40Ar/39Ar Geochronology (Argon)
Mass Analyzer Products 216 with Baur-Signer source and Johnston MM1 electron multiplier and Faraday cup detectors is integrated into a fully automated gas extraction line with custom furnace and automated 36-bucket sample chamber.

Electron Microprobe (Probe)
Fully automated Cameca SX-50 fitted with 5 wavelength spectrometers and a PGT X-ray energy dispersive detector. The probe computer systems were upgraded in September 2008 and are now running 'Probe For Windows' analytical software. Lab also has over 100 reference standards.

Scanning Electron Microscope (SEM)
FEI Quanta 400F field emission source SEM. Secondary electron and backscattered electron imaging in High vacuum, low vacuum and environmental imaging modes. The SEM is equipped with an HKL technology Nordlys 2 Electron Backscatter Diffraction camera for crystal orientation determination, and an INCAx-act Silicon Drift Detector X-ray energy spectrometer.

Scanning Electron Microscope (SEM)
JEOL JSM-6300V tungsten/LaB6 source SEM, with secondary electron, backscattered electron, and cathodoluminescence imaging capabilities. Fitted with a Tracor X-ray energy spectrometer. A fully equipped sample preparation facility is also available

Heavy Radiogenic Isotope Mass Spectrometer
Finnigan MAT 261 thermal ionization mass spectrometer optimized for heavy isotopes with a six Faraday cup multi-collector, ion-counting SEM collector and updated data acquisition software.

Inductively Coupled Plasma Mass Spectrometer (ICP-MS)
Finnigan Element2 High Resolution Double Focusing Sector ICP-MS used for high precision elemental ratios in carbonates and trace element determinations in seawater and marine organisms.
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New Wave UP-213 UV laser (213 nm wavelength) for ablation sampling of solids at micron scale spatial resolution.
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The ICP-MS (located in Woodhouse Lab) is now managed by MSI as a recharge lab along with other analytical equipment. The MSI analytical instruments lab has recently acquired an IsoPrime dual inlet gas isotope MS (also located in Woodhouse Lab) fitted with various automatic input prep systems for carbonate samples, gas samples contained in glass tubes (CO2, O2, N2, H2), and water samples for equilibration analyses. There are numerous other analytical instruments (located in the new Marine Science Research Building) that are generally available to researchers.

Stable Isotope Ratio Mass Spec For Carbonates (IRMS-C)
Finnigan MAT 251 with an carbonate auto-sampler, dual inlet analysis of CO2, and small sample capability is used to study carbon and oxygen isotopes in carbonates.

Gas Chromatograph (Gas C)
Shimadzu GC-8A and Shimadzu GC-14A with custom automated sample extraction.

Experimental Lava Viscometer Instrument System (ELVIS)
Custom instrument for lava viscosity studies. Apparatus features a custom 1800° furnace and rheometer system, digital motor control, precision torque sensors, and custom data acquisition software. More info 

Paleomagnetics Lab (P Mag)
Shimadzu GC-8A and Shimadzu GC-14A with custom automated sample extraction.

Gas Chromatograph (Gas C)
Geofyzica Brno Kappabridge 2.0 susceptibility bridge, Molspin spinner magnetometer, alternating field and thermal demagnetization systems, ARM and IRM capabilities.

ICP-MS Facility (MSRB)
Nu Instruments attoM HR-ICP-MS (single collector), Nu Instruments Plasma HR-MC-ICP-MS (multi-collector), Photon Machines Analyte 198fs ultra-short pulse femptosecond laser ablation system.  Contact lab manager (and newest staff member) Andrew Kylander-Clark for details.