[Aqualist] ARC LIEF grant success in Quaternary related research

[Simon Haberle]

Dear All,

Recent announcements for LIEF grants in 2011. Congratulation to all who 
received them.

Cheers, Simon
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2011 ARC LIEF Projects listed by Administrating University

The University of New South Wales
LE110100045 Prof Andrew Baker, Dr Russell N Drysdale, Dr Silvia Frisia, 
Dr Pauline C Treble, Prof Richard I
Acworth, Dr Quan Hua, Dr Andrew I Herries, Dr Katrin J Meissner, Dr 
David Fink
Project Title: A mass spectrometer to analyse carbonate isotope records 
of Australia's climate, soil and
groundwater history. $370,000.00
Partner/Collaborating Organisation(s): Australian Nuclear Science and 
Technology Organisation, The University of Melbourne, The University of 
Newcastle
Project Summary
Water is a critical resource in Australia, yet there is a fundamental 
lack of knowledge about the causes and timing of groundwater recharge in 
the past. This facility will allow researchers to better understand 
climate and groundwater interactions through high resolution isotope 
analysis of deposits, such as cave stalagmites and marine corals.

University of Wollongong
LE110100220 Prof Gerald C Nanson, A/Prof Brian G Jones, Prof Allan R 
Chivas, Prof Colin D Woodroffe, Dr
Kirstie A Fryirs, Prof Colin V Murray-Wallace, Prof John R Dodson, Dr 
Timothy J Cohen, Prof
Sandra P Harrison, Dr Rachel A Nanson, Em/Prof Martin A Williams, A/Prof 
Alan S Collins, Dr
Kathryn J Amos, Dr Paul Hesse, Dr Dioni I Cendón, Dr Timothy J Pietsch, 
Dr Andrew P Brooks,
A/Prof Ian D Goodwin, Prof Jonathon M Olley
Project Title: Sonic drilling to provide contamination-free core 
sampling of rock and unconsolidated sediment. $150,000.00
Partner/Collaborating Organisation(s): Australian Nuclear Science and 
Technology Organisation, Griffith University,  Macquarie University, The 
University of Adelaide
Project Summary
Australia is the world's driest inhabited continent. Understanding 
environmental and climatic changes, from the
temperate period when humans arrived about 50,000 years ago to the 
present state of widespread aridity, is crucial
for modelling future climate change. This facility will provide new 
generation drilling equipment which is necessary
to obtain accurate records.

James Cook University
LE110100144 Prof Michael I Bird, A/Prof Lindsay B Hutley, Dr Sarah O 
Tweed, Dr Andrew K Krockenberger,
A/Prof Samantha A Setterfield, Prof Jonathan F Nott, Dr Paul N Nelson
Project Title
Mobile isotope monitoring for environmental studies. $150,000.00
Partner/Collaborating Organisation(s): Charles Darwin University
Project Summary
This facility will enable a quantum leap in Australia's capacity to 
undertake real-time, field based studies of
environmental processes using the natural isotope tracers of carbon, 
oxygen and hydrogen. It will enable the
researchers to address a range of fundamental research questions in 
climate change, water resources, ecology
and human impact in tropical Australia.