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Research Applications

The Pacific Centre for Isotopic and Geochemical Research (PCIGR) performs analyses for a wide variety of theoretical and practical applications.

PCIGR’s current analytical applications go well beyond our original geological roots. While PCIGR continues to excel in analyses for geological applications, we now provide services for a wide variety of other research applications.

Click on the applications below to see how analytical results are used.

Biogeochemical
Cycles and Climate   

Environmental
Monitoring

Geochemical
Tracers 

Metals in
the Earth

Timescales
and Rates  

Research and
Development

 

First Nations land acknowledegement

We acknowledge that the UBC Point Grey campus is situated on the traditional, ancestral, and unceded territory of the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm.

Pacific Centre for Isotopic and Geochemical Research

Earth and Ocean Sciences Main Building (EOSM), 6339 Stores Road
Vancouver, BC Canada V6T 1Z4

Shared Research Platforms are facilities funded jointly by the Office of the VP, Research and Innovation and Faculties and departments for the purpose of offering specialized research services to UBC and external research communities.

UBC receives support for managing its research enterprise from the federal Research Support Fund.

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