The NERC Geophysical Equipment Facility (GEF) loans equipment suitable for geophysical research free of charge to UK universities and other institutes engaged in environmental research within the NERC remit.
GEF (Edinburgh) is located within the School of GeoSciences at the University of Edinburgh and forms the central administrative node and specialises in support for geophysics fieldwork by supplying Global Navigational Satellite Systems (GNSS), Ground Penetrating Radar (GPR), Geomagnetic survey equipment and Terrestrial Laser Scanning (TLS) systems.