Acquisition of a Gas Source Isotope Ratio Mass Spectrometer

[0216017 . holk]该主要研究仪器（MRI）合同将为加利福尼亚州立大学长滩地质科学系（CSULB）气源同位素比质谱仪的采购和安装提供部分支持。该质谱仪将使CSULB和加州州立大学富勒顿分校（CSUF）的稳定同位素研究人员组成的联盟能够实施研究项目。使用该仪器进行的研究领域包括水文地质学、地球地壳的流体演化、岩浆的起源、矿床、沉积盆地的成岩过程以及水对变形过程的影响。涉及稳定同位素的研究机会现在将提供给本科生，这项技术将被纳入CSULB和CSUF提供的许多地球化学、岩石学和水文学课程。因此，该仪器预计将立即产生影响，为美国最大的教育机构加州州立大学以及西海岸人口最多、种族最多样化的大都市区的教学和研究需求提供服务

0216017HolkThis Major Research Instrumentation (MRI) award will provide partial support for the acquisition and installation of a gas-source isotope-ratio mass spectrometer in the Department of Geological Sciences at California State University, Long Beach (CSULB).. This mass spectrometer will enable research projects to be implemented by a consortium of stable isotope researchers at CSULB and California State University, Fullerton (CSUF). Areas of research to be carried out using this instrumentation include hydrogeology, the fluid evolution of the crust of the Earth, the origin of magmas, ore deposits, diagenetic processes in sedimentary basins, and the effect of water on deformational processes. Research opportunities involving stable isotopes will now be available to undergraduate students and this technology will be incorporated into the curriculum of many courses offered in geochemistry, petrology, and hydrology both at CSULB and CSUF. Thus, this instrument is expected to have immediate impact by servicing the teaching and research needs of the California State University, the largest educational establishment in the United States, as well as the most populous and ethnically diverse metropolitan area on the West Coast.***