Facilites

We have access to:

• the research vessel G.O. Sars that is co-owned by The Institute for Marine Research and the University of Bergen
• the working-class remotely operated vehicle (ROV) Ægir 6000 that is part of the Norwegian Marine Robotics Facility (NORMAR), capable of diving down to 6000 meter water depth.
• Book Ægir 6000 here (external link).
• the 3000-meter rated Hugin Kongsberg AUV equipped with synthetic aperture sonar and multibeam echo sounder for high-resolution seafloor imaging.
• marine coring equipment including a 5 meter long gravity corer with temperature loggers

Through the Bergen Geoanalytical Facility (external link), we are able to measure:

• major and trace elements in solutions and solids using IC, ICP-OES, ICP-MS, laser ablation ICP-MS and XRF (ICP lab)
• light stable isotopes (H, C, N, O, S) in solids, gasses and fluids using EA-IRMS and GC-IRMS (FARlab)
• radiogenic (Sr, Nd, Hf, Pb) and heavy stable isotopes (Fe, Cu, Zn) using a multi-collector ICP-MS (ICP lab) and TIMS (TIMS lab)
• dissolved inorganic gasses (H2, CO2, CO) and organic compounds using gas chromatography (Biogeochemistry lab)
• microbial sulfate reduction rates using radioactive sulfate tracer (35S) (Isotope preparation lab)

In addition, we have extensive sample preparation facilities to our availability, including a class 1000 (ISO 6) clean laboratory, sample crushing rooms and thin section laboratory.

We also have access to the electron microscopes of the Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences and the sediment laboratory Earthlab with XRD and core scanning equipment.