Institute of Geosciences Sediment-drillcore Analytics & Palynological Facilities
X-ray fluorescence (XRF) core scanning
AVAATECH (GEN-4) XRF scanner equipped with an OXFORD ‘Neptune 5200’ series 100 W X-ray source with a Rhodium anode, a RAYSPEC SiriusSD 65mm2 Silicon Drift Detector, a BRIGHTSPEC Topaz-X Multichannel Analyzer, a colour line-scan camera, and an MS2E Bartington sensor for magnetic susceptibility measurements.
Requests for XRF scanning should be addressed to Dr. A. Koutsodendris or Prof. J. Pross.
Carbon-Nitrogen (CN) elemental analyzer
LECO CN828-MC elemental analyzer for carbon and nitrogen content determination in soils and sediments.
Requests for carbon and nitrogen analysis should be addressed to Dr. A. Koutsodendris or Prof. J. Pross.
Laboratories
Laboratories for:
- drillcore processing
- cryptotephra processing
- palynological processing (HF lab)
Requests for using the laboratories should be addressed to Dr. A. Koutsodendris or Prof. J. Pross.
Cold-storage facilities
Cold-storage facilities for sediment cores at +5 oC and -18 oC.
HTH sediment corer
The HTH sediment corer by Pylonex is capable of extracting up to 40-cm-long cores of unconsolidated sediment from lakes and marine environments.
Requests for using the sediment corer should be addressed to Dr. A. Koutsodendris or Prof. J. Pross.
Light microscopy
Microscopes with normal and fluorescence light for scientific and teaching purposes.
