Technician Support for the (U-Th)/He Dating Facility at Caltech

[00:91837 . farley]这项拨款为加州理工学院氦测年设备的技术员Lindsey Hedges提供了两年的部分工资支持。近年来，(U-Th)/He定年法的发展和应用取得了快速进展，He定年法已被证明为一系列重要的地球科学问题提供了定量的新见解。赫奇斯一直是加州理工学院He dating工作中不可或缺的一部分，特别是在促进合作和传播我们开发的技术细节方面。这个第二阶段的奖励将允许她继续1)继续负责He测年实验室的硬件和用品的日常维护，2)教育加州理工学院和外部社区的新用户如何准备和分析He测年样品，3)分析合作者提供的样品，4)准备、分发、分析和评估少量矿物标准，以便在快速增长的He测年社区中分发

0091837FarleyThis grant provides funds for two years of partial salary support for technician Lindsey Hedges in the helium dating facility at Caltech. The last few years have seen rapid progress in the development and application of (U-Th)/He dating, and He ages have been shown to provide quantitative new insights to a range of important Earth science problems. Hedges has been an integral part of He dating efforts at Caltech, particularly in promoting collaborations and in dissemination of the details of the techniques we have developed. This Phase II award will allow her to continue to 1) retain responsibility for day-to-day maintenance of hardware and supplies in the He dating laboratory, 2) educate new users from within Caltech and in the outside community in how to prepare and analyze He age samples, 3) analyze samples supplied by collaborators, and 4) prepare, distribute, analyze, and evaluate a small number of mineral standards for distribution within the rapidly growing He dating community.***