Analytical and Experimental Laboratories
Numerous laboratories and research facilities are at the disposal of department personnel. A few include, but are not limited to:
Multi-user Laboratories
Facility |
Location |
Description |
Contact |
| Electron Microprobe Laboratory | POST 621 | Micron-scale quantitative major and minor element analysis of minerals, glasses and other solid materials. | Julia Hammer |
| Isotope Biogeochemistry Laboratory | POST 724, 725, 726 | Stable isotope analyses of geologic and oceanographic samples including C, N and H isotope analyses of individual compounds. |
Brian Popp Natalie Wallsgrove |
| Isotope Laboratory | POST 637, 638, 604 | Radiogenic/Radioactive/Heavy-stable isotope analysis for volcanology, petrology, geochronology, paleooceanograpy and other applications. |
Ken Rubin Jasper Konter |
| MC-ICP-MS Laboratory | POST 630 | Isotope geochemisty and environmental chemistry by multi-collector plasma ionization mass spectrometry. | Ken Rubin Jasper Konter |
| Experimental Petrology Laboratory | POST 730 | Volcanology and petrology using experiments. | Julia Hammer |
| Physical Volcanology | POST 622, 623 | rock crushing and powdering. | Bruce Houghton |
| Seismic Processing and Analysis Laboratory | POST 834 | Computer hardware and software for processing and analysis of seismic reflection/refraction data. | Robert Dunn Greg Moore |
| Mineral Geochemistry Laboratory | POST 632 | Inorganic and biological mineral separation and processing for geochronology and isotope geochemistry. | Ken Rubin |