High-Resolution & Clumped-Isotope Analysis
- Instruments: Two Nu Instruments Perspective IS Isotope Ratio Mass Spectrometers (IRMS).
- Specialty: Capable of high-resolution, clumped-isotope analyses of O2
- Applications: Automated clumped-isotope measurements of O2 in ambient air, O2 in dissolved in seawater, and O2trapped in ancient ice cores.
Triple-Oxygen & Laser Fluorination
- Setup: Custom-built semi-automated laser-fluorination + purification line.
- Specialty: High-precision measurement of triple-oxygen isotopes in silicate and oxide minerals.
Orbitrap Isotope Ratio Mass Spectrometry
- Instruments: Thermo Scientific Exploris 120
- Specialty: Comprehensive bulk and position-specific isotope analyses of oxyanions and small organic compounds
- Matrices: A wide variety of natural organic and inorganic materials.
Continuous-Flow Biogeochemistry
- Instruments: Thermo Scientific Delta V Plus IRMS with peripherals
- Specialty: Continuous-flow analyses of bulk C/H/N/O/S isotopes for solids and liquids (FLASH HT Plus Elemental Analyzer, combustion/pyrolysis); Bulk C/O isotopes of carbonate and DIC (Gas Bench II), compound specific CNH isotopes of natural gases, long chain hydrocarbons, amino acids (Trace GC 1610).
- Matrices: A wide variety of natural organic and inorganic materials.
Cavity-Ringdown Spectroscopy
- Instruments: Picarro L2120-i
- Specialty: H and O isotope ratios in water
Support Facilities
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Custom high-vacuum sample-handling lines dedicated to offline sample preparation
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Wet chemistry room
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Other equipment including: freeze dryer, oven, centrifuge, micro-balance, glove chamber