Research stay abroad Utrecht - PANDA project

The PANDA project (project number 334622) investigates anomalous middle Paleozoic Earth's magnetic field behaviour. The research stay abroad was initially planned within the PANDA project to be undertaken by the PhD student, and listed as milestone M3. Due to delays in the progress of the PhD student, the research stay will now be undertaken by the PI of the project (Annique van der Boon), in order to reach the goals of the project. The research stay abroad is crucial for the success of PANDA, as it will provide access to specialised equipment and expertise that is not available in Norway. Utrecht University is a world-leading laboratory with advanced instrumentation and strong expertise in paleointensity experiments and micromagnetic analyses, and the research stay abroad will be undertaken in order to constrain magnetizations of middle Paleozoic rocks, which are complex and weak. During the research stay abroad, the PI will determine Silurian and Devonian paleointensities using a robotised magnetometer necessary for the pseudo-Thellier and Tsunakawa-Shaw paleointensity methods, as well as perform micromagnetic measurements using the Quantum Diamond Microscope (QDM).