Acquisition of a Superconducting Rock Magnetometer

小行星9708576 这笔赠款提供76，350美元，作为德克萨斯大学古地磁实验室购买新超导岩石磁力计（SRM）成本的一半支持。 所要求的仪器将取代一个过时的（1976年）和越来越不可靠的ScT仪器SRM，已在UT连续服务超过20年。 将购买的2-G型755 R SRM配备了DC SQUIDS，其灵敏度和动态范围比现有仪器高出一个数量级，可以分析弱磁化沉积物和岩石。 这一新仪器将支持各种科学调查，包括对板块运动的古地磁研究以及利用磁性地层学确定化石地点日期的古人类学和考古学研究。 该设施还将作为多名研究生的教育工具，并作为需要对样品进行磁性分析的调查人员的区域资源。 ***

9708576 Gose This grant provides $76,350 as one-half support of the cost of acquiring a new superconducting rock magnetometer (SRM) for the Paleomagnetics Laboratory at the University of Texas. The requested instrument will replace an antiquated (vintage 1976) and increasingly unreliable ScT instruments SRM that has been in continuous service at UT for over 20 years. The 2-G model 755R SRM that will be purchased is equipped with DC SQUIDS which provide over an order of magnitude greater sensitivity and greater dynamic range than their current instrument allowing analysis of weakly magnetized sediments and rocks. This new instrument will support a diverse range of scientific investigations including paleomagnetic studies of plate motions and paleoanthropological and archaeological studies that take advantage of magnetostratigraphy to date fossil localities. This facility will also serve as an educational tool for multiple graduate students and as a regional resource for investigators requiring magnetic analyses of samples. ***