ESRL Projects
Below are a selection of on-going and recent projects which have been approved for use of ESRL facilities.
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Tellus Geochemical Survey - GSI
Major and trace element analysis of soils and sediments for the GSI Tellus geochemical survey.
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Quantifying Ireland’s Dust Bowl: An interdisciplinary assessment of potential loess genesis, deposition, and dynamics in the Burren - Dr Gordon Bromley
WD-XRF pressed powder analysis of silt and soil samples.
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Geochemical characterisation of arc lavas from the South Sandwich Islands - Dr Emma Liu & Dr Mike Stock
ED-XRF analysis of lavas and pyroclastic rocks.
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Messages from the deep: Assessing the thermal and chemical evolution of the mantle during initiation of the North Atlantic Igneous Province - Dr Elliot Carter
WD-XRF fused bead and pressed powder pellet analysis of basalt lava samples.
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Metal enrichment in modern and fossil leaves - Dr Micha Ruhl & Prof. Jennifer McElwain
Hg analysis of modern and fossil leaves and sediments.
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Metal enrichment in modern and fossil leaves - Dr Micha Ruhl & Prof. Jennifer McElwain
Hg analysis of modern and fossil leaves and sediments.
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Jurassic depositional environments and hydrocarbon source-rock formation in Irish and nearby marine basins - Dr Micha Ruhl
Hg and ED-XRF analysis of marl and carbonate sediments.
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Deadly kiss of the LIPs: linking LIP volcanism with mass extinctions - Dr Micha Ruhl
Hg analysis of lacustrine and terrestrial organic matter.