Department Equipment

The following is a partial list of the department's equipment:

Scanning Electron Microscope with Energy Dispersive Spectrometer/Microanlayzer: The electron microscopy lab, which is jointly operated by the Geology and Biology Departments, contains a FEI Quanta 250 scanning electron microscope with EDS microanalyzer. This instrument is capable of imaging and chemically analyzing a variety of solid materials at magnifications up to 200,000x. We have a three room suite devoted to electron microscopy sample preparation and analysis.
InnovX Alpha series X-Ray Spectroscoper
Niton XL3 portable X-Ray Fluorescent Spectrometer
Two poly-fume hoods one of which has laminar flow capabilities
Furnace
Computer lab
Oxford Diffraction Xcaliber Nova X-Ray Diffractometer
Zoom Transfer Stereoscope
Total Station Electronic Surveying Instrument
Bison Field Seismograph
12 Channel Seismograph
Stream Table
Flume
Petrographic Microscopes
Research Petrographic Microscope
Binocular Microscopes
Brunton Compasses
Altimeters
Rock, Mineral, and Fossil Collection: Thousands of museum quality pieces
Map Collection: Thousands of local and worldwide geological and topographical maps
Chemistry Department instruments are also available for use