Support of MIT-Brown-Harvard Regional Ion Microprobe Facility -- Part I: Support of Facility; and Part II: Scientific Aspects

该奖项为麻省理工学院地球、大气和行星科学系离子微探针实验室的运作提供为期两年的支持。该实验室将作为一个区域/国家设施进行管理，并可对地质材料进行微量元素和同位素微量分析。该设施为美国地球科学家提供了高质量分辨率和极好的空间分辨率（10到20微米）的分析机会，用于解释地球内部大型和小型质量传递过程的许多核素。

This award provides support for two-years for the operation of the ion microprobe laboratory in the Department of Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. The laboratory will be run as a regional/national facility and will be available for trace element and isotope microanalysis of geological materials. The facility provides U.S.earth scientists access to analyses with high mass resolution as well as excellent spatial resolution (10 to 20 micrometers) for a number of nuclides that are very significant in interpreting large- and small-scale mass transfer processes within the Earth.