RUI: Acquisition of a Magnetometer for Measuring Susceptibility Anisotropy

该合同提供了购买kappbridge磁力计所需资金的三分之二，kappbridge磁力计被认为是在短时间（分钟）内测量磁化率各向异性（AMS）的最敏感、现成的系统。该大学承诺提供额外的资金，使此次收购成为可能。该仪器将被PI和他的学生用于一项研究，该研究旨在测试渐进变质作用对含有顺磁性矿物和基本上不含铁磁性矿物的岩石中AMS发育的影响。据报道，某些类型的AMS数据有助于解释变形岩石的应变状态和应变历史。这类信息对于重建造山（造山）过程的性质和强度是必要的。来自附近高校的其他几位教师和学生也打算使用这个仪器。

This award provides for two-thirds of the funds required to acquire a Kappabridge magnetometer,reputed to be the most sensitive, off-the-shelf system for measuring anisotropy of magnetic susceptibility (AMS) over short time periods (minutes). The university is committed to provide the additional funds to make this acquisition possible. The instrument will be used by the PI and his students in a study designed to test the effect of progressive metamorphism on the development of AMS in rocks containing paramagnetic minerals and essentially no ferromagnetic minerals. Certain types of AMS data are reported to be helpful in interpreting the strain state and strain history of deformed rocks.This kind of information is necessary to reconstruct the nature and magnitude of orogenic (mountain building) processes. Several other faculty and students from nearby colleges and universities also intend to use this instrument.