Facilities

Come visit us at 240 MSC, Oakland university

Please send inquiries to Dr. Bianchette (bianchette@oakland.edu) regarding lab equipment, capabilities, and functionalities.

Fieldwork

Vibecore-mini, Russian peat borer, refractometer, a variety of hand tools

Geology

Muffle furnace, digital scale, soil color identification guide, and Shimadzu (SALD-2300) particle size analyzer.

Paleoecology

Fully furnished laboratory for microfossil processing and analysis. Equipment includes, but is not limited to a centrifuge, soniccator, hot plate, light microscope, dissecting microscope, and pollen identification guides and literature

Chemistry

Vanta handheld x-ray fluorescence (XRF) unit