Acquisition of a High Resolution Inductively Coupled Plasma-Mass Spectrometer (HR-ICP-MS) for the Central Gulf Coast Region

9870954席勒这项授予南密西西比大学的主要研究仪器奖为环境分析研究提供了一种高分辨率的电感耦合等离子质谱仪。它将特别用于极低浓度的化学物种的分析，预计研究重点将是研究河流和海洋系统中的金属迁移和循环、生物金属的吸收和毒性、沉积物污染、风化和俯冲带过程的地球化学研究以及沉积物成岩作用。该设施将由斯坦尼斯航天中心园区的USM管理，并与其他多所地区性大学的研究人员合作进行研究。该项目由美国国家科学基金会海洋科学部和地球科学部联合支持，EPSCoR计划提供补充支持。南密西西比大学将为项目总成本的30%提供成本分摊支持。***

9870954 Shiller This Major Research Instrumentation award to University of Southern Mississippi provides a high resolution inductively coupled plasma-mass spectrometer for study of environmental analysis. It will be particularly used in the analysis of chemical species at extremely low concentrations, and research is expected to focus on study of metal transport and cycling in river and oceanic systems, biotic metal uptake and toxicity, sediment contamination, geochemical study of weathering and subduction zone processes, and sediment diagenesis. The facility will be managed by USM on the Stennis Space Center campus, with collaboration in research from investigators at a variety of other regional universities. The project is supported jointly by the Division of Ocean Sciences and Division of Earth Sciences at NSF, with supplementary support from the EPSCoR program. University of Southern Mississippi will provide cost-share support for 30% of total project costs. ***