53. Physical Geography Laboratories, Department Of Geography, SFU Include facilities for biogeography, biogeochemistry, soil science, climatology and hydrology, and Category Reference Education Laboratories and Individuals...... physical geography Research Lab Facilities. for surface and subsurface water, a neutronprobe, snow survey equipment and a range of data acquisition systems. http://www.sfu.ca/geography/Research/physicallabs.html |
Physical Geography Research Laboratories Physical Geography Research Lab Facilities Biogeography Facilities and equipment for collection and analysis of palaeoecological samples. Incubation chamber for studies of diatom ecology. Biogeochemistry Laboratory space with support facilities appropriate for aquatic chemistry and trace-element analysis in the newly opened South Science Building at SFU. Available analytical equipment includes: an atomic absorption spectrophotometer, an ion chromatography system, and a gas chromatography system equipped with TCD and FID detectors. Soil Science Facilities and equipment for collection, preparation and analysis of soil and foliage samples. Access is also available to off-campus laboratory facilities and to facilities used in biogeochemistry. Climatology and Hydrology Field research is strongly encouraged in climatology and hydrology, and laboratory facilities are available for graduate student research. Instrumentation is available for measurement of radiation, energy and water balance components as well as turbulent transfer. Instrumentation includes an assortment of radiation and energy balance instruments including radiometers, temperature, humidity and windspeed profile equipment, eddy correlation instrumentation, samplers for surface and subsurface water, a neutron probe, snow survey equipment and a range of data acquisition systems. Geomorphology Laboratory facilities are available for general analytical work and for sediment analysis in particular. Field equipment includes: survey boats with depth sounders and positioning systems, Mobile B-53 drill rig (mud-rotary, augering and coring capability) mounted on diesel International truck, several vibra-coring systems, a Mt. Sopris 1000 C logging system (gamma, SP and R), a high-resolution seismic system (Bison seismograph, dedicated computers and printers, geophones), pulse EKKO ground penetrating radar system, airborne multi-spectral imaging system and signal processing laboratory. This combination of equipment is unique in the context of Canadian geomorphology, and provides capability for a broad range of studies of fluvial processes and for investigating the subsurface in modern depositional environments. | |
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