Development of Light Stable Isotope Capabilities

该奖项提供购买所需资金的一半 装配提取系统所需的硬件组件 用于从硅酸盐岩石中获取氢和氧样品， 矿物同位素分析。建设提取 行和他们的操作将在该部进行 俄勒冈州州立大学的地质学， 承担项目剩余费用。 从新的实验室获得的氢气和氧气样品 将在质谱仪中分析提取线 在俄勒冈州的海洋学学院 大学同位素数据对于表征和 了解大规模的岩浆和热液系统 大陆地壳

This award provides one-half the funds necessary to purchase the hardware components necessary to assemble extraction systems for obtaining hydrogen and oxygen samples from silicate rocks and minerals for isotope analysis. Construction of the extraction lines and their operation will be performed in the Department of Geology at Oregon State University, which will assume responsibility for the remaining costs of the project. The hydrogen and oxygen gas samples obtained from the new extraction lines will be analyzed in a mass spectrometer available in the School of Oceanography at Oregon State University. The isotope data are essential to characterize and understand large magma and hydrothermal systems in the continental crust.