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

• 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

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.***

1623807Petronis 这项重大研究仪器 (MRI) 赠款支持为新墨西哥高地大学 (NMHU) 自然科学系购买配备在线交变场消磁器和自动样品处理系统的超导岩石磁力计 (SRM)。 SRM 将补充 NMHU 现有的古和岩石磁性分析设备，并将作为天然材料磁性研究的州和地区设施。 该设施将支持多个国家和国际合作科学项目。 鉴于培训代表性不足的学生分析和科学研究方法的重要性，这种支持与 NSF 促进科学进步和促进国民健康、繁荣和福利的使命是一致的。 NMHU 是一所主要为本科生和西班牙裔服务的机构，研究人员在吸引本科生参与实验室和实地研究方面拥有良好的记录。 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应用，这些应用需要能够确定通常弱磁化材料的剩磁，包括基于古地磁的地壳变形过程的研究和岩石磁性结构分析，基于古地磁代理的过去气候条件研究，浅地壳岩浆侵位过程的古地磁调查，重要大陆含水层沉积时间及其时间和范围的调查新元古代盖碳酸盐的分布表明过去的全球冰川事件。***