CHIGI

Committee of Heads of Irish Geoscience Institutes

National Geoscience Equipment Inventory - 24 June 2012

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National inventory of geological/geophysical equipment
Field - geophysical surveying equipment
Institution Equipment Type Application Operability Approx age Calibrated Contact Email Telephone Funding source Additional comments
DIAS EM system - Controlled-source Phoenix V8 Imaging electrical resistivity from 100 m to 10 km Fully functional 2010 Yes Prof. Alan Jones alan@cp.dias.ie 01-653-5147 x200 DIAS 1 system with small and medium transmitters
DIAS Magnetotelluric broadband systems Phoenix MTU-V5 Imaging electrical resistivity from 100 m to 100 km Fully functional 2004-2010 Yes Prof. Alan Jones alan@cp.dias.ie 01-653-5147 x200 DIAS (mostly) 11 systems with 18 AMT coils and 36 MT coils
DIAS Magnetotelluric long period systems Lviv LEMI 417 Imaging electrical resistivity from 40 km to 400+ km Fully functional 2005-2011 Yes Prof. Alan Jones alan@cp.dias.ie 01-653-5147 x200 DIAS (mostly) 22 systems
DIAS Seismic systems (portable) with 200 s seismometers Nanometrics Libra Imaging velocity from 1 - 1000 km Fully functional 2010 Yes Prof. Alan Jones alan@cp.dias.ie 01-653-5147 x200 DIAS 20 systems, mostly deployed as Ireland Array
DIAS Seismic systems (portable) with 40 s seismometers EDL logger with Guralp seismometer Imaging velocity from 1 - 1000 km Fully functional 1990s Yes Prof. Alan Jones alan@cp.dias.ie 01-653-5147 x200 DIAS 10 systems, mostly deployed as Ireland Array
GSI Gravity Meter Lacoste Romberg Geophysical surveying Fully functional 10 years old Yes 2009 Archie Donovan Archie.Donovan@gsi.ie 01 6782798 INFOMAR
GSI Gravity Meter Warden Geophysical surveying Fully functional 30 years old Not recently Tom McIntyre Tom.McIntyre@gsi.ie 01 678 2883 N/A
GSI Ground Penetrating Radar GSSI SIR 3000 GPR Controller Shallow geophysical profiling Fully functional 1 year old No Michael Sheehy michael.sheehy@gsi.ie 01 6782794 N/A Portable terrestrial field equipment
GSI Ground Penetrating Radar 200 MHz GPR Antenna Shallow geophysical profiling Fully functional 1 year old No Michael Sheehy michael.sheehy@gsi.ie 01 6782794 N/A Portable terrestrial field equipment
GSI Ground Penetrating Radar 100 MHz GPR Antenna Shallow geophysical profiling Fully functional 1 year old No Michael Sheehy michael.sheehy@gsi.ie 01 6782794 N/A Portable terrestrial field equipment
GSI Ground Penetrating Radar MLF (80-16 MHz) GPR Antenna Shallow geophysical profiling Fully functional 1 year old No Michael Sheehy michael.sheehy@gsi.ie 01 6782794 N/A Portable terrestrial field equipment
GSNI Magnetic gradiometer with VLF Scintrex ENVI Magnetic and/or VLF survey Fully functional 14 years Yes Mike Young mike.young@detini.gov.uk (44) 28 9038 8462 GSNI Portable terrestrial field equipment
GSNI Magnetometer Geometrics G816 Magnetic survey Fully functional 20 years Yes Mike Young mike.young@detini.gov.uk (44) 28 9038 8462 GSNI Portable terrestrial field equipment
NUIG Electrical Resistivity Array and Meter Campus Geoplulse Terrestrial Electrical Resistivity Profiling fully functional 10+ years yes Dr. Eve Daly eve.daly@nuigalway.ie 091-492183 NUIG
NUIG Electrical Resistivity Array and Meter Iris Instruments Syscal Pro Switch 48 Terrestrial and Marine Electrical Resistivity Profiling fully functional 2 years yes Dr. Eve Daly eve.daly@nuigalway.ie 091-492183 PRTLI
NUIG Ground Penetrating Radar PulseEKKO PRO Terrestrial GPR Profiling fully functional 2 years yes Dr. Eve Daly eve.daly@nuigalway.ie 091-492183 PRTLI 50Mhz-1000Mhz
QUB Electrical Resistivity Geoscan RS15 Shallow resistivity fully functional 10 years yes Ronan McHugh r.mchugh@qub.ac.uk
QUB Ground Penetrating Radar Mala GPR surveying functional 2-15 years no alastair Ruffell a.ruffell@qub.ac.uk 50, 100, 200, 400, 500 MHz, 2.6GHz antennae
QUB Magnetometer Bartington Fluxgate Mag surveys Needs careful operator 10 years Yes Ronan McHugh r.mchugh@qub.ac.uk
UCC Geopulse electric resistivity array & meter Tigre Shallow geophysical profiling needs new software 1993 na Dr Bettie Higgs b.higgs@ucc.ie 021-4904578
UCD Electrical Resistivity equipment (2D ) shallow investigations Fully functional 15 years Martin Mölhoff Martin.Moellhoff@ucd.ie 01-7162381 UCD
UCD Infrasound sensors (2) Recording acoustic waves Fully functional 2012 Martin Mölhoff Martin.Moellhoff@ucd.ie 01-7162381 PRTLI5
UCD Magnetometer - Proton Field magnetic mapping Fully functional Martin Mölhoff Martin.Moellhoff@ucd.ie 01-7162381 UCD
UCD Seismograph (12-channel) shallow seismics Fully functional 15 years Martin Mölhoff Martin.Moellhoff@ucd.ie 01-7162381 UCD
UCD Seismometers Broadband (x58) Recording seismic waves Fully functional 2008-2012 Martin Mölhoff Martin.Moellhoff@ucd.ie 01-7162381 UCD, SFI, PRTLI5
UCD Tiltmeters (x5) Deformation studies (volcanic; landslips) Fully functional 2012 Martin Mölhoff Martin.Moellhoff@ucd.ie 01-7162381 PRTLI5
UCD VLF Equipment electromagnetic sounding Fully functional 15 years Martin Mölhoff Martin.Moellhoff@ucd.ie 01-7162381 UCD
Field - analytical equipment
Institution Equipment Type Application Operability Approx age Calibrated Contact Email Telephone Funding source Additional comments
GSI Field Portable XRF Niton XLt Analysis of up to 25 elements Fully functional 4 years Yes Gerry Stanley gerry.stanley@gsi.ie 01 678 2863 N/A
GSNI Magnetic susceptibility meter Kappameter KT5 Mag. Susc. measurement Fully functional 20 years No Mike Young mike.young@detini.gov.uk (44) 28 9038 8462 GSNI Portable terrestrial field equipment
GSNI Scintillometer Exploranium GRS101 Radiometric total count survey Fully functional 20 years no Mike Young mike.young@detini.gov.uk (44) 28 9038 8462 GSNI Portable terrestrial field equipment
QUB Portable Probe Permeameter Core Labs permeability measurements fully functional 1 year yes jenny Mckinley j.mckinley@qub.ac.uk
QUB Spectral gamma-ray detector Scintrex GIS5 radioactivity measurements functional 15 years yes alastair Ruffell a.ruffell@qub.ac.uk
Field - Positioning systems
Institution Equipment Type Application Operability Approx age Calibrated Contact Email Telephone Funding source Additional comments
GSI RTK Base Station Leica TS System 1200 GPS Surveying Fully functional< 5 years old Yes Archie Donovan Archie.Donovan@gsi.ie 01 6782798 INFOMAR
UCD Professional GPS receiver Field mapping base station Fully functional 2008 Peter Haughton peter.haughton@ucd.ie 01-7162244 UCD
Marine Survey equipment
Institution Equipment Type Application Operability Approx age Calibrated Contact Email Telephone Funding source Additional comments
GSI Echosounder - Single Beam (SBES) Kongsberg Simrad EA400 (SBES) Marine Surveying Fully functional 3 years old Yes Sean Cullen Sean.Cullen@gsi.ie 01 6782810 INFOMAR
GSI Multibeam Echosounder (MBES) Simrad 3002D (MBES) Marine Surveying Fully functional 3 years old Yes Sean Cullen Sean.Cullen@gsi.ie 01 6782810 INFOMAR
GSI RTK Base Station Leica TS System 1200 GPS Surveying Fully functional 5 years old Yes Archie Donovan Archie.Donovan@gsi.ie 01 6782798 INFOMAR
GSI RV GEO 7m Swath Mapping RIB Shallow Marine survey 2-40m INFOMAR Survey Vessel 3 years old Yes Sean Cullen Sean.Cullen@gsi.ie 01 6782810 INFOMAR Contains complex survey suite
GSI RV KEARY 15m Multibeam Survey Vessel Shallow Marine survey 10-50m INFOMAR Survey Vessel 3 years old Yes Sean Cullen Sean.Cullen@gsi.ie 01 6782810 INFOMAR Contains complex survey suite
GSI Seismic Sparker System (Marine) GeoResources GeoSpark200 Shallow marine Seismics Fully functional 3 years old N/A Sean Cullen Sean.Cullen@gsi.ie 01 6782810 INFOMAR
GSI Side Scan Sonar Edgetech 4200 Marine Surveying Fully functional 4 years old N/A Sean Cullen Sean.Cullen@gsi.ie 01 6782810 INFOMAR
GSI Sub Bottom Profiler/Pinger (Shallow) SES Probe 500 3.5 kHz Shallow marine Seismics Fully functional 3 years old Yes Sean Cullen Sean.Cullen@gsi.ie 01 6782810 INFOMAR
GSI Tide Gauges Both OTT (4) & HOBO (4) Tide measurement Fully functional 5-2 years Yes Archie Donovan Archie.Donovan@gsi.ie 01 6782798 INFOMAR
GSI Vibrocorer (Marine) GeoResources 6m Coring Tool Fully functional 3 years old Yes Xavier Monteys Xavier.Monteys@gsi.ie 01 6782807 INFOMAR
NUIG Interferrometric Bathymetry System Submetrix2000 Marine Bathymetric imaging fully functional 10+ years yes Dr. Eve Daly eve.daly@nuigalway.ie 091-492183 PRTLI
NUIG Side Scan Sonar GeoAcoustics Analogue Marine Seabed imaging fully functional uprgraded 2 years ago yes Dr. Eve Daly eve.daly@nuigalway.ie 091-492183 NUIG 100/500MHz
NUIG Sub-Bottom Profiler GeoAcoustics Digital Chirp Marine Sub-Bottom Profiler fully functional 2 years yes Dr. Eve Daly eve.daly@nuigalway.ie 091-492183 PRTLI
Drilling
Institution Equipment Type Application Operability Approx age Calibrated Contact Email Telephone Funding source Additional comments
GSI Diamond/Auger Drill Rig Dando Geotech 75 Drilling Fully functional 11 year old N/A Tom McIntyre Tom.Mcintyre@gsi.ie 01 678 2883 N/A
UCD Minidrill Diamond drilling of 2.5cm dia. cores Fully functional 1995 Stephen Daly stephen.daly@ucd.ie 01-7162331 EU
Laboratory and sample preparation facilities
Institution Equipment Type Application Operability Approx age Calibrated Contact Email Telephone Funding source Additional comments
TCD Disc mill for mineral separation Retsch Preparing sand-size grains from rock gravel Functional 2010 yes Quentin Crowley crowleyq@tcd.ie 01-8962403 TCD
TCD Furnace SNOL High temperature fusions or annealing Functional 2011 yes Quentin Crowley crowleyq@tcd.ie 01-8962403 TCD
TCD Heavy liquid separation system Custom-built Separation of minerals according to density Functional 2006 yes David Chew chewd@tcd.ie 01-8963481 TCD
TCD Jaw crusher Retsch Crushing rock samples Functional 2008 yes David Chew chewd@tcd.ie 01-8963481 HEA
TCD Magnetic separator Frantz Separation of minerals according to magentic susceptibility Functional 2010 yes Quentin Crowley crowleyq@tcd.ie 01-8962403 TCD
TCD Mineral separating table Gemini Separation of dense minerals Functional 2007 yes David Chew chewd@tcd.ie 01-8963481 SFI
TCD Prime fluxer (lithium fusion) Katanax K1 Matrix destruction of solids In calibration 2 years na Robbie Goodhue goodhuer@tcd.ie 01-8961419
UCC Furnace Carbolite glass discs for geochem analysis ? 1986 na Mary Lehane m.lehane@ucc.ie 021-4904575
UCC Jaw crusher functional 1986 na Mary Lehane m.lehane@ucc.ie
UCC Mill -Tema  Mill and Barrel grind rock chips functional 1985 Mary Lehane m.lehane@ucc.ie
UCC Petrological section preparation Logitech LP 50 Petrological section preparation needs servicing 2004 Yes Stuart Warner s.warner@ucc.ie 021-4904668
UCC Press 25 ton  Specac Powder pellet for geochem analysis ? 1986 na Mary Lehane m.lehane@ucc.ie 021-4904575
UCC Scrubber fume cupboard Chemical Systems HF microfossil sample prep Fully functional 2011 NA Mary Lehane m.lehane@ucc.ie 021-4904575
UCD Analytical Balance Mettler  Weighing samples to 0.01 mg Fully functional 2007 Michael Murphy michael.murphy@ucd.ie 01-7162326 UCD
UCD Cooled incubators (x2) taphonomic experiments Fully functional 2007 Patrick Orr patrick.orr@ucd.ie 01-7162323 UCD
UCD Critical point dryer SEM preparation of biological tissues Fully functional 2008 Patrick Orr patrick.orr@ucd.ie 01-7162323 UCD
UCD Jaw crushers 2 x Fritsch pulvirisette steel and tungsten carbide jaws Crushing rock & mineral samples Fully functional 2008 Tony Keogh anthony.keogh@ucd.ie 01-7162334 UCD
UCD Magnetic Barrier Laboratory Separator Frantz LB1  Magnetic separation of minerals   Fully functional 2004 Tony Keogh anthony.keogh@ucd.ie 01-7162334 UCD
UCD Magnetic Separator Chas Cook (Frantz-type)=   Magnetic separation of minerals   Functional 40 years Tony Keogh anthony.keogh@ucd.ie 01-7162334 UCD
UCD Mill - Agate Ball Retsch PM 100  Crushing rock & mineral samples Fully functional 2011 Tony Keogh anthony.keogh@ucd.ie 01-7162334 UCD
UCD Mill -Agate Ball Fritsch Pulverisette  <= /span> Crushing carbonate samples Fully functional 2007 Tony Keogh anthony.keogh@ucd.ie 01-7162334 UCD
UCD Mill -Tema  Agate barrell Crushing rock & mineral samples needs repair 1989 Tony Keogh anthony.keogh@ucd.ie 01-7162334 UCD
UCD Mill -Tema  Agate barrell Crushing rock & mineral samples Fully functional 2006 Tony Keogh anthony.keogh@ucd.ie 01-7162334 UCD
UCD Mill -Tema  Colmonoy barrell Crushing rock & mineral samples Fully functional 40 years Tony Keogh anthony.keogh@ucd.ie 01-7162334 UCD
UCD Mill -Tema  Steel barrell  Crushing rock & mineral samples Fully functional 40 years Tony Keogh anthony.keogh@ucd.ie 01-7162334 UCD
UCD Mill -Tema Tema Disc Mill (for WC and metal barrells) Crushing rock & mineral samples Fully functional 1988 Tony Keogh anthony.keogh@ucd.ie 01-7162334 UCD
UCD Mill -Tema  Tema Disc Mill (slow speed for agate) Crushing rock & mineral samples Fully functional 1989 Tony Keogh anthony.keogh@ucd.ie 01-7162334 UCD
UCD Mill -Tema  Tungsten Carbide barrell for Tema Mill Crushing rock & mineral samples Fully functional 1988 Tony Keogh anthony.keogh@ucd.ie 01-7162334 UCD
UCD Millipore De-ioniser Producing ultra-pure water  Fully functional 2007 Michael Murphy michael.murphy@ucd.ie 01-7162149 UCD
UCD Mineral flotation equipment  Custom built  Density separation of minerals   Fully functional 1990-2012 Tony Keogh anthony.keogh@ucd.ie 01-7162334 UCD
UCD New Wave Micromill Microdrilling of mineral surfaces Fully functional 2005 Stephen Daly stephen.daly@ucd.ie 01-7162331 SFI, UCD, TCD, UCC
UCD Press 25 ton Specac  Pressed pellets for XRF analysis needs repair 40 years Tony Keogh anthony.keogh@ucd.ie 01-7162334 UCD
UCD Pt crucibles Preparation of glasses; LOI determination Fully functional 40 years Stephen Daly stephen.daly@ucd.ie 01-7162331 UCD
Laboratory - geochemical/mineralogical facilities
Institution Equipment Type Application Operability Approx age Calibrated Contact Email Telephone Funding source Additional comments
NUIG Digital point counter Digital point counter rock analysis fully functional 2011 yes Prof Feely martin.feely@nuigalway.ie 091-492129 NUIG
NUIG Fluid inclusion system 3 Microthermometric stages Fluid Inclusion studies Fully functional 20,15,8 years yes Prof Feely martin.feely@nuigalway.ie 091-492129 Offshore Support Group
NUIG Fluid inclusion system UV Microscope Fluid Inclusion studies Fully Functional 10 yrs yes Prof Feely martin.feely@nuigalway.ie 091-492129 NUIG
NUIG Fluid inclusion system Laser Raman Microscope (Horiba) mineralogy/inorganics/Fluid inclusions fully functional 2 years yes Prof Feely martin.feely@nuigalway.ie 091-492129 PRTLI
NUIG ICP MS (Perkin Elmer) ICP MS (Perkin Elmer) multielement analyses of water fully functional 2 years yes Prof Feely martin.feely@nuigalway.ie 091-492129 PRTLI/NUIG
TCD Powder x-ray diffractometer Philips PW1720 ,PW1050/25 goniometer, AMR detector. Qualitative phase identification Fully functional 10+ years yes Robbie Goodhue goodhuer@tcd.ie 01-8961419
TCD X-ray fluorescence spectrometer (ED-XRF) Bruker S2 ranger Elemental analysis Na to U Fully functional 5 years some Robbie Goodhue goodhuer@tcd.ie 01-8961419 SFI
UCC Fluid inclusion system Linkam not set up 1989 Pat Meere p.meere@ucc.ie 021-4904576
UCD Atomic Absorption Spectrometer Chemical analysis Fully functional 2000 Frank McDermott frank.mcdermott@ucd.ie 0.-7162327 UCD
UCD Dionex Ion Chromatography instrument with anion column Analysis of anions in water samples (F-,Cl-, NO3-, SO4-,PO4- etc.) Fully functional 2005 Frank McDermott frank.mcdermott@ucd.ie 01-7162327 SFI
UCD Spectrophotometer Colorometric analayis of dissolved Si and other elements Fully functional 1999 Frank McDermott frank.mcdermott@ucd.ie 01-7162327 SFI, UCD
Laboratory - isotopic facilities
Institution Equipment Type Application Operability Approx age Calibrated Contact Email Telephone Funding source Additional comments
TCD Continous flow- Isotope Ratio Mass Spectrometer Thermo Delta plus CF-IRMS δ13C, δ15N and δ18O Organics, carbonates and water Fully functional 10 years yes Robbie Goodhue goodhuer@tcd.ie 01-8961419
TCD Solution ICP-MS Thermo iCapQ multielement analyses of geological materials Functional from April 2012 yes Prof Kamber 01-8962957
UCD Filament degasser ThermoScientific Isotope ratio mass spectrometry Fully functional 2008 Michael Murphy michael.murphy@ucd.ie 01-7162149 HEA
UCD Filament spot welder ThermoScientific Isotope ratio mass spectrometry Fully functional 2008 Michael Murphy michael.murphy@ucd.ie 01-7162149 HEA
UCD Filament spot welder Vulcan Isotope ratio mass spectrometry Fully functional 1976 Michael Murphy michael.murphy@ucd.ie 01-7162149 HEA
UCD Hepa-filtered chemical workstations Sample preparation for isotope ratio mass spectrometry Fully functional 2008 Michael Murphy michael.murphy@ucd.ie 01-7162326 UCD
UCD Hepa-filtered chemical workstations (4-door) Sample preparation for isotope ratio mass spectrometry Fully functional 2006 Michael Murphy michael.murphy@ucd.ie 01-7162326 UCD
UCD Hepa-filtered chemical workstations (6-door) Sample preparation for isotope ratio mass spectrometry Fully functional 1992 Michael Murphy michael.murphy@ucd.ie 01-7162326 UCD
UCD Multiple Collector Inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometer MC ICPMS ThermoScientificNeptune Isotope ratio mass spectrometry Fully functional 2008 Michael Murphy michael.murphy@ucd.ie 01-7162550 SFI, UCD, TCD, UCC
UCD New Wave UP193 Excimer laser Laser ablation microsampling (usually coupled with Neptune ICPMS) Fully functional 2010 Michael Murphy michael.murphy@ucd.ie 01-7162149 SFI, UCD, TCD, UCC
UCD Thermal ionisation mass spectrometer TheremoScientific Triton Isotope ratio mass spectrometry Fully functional 2008 Michael Murphy michael.murphy@ucd.ie 01-7162149 HEA
UCD VG354 Thermal ionisation mass spectrometer Isotope ratio mass spectrometry needs repair 28 years; in UCD since 2004 Michael Murphy michael.murphy@ucd.ie 01-7162326 UCD
Laboratory - dating facilities
Institution Equipment Type Application Operability Approx age Calibrated Contact Email Telephone Funding source Additional comments
TCD Fission track dating system Autoscan Separation of minerals according to density Functional 2008 yes David Chew chewd@tcd.ie 01-8963481 SFI / PIP
Laboratory - imaging facilities
Institution Equipment Type Application Operability Approx age Calibrated Contact Email Telephone Funding source Additional comments
UCD Hitachi TM1000 Desktop SEM and EDS analyser BSE imaging and EDS analysis Fully functional 2009 Patrick Orr patrick.orr@ucd.ie 01-7162323 UCD
Advanced computer facilities
Institution Equipment Type Application Operability Approx age Calibrated Contact Email Telephone Funding source Additional comments
UCD 100+ processor computer cluster Parallel computing and computational modelling Fully functional 2008 Martin Mölhoff Martin.Moellhoff@ucd.ie 01-7162381 SFI