Facilities
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Carbon-14
Benzene Synthesis and Carbon-14 Laboratory Facility for carbon-14 dating by liquid scintillation counting. CO2 gas is released from the sample by compustion (organics) or acidification…
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Experimental Petrology Lab
The experimental petrology laboratory is overseen by Dr. Allen Glazner and houses 1 Deltech gas mixing furnace and 1 microscope heater stage for magma analog experiments. …
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Geochronology and Isotope Geochemistry
Geochronology and Isotope Geochemistry Laboratory The Geochronology and Isotope Geochemistry Lab at UNC is a fully functional geochemistry laboratory overseen by Dr. Drew Coleman and…
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Paleoclimatology
Paleoclimate and Paleoecology Lab Facilities Sedimentology Equipment For more information regarding this lab, contact:…
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SEM (scanning electron microscope)
Scanning Electron Microscopy The scanning electron microscope (SEM) laboratory consists of a Tescan SEM with semi-quantitative EDS capabilities, and an Cressington automated sputter…
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XRD (X-ray diffractometer)
Alongside our XRF spectrometer we have a Rigaku Miniflex II X-ray diffractometer (XRD). This unit can analyze a variety of crystalline materials, including powders of various rock…
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XRF (X-ray fluorescence) spectrometer
A Rigaku Supermini wavelength-dispersive XRF spectrometer was installed in the fall of 2009. This unit is fully automated and is supported by a Katanax K1 automatic fluxer and a 25-ton press…
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Wave Propagation
Wave Propagation Laboratory For more information contact: Jose A. Rial Theoretical Geophysics Office: 319 Mitchell Hall Phone: (919) 966-4533 E-mail: jose_rial at…