Lab and Facilities

Lab Facilities in Dr. Sawyer’s Marine Geology and Geohazards Lab

Computational:

6 Dell Precision 5810 Workstations with dual monitors

  • IHS KingdomSuite
  • Schlumberger Petrel
  • QPS Fledermaus, Qimera, QINSy
  • Paradigm Echos
  • Paradgim Geolog
  • Plaxis 2D
  • ESRI ArcGIS/Matlab/GMT

Field and Laboratory:

  • Multibeam Sonar Bathymetry and Backscatter
    • Portable shallow-water (0-100m) sonar system (R2Sonic 2020)
    • Universal Sonar Mount
    • Getac B300 ultra rugged field laptop with QPS Qinsy acquisition software
  • Drone Video and Photography
    • DJI Mavic Air 2
  • Sediment coring
    • 3″ diameter aluminum barrels with core catchers
    • 4″ diameter clear acrylic tubes
    • Vibra-coring head
  • Geotechnical Properties
    • Automated Vane Shear Device
    • Semi-automated Fall Cone Device
    • Pocket penetrometer (coming spring 2022)
    • Atterberg limits
  • Sedimentology
    • Horiba LA-960V2 Laser Particle Size Analyzer
    • Sieves, hydrometer
    • Drying oven
    • Balance
    • Sonicator
  • Geophysics
    • Guralp 6TD broadband seismometers (2)
    • Raspberry Shake (1)