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Analytical Chemistry

The team provides analytical chemistry services for USGS research and assessment projects within the Geologic Division. Additionally, analytical chemists research new methods and develop new techniques in order to respond to new demands by Division scientists.

• Analytical Chemistry Services Project Summary
• Denver Electron Microprobe Laboratory
• Inductively Coupled Plasma-Mass Spectrometry
  (ICP-MS Facilities, Denver)
• Geochemical Reference Standards
• Understanding Our Planet Through Chemistry
  USGS chemists and geologists use analytical chemistry to, among other things:
  
  • determine the age of the Earth;
  • show that an extraterrestrial body collided with the Earth;
  • predict volcanic eruptions;
  • observe atmospheric change over millions of years; and
  • document damage by acid rain and pollution of the Earth's surface.