Acquisition of Direct Current Plasma Emission Spectrometer

小行星9304133 该合同提供了购买直流等离子体发射光谱仪（DCP）系统所需资金的一半，该系统将在位于坦帕的南佛罗里达大学地质系安装和运行。该大学致力于提供收购所需的剩余资金。 DCP将成为几位教师及其学生研究活动的一个组成部分，他们需要对地质岩石和水样进行高精度的元素化学分析。他们目前的研究包括俯冲带火山岩和变质岩的地球化学研究，沉积物成岩作用期间的流体-岩石相互作用，生物碳酸盐的古气候重建以及海平面变化的地质记录。 ***

9304133 Ryan This award provides one-half the funding required for the acquisition of a direct current plasma emission spectrometer (DCP) system to be installed and operated in the Department of Geology at the University of South Florida in Tampa. The University is committed to providing the remaining funds needed for the acquisition. The DCP will be an integral part of the research activities of several faculty members and their students who require high precision elemental chemical analyses of geological rock and water samples. Their current investigations include geochemical studies of volcanic and metamorphic rocks from subduction zones, fluid- rock interactions during diagenesis of sediments, paleoclimate reconstructions from biotic carbonates, and the geological record of sea-level changes. ***