Laboratory for Thin-section Preparation
GFZ Helmholtz Centre for Geosciences
last updated: February 4, 2025
About the Laboratory
Laboratory for Thin-section Preparation
GFZ Helmholtz Centre for Geosciences
@ Section 4.1 Lithosphere Dynamics, Section 4.6 Geomorphology
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Description
The laboratory for thin-section preparation is specialized in the preparation of thin sections of soft and unconsolidated lacustrine and marine sediments, soils, hygroscopic sediment samples such as salts and clays, and freeze cores, as well as of hard rock, minerals, ores, and grain samples.
Thick and thin sections, ultrathin sections, polished sections (single and double-sided), grain mounts (minerals embedded in epoxy), single crystal slides and reference samples of various formats can be produced.
Thin section slides are primarily used for optical microscopy (e.g. micro-facies analyses, petrography, structural geology), but also for analyses with SEM, TEM, Raman spectroscopy, etc.
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