{"id":11253,"date":"2025-02-21T12:33:47","date_gmt":"2025-02-21T17:33:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.umaine.edu\/earthclimate\/?page_id=11253"},"modified":"2025-02-21T12:33:52","modified_gmt":"2025-02-21T17:33:52","slug":"stable-isotope-laboratory","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/earthclimate\/stable-isotope-laboratory\/","title":{"rendered":"Stable Isotope Laboratory"},"content":{"rendered":"<style>.kb-row-layout-wrap.wp-block-kadence-rowlayout.kb-row-layout-id11253_76f625-8e{margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;}.kb-row-layout-id11253_76f625-8e > .kt-row-column-wrap{align-content:start;}:where(.kb-row-layout-id11253_76f625-8e > .kt-row-column-wrap) > .wp-block-kadence-column{justify-content:start;}.kb-row-layout-id11253_76f625-8e > .kt-row-column-wrap{column-gap:60px;row-gap:var(--global-kb-gap-md, 2rem);max-width:1268px;padding-top:50px;padding-bottom:75px;grid-template-columns:minmax(0, 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.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading11253_065f66-24[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading11253_065f66-24\"]{text-align:center!important;}}@media all and (max-width: 767px){.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading11253_065f66-24, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading11253_065f66-24[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading11253_065f66-24\"]{padding-right:25px;padding-left:25px;text-align:center!important;}}<\/style>\n<h2 class=\"kt-adv-heading11253_065f66-24 wp-block-kadence-advancedheading has-white-color has-text-color\" data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading11253_065f66-24\">Stable Isotope Laboratory<\/h2>\n\n\n<style>.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading11253_b6cc7a-25, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading11253_b6cc7a-25[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading11253_b6cc7a-25\"]{padding-right:135px;padding-left:135px;margin-top:0px;text-align:center;font-size:20px;line-height:32px;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-family:Fraunces;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading11253_b6cc7a-25 mark.kt-highlight, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading11253_b6cc7a-25[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading11253_b6cc7a-25\"] mark.kt-highlight{font-size:20px;line-height:32px;font-style:normal;color:#f76a0c;-webkit-box-decoration-break:clone;box-decoration-break:clone;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading11253_b6cc7a-25 img.kb-inline-image, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading11253_b6cc7a-25[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading11253_b6cc7a-25\"] img.kb-inline-image{width:150px;vertical-align:baseline;}@media all and (max-width: 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These facilities include: Two Picarro L-2130-i laser cavity ring-down spectrometers for analysis of d18O (0.1\u2030 precision) and dD (0.1\u2030 precision) of water; <\/code><\/p>\n\n\n<style>.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading11253_eb4f2c-2f, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading11253_eb4f2c-2f[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading11253_eb4f2c-2f\"]{padding-right:135px;padding-left:135px;margin-top:0px;text-align:center;font-size:20px;line-height:32px;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-family:Fraunces;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading11253_eb4f2c-2f mark.kt-highlight, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading11253_eb4f2c-2f[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading11253_eb4f2c-2f\"] mark.kt-highlight{font-size:20px;line-height:32px;font-style:normal;color:#f76a0c;-webkit-box-decoration-break:clone;box-decoration-break:clone;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading11253_eb4f2c-2f img.kb-inline-image, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading11253_eb4f2c-2f[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading11253_eb4f2c-2f\"] img.kb-inline-image{width:150px;vertical-align:baseline;}@media all and (max-width: 1024px){.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading11253_eb4f2c-2f, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading11253_eb4f2c-2f[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading11253_eb4f2c-2f\"]{padding-right:35px;padding-left:35px;text-align:center!important;}}@media all and (max-width: 767px){.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading11253_eb4f2c-2f, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading11253_eb4f2c-2f[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading11253_eb4f2c-2f\"]{padding-right:25px;padding-left:25px;margin-right:0px;margin-left:0px;text-align:center!important;}}<\/style>\n<p class=\"kt-adv-heading11253_eb4f2c-2f wp-block-kadence-advancedheading has-white-color has-text-color\" data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading11253_eb4f2c-2f\" data-aos-duration=\"1200\" data-aos-once=\"true\"><code>Micromass Isoprime dual-inlet MS, with Eurovector elemental analyzer (Cr reduction method) and automated sample introduction for deuterium (dD) analysis of water (0.5\u2030 precision); <\/code><\/p>\n\n\n<style>.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading11253_e12806-9d, 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<\/code><\/p>\n\n\n<style>.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading11253_7ed182-42, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading11253_7ed182-42[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading11253_7ed182-42\"]{padding-right:135px;padding-left:135px;margin-top:0px;text-align:center;font-size:20px;line-height:32px;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-family:Fraunces;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading11253_7ed182-42 mark.kt-highlight, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading11253_7ed182-42[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading11253_7ed182-42\"] mark.kt-highlight{font-size:20px;line-height:32px;font-style:normal;color:#f76a0c;-webkit-box-decoration-break:clone;box-decoration-break:clone;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading11253_7ed182-42 img.kb-inline-image, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading11253_7ed182-42[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading11253_7ed182-42\"] 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d<sup>13<\/sup>C analysis of carbonates, d<sup>34<\/sup>S analysis of sulfates, and d<sup>14<\/sup>N and d<sup>13<\/sup>C analysis of organic material. <\/code><\/p>\n\n\n<style>.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading11253_e77a72-fd, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading11253_e77a72-fd[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading11253_e77a72-fd\"]{padding-right:135px;padding-left:135px;margin-top:0px;text-align:center;font-size:20px;line-height:32px;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-family:Fraunces;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading11253_e77a72-fd mark.kt-highlight, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading11253_e77a72-fd[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading11253_e77a72-fd\"] mark.kt-highlight{font-size:20px;line-height:32px;font-style:normal;color:#f76a0c;-webkit-box-decoration-break:clone;box-decoration-break:clone;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading11253_e77a72-fd 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data-aos-once=\"true\"><code><code>The SIL also has facilities for water (Millipore Milli-Q ultrapure water system) and carbonate sample preparation (dental milling equipment, microscope facility for foram analysis). The SIL maintains a network of Macintosh and PC workstations for data collection, storage, and analysis. The SIL Lab Manager, Mr. Douglas Introne, has 30+ years of experience in stable isotope analysis at several research institutions (Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of Miami, and Oregon State University).<\/code><\/code> <\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n<\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Stable Isotope Laboratory The University of Maine Stable Isotope Laboratory (SIL) has equipment for automated isotopic analysis of water, carbonates, inorganic sulfates, and organic material. 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