Introduction

Isotope measurements have been made at SURRC since the 1960’s. The Isotope Geosciences Unit, formerly Isotope Geology, operates stable, radiogenic/ICPMS and noble gas laboratories for the Scottish Universities. We also provide analytical facilities for applications of stable isotopes to life and environmental science research, and Ar-Ar geochronology on behalf of NERC.

We pursue a diverse range of research aimed at tracing material and quantifying rates of processes on time scales of billions of years, e.g. planetary accretion and evolution, through to decades, e.g. climate and environment change. Training of graduate students and post-doctoral researchers in isotope analysis is important, and we place emphasis on the development of new analytical techniques.