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Geophysical Sciences Departmental Equipment
Departmental Equipment
The Geophysical Science
Department is very well equipped for an introductory program. We have two lab
rooms (fully stocked) and, of course, the R/V
Matthew F. Maury, our floating classroom. For equipment,
we have one or more of the following:
Peterson screen top
sediment sampler
Stereo microscopes
NIO water sampling bottles
Secchi disk
Seabird SE-19 CTD profiler (w/ O2 & pH)
Otter trawl net
#10 mesh plankton net
Current meter
Conductivity meter
pH meters
Refractometer
486dx 66mhz IBM computer
Lab ware
Nikon Petrographic microscope w/35mm camera and videocam
Drying ovens
Dessicators
Springnether SS-80 Seismometer
Limnology soil sampler
Macauly peat sampler
Surveying equipment
Celestron 8 telescope
Sea water analysis kits
Lamotte Colorimeters
Seine net
Jon boat
Rock hammers
Ingram thin section machine
Complete lapidary equipment
In addition to the field
and lab equipment, we also have some collections:
- An extensive mineral
collection
- A collection of replica
skulls from the hominid line
- An extensive collection
of fossils (invertebrate, vertebrate, and plants)
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