Hosted by the USGS MD-DE-DC Water Science Center, Catonsville, MD
The Geomorphology Team at the USGS MD-DE-DC Water Science Center has recently acquired a portable XRF (X-Ray Fluorescence) analyzer to supplement the needs of our Sediment Lab. XRF analyzers are able to measure a wide array of elemental signatures within sediment samples, a process necessary for sediment source tracking via sediment fingerprinting models. This fellowship would allow for a student to take the lead on innovative work (with the support of our team of geomorphologists, geologists, and GIS experts with cumulative decades of experience in sediment sourcing and tracking) and investigate one or several issues surrounding XRF analyzers prior to our adoption of the technique.
