Géosciences Montpellier
Université de Montpellier
Campus triolet cc060
Place eugène bataillon
34095 montpellier cedex05
FRANCE
Where to find us
Our understanding on the Earth’s interior, its history and its dynamics relies essentially on our knowledge of the physical properties of the major rock-forming minerals in the deep Earth and on seismogenic activities observed from the surface. Therefore experimental measurements of various geophysical properties are crucial to interpret seismological data from the ‘real’ Earth in order to understand its complex nature and behavior in terms of composition, deformation and thermal structure. Here, at the petrophysics lab. of Geosciences Montpellier, several facilities permit to detects and quantify many physical properties of mantle minerals at the conditions of pressure and temperature of the deep Earth.
Paterson press
Porosimeter
Access procedure
Contact the scientific or technical manager to access the High Pressure laboratory.
Equipment
The laboratory is equipped with :
- a Paterson experimental press : high pressure and high temperature
- a helium porosimeter
- an argon or water permeameter
- a device for measuring seismic velocities
- two presses of 10t and 22t
- a precision balance
- a conductivity meter
- a rock saturation device
Managers
Scientific manager : Benoît GIBERT
E-mail : benoit.gibert [at] umontpellier.fr
Technical manager : Nicolas MARINO
E-mail : nicolas.marino [at] umontpellier.fr
Location
Building 22
Campus Triolet
Address :
GEOSCIENCES MONTPELLIER
Université de Montpellier – CC 60
Place Eugène Bataillon
34095 MONTPELLIER Cedex 5
FRANCE
Vehicles access :
475 Rue du Truel
34090 MONTPELLIER