Laboratories
- Core-scanning facilities: (MSCL core-scanner, XRF core-scanner, CT-scanner (with partners at UniBE Forensic Sciences), color-spectroscopy scanner (with partners at UniBE Geography)
- Geotechnical methods of engineering geology (at Geozentrum Burgdorf)
- Geochemistry (organic carbon, inorganic carbon, nitrogen, sulphur)
- Luminescence dating
- Age determination using cosmogenic nuclides
- Ion chromatography
- FTIR-Spectrometer (high-resolution biogenic silica, organic carbon, inorganic carbon)
Field equipment
Geophysical survey tools for lake and ocean research campaigns
- 3.5 kHz reflection seismic system with digital acqusition
- Dual-frequency digital side-scan sonar
- Multibeam bathymetric device Simrad Kongsberg EM2040
and through the Swiss Limnogeologic Euipment Pool (UniBE, UniGE, ETH, Eawag)
- Various short-coring devices (gravity and percussion corers)
- Uwitec percussion coring system with platform (Plant Sciences UniBE, ETH Zurich)
- Kullenberg coring system with Uwitec XXL platform (ETH Zurich)
- Airgun reflection seismic survey system with multi- and single-channel streamer (University of Geneva)
We use IHS Kingdom Suite software to interpret our reflection seismic data: For more infos:
www.ihs.com/products/kingdom-seismic-geological-interpretation-software.html
