POLARIZING PETROGRAPHIC MICROSCOPE
This Leica DM2500P is equipped with a computer-controlled digital camera system, a digital Stepper for rotating stage, and PetroLite software to conduct thin section analysis and sandstone point-count.
ROCK PREP. LAB
UTA EES rock prep. lab is equipped with several rock saws, a shatter box, and a Frantz magnetic separator to conduct basic mineral separation.
LIGHT STABLE ISOTOPE LABORATORY
Our Light Stable Isotope Laboratory is equipped with a Finnegan Delta V Advantage isotope ratio mass spectrometer, a Gasbench II, and an Elemental Analyzer. We are capable of analyzing organic matter TOC%, TN%, δ13C, and δ15N, carbonate δ18O, δ13C, and dissolved inorganic carbon δ13C values.
Measurement | Instrument | Off campus-lab provided labor | Off campus-user provided labor | On campus-lab provided labor | On campus-user provided labor |
carbonate δ18O and δ13C values | Gasbench-Delta V | $15 | $13 | $12 | $10 |
Organic solid δ13C and/or δ15N | EA-Delta V | $15 | $13 | $12 | $10 |
Organic solid δ13C, δ15N, and TN%, TOC% | EA-Delta V | $18 | $15 | $15 | $12 |
TN% and/or TOC% | EA-Delta V | $6 | $4 | $4 | $2 |
DIC δ13C | Gasbench-Delta V | $15 | $13 | $12 | $10 |
Sediment processing (pulverizing or grounding) | $3 | $2 | $2 | $0 |
Prices and turnaround time may vary. Please contact Majie Fan (mfan@uta.edu) for additional information.
SHIMAZU CENTER
We are excited to have access to the Shimazu Center, which will be equipped with a range of analytical instruments, and is expected to be housed in our department in Fall 2014. We currently have access to the Shimazu Center housed in UTA Department of Chemistry.