Stable Isotope Platform | IRMS

The Stable Isotope Platform is located at the European Institute for Marine Studies. It is a Ocean Spectrometry Pole (OSP) platform supported by UBO, CNRS, Ifremer and IRD which is a member of the National Network RéGEF of INSU-CNRS.

The platform main objectives are to support the PSO members laboratories research through their numerous projects, to carry out analyses for IUEM observatory and to participate to students training. Involvement in LabexMER and ISblue projects is also significant.

We also carry out services for our academic collaborators or private partners, do not hesitate to contact us for more information on this subject.

Platform coordinator: Rudolph Corvaisier

Equipment and analyses

The Stable Isotopes platform is equipped with 3 Thermo Fischer Scientific IRMS gas source mass spectrometers associated with different couplings:

Mat 253

Kiel IV carbonates | Dual Inlet

Proposed analyses

∂¹³C et ∂¹⁸O Carbonates

Delta V Plus

Elemental Analyzer | GasBench

Proposed analyses

∂¹³C et ∂¹⁵N: Organic matter
∂¹³C: Dissolved inorganic carbon (CID)

Delta V Plus

GC Isolink | Dual Inlet

Proposed analyses

∂¹³C Fatty acids

Reservations and rates

Reservation for Analysis

Analytical schedules are established over periods of 4 months: from February to May / from June to September / from October to January. Requests must be returned no later than 10 days before the start of each period to be considered in the planning priorities. However, you can still make a request after this date, we will put it in the schedule as soon as there is availability.

For any request to book an analytical slot, please fill in this form and return it duly completed to this address.

Tarification

Analysis	Internal price (OSP members)	External academic price	External private price
∂¹³C et ∂¹⁵N Organic matter	7,00 €	14,00 €	Contact us
∂¹³C Inorganic dissolved	7,00 €	14,00 €	Contact us
∂¹³C et ∂¹⁸O Carbonates	11,00 €	22,00 €	Contact us
∂¹³C acides gras	28,00 €	56,00 €	Contact us