Continental Geo-Hydrosystems (GeHCO)
GéoHydrosystèmes continentaux
Address
UFR Sciences et Techniques - Secrétariat du Géosciences-Environnement
Parc de Grandmont
Tours 37200
France
Director
Cécile Grosbois
Contact
geosciences@univ-tours.fr
Scientific Field
The research team “Continental Geohydrosystems” focuses on the quantification and modelling of water, particle and contaminant transfers at a watershed scale. One of the specificities of this team is the field-model coupling with the development of 1- a fully-equipped field observatory in an agricultural catchment for the quantification of particle flows, phosphorus and erosion control factors and 2- a 4 m long dam-break hydraulic channel to model small-scaled and complex geophysical mass flows and particle transport (flash floods, natural hazards,…).
Research topics :
- Geosciences
- Environment
Equipment and technology :
In the field
- Coring platform
- Coring devises
- Equipped field stations with facilities for water in soils, rivers, and tiles
Sedimentology
- Bartington – magnetic susceptibility
- Malvern – Master sizer 3000
- Minolta – spectrocolorimetry
- Retsch – horizontal vibratory 3D sieve shaker
- Anton Paar - rheometer
Geochemistry
- Metrohm – Ionic chromatography
- Metrohm - Polarography
- Shimadzu – C-N elemental liquid analyser
- Shimadzu – UV-VIS spectrometry
