Laboratory equipments :
- various sediment coring and sampling equipment
- equipment necessary to prepare samples (precision electronic scale, centrifuge, etc.)
- microscopes allowing magnification up to 1000x
- photomicrographic system for microscopes
- digital camera system for microscopy
- facilities for developing black and white photos
- stereomicroscopes
- drying oven
- freeze-dryer
- lead dating installations
- Literature
The laboratory also possesses reference collections (diatom and chironomid slides, recent and fossil plant and insect parts, charcoal) and several identification guides some in electronic form.
