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

0086672克莱德这笔拨款为新罕布什尔大学古地磁实验室的发展提供了部分资金。这个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在磁地层学方面的研究，(2)加强新罕布什尔大学在地球物理学、构造学和地层学方面的其他教员研究项目，(3)加强本科生和研究生课程。该实验室将配备一个基于squid的旋转磁力计、一个双室热消磁器、一个交变场消磁器和一个三维场补偿线圈系统，用于容纳和操作该设备。目前，在新英格兰北部还没有能够测量弱磁化沉积物剩余磁化强度的古地磁设施。该实验室将为UNH和周边机构的研究人员提供这种能力。该项目主要研究气候和构造变化在哺乳动物进化中的作用。这项研究需要能够在大陆剖面之间以及大陆剖面与海洋剖面之间进行精确的年代地层对比。磁地层学是开展这一工作最可靠、最适用的方法。UNH的其他教员将利用该设施扩大他们在磁测量、阿巴拉契亚构造、海平面上升变化和古含水层地层结构方面的研究。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.***