Analytical Lab (adjoining room). 
This facility has been recently developed into a fully functional networked computational center for spatial analysis and other computer tasks.  The room contains two Dell Optiplex GX620 computers with Intel Pentium D 3.00 GHz processors, 240 GB Hard drives, and 2.00 GB RAM.  Software on the local drives includes ArcGIS 9.1 (ESRI),  ERDAS Imagine 9.0 from Leica Geosystems, Carlson X-port for Total Station data logger, Microsoft SQL Server 2005, and Microsoft Visual Studio 2005, several dedicated lab applications, plus the standard database, spreadsheet, and office software.

Sedimentary Analysis:
1. Microsieves for sonic sifter
2. Separatory flask for heavy liquid separations
3. Dessicators 
4. ATM sonic siftor  and micro sieves
5. Malt mixer and baffled malt cups for grinding & disaggregating sediment... (Oh sure... no chocolate in this lab!)
6. Mortar & pestle
7. U. S. Standard Testing 8" brass sieves.

Gravitometric Analysis
Right: Denver Analytical balance, precise to 0.0001 g.
Middle: digital 5 kg scale, precise to 0.01 g.
Left: Old-fashioned triple-beam balance.
 

Optical Microscopy:

• Reichert trinocular microscope 
• Unitron Petrographic Microscope
• American Optical dual-headed binocular teaching scope
• Nikon binocular microscope   close-up
• Bausch & Lomb Stereo Zoom 4
• Bausch and Lomb monocular scope
• Fisher Stereomaster trinocular
  
• Digital camera and attachment

 
 

Biogeographic Analysis

Tree ring stage

Water-quality sampling:
Suspended sediment filtration (Click on figures for larger view):
  1. Three-filter manifold vacuum pump assembly
  2. & 3. Buchner filters (2 cm & 10 cm diameter)
  4. Sediment cones for settling sediment
  5. (in back) vacuum pump with pressure gauge & valve  

Lab Room Layout
North Wall - Refrigerator, volumetric flasks, microwave, etc.
 

East Wall - sieves, gravity oven, settling tubes, etc.  Analytical lab in adjoining room to right.
 

West wall - sink with drying racks, deionizer (still), etc.