Projects
The following is a running collection of ICP-MS affiliated research projects highlighting significant findings.
September 19, 2014
Identifying spatial heterogeneity in the elemental concentration of Early Jurassic dinosaur bones
Adam Marsh – Ph.D. candidate Supervisor: Tim Rowe Fossil bone records a wealth of data used to explore the evolutionary history of vertebrate life, the…
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REE Analysis of Anhydrite Veins in Porphyry Copper Deposits
Mark Cloos – Advisor Aaron Hantsche – Undergraduate, Jackson School of Geosciences Porphyry copper deposits are created by hydrothermal mineralization as fluids from the intrusive…
Read MoreNovember 12, 2012
Fish Otoliths as Natural Geochemical Records
Walther Fish Ecology Lab John Mohan, UT Marine Science Institute Otoliths (oto=‘ear’; lith=‘stone) are biogenic carbonates that functioning as hearing organs in teleost fish and…
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Assessing Migratory Habits of Southern Flounder Using Otolith Chemistry
Benjamin Walther & Megan Nims, UT Marine Science Institute Project summary: Because some trace elements vary predictably across salinity gradients, and these elements can be…
Read MoreApril 19, 2012
High Field Strength Element Partitioning in Peridotites and its Implications for the Interpretation of Hf Isotopic Compositions
Benjamin Byerly and John Lassiter, UT Austin Clinopyroxene is generally regarded as the primary host of incompatible trace elements in spinel peridotites. This is reflected…
Read MoreJanuary 31, 2012
Monitoring Gold Nanoparticle Labeled Mesenchymal Stem Cells For Ischemic Repair
Laura Ricles, Seung Yun Nam, Stanislav Emelianov, and Laura Suggs (Dept. of Biomedical Engineering) Cardiovascular diseases are the leading cause of death globally. Current research…
Read MoreNovember 8, 2011
Quantitative Photoacoustic Imaging
Jason Cook, Wolfgang Frey, and Stanislav Emelianov UT Austin Dept. of Biomedical Engineering We designed a custom photoacoustic microscope with optical resolution to image and…
Read MoreAugust 15, 2011
Triblock Polymer System Designed with High Selectivity for Trivalent Actinides in Nuclear Waste
Lauren E. Avery, Brad J. Holliday Holliday Research Group Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry The University of Texas at Austin Spent fuel from nuclear reactors…
Read MoreMarch 25, 2011
Evolution of the Mantle Below the Colorado Plateau, Southwestern U.S.
Doug Smith, UT Austin Extraordinary serpentine-rich diatremes occur in the interior of the Colorado Plateau. These diatremes have a matrix of serpentinized ultramafic microbreccia; within…
Read MoreFebruary 9, 2011
Trace Elements in Icelandic Rhyolite
Jason Keiser (MS Candidate – U. Mass) I am using the full array of chemical analytical techniques to characterize individual basalt flows as well as…
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