Facilities & Equipment

McCardell Bicentennial Hall, home to the geology department • Research Vessel R/V Baldwin • SEM (Scanning Electron Microscope) • Coulter Particle Size Analyzer • ICAP (Inductively Coupled Argon Plasma) • XRD (X-Ray Diffraction)

 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.