Department of Mineralogy

 

Infrastructure
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Clean air chemical laboratory

Thermal Ionization mass spectrometry – TRITON

Thermal Ionization mass spectrometry – MAT262

Noble Gas mass spectrometry – ARGUS

Noble Gas mass spectrometry – NOBLESSE

Fission Track dating laboratory

Raman microspectrometry laboratory

Fluid inclusion microthermometry laboratory

Particle characterization laboratory

Geophysical Fluid Dynamics laboratory

X-ray diffractometry

Thin and polished sectioning laboratory

XRF preparation

Mineral separation facilities

ICP-MS

UNIL

 

Geophysical Fluid Dynamics laboratory

The geophysical fluid dynamics laboratory is designed for the study of geophysical phenomena by means of analogue modelling. Current investigations focus on: Convective instabilities, granular flows, two-phase flow, and particle terminal velocity and aggregation with a vertical wind tunnel.

Geophysical Fluid Dynamics laboratory

Contact: Prof. Costanza Bonadonna, Tel. +41 22 379 30 55, costanza.bonadonna@unige.ch

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