umseas: Loading wood sample into autosampler tray
umseas: Sample identity is checked before analysis to ensure valid results.
umseas: Pat Micks, laboratory technician, prepares milled wood samples for stable isotope analysis.
umseas: Tree stem samples are ground up into a fine powder, which will then be analyzed for carbon, nitrogen, and stable isotopes.
umseas: Roots are ground up into a fine powder, which will then be analyzed.
umseas: These autosampler trays will deliver the packed wood samples into the mass spectrometer.