Research Facilities

* ERTL (Environmental Research and Training Laboratory)

Includes the Stable Isotope Facility (Dr. Harry Rowe):
* ThermoFinnigan Delta Plus XP Mass Spec: Capable of Dual-Inlet or Continuous Flow
* ThermoFinnigan Delta Plus XP: Continuous Flow mode only
* Gas Bench- For carbonate analysis
* Elemental Analyzer – For Carbon, Nitrogen, Oxygen and Hydrogen Isotopes. Can also do total nitrogen and carbon analysis
* Temperature Conversion Elemental Analyzer – For Oxygen and Hydrogen Isotopes

Other equipment available at ERTL includes a variety of instruments for inorganic analysis:
* Ion chromatograph
* Atomic absorption spectrometer with a Zeeman graphite furnace
* Mercury analyzer
* ICP optical emission spectrometer
as well as a variety of mass spectrometers and gas chromatographs for organic analysis

Other Departmental geochemical and mineralogical facilities:

* Upgraded ARL-SEMQ electron microprobe (Dr. Dave Moecher)
* Automated Rigaku X-ray diffractometer (Dr. Sue Rimmer)
* Fluid inclusion laboratory (Dr. Kieran O'Hara)
* Organic Petrology Laboratory (Dr. Sue Rimmer)
* Density-gradient Centrifugation Laboratory (Dr. Sue Rimmer)
* Organic Geochemistry Laboratory

Geophysics facilities:

* the University of Kentucky Digital Seismic Network, including a regional strong-motion and seismic monitoring network (comprised of 15 short/intermediate period seismometers and 10 strong-motion accelerometers), concentrated on the New Madrid Seismic Zone (Dr. Zhenming Wang).
* the UK Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences Seismic Lab including equipment for near-surface exploration and engineering seismology (Dr. Ed Woolery).

Additional facilities:
* general wet chemistry laboratories
* rock-cutting facilities
* computer mapping and image processing laboratories
* UK's HP Exemplar supercomputing facilities
* student microcomputer laboratory with networked PCs and Macs
* field vehicles
* the Geological Sciences Library (Pirtle Library)