{"id":138297,"date":"2019-02-26T12:07:54","date_gmt":"2019-02-26T17:07:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/gso\/?page_id=138297"},"modified":"2022-12-14T10:48:15","modified_gmt":"2022-12-14T15:48:15","slug":"facilities","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/gso\/research\/marine-geological-samples-laboratory\/facilities\/","title":{"rendered":"Facilities"},"content":{"rendered":"<section class=\"cl-wrapper cl-menu-wrapper\"><nav id=\"\" class=\"cl-menu  \" data-name=\"MGSL Menu\" data-show-title=\"0\"><ul id=\"menu-mgsl-menu\" class=\"cl-menu-list cl-menu-list-no-js\"><li id=\"menu-item-138366\" class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-138366\"><a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/gso\/research\/marine-geological-samples-laboratory\/\">MGSL<\/a><\/li>\n<li id=\"menu-item-138363\" class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-138363\"><a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/gso\/research\/marine-geological-samples-laboratory\/facilities\/\">Facilities<\/a><\/li>\n<li id=\"menu-item-138360\" class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-138360\"><a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/gso\/research\/marine-geological-samples-laboratory\/samples\/\">Collections\/Sample Requests<\/a><\/li>\n<li id=\"menu-item-138357\" class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-138357\"><a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/gso\/research\/marine-geological-samples-laboratory\/tours\/\">Outreach\/Tours<\/a><\/li>\n<li id=\"menu-item-139747\" class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-139747\"><a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/gso\/research\/marine-geological-samples-laboratory\/mgsl-cruise-reports\/\">Publications &amp; Cruise Reports<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul><\/nav><\/section>\n<p><section class=\"cl-wrapper cl-hero-wrapper\"><div class=\"cl-hero  \"><div class=\"cl-hero-proper\"><div class=\"overlay\"><\/div><div class=\"still\" style=\"background-image:url(https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/916\/mgsl-tall-room-cropped.jpg);\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/section>MGSL is a 6,000 square ft. laboratory and storage facility for the curation of marine geological samples. Rows of 12\u2019 high racks are devoted to the storage of dredge rocks and island\/continent rock samples at ambient temperatures. Marine sediment cores are stored in a 10,000 square ft. refrigerated room maintained at a temperature of 3-4 \u00b0C.<\/p>\n<div class=\"cl-tiles thirds\">\n<div><a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/916\/mgsl-reefer.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[138297]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-138258\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/916\/mgsl-reefer-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1000\" height=\"563\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/gso\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/916\/mgsl-reefer-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/gso\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/916\/mgsl-reefer-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/gso\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/916\/mgsl-reefer-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/gso\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/916\/mgsl-reefer-364x205.jpg 364w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/gso\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/916\/mgsl-reefer-500x281.jpg 500w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/gso\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/916\/mgsl-reefer-1000x563.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/gso\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/916\/mgsl-reefer-1280x720.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/gso\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/916\/mgsl-reefer.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div><a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/916\/mgsl-sieve.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[138297]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-138261\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/916\/mgsl-sieve-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1000\" height=\"563\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/gso\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/916\/mgsl-sieve-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/gso\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/916\/mgsl-sieve-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/gso\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/916\/mgsl-sieve-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/gso\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/916\/mgsl-sieve-364x205.jpg 364w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/gso\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/916\/mgsl-sieve-500x281.jpg 500w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/gso\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/916\/mgsl-sieve-1000x563.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/gso\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/916\/mgsl-sieve-1280x720.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/gso\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/916\/mgsl-sieve.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div><a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/916\/mgsl-microscope-cropped.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[138297]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-138255\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/916\/mgsl-microscope-cropped-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1000\" height=\"563\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/gso\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/916\/mgsl-microscope-cropped-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/gso\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/916\/mgsl-microscope-cropped-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/gso\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/916\/mgsl-microscope-cropped-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/gso\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/916\/mgsl-microscope-cropped-364x205.jpg 364w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/gso\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/916\/mgsl-microscope-cropped-500x281.jpg 500w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/gso\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/916\/mgsl-microscope-cropped-1000x563.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/gso\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/916\/mgsl-microscope-cropped-1280x720.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/gso\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/916\/mgsl-microscope-cropped.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>The MGSL also houses three working laboratories that support sub-sampling, photography, microscopy, and sample preparation. <a href=\"mailto:mgsl@etal.uri.edu\">Contact us<\/a> if you would like to use our spaces or equipment.<\/p>\n<h3>Coarse Rock Lab<\/h3>\n<p>The coarse rock lab contains equipment for cutting, crushing, and powdering rock samples, and sieving equipment for grain size analysis. Equipment in this lab includes:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>A large-radius rock saw for cutting large rock samples<\/li>\n<li>A small-radius rock saw for cutting small rock samples<\/li>\n<li>A small alumina-plate jaw crusher<\/li>\n<li>A Spex 8000M mixer\/mill with high-purity alumina and WC vessels for powdering<\/li>\n<li>A large selection of sieves for mechanical separation<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Fine Rock Lab<\/h3>\n<p>The fine rock lab contains equipment for finer scale rock preparation and analysis, including microscopy, polishing, and thin section preparation. Equipment in this lab includes:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Two Nikon SMZ-800 stereo microscopes with fiber-optic and sub-stage illuminators<\/li>\n<li>A mechanical Buehler lapping wheel with exchangeable plates for multiple loose grits<\/li>\n<li>A Buehler Handi-Met 2 Roll Grinder<\/li>\n<li>A Buehler IsoMet low speed precision cutting saw<\/li>\n<li>A Franz magnetic separator<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Sediment Lab<\/h3>\n<p>The sediment lab contains equipment and space for core description, imaging, and sampling. This lab also serves as the instructional lab space for OCG540, and as the major outreach space on facility tours. Equipment in this lab includes:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Materials and equipment for making smear slides<\/li>\n<li>A core imaging table with motorized camera mount<\/li>\n<li>X-ray camera and safety equipment<\/li>\n<li>An Olympus petrographic microscope with digital camera and display monitor<\/li>\n<li>Computers for database access and updates<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MGSL is a 6,000 square ft. laboratory and storage facility for the curation of marine geological samples. Rows of 12\u2019 high racks are devoted to the storage of dredge rocks and island\/continent rock samples at ambient temperatures. Marine sediment cores are stored in a 10,000 square ft. refrigerated room maintained at a temperature of 3-4 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1726,"featured_media":0,"parent":131998,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"class_list":["post-138297","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/gso\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/138297","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/gso\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/gso\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/gso\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1726"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/gso\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=138297"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/gso\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/138297\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":179146,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/gso\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/138297\/revisions\/179146"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/gso\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/131998"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/gso\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=138297"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}