Campus: CSU Long Beach -- October 11, 2002 CSU Campuses Share
$170,000 National Science Foundation The fluid evolution of the
earth’s crust and origins of valuable deposits are just a few of
the areas that geological sciences faculty members at the
California State University, Long Beach and Fullerton campuses
will be able to study with a new mass spectrometer funded by a
$170,000 grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF).
Samples of materials such as rocks, minerals or water are placed
into the gas-source isotope-ratio mass spectrometer, which will
be located at a new laboratory at CSULB, said Gregory J. Holk,
grant team leader. Other faculty members on the team are James
C. Sample and Richard J. Behl, as well as Diane Clemens-Knott of
Cal State Fullerton. Scientists can learn a great deal about an
area’s geological history by examining the chemical signatures
of tested materials. “My area of expertise is stable isotope
geochemistry and the type of research I do involves
understanding the role of aque