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GEMS Course Equipment

 

EQUIPMENT

COURSES
  • Laser and Deskjet Printers
  • HP large format color plotter
  • Flat-bed and slide scanners
  • Digital cameras

All courses, labs, and research with computing needs
General use in departmental computer labs and classrooms

  • Garmin 48 GPS geographical positioning systems
  • Topcon autolevel
  • Geographical information system (GIS) PC workstation
  • Field mapping equipment

All courses, labs, and research utilizing location and/or GIS data

Earth Systems Science
Earth Materials and Processes Lab
Introduction to Environmental Sciences
Hydrology and Water Resources

  • Refrigerated aquaria
  • Sea water tables and aquarium room

Introduction to Marine Biology
Marine Ecology
Chemical Oceanography
Independent Research

  • Spex laser particle counter
  • Franz magnetic separator

Sedmentology
Elements of Mineralogy
Marine Processes and Environments
Soils and Surficial Processes
Independent Research

  • Recirculating flumes
  • Marsh-McBirney current meter
  • Video camera
  • Video recorder and monitors

Sedimentology
Introduction to Marine Biology
Marine Ecology
Elements of Mineralogy
Petrology and Petrography
Independent Research

  • Eight foot settling tanks
  • Five foot settling tank

Marine Ecology
Sedimentology
Independent Research

  • Baird 2070 inductively coupled plasma emission spectrometer

Marine Ecology
Chemical Oceanography
Sedimentology
Elements of Mineralogy
Petrology and Petrography
Environmental Biogeochemistry
Soils and Surficial Processes
Hydrology and Water Resources
Marine Processes and Environments
Introduction to Environmental Sciences
Independent Research

  • Rock saws
  • Rock crusher
  • Polishing and grinding laps
  • Polishing tumblers
  • Thin section system
  • Air abrasive system

Petrology and Petrography
Elements of Mineralogy
Structural Geology
Sedimentology
Marine Ecology
Independent Research

  • Hach and Lamotte chemical field kits for water, soil, and air analysis
  • Remote Data Systems piezometer kit

Environmental Biogeochemistry
Hydrology and Water Resources
Chemical Oceanography
Physical Oceanography
Marine Ecology
Introduction to Environmental Sciences
Soils and Surficial Process
Independent Research

  • Stereographic microscopes
  • Binocular microscopes
  • Dissecting microscopes
  • Petrographic microscopes
  • Inverted flourescent microscope

Sedimentology
Introduction to Marine Biology
Marine Ecology
Elements of Mineralogy
Petrology and Petrography
Structural Geology
Marine Processes and Environments
Soils and Surficial Processes
Independent Research

  • Biological oxygen demand incubators

Marine Ecology
Chemical Oceanography

  • Rigaku X-ray diffractometer

Elements of Mineralogy
Petrology and Petrography
Sedimentology
Soils and Surficial Processes
Marine Processes and Environments
Independent Research

  • Electronic dissolved oxygen meter
  • Oxidation-reduction potential meter
  • pH meter
  • Refractometers
  • Depth finders

Chemical Oceanography
Physical Oceanography
Field Marine Sciences Courses
Marine Ecology
Environmental Biogeochemistry
Hydrology and Water Resources
Marine Processes and Environments
Introduction to Environmental Sciences
Independent Research

  • SOLOMAT minilab with computer software and
    submersible sonde
  • Sonde outfitted with temperature, pH, oxidation-reduction
    potential, dissolved oxygen, conductivity, salinity, ammonia,
    and turbidity electrodes

Chemical Oceanography
Physical Oceanography
Environmental Biogeochemistry
Hydrology and Water Resources
Field Marine Sciences Courses
Marine Processes and Environments
Introduction to Environmental Sciences
Independent Research

  • Photometers (50,000 lux)

Marine Botany
Marine Ecology
Field Marine Science Courses
Chemical Oceanography
Independent Research

  • Ponar grab sampler
  • Plankton nets
  • Coring equipment
  • Soil augers
  • Permeometers
  • Eolian sediment traps

Sedimentology
Chemical Oceanography
Hydrology and Water Resources
Soils and Surficial Processes
Marine Processes and Environments
Introduction to Environmental Sciences
Independent Research

  • Darcy tubes

Hydrology and Water Resources
Independent Research

  • Sieve sets, including miniature portable field sets
  • Sieve shakers

Sedimentology
Chemical Oceanography
Marine Processes and Environments
Soils and Surficial Processes
Independent Research

  • Underwater video camera
  • Nikonos V camera with strobe

Introduction to Marine Biology
Marine Ecology
Field Marine Science Courses
Independent Research

  • Marian S. Hubbard teaching collection of 1000 species of molluscs, corals, echinoderms, and athropods

Introduction to Marine Biology
Marine Ecology
Independent Research

  • Herbarium collection (under development) of pressed algae from boreal (coldwater), temperate, and subtropical latitudes

Marine Botany
Marine Ecology
Independent Research