Hydrogeology Facilities
The hydrogeology laboratory
is equipped for field studies, laboratory experiments, and mathematical
modeling of ground-water flow and chemical reactions. Equipment includes:
- field
pumps (submersible and peristaltic)
- two
ISCO samplers
- combination
pressure transducers/thermistors
- turbidity
and EC sensors
- dataloggers
- pH/mV
and conductivity meters with pH, Eh, EC, Cl-,
Br-, and O2
electrodes
- hand-held
GPS unit
- water-level
indicators
- current
meter and wading rods
- stainless-steel
temperature probes
- digital
thermometer
- soil
augers
- autotitrator
- glove
box and glove bag
- autoclave
- electronic
balance
- multichannel
peristaltic pump
- four
rotators
- deionizer
units and still
- two
refrigerator/freezers
- Pentium
PCs with Ethernet connection
Other facilities in the Department of Earth and
Environmental Sciences include:
- X-ray diffractometer
- electron
microprobe
- a
computer lab with networked PCs and Macintoshes
- a
self-service rock-prep lab
- vehicles for field use.
- a new
facility for light stable isotopes
- an
inorganic/organic analytical facility with an inductively-coupled plasma
spectrophotometer; gas and liquid chromatographs with mass spectrometers;
a gas chromatograph with flame-ionization, electron-capture, and thermal
conductivity detectors; a high performance liquid chromatograph, a
UV/visible spectrophotometer, and a carbon analyzer
- a
microbial facility with laminar flow hoods, a fluorescence microscope,
spiral plating machine, automatic media dispenser, tissue-culture capability,
temperature-control chambers, ultra-centrifuge, and a stomacher.
ERTL also includes
a server and software for data handling and statistical analysis with
workstations, laser printers, and a color plotter.
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Updated 2 September 2008