Upgrading the Paleomagnetic Research Facility at the University of Pittsburgh

该奖项提供所需资金的三分之二， 更新该中心古地磁学实验室的设备， 地质学和行星科学系 匹兹堡大学致力于提供剩余的 购置设备所需的资金。一种低温 超导磁力计、热脱磁器和样品 将建立运输系统。 古地磁学实验室将使用升级后的设备， 研究项目，包括古地层分析， 原核生物中磁铁矿的形成 以及细菌在沉积物、洞穴 古人类化石中的沉积物磁性地层学（测年） 非洲的景点。

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.