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For sediment and rock core analysis, the facility houses a Bartington MS2 magnetic susceptibility meter, with a point and loop sensor. A Bruker Tracer IV-SD hand-held XRF multi-element scanner is available for use in the X-ray analytical lab.  Two different instruments are available for automated grain size analysis, a Retch Camsizer for analysis of grains coarser than 32 um (medium sand size particles), and a Malvern/Panalytical Mastersizer 2000 for analysis of grains finer than 100um (coarse sand size). A top-load balance is available for low precision sample mass measurements. There are also facilities for washing and wet sieving samples, a high temperature oven and bench space for sample analysis and computers for instrument control and data processing. A LISST-100x in situ Laser Particle Size analyzer and a Sontek Argonaut-XR ADV characterize sediment particles and water column velocity profiles. The facility has a walk in refrigerator and chest freezer for cold and frozen sample storage.