Laboratories Overview

The GCR infrastructure includes 9,000 square feet of newly renovated instrumented laboratories and 15,000 square feet of refrigerated space. The laboratories contain most of the instruments that were demobilized from the JOIDES Resolution.

Instruments/Services	Lab	Sample Type
Carbon Hydrogen Nitrogen Sulfur (CHNS) Analyzer instrument for elemental analysis	Chemistry	discrete samples
Coulometer instrument for determining carbonate concentration	Chemistry	discrete samples
CT Scanner flatbed scanner for collection of computed tomography images	Core	whole-round; split-section
Gas Chromatographs (GC) instrument for determining hydrocarbons and hydrogen sulfide	Chemistry	discrete samples
GEODESC descriptive data capture software for DSDP/ODP/IODP cores		split-section; discrete samples
Hyperspectral Logger (HyperScan)** linescan camera for diffuse reflectance spectrophotometry (380–800 nm)		split-section
Inductively Coupled Plasma-Optical Emission Spectrometry (ICP-OES) instrument for measuring elemental composition	Chemistry	discrete samples
Ion Chromatograph (IC) instrument for determining concentrations of major cations and anions in pore water	Chemistry	discrete samples
Magnetic Susceptibility Meter (Kappabridge) instrument for measuring anisotropy of magnetic susceptibility and bulk susceptibility	Core	discrete samples
Microscopes variety of upright, stereoscope, and epifluorescence	Microscope	discrete samples
Moisture and Density (MAD) instrument for measuring density and porosity	Core	discrete samples
Natural Gamma Radiation Logger (NGRL) track system for measuring natural gamma radiation	Core	whole-round; split-section
P-Wave Velocity Bayonet*/Caliper Gantry (PWB*/PWC) instruments for measuring P-wave velocity		split-section; discrete samples
Particle Size Analyzer instrument for measuring the distribution of particle sizes	Sample Preparation	discrete samples
PICAT Thin Section Viewer microscope for the collection of full thin section images	Microscope	discrete samples
Pocket Penetrometer instrument for measuring compressional strength	Core	split-section; discrete samples
Portable X-Ray Fluorescence (pXRF) handheld analyzer for measuring X-ray fluorescence	Core	split-section; discrete samples
Scanning Electron Microscope (SEM) microscope for the collection of highly magnified images	Microscope	discrete samples
Scanning Electron Microscope-Energy Dispersive Spectrometry (SEM-EDS) microscope for the collection of highly magnified images with elemental analysis	Microscope	discrete samples
Section Half Imaging Logger (SHIL) linescan camera for acquiring full-color images and RGB data	Core	whole-round (hard rock only); split-section
Section Half Multisensor Logger (SHMSL) track system for measuring color reflectance and point magnetic susceptibility	Core	split-section
Shear Strength Gantry with Automated Vane Shear (AVS)* instrument for measuring vane shear strength		split-section; discrete samples
Source Rock Analyzer (SRA) instrument for determining thermal maturation, source of hydrocarbons and petroleum potential	Chemistry	discrete samples
Spinner Magnetometer (JR-6A) instrument for measuring magnetic remanence	Core	discrete samples
Superconducting Rock Magnetometer (SRM) track system for measuring magnetic remanence	Core	split-section; discrete samples
Thermal Conductivity Meter (TCON)* needle probe for measuring thermal conductivity		whole-round; split-section; hard rock discrete samples
Torvane (TOR) instrument for measuring sediment shear strength	Core	split-section; discrete samples
UV-VIS Spectrometer instrument for measuring ammonium, phosphate, silica, and sulfide in pore water	Chemistry	discrete samples
Whole-Round Multisensor Core Logger (WRMSL) track system for measuring magnetic susceptibility, density, and P-wave velocity	Core	whole round; split-section (no P-wave)
X-ray Diffractometer (XRD) instrument for identifying minerals and their proportions	Chemistry	discrete samples (powder)
X-Ray Fluorescence (XRF) Core Scanners (2) flatbed scanner for X-ray fluorescence; 10, 30, and 50 kVp	Core	split-section; discrete samples
X-ray Linescan Imager (XSCAN) linescan camera for the collection of X-ray images	Core	whole-round; split-section

*instrument is not in continuous operation and is available by request
**not yet operational

Additional Equipment	Lab
Core Splitter splitting table to cut whole-round material to section-halves	Core
Drill press press for cutting lithified sediment and rock materials	Sample Preparation
Freeze Dryer device for removing moisture from samples	Sample Preparation
Miller mill mill for grinding lithified sediment and rock materials	Sample Preparation
Parallel saw saw with dual blades for cutting lithified sediment and rock materials into 2x2x2cm cubes	Sample Preparation
Shatter box device for powdering lithified sediment and rock materials	Sample Preparation
Single-blade saws saws for cutting lithified sediment and rock materials	Sample Preparation
X-press press for crushing lithified sediment and rock materials	Sample Preparation