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

这笔拨款为西华盛顿大学古磁学实验室购置超导岩石磁力计（SRM）的费用提供部分支持。该项目负责人Bernie Housen是西华盛顿大学地质系的新成员，他刚刚在明尼苏达大学岩石磁学研究所完成了博士后项目。除了Housen，名誉教授Myrl Beck和Russ Burmeister将在他们的研究中使用SRM。在世界海洋大学增加一台SRM将允许对弱磁化沉积物进行分析，以便研究氧化流体和主动变形对增生棱镜沉积物磁性的影响，以及化学成岩作用和生物活动对自然样品和实验室培养中海洋沉积物磁性记录的综合影响。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的额外合作研究，包括华盛顿大学、普吉特海湾大学、爱达荷大学和蒙大拿大学。这个SRM将被安置在一个新建的无磁场房间里，并补充最近获得的额外的古磁仪器（即交变磁场消磁器，Kappa桥）。这项资助由地球科学仪器和设施项目（EAR/IF）、海洋科学部海洋仪器和技术服务项目（OCE/ITS）和海洋钻探项目（OCE/ODP）共同承担

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) ***