Acquisition of an Automated Powder X-Ray Diffractometer

小行星9318346 该奖项提供了购买粉末X射线衍射仪系统所需资金的一半，该系统将在圣巴巴拉的加州大学地质科学系安装和运行。 该大学致力于提供收购所需的剩余资金。新的X射线衍射仪将取代32年的旧仪器，不再能够提供该机构众多研究和教学计划所需的数据类型。在将使用新仪器的研究项目中：（1）东太平洋海隆顶部热液喷口成矿作用的时间序列研究，（2）沉积盆地化学成岩作用和孔隙流体运动研究，（3）新生代古海洋/古气候演化的海洋沉积记录，（4）上升流带新生代化学波动的珊瑚记录，（5）变质火山岩的区域温压研究;（6）硅酸盐熔体输运性质的研究。 ***

9318346 Haymon This award provides one-half of the funding required to purchase a powder X-ray diffractometer system to be installed and operated in the Department of Geological Sciences at the University of California at Santa Barbara. The University is committed to providing the remaining funds necessary for the acquisition. The new X-ray diffractometer will replace a 32-year old instrument no longer capable of providing the type of data required by numerous research and teaching programs at the institution. Among the research projects that will use the new instrumentation: (1) A time- series study of mineralization at hydrothermal vents on the East Pacific Rise crest, (2) Studies of chemical diagenesis and pore fluid movement in sedimentary basins, (3) Marine sediment records of Cenozoic paleoceanographic/paleoclimatic evolution, (4) Coral records of Cenozoic chemical fluctuations in upwelling zones, (5) Regional thermobarometric studies of metamorphic terranes, and (6) Studies of silicate melt-transport properties. ***