Technician Support for the Stable Isotope Laboratory at the University of Southern California

该奖项提供了所需资金的一半， 支助一名实验室技术员，以协助 系里的稳定同位素质谱实验室 南加州大学地质科学系主任。 大学承诺提供剩余的资金 必需的. 南加州大学的稳定同位素实验室主要从事 研究项目调查的作用，含水流体， 地壳的地质过程的具体目标 目前的项目包括：（1）确定 地表（大气）水穿透地壳。(2)的性质 流体-岩石相互作用 过渡区(3)流体在断层和剪切中的作用 区界限(4)了解液体从 冷却地壳内的岩浆岩。这些总体目标是 通过对同位素变化的详细研究 （主要是氧，碳，氢和硫）在岩石中的 加州和亚利桑那州的莫哈韦沙漠。

This award provides one-half of the funding required for the support of a laboratory technician to assist in the operations of the stable isotope mass spectrometry laboratory in the Department of Geological Sciences at the University of Southern California. The University is committed to providing the remaining funding required. The stable isotope laboratory at USC is primarily engaged in research projects investigating the role of aqueous fluids in geological processes of the Earth's crust. Specific goals of current projects include: (1) To determine the depth to which surface (meteoric) water penetrates the crust. (2) The nature of fluid-rock interactions across the lithostatic-hydrostatic transition zone. (3) The role of fluids in faulting and shear zones. (4) Understanding the influence of fluids escaping from cooling magmatic plutons within the crust. These general goals are investigated through detailed study of isotope variations (primarily oxygen, carbon, hydrogen, and sulfur) in rocks of the Mojave desert of California and Arizona.