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Geochemistry, Mineralogy, Petrology & Volcanology
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PIYAL HALDER

Dr. Piyal Halder is the ECS Representative of the GMPV division, EGU, for 2025-2027, and a Blog Editor & LinkedIn Manager (Since 2022). He is presently a Postdoctoral Research Associate at the Wadia Institute of Himalayan Geology, Dehradun, India (an autonomous Research Institute under the Department of Science & Technology, Govt. of India). He has completed his PhD in Geochemistry and Tectonics from the Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research (An Institute of National Importance, Govt, of India) & Birbal Sahni Institute of Palaeosciences (DST., Govt. of India). He also served as a Project Scientist in the Scientific Deep Drilling Program at the Koyna Intraplate Seismic Zone, Ministry of Earth Sciences, Govt. of India.

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]

EGU23 Wednesday Highlights

April 26, 2023
EGU23 Wednesday Highlights
Mineral-laden water emerging from a hydrothermal vent on the Niua underwater volcano in the Lau Basin, southwest Pacific Ocean. Source: https://www.usgs.gov/news/science-snippet/waterwords-hydrothermal-vent

Welcome to the third day of the EGU General Assembly, 2023. Hope that the participants and attendees are enjoying. Let’s start the day with a cup of tea and then enter the Hall. For virtual attendees, we have Gather.town. So don’t miss a single session wherever you are! Anyways, lets have a look on today’s sessions- The first session on “Magmatic, tectonic and hydrothermal ...[Read More]

#EGU23 session in the spotlight: Advances in monitoring and studying the presence and migration of fluids within the crust using multi-disciplinary approaches

December 14, 2022
#EGU23 session in the spotlight: Advances in monitoring and studying the presence and migration of fluids within the crust using multi-disciplinary approaches

The deadline for the abstract submission in #EGU 23 is knocking at the door (last date- 10th January, 2023). Still, Confused to choose the session most appropriate to your work?? Well, we are here to help you. Scientific Community all over the world working on different geoscientific aspects of fluid migration within the crust can submit their abstracts in the session SM6.1 : Advances in monitorin ...[Read More]