The College's marine geology group operates a facility for sampling the sea floor via coring and dredging. OSU coring technicians have been active in seagoing operations since 1971. One of two such national facilities with a broad range of coring capabilities, the OSU group will contract coring operations on any ship with appropriate wire and winch capabilities. For information on current prices and equipment availability, contact Prof. Nick Pisias , or go to the Coring Laboratory Page . The Electron Microprobe laboratory provides instrumentation, skills, and specialized training necessary to visually and chemically analyze solids.
Services are available to eligible investigators on a fee basis.
For more information, contact Prof. Roger Nielsen or see the Electron Microprobe home page. The Buoy Group designs, builds, calibrates, and deploys moorings equipped with calibrated, self-contained instruments to measure water velocity, temperature, pressure and salinity. Meteorological buoys with direct reporting via satellite are also available. All moorings and equipment are designed for multi-year deployments. The Group can also provide analysis of the collected data.