Acquisition of Paleomagnetic Equipment for the Department of Earth Sciences, University of New Hampshire

0086672克莱德这笔赠款为新罕布什尔州大学的古地磁实验室的发展提供了部分资金。 该实验室将从三个方面加强联合国大学的研究活动。 它将（1）支持PI对磁性地层学的研究，（2）增强新罕布什尔州其他大学在地球物理学、构造学和地层学方面的研究计划，以及（3）加强本科生和研究生课程。 该实验室将配备一个基于SQUID的旋转磁力仪，一个双室热脱磁器，一个交变磁场脱磁器，和一个三维场补偿线圈系统，在其中的房子和操作这个设备。目前，有没有古地磁设施，在北方新英格兰，是能够测量弱磁化沉积物的剩磁。 该实验室将为联合国大学和周围机构的研究人员提供这种能力。 PI的主要研究重点是调查气候和构造变化在哺乳动物进化中的作用。 这一研究要求能够在陆相剖面之间以及陆相剖面与海相剖面之间进行精确的年代地层对比。 磁性地层学是最可靠和最适用的方法来实现这一点。 UNH的其他教师将使用该设施来增加他们对磁力测量，阿巴拉契亚构造，海平面变化和古含水层的地层结构的研究。 一些本科生和研究生班也将使用该设施进行动手实验练习。*

0086672ClydeThis grant provides partial funding for the development of a paleomagnetic laboratory at the University of New Hampshire. This laboratory will strengthen research activities at UNH in three general ways. It will (1) support the PI's research into magnetostratigraphy, (2) augment other University of New Hampshire faculty research programs in geophysics, tectonics, and stratigraphy, and (3) enhance the undergraduate and graduate curriculum. The laboratory will be outfitted with a SQUID-based spinner magnetometer, a dual-chamber thermal demagnetizer, an alternating-field demagnetizer, and a three-dimensional field compensation coil system in which to house and operate this equipment.At present there is no paleomagnetic facility in northern New England that is capable of measuring the remanent magnetization of weakly magnetized sediments. This laboratory will provide this capability to researchers at UNH and surrounding institutions. The primary research of the PI focuses on investigating the role that climatic and tectonic changes play in the evolution of mammals. This research requires the ability to make precise chronostratigraphic correlations among continental sections and between continental sections and marine sections. Magnetostratigraphy is the most reliable and applicable method to carry this out. Other faculty at UNH will use the facility to augment their research into magnetic surveying, Appalachian tectonism, eustatic sea-level changes, and the stratigraphic architecture of paleoaquifers. Several undergraduate and graduate classes will also use the facility for hands-on laboratory exercises.***