Welcome to the EPSL website
The Earth and Planetary Science Laboratory belongs to the Institute of Physics (IPHYS) of the EPFL. It works to apply the techniques of physics and chemistry to the behavior of Earth and planetary materials in order to understand processes of planetary surfaces, mantles and cores.
The Laboratory research focus spans many fields, some examples are given below.
Clathrate hydrates under planetary conditions
by Umbertoluca Ranieri et al.
Nature Communications, 2017
Physical properties of mantle materials
by Hélène Piet et al.
PNAS, 2016
by Susannah M. Dorfman et al.
Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 2013
Planetary ices
by Stefan Klotz, Livia E. Bove et al.
Nature – Scientific Reports, 2016
Earth’s core composition
by James Badro et al.
Nature, 2016
by James Badro et al.
PNAS, 2015
Remote sensing of planetary bodies
Shock processes in meteorites
by Tristan Ferroir, Philippe Gillet et al.
Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 2010
by Pierre Beck, Philippe Gillet et al.
Nature, 2005
Plate tectonics
by Elodie Amiguet et al.
Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 2012
