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Laboratory Equipment
TecMOD - GRmodel
Analogue modelling of geological processes
River system simulator
MINIRIVER: Channel incision. Apparatus for simulating the incision of a river in a cohesive material, with digitally controlled flow, stepper motor-controlled outlet velocity, precision balance and 3D topo measurement (see 3D measurement bench).
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Permanent
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Geomorphic experimental setup
Type
Analogue modelling setup
Annular erosion channel
IMPERO (IMPactor EROsion): ring-shaped erosion channel. A 40 cm-high Plexiglas tube equipped with a fastening system for a 20 cm-diameter, 2 cm-high pre-fractured concrete disk coupled to a motor-controlled propeller that sets a fluid and impactors in motion to study the role of rock fracturing on erosion speeds and modes (abrasion vs. plucking).
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Permanent
Group
Geomorphic experimental setup
Type
Analogue modelling setup
3D laser scan
EinScan HX
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Permanent
Group
Monitoring apparatuses
Type
Modelling material characterization equipment
River system simulator
The OCARINA system simulates a catchment-fan system. It enables us to study how continental landscapes respond to climatic or tectonic disturbances, and how these disturbances are transmitted and recorded in sedimentary systems. Indeed, understanding how landscapes respond to an intense event such as a storm or landslide, or how they evolve in relation to a longer-term disturbance such as current climate change, is both a societal challenge and an open scientific question.
Category
Permanent
Group
Geomorphic experimental setup
Type
Analogue modelling setup
Subduction box
Subduction simulator with capacity to generate mantle flow (Plexiglas box 1m x 1m x 0.4m, motors).
Category
Permanent
Group
Deformation experimental setup
Type
Analogue modelling setup