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Center
for Earthquake Research and Information
(CERI)
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Our Geological Sciences Library is located
in the Resource Center at CERI. It includes
major geological and geophysical journals,
and USGS publications. |
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A partial list of geological research equipment
and facilities includes:
- Automated
Philips x-ray diffractometer
- gravimeters
- Global
Positioning System
- a
Dionex ion chromatograph
- a
Varian atomic absorption spectrophotometer
- magnetometers
- university-maintained
SEM and TEM laboratory
- microcomputer
lab
- cathode
luminescence
- seismological
observatory
- research
computer facilities and work stations
- petrographic
sample preparation and optical facilities
- electron
spin resonance spectrometer
- labs
for wet chemistry
We
are the home of the Center for Earthquake
Research and Information (CERI), a center
of seismic research that provides the public
with information on earthquakes, seismic
safety, and a 40-station radio telemetry
network extending into adjacent states,
providing educational
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opportunities
for those who wish to concentrate in geophysics
(seismology).
Total geological and CERI facilities consist
of 34,000 sq. ft. of space designated for
lecture, laboratory instruction, and research.
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Physical Geography Lab |
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The
department has a physical geography laboratory,
which houses equipment for field based studies
in surface water hydrology, biogeography,
soils, sediment texture analysis, and climatology.
It is available to all students and faculty.
The lab is also used for the field studies
course as well as other classes. |
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Johnson Hall Auditorium |
The main auditorium classroom is completely
equipped for multimedia presentations and
many of the faculty take full advantage of
the facility. The auditorium seats 170 students
and is regularly used for introductory level
classes. The department also has mobile multimedia
equipment for use in other classrooms. There
are numerous wall maps and a slide collection
that are used in lectures. |
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Geography Seminar Room |
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The seminar room is used frequently for guest
speakers, upper division undergraduate level
courses, and graduate seminars. New multimedia
equipment has been purchased for this room
and its use will continue to increase. The
department also has several offices for graduate
students. There is a computer lab for faculty
and graduate students, which contains a multimedia
computer with a scanner, digital camera, slide
scanner, and CD-R. This lab also contains
several Sun Workstations. |
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GIS & RS
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The Geographic Information Systems and Remote
Sensing Lab is supported by the University
of Memphis. The lab serves as a focal point
for contract work, student and faculty research,
and classroom instruction. The goal of courses
and research has been to integrate field-based
research with geospatial analytical techniques.
Students
and faculty have access to a variety of
tools in and out of the lab. The campus
has an ESRI site license. The GIS & RS
lab supports both Arcview and Arc/Info.
The
remote sensing component consists of several
sources of data. The department has an extensive
collection of aerial photographs of Tennessee.
There are also satellite images of the local
area. Image analyses are carried out using
ER Mapper, Image Analyst for Arcview, and
in Arc/Info.
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GIS & RS Lab Equipment
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2 Sun Ultra 10 workstations
- 1 Sun Sparc workstation
- 15 Dell P3 NT workstations
- 1 Dell multimedia computer
- 2 Large Calcomp digitizers
- 3 Small desktop digitizers
- 1 HP Large color plotter
- slide and flat-bed scanners
- 2 GeoExplorer 3 receivers
- Pathfinder Office Software
- Arc/Info 8
- Arcview 3.2
- Erdas Imagine
- ER Mapper
- Freehand 8.0
- Photoshop
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