Organization: Universidade de Vigo
Infrastructure: Laboratorio de Paleomagnetismo y Magnetismo Ambiental
Responsible : Daniel Rey danirey@uvigo.es
2.X. PALEOMAGNETIC LABORATORY OF VIGO (PMAGLAV), UNIVERSITY OF VIGO, SPAIN
http://geoma.net/pmaglav.html
Started in 1995 by Prof Daniel Rey
(https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Daniel_Rey2) from the Department of Environmental and Marine Geosciences at the University of Vigo.
The laboratory forms part of MAGIBER, the Spanish network of paleomagnetic laboratories forming part of the Paleo magnetisms Committee (http://www.sociedadgeologica.es/comisiones_paleomagnetismo.html)of the Spanish Geological Socety.
Most active research lines
Application and development of paleomagnetic and rock magnetism techniques to the evolution of climate over the last 30 to 200 ky and its implications for the assessment of global change and climate variability.
Environmental magnetism applied to integrated coastal management, mainly to environmental impact assessment of air and marine pollution.
Integral dynamics of the continental margin of NW Iberia and the paleomagnetism of continental red beds of Permian and Triassic age.
Equipment
Routine sampling, preparation and laboratory analysis of environmental magnetism and paleomagnetic studies. Particularly well equipped for shallow marine sampling (including a cabined semi-rigid inflatable 8.5 m boat with piston coring, grabers, multibeam, side scan sonar and parametric surveying capabilities up to 60m of depth) and subsequent preparation of soft material for different types of paleomagnetic and rock magnetic measurements. This includes a JR5A and Molspin spinner magnetometers, alternating field (AGICO MD) and thermal (MMTD80) demagnetizers Kappabridge (KL3) and Bartington (MS2 with several probes) susceptometers, a pulse magnetizer, a fluxgate magnetometer, a proton gradiometer and a 2,5 m Helmholtz coils. The lab is conveniently located next door to a 2G 755 superconducting rock magnetometer (U-channel version) and a superconducting physical properties measurement system (PPMS) run by the research support services of the University of Vigo (CACTI) http://cactiweb.webs.uvigo.es
From this perspective, and in the field of marine geology, it has prompted the use and definition systematic methodologies for data acquisition of high resolution core scanners of marine sediments for the development of paleoclimate proxies not based on nutrients; integrating the systematic acquisition of magnetic properties (755 2GTM RMM) XRF data (ITRAXTM) and other physical properties (GEOTEKTM).
