Acquisition of a Scanning Electron Microscope for Earth Science Research and Training of the Next Generation of Geoscientists

采购扫描电子显微镜用于地球科学研究和下一代地球科学家的培训

基本信息

批准号：
1551342
负责人：
David Moecher
金额：
$ 14.99万
依托单位：
University of Kentucky Research Foundation
依托单位国家：
美国
项目类别：
Standard Grant
财政年份：
2016
资助国家：
美国
起止时间：
2016-03-15 至 2018-12-31
项目状态：
已结题

来源：
https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1551342&HistoricalAwards=false
关键词：
Acquisition Scanning Electron Microscope Earth

项目摘要

1551342MoecherIn this proposal submitted to the EAR Instrumentation and Facilities Program, the PIs requested $149,947 to support acquisition of a scanning electron microscope (SEM) for grain-scale textural and chemical characterization of earth materials by faculty and students in the Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences at the University of Kentucky (UK). The requested SEM would support NSF/EAR funded research in petrotectonics and other fields. Specific studies would include investigations of mid-crustal transpression that require dating of deformed plutonic rocks via zircon U-Pb geochronology and dating monazite growth tied to deformation microstructures in metapelites within and bounding zones of transpression. Prior to U-Pb and monazite geochronologic techniques SEM imaging of zircons and monazites via SEM is required. Additional research includes studies of the petrogenesis of granites and sedimentary rocks, the latter with implications for hydrocarbon reservoir evaluation and for studies of the effects of CO2 injection on reservoir rock mineralogy and porosity evolution.The requested SEM would support graduate and undergraduate student research training and local high school outreach efforts by the PI and benefit scientists at the on-campus branch of the Kentucky Geological Survey, where the instrument would be housed. This support is congruent with NSFs mission of promoting the progress of science and advancing the national welfare given the importance of student training opportunities in microanalysis technologies to support future scientific workforce needs and the advancement of research that may benefit future subsurface carbon dioxide sequestration efforts. ***

1551342Moecherin该提案提交给耳朵仪器和设施计划，PIS要求$ 149,947，以支持收购扫描电子显微镜（SEM），以通过肯塔基大学（UK）地球与环境科学系的教师和环境科学系对地球材料的谷物规模质地和化学特征。请求的SEM将支持NSF/EAR资助的Petrotectonics和其他领域的研究。具体的研究将包括对中壳中期转骨的研究，这些转壳需要通过锆石U-PB地质学对变形的岩石岩石进行约会，并与在转质区域内及边界的变形微结构相关的单唑岩的日期生长。在使用U-Pb和独居石的地质技术技术之前，需要通过SEM进行锆石和独居石的SEM成像。 Additional research includes studies of the petrogenesis of granites and sedimentary rocks, the latter with implications for hydrocarbon reservoir evaluation and for studies of the effects of CO2 injection on reservoir rock mineralogy and porosity evolution.The requested SEM would support graduate and undergraduate student research training and local high school outreach efforts by the PI and benefit scientists at the on-campus branch of the Kentucky Geological Survey, where the instrument would be安置。鉴于NSFS的使命是促进科学进步并推进国家福利的一致性，鉴于学生培训机会在微分析技术中的重要性，以支持未来的科学劳动力需求以及可能使未来未来的地下二氧化碳二氧化碳序列努力受益的研究的进步。 ***