
McCardell Bicentennial Hall, home to the geology department
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Updated List of Geology Department Instrumentation
Leco TGA-701 for high-precision, automated measurements of moisture, organic matter, and carbonate content through LOI.
Horiba LA920 Laser Diffraction Particle Size Analyzer with autosampler
Konica-Minolta CM2600d color spectrophotometer with SpectraMagic NX software.
Thermo-Elemental IRIS 1000 DUO Inductively Coupled Plasma – Atomic Emission Spectrometer (ICP-AES) for geochemical analysis.
Siemens D-500 X-ray diffractometer with Jade software for studies of mineralogy.
Zeiss Model 940A Scanning Electron Microscope with EDS analyzer.
Thermo Flash EA1112 Soil Combustion Carbon/Nitrogen/Sulfur Analyzer with dual range analytic balance and Eager 300 software
Dedicated research vessel outfitted with modern oceanographic equipment including a CTD profiler, Edgetech Chirp sonar, Klein 3000 side-scan sonar, numerous piston and gravity corers, ADCPs, and LISST profilers.
Quantachrome Ultrapycnometer 1000 (UP) with PycWin software for precise determinations of sediment volume and density.
10 x 12-ft walk-in cold room for cold storage.