Microscopy Laboratory

Investigations

  • Sedimentological, petrographic and microfacies analyses on all kinds of covered and uncovered thin sections and polished sections with transmitted and incident light

Equipment

  • Microscope Olympus BX-53 (Material Series), set up for transmitted and incident light observations, polarization, fluorescence, darkfield, DIC, phase contrast, Digicam Olympus DP-74, Märzhäuser scanning stage and image analysis-software Olympus Stream
  • Microscope Olympus BX-53 (Bio/Med Series), set up for transmitted light observations, fluorescence, polarization, Digicam Olympus DP-72, Märzhäuser scanning stage and image analysis software Olympus cellSens
  • Macrozoom microscope AxioZoom.V16 with Zeiss Axiocam 208 color
  • Macrozoom microscope Nikon AZ-100M with scanning stage, transmitted light with polarization and fluorescence, Digicam Nikon DS-Fi1c and image analysis software NIS Elements (in core scanning lab)
  • Macroscope Leica Wild "M 420" with transmitted light base for polarization and darkfield observation, Leica Digicam DFC 480
  • Research-grade microscope ZEISS “Axiophot” pol with Digicam “Axiocam 412 color”
  • 2 petrographic microscopes: ZEISS "Jenapol", set up for transmitted and incident light observations and polarization, and ZEISS “Axioskop” with transmitted light and polarization
  • Stereoscopic microscope Leica Wild "M3Z" with transmitted light base and polarization for thin section correlation
  • Flatbed-Scanner "Epson Perfection V750 Pro" with slide-scan option for thin section scans under transmitted light and polarization
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