Upgrading the Paleomagnetic Research Facility at the University of Pittsburgh

该奖项提供了购置交变磁场消磁系统所需资金的一半，该系统将在匹兹堡大学地质和行星科学系安装和运行。大学承诺提供剩余的资金。匹兹堡的古磁学研究实验室需要消磁系统，在那里它将用于确定岩石、矿物和其他自然磁化样品的剩磁方向和强度。交变磁场退磁是一种基本技术，用于隔离样品经过磁清洗或退磁后留下的有意义的剩磁信号。匹兹堡的实验室正在用磁地层学方法测定非洲经典古人类化石遗址的年代，并应用古地磁来解释全球构造。

This award provides one-half the funds needed for the acquisition of an alternating field demagnetizer system to be installed and operated in the Department of Geology and Planetary Science at the University of Pittsburgh. The University is committed to providing the remaining funds. The demagnetizer system is needed in the Paleomagnetic Research Laboratory at Pittsburgh where it will be used in determining the direction and intensity of the remanent magnetism of rock, mineral and other naturally magnetized samples. Alternating field demagnetization is a basic technique used to isolate the meaningful remanent magnetic signal left after the sample has been magnetically cleaned or demagnetized. The laboratory at Pittsburgh is engaged in dating classic hominid fossil sites in Africa with the magnetostratigraphic method and in the application of paleomagnetism to the interpretation of global tectonics.