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All laboratores with complex instrumentation experience periodic "down time" for routine maintenance and repairs, for diagnosing difficult malfunctions, and for development of new or modified procedures and calibrations. Some are predictable and planned, others are not controlled events, but all must be managed within normal operations of the laboratory. USGS Central Region Isotopic/Geochronology Core Operations Lab Support achieves the following objectives and goals:
This project assures that the scientific research within projects can be achieved. Laboratory facilities need to be functional with appropriate modern capabilities (not necessarily 'cutting edge') and ready to perform project tasks as requested. This project provides base funding to the radiogenic TIMS laboratories, the stable isotope laboratory, argon geochronology laboratories, noble gas geochemistry and geochronology lab, and the thermoluminescence (TL/OSL) lab. The specialist scientific staff in these facilities provide basic geochronologic and isotopic tracer data and full collaborative scientific input to projects. These staff further provide advice and guidance to other researchers to improve the scientific outcomes of project research, through integration of isotope geochemistry and geochronology applications. As scientific experts in their fields, the Isotopic/Geochronology Core Operations staff provide both conceptual develoipment of project research strategies, the analytical data, and scientific interpretations to projects. Products are as diverse as the scope of Program activities. By maintaining the ability to respond to future needs and directions.
| Betty Adrian | Box 25046 MS 973 Denver, CO 80225 |
(303) 236-1806 badrian@usgs.gov |
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U.S. Department of the Interior || U.S. Geological Survey
