Acquisition of a New Electron Microprobe for the Department of Geology

0112641 Schiffman这笔赠款提供了部分支持的成本，获得一个新的电子微探针的地质系在加州大学戴维斯分校。主要研究人员均为地质系教学和研究人员。 私家侦探的，他们的学生和合作者将利用这一仪器进一步研究（1）镁铁质粘土矿物，palagonitization，和生物矿化， (2)会聚板块边缘的变质地质与构造;（3）区域变质作用与造山带构造， (4)火成过程的野外和实验研究;（5）矿物和陶瓷的热力学研究。 此外，新的电子显微探针将被地质系的许多其他研究人员以及化学，物理，化学工程和材料科学，农业工程，土地空气和水科学以及兽医学院的部门广泛使用。 虽然新的电子微探针将被安置在地质学系内并进行管理，但它将成为公认的校园范围内的分析设施的一部分，该设施可供加州大学戴维斯分校校园以及北方加州的其他学院，大学和研究机构的研究人员使用。***

0112641SchiffmanThis grant provides partial support of the costs of acquiring a new electron microprobe for the Department of Geology at the University of California, Davis. The Principal Investigators are all teaching and research faculty members in the Department of Geology. The P.I.'s, their students, and collaborators will utilize this instrument to further their research on (1) Mafic clay minerals, palagonitization, and biomineralization, (2) Metamorphic geology and tectonics of convergent plate margins, (3) Regional metamorphism and the tectonics of mountain belts, (4) Field and experimental studies in igneous processes, and (5) Thermodynamic studies of minerals and ceramics. In addition, the new electron microprobe will be used extensively by many other investigators in the Department of Geology, as well as the Departments of Chemistry, Physics, Chemical Engineering and Material Science, Agricultural Engineering, Land Air and Water Sciences, and the School of Veterinary Medicine. Although the new electron microprobe will be housed and administered within the Department of Geology, it will be part of a recognized campus-wide analytical facility that is available to researchers across the UC Davis campus as well as from other colleges, universities, and research organizations across Northern California. ***