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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Aqueous Geochemistry

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Wills Memorial Building

An image of green plasmaFacilities include: two constant temperature rooms, controlled-atmosphere glove box, centrifuges, X-ray diffractometer and many more.

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Biogeochemistry

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Wills Memorial Building

The Biogeochemistry labThe biogeochemistry laboratories house a range of mass spectrometry, chromatography and microbiological instrumentation.

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Bristol Isotope Geochemistry

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Wills Memorial Building

Facilities include: Neptune, Element, Excimer Laser and Triton mass spectrometers.

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Experimental Petrology

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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.

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Earth Science Collection

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Wills Memorial Building

The collection houses a unique collection of over 100,000 geological specimens, accessible to scientists, schools and the public (by appointment).

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Geophysical Equipment

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Wills Memorial Building
The Bristol Geophysics Group owns and manages a pool of equipment, including gravity, seismic and GPS surveying apparatus.
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Geophysical Fluid Dynamics

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Wills Memorial Building
The school has equipment for detailed sedimentological, petrological and geochemical studies.
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High Performance Computing

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Wills Memorial Building
The school has access to a range of computers, from desktops and workstations to many-node high performance computing facilities.
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Microbeam

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Wills Memorial Building
The school is home to Scanning Electron Microscope and Electron Probe Microanalyser facilities.
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Palaeontology Laboratories

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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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