Upgrading of the Light Stable Isotope Geochemistry Facilities at University of California, Santa Cruz

9714263科赫这笔赠款为升级加州大学圣克鲁斯分校的稳定同位素比质谱仪(SIRMS)设施提供部分支持。资金将用于购买和开发一条从硅酸盐、氧化物和磷酸盐矿物中提取氧气的氟化真空线，以及一条在氢同位素分析之前对含水矿物进行热分解的感应炉真空线。这些新的分析能力将为最近聘用的PI Paul Koch提供必要的工具，以进行化石骨胶原、牙齿和土壤碳酸盐的稳定同位素分析，作为古生态调查的指标，这对理解新生代气候、生境和区域构造具有深远影响。***

9714263 Koch This grant provides partial support of the costs of upgrading the stable isotope ratio mass spectrometry (SIRMS) facility at the University of California, Santa Cruz. Funds will be used to purchase and develop a fluorination vacuum line for extraction of oxygen from silicate, oxide and phosphate minerals, and an induction furnace vacuum line for thermal decomposition of hydrous minerals prior to hydrogen isotopic analyses These new analytic capabilities will provide the recently hired PI, Paul Koch, with the necessary tools to conduct stable isotopic analyses of fossil bone collagen, teeth and soil carbonates as proxies in paleoecological investigations that have profound implications for understanding Cenozoic climate, habitats and regional tectonics. ***