LABORATORY CARBON 14
Objective:
Determination of ages of samples of sedimentary organic matter and carbonate for studies focused mainly on the paleoenvironmental reconstruction of the last 45 thousand years.
Responsible: Prof. Marcelo Cancela Lisboa Cohen
Post Doc. Paula Elissa Antonio de Lima
LABORATORY OF ANALYSIS OF IMAGES OF THE HUMID TROPIC (LAIT)
Objectives:
· Contribute to the consolidation, expansion and integration between scientific and technological knowledge in the region.
· Train qualified human resources in different areas of knowledge, with emphasis on information spatialization through remote sensing and geoprocessing techniques.
· To develop and disseminate space technologies based on an integrated (spatial information) and integrated approach (use of multidisciplinary scientific competences aimed at solving common problems), inserting the Federal University of Pará in the national and international context with respect to the Teaching, Research & Development (EP & D) of remote sensing and geoprocessing.
· Contribute to the dissemination of knowledge by supporting scientific information and communication activities, events, publications and transfer of results to civil society.
· For its technological and scientific potential, to contribute with the institution to build partnerships with governmental, non-governmental and private institutions and to enable the acquisition of new sources of resources.
· Producing thematic, multi-temporal, multi-scale and multifon synthesis documents on the physical environment and human activities in the Amazon.
· Contribute to the training, qualification and updating of upper and middle level teachers who work in institutions of basic, fundamental and higher education in the State of Pará.
Responsible: Prof. Pedro Walfir Martins and Souza Filho.
Technician: Lourival Gomes da Silva Junior
LABORATORY OF CHEMICAL ANALYZES
Objectives:
• The Laboratory of Chemical Analysis is used primarily for digestion and preparation of samples for chemical analysis. In it are determined chemical parameters using mainly classical methods (wet way).
Responsible: Prof. José Augusto Martins Corrêa. Technicians: Natalino Valente Moreira de Siqueira.
MINERAL CHARACTERIZATION LABORATORY (LMC) X-RAYS INDUSTRY AND ANALYSIS SECTOR
Objective:
• Analysis of crystalline phases by X-ray diffraction by the powder method.
• Chemical analysis by X-ray Fluorescence spectrometry.
• Chemical analysis by infrared spectrometry.
• Thermal analysis by exploratory calorimetry and thermogravimetry.
• Training of human resources in analytical methods of X-rays within undergraduate and postgraduate teaching programs of the GC.
Responsible: Prof. Simone Patrícia Aranha da Paz
Technician: Aldemir de Melo Sotero
CHROMATOGRAPHY LABORATORY
Objective:
• The Ion Chromatography Laboratory attends undergraduate and graduate courses. Its analyzes are mainly focused on water studies, being able to analyse cations and anions through a conductivity detector.
Responsible: Prof. José Augusto Martins Corrêa.
COASTAL DYNAMICS LABORATORY – LADIC
Objective:
· The Coastal Dynamics Laboratory is equipped to develop activities aimed at the determination of nutrients in estuarine waters, quantitative and qualitative analysis of dissolved compounds in interstitial waters, processing of sediment records for sedimentary structures description, granulometric determination, as well as preparation of microscope slides for the identification and counting of pollen grains. Data of this nature have supported the research destined to the study of the changes in the depositional environments and vegetation in the Brazilian coast during the late Quaternary.
Responsible: Prof. Marcelo Cancela Lisboa Cohen
LABORATORY OF INDUCED PLASMA ESPECTOMETRY - (ICP / MS)
Objectives:
· ICP-MS laboratory installed in the headquarters building of the IGP area of the PPGG is in final adjustment phase and is dedicated to multi-elemental chemical analyzes in very low concentrations (ppm to ppb) in rocks, soils and mainly waters. That's why it requires a lot of analytical care, from openings, dilutions and the measures themselves. Hence, their costs are high and, for these reasons, to carry out the analyzes is necessary financial reset, and, in addition, the interested party must carry out all the preparatory phases. The laboratory does not have a specific technician and is currently administered by two postgraduate students, Darilena Porfírio and Glayce da Silva, under the guidance of Professor Marcondes Lima da Costa. This laboratory is part of the general analytical laboratory structure of GMGA, called LAMIGA. Within LAMIGA are also included:
- Laboratory of FTIR, that attends interests in the area of mineralogy, inorganic and organic products;
- Laboratory of XRD, FRX, FRX pistol, UFRX, MEV / EDS bench and granulometer that suits diverse searches.
Responsible: Prof. Marcondes Lima da Costa
Technician: Pabllo Henrique Costa dos Santos
LABORATORY OF ISOTOPIC GEOLOGY (PARÁ-ISO)
Objectives:
• Measurements of isotope ratios for determination of radiometric ages of rocks and levels of elements of interest in the elucidation of evolutionary processes of rocks.
Responsible: Professor Candido Augusto Veloso Moura.
PhD Elma Costa Oliveira
HYDROCHEMICAL LABORATORY
Objectives:
· Physico-chemical analysis of waters or what materials of scientific or technological interest.
Responsible: Prof. José Augusto Martins Corrêa. Technician: Leila Hanna.
LABORATORY OF FLUID INCLUSIONS / MICROTERMOMETRY
Objectives:
· Study of fluids involved in the formation of rocks and deposits in terms of composition, density, pressure and temperature.
Responsible: Prof. Régis Munhoz Krás Borges.
MICRO-ANALYSIS LABORATORY - MICROSOUND ELECTRONICS
Objective:
The Laboratory of Microanalyses, formerly LABMEV, meets a great demand of users and contributes to the improvement in the quality of research and training of human resources in the Amazon for 12 years. Currently, it has the following equipment:
- Scanning Electron Microscope (SEM) Zeiss, 1430 - Routine since September 2003.
- Scanning Electron Microscope (SEM) Zeiss, SIGMA-VP: Routinely since November 2015, and belonging to the Vale Technological Institute (ITV), but provided under a lending system with IG-UFPA.
- Scanning Electron Microscope (MEV) Zeiss, EVO-10: Awaiting installation.
- Jeol Electron Microsonde, JXA-8230: Routine scheduled for 2 ° / 2016.
Responsible: Davis Carvalho de Oliveira
ELECTRONIC SCAN MICROSCOPY LAB - SEM
Objectives:
· The Laboratory of Scanning Electron Microscopy (LABMEV) of UFPA has a multidisciplinary character and can help students and researchers from different areas of UFPA and other centers in obtaining high resolution images of minerals, microfossils, teeth, wires, etc. up to 300,000 times, revealing imperceptible details in conventional microscopes. The possibility of providing services to other private institutions and / or companies is also foreseen, when it is in routine operation. The activities developed by LABMEV include:
- Carbon or gold metallization of thin blades, polished sections, mineral grains, etc. to be analyzed in the SEM;
- Obtaining high resolution images of minerals, minerals, fossils, microfossils, teeth, wires, etc. magnified between 15 and 300,000 times;
- Qualitative and semi-quantitative chemical analyzes of the analyzed objects;
- Mapping of distribution of elements within grains or mineral sections;
- Recording of these images to CD for later use by the user.
Responsible: Prof. Cláudio Nery Lamarão.
Technician: Gisele Tavares Marques
Technician: Renan Almeida de Carvalho
LABORATORY OF MINERALOGY, GEOCHEMISTRY AND APPLICATIONS (LAMIGA)
Objectives:
· It was created in 1993 with the donation of gemological equipment by the DAAD and the support of CAPES, for the graduate course in Gemology.
Responsible: Prof. Marcondes Lima da Costa.
PhD Glayce Jholy Souza da Silva
PETROGRAPHY LABORATORY
Objectives:
• Graduate Petrography Laboratory has as main objective the support to the teaching and research works at graduate level, focused on petrographic studies. Various equipment is available to perform conventional or specific petrographic analyzes, as well as the production of microscopic visual resources.
• The laboratory has a regular routine use in undergraduate and graduate research, in individual and group research, and in graduate classes, in addition to serving other courses at other UFPA centers, so it is considered important and absolutely necessary in the structure of the GC.
Responsible: Prof. Paulo Sérgio de S. Gorayeb
MAGNETIC PETROLOGY LABORATORY
Objectives:
• In the Laboratory of Magnetic Petrology there are made measures of magnetic susceptibility of rocks and metal alloys.
Responsible: Prof. Davis Carvalho de Oliveira
LABORATORY OF SEDIMENTOLOGY AND HEAVY MINERALS
Objectives:
• Preparation of sediment samples, sedimentary rocks and other materials for mineralogical, chemical and micropaleontological analyzes.
• Texture analysis and petrographic analysis of sedimentary rocks.
• Screening and granulometric determination by sedimentation.
• Identification and description of silicates and carbonates
• Dyeing of minerals mainly in carbonates
• Semi-quantitative determination of the carbonate content. It generally serves undergraduate and graduate students of the IG, researchers from several institutions; provision of services in areas within its competence. In addition, it provides the practical part of the following: Sedimentology (undergraduation), Sedimentology Applied to Oceanography (undergraduation) and Sedimentography (Graduation). Responsible: Prof. Afonso Cesar R. Nogueira
Technician: Everaldo Lira da Cunha
LAMINATION WORKROOM
Objectives:
• Support teaching and research activities developed both in undergraduate and graduate courses through the preparation of thin, polished, bipedal, polished sections and cutting of rocks and minerals.
Responsible: Prof. Vânia Maria Fernandes Barriga. Technician: Joelma de Jesus Lobo.
WORKROOM FOR SAMPLE PREPARATION (OPA)
Objectives:
• Crushing and spraying of rocks and soil samples for chemical analyzes and x-rays. It caters to professors and students of the GC and eventually other interested parties. The teacher responsible for the workshop periodically offers training in the handling of equipment for the users of the workshop.
Responsible: Prof. Candido Augusto Veloso Moura