Facilities

As a student in the department, you will have access to a wide variety of facilities and technical tools related to their particular field such as:

Computer Labs	A number of computer labs are available for student use. Geological/petrological, statistical, GIS (ARCInfo and other software), image processing and cartographic software packages are also available.
Rock Prep Lab	A lab with rock saws and other equipment is available for specimen production.
Microscope Lab	Several rooms with research microscopes are available. Equipment includes: Nikon Eclipse LV Pol 100 microscope for highest level of optical quality, operability and stability for polarizing microscopy Leica Z16 APO macroscope: Manual 16:1 Macroscope for detailed documentation, measurement and evaluation Digital Sight DS-2Mv camera (works on both the microscope and microscope) Olympus BX51-P microscope with Petrog automatic counting stage
Hydrology Lab	A state-of-the-art stream simulation table is available for research purposes
Core Lab Facility	The core lab has an OFITE Spectral Gamma Ray Logger (SGR-74)
Handheld XRF/XRD	A handheld Brucker XRF and a portable TERRA XRD/XRF analyzer are available
Paleontology Lab	A small paleontology lab is available with storage and limited preparation facilities
Rock Strength Equipment	2 Equotip portable hardness tester (Model: EQUOTIP BAMBINO 2) to estimate rock strength Hand-held indentation devices to estimate rock strength PLT-110 DIGITAL POINT LOAD TESTING SYSTEM. Digital Point Load TestingApparatus to measure the point load strength index PLT-100-ULT ULTRASONIC VELOCITY MEASUREMENT SYSTEM: Ultrasonic Velocity test system for automatic measurements of P wave velocities through rock specimens Morehouse Calibration 225,000 pound Load Cell installed on the GCTS 1000 kN (224809 pound) Unconfined Testing System
Low-T Geochemistry Lab	A SpectroBLUE TI Inductively Coupled Plasma- Optical Emission Spectrometer (ICP-OES) with Teledyne ASX-560 autosampler Bruker MultiMode 8 Atomic Force Microscope (AFM) TA Instrument Q600 Simultaneous Thermogravimetric/Differential Scanning Calorimeter (TGA/DSC) Elementar vario EL cube CHNS elemental analyzer Bruker Alpha II FTIR spectrometer Horiba Scientific Duetta Fluorescence/Absorbance Spectrometer ThermoScientific Evolution 220 UV-Vis Spectrophotometer ThermoScientific Barnstead SMART2PURE water system Milestone ETHOSUP High performance Microwave Digestion System SRI 8610C Greenhouse Gas (CO2, CH4, N2O) analyzer with H2 generator Marvel Scientific -20 oC lab freezer Marvel Scientific Lab refrigerator Fisher Scientific ISOTEMP lab oven Lindberg BLUE M Tube Furnace Fisher Scientific Model EXD Centrifuge MBraun MB10 compact glovebox RADWAG MYA2.4Y microbalance VWR 28L Thermostatted waterbath Geonics EM38-MKII Ground Conductivity meter Multiple Flow Adsorption Microcalorimeters