A BRIEF HISTORY OF THE JACK SATTERLY GEOCHRONOLOGY LABORATORY
OFFICIAL OPENING MARCH 1977 at the Royal Ontario Museum
Dr. Sydney Lumbers, Curator of Geology (far right) is flanked by Dr. Jack Satterly, Ontario Department of Mines. Left of the dedication is Frank Miller, Minister of Natural Resources 1977-78, and ROM mineralogist Dr. Joe Mandarino.
Toronto, Royal Ontario Museum, 1977. |
The pioneering work of our laboratory's founding Director, Tom Krogh (far right) led to revolutionary methods for precise uranium-lead dating.
Toronto, Royal Ontario Museum, 1977. |
(above) At the Carnegie Institution ca. 1970 examining a sample of Grenvillian gneiss. Standing are Jim Mattinson (left) and Tom Krogh (right).
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(above) Making 205Pb by irradiating 205Bi. Tom Krogh (left), Randy Parrish (middle) and Steve Oelsner (AECL) manipulating the solutions containing 205Bi in the Ottawa hot cells, on its way to becoming 205Pb. This led to the first ultrapure, mixed 205Pb-235U spike solution for international distribution. Ottawa 1986.
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ROM Laboratory moved to the University of Toronto's Department of Earth Sciences in 2004.