NSF Award Search: Award # 0517313

Award Abstract # 0517313

Technician Support: Geochemistry Laboratories at the University of Pittsburgh, Phase II

NSF Org:	EAR Division Of Earth Sciences
Recipient:	UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH - OF THE COMMONWEALTH SYSTEM OF HIGHER EDUCATION
Initial Amendment Date:	September 13, 2005
Latest Amendment Date:	August 6, 2007
Award Number:	0517313
Award Instrument:	Continuing Grant
Program Manager:	David Lambert EAR Division Of Earth Sciences GEO Directorate for Geosciences
Start Date:	September 15, 2005
End Date:	August 31, 2008 (Estimated)
Total Intended Award Amount:	$0.00
Total Awarded Amount to Date:	$95,313.00
Funds Obligated to Date:	FY 2005 = $46,951.00 FY 2006 = $48,362.00
History of Investigator:	Rosemary Capo (Principal Investigator) rcapo@pitt.edu Brian Stewart (Co-Principal Investigator)
Recipient Sponsored Research Office:	University of Pittsburgh 4200 FIFTH AVENUE PITTSBURGH PA US 15260-0001 (412)624-7400
Sponsor Congressional District:	12
Primary Place of Performance:	University of Pittsburgh 4200 FIFTH AVENUE PITTSBURGH PA US 15260-0001
Primary Place of Performance Congressional District:	12
Unique Entity Identifier (UEI):	MKAGLD59JRL1
Parent UEI:
NSF Program(s):	Instrumentation & Facilities
Primary Program Source:	app-0105 app-0106
Program Reference Code(s):	0000, OTHR
Program Element Code(s):	158000
Award Agency Code:	4900
Fund Agency Code:	4900
Assistance Listing Number(s):	47.050

ABSTRACT

EAR-0517313
Capo

This Phase II award provides two years of partial research laboratory technician support in the Department of Geology and Planetary Science Geochemistry Facility at the University of Pittsburgh. The facilities comprise sample preparation, clean chemistry, and instrumentation laboratories; major instruments include an inductively coupled plasma-atomic emission spectrometer (ICP-AES) and an NSF-funded multicollector thermal ionization mass spectrometer (TIMS). The laboratories support the research of the principal investigators as well as numerous collaborators on NSF-, NASA-, and DOE-funded projects ranging from the geochemistry of coal mine drainage to soil evolution, paleoclimate records, paleosol chronology and evolution, marine sediment geochemistry, and environmental tracer studies. The technician supported by this award is responsible for day-to-day operation of the labs, processing and analysis of samples from multiple PI-led investigations, supervision of undergraduate laboratory assistants, maintenance of equipment, training of collaborators and undergraduate and graduate student researchers, and assistance with course-related lab projects.

PUBLICATIONS PRODUCED AS A RESULT OF THIS RESEARCH

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Cole, R. B. and Stewart, B. W. "Continental margin volcanism at sites of spreading ridge subduction: Examples from southern Alaska and western California" Tectonophysics , v.464 , 2008 , p.118 10.1016/j.tecto.2007.12.005

Ewing, S. A., Yang, W., DePaolo, D. J., Michalski, G., Kendall, C., Stewart, B. W., Thiemens, M., and Amundson, R. "Non-biological fractionation of stable Ca isotopes in soils of the Atacama Desert, Chile" Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta , v.72 , 2008 , p.1096 10.1016/j.gca.2007.10.029

Homsey, L. K. and Capo, R. C. "Integrating geochemistry and micromorphology to identify feature function at Dust Cave, a Paleoindian through Middle Archaic site in northwest Alabama" Geoarchaeology , v.21 , 2006 , p.261 10.1002/gea.20103

Homsey, L. K., and Capo, R.C. "Integrating geochemistry and micromorphology to identify feature function at Dust Cave, a Paleoindian through Middle Archaic site in Northwest Alabama" Geoarcheology , v.21 , 2006 , p.237

Kairies, C. L., Capo, R. C., and Watzlaf, G. R. "Chemical and physical properties of iron hydroxide precipitates associated with passively treated coal mine drainage in the Bituminous Region of Pennsylvania and Maryland" Applied Geochemistry , v.20 , 2005 , p.1445 10.1016/j.apgeochem.2005.04.009

Kairies, C.L., Capo, R.C., Watzlaf, G. R. "Chemical and physical properties of iron hydroxide precipitates associated with passively treated coal mine drainage in the bituminous region of Pennsylvania and Maryland" Applied Geochemistry , v.20 , 2005 , p.1445

Liu, R., Wolfe, A. L., Dzombak, D. A., Horwitz, C. P., Stewart, B. W., and Capo, R. C. "Electrochemical study of hydrothermal and sedimentary pyrite dissolution" Applied Geochemistry , v.23 , 2008 , p.2724 10.1016/j.apgeochem.2008.06.005

Liu, R., Wolfe, A. L., Dzombak, D. A., Stewart, B. W., and Capo, R. C. "Comparison of dissolution under oxic acid drainage conditions for eight sedimentary and hydrothermal pyrite samples" Environmental Geology , v.56 , 2008 , p.171 10.1007/s00254-007-1149-0

Wolfe, A. L., Liu, R., Stewart, B. W., Capo, R. C., and Dzombak, D. A. "A method for generating uniform size-segregated pyrite particle fractions" Geochemical Transactions , v.8 , 2007 10.1186/1467-4866-8-9

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