Department of Earth Sciences

Electron beam microprobe, EM, microprobe, microprobe, an analytical instrument that can be used to determine the chemical compositions of the smallest subareas (1-2 μm diameter) of solids.

The photography department is responsible for creating scientific photographs down to the micrometer range. This includes, among other things, images for publications, doctoral theses and teaching.

Haus O - Tips for research + literature procurement, digitization order for chapters, sections, etc. from books, digitization suggestion for entire, copyright-free books, etc.

In the rock laboratory, thin sections, thick sections, polished sections and cutting work can be produced for teaching and research.

ICP-MS (Inductively Coupled Plasma Mass Spectrometry) or plasma source mass spectrometry is today the most versatile method for analyzing the concentrations of trace elements in geomaterials and in chemical and technical products.

IT support from the Department of Geosciences is responsible for all questions and problems relating to migrated PCs on the GeoCampus.

The map collection is one of the scientific collections of the Free University of Berlin. It includes around 165,000 maps, in addition to topographical and thematic maps, you will also find historical maps, wall maps and a large number of atlases.

A laboratory is available. There, the young researchers can work on their tasks on their own.

The paleontology media office helps with documentation and visualization using a variety of methods.

The microscopic examination of microfossils or sedimentological specimens is part of the basic training in paleontology.

The collections are located on the FU Geocampus in House C. The display collections are open to the public.

The pools are available to every student in the Department of Geosciences and can be used during the opening hours listed below. It should be noted that teaching events always have priority.

The scanning electron microscope provides microphotographs with a magnification of up to five thousand times. The images generated are images of the object surfaces and have a high depth of field.

Slurrying is a process for obtaining microfossils. Here, fossils larger than 0.063 mm (nanofossils) and smaller than about 2.0 mm (macrofossils) are obtained as sieve residue from a sediment sample.