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Bubble & Volcano Lab

The Bubble Lab is an experimental laboratory to study (a) fluids in hydrothermal terrain, and (b) volcano-tectonic processes. We simulate fluids and solids in two separate but closely related laboratories. First, we have an experimental laboratory f…
GONAF - Geophysical Observatory at The North Anatolian Fault

GONAF (Geophysical Observatory at the North Anatolian Fault) is a combined surface and downhole based observatory to measure tectonic deformation transients (seismic and aseismic) along the overdue Marmara segment of the North Anatolian Fault Zone (…
Geothermal Research Platform Groß Schönebeck

The Groß Schönebeck geothermal research platform is located 50 kilometres north-east of Berlin on the southern edge of the North German Basin. Two research wells open up horizons at depths of between 3.9 and 4.4 kilometres at temperatures of around …
HelTec - Laboratory for experimental tectonics at the GFZ Helmholtz Centre for Geosciences

Experimental tectonics is the branch of geosciences that uses so-called "analogue models" scaled down from nature to the laboratory to study tectonic processes *in situ*. Thanks to new materials, testing methods and monitoring techniques, which have…
IPOC - Integrated Plate Boundary Observatory Chile

IPOC is an international network of institutions and scientists organising and operating a distributed system of instruments and projects dedicated to the study of the subduction system, its role in landscape evolution, and associated geohazards at …
KTB - German Continental Scientific Deep Drilling Programme In Windischeschenbach, Germany (Kontinentale Tiefbohrung)

The Continental Deep Drilling Program of Germany (in German: Kontinentales Tiefbohrprogramm der Bundesrepublik Deutschland, abbreviated as KTB) was a scientific drilling project near the town of Windischeschenbach, Bavaria. The KTB Depth Laboratory …
Laboratory for Microscopy

The Laboratory for Microscopy focuses on the specific requirements of microfacies analysis of lake sediments, but also offers a wide range of possibilities for other applications. Sedimentological, petrographic and microfacies analyses on all kinds …
Laboratory for Thin-section Preparation

The laboratory for thin-section preparation is specialized in the preparation of thin sections of soft and unconsolidated lacustrine and marine sediments, soils, hygroscopic sediment samples such as salts and clays, and freeze cores, as well as of h…
Laboratory for XRF Element Scanning

The laboratory for XRF (X-ray Fluorescence) Element Scanning focusses on non-destructive and continuous core analyses. These analyses allow detailed geochemical characterisation of complete sediment cores down to individual layers and grains. Bridgi…
Mineral Separation Laboratory

The Mineral Separation laboratory is designed for performing chemical cleaning and purification of minerals. The fume hood in the lab is suitable for using hydrofluoric acid, in addition to other more commonly used acids. Four hot-dog rollers that s…
OSG ICDP | Operational Support Group of the International Continental Scientific Drilling Program

The Operational Support Group of the International Continental Scientific Drilling Program, ICDP, situated at GFZ, provides downhole logging services and access to utilize the ICDP instrument pool for PIs of successful ICDP proposals. ICDP is a prop…
Organic Surface Geochemistry Laboratory

In the Organic Surface Geochemistry Lab (OSGLab) of the Geomorphology section, the smallest of molecules and isotopes open a door to the past. In the OSGLab we conduct research on regional differences of the causes and effects of past climate change…
PISA – FEI - Helios G4 UC - Dual Beam (SEM-FIB)

FEI Helios G4 Dual Beam Helios G4 UC is part of the fourth generation of the leading Helios Dual Beam family. It combines the innovative Elstar electron column with high-current UC+ technology for extreme high-resolution imaging and the highest mate…
PISA – FEI Quanta 3D Dual Beam (SEM & FIB)

The FEI Quanta 3D FEG is a state-of-the-art Dual Beam machine combining traditional thermal emission scanning electron microscope (SEM) with focused ion beam (FIB). This combination allows the characterization of materials in 2D and 3D (tomography),…
PISA – FEI Tecnai Transmission Electron Microscopy Laboratory (TEM)

The Transmission Electron Microscopy TEM laboratory is a state-of-the-art facility equipped with a FEI Tecnai G2 F20 X-Twin transmission electron microscope and a FEI FIB200TEM Focused Ion Beam device for specimen preparation. The laboratory provide…
PISA – Liquid Phase-(Scanning) Transmission Electron Microscopy (LP-(S)TEM)

Liquid Phase-(Scanning) Transmission Electron Microscopy (LP-(S)TEM) allows _in situ_ observations of the dynamic behaviour of materials in liquids, with both high spatial resolution and temporal resolution. In LP-(S)TEM, the liquid cell is mounted …
PISA – Sample Preparation Lab

Sample preparation instruments are available for all kinds of samples for scanning electron microscopes and transmission electron microscopes: Gold-Palladium Sputter Coater - Leica; Carbon Coater - Leica; Cryo Sample Preparation - Leica; Gatan Model…
PISA – Thermo Fisher Scientific Themis Z (TEM)

The new state-of-the-art transmission electron microscope from Thermo Fisher Scientific Themis Z brings a lot of new opportunities for the characterization of crystal structure, microstructures and chemical composition of materials. Simultaneous ima…
PISA – ZEISS Ultra Plus Scanning Electron Microscope (SEM)

The Field Emission-Scanning Electron Microscope of the Zeiss Ultra Plus allows you to capture, analyze and supplement high-resolution images to get total information out of your sample. The complete detection system of the Ultra Plus combines a high…
Physical Laboratory

In the Physical Laboratory, experiments are performed to study mainly the interactions of sediment and water, but also measure rheological properties of sediment and prepare samples for further analysis in the other labs. In detail, the following re…
Sediment Laboratory (SedLab)

Tracking Earth surface processes through size and shape of sediment particles

In the SedLab, we analyse the compositional properties of sediments by measuring the full range of grain-size distributions from a few nanometers to centimeters and by …
Soil Physics Lab

General applications in the soil physics lab comprise soil sample preparation, particle size analysis and estimation of soil moisture content.
Stable isotope laboratory for sediments and water

In the laboratories for stable isotopes in sediments and water, the isotope ratios of the light elements nitrogen (N), carbon (C) and oxygen (O) in continental geoarchives such as lake sediments and speleothems as well as oxygen (O) and hydrogen (H)…
TESO - Taroko Earth Surface Observatory

The observatory is a long-term monitoring site of Earth surface processes, solid, solute and gaseous matter fluxes and biogeochemical cycles and their drivers, straddling an active mountain landscape from orogen ridgepole to coastline. Set within a …
The KTB Deep Crustal Lab

During the KTB project (1987-1995) two deep boreholes were drilled, the so-called pilot hole (KTB-VB, 4 km) and the ultra deep main hole (KTB-HB, 9.1 km). Both wells are nearly completely cased. The VB is accessible to nearly bottom hole. At KTB is …