Acquisition of a State-of-the-Art Electron Microprobe

该合同提供了购买电子显微探测仪器系统所需资金的一半，该系统将在怀俄明大学地质和地球物理系安装和运行。大学承诺提供购买仪器所需的剩余资金。新型电子探针将用于研究和教学项目，这些项目需要对地质样品进行精确的微尺度空间分辨率的元素分析，如火成岩、变质岩和沉积岩石学、地球化学风化旋回和土壤形成、含油气沉积物的成岩作用和矿床。＊＊＊

9413348 Myers This award provides one-half of the funding required for the acquisition of an electron microprobe instrument system to be installed and operated in the Department of Geology and Geophysics at the University of Wyoming. The University is committed to providing the remaining funds needed to acquire the instrument. The new electron microprobe will be used in research and teaching projects requiring accurate elemental analysis of geological samples with microscale spatial resolution in areas such as igneous, metamorphic and sedimentary petrology, geochemical weathering cycle and soil formation, diagenesis in petroleum and gas bearing sediments, and mineral deposits. ***