Upgrading the Paleomagnetic Research Facility at the University of Pittsburgh

这项奖励提供了匹兹堡大学地质和行星科学系古地磁实验室升级设备所需资金的三分之二。该大学承诺提供购置设备所需的剩余资金。将安装低温超导磁强计、热消磁器和样品传输系统。古地磁学实验室将在研究项目中使用升级后的设备，包括对苏联东北部样品的古地层学分析，原核生物中的磁铁矿形成和细菌在沉积物磁化中的作用，非洲经典原始人化石遗址的洞穴沉积物磁性地层学(测年)。

This award provides two-thirds of the funds required to upgrade the equipment in the paleomagnetics laboratory of the Department of Geology and Planetary Science at the University of Pittsburgh. The University is committed to providing the remaining funds needed for the equipment acquisition. A cryogenically superconducting magnetometer, thermal demagnetizer, and sample transport system will be installed. The paleomagnetics lab will use the upgraded equipment in research projects that include paleostratigraphic analysis of samples from northeastern USSR, magnetite formation in prokaryotes and the role of bacteria in the magnetization of sediments, cave sediment magnetostratigraphy (dating) in classic hominid fossil sites of Africa.