Facility InstrumentationFeesCoring and Dredging ServicesOther OSU Laboratory Facilities

The OSU MGR offers numerous services from curation, sample measurement, coring and complementary 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, computer facilities, and sampling tools. 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 section tab.

  • 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 saw
  • 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