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Z - Analytical Techniques |
- 72 Alpha spectrometers
- Anton Parr Autoclave for Mineral Reactions and Synthesis (Capable of 500°C and 2000 psi)
- Buchi Rotor Evaporator
- Cary 550 UV-Vis spectrometer
- Cathodoluminescence Microscopy
- Clay Mineral Separations
- Differential Scanning Calorimetry (DSC)
- Dionix HPLC
- Elemental Analyzer for C, H, O, N
- FTIR on Solids and Gasses (Fitted with an IR Microscope)
- Fluid-Inclusion Microscopy
- Fluorescence Microscopy
- Freeze Drier for Extracting Moisture from Rocks, Soils, and Clays
- Freezers for Low-Temperature Mineral Reactions
- Gas Chromatograph/Mass Spectrometer (Analysis of Volatile Compounds in Samples of <1000 Molecular Wt.)
- Gas Extraction Lines/Sample Preparation for Isotopic Analyses
- Germanium coaxial and well gamma-ray spectrometers
- Glove Boxes for Controlled Atmosphere
- Glove Boxes for Handling Hazardous Substances
- Gravimetric Moisture Analyses
- Horiba CAPA-500 Particle-Size Distribution Analyzer (0.05 to 50 µm)
- INEL Diffractometer forr Analysis of Very Small Samples
- IR infrared spectroscopy
- Isotope Ratio Mass Spectrometer for Stable Isotopes (C, H, O, N)
- Mineral Dissolution Capability
- Mineral Purification Using Heavy Liquid, Centrifuge, and Magnetic Separations
- RBS rutherford backscattering
- Raman spectroscopy
- Reaction Vessels and Ovens for Mineral Reactions and Synthesis
- SOXHLET extraction unit and microwave digestion systems
- TOC analyzer
- TSM Ultrafine Particle Counters for Atmospheric Testing
- Thin Section Laps and Polishers
- X-ray diffraction (XRD)
- X-ray fluoresce (XRF)
- acoustic property measurement
- atomic absorption
- atomic absorption spectrometer with flow injection system and mercury analysis system
- auto radiography
- breakdown, photoacoustic and fluorescence laser spectrometer (Nd:YAG MOPO)
- calorimetry
- carbon stable isotope analysis
- data quality assessment
- electron and ion microprobe (empa, simms)
- environmental data analysis and assessment
- environmental database management
- gas chromatograph-mass spectrometer
- high pressure liquid chromatography
- high-pressure, high-temperature phase equilibria
- inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry
- inductively coupled plasma optical spectroscopy
- ion chromatography
- isotope ratio mass spectrometry
- low background gas proportional counter
- micro-PIXE proton-induced X-ray emission
- neutron diffraction
- optical microscopy
- organic analyses
- oxygen stable isotope analysis
- rock coring
- rock crushing
- rock powdering
- rock saws
- scanning electron microscopy (SEM)
- thermogravimetric analysis
- unsaturated/Saturated Flow Apparatus (UFA; ASTM D6527)
- verification infrasound
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admin/technical support |
- admin support
- technical support
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astrobiology |
- origins of life
- possible life on mars
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atmospheric & climate sciences |
- atmospheric radiation measurement (ARM)
- boundary layer meteorology
- continental records of climate change
- dynamic testing atmospheric dispersion modeling
- foreign/domestic equipment deployment & operations
- geophysical fluid modeling
- global climate & ocean models
- global climate data analysis
- intracloud lightning
- meteorology
- mountain meteorology
- regional climate analysis
- regional climate modeling
- remote sensing applications
- remote sensing atmospheric effects
- sea-ice modeling
- sprites
- verification infrasound
- wildfire prediction
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chemistry |
- electrochemistry
- radiation chemistry
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computational geochemistry |
- adsorption
- mineral-solution equilibria
- reactive transport
- speciation
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data acquisition, analysis |
- 72 Alpha spectrometers
- Cary 550 UV-Vis spectrometer
- Germanium coaxial and well gamma-ray spectrometers
- IR infrared spectroscopy
- RBS rutherford backscattering
- Raman spectroscopy
- SOXHLET extraction unit and microwave digestion systems
- TOC analyzer
- X-ray diffraction (XRD)
- X-ray diffractometer with Göbel mirrors and Rietveld refinements
- X-ray fluoresce (XRF)
- atomic absorption
- atomic absorption spectrometer with flow injection system and mercury analysis system
- auto radiography
- breakdown, photoacoustic and fluorescence laser spectrometer (Nd:YAG MOPO)
- data quality assessment
- electron and ion microprobe (empa, simms)
- electron microscopy
- environmental data analysis and assessment
- environmental database management
- gas chromatograph-mass spectrometer
- geographic information system (GIS)
- high pressure liquid chromatography
- inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry
- inductively coupled plasma optical spectroscopy
- inductively-coupled plasma mass spectrometer
- inorganic analyses
- ion chromatograph
- ion chromatography
- isotope ratio mass spectrometry
- liquid scintillation counter
- low background gas proportional counter
- micro-PIXE proton-induced X-ray emission
- neutron diffraction
- optical microscopy
- organic analyses
- simulation visualization
- unsaturated/Saturated Flow Apparatus (UFA; ASTM D6527)
- verification infrasound
- verification on-site inspection
- verification seismic
- verification seismic infrasound
- waste characterization
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decision support/management |
- collective intelligence using the web
- disaster preparedness and mitigation
- distributed sensor networks
- web-based decision support systems
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ecology |
- LIBS, carbon dioxide, carbon sequestration
- atmosphere/biosphere exchange
- avian biology
- carbon management advanced concepts
- carbon management capture of CO2
- carbon management geosequestration
- carbon management ocean sequestration
- carbon management terrestrial sequestration
- contaminant bioaccumulation
- corals
- epidemiology
- fire
- forest
- forest disturbance
- human urban dynamics simulation
- photosynthesis
- plant water use
- plant water use efficiency
- population/ecological risk assessment
- stable isotope
- toxicology
- trace gas fluxes
- vegetation dynamics/ecosystems/landscape ecology
- wetlands
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experiment logistics support |
- foreign/domestic equipment/instrument deployment
- foreign/domestic equipment/instrument operations & maintenance
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field measurement & observation |
- be transport
- contaminant transport
- eddy flux
- field work
- infrasound
- meteorology
- seismic/strong ground motion
- twpp
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geochemistry |
- aqueous
- biochemistry plant
- biogeochemistry
- chemical oceanography
- computational
- contaminant bioaccumulation
- corals
- crystallography
- groundwater
- high explosives
- high temperature geochemistry
- isotope forensics
- kinetics
- magmatic processes
- materials characterization analytical techniques
- metals
- metamorphic petrology
- paleoclimate
- porewaters
- radiochemistry
- radiological effects of waste on brines and salt
- radionuclide speciation
- solids
- spectroscopy
- stable isotopes
- surface water
- thermodynamics
- trace element
- trace gas analyses
- wetlands
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geochemistry & ecology |
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geoengineering |
- advanced drilling technology
- barriers to radionuclide and hazardous constituents
- borehole instrumentation
- field and experimental laboratory design and support
- geological and environmental instrumentation
- repository sciences and waste operations
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geographic information systems (GIS) |
- ArcGIS, ArcInfo, ArcSDE, ArcIMS
- GIS policy and standards
- GIS-based models
- GPS
- cartography
- custom GIS tools and applications
- enterprise GIS design
- geospatial metadata
- internet GIS
- map-based visualization
- mapping
- model/data integration
- spatial analysis
- spatial decision support systems
- spatial information management
- terrain analysis
- three-dimensional GIS
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geology |
- fault fabrics and fluid flow
- field studies
- geochronologic applications
- geochronologic techniques and applications
- geochronology
- heat and mass transport
- mineralogy
- paleoseismology
- petrology
- quanternary surface processes
- quaternary geology
- sedimentology
- structural geology
- tectonic geomorphology
- tectonics
- volcanology
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geomaterials |
- analytical chemistry acoustics experimental
- analytical chemistry acoustics theoretical
- experimental acoustics
- experimental mineralogy
- material properties
- materials characterization
- mineral physics
- mineralogy/petrology
- nonlinear acoustics experimental nonlinear dynamics
- nonlinear acoustics theoretical nonlinear dynamics
- self-replicating materials
- theoretical acoustics
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geophysics |
- advanced drilling technology
- core dynamics
- electromagnetic induction
- environmental restoration (EM)
- frequency domain electromagnetics FDEM
- geodynamics
- gravity
- magnetics
- magnetotelluric
- mantle convection
- microgravity
- plate tectonics
- seismology reflection wave propagation
- shock physics
- thermodynamics
- time domain electromagnetics TDEM
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geophysics & seismology |
- earthquake hazard assessment
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geothermal |
- gas and fluid sampling and analysis
- geothermal reservoir modeling
- magmatic systems analysis
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ground water hydrology |
- aquifer parameters uncertainty
- bioremediation
- closed conduit hydrology
- colloid transport
- conceptual model development
- contaminant transport
- field testing
- fluid-rock interaction
- fracture flow
- groundwater development
- groundwater model development
- heterogeneity
- multi-phase flow
- multiphase transport
- porous media flow
- reactive transport
- reactive transport modeling
- regional aquifer modeling
- saturated flow
- subsurface flow and transport
- thermodynamics
- unsaturated flow
- unsaturated flow modeling
- upscaling
- vapor phase flow
- vapor phase transport
- water protection
- water resources
- well hydraulics
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information management |
- Oracle RDMS
- data archival
- data distribution
- data safeguards
- data warehousing
- database administration
- database application development
- patents
- relational database management system (RDBMS)
- technology transfer
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land surface processes |
- fluvial geomorphology
- geomorphology
- landscape evolution
- quaternary glaciation
- repository performance assessment
- soils
- surface water hydrology
- transport processes
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materials science and solid state geophysics |
- dynamic elastic properties
- pressure and temperature effects
- surface physics
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modeling and simulation |
- 3-d molecular dynamics lattice gas simulation
- 3-d molecular dynamics simulation
- 3D lattice Boltzmann simulation
- LaGriT los alamos grid toolbox
- MOR3D
- agent based modeling
- atmospheric
- code verification
- computational fluid dynamics
- cuts across all capabilities
- fehm finite element heat mass
- geochemical
- geothermal
- goldsim probabilistic systems model
- grid generation
- hybrid atomistic-continuum algorithms
- hydrothermal
- inverse analysis
- mantle convection
- mantle convection three dimension (MC3D)
- mesh generation
- model calibration
- model development and testing
- molecular self-assembly simulation
- multi-physical transport phenomena
- multiscale modeling
- parameter estimation
- plate tectonics
- porous flow
- reservoir engineering
- risk assessment
- stocastic pde partial differential equations
- stochastic (geostatistical) analysis
- subsurface transport
- surface transport
- time series analysis
- uncertainty analysis
- upscaling and downscaling in simulation
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petrology |
- experimental
- igneous
- metamorphic
- sedimentary
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project |
- Espanola basin project (EBP)
- Nevada test site (NTS)
- Tropical Western Pacific (TWP) sites
- Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP)
- Yucca Mountain (YMP)
- nuclear explosion monitoring research & engineering (NEM R&E)
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project technical leadership |
- Acceptable Knowledge (AK) database
- decision analysis
- engineering alternatives analysis for ER
- environmental permitting
- environmental restoration
- geologic repository
- history of waste storage and evolution
- project management
- project planning/execution
- quality assurance
- radioactive waste mobile loading
- radioactive waste transportation certification
- regulatory compliance
- regulatory-based, management of waste characterization and transportation system certification
- test coordination/test management
- waste stream definition and profiling
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risk assessment |
- ecological urban contaminants
- human health issues
- seismic hazards
- volcanic hazards
- wildfire hazards
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seismology |
- borehole seismology
- earthquake probabilities
- earthquake studies
- field seismology
- geothermal reservoir characterization using seismic techniques
- induced seismicity
- near-surface seismology
- nonlinear effects in wave propagation
- numerical modeling of realistic seismic wave propagation
- paleoseismology
- parallel computing for modeling and data analysis
- ray tracing (seismic)
- reflection seismology
- refraction seismology
- regional seismicity
- seismic hazards
- seismic imaging on all scales
- seismic scattering: modeling and data analysis
- seismological instrumentation
- seismology and tectonics
- strong ground motion
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sensor technology |
- borehole
- borehole strain measurements
- chemin
- fiber-optic based sensors
- infrasound
- libs
- lidar
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software, hardware and laboratory |
- OS: DOS
- OS: Linux, system support
- OS: PC, system support
- OS: Unix/Linux
- OS: VAX/VMS
- OS: solaris, system support
- lab: Cary 550 UV-Vis spectrometer
- lab: acoustic property measurement
- lab: calorimetry
- lab: carbon stable isotope analysis
- lab: high-pressure, high-temperature phase equilibria
- lab: oxygen stable isotope analysis
- lab: scanning electron microscopy (SEM)
- lab: thermogravimetric analysis
- language: C
- language: Fortran
- language: HTML
- language: Java
- language: Oracle/SQL
- language: Perl
- language: Python
- languages: C++
- software: GIS -ArcGIS, ArcInfo, ArcSDE, ArcIMS
- software: computing - Maple
- software: computing - Matlab
- software: graphics - AVS
- software: graphics - Paraview
- software: graphics - Tecplot
- software: modeling - EarthVision
- software: modeling - Stratamodel
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soil science |
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solid earth geophysics |
- composition of the crust and mantle
- electrical conductivity of the crust and mantle
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surface water hydrology |
- biogeochemistry
- contaminant transport
- ecohydrology
- ecology
- erosion prediction
- experimental hydrology
- fire reponse
- flood hydrology
- modeling and prediction
- monitoring and measurement
- repository performance assessment
- watershed science
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sustainability |
- traffic dynamics simulation
- urban dynamics simulation
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waste characterization |
- Acceptable Knowledge
- active and passive NDA
- head space gas analysis
- non destructive assay
- radioactive and hazardous waste disposal
- radiography
- segmented gamma scanners (SGS)
- visual examination/repackaging
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weapons phenomenology |
- electromagnetic pulse (EMP) modeling
- ground based nuclear explosion monitoring
- nuclear explosion containment
- nuclear weapons effects
- optical modeling
- satellite based nuclear explosion monitoring
- satellite coverage modeling
- transionospheric propagation
- visual observation monitoring
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