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Instrumentation at the Institute for Rock Magnetism 2025

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Students and staff of the 2024 Institute for Rock Magnetism Summer School standing on basalts next to the Saint Croix River in Interstate State Park

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Last updated on April 14, 2026 10:29am

Institute for Rock Magnetism

Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, 150 John T. Tate Hall, 116 Church St. SE, Minneapolis, MN 55455
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Institute for Rock Magnetism

The IRM is made possible through the Instrumentation and Facilities program of the National Science Foundation, Earth Science Division, and by funding from the University of Minnesota. Recent NSF funding information and resulting publications by grant: NSF-EAR 2153786.

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