MRI: Acquisition of a High Resolution Inductively Coupled Plasma Mass Spectrometer for Earth and Environmental Science Research at Texas A&M University

该主要研究仪器（MRI）奖将为高分辨率电感耦合等离子体质谱仪（HR-ICPMS）提供资金，以进一步实现德克萨斯州A M大学（TAMU）跨学科地球和环境科学研究的目标。购买该设备所提供的研究应用将在PI中发挥关键作用？研究和教学计划。HR-ICPMS提供的分析应用程序是必要的，并将增强和多样化未来的研究能力。此外，该仪器将使五个系和综合大洋钻探计划的至少十名教员受益。获得HR-ICPMS将使TAMU的研究人员更充分地参与跨学科研究，并加强本科生和研究生的教学，培训和学习。HR-ICPMS仪器将在目前正在建造并计划于2008年4月完工的260万美元地球化学设施中发挥重要作用。 新的HR-ICPMS仪器将使几个方面的研究成为可能：研究过去大气和海洋环流模式的变化与过去气候变化之间的关系，研究过去的海洋化学和温度，水圈中的示踪剂研究（同位素和元素），以及研究火成岩和变质岩的岩石成因。该仪器将通过对本科生和研究生的实验室培训使高等教育受益。一个干净的实验室和HR-ICPMS的收购建设将建立论文和工作经验，以及课程和相关的研究项目的广泛的机会。此外，来自得克萨斯州A M HR-ICPMS相关研究的科学成果将被纳入地质学和海洋学的各级课堂教学。前沿研究与课程修订/创新之间的这种直接联系是地球科学能够接触到更广泛公众的主要方式之一。

This Major Research Instrumentation (MRI) award will provide funding for a high resolution inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometer (HR-ICPMS) to further the goals of interdisciplinary Earth and Environmental Science research at Texas A&M University (TAMU). The research applications afforded by the acquisition of this equipment will play a critical role in the PIs? research and teaching programs. The analytical applications offered by the HR-ICPMS are required for and will enhance and diversify future research capabilities. In addition, the instrumentation will benefit at least ten faculty members in five departments and the Integrated Ocean Drilling Program. Acquiring a HR-ICPMS will more fully engage TAMU researchers in cross-disciplinary research, and enhance the teaching, training, and learning of undergraduate and graduate students. The HR-ICPMS instrument will play a prominent role in the $2.6M geochemistry facility that is currently under construction and scheduled for completion in April 2008. The new HR-ICPMS instrument will make possible several lines of research: studies of the relationship between changes in past patterns of atmospheric and ocean circulation and past climate change, studies of past ocean chemistry and temperatures, tracer studies (isotopic and elemental) in the hydrosphere, and studies of the petrogenesis of igneous and metamorphic rocks. The instrumentation will benefit higher education through laboratory training for undergraduate and graduate students. Construction of a clean lab and acquisition of the HR-ICPMS will establish a wide range of opportunities for thesis and work experience as well as coursework and associated research projects. In addition, scientific results derived from the Texas A&M HR-ICPMS-related research will be incorporated into all levels of classroom instruction of geology and oceanography. This direct linkage between cutting-edge research and curriculum revision/innovation is one of the primary ways in which the geosciences can reach the broader public.***