MRI: Acquisition of a Quadrupole ICP-MS for Multidisciplinary Research, Research Training, and Education at Colgate University

该奖项为科尔盖特大学地质系提供了一项新的地球化学分析仪器的资助。这种被称为电感耦合质谱仪（ICP-MS）的新仪器可以测量各种材料中的化学元素。该设施将支持科尔盖特大学在物理和社会科学方面的研究和研究培训，以及纽约北部地区和其他地区主要本科学院的众多研究项目。项目包括研究地球内部的组成、火山岛链的形成、南极的冰运动、阿迪朗达克山脉的形成、火山湖、空气污染物、罗马考古遗址、气候变化在早期人类进化中的作用、芬格湖区路边泉水的质量和地表径流，以及旧石器时代艺术颜料的鉴定。这台新仪器延续了科尔盖特大学ICP-MS设备20年的历史。在资助期间，将有超过10名教师和50-80名学生研究人员使用该仪器。用户将与公众和科学界分享他们的研究，这证明了这一跨学科分析设施的广泛影响。ICP-MS也将成为高露洁和附近机构课程的基础设施，为许多本科生提供现代仪器的实践经验。高露洁大学地质系的新型四极电感耦合等离子体质谱仪（ICP-MS）将支持整个学院在物理和社会科学方面的研究和研究培训，以及在纽约北部地区和其他地区的主要本科学院的众多研究项目。项目包括调查地幔组成和海洋岛屿地球动力学、岩浆演化、南极phonolites的来源及其对冰盖运动的影响、阿迪朗达克岩石的岩石年代学、带状铁形成模拟过程、火山湖和热液系统、南极洲干谷的泥沙就位、冰川火山脊的形成、空气微粒的特征、帕埃斯图姆雅典娜神庙岩心的温度年代学，意大利考古遗址的屋顶瓦陶土的来源，古气候变化及其对早期人类进化的影响，芬格湖区路边泉水质量和地表径流的多年研究，以及旧石器时代艺术颜料的地球化学。该仪器的用户将通过出版物、会议报告和公众宣传向科学界传播他们的研究成果，与主要研究机构的科学家合作，并为他们的项目获得国家资助，这证明了这一跨学科分析设施的广泛影响。ICP-MS也将成为高露洁和附近机构课程的基础设施，为许多本科生提供现代仪器的实践经验。该奖项反映了美国国家科学基金会的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的知识价值和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。

This award provides funding to Colgate University Geology Department for a new geochemical analysis instrument. The new instrument, called an Inductively Coupled Mass Spectrometer or ICP-MS, measures chemical elements in various materials. The facility will support research and research training in the physical and social sciences at Colgate University, as well as at numerous research programs at predominantly undergraduate colleges in the upstate New York region and beyond. Projects include studies of the composition of Earth's interior, formation of volcanic island chains, ice movement in the Antarctic, the formation of the Adirondack Mountains, volcanic lakes, airborne contaminants, Roman archaeological sites, the role of climate change in early human evolution, roadside spring water quality and surface runoff in the Finger Lakes Region, and identification of Paleolithic art pigments. The new instrument extends the two-decade history of the ICP-MS facility at Colgate University. More than 10 faculty and 50-80 student investigators will use the instrument during the grant period. Users will share their research with the public and the scientific community, testament to the wide reach of this interdisciplinary analytical facility. The ICP-MS will also be a cornerstone facility for courses at Colgate and nearby institutions, providing hands-on experience with modern instrumentation for many undergraduates.The new quadrupole Inductively Coupled Plasma-Mass Spectrometer (ICP-MS) in the Colgate University Geology Department will support research and research training in the physical and social sciences across our institution, as well as in numerous research programs at predominantly undergraduate colleges in the upstate New York region and beyond. Projects include investigations into mantle compositions and ocean island geodynamics, magmatic evolution, provenance of Antarctic phonolites and their implications for ice sheet movement, petrochronology of Adirondack rocks, banded iron formation analog processes, volcanic lakes and hydrothermal systems, silt emplacement in the Dry Valleys of Antarctica, formation of glaciovolcanic ridges, characterization of airborne particulates, tephrochronology in cores from the Temple of Athena at Paestum, roof tile terracotta provenance from Italian archaeological sites, paleoclimate variations and implications for early hominid evolution, multi-year studies of roadside spring water quality and surface runoff in the Finger Lakes Region, and geochemistry of Paleolithic art pigments. Users of the instrument will disseminate their research to the scientific community through publications, conference presentations, and public outreach, collaborate with scientists at major research institutions, and receive national funding for their projects, testament to the wide reach of this interdisciplinary analytical facility. The ICP-MS will also be a cornerstone facility for courses at Colgate and nearby institutions, providing hands-on experience with modern instrumentation for many undergraduates.This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.