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

9727032豪森这笔赠款为西华盛顿大学的古地磁学实验室购买超导岩石磁强计提供部分支持。这位名叫伯尼·豪森的人是华盛顿西部地质系的新成员，他刚刚完成了明尼苏达大学岩石磁学研究所的博士后课程。除了Housen，退休教授Myrl Beck和Russ Burmeister将在他们的研究中使用SRM。通过在WWU增加一台SRM，可以对弱磁性沉积物进行分析，以便进行研究，以了解氧化流体和活动变形对吸积棱柱沉积物磁性的影响，以及化学成岩作用和生物活动对海洋沉积物中记录的自然样品和实验室培养中的磁性记录的综合影响。这一设施将是太平洋西北地区独一无二的，将支持来自华盛顿大学、普吉特湾大学、爱达荷大学和蒙大拿大学等附近机构的研究人员进行更多的合作研究。这台SRM将被安置在一个新建的无磁场房间里，补充最近获得的额外的古地磁仪器(即交变磁场消磁器、卡帕电桥)。对这笔赠款的支持由地球科学仪器和设施计划(EAR/IF)和海洋科学海洋仪器和技术服务计划(OCE/ITS)以及海洋钻探计划(OCE/ODP)共同提供。

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) ***