, C. Weakly, and P. Dobak (Barrick Limited), A. Hawkins, B. Davis, J. Essman, and R. Reid (Newmont Limited), S. Shakesby, B. Spence, and F. Maccorquodale (Newcrest Limited), S. Cooke, and I. Pegg (Gold Fields Limited). Three major industry reports have been produced this year: Dr S. MICKLETHWAITE and Dr S.F. COX, (2007) Cracow epithermal goldfield, SE Queensland, Australia (Field Study Report), AMIRA International P718A, p. 10; Dr S. MICKLETHWAITE and Dr S.F. COX, (2007) Cracow epithermal goldfield, SE Queensland, Australia (Field and Modelling Results), AMIRA International P718A, p. 23; Dr S. MICKLETHWAITE (2007) Golden Mile: P718 Update, p. 10.
Dr S. RICHARDS collaborates with Dr Heilke Jelsma (DeBeers Exploration) on structural controls on kimberlite magmatism.  

Earth Physics

Dr D.R. CHRISTIE with Dr D.J. Brown (Geoscience Australia) on matters related to verification of the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty.
Dr F. FONTAINE and Prof B. Kennett with T. Aravanis (Rio Tinto Exploration) realized a short seismic experiment in Shannons Flat to get constrains about the subsurface structure using the seismic noise.
Professor B.L.N. KENNETT 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 Scott Savage as station manager at Warramunga. Very high reliability has been achieved with data transmitted continuously to the International Data Centre in Vienna via satellite link
Prof K. LAMBECK, as President of the Australian Academy of Science, was a member of the Prime Minister’s Science Engineering and Innovation Council.
Prof K. LAMBECK, as President of the Australian Academy of Science, was a jury member for the L’Oréal Australia Inaugural 2007 For Women in Science Fellowships.
Prof K. LAMBECK was Science Advisor to the National Geospatial Reference System, Geoscience Australia.
Dr N. RAWLINSON collaborates with Dr. Marthijn de Kool (Geoscience Australia) on seismic wavefront propagation in complex 3-D media, and with Dr. Dave Robson (NSW Geological Survey) on teleseismic tomography in NSW.
Dr M. SAMBRIDGE with Dr. P. Cummins (Geoscience Australia), Robust and rapid Earthquake slip inversion for the Australian Tsunami Warning System.
Dr P. Tregoning with Dr P. Cummins (Geoscience Australia) on earthquake deformation in the Southwest Seismic Zone. Dr P. Tregoning with Mr G. Johnston on the establishment and rollout of the Geospatial component of AuScope.

PRISE

Dr R.A. ARMSTRONG and Dr C. McFARLANE are working with G. Cameron and P. Heidstra (Randgold Resources Limited) on SHRIMP sulphur isotope characterization of the Morila gold deposit, Mali.
Dr R.A. ARMSTRONG collaborates with Dr Hielke Jelsma (De Beers) on the geochronology of Angola and diamond exploration.
Dr M.D. NORMAN collaborates with S. Roy and M. Grummet (Amerada Hess) on diagenesis and fluid migration in the El Gassi oil field, Algeria.

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