Research facilities offered by the department include laboratories for air photo interpretation and palynological, palaeo-magnetic, climatological and limnological analyses. To assist this work ultra-violet and atomic absorption spectrophotometers and a microscopy laboratory are available. The latter houses a number of research microscopes and the department's pollen reference collection and related publications. A wide variety of fieldwork equipment is available for geomorphological, palynological, and climatological studies. This ranges from a station wagon, 4WD vehicles, and Zodiac water craft, to chart-recorders, surveying instruments, coring equipment, hydraulic porta-samplers, radiation and energy balance instrumentation, portable upper-air sounding equipment and microprocessor-based data loggers.
Computer facilities include a number of terminals for accessing the university's mainframes, Macintosh and IBM family personal computers, printers, digitisers, and plotters. Access to AARNet, Internet, Telnet and networked databases such as the Monash University library catalogue system are available. The Geographical Information Systems group within the department runs image processing systems on micro Brian and several GIS programs via workstations and PCs.
In addition, the department offers technical services including a map and airphotograph library, a drawing office for cartographic and graphic design applications, a photographic section offering a wide range of facilities and workshops for equipment design, fabrication and maintenance. The department also runs a vigorous research publication programme which offers opportunities for the wider dissemination of postgraduate research findings.
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