Major instrumentation:
Regional Stable Isotope Laboratory for Earth and Environmental Science Research
University of Pittsburgh, Mobile Air Quality Research Laboratory
Dedicated wet chemistry and storage facilities:
- Biogeochemistry lab (600 ft2) housing a 8' fume hood and a 6' HF-grade fume hood, autoclave, and multiple centrifuges for pollen extractions and isotopic sample preparation. This lab also houses a gamma spectrometer for measurement of gamma-emitting radio-isotopes including 137Cs and 210Pb.
- Lachat Quick Chem Analyzer
- Turner Designs Trilogy Fluorometer
- A shared sediment core processing lab (800 ft2) featuring a walk-in cold room, automated magnetic susceptibility track with a Bartington Susceptibility meter, muffle furnaces, and drying ovens.
- A shared microanalysis lab (200 ft2) for pollen and diatom counting and identification. Leica microscope with digital camera.
- Walk-in freezer and cooler (200 ft2) for sample storage.