Website
http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/API/grants/LE100100064
Funding Status
Closed
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Funded Activity Summary
A facility for sensitive and precise isotopic dating of the earth's and extraterrestrial rocks. SPIDE2R will be a new generation mass spectrometer for very precise and sensitive dating and forensics applications in earth and planetary sciences, hydrology, climate studies, and nuclear and archaeological fingerprinting. The unprecedented sensitivity of this unique instrument will provide enhanced capabilities for solving long-standing problems requiring precise geological time resolution, as well as opening new areas of research. It will be the instrument of choice for analysing small, rare samples such as those returned by space missions. The Australian-built high sensitivity source and ion detection systems can be retrofitted onto other mass spectrometers, opening a new area of commercialisation.Funded Activity Details
Start Date: 09-2010
End Date: 12-2010
Funding Scheme: Linkage Infrastructure, Equipment and Facilities
Funding Amount: $450,000.00
Funder: Australian Research Council
Research Topics
ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)
Planetary Science (excl. Extraterrestrial Geology) | Geology | Geochronology | Isotope Geochemistry
