MRI: Acquisition of an Electron Microprobe for UCSB Researchers and Educators

这笔重大研究仪器(MRI)赠款中的HackerFunds将支持加州大学圣巴巴拉分校地壳研究所和地球科学系购买最先进的电子微探针。新的电磁脉冲将服务于美国国家科学基金会资助的广泛研究，这些研究将因天然材料的亚微米成分成像能力而得到提升。PI研究依赖于精密地温气压测量技术的造山带隆起史，以及大陆地壳成因、岩浆室动力学和演化以及微生物-矿物相互作用的研究，都将受益于最先进的电子探针。更广泛的影响包括研究生培训和人口稠密的南加州地区新的电磁脉冲设施的地区影响。

0923552HackerFunds from this Major Research Instrumentation (MRI) grant will support the acquisition of a state-of-the-art electron microprobe for the Institute for Crustal Studies and Department of Earth Sciences at the University of California Santa Barbara. The new EMP will serve a broad range of NSF funded research that will be advanced by the capability for submicron compositional imaging of natural materials. PI studies of the uplift history of orogens that rely on precision geothermobarometric techniques, and studies of continental crustal genesis, magma chamber dynamics and evolution, and microbial-mineral interactions will all benefit from a state-of-the-art electron probe. Broader impacts include graduate student training and the regional impact of a new EMP facility in the populous southern California region.