Stable Isotope Biogeochemistry Laboratory (SIBL)

Overview of Services

The Stable Isotope Biogeochemistry Laboratory (SIBL) is a Shared Analytical Resource in the Doerr School of Sustainability at Stanford University. SIBL provides analytical facilities and technical expertise for the measurement of stable isotope ratios (including C, N, O, and H) at natural abundance levels in a variety of materials, including from marine/aquatic and terrestrial environments. Presently, SIBL has four isotope ratio mass spectrometers (IRMS) and four cavity ring-down spectrometers (CRDS). Two IRMS and one CRDS are housed in Mitchell Earth Sciences (Rooms A01 & A06), while two IRMS and three CRDS are located in Green Earth Sciences (Rooms 332 & 334). SIBL is overseen by co-directors Professor C. Page Chamberlain of the Earth and Planetary Sciences and Professor Robert Dunbar of the Oceans Department. Operation and management of the laboratory is the responsibility of science staff members Dave Mucciarone and Julie Weitzman.

For scheduling and access to the laboratory and its instruments please contact one of these laboratory managers as follows:

Dave Mucciarone: For research related to samples from marine/aquatic environments for isotopes, concentrations, total alkalinity, and/or total dissolved inorganic carbon

Julie Weitzman: For research related to samples from terrestrial environments                                                                                                                                                                        

Leadership

Location and hours of operation

Links and Resources

1. https://sibl.stanford.edu/
2. https://ccoc.stanford.edu/
3. https://paleoclimate.stanford.edu/

Publication Acknowledgement 

In accordance with Dean's office policy: If work done with SIBL produces data used in a publication, you must acknowledge the lab in the publication as: Stanford Stable Isotope Biogeochemistry Laboratory Core Facility (RRID:SCR_023253). Further, if SIBL staff provide significant experimental design, data interpretation, or other intellectual contribution (as evaluated by the PI), then it is expected that these individuals will be coauthors on the publication.

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