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Tag Archives: XRF
Hands-on experience troubleshooting geochemical instruments
Wooster, OH – Team geochemistry returned to Wooster this week with a serious focus on sample prep and data quality. Anyone with geochemical research experience understands the importance of preparing samples carefully and thoroughly, and having an analytical instrument that … Continue reading
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Tagged geochemistry, Iceland, team geochemistry, undergraduate research, XRF
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Wooster and Dickinson students team up for geochemistry research
[Wooster, OH] – A team of students from Wooster and Dickinson are working together on geochemistry research this summer. We’re using the compositions of Earth materials to understand geologic processes. Our main goal is to study the formation of volcanic … Continue reading
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Tagged geochemistry, mancala, microscope, Sherman Fairchild, team geochemistry, thin-sections, undergraduate research, X-ray lab, XRF
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How we measure the chemical composition of Earth materials
San Diego, CA – If you’ve been following our adventures, you know that we’ve started a project on Black Mountain with our collaborators at the University of San Diego. We’ve dedicated a significant portion of our time in California to … Continue reading
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Tagged benchtop, Black Mountain, EDS, geochemistry, mineral, SEM, soil, undergraduate research, University of San Diego, XRF
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The power of hand-held x-ray fluorescence analysis comes to Wooster
WOOSTER, OHIO–Dr. Meagen Pollock, our mineralogist-petrologist and instrument scientist extraordinaire, should be writing this post, but she was off campus during this event. It is left to the paleontologist, of all people, to file this report. Despite my technological naïveté … Continue reading
Theory to Practice: An Early GSA Abstract
This semester, I’ve had the pleasure of teaching a special topics lab course in geochemistry. Given our new lab facilities, I decided to approach the class as an analytical geochemistry course. We explored sampling strategies, data quality, and the theory … Continue reading
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Tagged basalt, geochemistry, Iceland, theory to practice, undergraduate research, XRF
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Keck Mission Accomplished
WOOSTER, OH – After a month of hard work, the Iceland Keck group parted ways on Saturday. We arrived in Wooster immediately after returning from Iceland and put in a solid week of work in the lab, preparing our samples … Continue reading
The Very First Analysis Goes To…
WOOSTER, OH – The XRF and XRD are officially installed! We learned the basics about how to operate and maintain the XRF this afternoon. We even ran our first official sample using the EZScan. It was a difficult choice, but … Continue reading
New Geology X-Ray Lab
The COW Geology Department gets a new X-ray lab, thanks to funding from the National Science Foundation and the efforts of many people across campus. Continue reading