Facilities
Housed in beautiful Clapp Laboratories, the Department of Geology and Geography maintains state-of-the-art laboratories for research and instruction
in geochemistry, petrology, and geographic information systems. See below
for examples. We also have our own computer lab, weather station, 12 passenger
van, camping gear, and a wide array of field equipment.
Stable Isotope Lab
A geochemistry laboratory fully equipped tocollect carbon dioxide from
carbonates and from combusted graphite and organic materials. More
about the Stable Isotope Lab.
GeoProcessing Laboratory (GPL)
A state of the art facility featuring Geographic Information Systems
and Remote Sensing technologies. Read more
about GPL.
Quaternary-Holocene Geology and Lake Research Laboratory
A well-equipped research lab primarily for the analysis of sediment
cores from lakes. Work in this lab is used to unravel climate over the
past 15,000 years.
Rock Lab
The Department maintains a complete rock preparation facility, including
slabbing saws, trim saws, Hilquist thin sectioning equipment, and thin
section polishing laps. We also have a drill press for coring rock samples
and a large polishing table.
Scanning Electron Microscope
The Biology and Geology and Geography Departments maintain an FEI
Instruments Quanta 200 "environmental" scanning electron microscope.
Purchased in 2003, this microscope is equipped with an EDAX Phoenix
Pro Energy Dispersive Spectrometer system and X-ray analysis software.
This lab is equipped with a variety of sample preparation equipment
and supplies.
Petrographic Microscope Laboratory
The Department maintains a microscopy laboratory with 12 new Leica
DMEP petrographic microscopes, a variety of student grade Olympus and
Nikon micrscopes, and several research grade petrographic microscopes
(including a digital camera and video with monitor) for use by students
and faculty in classes and research.
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