RUI: Acquisition of Equipment for Measuring the Magnetic Properties of Geologic Materials

9405410凯尔索这项奖励提供购买设备所需资金的一半，用于在苏必利尔湖大学计算机、地质和数学科学系安装和运营磁学实验室。该大学承诺提供购买设备所需的剩余资金。该装置由高温(77K以上)超导磁强计、热退磁器、交变磁场退磁器和磁化率桥组成。新设备将主要用于首席调查员和学生的研究项目和课堂练习。这些项目将包括研究岩石如何就地磁化的时间-温度相关性，并将其应用于诸如海洋岩石圈的磁化以及化学变化和变质作用对岩石磁性的影响等地质问题。首席研究员部门不提供博士学位，苏必利尔湖大学有资格参加NSF在本科生机构的研究(RUI)活动。首席调查员的研究和教学计划将涉及本科生的大量参与。***

9405410 Kelso This award provides one-half the funding necessary to acquire equipment for a magnetics laboratory to be installed and operated in the Department of Computer, Geologic and Mathematical Sciences at Lake Superior University. The University is committed to providing the remaining funds necessary to acquire the equipment. The equipment consists of a high-temperature (i.e., operated at greater than 77K) superconducting magnetometer, a thermal demagnetizer, an alternating field demagnetizer, and a magnetic susceptibility bridge. The new equipment is to be used primarily in the research projects and classroom exercises of the Principal Investigator and students. These projects will include study of the time-temperature dependence of how rocks are magnetized in situ and application to geological problems such as the magnetization of the oceanic lithosphere and the effect of chemical changes and metamorphism on the magnetic properties of rocks. The Principal Investigator's department does not offer the doctoral degree, and Lake Superior University is eligible for the NSF Research in Undergraduate Institutions (RUI) activity. The Principal Investigator's research and teaching programs will involve significant participation by undergraduate students. ***