{"id":26774,"date":"2020-04-16T20:54:37","date_gmt":"2020-04-16T20:54:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/geological-research\/science-facilities\/rock-volume-cluster\/"},"modified":"2023-02-27T13:46:45","modified_gmt":"2023-02-27T13:46:45","slug":"rock-volume-cluster","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/geological-research\/science-facilities\/rock-volume-cluster\/","title":{"rendered":"Rock Volume Characterisation Laboratory Cluster"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t\t<section class=\"hero-section hero-section-with-social\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"hero-info-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-12\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"hero-info\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h1>Rock Volume Characterisation Laboratory Cluster<\/h1>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>BGS Science Facilities<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<div class=\"social-wrap social-wrap-inline-them\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sea-background-f\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<span>Share this article<\/span><a target=\"_blank\"  href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer\/sharer.php?u=https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/geological-research\/science-facilities\/rock-volume-cluster\/\"><span class=\"icon-facebook\"><span class=\"hidden\">Facebook<\/span><\/span><\/a><a target=\"_blank\"  href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=Rock%20Volume%20Characterisation%20Laboratory%20Cluster&#038;url=https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/geological-research\/science-facilities\/rock-volume-cluster\/\"><span class=\"icon-twitter\"><span class=\"hidden\">Twitter<\/span><\/span><\/a><a   onclick=\"javascript:void( (function() {var e=document.createElement('script' );e.setAttribute('type','text\/javascript' );e.setAttribute('charset','UTF-8' );e.setAttribute('src','\/\/assets.pinterest.com\/js\/pinmarklet.js?r='+Math.random()*99999999);document.body.appendChild(e)})());\"  href=\"javascript:void(0);\"><span class=\"icon-pinterest\"><span class=\"hidden\">Pinterest<\/span><\/span><\/a><a target=\"_blank\"  href=\"https:\/\/wa.me?text=https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/geological-research\/science-facilities\/rock-volume-cluster\/\"><span class=\"icon-whatsapp\"><span class=\"hidden\">WhatsApp<\/span><\/span><\/a><a   href=\"mailto:?subject=Rock%20Volume%20Characterisation%20Laboratory%20Cluster&#038;body=This%20cluster%20studies%20the%20structural%20and%20compositional%20characterisation%20of%20rocks%20and%20their%20constituent%20parts%20at%20all%20scales.%20(https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/geological-research\/science-facilities\/rock-volume-cluster\/)\"><span class=\"icon-mail\"><span class=\"hidden\">Email<\/span><\/span><\/a><a href=\"#\" data-copy=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/geological-research\/science-facilities\/rock-volume-cluster\/\" class=\"copy-url-on-click\"><span class=\"icon-link\"><span class=\"hidden\">Copy Link<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\n\n\n<section class=\"wp-block-bgs-blocks-content-container content-section\"><div class=\"container\"><div class=\"row\"><div class=\"col-12\">\n<p>The Rock Volume Characterisation Cluster studies the structural and compositional characterisation of rocks and their constituent parts, from micron to kilometre scale. <\/p>\n\n\n\t\t\t\t<div  class=\"owl-carousel carousel-primary-color carousel owl-theme thumbs-carousel-js\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"item\"><figure  class=\"img-wrap\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Gypsum-in-Sst-SSK108246_Chip_SE_01_sized.jpg\" data-toggle=\"lightbox\" data-footer=\"&lt;p&gt;Radial spray of acicular gypsum, Helsby Sandstone Formation, in core from a borehole at GeoEnergy Test Bed, Leicestershire. Secondary electron scanning electron microscope image from BGS\u2019s Zeiss Sigma 300 VP-FEG, using its in-lens detector. SSK108246. BGS \u00a9 UKRI.&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-gallery=\"gallery_55646\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Gypsum-in-Sst-SSK108246_Chip_SE_01_sized-960x497.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"Gypsum-in-Sst-SSK108246_Chip_SE_01_sized\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"caption \">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"caption-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/wp-content\/themes\/bgs\/img\/info-caption.svg\" alt=\"Information icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"caption-text\"><p>Radial spray of acicular gypsum, Helsby Sandstone Formation, in core from a borehole at GeoEnergy Test Bed, Leicestershire. Secondary electron scanning electron microscope image from BGS\u2019s Zeiss Sigma 300 VP-FEG, using its in-lens detector. SSK108246. BGS \u00a9 UKRI.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"expand-box expand-box-top\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Gypsum-in-Sst-SSK108246_Chip_SE_01_sized.jpg\" data-toggle=\"lightbox\" data-footer=\"&lt;p&gt;Radial spray of acicular gypsum, Helsby Sandstone Formation, in core from a borehole at GeoEnergy Test Bed, Leicestershire. Secondary electron scanning electron microscope image from BGS\u2019s Zeiss Sigma 300 VP-FEG, using its in-lens detector. SSK108246. BGS \u00a9 UKRI.&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-gallery=\"gallery_55646\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/wp-content\/themes\/bgs\/img\/expand.svg\" alt=\"Expand icon\"><\/a><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div><div class=\"item\"><figure  class=\"img-wrap\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/6-Filling-mass-spectrometer-with-liquid-nitrogen-2_sized.jpg\" data-toggle=\"lightbox\" data-footer=\"&lt;p&gt;Loading the cold trap of the mass spectrometer with liquid nitrogen to reduce the pressure in the sample chamber before analysis begins. BGS \u00a9 UKRI.&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-gallery=\"gallery_55646\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/6-Filling-mass-spectrometer-with-liquid-nitrogen-2_sized-960x497.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"FIlling the mass spectrometer with liquid nitrogen\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"caption \">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"caption-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/wp-content\/themes\/bgs\/img\/info-caption.svg\" alt=\"Information icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"caption-text\"><p>Loading the cold trap of the mass spectrometer with liquid nitrogen to reduce the pressure in the sample chamber before analysis begins. BGS \u00a9 UKRI.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"expand-box expand-box-top\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/6-Filling-mass-spectrometer-with-liquid-nitrogen-2_sized.jpg\" data-toggle=\"lightbox\" data-footer=\"&lt;p&gt;Loading the cold trap of the mass spectrometer with liquid nitrogen to reduce the pressure in the sample chamber before analysis begins. BGS \u00a9 UKRI.&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-gallery=\"gallery_55646\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/wp-content\/themes\/bgs\/img\/expand.svg\" alt=\"Expand icon\"><\/a><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div><div class=\"item\"><figure  class=\"img-wrap\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Raistrickia_nigra-8729-6_sized.jpg\" data-toggle=\"lightbox\" data-footer=\"&lt;p&gt;Tetrad of &lt;em&gt;Raistrickia nigra&lt;\/em&gt; (\u00d7 1000), a Carboniferous (359\u2013299 million years old) miospore.\u00a0 This specimen (#8729) is part of the Bernard Owens Collection, one of the most complete single grain mount collections in the world for the Carboniferous, housed at BGS. BGS \u00a9 UKRI.&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-gallery=\"gallery_55646\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Raistrickia_nigra-8729-6_sized-960x497.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"Raistrickia_nigra-8729 (6)_sized\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"caption \">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"caption-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/wp-content\/themes\/bgs\/img\/info-caption.svg\" alt=\"Information icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"caption-text\"><p>Tetrad of <em>Raistrickia nigra<\/em> (\u00d7 1000), a Carboniferous (359\u2013299 million years old) miospore.\u00a0 This specimen (#8729) is part of the Bernard Owens Collection, one of the most complete single grain mount collections in the world for the Carboniferous, housed at BGS. BGS \u00a9 UKRI.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"expand-box expand-box-top\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Raistrickia_nigra-8729-6_sized.jpg\" data-toggle=\"lightbox\" data-footer=\"&lt;p&gt;Tetrad of &lt;em&gt;Raistrickia nigra&lt;\/em&gt; (\u00d7 1000), a Carboniferous (359\u2013299 million years old) miospore.\u00a0 This specimen (#8729) is part of the Bernard Owens Collection, one of the most complete single grain mount collections in the world for the Carboniferous, housed at BGS. BGS \u00a9 UKRI.&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-gallery=\"gallery_55646\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/wp-content\/themes\/bgs\/img\/expand.svg\" alt=\"Expand icon\"><\/a><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div><div class=\"item\"><figure  class=\"img-wrap\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/20190131_162215_web.jpg\" data-toggle=\"lightbox\" data-footer=\"&lt;p&gt;Core from the UK Geoenergy Observatory at Glasgow ready to be scanned within the Geotek Core Workstation (MSCL-XYZ) for high-resolution optical images, which are &lt;a href=&quot;https:\/\/www.ukgeos.ac.uk\/data-downloads\/glasgow\/seismic-borehole-information-pack\/core-scanning-images&quot;&gt;publicly available&lt;\/a&gt;. BGS \u00a9 UKRI.&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-gallery=\"gallery_55646\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/20190131_162215_web-960x540.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"UKGEOS Glasgow core samples\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"caption \">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"caption-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/wp-content\/themes\/bgs\/img\/info-caption.svg\" alt=\"Information icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"caption-text\"><p>Core from the UK Geoenergy Observatory at Glasgow ready to be scanned within the Geotek Core Workstation (MSCL-XYZ) for high-resolution optical images, which are <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ukgeos.ac.uk\/data-downloads\/glasgow\/seismic-borehole-information-pack\/core-scanning-images\">publicly available<\/a>. BGS \u00a9 UKRI.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"expand-box expand-box-top\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/20190131_162215_web.jpg\" data-toggle=\"lightbox\" data-footer=\"&lt;p&gt;Core from the UK Geoenergy Observatory at Glasgow ready to be scanned within the Geotek Core Workstation (MSCL-XYZ) for high-resolution optical images, which are &lt;a href=&quot;https:\/\/www.ukgeos.ac.uk\/data-downloads\/glasgow\/seismic-borehole-information-pack\/core-scanning-images&quot;&gt;publicly available&lt;\/a&gt;. BGS \u00a9 UKRI.&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-gallery=\"gallery_55646\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/wp-content\/themes\/bgs\/img\/expand.svg\" alt=\"Expand icon\"><\/a><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div><div class=\"item\"><figure  class=\"img-wrap\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/1-Dissolved-minerals_sized.jpg\" data-toggle=\"lightbox\" data-footer=\"&lt;p&gt;Dissolved samples ready for chemical purification and isotope ratio mass spectrometry.\u00a0 These samples were used in the study of Hiess et al (2011) &lt;a href=&quot;https:\/\/science.sciencemag.org\/content\/335\/6076\/1610&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; rel=&quot;noopener&quot;&gt;&lt;sup&gt;238&lt;\/sup&gt;U\/&lt;sup&gt;235&lt;\/sup&gt;U systematics in terrestrial U-bearing minerals&lt;\/a&gt;. BGS \u00a9 UKRI.&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-gallery=\"gallery_55646\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/1-Dissolved-minerals_sized-960x497.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"Dissolved minerals\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"caption \">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"caption-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/wp-content\/themes\/bgs\/img\/info-caption.svg\" alt=\"Information icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"caption-text\"><p>Dissolved samples ready for chemical purification and isotope ratio mass spectrometry.\u00a0 These samples were used in the study of Hiess et al (2011) <a href=\"https:\/\/science.sciencemag.org\/content\/335\/6076\/1610\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><sup>238<\/sup>U\/<sup>235<\/sup>U systematics in terrestrial U-bearing minerals<\/a>. BGS \u00a9 UKRI.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"expand-box expand-box-top\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/1-Dissolved-minerals_sized.jpg\" data-toggle=\"lightbox\" data-footer=\"&lt;p&gt;Dissolved samples ready for chemical purification and isotope ratio mass spectrometry.\u00a0 These samples were used in the study of Hiess et al (2011) &lt;a href=&quot;https:\/\/science.sciencemag.org\/content\/335\/6076\/1610&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; rel=&quot;noopener&quot;&gt;&lt;sup&gt;238&lt;\/sup&gt;U\/&lt;sup&gt;235&lt;\/sup&gt;U systematics in terrestrial U-bearing minerals&lt;\/a&gt;. BGS \u00a9 UKRI.&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-gallery=\"gallery_55646\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/wp-content\/themes\/bgs\/img\/expand.svg\" alt=\"Expand icon\"><\/a><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div><div class=\"item\"><figure  class=\"img-wrap\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/SSK108242_04_50pc_sized.jpg\" data-toggle=\"lightbox\" data-footer=\"&lt;p&gt;Ribbons and wisps of illite and illite\u2013smecite hosted on the platy and blocky forms of a kaolinite booklet. Helsby Sandstone Formation core from a borehole at GeoEnergy Test Bed, Leicestershire. Secondary electron scanning electron microscope image from BGS\u2019s Zeiss Sigma 300 VP-FEG, using its in-lens detector. SSK108242. BGS \u00a9 UKRI.&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-gallery=\"gallery_55646\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/SSK108242_04_50pc_sized-960x497.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"SSK108242_04_50pc_sized\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"caption \">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"caption-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/wp-content\/themes\/bgs\/img\/info-caption.svg\" alt=\"Information icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"caption-text\"><p>Ribbons and wisps of illite and illite\u2013smecite hosted on the platy and blocky forms of a kaolinite booklet. Helsby Sandstone Formation core from a borehole at GeoEnergy Test Bed, Leicestershire. Secondary electron scanning electron microscope image from BGS\u2019s Zeiss Sigma 300 VP-FEG, using its in-lens detector. SSK108242. BGS \u00a9 UKRI.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"expand-box expand-box-top\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/SSK108242_04_50pc_sized.jpg\" data-toggle=\"lightbox\" data-footer=\"&lt;p&gt;Ribbons and wisps of illite and illite\u2013smecite hosted on the platy and blocky forms of a kaolinite booklet. Helsby Sandstone Formation core from a borehole at GeoEnergy Test Bed, Leicestershire. Secondary electron scanning electron microscope image from BGS\u2019s Zeiss Sigma 300 VP-FEG, using its in-lens detector. SSK108242. BGS \u00a9 UKRI.&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-gallery=\"gallery_55646\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/wp-content\/themes\/bgs\/img\/expand.svg\" alt=\"Expand icon\"><\/a><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div><div class=\"item\"><figure  class=\"img-wrap\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/IMG_20200204_134413_sized.jpg\" data-toggle=\"lightbox\" data-footer=\"&lt;p&gt;The Itrax XRF Scanner Multi Core (MC) being used to continuously scan slabbed rock or split sediment core for elemental abundances (Na to U). Additional optical and UV imaging capabilities provide records of downcore textual\/compositional variation. BGS \u00a9 UKRI.&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-gallery=\"gallery_55646\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/IMG_20200204_134413_sized-960x497.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"IMG_20200204_134413_sized\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"caption \">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"caption-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/wp-content\/themes\/bgs\/img\/info-caption.svg\" alt=\"Information icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"caption-text\"><p>The Itrax XRF Scanner Multi Core (MC) being used to continuously scan slabbed rock or split sediment core for elemental abundances (Na to U). Additional optical and UV imaging capabilities provide records of downcore textual\/compositional variation. BGS \u00a9 UKRI.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"expand-box expand-box-top\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/IMG_20200204_134413_sized.jpg\" data-toggle=\"lightbox\" data-footer=\"&lt;p&gt;The Itrax XRF Scanner Multi Core (MC) being used to continuously scan slabbed rock or split sediment core for elemental abundances (Na to U). Additional optical and UV imaging capabilities provide records of downcore textual\/compositional variation. BGS \u00a9 UKRI.&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-gallery=\"gallery_55646\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/wp-content\/themes\/bgs\/img\/expand.svg\" alt=\"Expand icon\"><\/a><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div><div class=\"item\"><figure  class=\"img-wrap\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/SSK76495_MineralogicPhaseMap_sized.jpg\" data-toggle=\"lightbox\" data-footer=\"&lt;p&gt;Phase map of a palaeo-weathered, fractured breccia of sedimentary rock types. Pale blue highlights calcite fracture fill. Clasts are defined by variable textures and mineralogies (yellow &#8211; quartz; dark blue -feldspar; red \u2013 Fe-rich mudstone\/clay matrix; orange \u2013 clay matrix; black &#8211; bituminous organic material). Note the microfractures in the bituminous organics are cemented by quartz and calcite. Map generated using Mineralogic on BGS\u2019s Zeiss Sigma 300 VP-FEG. SSK76495. BGS \u00a9 UKRI.&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-gallery=\"gallery_55646\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/SSK76495_MineralogicPhaseMap_sized-960x497.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"SSK76495_MineralogicPhaseMap_sized\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"caption \">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"caption-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/wp-content\/themes\/bgs\/img\/info-caption.svg\" alt=\"Information icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"caption-text\"><p>Phase map of a palaeo-weathered, fractured breccia of sedimentary rock types. Pale blue highlights calcite fracture fill. Clasts are defined by variable textures and mineralogies (yellow &#8211; quartz; dark blue -feldspar; red \u2013 Fe-rich mudstone\/clay matrix; orange \u2013 clay matrix; black &#8211; bituminous organic material). Note the microfractures in the bituminous organics are cemented by quartz and calcite. Map generated using Mineralogic on BGS\u2019s Zeiss Sigma 300 VP-FEG. SSK76495. BGS \u00a9 UKRI.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"expand-box expand-box-top\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/SSK76495_MineralogicPhaseMap_sized.jpg\" data-toggle=\"lightbox\" data-footer=\"&lt;p&gt;Phase map of a palaeo-weathered, fractured breccia of sedimentary rock types. Pale blue highlights calcite fracture fill. Clasts are defined by variable textures and mineralogies (yellow &#8211; quartz; dark blue -feldspar; red \u2013 Fe-rich mudstone\/clay matrix; orange \u2013 clay matrix; black &#8211; bituminous organic material). Note the microfractures in the bituminous organics are cemented by quartz and calcite. Map generated using Mineralogic on BGS\u2019s Zeiss Sigma 300 VP-FEG. SSK76495. BGS \u00a9 UKRI.&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-gallery=\"gallery_55646\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/wp-content\/themes\/bgs\/img\/expand.svg\" alt=\"Expand icon\"><\/a><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div><div class=\"item\"><figure  class=\"img-wrap\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/LA-ICP-MS-fish-eye_sized.jpg\" data-toggle=\"lightbox\" data-footer=\"&lt;p&gt;The laser ablation system coupled to a multi-collector inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometer being used to date the mineral zircon at a spatial scale of tens of microns. BGS \u00a9 UKRI.&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-gallery=\"gallery_55646\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/LA-ICP-MS-fish-eye_sized-960x497.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"LA-ICP-MS fish eye_sized\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"caption \">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"caption-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/wp-content\/themes\/bgs\/img\/info-caption.svg\" alt=\"Information icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"caption-text\"><p>The laser ablation system coupled to a multi-collector inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometer being used to date the mineral zircon at a spatial scale of tens of microns. BGS \u00a9 UKRI.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"expand-box expand-box-top\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/LA-ICP-MS-fish-eye_sized.jpg\" data-toggle=\"lightbox\" data-footer=\"&lt;p&gt;The laser ablation system coupled to a multi-collector inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometer being used to date the mineral zircon at a spatial scale of tens of microns. BGS \u00a9 UKRI.&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-gallery=\"gallery_55646\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/wp-content\/themes\/bgs\/img\/expand.svg\" alt=\"Expand icon\"><\/a><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div><div class=\"item\"><figure  class=\"img-wrap\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/CT-example_web.jpg\" data-toggle=\"lightbox\" data-footer=\"&lt;p&gt;3D CT scan of a deep-oceanic ferromanganese nodule from the Clarion\u2013Clipperton Fracture Zone in the Pacific Ocean, using the Geotek rotating X-ray CT (RXCT) core scanner and image visualisation software PerGeos. Internal structures of the specimen such as growth layers and fracture network can be observed. BGS \u00a9 UKRI.&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-gallery=\"gallery_55646\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/CT-example_web-960x360.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"3D CT scan of a ferromanganese nodule\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"caption \">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"caption-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/wp-content\/themes\/bgs\/img\/info-caption.svg\" alt=\"Information icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"caption-text\"><p>3D CT scan of a deep-oceanic ferromanganese nodule from the Clarion\u2013Clipperton Fracture Zone in the Pacific Ocean, using the Geotek rotating X-ray CT (RXCT) core scanner and image visualisation software PerGeos. Internal structures of the specimen such as growth layers and fracture network can be observed. BGS \u00a9 UKRI.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"expand-box expand-box-top\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/CT-example_web.jpg\" data-toggle=\"lightbox\" data-footer=\"&lt;p&gt;3D CT scan of a deep-oceanic ferromanganese nodule from the Clarion\u2013Clipperton Fracture Zone in the Pacific Ocean, using the Geotek rotating X-ray CT (RXCT) core scanner and image visualisation software PerGeos. Internal structures of the specimen such as growth layers and fracture network can be observed. 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Current activities in the cluster are focused on the integration of the individual capabilities in order to offer a more complete, coherent characterisation for a range of geological applications. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"capabilities\">Capabilities<\/h2>\n\n\n<div  class=\"accordions\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"acc-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<button class=\"acc-top secondary-background icon-arrow button no-btn\"><span class=\"button-content\" tabindex=\"-1\">Core Scanning Facility (CSF)<\/span><\/button>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"acc-body sea-background-e\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><!-- wp:heading {\"level\":3} --><\/p>\n<p>The Core Scanning Facility (CSF) was initially established in 2018 as part of the BEIS-funded UK Geoenergy Observatories project. The facility is centred on a suite of core scanners, including two multi-core X-ray fluorescence (XRF) core scanners (Itrax multicore scanner and Geotek MSCL-XYZ), an X-ray computed tomography (CT) core scanner (Geotek RXCT) and multi-sensor core logger (Geotek MSCL-S).<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p>These analytical techniques are non-destructive and are used to characterise the chemical and physical properties of rock core, sediment core and rock samples from around a hundred microns up to kilometre scale, providing data to underpin a breadth of science applications.<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p>Capabilities of the scanning facility are:<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:list --><\/p>\n<ul><!-- wp:list-item --><\/p>\n<li>gamma density<\/li>\n<p><!-- \/wp:list-item --> <!-- wp:list-item --><\/p>\n<li>magnetic susceptibility<\/li>\n<p><!-- \/wp:list-item --> <!-- wp:list-item --><\/p>\n<li>P-wave velocity<\/li>\n<p><!-- \/wp:list-item --> <!-- wp:list-item --><\/p>\n<li>non-contact electrical resistivity<\/li>\n<p><!-- \/wp:list-item --> <!-- wp:list-item --><\/p>\n<li>natural gamma activity<\/li>\n<p><!-- \/wp:list-item --> <!-- wp:list-item --><\/p>\n<li>rotating x-ray computed tomography (2D and 3D)<\/li>\n<p><!-- \/wp:list-item --> <!-- wp:list-item --><\/p>\n<li>near infra-red imaging<\/li>\n<p><!-- \/wp:list-item --> <!-- wp:list-item --><\/p>\n<li>ultra-violet imaging<\/li>\n<p><!-- \/wp:list-item --> <!-- wp:list-item --><\/p>\n<li>high-resolution line scan imaging (50-micron resolution)<\/li>\n<p><!-- \/wp:list-item --> <!-- wp:list-item --><\/p>\n<li>X-ray fluorescence (XRF)<\/li>\n<p><!-- \/wp:list-item --><\/ul>\n<p><!-- \/wp:list --> <!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p>For more detailed information about our capabilities, please go to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ukgeos.ac.uk\/core-scanning\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">UKGEOS Core Scanning Facility<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p>In addition to characterising core from the UKGEOS observatory, the scanning facility works on projects from academic partners, commercial clients and governmental agencies. Projects can be large and small, from hundreds of meters of core to 10s of centimetres.<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p>Staff working in the Core Scanning Facility (CSF) are Dr. Magret Damaschke (CSF manager), Dr. Elisabeth Steer (CSF deputy manager), Cameron Fletcher (CSF technician).<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p>For any enquiries about the facility please contact <a href=\"mailto:enquiries@bgs.ac.uk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">enquiries@bgs.ac.uk<\/a>. For access to the facility, please navigate to the access tab of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ukgeos.ac.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">UK Geoenergy Observatory site<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div><div  class=\"accordions\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"acc-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<button class=\"acc-top secondary-background icon-arrow button no-btn\"><span class=\"button-content\" tabindex=\"-1\">Geochronology and Tracers Facility<\/span><\/button>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"acc-body sea-background-e\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The Geochronology and Tracers Facility (GTF) is part of the NERC-funded <a href=\"http:\/\/www.isotopesuk.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">National Environmental Isotope Facility<\/a> (NEIF), in addition to being a BGS facility. This group specialises in using a range of isotopic analyses of rocks and minerals for the dating of rocks and minerals and as \u2018tracers\u2019 for a breadth of geological and environmental processes, using a combination of approaches using both spatial resolution and high-precision techniques. The chronology capabilities are applied to a range of materials, from traditional uranium-bearing minerals to less commonly utilised phases such as carbonate, allowing for a wider range of applications. The same analytical capabilities are used for the application of tracer isotopes (e.g., Si, Sr, Nd, Pb) to a range of geological, environmental and archaeological science topics.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div><div  class=\"accordions\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"acc-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<button class=\"acc-top secondary-background icon-arrow button no-btn\"><span class=\"button-content\" tabindex=\"-1\">Mineralogy and petrology<\/span><\/button>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"acc-body sea-background-e\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Mineralogy and petrology is an established set of capabilities at BGS, from bespoke thin-section preparation though optical microscopy, scanning electron microscopy and X-ray diffraction to thermal analysis and allied techniques. These methods allow for the identification and quantification of the mineralogy and petrology of rocks, soils and particulates. This information is used to underpin a wide range of materials characterisation and research, including diagenesis, mineralisation and fluid\/rock interaction.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div><div  class=\"accordions\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"acc-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<button class=\"acc-top secondary-background icon-arrow button no-btn\"><span class=\"button-content\" tabindex=\"-1\">Palaeontology and stratigraphic volumes<\/span><\/button>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"acc-body sea-background-e\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The BGS Palaeontology Laboratories are part of a broader capability in palaeontology in BGS, which also includes extensive collections of macrofossils and microfossils. Our palaeontology laboratories constitute essential sample preparation facilities in palynology and micropalaeontology for a range of stratigraphic uses. The data is combined with other stratigraphic data types (e.g. chemistry and physical properties) to help characterise \u2018stratigraphic volumes\u2019 that are targets for use in understanding the properties of such volumes at the scales from microns to kilometres.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/section>\n\n\n<section class=\"cta-section  sky-background-d \">\n\t<div class=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"row md-row\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"col-12\">\n\t\t\t\t<h2>Need more information?<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<div>Please contact Dr Daniel Condon for more information<\/div>\t\t\t\t<div class=\"btn-wrap\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/people\/condon-daniel\/\"  class=\"button primary-background button btn-icon-arrow-right-white before \">Get in touch<\/a><\/div>\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/section>\n\t\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<section   id=\"latest-content-9889-block_4077687ad32b97efbae5739f2df5f631\" class=\"grid-section  primary-background   \" >\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"row header-of-section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-12\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2>You may also be interested in<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"row grid-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-lg-6 col-12\">\n\t<div class=\"cards cards-orizontal-sm  cards-find-more  cards-bordered\">\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/geological-research\/\" class=\"media-wrap\">\n\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Geomag_feature_Pexels-150x150.jpg\" class=\"lazy-blur wp-post-image\" alt=\"Aurora Borealis by Stein Egil Liland\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Geomag_feature_Pexels.jpg\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"info-wrap\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"info\">\n\t\t\t\t<h4><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/geological-research\/\">Research<\/a><\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Our research includes core geological survey and monitoring work and other innovative projects addressing today\u2019s geoscientific challenges driven by the changing needs of our stakeholders.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/geological-research\/\">Show more<\/a>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"col-lg-6 col-12\">\n\t<div class=\"cards cards-orizontal-sm  cards-find-more  cards-bordered\">\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/geological-research\/science-facilities\/\" class=\"media-wrap\">\n\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Geotechnical_RD_facility_fig2-150x150.jpg\" class=\"lazy-blur wp-post-image\" alt=\"angled milling machine\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Geotechnical_RD_facility_fig2-960x497.jpg\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"info-wrap\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"info\">\n\t\t\t\t<h4><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/geological-research\/science-facilities\/\">Science facilities<\/a><\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>We operate and maintain a wide range of state-of-the-art laboratories and other facilities, which underpin virtually all of our research.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/geological-research\/science-facilities\/\">Show more<\/a>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-12\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This cluster studies the structural and compositional characterisation of rocks and their constituent parts at all scales.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":29012,"parent":7436,"menu_order":4,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_relevanssi_hide_post":"","_relevanssi_hide_content":"","_relevanssi_pin_for_all":"on","_relevanssi_pin_keywords":"core scanning, core scanning facility, rock volume, rock volume characterisation, geochronology, tracers, imeralogy, petrology, CSF, XRF","_relevanssi_unpin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_include_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_exclude_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_no_append":"","_relevanssi_related_not_related":"","_relevanssi_related_posts":"21316,15901,8486,21380,21654,34248","_relevanssi_noindex_reason":"","footnotes":""},"tags":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.5 - 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