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Welcome to the
Bavarian Research Institute of
Experimental Geochemistry and Geophysics (BGI)
University of Bayreuth
Research Highlights
Davemaoite Exists Throughout the Earth’s Lower Mantle
New constraints on Ti diffusion in quartz and the priming of silicic volcanic eruptions
Mid-mantle dynamics explained by the curved post-garnet transition
The mid-mantle viscosity jump explained by bridgmanite grain size variation
Water cycling into the lower mantle by hydrous aluminous silica phases
New materials synthesized at terapascal pressures for the first time
Depressed 660-km discontinuity caused by akimotoite-bridgmanite transition
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Master of Science
in Experimental Geosciences.
For students who want to do research right from the beginning.
The project
HYDROSPHEAR
explores how H
2
O may be stored in minerals of the Earth’s lower mantle and is funded by the European Research Council (ERC).
The Emmy Noether Research Group
QuakeID
aims at deciphering the rupture processes of deep earthquakes which occur at depths larger than 60 km.
The
Geoastronomy
project is a transdisciplinary research team focusing on the chemical foundations of rocky exoplanets and the biogeodynamics.
DFG Core Facility.
With financial support from German Science Foundation (DFG), the high-pressure laboratories of Bayerisches Geoinstitut are open to external users.
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