{"id":82,"date":"2018-10-15T11:31:27","date_gmt":"2018-10-15T11:31:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/geochronology-lab.nau.edu\/?page_id=82"},"modified":"2018-10-15T11:58:19","modified_gmt":"2018-10-15T11:58:19","slug":"home","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/geochronology-lab.nau.edu\/","title":{"rendered":"Home"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #333399;\"><strong>The\u00a0Amino Acid Geochronology Laboratory<\/strong><\/span> (AAGL)\u00a0specializes in analyzing amino acid enantiomers using high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC). For geochronological applications, the technique is used to estimate the ages of Quaternary deposits by analyzing the extent of racemization in amino acids preserved within carbonate fossils. Amino acid geochronology is used to solve a variety of stratigraphic, paleoclimatic, taphonomic, neotectonic, and other problems that require information on the timing, frequency, and rates of Earth surface processes. In addition, the AAGL\u00a0investigates the processes, rates, and temperature sensitivity of amino acid diagenesis in fossils to refine the\u00a0method\u00a0for geochronology and paleothermometry.<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #333399;\">Opportunities<\/span> <\/strong>are available for students to work and conduct supervised research in the laboratory.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The\u00a0Amino Acid Geochronology Laboratory (AAGL)\u00a0specializes in analyzing amino acid enantiomers using high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC). For geochronological applications, the technique is used to estimate the ages of Quaternary deposits by analyzing the extent of racemization in amino acids preserved within carbonate fossils. Amino acid geochronology is used to solve a variety of stratigraphic, paleoclimatic, &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/geochronology-lab.nau.edu\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Home&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/geochronology-lab.nau.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/82"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/geochronology-lab.nau.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/geochronology-lab.nau.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/geochronology-lab.nau.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/geochronology-lab.nau.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=82"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/geochronology-lab.nau.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/82\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":125,"href":"https:\/\/geochronology-lab.nau.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/82\/revisions\/125"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/geochronology-lab.nau.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=82"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}