Research Areas
Biomarkers
Contact: Simon Brassell
Biomarkers in Terrestrial Paleoclimatology
Contact: Peter Sauer
Bioremediation
Contact: Chen Zhu
Coal and Maceral Petrography, Chemistry and Isotope Geochemistry
Contact: Maria Mastalerz
Coal petrography lab with reflected light microscopes equipped with photometry systems and fluorescence attachments; standard photographic camera and digital camera with image analysis software.
Ecology of Marshes
Contact: Chris Craft
CHN analyzer
Fossil Fuels and their Stable Isotopes
Contact: Arndt Schimmelmann, Maria Mastalerz
Hydrogen isotope exchange apparatus; special vacuum lines for hydrogen
Stable Isotope Techniques, On-Line: H, C, N, O
Contact: Peter Sauer
Finnigan MAT252 (for C); Delta Plus XP (C, H, N, O) with EAs, GCs, Gas Bench, Hydrogen Device
Stable Isotope Techniques, On-Line: Sulfur
Contact: Lisa Pratt, Edward M. Ripley
Finnigan MAT252, with EA
Stable Isotope Techniques, Off-Line: C, H, N, O
Contact: Arndt Schimmelmann
Vacuum lines, Finnigan MAT252, Delta Plus XP
Stable Isotope Techniques, Off-Line: Sulfur
Contact: Erika Elswick, Edward M. Ripley
Dedicated vacuum line, Finnigan MAT252
Methane, Hydrocarbon Gases, and their Stable Isotopes
Contact: Maria Mastalerz, Jeffrey White, Arndt Schimmelmann
Coal-bed methane desorption/adsorption devices; vacuum lines
Minerals, Ore Deposits, and Applicable Isotopes
Contact: Edward M. Ripley, Erika Elswick
Specialized vacuum lines; Finnigan MAT252 dedicated for sulfur
