INSTRUMENTATION
At GEOMAR and Harvard T-SECTOR is granted the following large scale analytical and field instrumentation:
Geophysics: Bathymetry & Crustal Thickness (PI Prof. Heidrun Kopp - GEOMAR)
Ocean Bottom Seismometers
Ocean bottom seismometers to spatially enlarge the arrays for the off-axis ocean crust surveys.
Paleo-Oceanography & Hydrothermalism (PI Prof. Martin Frank - GEOMAR)
MAT253 Plus IRMS
Including a KIEL iV carbonate preparation the MAT253 enables high precision, high throughput of C and O isotope analysis on foraminifera to establish high resolution geochronology in the cores.
Isotope geochemistry of MORB glass shards (PI Prof. Kaj Hoernle - GEOMAR)
iCAP-TQ ICP-MS
The triple quadrupole ICP-MS with collision cell technology to remove interferences allows to accurately and routinely determine elemental concentrations at the ppb level and below. The iCAP is used for calibration of chemistry, obtaining correct dilutions for MC-ICPMS analyses and cross checking of element concentrations (Li to U) on pooled SHG's dissolutions with LA-ICPMS data of single SHG's from the same core interval.
NEOMA MC-ICP-MS:
The latest generation of multi collector ICP-MS enables high-sensitivity, high-precision and accuracy isotope ratio measurements of smallest amounts of sample solutions (<10ppb). The NEOMA is used for determination of high precision radiogenic Sr-Nd-Pb-Hf isotope ratios on minute amounts of MORB type glass.
Igneous petrology of MORB glass shards (PI Prof. Charles Langmuir - HARVARD)
AGILENT 8900 TQ-ICP-MS + RESOlution-SE 193nm excimer laser
High precision, high throughput determination of element concentrations throughout the periodic table of N-MORB glass by Laser Ablation.
