Facilities and Equipment by Research Area

• Departmental computer facility including Silicon Graphics, and Sun workstations, Macintosh and IBM PC-compatibles and peripherals.
• Cray T3E (44 nodes) parallel and two J90 vector high performance systems.
Silicon Graphics Onyx Reality-2 immersive VR available.
• 3D seismic data processing available on some Sun workstations.
• Ocean-bottom seismometer system with 3-component geophones and hydrophone.
digital recording.

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• High-resolution X-ray computed tomographic scanner for non-destructive 3-D imaging of rocks.
• Facilities for chemical analysis, including a high-resolution magnetic-sector ICP-MS.
• JEOL 733 microprobe, four spectrometers, Geller software.
• Finnigan MAT 261 multi-collector mass spectrometer.
• Laboratories for study of radiogenic isotope systems ((K-Ar, Rb-Sr, Sm-Nd, U-Pb, etc.; fission-track thermochronogy).
• Stable isotopes: facilities for H, O, and C analysis of silicates, carbonates, and water.
• JEOL scanning electron microscope with energy-dispersive analyzer.
• Apparatus for hydrothermal experiments to 800 degrees C and 2 kb, and experiments at atmospheric pressure to 1500 degrees C under controlled oxygen fugacity.
• Fluid inclusion laboratory with a USGS-type gas-flow heating/freezing stage for geothermometry investigations.
• Microcomputer facilities in department include SUN, Macintosh, and IBM-compatibles and peripheral equipment.
• Access to IBM 3090 and Cray Y-MP 8/864 systems is available through remote terminals in the department.
• Global Positioning Satellite receivers with capability for differentially corrected mapping.
• GeoSec 2D and 2Dmove software for cross-section construction and restoration.
• Digital total station.
• Vulcan software for 3D modeling and economic evaluation.
• Paleomagnetism laboratory including superconducting magnetometer and magnetically shielded room.
• X-ray diffractometers for powder and diffraction studies.

Time and training on all of the above facilities are available for research projects without charge to graduate students.

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Chemical analysis, including ion chromatography, atomic absorption, and x-ray diffraction:

• J-Y inductively coupled plasma spectrometer.
• JEOL scanning electron microscope with energy dispersive analyzer and CL imaging.
• Electron microprobe with energy-dispersive X-ray analyzer.
• HPLC and total carbon analyzer.
• Stable and radiogenic isotopes: facilities for H, O (silicates, carbonates, and water), C, N, Sr, ,U, Th, Pb, Nd isotope analysis.
• Cathodoluminescence device for microscopy.
• Fluid inclusion laboratory.
• Access to CDC, IBM, and Cray computer systems with remote terminals, PCs & UNIX Work stations are available in the department. GIS capability.
• 35-mm SLR and 16-mm movie camera systems for macro- and microphotography.
full darkroom facilities. computer drafting. Facilities for radiometric dating including Rb/Sr, K/Ar, U/Pb.
• Excellent library facilities.
• 2400 cores and cuttings from 60,000 wells stored at the Bureau of Economic Geology Well Sample Library.
• Silicon Graphics Iris workstation for high resolution image processing, manipulation, and visualization.

The use of all of the above equipment and facilities is available for research projects initiated by graduate students.

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Access to the following facilities is available for graduate student research:

• SGI workstation with industry-standard seismic, well log, and subsurface data interpretation, mapping, and 3-D imaging software.
• Facilities for chemical analysis, including a Jobin-Yvon 70Y ICP-AES for sequential and simultaneous analysis of major and trace elements, and atomic ab­sorption.
• Rigaku X-ray automated diffractometer and micro­processor for collection of diffractograms for mineral identification.
• Microcomputer facilities include SUN, Macintosh, and IBM-compatible platforms and peripheral equipment including scanners, color printers, and digitizing tablets.
• Access to IBM 3090 and Cray sys­tems is available through remote terminals in the de­partment.
• Two- and three-dimensional seismic and digital well data analysis and interpretation software includ­ing Geoquest and Landmark.
• UTBEG sample repository including cores from over 3,000 wells and cuttings from about 70,000 wells.
• JEOL 733 microprobe with 4 spectrometers, color image analysis.
• JEOL SEM with backscatter detector and energy-dispersive analyzer.
• Petrographic microscopes.
cathodo-luminescence and fluorescence facility.
• Laboratories for investigation of radiogenic isotope systems (K-Ar, Rb-Sr, Sm-Nd, U-Pb, fission-track). Includes a Finnigan MAT 261 thermal ionization mass spectrometer with 7 collectors and an ultra-clean preparation facility for Pb analysis.
• Facilities for investigations of stable isotope sys­tems (H, O [carbonates and silicates], C, and N).
• Apparatus for hydrothermal experiments to 800°C and 2 kb, and experiments at atmospheric pressure to 1500°C under controlled oxygen fugacity.
• Fluid inclusion laboratory with a gas-flow heat­ing/freezing stage for geothermometry investigations, equipped for fluorescence and video display and re­cording.
• Paleomagnetism laboratory including super-con­ducting magnetometer and magnetically shielded room.

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Complete facilities for chemical analysis including:

• Atomic-absorption spectrophotometer, and J-Y inductively coupled plasma-mass spectrophotometer.
• X-ray diffractometers for powder and single-crystal studies.
• EOL scanning electron microscope with CL imaging.
• JEOL 733 electron microprobe with four spectrometers, an energy-dispersive detector, and image analysis.
• Cathodoluminescence and fluorescence microscopy.
• Stable isotope laboratory with facilities for H, O (silicates and carbonates), and C.
• Laboratories for study of radiogenic isotope systems (K-Ar, Rb-Sr, Sm-Nd, U-Pb, U-Th and fission-track).
• A Finnigan MAT 261 thermal ionization mass spectrometer with 7 collectors.
• Departmental microcomputer laboratory including Macintosh and IBM computers and peripheral devices.
Access to dual CDC Cyber, IBM, Cray J90 and DEC computer systems is available through terminals located in the Department.
• Paleomagnetism laboratory including superconducting magnetometer and magnetically shielded room.
• Excellent library facilities, including a geosciences library in the Geology Building.
• Microfossil sample-preparation laboratory.
• Image analysis laboratory for microfossils, sedimentary grains, and pores.
• Well-equipped laboratory for preparation and study of fossil vertebrate.

• Large collection of fossil vertebrates (75,000 catalogued specimens), especially strong in the following areas: Permian, Triassic and Cretaceous of Texas, early Tertiary of Trans-Pecos Texas, middle and late Tertiary of the Gulf Coastal Plain, late Tertiary of the High Plains, and Pleistocene of Texas.

• Good reference collection of modern vertebrate skeletal material.

• Very large collection of fossil invertebrates (nearly 3,400,000 specimens, including over 6,000 types and figured specimens), especially strong in the following areas: Cambrian trilobites and echinoderms, Ordovician echinoderms and other groups from Oklahoma and the Rocky Mountains, Carboniferous and Permian echinoderms, insects, and other inverte-brates from Texas, the Midwest, and Rocky Mountains, Jurassic ammonoids, Cretaceous ammonoids, rudistids, oysters, and other invertebrates from the southern and western US and Mexico, and Tertiary molluscs, crustaceans, insects, and other invertebrates from the southern US.

• Fluid inclusion laboratory with a USGS-type gas-flow heating/freezing stage for fluid-inclusion studies. Wind tunnel and flume for sediment transport studies.
• 2400 cores and cuttings from 65,000 wells stored at the Well Sample Library.
• 35-mm SLR and 16-mm movie camera systems for macro- and microphotography.
full darkroom facilities.
• 2D- and 3D seismic imaging on a Sun workstation using Geoquest software.
12 PCs using SMT (Kingdom Suite) software.
• Dune buggy for desert areas.

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Facilities for chemical analysis, including J-Y ICPS for sequential and simultaneous analysis of major and trace elements, and atomic absorption:

• Rigaku X-ray diffractometer with automated sample changer. Siemens X-ray diffractometer.
• JEOL 733 microprobe, four spectrometers + EDS, image analysis.
• EOL T330A Scanning Electron Microscope with energy dispersive spectrometer and CL.
• Laboratories for study of radiogenic isotope systems (K-Ar, Rb-Sr, Sm-Nd, U-Pb, and fission-track), and a multicollector Finnigan MAT 261 thermal ionization mass spectrometer with an ultra-clean laboratory.
• Stable isotopes: facilities for H, O, and C analysis.
• Apparatus for hydrothermal experiments to 800 degree C and 2 kb, and experiments at atmospheric pressure to 1500oC under controlled oxygen fugacity.
• GeoSec software for 2D cross-section construction and restoration.
• Global Positioning Satellite receivers with capability for differentially corrected mapping.
• Fluid inclusion laboratory with a USGS-type gas-flow heating/freezing stage for geothermometry investigations.
• Fission track thermochronology laboratory with computer automated stage and on-line data processing.
• CRAY T3E &J90 with SSD.
IBM 3090. Sun Sparc stations and numerous microcomputers are available.
• Paleomagnetism laboratory including superconducting magnetometer and magnetically shielded room.

Time and training on all of the above facilities are available for research projects by graduate students.

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