Instant geochemistry from mountain tops to the mid ocean ridges: X-ray Fluorescence (XRF) Spectroscopy on the move
Lead Research Organisation:
National Oceanography Centre
Department Name: Science and Technology
Abstract
Non-destructive, high-resolution, sediment and rock core scanners incorporating XRF spectrometry and other sensors are a key technique in petroleum, mining and environmental industrial applications and are now widely used in the earth and environmental sciences. They have radically improved our capability to understand naturally occurring and man-made processes in the terrestrial and marine environments. What is currently missing is an adaptive system that can provide instant geochemical compositions, including rare-earth elements (REEs), of hand specimens and sediment cores within field and laboratory situations. Furthermore, immediate analyses in the field may allow strategic changes to sample collection and site selection based upon geochemical results in the field. Such equipment provides precise and accurate field measurements that can represent primary data or be used to inform later laboratory protocols. NERC science currently does not have access to the market leading Olympus XRF Vanta M, the only sensor with REE capability that can be integrated with the Geotek Multi-Sensor Core Logger (MCSL). This instrument will allow BOSCORF to facilitate simultaneous XRF and geophysical properties analysis of sediments and other environmental samples and will further enhance BOSCORF's internationally recognised reputation of excellence. The addition of a Vanta system will substantially fill an analytical gap to significantly extend workflow.
The seagoing-component of the XRF will introduce new opportunities to the science party and will allow a more efficient use of ship time (one day at sea costing ~£35k; £100 per laboratory analysis). Currently, the majorities of samples taken at sea are laboratory analysed post expedition. Thus, repeat expeditions are necessary to further investigate the field site, which is an expensive and time-consuming process for the scientists as well as for the funding agency. Near-real to real time assessment of rock and sediment compositions with a portable XRF will provide a dynamic decision support while being in the field, i.e. sampling strategies can be orientated towards the most promising targets, resulting in a cost and time efficient field campaign with maximum output for budget and science.
The MSCL systems at BOSCORF enable a suite of geophysical measurements to be obtained rapidly, accurately and automatically on sediment or rock cores. Only Olympus portable XRFs can be integrated with the Geotek MSCL-XYZ system that BOSCORF currently has. No other portable XRF can be installed for automated sediment/rock core logging and combined with physical property sensors. MSCL-XYZ is a unique automated multi-core logging system for undertaking various surface core measurements. By adding the Vanta to this system multiple core sections (up to seven 1.5 m core sections), can be loaded onto the workstation, which are then logged in a single operation. This provides low user interaction system to collect high quality data rapidly.
XRF System advances include:
1. The Olympus Vanta M will include a high kV source (up to 50 kV) offering the ability to obtain information on the REEs that are not possible from many other portable XRFs on the market.
2. The Olympus Vanta series benefits from market-leading signal processing technology called "Axon". Axon technology is a software development that optimises the detector to provide higher X-ray counts per second and faster results. This will allow users to operate on a typical 15 second analysis time.
The seagoing-component of the XRF will introduce new opportunities to the science party and will allow a more efficient use of ship time (one day at sea costing ~£35k; £100 per laboratory analysis). Currently, the majorities of samples taken at sea are laboratory analysed post expedition. Thus, repeat expeditions are necessary to further investigate the field site, which is an expensive and time-consuming process for the scientists as well as for the funding agency. Near-real to real time assessment of rock and sediment compositions with a portable XRF will provide a dynamic decision support while being in the field, i.e. sampling strategies can be orientated towards the most promising targets, resulting in a cost and time efficient field campaign with maximum output for budget and science.
The MSCL systems at BOSCORF enable a suite of geophysical measurements to be obtained rapidly, accurately and automatically on sediment or rock cores. Only Olympus portable XRFs can be integrated with the Geotek MSCL-XYZ system that BOSCORF currently has. No other portable XRF can be installed for automated sediment/rock core logging and combined with physical property sensors. MSCL-XYZ is a unique automated multi-core logging system for undertaking various surface core measurements. By adding the Vanta to this system multiple core sections (up to seven 1.5 m core sections), can be loaded onto the workstation, which are then logged in a single operation. This provides low user interaction system to collect high quality data rapidly.
XRF System advances include:
1. The Olympus Vanta M will include a high kV source (up to 50 kV) offering the ability to obtain information on the REEs that are not possible from many other portable XRFs on the market.
2. The Olympus Vanta series benefits from market-leading signal processing technology called "Axon". Axon technology is a software development that optimises the detector to provide higher X-ray counts per second and faster results. This will allow users to operate on a typical 15 second analysis time.
Planned Impact
The NMF and BOSCORF provides a centralised community facilities for supporting marine and environmental sciences. These centralised facilities provide the science community with analytical capabilities that would otherwise be inaccessible to most researchers. Therefore the asset will have a wide impact across NERC science.
Measuring impact:
Impact will be reviewed annually by the BOSCORF Advisory Group and evaluated against the LRI KPIs and benefits realisation plan.
Science Impact:
BOSCORF is key to enabling research on sediment cores from a range of environments, which are critical for research into past environmental change, natural hazards, sustainable use of natural resources and pollution. Science impact will be monitored through BOSCORF contribution to peer reviewed publications.
International community impact: BOSCORF and NMF actively promotes and facilitates interdisciplinary and collaborative research; expansion of research and industry networks in the UK, EU and worldwide. Through the dissemination of specialised knowledge and innovation of new developments in core analysis and curatorial protocols, BOSCORF plays a major role in the international science community.
Environmental and economic benefits:
The usage of a portable XRF on seagoing expeditions will have a significant impact on the funding budget of a project and also on ship time resource. Due to dynamic decision processes at sea, the best possible samples can be collected, reducing the need for follow up expeditions to the same site, i.e. no additional ship costs for another expedition (£700,000 for six weeks) , consequently freeing up ship capacity for other research project and commercial charter. In addition, pre-screening of samples will allow scientist the best choice for additional laboratory analysis post expedition, that are often more expensive (e.g. 1 day LA-ICP-MS at £650) than potable XRF analysis, reducing the project costs.
Furthermore, new scientific users could be attracted to the usage of the NOC/NERC ships due to the availability of the XRF asset, extending the diverse use of the already flexible capacity of the ships.
Dynamic sampling strategy at sea will reduce the amount of unnecessary ship transits during field campaigns, fuel usage will also be reduced, which will have a positive impact on the environment. In addition, the usage of the portable XRF will help to reduce the chemical waste; currently, many hazardous chemicals are used on board of research ships (and within laboratories) to undertake geochemical analysis (often toxic for the environment and with H&S risks with regard to transport, storage und usage). On the other hand, portable XRF only has two main hazardous parts: a) X-ray source which isolated by safety switches and locked into a static position during the operation of the device; b) Li-ion batteries power the system, but are routinely present on the ships as part of other technologies such as AUV's. The usage of the portable XRF would reduce or potentially avoid the requirement for specific hazardous chemicals during expeditions, thus reducing the amount of hazardous wastes and provide a cost-saving on disposal charges, especially in the non-UK ports that do not operate strict waste management regulations, and shipping costs which overall allow to cut the global footprint of CO2 which is one of NERC's major long term strategy.
Measuring impact:
Impact will be reviewed annually by the BOSCORF Advisory Group and evaluated against the LRI KPIs and benefits realisation plan.
Science Impact:
BOSCORF is key to enabling research on sediment cores from a range of environments, which are critical for research into past environmental change, natural hazards, sustainable use of natural resources and pollution. Science impact will be monitored through BOSCORF contribution to peer reviewed publications.
International community impact: BOSCORF and NMF actively promotes and facilitates interdisciplinary and collaborative research; expansion of research and industry networks in the UK, EU and worldwide. Through the dissemination of specialised knowledge and innovation of new developments in core analysis and curatorial protocols, BOSCORF plays a major role in the international science community.
Environmental and economic benefits:
The usage of a portable XRF on seagoing expeditions will have a significant impact on the funding budget of a project and also on ship time resource. Due to dynamic decision processes at sea, the best possible samples can be collected, reducing the need for follow up expeditions to the same site, i.e. no additional ship costs for another expedition (£700,000 for six weeks) , consequently freeing up ship capacity for other research project and commercial charter. In addition, pre-screening of samples will allow scientist the best choice for additional laboratory analysis post expedition, that are often more expensive (e.g. 1 day LA-ICP-MS at £650) than potable XRF analysis, reducing the project costs.
Furthermore, new scientific users could be attracted to the usage of the NOC/NERC ships due to the availability of the XRF asset, extending the diverse use of the already flexible capacity of the ships.
Dynamic sampling strategy at sea will reduce the amount of unnecessary ship transits during field campaigns, fuel usage will also be reduced, which will have a positive impact on the environment. In addition, the usage of the portable XRF will help to reduce the chemical waste; currently, many hazardous chemicals are used on board of research ships (and within laboratories) to undertake geochemical analysis (often toxic for the environment and with H&S risks with regard to transport, storage und usage). On the other hand, portable XRF only has two main hazardous parts: a) X-ray source which isolated by safety switches and locked into a static position during the operation of the device; b) Li-ion batteries power the system, but are routinely present on the ships as part of other technologies such as AUV's. The usage of the portable XRF would reduce or potentially avoid the requirement for specific hazardous chemicals during expeditions, thus reducing the amount of hazardous wastes and provide a cost-saving on disposal charges, especially in the non-UK ports that do not operate strict waste management regulations, and shipping costs which overall allow to cut the global footprint of CO2 which is one of NERC's major long term strategy.
Description | Application for annual capital funding for NERC's S&F and eligible LRI |
Amount | £162,246 (GBP) |
Organisation | Natural Environment Research Council |
Sector | Public |
Country | United Kingdom |
Start | 09/2022 |
End | 03/2023 |
Description | Collaboration with the National Oceanography Centre |
Organisation | National Oceanography Centre |
Department | Marine Geoscience |
Country | United Kingdom |
Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
PI Contribution | The team has been testing new methods for analysing Massive Sulfide Deposits and rock samples from mid ocean ridge sites |
Collaborator Contribution | Providing samples for testing |
Impact | Nothing yet |
Start Year | 2021 |
Description | Collaboration with the University of Southampton |
Organisation | University of Southampton |
Department | Ocean and Earth Science |
Country | United Kingdom |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | The BOSCORF team has undertook the experimental XRF analysis of fish powders. The aim is to produce a new method for identifying provenance of farmed and wild fish in the food industry. |
Collaborator Contribution | Juliet Wilson and Clive Truman provided thousands of prepared samples |
Impact | Publication anticipated in 2023 |
Start Year | 2020 |
Description | Training collaboration with NEIF |
Organisation | Natural Environment Research Council |
Department | National Environmental Isotope Facility (NEIF) |
Country | United Kingdom |
Sector | Public |
PI Contribution | NEIF and BOSCORF, have combined efforts to request resources to develop a coherent and efficient approach to training via digital resources as a means to enhance delivery of training for the user community and beyond. This will comprise a 'digital training library' that will act as a central (open access) modular resource, which will be used by the facilities to deliver; (1) bespoke training packages for facility users tailored to their needs; and (2) combined into thematic training course for broader training and wider usage (i.e., beyond the immediate user community). BOSCORF is in the process of providing core scanning resources for the digital library |
Collaborator Contribution | NEIF is leading the isotope component of the digital library |
Impact | First output is scheduled for April 2023 |
Start Year | 2021 |
Description | 3D filming |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | Creating a 3D digital scan of the BOSCORF to produce a interactive online engagement tool |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
URL | https://my.matterport.com/show/?m=D4SbcWR5xm1 |
Description | Facility Demonstration |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Local |
Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
Results and Impact | Suzanne Maclachlan and Miros Charidemou - demonstration of BOSCORF services to Wessex Archaeology staff https://www.wessexarch.co.uk/archaeological-services?gclid=CjwKCAiAg6yRBhBNEiwAeVyL0CCxcD0hGm-l5i2-zk27zklYx_atKwl8YFPD3WepklnSEXN49sg1IxoCxFEQAvD_BwE |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
Description | Facility Tour |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | Subsea7 BORA Launch Tour |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
URL | https://www.subsea7.com/en/media/company-news/2021/the-national-oceanography-centre-and-subsea-7-lau... |
Description | Facility Tour |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Local |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | A tour of the BOSCORF facility for new NOC staff members |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
Description | Facility Tour |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Third sector organisations |
Results and Impact | BOSCORF Facility Tour for members of 10% For the Ocean Funders https://www.10percentfortheocean.org/ 08/10/2021 |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
Description | Facility Tour for Dare and CLASS UK summer school |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an open day or visit at my research institution |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
Results and Impact | Facility Tour for Dare and CLASS UK summer school to promote the facility as open access resource for their individual NERC projects. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
Description | Facility Tour for Fareham College |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an open day or visit at my research institution |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Local |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | Facility tour for Fareham College staff to illustrate the breadth of science undertaken at NOC |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
Description | Facility Tour for MUVIS staff |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an open day or visit at my research institution |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Local |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | Facility tour for the µ-VIS X-Ray Imaging Centre is University of Southampton staff to illustrate the breadth of science support undertaken by BOSCORF and to discuss a potential collaborative relationship |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
Description | Facility Tour for NERC Board |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an open day or visit at my research institution |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | Facility Tour for NERC Board highlighting the use of the NERC facility across a wide range of NERC science |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
Description | Facility Tour for Philanthropists |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an open day or visit at my research institution |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Supporters |
Results and Impact | Facility tour for Philanthropists to illustrate the breadth of science undertaken at NOC |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
Description | Facility Tour for Subsea7 |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an open day or visit at my research institution |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
Results and Impact | Facility tour for Subsea 7 employees to illustrate the breadth of science undertaken at NOC |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
Description | Facility Tour for UKRI Board |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an open day or visit at my research institution |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | Sediment core exhibit for UKRI Board members visiting the National Oceanography Centre. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
Description | Facility tour for OEMA |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an open day or visit at my research institution |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Local |
Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
Results and Impact | Facility tour for OEMA staff to illustrate the breadth of services offered by the facility |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
Description | HMTU Met Course Tour |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an open day or visit at my research institution |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | Facility tour for the Hydrographic and Meteorological Training Unit (HMTU) participants. Introducing the work at the facility and how it links to climate science |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
Description | IMLGS Participation |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | The BOSCORF Curator presented and led specialist curatorial sessions at the Index to Marine and Lacustrine Geological Samples Curatorial Conference held at SCRIPPS, San Diego, USA. This group actively improves best practice, policies and procedures relating the curation of geomaterials. The impact is improved open access geological samples and associated datasets for the international science community. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
Description | IODP/BOSCORF training meeting |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | IODP representative met with BOSCORF staff to discuss potential future collaborative training workshops |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
Description | Invited participant |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | NOC Science Showcase for the NERC Science Committee 20/10/2021 Presentation of the role sediments play in the informing past/future climate and geohazards. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
Description | Invited participant |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | RISeR project annual meeting. Suzanne Maclachlan was invited to provide expertise on XRF core scanning and the relevance to chronolgy https://riser.leeds.ac.uk/ |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
Description | Invited participant |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | BOSCORF Advisory Group Annual Meeting Online: 11 May 2021 |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
Description | Invited participant |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | Invited participant to contribute towards the NERC Statement of Community Need for NERC Scientific Support and Facilities: Feedback Response for the Statement Title: TESCORF: the terrestrial sediment core research facility Lead: Virginia Panizzo 24/12/2021 |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
Description | Invited speaker |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | Invited speaker (Suzanne Maclachlan) at the Marine Facilities Advisory Board to lead the discussion on the requirement for a NERC rock repository. Online meeting - 25 March 2021 |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
URL | https://noc.ac.uk/files/documents/about/ispo/Marine_Facilities_Advisory%20Board_March_2021_minutes.p... |
Description | Invited speaker |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | Invited speaker (Suzanne Maclachlan) at the NERC Head Office Keeping Connected - Session 2 COP26 20 July 21 Online event |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
Description | Invited talk |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | Invited speaker at the GEOTRACES Scientific Steering Committee meeting held at National Oceanography Centre, Southampton |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
Description | Invited talk |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Regional |
Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
Results and Impact | Participation (Suzanne Maclachlan) in a NOC Philanthropy Facility Tour. Speaking to visitors and demonstrating the science outputs 10/11/2021 |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
Description | Invited talk |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Local |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | Presentation of the BOSCORF scientific services to the Ocean BioGeosciences Group at the National Oceanography Centre - 22/9/2021 |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
Description | MENSA Group Tour |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an open day or visit at my research institution |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Regional |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | Facility tour for MENSA Group to illustrate the breadth of science undertaken at NOC |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
Description | NERC Digital Infrastructure Environment team Tour of NOC |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an open day or visit at my research institution |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | NERC Digital Infrastructure Environment team Tour of NOC to illustrate the challenges of scientific data |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
Description | Oral Presentation - BSRG |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | The British Ocean Sediment Core Research Facility - an evolving resource for the UK and beyond - Highlight talk for the British Sedimentological Research Group AGM at the National Oceanography Centre, Southampton. Suzie Maclachlan (BOSCORF Curator) |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
Description | Seminar presentation |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Local |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | 35 academic and postgraduate researchers from the Southampton Marine and Maritime Institute attended an online seminar. Title: 'BOSCORF - how can we support your research?' |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
Description | Seminar presentation |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Local |
Primary Audience | Undergraduate students |
Results and Impact | 35 attendees from Royal Holloway, University of London. Talk by Dr. Suzanne Maclachlan from the National Oceanography Center, Southampton (NOCS) who presented the NOCS and its research in Marine Geology and the British Ocean Sediment Core Research Center (BOSCORF). |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
Description | Seminar presentation |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Local |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | 28 academic and postgraduate researchers from the School of the Environment, Geography and Geosciences, University of Portsmouth attended an online seminar. Title: 'BOSCORF - how can we support your research?' Invited talk as part of a seminar series |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
Description | Stand at the BSRG Conference Icebreaker |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | BOSCORF had a stand at the 61st British Sedimentological Research Group Annual General Meeting held at the NOC Southampton. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
Description | Subsea 7 BORA Workshop |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
Results and Impact | Participation in the Subsea 7 BORA Workshop to explore new collaborative projects |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
Description | Training Course |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
Results and Impact | The 3 day non-destructive core logging course is intended for later-stage PhDs and ECRs with large volumes of non-destructive core logging data, with a particular focus on XRF data. This course will focus on the Avaatech and Itrax XRF Core Scanners, and how each system works. Additionally, an introduction will be given to Multi Sensor Core Logger datasets and sediment core radiography techniques. Tutorials will cover the data limitations, methods for quality controlling the data and a variety of tools to aid in the presentation and assessment of data. Students will also be introduced to software solutions designed for handling Itrax and other core logging and scanning data. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
Description | University of Southampton and Winchester School of Art - workshop |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Local |
Primary Audience | Undergraduate students |
Results and Impact | University of Southampton and Winchester School of Art - workshop to demonstrate turbidity flow science |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
Description | Web article |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
Results and Impact | Web article highlighting the long established collaboration between BOSCORF and GEOTEK. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
URL | https://www.geotek.co.uk/2021/03/11/27-years-of-mscl-scanning-at-boscorf/ |
Description | Workshop facilitator |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Regional |
Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
Results and Impact | BOSCORF held a bespoke sediment core descriptive logging workshop for Marine Geologists from Royal Holloway, University of London - 26/11/21 |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
Description | Worshipful Company of Shipwrights Tour |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an open day or visit at my research institution |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
Results and Impact | Facility tour for Worshipful Company of Shipwrights staff to illustrate the breadth of science undertaken at NOC |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |