The OSU MGR offers numerous services including curation, sampling, and nondestructive analyses.
The OSU MGR is bound by NSF OCE data policy for all NSF/OCE/MGG funded projects (please refer to parts III and VII).
The main core lab is equipped with multiple work benches, sampling tools, computer stations, and microscopes. The wet lab contains a fume hood and DI water.
The following equipment is available to users of the OSU-MGR, some of which have associated fees used to maintain instrumentation. For a list of fees, see the Fees tab. To use our equipment and/or instrumentation listed below, please submit an Analytical Request.
- A GEOTEK MSCL-S multi-sensor track (MST) for whole core that provides gamma ray attenuation (GRA) bulk density, loop magnetic susceptibility (MS), P-wave velocity (PWA) and electrical resistivity (ER)
- A GEOTEK MSCL-S multi-sensor track (MST) for split core that provides gamma ray attenuation (GRA) bulk density, loop or point-source magnetic susceptibility (MS), P-wave velocity (PWA), electrical resistivity (ER), and line scan camera
- A GEOTEK XZ system that provides line scan camera photography and point-source magnetic susceptibility (MS)
- A GEOTEK XYZ system that provides point-source magnetic susceptibility (MS), handheld XRF, and color spectrophotometry
- An ITRAX XRF Scanner capable of split core and u-channel measurement at fine-scale resolution
- CT scanner, courtesy of OSU College of Veterinary Medicine
- GEOTEK Core Splitter
- Rock saws
- Rock drill press
- Freeze dryers
- Electronic balances
- Two -30°C upright freezers
- Microscopes (petrographic with digital camera and binocular)
- Rock photography station (Canon)
- Automated label makers
