Facilities

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.

Shimazu Institute