Acquisition of Laser Microsource for Geochronology by FTMS

该奖项提供了所需资金的一半， 获取傅里叶变换质量的激光微源 光谱仪（FTMS）系统正在开发用于地质 在地质科学系的应用， 奥尔巴尼的纽约州立大学。SUNY承诺 提供所需资金的其余一半， 采集 激光微源将允许空间分辨率为 10微米或更好的地质样品进行分析 同位素比率。本仪器设计项目旨在 开发FTMS技术，使其能够测量 同位素比率可以精确地测定矿物和岩石的年代 形成了地球地质演化中的事件。

This award provides one-half of the funds necessary to acquire a laser microsource for the Fourier Transform Mass Spectrometer (FTMS) system being developed for geological applications in the Department of Geological Sciences at the State University of New York (SUNY)in Albany. SUNY is committed to providing the remaining half of the necessary funds for the acquisition. The laser microsource will permit a spatial resolution of ten micrometers or better on geological samples being analyzed for isotopic ratios. This instrument design project is intended to develop the FTMS technique so that it is capable of measuring isotope ratios accurately for the dating of mineral- and rock- forming events in the geological evolution of the Earth.