Upgrade of Paleomagnetic Laboratory, University of Arizona

这笔奖金提供50%的资金，用于购买将在亚利桑那大学地球科学系古磁学实验室安装和操作的设备。大学承诺提供购置设备所需的剩余资金。该设备由计算机工作站、脉冲磁化器、磁化率和各向异性测量系统以及热退磁系统的重建部件组成。古地磁实验室从事各种各样的研究项目，目前的重点是了解从岩石古地磁测量中重建的延伸到地质过去的明显的极地漂移路径。更好地了解这些测量结果对拼凑大陆块体形成的历史具有重要意义。

This award provides 50 per cent funding for the purchase of equipment to be installed and operated in the Paleomagnetics Laboratory of the Department of Geosciences at the University of Arizona. The University is committed to providing the remaining funds necessary to acquire the equipment. The equipment consists of a computer workstation, a pulse magnetizer, a magnetic susceptibility and anisotropy meter system, and parts for rebuilding a thermal demagnetizer system. The Paleomagnetics Laboratory is engaged in a variety of research projects currently focussed on understanding the apparent polar wandering paths extending back through the geologic past as reconstructed from rock paleomagnetic measurements. A better understanding of these measurements has important implications for piecing together the history of the formation of continental masses.