Laboratory Technician Support: Luminescence Geochronology

该奖项的研究活动包括对从潮湿的中部大陆到北美大盆地，再到中国和南非的河流系统的一系列环境中河流和沙丘景观形成过程的基础地质年代学研究。这些合作项目解决了人类与景观互动、自然灾害和可持续性的影响，因此具有为政策和管理决策提供信息的巨大潜力。这笔资金支持沙漠研究所E.L.的全职技术人员。线发光实验室（DRILL）。技术人员对于更好地为用户社区服务、培训访问学生和科学家、维护DRILL以及及时完成项目至关重要。DRILL致力于发光研究，这是一种地质测年技术，使地质年代学家能够确定沉积物和一些文物的埋藏年龄。 该奖项还促进了发光测年的基础研究和访问学生和科学家的培训。 该项目的目标是进一步发展DRI发光实验室（DRILL），以更好地服务于地质年代学用户社区，并通过全职技术人员的支持成为发光学学习中心。该奖项所支持的研究活动包括景观演变和过程地貌学的基础研究，以及技术开发，包括直接测定火山玻璃的年龄和扩展发光数据，以了解地貌过程，如河流中的沉积物运输和山坡上的颗粒混合。其目标是更好地为那些在项目中需要发光测年的人提供服务，并培训下一代发光从业者。

The research activities enabled by this award include fundamental geochronological research on landscape forming processes in river and dune landscapes over a range of environments from the humid mid-continent to the Great Basin of North America, to river systems in China and South Africa. These collaborative projects address the impacts of human-landscape interaction, natural hazards, and sustainability and thereby have significant potential for informing decisions regarding policy and management. This funding supports a full time technician for the Desert Research Institute E.L. Cord Luminescence Laboratory (DRILL). The technician is critical to better serving the user community, training of visiting students and scientists, maintenance of the DRILL, and timely completion of projects. The DRILL is dedicated to luminescence research, which is a geological dating technique that enables geochronologists to define the burial age of sediments and some artifacts. This award also facilitates fundamental research in luminescence dating and training of visiting students and scientists. The goal of this project is to farther develop the DRI Luminescence Laboratory (DRILL) to better serve the geochronology user community and to become a center of learning about luminescence through the support of a full time technician. The research activities enabled by this award include fundamental research on landscape evolution and process geomorphology in addition to technique development including directly dating volcanic glass and the extension of luminescence data to understanding geomorphic processes such as sediment transport in rivers and particle mixing on hillslopes. The goals are to better serve those needing luminescence dating in their projects and training the next generation of luminescence practitioners.