Large Facility
Radiation/X-ray scanning
Other equipment
Large Facility
Core Repository
In storage are ~400,000 marine cores (~250 km) either at room temperature or in reefers at +4°C and 80% humidity to prevent oxidation and drying.
Large paleomagnetic shielded room
Inside a room that contains various instruments for rock-magnetic and paleomagnetic studies and is one of the largest of its type in the world, the local Earth’'s magnetic field is reduced to ~1/500 of its natural value, enabling measurement of weakly magnetized samples.
Radiation/X-ray scanning
X-ray CT scanner
Canon Medical Systems Corporation
Aquilion PRIME Focus Edition
Use of radiation instrumentation provides nondestructive methods of sample analysis. X-ray scanners image the internal 3-D structure of a sample.
Other equipment
Thermal demagnetizer
Natsuhara-Giken
TDS-1
The magnetically shielded furnace magnetizes/demagnetizes samples at temperatures as high as 700°C.
Spinner magnetometer
Natsuhara-Giken
SMD88
The magnetization of strongly magnetized samples (e.g., volcanic and metamorphic rocks) can be measured quickly.
Magnetic Property Measurement System
(MPMS)
Quantum Design
MPMS-XL5
It is possible to measure the magnetic properties of a sample within a temperature range of 2 to 300 K and a magnetic field range of -5 to +5 T.
Pulse magnetizer
MagneticMeas.
MMPM10
A pulse magnetic field of up to 2 T can be generated to impart an isothermal remanent magnetization to a sample.
Kappabridge for measurements of magnetic susceptibility
Agico
KLY-4S, CS3
Magnetic susceptibility and its anisotropy can be measured at room temperature.
Stable isotope analysis(IR-MS)
GV Instruments
IsoPrime
Carbon- and oxygen-isotope ratios in microfossils (e.g., foraminifera) and in carbonate samples can be measured with high accuracy.
Elemental analyzer/isotope ratio mass spectrometer(EA/IRMS)
Thermo Finnigan
Finnigan DELTA plus Advantage
Double-focusing high resolution ICP multi-collector mass spectrometer(ICP-MC-MS)
Thermo Finnigan
NEPTUNE
Field-emission scanning electron microscope(FE-SEM)
JEOL
JEOL JSM-6500F
The microstructure of a solid sample surface can be observed by using an electron beam. Elemental analysis, backscattered-electron imaging and crystal-orientation analysis are also possible.
Universal photo microscope
Zeiss
Axiophoto2(PH2-DIC)
Axiophoto2(PH2-FL/Ph/DIC)
Axioplan 2 Imaging E(P2IE-FL/Ph/DIC)
Equipment name
Manufacture name / Type
Quadrupole inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometer (ICP-MS)
ThermoFisherScientific / iCAP Q ICP-MS