The school is recognised as one of the UK's most prominent centres for international research excellence and provides a dynamic, intellectually-stimulating environment. Our researchers are renowned as world-leaders in volcanology, isotope geochemistry, palaeobiology, experimental petrology and seismology.

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Facilities

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Aqueous Geochemistry Available to industry Wills Memorial Building Facilities include: two constant temperature rooms, controlled-atmosphere glove box, centrifuges, X-ray diffractometer and many more.	Show all;
Biogeochemistry Available to industry Wills Memorial Building ‌The biogeochemistry laboratories house a range of mass spectrometry, chromatography and microbiological instrumentation.	Show all;
Bristol Isotope Geochemistry Available to industry Wills Memorial Building ‌Facilities include: Neptune, Element, Excimer Laser and Triton mass spectrometers.	Show all;
Experimental Petrology Available to industry Wills Memorial Building ‌‌‌‌Facilities include a range of devices capable of reproducing the variable and extreme conditions of pressure and temperature that exist in Earth's interior from the crust to the core.	Show all;
Earth Science Collection Available to industry Wills Memorial Building The collection houses a unique collection of over 100,000 geological specimens, accessible to scientists, schools and the public (by appointment).	Show all;
Geophysical Equipment Available to industry Wills Memorial Building The Bristol Geophysics Group owns and manages a pool of equipment, including gravity, seismic and GPS surveying apparatus.	Show all;
Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Available to industry Wills Memorial Building The school has equipment for detailed sedimentological, petrological and geochemical studies.	Show all;
High Performance Computing Available to industry Wills Memorial Building The school has access to a range of computers, from desktops and workstations to many-node high performance computing facilities.	Show all;
Microbeam Available to industry Wills Memorial Building The school is home to Scanning Electron Microscope and Electron Probe Microanalyser facilities.	Show all;
Palaeontology Laboratories Available to industry Wills Memorial Building Life Sciences Building Facilities include equipment to enable the 3D visualisation of computed tomography (CT) data and to perform finite element modelling.

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School of Earth Sciences

Search or browse our Earth Sciences facilities

Facilities

Aqueous Geochemistry

Biogeochemistry

Bristol Isotope Geochemistry

Experimental Petrology

Earth Science Collection

Geophysical Equipment

Geophysical Fluid Dynamics

High Performance Computing

Microbeam

Palaeontology Laboratories

Other department facilities