Fission Track Laboratory
UP - University of Potsdam
last updated: July 19, 2023
About the Laboratory
Fission Track Laboratory
UP - University of Potsdam
@ General Geology
This Laboratory
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- General Geology Facilities laboratory complex
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Description
The lab is equipped with a Leica DMR microscope with a drawing tube, a Kinetek computer-driven stage, a Calcomp digitizing tablet, and FT Stage software. A video camera is mounted on the triaxial head of the microscope, allowing a group of people to observe a slide simultaneously. At present, we are only analyzing apatites. However, we plan on analyzing zircons in the future.
Instruments
Analytical Methods
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Fission Track Dating
Fission Track, Fission Track Method - Microscopy
Laboratory Keywords
In addition to the instruments and analytical methods listed above, these keywords help to describe the work done in the laboratory. This may include the type of samples, standard materials, specific preparative or analytical methods and specific instrument characteristics.
- Apatite Fission Track Analysis (AFT)
- Zircon Fission Track Analysis (ZFT)