Infrastructure
The department's infrastructure consists of laboratories and two research stations. Below is a summary of our infrastructure.
Laboratories
The department has several laboratory facilities for research and education.
Stockholm Tree Ring Laboratory
The Stockholm Tree-Ring Laboratory is equipped with an ITRAX multiscanner manufactured by Cox Analytical Systems (www.coxsys.se), which enables us to analyze and produce high-quality density (MXD) data. To avoid the influence of humidity and temperature in the lab that would affect the density measurements, the environmental conditions in the lab are strictly controlled. The laboratory uses Dendrocut twin-bladed saw from Walesch Electronic.
If you are interested in a collaboration, please contact the director Björn Gunnarson, e-mail: bjorn.gunnarson@natgeo.su.se
The Stockholm Tree Ring Laboratory
Cold lab permafrost
It has been used for storage of samples mainly from different parts of the Arctic, but also from e.g. South America and is today an internationally reputable and well-known archive that is also used by researchers from different parts of the world. It contains peat samples, lake sediments and soil samples partly from extremely inaccessible places. This valuable archive has been a key to international collaboration and publication.
Geomorphology Laboratory
The Geomorphological Laboratory has equipment mainly for teaching.
GIS and remote sensing cluster
The GIS and remote sensing cluster has has equipment for both research and teaching.
Ice Laboratory
In the Ice laboratory we store ice, snow and other samples. We can also prepare ice samples in a cleen room environment.
Optically Stimulated Luminescence Laboratory (OSL)
Optically Stimulated Luminescence Laboratory (OSL) consist of an OSL Laboratory where we prepere sediment samples for OSL dating. OSL is a dating method where measurements of luminescence are used to calculate ages when sediment has been deposited.
Sediment Laboratory
In the Sediment Laboratory we have equipent of both resarch and education.
Research Stations
The department has two research stations, Tarfala Research Station (TRS) and The Navarino Environmental Observatory (NEO).
Tarfala Research Station (TRS)
Tarfala Research Station (TRS) is located at 1130 m asl in the Kebnekaise Mountains, in northern Sweden, and is hosted by the Department of Physical Geography at Stockholm University. Inaugurated in 1961, the station has supported research in the fields of glaciology and geomorphology since. Mass balance investigations on Storglaciären started in 1946 and continues today, rendering the World’s longest continuous glacier mass balance record.
More recently, activities at the station are complemented by ecosystem research in cooperation with Swedish Infrastructure for Ecosystem Science, SITES. The station is open during two field seasons (spring and summer), and welcomes scientist from all disciplines to conduct research in a unique arctic-alpine environment.
Contact
Responsible for the Laboratories
Responsible for Stockholm Tree Ring Laboratory
Last updated: February 23, 2023
Source: Department of Physcial Geography