Acquisition of a Precision Isotope Ratio Mass Spectrometer

该奖项将提供所需资金的一半 购买一台精密同位素比质谱仪， 斯克里普斯海洋学研究所 位于圣地亚哥的加州。仪器将被放置， 在斯克里普斯分析机构运行， 可供加州大学圣地亚哥分校成员研究使用 校园 斯克里普斯的首席研究员和她的同事 处于稳定同位素变异研究的前沿 海底热液喷口和溶解在海洋中的气体 水、天然冰和沉积物。同位素分析表明 通过这种设备的采购可能会导致知识 气体的深层起源及其在海洋中的作用， 沉积盆地和大气化学。

This award will provide one-half of the funds required to purchase a precision isotope ratio mass spectrometer for the Scripps Institution of Oceanography at the University of California in San Diego. The instrument will be housed and operated in the Scripps Analytical Facility where it will be available for research use by members of the UC-San Diego campus. The Principal Investigator and her colleagues at Scripps are at the forefront of research on stable isotope variations in submarine hydrothermal vents and gases dissolved in sea water, natural ice and sediments. The isotope analyses made possible by this equipment acquisition will lead to knowledge about the deep origins of gases and their role in ocean, sedimentary basin, and atmospheric chemistry.