RUI: Acquisition of an Automated Powder X-Ray Diffraction System for Geological Research

新奥尔良大学的这一奖项是在 对提交给国家科学院的一项提案的答复 本科院校基金会研究（RUI） 程序.该奖项将提供所需资金的一半， 获得一个将安装的X射线衍射仪系统， 在大学地质地球物理系工作。 大学致力于提供所需的另一半 购买设备。 该设备将大大提高研究和 学生培训部门的能力，并将使用 在一系列正在进行的项目中， research.这些项目包括碎屑岩的成岩研究 和碳酸盐岩，成岩作用的实验室模拟 化学反应，细粒，深海 沉积物及其影响因素、物源 密西西比河沉积物的研究， 伟晶岩矿物和阿拉斯加的结构地质学研究。

This award to the University of New Orleans is made in response to a proposal submitted to the National Science Foundation's Research in Undergraduate Institutions (RUI) Program. The award will provide one-half of the funds needed to acquire an X-ray diffractometer system that will be installed and operated in the University's Department of Geology & Geophysics. The University is committed to providing the other half required to purchase the equipment. The equipment will significantly enhance the research and student training capabilities of the department and will be used in a series of ongoing projects involving faculty and student research. These projects include diagenetic studies of clastic and carbonate rocks, laboratory simulations of diagenetic chemical reactions, characterizations of fine-grained, deep-sea sediments and factors affecting their behavior, provenance studies of Mississippi River sediment, characterization of minerals in pegmatites, and structural geology studies in Alaska.