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Geochemistry, Mineralogy, Petrology & Volcanology
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PIYAL HALDER

Piyal Halder is the ECS Representative of the GMPV division, EGU, for 2025-2027, and a Blog Editor & LinkedIn Manager (Since 2022). He is a PhD student on Tectonics and Geochemistry in Birbal Sahni Institute of Palaeosciences (An autonomous Research Institute under Department of Science & Technology, Govt. of India) and registered at the Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research (AcSIR- An Institute of National Importance, Govt, of India).

EGU25 Friday Highlights

May 2, 2025
EGU25 Friday Highlights
Schematic diagram of fluid flow in the upper crust showing hydrothermal convection above the brittle‐ductile transition (BDT) and fluid transport in the ductile zone (Source: Utkin, Ivan & Afanasyev, Andrey. (2021). Decompaction Weakening as a Mechanism of Fluid Focusing in Hydrothermal Systems. Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth. 126. 10.1029/2021JB022397. )

Finally, the last day arrived. It’s time to enjoy the last moment of the 2025 General Assembly. Today, there are a total of 5 sessions solely organised by the GMPV- In line with the significant breakthroughs in modern Earth Science, particularly due to the development in observational, analytical, and modelling methods by introducing micro to nano analytical tools, GMPV has scheduled a sessi ...[Read More]

EGU25: A step towards Engagement, Gathering and Unity

April 22, 2025
EGU25: A step towards Engagement, Gathering and Unity

Are you a PhD aspirant looking for a potential supervisor? Are you searching for research collaboration?  Your PhD is at the final stage, but you haven’t found a post-doctoral mentor yet? Are you an introvert and can’t understand how to reach people at the conference? Don’t worry!! The ECS team of the GMPV division is here to assist you in shaping your future goals. The last GMPV ...[Read More]

EGU24 Friday Highlights

April 19, 2024
EGU24 Friday Highlights
An image of the Volcanic eruption at Mauna Loa volcano on the Big Island of Hawaii, Nov. 29, 2022. [Erik Kabik Photography/MediaPunch/Shutterstock]

Tired after the week-long conference?   The GMPV division is ready with a number of interesting sessions to refresh your moods. Let’s enjoy the last moment of the EGU General Assembly 2024.   Let’s start the day with a cup of tea and join the conference with the energy of a volcano because a session is waiting for all of you on hydrothermal alteration in volcanic settings (GMPV8.2).  The sess ...[Read More]

Revisiting the roots of minerals’ names: A journey to mineral etymology

August 30, 2023
Revisiting the roots of minerals’ names: A journey to mineral etymology

Hello everyone!! In an earlier blog, my colleague Eliot Carter discussed the etymology of elements.  As a PhD student in geochemistry, mineralogy, Petrology and Volcanology, we all regularly deal with a large number of minerals. Among them, some are very common and a few are hardly known. However, sometimes we forget the basics to deal with the complicated things. In fact, PhD students mostly face ...[Read More]