Palinology Laboratory, at Geology Institute.

Palinomorphs recuperation (pollen and spores) from sampled lacustrine sediments is carried on in this Lab as well as their identification and analysis. The Lab has a big palinologic data base.

Paleomagnetism Laboratory, Rock Magnetism section.

In this section of the Paleomagnetism Laboratory are carried on studies in order to determinate the magnetic properties of rock samples, sediments, soils, archaeological materials and other related materials. The objective of such studies are determine the magnetic mineralogy and the concentration and size of magnetic grains. The Lab has several systems for measuring the magnetic susceptibility (Bartington, Molspin and KLY2), systems for measuring this susceptibility at different temperatures and vibration magnetometers.

Sedimentology Laboratory of Superficial Formations.

This Lab has two automatic equipments (controlled by computer systems) for particle size analysis: (1) A particle separator with vibrator, analytical balance and a set of sieves, for dry or wet samples with particle size between 4 to 0.004 mm and a dry weight of 200 gr. (2) A Laser technology equipment for dust analysis and suspended samples. for particle size between 1 to 100 micrometers and samples of a weight of 0.1 gr.
The lab also has a GIDDINGS rotatory corer equipment, for sampling of non consolidated sediments up to 30 meters depth.