World-leading elemental and isotopic microanalysis and chemical speciation facilities for an environmentally sustainable Australia

我们建议建立一个世界领先的中心，研究关键环境、考古和矿物样品的元素和同位素组成。这将基于超短波长激光烧蚀和物种形成方法，结合澳大利亚开发的先进的ICP-MS技术。这将使该中心拥有无与伦比的能力，并允许在全球气候变化、盐度增加和污染对澳大利亚内陆水道和沿海环境可持续性的影响以及第一批居住在澳大利亚的人类的历史等新的研究领域开展研究。这将提供一个基线和新的量化措施，以更好地规划一个环境可持续的澳大利亚。

We propose to establish a world-leading centre for the study of the elemental and isotopic composition of key environmental, archaeological and mineral samples. This will be based upon ultra-short wavelength laser ablation and speciation methods, combined with new advanced ICP-MS technologies developed in Australia. This will give the centre unrivalled capabilities and allow new areas of research to be undertaken in global climate change, the impact of increased salinity and pollution on the sustainability of Australia's inland waterways and coastal environments, and the history of the first humans who inhabited Australia. This will provide a baseline and new quantitative measures to better plan for an environmentally sustainable Australia.