Our capabilities
MIA conducts isotopic characterisation across diverse sample types and applications, from inorganic materials such as rocks, minerals and human-made objects, all the way to organic/biological materials and their constituents, including soil/sediment, natural waters and bio-available components. Our unified capabilities and services support cross-disciplinary, cross-sectoral collaboration and partnerships, from unique discovery research to government-, commerce- and industry-engaged co-development and translational research.
Our Facilities
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Melbourne Analytical Geochemistry
Melbourne Analytical Geochemistry—MAG—builds on over 20 years of experience in trace element and isotope geochemistry research and development. In addition to our own endeavours and internal collaboration, we conduct collaborative external research as well as fee-for-service analyses. Our expertise spans geochemistry and geochronology, biological and a-biological process tracing, modern and paleo-forensics, all the way to disease research and biomarker development.
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Melbourne Thermochronology
Melbourne Thermochronology specialises in the development and application of fission track and (U-Th-Sm)/He analyses of the common phosphate accessory mineral apatite and other uranium-enriched minerals, including zircon, titanite and monazite. We use these techniques to constrain thermal histories of the continental crust such as extension, rifting, orogenies and landscape evolution.
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Noble Gas Geochronology
Noble Gas Geochronology Laboratory at the University of Melbourne specialises in high-precision 40Ar/39Ar dating of geological events (spanning thousands to billions of years). 40Ar/39Ar geochronology has a range of geological applications including constraining timing of magmatism, volcanism, deformation and tectonism.
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Melbourne Stable Isotope Facility
The Melbourne Stable Isotope Facility conducts high-precision H, C and O isotope analyses via various techniques, as well as clumped isotope analyses. This facility specialises in the analyses of these isotope systems in carbonate systems (e.g. speleothems, coral) as well as in natural waters.
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MIA Shared Facilities
MIA houses a collection of integrated, open-access, and shared analytical facilities, instrumentation, and laboratories designed to maximize research impact.
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