Acquisition of a Cryogenic Magnetometer for Western Washington University's Paleomagnetism Lab

小行星9727032 该补助金为西华盛顿大学古地磁实验室购买超导岩石磁力仪（SRM）的费用提供部分支持。 PI，伯尼豪森是一个新加入的地质系教师在西华盛顿，刚刚完成了博士后项目在研究所岩石磁性在明尼苏达大学。 除了Housen，名誉教授Myrl Beck和Russ Burmeister将在他们的研究中利用SRM。 在WWU增加SRM将允许弱磁化沉积物的分析研究，旨在了解氧化流体和活动变形对增生棱柱沉积物的磁性的影响，以及化学成岩作用和生物活动对海洋沉积物中记录的磁性记录的综合影响，无论是在自然样品中，还是在实验室培养。 该设施将是太平洋西北地区独有的，并将支持来自附近机构的研究人员进行更多的合作研究，这些机构包括华盛顿大学、普吉特湾大学、爱达荷州大学和蒙大拿大学。 该SRM将安置在新建的无磁场室中，并补充最近获得的额外古地磁仪器（即交变磁场消磁器、Kappa电桥）。 对这项赠款的支持由地球科学仪器和设施计划（ESTA/IF）和海洋科学处海洋仪器和技术服务计划（OCE/ITS）和大洋钻探计划（OCE/ODP）共享 *

9727032 Housen This grant provides partial support of the costs of acquiring a superconducting rock magnetometer (SRM) for the paleomagnetics laboratory at Western Washington University. The PI, Bernie Housen is a recent addition to the Geology Department faculty at Western Washington, having just completed a postdoctoral program at the Institute for Rock Magnetism at the University of Minnesota. In addition to Housen, Professor emeritus Myrl Beck and Russ Burmeister will utilize the SRM in their research. The addition of an SRM at WWU will allow analyses of weakly magnetized sediments for research aimed at understanding the influences of oxidizing fluids and active deformation on the magnetic properties of accretionary prism sediments and the combined effects of chemical diagenesis and biological activity on the magnetic records recorded in marine sediments both in natural samples and in laboratory cultures. This facility will be unique to the Pacific Northwest region and will support additional collaborative studies by researchers from nearby institutions including the University of Washington, University of Puget Sound, University of Idaho and the University of Montana. This SRM will be housed in a newly constructed field free room and complement additional paleomagnetic instrumentation that has recently been acquired (i.e. alternating field demagnetizer, Kappa bridge). Support for this grant is shared between the Earth Sciences Instrumentation and Facilities Program (EAR/IF) and Division of Ocean Sciences Oceanographic Instrumentation and Technical Service Program (OCE/ITS) and the Ocean Drilling Program (OCE/ODP) ***