Facilities

Department of Earth Sciences:

Geology

• Rock crushing equipment
• Rock mechanics lab
• Thin section workshop

Geochemistry

• TGA                                                                     (Thermogravimetric Analysis - Pyrolysis technique)
• High pressure flow equipment
• Bomb Calorimetry                                              (Measures heat in thermal reactions)

Geophysics:

• Remote sensing
• 3D seismic analysis
• Seismic processing, interpretation, and modelling

Department of Chemistry:

• TGA-MS                                                              (Thermogravimetric Analysis coupled with Mass Spectrometry - Pyrolysis technique, measure gases released)
• XRD                                                                     (X-ray Diffraction - Mineral compositional analysis)
• BET                                                                     (Pore size distribution, surface area, adsorption analysis)
• He pycnometry                                                   (Density and volume measurements)
• Hg porosimetry                                                   (Pore size [relative to Hg])
• FTICR                                                                  (Fourier transform ion cyclotron resonance mass spectrometry - Mass analyser)

Faculty of Science Support:

Leon Bowen - Shale Microscopy Techniques

• SEM                                                                    (Scanning Electron Microscope - micro scale imaging)
• FIB                                                                      (Focused Ion Beam - micro-cutting device)
• 3D Amira software                                             (3D pore reconstructions)
• TEM                                                                   (Transmission Electron Microscope)