The Geosciences Center (CGeo) is a multidisciplinary scientific research, technological development and innovation center, based at the Faculty of Science and Technology of the University of Coimbra (FCTUC), made up of the University of Coimbra (UC), the Polytechnic Institute of Tomar (IPT), the University of Trás-os-Montes and Alto Douro (UTAD), the Earth and Memory Institute, in Mação (ITM) and the Autonomous University of Lisbon (UAL), which stems from the Research and Development Unit 73, funded by the Foundation for Science and Technology (FCT) and integrates researchers from various institutions, establishing itself in the contiguity of the Geosciences Center of the University of Coimbra, whose existence took place within the scope of the National Institute for Scientific Research (INIC).