Laboratory of Ambiental Analyses and Taphonomic

Service description

The objective of this laboratory is the simulation of taphonomic processes mainly referred to mechanical and environmental experiments affecting bones, fossils and trace fossils under highly controlled conditions, using repeatable experiments based on programmed parameters. These simulations consist of changes under extreme and standard climates or particular atmospheric parameters, with independent action of each of the parameters. Mechanical deformation of materials, wind or water abrasion and generally, environmental , geological and mechanical testingare also run. This is the first Laboratory of Taphonomic Simulations at European and possibly world-wide scale. This laboratory unable to experimentally follow "fossils in the making"