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The Godwin Laboratory for Palaeoclimate Research

 
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 Godwin Laboratory Facilities

The Godwin Laboratory houses analytical equipment which is used mainly for research purposes within the Department of Earth Sciences and other Cambridge University Departments. We have a dedicated team of highly skilled and experienced Technical Staff who maintain and run the equipment. They are able to advise researchers and students on ‘best practice’, from sample collection through to final analysis, in order to obtain the highest quality results and precision.

We also have the capacity to undertake commercial work, and enquiries for analyses are welcome from outside institutions. Prices for commercial samples vary depending upon the nature of the sample, the number and combination of analyses required and the sample pre-treatment. Analyses and facilities available are listed below. 

Laboratories and Facilities:

 Instruments/Analyses:

Instrument

Peripheral

Method

Sample Type 

Analysis

VG SIRA

Multicarb

Dual Inlet Carbonate δ18O δ13C

Thermo MAT 253

KIEL Device Dual Inlet Carbonate  δ18O δ13C
Thermo MAT 253 KIEL Device /Porapak Trap Dual Inlet Carbonate 

δ18O δ13C Δ47

Thermo DELTA V ADV

Gasbench Continuous Flow Carbonate  δ18O δ13C

Thermo DELTA V PLUS

Costech 4010/Conflo IV  Continuous Flow Solid %N %C δ15N δ13C

Thermo DELTA V ADV

TCEA/Conflo III Continuous Flow Solid  δ18O

Thermo DELTA V ADV

Gasbench  Continuous Flow Water  DIC δ13C, δ18O

Picarro L1102

Vaporization Module Cavity Ring Down  Water δD δ18O
Picarro L2140 Vaporization Module Cavity Ring Down  Water

δD δ18O δ17O

Netzsch/Picarro L2130

N/A

Differential Thermal Isotope Analysis

Solid

δD δ18O

Bruker FTIR/Netzsch

N/A Evolved Gas Analysis Solid Gases

Coulometer

Automate Coulometry Sediment Carbonate Content

Sed. Lab Facilities:

Avaatech XRF Core Scanner

N/A X-Ray Fluorescence  Sediment Cores Element Analysis

Sedigraph

N/A

X-Ray Absorption

Sediment  Particle Size

Coulter Counter

N/A

Coulter Principle

Sediment Particle Count and Size