Acquisition of a Direct Current Plasma Spectrometer

该合同提供了购买一台直接耦合等离子体光谱仪所需的50%资金，该光谱仪将在北卡罗来纳大学教堂山分校的地质系安装和运行。北卡罗来纳大学承诺提供剩余的必要资金。该仪器将主要用于分析地质样品，如火成岩、沉积岩、沉积物和孔隙水。首席研究员、校园同事以及杜克大学和北卡罗莱纳州立大学的同事预计将是最频繁的用户。他们中的许多人积极参与国家科学基金会支持的研究项目，研究火成岩作用、大陆演化、沉积学、沉积物化学蚀变、古海洋学和环境地质学。

This award provides 50% funding required for the acquisition of a direct-coupled plasma spectrometer to be installed and operated in the Department of Geology at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. The University of North Carolina is committed to providing the remaining funds necessary. The instrument will be used primarily in the analysis of geological samples such as igneous rocks, sedimentary rocks, sediments, and pore waters. The Principal Investigator, on-campus colleagues, and colleagues from Duke University and North Carolina State University are expected to be the most frequent users. Many of these investigators are actively involved in research projects supported by the National Science Foundation for studies in igneous petrogenesis, continental evolution, sedimentology, chemical alteration of sediments, paleoceanography, and environmental geology.