Preserving core samples collected during 55 years of scientific ocean drilling

Geochemistry Laboratory

  • Inductively Coupled Plasma-Optical Emission Spectrometry (ICP-OES)
  • X-ray diffractometer (powder)
  • Carbon Hydrogen Nitrogen Sulfur (CHNS) Analyzer
  • Coulometer (carbonate carbon)
  • Ion Chromatograph
  • UV-VIS spectrometer
  • Gas Chromatographs (Gas Safety)
  • Source Rock Analyzer (SRA)

Laboratory user fees are available for individual instruments or the whole laboratory. (link this to the GCR_rates.pdf file) For additional information, contact the GCR Curator at curator@iodp.tamu.edu.

The following instrument procedures and manuals reflect the JOIDES Resolution environment and are in the process of being modified to reflect the GCR shore-based labs: https://www.iodp.tamu.edu/labs/index.html