This $185,094 National Science Foundation award under the Geosciences program (CFDA 47.050) will fund the acquisition of an energy dispersive spectrometer and carbon coater for a field emission scanning electron microscope facility at the University of California, Berkeley. The new analytical equipment will enhance the university's research capabilities in areas such as volcano petrology, igneous petrology, and mantle geochemistry by enabling rapid multi-scale geochemical mapping and analysis of samples. The award will also support development of open-source Python tools to facilitate interpretation of spatial chemical data. Funding is provided through July 15, 2022 to December 31, 2023 to strengthen basic research understanding of integrated Earth system processes, in line with the NSF's mission.
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