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Program

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The workshop starts with an ice breaker on the first day and launches right into lectures on Day 2. Students will then design and select projects using the available equipment, with a decreasing lecture load over the week as the projects build up speed. Project results are presented and assessed on the final day around the farewell lunch.

Content

• Definitions
• Terminology
• Standards for different materials
• Measurement
• Mass spectrometers
• Lasers
• Carbon and nitrogen isotopes in plants
• The Water Cycle
• Water in plants
• Isotopes in soil
• and more...

Main instrumentation

(on-site or available for projects)

• Picarro L-2130i cavity ring-down laser
• Spectrometer (for vapour δ²H and δ¹⁸O)
• Picarro L-1102i cavity ring-down laser
• Spectrometer (for water δ²H and δ¹⁸O)
• Elemental analyser + Thermo or Isoprime
• Stable isotope ratio mass spectrometer (δ¹³C and δ¹⁵N)
• Laser CO₂ isotope analyser for ¹²C, ¹³C, ¹⁸O and ¹⁶O
• Potential for Compound -Specific Isotope Analysis

Main course organiser and contact:

Dr Nathan English
n.english@cqu.edu.au
Coastal Marine Ecosystems Research Centre
Central Queensland University