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Areas of research and available infrastructure

The DAGG consists of chairs in
  • Petroleum Geology
  • Geology and Economic Geology
  • Geophysics
  • Mineralogy and Petrology
  • Prospection und Applied Sedimentology
The areas of research are focussed on:
  • Deepening the knowledge about the system Earth regarding processes with relevance to resources, deposits, and their spatial-temporal dynamics, in the view of a sustainable utilization of the Earth’s crust and its resources
  • Availability and valuation of the entire potential of natural resources
  • Geomaterials within the value chain: raw material – product

The infrastructure includes:

Rock sample preparation:

Rock disintegration (crusher, mills, electric-pulse disintegrator), Thin-section preparation

Mineralogical analysis:

Microscopes, Visible-light microspectrometer, Photomultiplier device, Cathodoluminescent device, x-ray diffractometer

Geochemical analysis:

AAS (Flame- and graphitepipesystem), Dionex Ion chromatograph, Electron microprobe, Leco C-S-Analyst, Rock Eval pyrolysis device, Elrepho device

Fluid inclusion laboratory:

Fluid inclusion micro thermometric stages, Laser Raman microprobe, Hydrothermal (high P-T) laboratory

Sedimentary laboratory:

Complete equipment to characterize sediments

Stable Isotope laboratory:

Equipment for investigation of isotope ratios in organic matter (incl. compound-specific-isotopy) and carbonate rocks

Lab for Organic Geochemistry:

Sample extraction by an accelerated solvent extraction system, Separation of extracts by MPLC, Separation of hetero-compounds by HMPLC, Finnigan MAT GCQ ion trap mass spectrometer, Zymac TurboVap closed cell concentrator, High speed centrifuge, Solvent upgrading unit

Soil gas analysis:

Helium leak tester

Paleomagnetic laboratory:

Cryogenic magnetometer, Thermal and AF-demagnetizers, Mineral magnetic devices, Magnetic fabric

Petrophysical laboratory:

Ultrasonic device, Geothermal parameters, Electric properties, Magnetic susceptibility, Gamma-spectroscopy, Pore analysis

Geoinformatic laboratory:

Hard- and Software for the 2-and 3D analysis of georeferenced data