NSF MRI: Acquisition of a 755 Superconducting Rock Magnetometer System to Enhance the Paleomagnetic and Rock Magnetic Laboratory at New Mexico Highlands University

NSF MRI：采购 755 超导岩石磁力计系统以增强新墨西哥高地大学的古地磁和岩石磁实验室

基本信息

批准号：
1623807
负责人：
Michael Petronis
金额：
$ 52.38万
依托单位：
New Mexico Highlands University
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：
2016-08-01 至 2019-07-31
项目状态：
已结题

来源：
https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1623807&HistoricalAwards=false
关键词：
NSF MRI Acquisition 755 Superconducting

项目摘要

1623807PetronisThis Major Research Instrumentation (MRI) grant supports acquisition of a superconducting rock magnetometer (SRM) equipped with an in-line alternating field demagnetizer and automated sample handling system for the Department of Natural Sciences at New Mexico Highlands University (NMHU). The SRM will complement extant paleo and rock magnetic analytical equipment at NMHU and will serve as a state and regional facility for investigation for the magnetic properties of natural materials. The facility will support multiple national and international collaborative science projects. This support is congruent with NSFs mission of promoting the progress of science and advancing the national health, prosperity and welfare given the importance of training underrepresented students in methods of analysis and scientific research. NMHU is a primarily undergraduate and Hispanic Serving Institution and the investigator has a strong track record of engaging undergraduates student in laboratory and field research. Many of the students at NMHU are first-generation college students.The new SRM will support a wide range of research and research training applications requiring the ability to determine the magnetic remanence of often weakly magnetized materials , including studies of crustal deformation processes based on paleomagnetic and rock magnetic fabric analysis, studies of past climate conditions based on paleomagnetic proxies, paleomagnetic investigations of shallow crustal magma emplacement processes, investigation of the timing of deposition of important continental aquifers, and the timing and extent of Neoproterozoic cap carbonates indicative of past global glaciation events.***

1623807PETRONISITHIS这项主要研究仪器（MRI）拨款支持获得新墨西哥州高地大学（NMHU）的自然科学系的串联交流现场电视机和自动化样品处理系统，配备了在线交替的现场磁力磁盘和自动化样品处理系统。 SRM将补充NMHU的现存古和岩石磁分析设备，并将作为研究天然材料磁性特性的州和区域设施。该设施将支持多个国家和国际合作科学项目。这种支持与NSFS的使命一致，NSFS的使命是促进科学的进步并推进国家健康，繁荣和福利，鉴于培训在分析和科学研究方法中的培训不足的学生的重要性。 NMHU是一位主要的本科和西班牙裔服务机构，研究人员在吸引本科生从事实验室和现场研究的良好记录。 NMHU的许多学生都是第一代大学生。新的SRM将支持广泛的研究和研究培训申请，需要确定通常弱磁化材料的磁性的能力，包括基于古磁和岩石磁性织物分析的地壳变形过程的研究，对过去的气候调查的研究，基于古代杂志，仿效，仿效，是对古image的研究。对重要大陆含水层沉积时间的调查以及新元古代瓶盖的时间和程度，指示过去的全球冰川事件。***