Research Facilities
The Department of Earth Sciences is loosely divided into three working research divisions, with numerous laboratories and research facilities at the disposal of department personnel. However, many faculty and students also work across these disciplinary boundaries.
Analytical and Experimental 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. | Peng Jiang |
| 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, paleooceanography, and other applications. | Aaron Pietruszka Maksim Kuznetsov |
| 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 Sin-Mei Wu |
| Scaled Earth Laboratory | POST 835 | Analogue and scaled models of Earth, heating stage microscopy | Tom Shea |
Students are encouraged to take advantage of opportunities for cooperative, interdisciplinary research. Cooperative research is also carried out with other units of the University and federal laboratories in Hawaii. Some of these are: