MRI: Acquisition of a Gravity Meter for Geophysical research and teaching

这项主要研究仪器（MRI）计划的资金将用于购买一台相对重力仪，以支持密苏里州立大学地质学和地球物理学的研究和研究培训，非博士学位。授予机构。重力仪将补充密苏里州立大学的其他地球物理成像设备（例如电阻率），并支持在区域利益研究的勘探地球物理技术方面的经验学习，从而培养他们未来在常规从事水、碳氢化合物和矿藏研究领域的就业能力，这是该提案的一个方面，符合国家科学基金会促进国家福利的使命。研究者将使用相对重力仪进行研究，试图确定热点火山环境和大陆火山岩浆的地下位置，确定密苏里州稀土矿床的几何形状和位置，以及确定地下岩溶特征和盆地结构的位置和研究。＊＊＊

1531745MickusFunding from this Major Research Instrumentation (MRI) Program grant will support acquisition of a relative gravimeter to support research and research training in geology and geophysics at Missouri State University, a non-Ph.D. granting institution. The gravimeter would complement other geophysical imaging equipment (e.g. resistivity) at Missouri State and support experiential learning in techniques in exploration geophysics for studies of regional interest thereby fostering their future employability in fields that routinely engage in water, hydrocarbon and mineral deposit studies, an aspect of the proposal that is congruent with NSFs mission of promoting the national welfare.The investigator will employ the relative gravimeter for studies that attempt to define the subsurface location of magmas in both hot spot volcanic settings and on continental volcanoes, definition of the geometry and location rare earth ore deposits in Missouri, and location and study of the subsurface karst features and basinal structures. ***