Accessory minerals and trace elements as monitors of partial melting and high-grade metamorphic processes in the crust.

拟议的项目涉及：“大陆是如何运作的？”，这已被确定为国家地球科学战略计划中的一个关键问题。开发高级变质过程和部分熔融的新监测仪将有助于了解和探索大陆地壳，并将提供有关地球深层资源的重要信息(国家研究优先事项1.6)。这项工作给澳大利亚带来的另一个直接潜在好处是提高了该国的国际研究声誉。澳大利亚国立大学在地球化学、年代学和实验岩石学方面是世界领先的研究机构之一，该项目的成果将确保澳大利亚在这些学科方面保持领先地位。

The proposed project addresses: "How do continents work?", which has been identified as a key question in the national strategic plan for geosciences. The development of new monitors for high-grade metamorphic processes and partial melting will help to understand and explore the continental crust and will provide crucial information on deep earth resources (National Research Priority 1.6). Another direct potential benefit to Australia from this work is an enhancement of the country's international research reputation. The ANU is one of the world-leading research institutions in geochemistry, geochronology and experimental petrology and the outcomes of this project will ensure that Australia remains at the forefront in these disciplines.