The school is home to high-tech facilities that include some of the world's best isotope laboratories, and other state-of-the-art laboratories capable of simulating temperature and pressure conditions at hundreds of kilometres deep within our planet; recreating conditions in ancient oceans and atmospheres; enabling us to understand the cycling of carbon in the environment and to investigate the evolution of life on Earth.
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The school is home to Scanning Electron Microscope and Electron Probe Microanalyser facilities.
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The school has access to a range of computers, from desktops and workstations to many-node high performance computing facilities.
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Facilities include: Neptune, Element, Excimer Laser and Triton mass spectrometers.
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Facilities include: two constant temperature rooms, controlled-atmosphere glove box, centrifuges, X-ray diffractometer and many more.
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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.
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The school has equipment for detailed sedimentological, petrological and geochemical studies.
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The collection houses a unique collection of over 100,000 geological specimens, accessible to scientists, schools and the public.
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Facilities include equipment to enable the 3D visualisation of computed tomography (CT) data and to perform finite element modelling.
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The biogeochemistry laboratories house a range of mass spectrometry, chromatography and microbiological instrumentation.
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The Bristol Geophysics Group owns and manages a pool of equipment, including gravity, seismic and GPS surveying apparatus.
