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Stable carbon isotopic data for polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) in sediments from the Perth Basin span the largest mass extinction in the past 500 million years.
read moreStable oxygen isotope chronology of Callitris columellaris rings reflects climate.
read moreThe John de Laeter Centre of Mass Spectrometry is a joint research venture incorporating Curtin University, the University of Western Australia, CSIRO and the Geological Survey of Western Australia that includes more than 50 scientific and technical staff. Integrative research in the minerals and petroleum sectors is foremost among the Centre's strategic goals.
We are engaged in research in biogeochemistry, cosmochemistry, geochronology, organic geochemistry, radiogenic isotope studies, stable isotope geochemistry and thermochronology. Our collective facilities include single and multiple collector SHRIMP ion probes, Cameca nanoSIMS and ims1280 ion probes, solid source mass spectrometers, noble gas thermochronology laboratories, stable isotope ratio mass spectrometers, irm-GCMS instruments, laser ablation and solution ICPMS instruments, and a unique ultraclean lab capable of processing materials at room temperature and -17C. Centre of Excellence funding by the State Government has enabled continued acquisition of instrumentation, appointment of a Director and recruitment of Research Fellows and Postdoctoral Fellows from 2006 to 2011.
Four billion year old diamond inclusions in Jack Hills zircons have been found by researchers from the John de Laeter Centre of Mass Spectrometry and the University of Munster’s Institute of Mineralogy. These are the oldest diamonds known in terrestrial rocks and add to the debate on the evolution of the early Earth.
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