Acquisition of a Scanning Electron Microscope Facility for the Triangle Universities Earth Science Analytical Consortium (Duke, NSCU, UNC-CH)

该奖项提供了所需资金的36%， 获得扫描电子显微镜（SEM）系统， 将在地质系安装和运行， 北卡罗来纳州大学。该设施将可供 三角大学地球科学系的师生 分析联盟（北卡罗来纳州大学，杜克 大学和北卡罗来纳州州立大学）。三 大学承诺提供剩余的资金 这是收购所必需的。 该仪器系统将用于一组不同的 微体古生物学、碳酸盐岩的研究和教学应用 岩石学、沉积学、古海洋学、火成岩学， 地球化学

This award provides 36% of the funds needed for the acquisition of a scanning electron microscope (SEM) system that will be installed and operated in the Department of Geology at the University of North Carolina. The facility will be accessible to faculty and students from the Triangle Universities Earth Science Analytical Consortium (University of North Carolina, Duke University, and North Carolina State University). The three universities are committed to providing the remaining funds necessary for this acquisition. The instrument system will be used in a diverse set of research and teaching applications in micropaleontology, carbonate petrology, sedimentology, paleoceanography, igneous petrology, and geochemistry.