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Geology and Geosciences

Need scientific and/or technical support to carry out your geoscience project?

UniLaSalle offers you a wide range of services, studies and benefits to support your development. Benefit from the expertise of our teams and the excellence of our infrastructures for a tailor-made solution.

UniLaSalle accompanies you on 4 major themes related to geosciences.

OUR FIELDS OF EXPERTISE

  • Genesis and evolution of sedimentary basins
  • Petroleum geology, mines and quarries
  • Structural geology
  • Geodynamics / Basement geology
  • Geophysics (interpretation)
  • Geothermal energy
  • Site sedimentology
  • Characterization and provenance of natural and manufactured materials
  • Site imaging
  • Geomorphology
  • Loans and access to reference collections
  • Natural hazards
  • Sub-surface geophysics (acquisition, processing, interpretation)
  • Marine and coastal geology
  • Hydrogeology - pedology (acquisition, processing, interpretation, laboratory)
  • Impact studies
  • Aerial imagery (acquisition, processing, interpretation)
  • Topography, DTM (acquisition, processing, interpretation)
  • Satellite imagery (processing, interpretation)
  • Remote sensing (processing, interpretation)
  • Thematic geological mapping

OUR RANGE OF SERVICES INCLUDES

  • Petrographic, mineralogical, petrophysical, microfaciological and structural characterization (XRD, SEM / EDS probe, preparation and analysis of thin sections)   
  • State of the art   
  • Interactive B.D.D.   
  • Field investigation   
  • Mapping   
  • Spatio-temporal monitoring   
  • Hydrogeology   
  • Integrated & impact study   
  • Synthesis


Our expertise and services, integrated R&D studies involving students and continuing education activities take the form of contracts, framework contracts, agreements and partnerships with industry.

Not listed in the list? Contact our teams to assess the feasibility.

Teams at your service 

All our studies and services in geology and geosciences are provided by the teacher-researchers and researchers of the Geosciences College, the B2R team (Bassins-Réservoirs-Resources - EA 7511) and the AGHYLE team (Agroecology, Hydrogeochemistry, Environments & Resources, - UP 2018.C101). 

PERFORMING TOOLS

To carry out their studies and services, UniLaSalle teams rely on high-performance tools and infrastructures:

Geosciences platform

  • Litholamellage (preparation and analysis of thin sections)   
  • X-ray diffraction (XRD) analysis   
  • Scanning electron microscope (SEM - EDS probe) analysis   
  • Rock and materials recognition   
  • Sub-surface geophysics   
  • EBSD probe   
  • Sieving and particle size analysis

GIS platform - Remote sensing

  • Drone acquisition   
  • Topography, geomorphology and image analysis

Hydrogeology platform

  • Hydrogeology in boreholes, rivers and laboratories

GeoLab

  • Digital modeling space dedicated to innovation in geosciences: virtual and augmented reality, 3D modeling, 3D printing, AI (artificial intelligence)
Lise GRANSAC
Head of Geosciences Research and Services Unit
+33 (0)3 44 06 75 63
Jean-Pierre GADONNA
Director of Valorization UniLaSalle and Beauvais Campus