Research trip of employees of the Department of Polar and Marine Research to the Indian Institute of Sciences
On July 1-23, 2024, as part of grant G65, a research trip of employees of the Department of Polar and Marine Research, Prof. Monika A. Kusiak and Dr. Eng. Paulina Zieja to the Centre for Earth Sciences (Indian Institute of Sciences) located in Bangalore in India took place.
The aim of the trip was to carry laboratory analyses of zircon grains separated from rock samples from Antarcica. Investigations were performed in the laboratories of the Advanced Facility for Microscopy and Microanalysis and the following method were used during the work: Transmission Electron Microscopy (TEM) and Atom Probe Tomography (APT). Samples were prepared using the focused ion beam (FIB) technique.
The analyses allowed to get information on the microstructure and chemical composition of the samples, which is important in the study of the mechanisms of migration and redistribution of lead in zircon.
