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 JOEL JSM-T300 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. The transmission electron microscope is an AEI Corinth
500 with an LKB Ultramicrotome, Type 8801 A. We have a three room
suite devoted to electron microscopy and a darkroom nearby.
- Seismic Station: The Department maintains a seismic station
for the monitoring of earthquakes. This station is part of the Northwest
seismic array and the national seismic grid. The station includes
a geophone on Lincton Mountain near the Washington-Oregon border which
is connected by radio to the grid and a graphic print-out display
in the department.
- 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
- Research Microscope
- Brunton Compasses
- Altimeters
- Rock, Mineral, and Fossil Collection: Thousands of museum quality
pieces
- Map Collection: Thousands of local and worldwide geological
and topographical maps
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