Upgrade Package for the Department of Geology's Electron Microprobe

9419373希夫曼该奖项提供一半的资金，用于升级加州大学戴维斯分校地质系安装和运行的电子微探针系统。该机构承诺提供开展该项目所需的剩余资金。升级将包括更换操作系统计算机和对机器的成像系统进行改进。这次升级是进行一些研究和教学项目所必需的，这些项目需要现代电子探针的分析能力。研究课题包括洋壳和陆地地热系统中粘土矿物的热液变质作用，阿拉斯加和南美洲增生棱柱和弧前地区的变质地质，内华达山脉和方济各坎杂岩中的低级变质作用，高温高压下硅酸盐体系的相平衡和动力学，硅酸盐熔体的性质。此外，加州大学戴维斯分校化学系、材料科学系、土壤系和兽医学院的学生和教职员工也使用电子探针。***

9419373 Schiffman This award provides one-half the funding for the upgrade of an electron microprobe system housed and operated in the Department of Geology at the University of California at Davis. The institution is committed to providing the remaining funds necessary to carry out the project. The upgrade will consist of replacing the operating system computer and making improvements to the machine's imaging system. The upgrade is necessary to carry out a number of research and teaching projects requiring the analytical capabilities of a modern electron microprobe. Research topics include hydrothermal metamorphism of clay minerals in the oceanic crust and terrestrial geothermal systems, the metamorphic geology of accretionary prisms and forearc regions in Alaska and South America, low-grade metamorphism in the Sierra Nevada and Franciscan complexes, phase equilibria and kinetics of silicate systems at elevated temperatures and pressures, properties of silicate melts. In addition, the electron microprobe at UC-Davis is used by students and staff from the departments of chemistry, material sciences, soils, and the School of Veterinary Medicine. ***