Acquisition of Near-Surface Geophysical and Sampling Equipment for Earth Surface Processes and Quaternary Stratigraphic Research

该奖项通过主要研究仪器（MRI）计划获得，为波士顿大学购买一套近地表地球物理和采样设备的费用提供部分支持，用于研究第四纪沉积学和堰洲岛系统地层学、冰川地貌学和地质考古学。具体而言，将获得的仪器包括探地雷达系统（GPR）、拖车安装的液压钻芯系统和卡车，以及电子总测量系统。该设备的获得将促进对缅因州和马萨诸塞州全新世屏障形成的沉积过程的计划和正在进行的研究，对高纬度高山环境中第四纪冰川相的研究，以努力将任何观测到的气候信号与冰芯和深海沉积物中记录的其他经过充分研究和记录的千年气候事件联系起来。南极洲干谷中新世景观演化研究。***

0079588FitzGeraldThis award, made through the Major Research Instrumentation (MRI) Program, provides partial support of the costs of acquiring a suite of near-surface geophysical and sampling equipment for research on the Quaternary sedimentology and stratigraphy of barrier island systems, glacial geomorphology, and geoarchaeology at Boston University. Specifically, instrumentation to be acquired includes a ground penetrating radar system (GPR), a trailer mounted hydraulic drill core system and truck, and an electronic total survey system. Acquisition of this equipment will facilitate planned and ongoing research on the sedimentation processes responsible for the development of Holocene barriers in Maine and Massachusetts, studies of Quaternary glacial facies in high latitude alpine environments in an effort to correlate any observed climate signals to other well studied and documented millennial-scale climate events recorded in ice cores and deep marine sediments, and studies of the Miocene landscape evolution of the Dry Valleys of Antarctica.***