Geology and Geophysics
Geology and Geophysics

Our facilities

Learn more about our world-class facilities.
One researcher doing a flume experiment examining flow over seagrass mimics

Coastal Research Laboratories

The Coastal Research Laboratories are dedicated to the study of coastal, estuarine and shelf sea hydrodynamics and sediment transport, and interactions between flow, sediment, ecosystems and infrastructure.
Electron Diffraction Facility view

Electron diffraction facility

Our electron diffraction facility enables single-crystal structure analysis of crystallites too small for single-crystal X-ray diffraction (SCXRD) experiments.
Researchers in the powder x-ray diffraction facility

Powder and materials x-ray diffraction facility

The powder and materials diffraction facilities offer a range of capabilities from simple phase identification through to complex materials analysis.
Callista research vessel

Research vessel

R.V.Callista based at NOCS, is available to staff and students of Ocean and Earth Science
Single crystal x-ray diffraction facility

Single crystal X-ray diffraction facility

We provide a structure characterisation service and conduct research in chemical crystallography. We are home to four extremely high powered rotating anode diffractometers, with two copper source and two molybdenum source instruments.