Salem State University will be closed beginning at noon on Sunday, January 25. All day and evening classes are canceled on Monday, January 26. Only designated essential personnel should report to work.
Research Facilities and Analytical Instrumentation
The research carried out by Salem State geological sciences students, faculty, and staff is enabled by modern facilities that support both classroom learning and scientific research.
- ThermoFisher Axia ChemiSEM scanning electron microscope (SEM) with Quasor II EDSB detector
- Isoprime 100 isotope ratio mass spectrometer (IRMS)
- Elementar VarioMICRO Cube elemental analyzer (EA)
- ThermoFisher Niton XL5 Plus hand-held X-ray fluorescence analyzer (XRF)
- ThermoFisher Dionex Integrion high pressure ion chromatography (HPIC)
- Bartington MS2 magnetic susceptibility meter (surface and dual frequency)
- Leica petrographic microscopes
- Reactive Digital Systems Interactive Topographic Sandbox
- GIS and Remote Sensing Lab
Geophysical Equipment
- Trimble X7 3D laser scanning system
- GSSI SIR 4000 ground-penetrating radar (GPR)
- Syqwest StrataBox HD 3510 CHIRP sub-bottom sonar
- Syqwest AquaScan HD precision side scan sonar
- Geometrics SmartSeis Seismograph
- GSSI EMP-400 multi-frequency electromagnetic induction (EMI) profiler
- IRIS Instruments SYSCAL Kid resistivity meter
- Geometrics G-856 Memory Mag proton precession magnetometer
Sample preparation
- Mettler-Toledo XP6 microbalance
- Analytical balances
- Buehler PetroThin thin sectioning system
- Buehler Ecomet3 polisher
- Buehler Minimet polisher
- Spex 8000M mixer/mill
- Sepor Mini-Jaw rock crusher
- Labconco Freezone 4.5L freeze drying system
- RX-29 Ro-Tap
- Covington Engineering heavy duty slab saw
- Rock saws
- Millipore Synergy Ultrapure Type-I water purification system
GPS/GNSS and Surveying Equipment
- Trimble R12i GNSS system (sub-centimeter accuracy)
- Trimble TDC600 handheld GNSS data collectors
- Trimble TSC5 survey controller
- Lietz B2A and Bosch 32X automatic levels
- Leitz/Sokkisha SET3 and SET630R total stations
- Leitz/Sokkisha TS20A, TM10E and Nikon NE-10 digital theodolites
- Corvallis MicroTech DGPS HP-L4S
Field Sampling Equipment
- 24’ pontoon with moon pool and davit crane
- 14’ Jon boat
- 16’ V-hull boat
- Lewis chainsaw winch and tripod with 3-ton chainfall hoist
- Livingstone corer
- Kullenberg piston corer
- Aquatic Research Instruments universal gravity/percussion corer
- Vibracorer
- Freeze corer
- Young-modified VanVeen grab samplers (2.4 and 8.2L)
- Mora Coretax increment borer
- AMS slide hammer soil corer
- Eureka Manta 2.5 water quality multiprobe
- YSI 600XLM and 6600 multiparameter water quality sondes and sensors
- Aquatic Research Instruments 2.2L vertical point water sampler
- HOBO U20 Water Level Logger and optic USB base station
- Aquatic Research Instruments standard incremental core extruding apparatus
- Durham Geo TR-3000 storm water samplers