Stable Isotope Laboratory
The stable isotope laboratory was established in 1998. The facility is housed in the
Department of Geology and Paleontology, and has become a central tool for
interdisciplinary research projects at the Karl-Franzens University, Graz.
Facilities
The laboratory is equipped with a Finnigan MAT Delta Plus stable isotope ratio mass
spectrometer.
An automatic extraction line, Kiel II, is used to extract the gas samples (CO2) from
carbonates.
A laser fluorination (BrF5) line is used to extract the gas sample (O2) from silicates
and oxides.
The facility operates for research, teaching and contract work.
If you are interested in our stable isotope facilities, please contact:
Jürgen Neubauer juergen.neubauer@uni-graz.at
Tel: ++43 (316) 380 5544 und 5521
Research applications
Some Ongoing Projects Involving Stable Isotopes:
- Continental environmental changes
during Maastrichtian, Hateg Basin, South Carpathians: evidence from stable isotopes
and facies distribution (Ana-Voica Bojar, FWF P16258-N06)
- Investigation of the geochemistry (stable isotope and trace element) of Devonian and
Caboniferous sequences, Paleozoic of Austria (Ana-Voica Bojar, Franz Neubauer)
- Monitoring Cenozoic
climate evolution from the carbonates of the Qaidam basin, China (Andrea Rieser,
Franz Neubauer, Ana-Voica Bojar, et al., FWF)
- Platingruppen-Mineralisation
in den mafisch-ultramafischen Gesteinen von Yubdo, Western
Äthiopien (Aberra Mogessie,
Georg Hoinkes, Eckart Wallbrecher, FWF-Projekt P13643-GEO )
- Thermal
and structural evolution of the South Tauern margin: evidence from stable isotope data and
structural studies (Harald Fritz , Robert Rabitsch et al.)
- The genesis of the rodingite body from Traföss, Eastern Alps (Hans-Peter Bojar,
Ana-Voica Bojar)
Closed Projects:
- Stable
Isotopes and changing Miocene palaeoenvironments in the East Alpine region
(Werner Piller, Christine Latal, FWF P-14366-Bio)
- Climatic changes during the Miocene: the Styrian basin record (Ana-Voica Bojar,
Hartmut Hiden, Alois Fenninger).
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