Preserving core samples collected during 55 years of scientific ocean drilling

Microscope Laboratory

  • Microscopes (upright, stereo, epifluor)
  • Scanning Electon Microscope (SEM)
  • SEM-Energy Dispersive Spectrometry (SEM-EDS)
  • PICAT thin section viewer

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