| RESEARCH
FACILITIES |
| Geochemistry
Laboratories |
| The environmental
geochemistry group has access to a wide range of geochemistry
laboratory facilities and equipment housed in the Department
of Earth Sciences. These include ATR-FTIR, UV-Vis spectrophotometer,
centrifuge, auto-titrator, HPIC for cation and anion analyses,
rotovap, incubator-shaker, sonicator and water bath. In addition
a new metal free clean (Class-10) laboratory co-funded through
DST Southern Ocean Observation program is under construction
for specialized work in marine environments and is to be completed
shortly. More information is available from the FACILITIES
website for the Department |
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| Central
Analytical Facility |
| In addition
to in house geochemical laboratories and equipment the environmental
geochemistry research group has access to a wide range of facilities
through Stellenbosch University. For more information on these
facilities refer to the CENTRAL
ANALYTICAL FACILITY website. Other facilities are also available
through various research collaborations for example with the
CSIR and Ithemba Labs. For more information contact Prof
Roychoudhury. |
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| CURRENT
PROJECTS |
- Biogeochemistry
of the Southern Ocean: interactions between nutrients, dynamics,
and ecosystem structure
- Biogeochemical
cycle of silica in the Central Benguela Upwelling System:
Dissolution kinetics and flux measurements
- Soil
contamination surrounding Cu mines in the Northern Cape
Province
- The
occurrence of barium in soils of Namaqualand
- Drying
induced changes on mineral-water interface
- Groundwater
in arid to semi-arid environments
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