GIS & Geospatial Labs

• ArcGIS Pro, remote sensing toolsets, GPS units, and UAS/drones for mapping and field data acquisition.

Surface Processes & Other Labs

The first floor contains three labs for introductory geology courses, a water-processes lab with flume and stream table/wave tank, a sedimentology lab, a pollen research lab, a rock preparation room, faculty offices, storage rooms, and most importantly, a student study lounge.

Hydrogeology & Water Quality

Flow meters, well logs and groundwater models, sondes and sensors for surface‑water and groundwater monitoring. Just outside the back door are three water wells used for teaching. One, 756 feet deep, extends 40 feet into the Precambrian granite basement, the other two are 20 and 35 feet deep and penetrate Pleistocene glacial deposits. 

Rock, Mineral & Sediment Labs

On the second floor you’ll find classrooms, a rock and mineral lab, an X-ray lab, two student computer labs, faculty offices, and storage. The third floor holds the optical mineralogy/petrology lab, paleontology lab, classrooms, offices, and student project room.

Other Field & Lab Equipment

Essentially all of the program’s equipment is available to undergraduate students for classroom or research use. This includes water-well monitoring and logging systems, a Rigaku D/Max-2000T X-ray diffractometer with supporting software, a Luminiscope cathodoluminescence unit, a fluid inclusion heating and freezing stage, geophysical equipment (such as a gravity meter, 48-channel seismograph, proton precession magnetometer, and earth resistivity and conductivity instruments), sample preparation equipment (thin section machine, rock crusher, rock pulverizer, Gemeni table, rock saws, polisher, sieve shaker, Franz magnetic separator), and various microscopes, computers, and scanners. Both SEM (with Eds) and TEM are available on campus.

Harrington Hall

Harrington Hall is home to the Geology program at the University of Wisconsin Oshkosh.