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Above: The newly renovated Stillwell Building, home to the Department of Geosciences and Natural Resources.

GNR Facilities and Equipment

Soil, Hydrology, and Climatology

AQTESOLV Pro software (groundwater)

ORIGIN software (statistics)

Hobo Mini-weather station logger

Hobo pressure sensors 0-30 ft of water with base station

RG-2 Hobo tipping bucket rain gages with loggers

Constant well head permeameter (Ammoozemeter)

Ech2o soil moisture sensors

RiverTools 3.0 Software

IDL 6.3 Windows software

Decagon Mini-Disc Infiltrometers

 

Geochemistry

Elementar Vario EL CNS Analyzer

Rockware Geochemists Workbench v. 6 Software

Fisher ScientificMultiprobe,YSI 556

Fisher Scientific Salinity Refractometer

Other instrumentation available on campus see:   http://www.wcu.edu/4421.asp

 

X-Ray Diffraction

Rigaku MiniFlex XRD

 

Petrographic Analysis

Polarizing microscopes

Nikon E200 Pol Binocular Heads

Nikon Eclipse 50i Pol Trinocular Head

Nikon Labophot Pol Scopes - Monocular

Nikon Labophot Pol Scopes - Binocular

Leitz Laborlux 11 Pol Scopes - Monocular

Leitz Laborlux 12 Pole Scope - Trinocular

Wild Pol Scopes - Monocular

Stereoscopes

Leica MS5 Stereoscope

Leica Zoom 2000 Stereoscope

Unitron Stereoscopes

Leica and National Optics scopes

 

Rock Crushing and Sediment Analysis

3 RoTaps

Rock crusher

Rotary laps

 

Rock Preparation

Covington 16 inch Slab Saw

Covington 8 inch Trim Saw

Thin Sectioning Equipment

Vibrilap polisher

 

Computer/GIS facility

15 PCs

HP DraftPRo Plotter (largeformat)

Summagraphics Digitizing Tablet

Numonics 2200 Digitizing Table

Calcomp 3348 Digitizing Tablet

Complete ESRI software group site liscence

 

Field Equipment

Vibracoring Unit

Wright-Livingstone Piston Coring Device

Soilmoisture Eijkelkamp Dutch Coring Apparatus

Marsh-McBriney flo-mate flow meter

Pomeroy EZ Core Drill Model D026-C and core orienting devices

Thermodyne 37900 Culture Incubator

Hach Bacterial Incubator

Hach DR 2010 Spectrophotometer

Lazer Mark CST/Berger Laser Level & Tripod

CST Magna Trak 200 Metal Detector

CST/Berger Optical Level & Tripod

Hach Conductivity/TDS meter

La Motte Conductivity/TDS Meter

6" Soil Tensiometer

12" Soil Tensiometer

18" Soil Tensionmeter

Extech ExStik ph Meter

IQ Sci. Inst. ph meter

Oakton Conda 401 - Conductivity meters

Hach 2001P Turbidimeter

Hach DR 890 Spectrophotometer

YSI 55 DO Meter

YSI Model 57 DO Meter w/25' probe

YSI Model 54A DO Meter w/6' probe

Hach Digital Titrator Kits

Oakton Conda 401 - Conductivity meters

Tamaya Digital Area/line planimeter

Olympus LMS 225R Dissecting Microsope

Davis GroWeather Weather Station + 2 Consoles

Hach DR2010 Field Spectrophotometer

Hach DR2000 Field Spectrophotometer

 

Cullowhee Creek Environmental Field Station

Geophysical equipment

Proton Magnetometer

Geometrics Exploration Seismograph

Resistivity Meter, handheld

RAMAC Ground Penetrating Radar System (GPR)

Hydrologic Equipment

Portable HydroLab (with PH meter)

YSI 6600 Water Quality Logger

P4 Water Quality Monitor

Water level loggers (pressure transducers)

 

Other

Surveying Equipment

Leica Total Station, Tripod, and Prisms

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