Purchase of Fluid Inclusion Stage/Microscope for Sandstone Diagenesis Studies

该奖项为购买带有加热/冷却阶段的显微镜系统提供67%的费用，用于研究地质样品中的微观流体包裹体。该流体包裹体系统将由凯斯西储大学地质科学系的研究人员使用。大学将提供剩余33%的费用。凯斯西储大学地质科学系有一个砂岩成岩作用研究项目，旨在定量确定砂岩形成不同阶段的条件和时间。砂岩中流体包裹体的研究为确定地层中圈闭水的温度和盐度提供了一种独立、直接的方法。

This award provides funds for 67% of the costs of acquiring a microscope system with a heating/cooling stage for the study of microscopic fluid inclusions in geological samples. The fluid inclusion system will be used by researchers in the Department of Geological Sciences at Case Western Reserve University. The University is to provide the remaining 33% of the costs. The Case Western Reserve University Department of Geological Sciences has a research program in sandstone diagenesis aimed at determining quantitatively the conditions and timing of the different stages of sandstone formation. The study of fluid inclusions in sandstone provides an independent and direct way to determine the temperature and salinity of the waters trapped during formation.