Femtosecond laser micropyrolysis gas chromatograph-mass spectrometer

本项目旨在建立飞秒激光微热解气相色谱质谱联用仪。该设施将有能力选择性地分析非常小的岩石学上可识别的有机成分，从而弥合有机岩石学和有机地球化学之间的分析差距。该项目旨在了解生命的早期演化、生物圈对生物大灭绝的响应、油藏中流体的运移、页岩气储层中有机质的非均质性以及生物矿物和显微矿物中大分子的组成。该设施将为澳大利亚在地球科学和地球生物学方面的广泛理论和应用问题做出贡献。

This project aims to build a femtosecond-laser, micropyrolysis gas-chromatographmass spectrometer. The facility will have the capability to selectively analyse very small petrographically-recognisable organic components, hence bridging the analytical gap between organic petrography and organic geochemistry. The project aims to understand the early evolution of life, the response of the biosphere to mass extinction, the migration of fluids in petroleum reservoirs, the heterogeneity of organic matter in shale gas reservoirs, and the composition of macromolecules in biominerals and macerals. The facility will contribute to a broad range of Australia’s theoretical and applied problems in geoscience and geobiology.