UNC Paleoclimatology & Paleoecology Laboratory

CMS Isotope Ratio Mass Spectrometer

Research Facilities and Equipment

UNCW Department of Geography and Geology
Classroom and laboratory space

UNCW  Center for Marine Science  
Aquarium room for research
Wet teaching labs
Research vessel Cape Fear
Small boats available for sampling marine environment
Isotope Ratio Mass Spectrometry facility
Coastal and Marine Geophysics Laboratory

The REU site participants will also visit the Paleoclimatology & Paleoecology Laboratory at the University of North Carolina Chapel Hill and The Phelps Archaeology Lab at East Carolina University during the course of the project.

The REU will make use of the Paleontological Research Institution’s (Ithaca, NY) vast collection, which includes more than two and a half million specimens of fossil and modern molluscs and is among the ten largest and most scientifically important fossil collections in the U.S.

Residential Accomodations

On campus apartment suite housing with cooking facilities and access to campus dining facilities will be provided for the duration of the project for all student participants.