Support for a Modified Fisher 1650 MV Aluminum Boat with 40hp Mercury Outboard for Water Column and Vibracore Sampling

9625992 Gastaldo这笔赠款提供7,750美元，用于支持奥本大学地质系购买一艘改装的费舍尔1650 MV铝船的费用，该船配有40马力的水星舷外装置和铝制振动岩架和工作平台。该设备对于PI在美国东南部和东南亚研究河流三角洲系统中热带和温带植物区划的积极实地研究计划至关重要。新设备将取代已有20年历史的乔恩船和拖车，这些船和拖车的使用寿命即将结束，存在潜在的安全隐患。振芯支架和工作平台是从船上进行水柱和振芯取样所必需的。PI对现代沉积环境中植物物质去向的研究对理解孢粉化石记录具有重要意义。此外，这种设备的使用为研究生和本科生提供了宝贵的现场经验。***

9625992 Gastaldo This grant provides $7,750 in support of the costs of acquiring a modified Fisher 1650 MV aluminum boat with a 40 hp Mercury outboard and an aluminum vibracore rack and working platform for the Department of Geology at Auburn University. This equipment is essential to the PI's active field research programs studying tropical and temperate plant taphonomy in fluvio-deltaic systems both in the southeastern U.S. and also in southeast Asia. The new equipment will replace a twenty year old jon boat and trailer which are nearing the end of their useful life and present potential safety hazards. The vibracore rack and working platform are necessary to conduct both water column and vibracore sampling from the boat. The PI's research on the fate of plant materials in recent sedimentary environments are of fundamental importance for understanding the palynological fossil record. Additionally, the use of this equipment provides valuable field experiences to graduate and undergraduate students. ***