KU PAL -- Research

Types of samples analyzed at KU-PAL include:

ground water and stream samples, the Konza Tallgrass Prairie LTER Site (Dr. Gwen Macpherson, KU)
ground water samples, GEMS (Geohydrologic Experimental and Monitoring Site, Kansas Geological Survey)
ground water and stream samples, Arkansas River project (Dr. Don Whittemore, Kansas Geological Survey)
Permian carbonate and shale, the Konza Tallgrass Prairie LTER Site (Dr. Gwen Macpherson, KU)
Loess-derived soils, the Konza Tallgrass Prairie LTER Site(Dr. Gwen Macpherson, Geology, KU, and Dr. Bill Johnson, Geography, KU)
Heavy halogens and other trace elements in formation waters of deep sedimentary basins (Dr. Gwen Macpherson, KU)

igneous rocks (Dr. J. Douglas Walker, KU)
metamorphic rocks (Dr. Beth McClellan, KU)
apatites for U-Th-He dating (Dr. Danny Stockli, KU)
paleosols (Dr. Rosemary Capo and Dr. Brian Stewart, University of Pittsburgh and the Penn State Astrobiology Research Center--PSARC)
extracts of rocks for cosmogenic nuclide dating (Dr. John Gosse, Dalhousie University)
laboratory experiments in dolomite synthesis (Dr. Jennifer R. Rogers, KU)
metathesis products (Dr. Gunda George, KU-Medicinal Chemistry and Dr. Paul Hanson, KU-Medicinal Chemistry)
public water supply treatment materials (Dr. Steve Randtke, KU-Civil and Environmental Engineering)
airborne particulate matter (Dr. Dennis Lane, KU-Civil and Environmental Engineering)

Published and Unpublished Research from KU-PAL: