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Geochronological
studies on rock and minerals is carried out by:
Rubidium-
Strontium method
Samarium-Neodymium
method
Uranium-lead
method
Initially, the organisation had fabricated
one mass spectrometer in 1964. Presently, a fully automated,
multicollector thermal ionisation mass spectrometer, VG 354
is used for isotopic analyses of Rb, Sr, Sm, Nd, U and Pb.
Data generated from
this laboratory have found place in different publications. 
Sulphur isotope analysis is also carried out
with the help of a triple collector, electron bombardment (gaseous
source) mass spectrometer equivalent to VG 903. Facility for
the separation of CO2 gas from carbonate mineral
sample in order to carry out carbon isotope analyses is also
available.

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