Acquisition of an Automated Carbonate Preparation System for Isotopic Determinations

该合同将提供购买自动碳酸盐制备系统所需的一半资金，该系统将与现有的气源同位素比质谱仪连接并集成。此次收购的额外资金已由科罗拉多大学承诺。这些设备将主要由地质科学系和北极与高山研究所（INSTAAR）的教师和学生使用。自动化制备系统将大大增加可处理样品的数量，从而降低每个样品的成本。该设备支持的研究项目涵盖了广泛的主题，包括古气候研究、基于珊瑚研究的近期气候变化、碳酸盐成岩作用和古生代古海洋学。

This award will provide for half the funds necessary to acquire an automated carbonate preparation system which will be attached to and integrated with an existing gas source isotope ratio mass spectrometer. The additional funds for this acquisition have been committed by the University of Colorado. The equipment will be used primarily by faculty and students in the Department of Geological Sciences and the Institute of Arctic and Alpine Research(INSTAAR). The automated preparation system will make it possible to increase greatly the number of samples that can be processed,thereby lowering costs per sample. Research projects to be supported by this equipment cover a broad range of topics including paleoclimate studies,recent climate changes based on studies of corals,carbonate diagenesis,and Paleozoic paleooceanography.