GEMOC ARC National Key Centre

Dissemination of information

summary of 1996 activities

formal communication in GEMOC

within nodes:

• regular seminars and meetings
• lecture series for postgraduates
• postgraduate seminar day

between nodes

• joint information and planning meetings for all participants
• project and project planning meetings of smaller groups
• regular meetings of director with co-directors (or nominee) of each node
• reciprocal seminars at each node
• other networking visits
• all GEMOC participants are on email for broadcast and individual communication
• joint fieldwork

communication with the scientific community

• refereed papers, book chapters (Appendix 3)
• conference presentations (Appendix 5)
• Links initiated with other institutions including visits and cooperation for equipment and resource sharing, include:

   

  • Sydney University
  • University of Newcastle
  • La Trobe University
  • Monash University
  • Research School of Earth Sciences, ANU
  • University of Technology, Sydney
  • University of New South Wales
  • University of New England

   

• Numerous Australian and international visitors are listed in Appendix 4. They have participated in
  • collaborative research
  • technology exchange
  • seminars, discussions

communication with Industry

• Visits to and by Industry
• cooperation in technology development
• equity arrangements for new technology
• AMIRA meetings
• part-time research projects by industry people carried out during visits at Macquarie
• international contacts and collaboration (Canada, South Africa, UK, USA) by reciprocal visits and ongoing email
• short course participation

technology transfer and outreach

• organisation and sponsorship of workshops 1996
  • IGC Special Symposium (see "International Links")
  • Arc-related magmatism

   

• short courses presented by GEMOC 1996:
  • Geothermal processes in the Earth
  • Geochemical applications

   

• short courses presented or planned for 1997:
  • State of the ARC , Arc-related magmatism conference, Adelaide, February 1997: co-sponsored by GEMOC
  • Tectonic Evolution of East Asia and Southeast Asia (October 1997).
  • Silicate analysis (Dr Phil Potts, visitor at ANU)
  • Geochemical applications (July 1997).
  • Australasian ICPMS Conference (May 1997): organised and cosponsored (with Perkin-Elmer Australia and Thermo Australia)

   

• Visits by delegations including
  
  • ANSTO
  • Institute of Technology, Bandung, Indonesia

   

• Visitors
  
  • GEMOC fosters links nationally and internationally through visits of collaborators to undertake defined short-term discrete projects

data management

• GEMOC database management established:
  • Detailed daily log books maintained for all analytical facilities
  • "Lithobank" was initiated in 1996 to contain all geochemical data generated by GEMOC at Macquarie: incorporates levels of accessibility and confidentiality
  • duplicate hard and electronic copies of original data maintained (consistent with ARC requirement for good practice data management)
  • samples are catalogued in museum systems at Macquarie and ANU

   

• DIAKIM database containing information on all known diamond-related deposits, initiated through collaboration with Dr Bram Janse:
  • Menu-driven, user-friendly GIS-based, planned to be accessible commercially through the internet

   

• Bruce Chappell has made his extensive database (on granites and related rocks and minerals) available for relevant projects within GEMOC