Acquisition of an Automated Carbonate Preparation Device    (Isotope Ratio Mass Spectrometry) for Studies of            Paleoceanography, Geochemistry & Marine Biology
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This proposal requests funds to purchase an Automated                      Carbonate Preparation Device (ACPD) for attachment to a new                     Finnigan-MAT Delta E light stable isotope mass spectrometer at                  the University of California, Santa Barbara.  The ACPD will                     enable large numbers of carbonate samples to be analyzed for                    oxygen and carbon isotopic composition very rapidly,                            efficiently and with high precision.                                                                                                                                 The labortory is to be used for oxygen and carbon isotopic                 studies as applied to paleoceanography/paleoclimatology/                        stratigraphy; sediment diagensis; paleoecology of mollusca;                     stromatolite geochemistry and isotopic changes at the Cambrian/                 Precambrian boundary; carbonatites, marine biology and other                    studies on carbonate materials.                                                                                                                                      The ACPD has been loaned by Finnigan-MAT until December                     31,1988, at which time it must be purchased or returned.  We                   needed to be convinced that this system works and, thus,                        conducted intensive calibration and precision tests related to                  a wide range of standards.  These have been highy satisfactory                  and we are already making extensive use of the facility which                   will be crucial for our future proposed research programs.
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{'Code': '162000', 'Text': 'Marine Geology and Geophysics'}
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