The following facilities and equipment are available to users of the repository (in some cases at cost): GEOTEK Multi-Sensor Core Logger; GEOTEK XZ Line Scan Camera; Computed Tomography (CT) Scans; Refrigerated Core Storage; Core Splitter; Large and Small Diamond Saws, and Band Saw; Freeze Dryer and Freezers; Dissecting and Petrographic Microscopes.
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Two directors manage the repository. Dr. Joe Stoner is responsible for sediment cores and Dr. Anthony Koppers is responsible for the rock collection. Please contact one of the Assistant Core Curators, Ms. Maziet Cheseby, Ms. Bobbi Conard, or Ms. Mysti Weber, with any questions concerning the day-to-day operation of the marine geology repository. Dr. Joe Stoner,...
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The OSU Marine Geology Repository, collections, and materials are used in classroom teaching at Oregon State University in the Oceanography, Geology and Geography Departments. These include both graduate and undergraduate courses: OEAS 520 The Solid Earth GEO 486/586 Quaternary Paleoclimatology OC 331 Introduction to Oceanography OC/GEO 103 ...
Read MoreThe College of Earth, Ocean, and Atmospheric Sciences at Oregon State University, Corvallis, operates the OSU Marine Geology Repository for NSF.
Read moreLong-term storage of scientific samples in the repository is free of charge, as long as samples fall under the access policies of the repository. Scientific programs pay for archival materials, such as D-tubes or specialized boxes. Most investigators prepare and describe their own materials for storage.
Read moreThe marine sediment and rock collection at the OSU Marine Geology Repository comes from all oceans. As of 2011 it contains over 15,500 meters of sediment from almost 6000 cores, more than 9,000 rocks from 500 dredges, 2200 Manganese Nodules and 1500 sediment trap and 700 plankton tow samples.
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Two directors manage the repository. Dr. Joe Stoner is responsible for sediment cores and Dr. Anthony Koppers is responsible for the rock collection. Please contact one of the Assistant Core Curators, Ms. Maziet Cheseby, Ms. Bobbi Conard, or Ms. Mysti Weber, with any questions concerning the day-to-day operation of the marine geology repository.