Geochemistry, Mineralogy, Petrology & Volcanology

EGU26 Thursday Highlights

Samira Yalla and Agata Poganj May 7, 2026

Zircon in the drop of the ocean — Zircon grains from a Paleozoic granitoid (Croatia) imaged under crossed polarizers after LA-ICP-MS ablation. Magnification 25x. Credit: Petra Schneider, Department of Geology, Faculty of Science, University of Zagreb (on imaggeo.egu.eu)

Four days in, and the week isn’t done yet! Thursday is shaping up to be one of the most eventful days of the assembly for the GMPV community. Grab your badge and let’s walk you through it. Morning orals — Room K1 [08:30–12:30 (CEST)] Kick off your Thursday in Room K1 with GMPV2.2 – Advances in Geochronology and Thermochronology: from traditional methods to avant-garde applications (co- ...[Read More]

EGU26 Tuesday Highlights

Agata Poganj May 5, 2026

Permanent lava lake at Mount Nyiragongo (stratovolcano) by Matti Barthel (source:imaggeo.egu.egu)

Welcome all to the second day of the EGU26 General Assembly! If you are still trying to figure out what sessions not to miss, help yourself with a quick summary tailored for a GMPV crowd! Morning sessions Start your day with a joint TS1.6/EMRP1/GD5/GMPV7 poster session titled ”Fluid Flow and Rock Interaction Across Scales: From Grains to Plates”. Or choose from many of the morning shor ...[Read More]

EGU25 Friday Highlights

PIYAL HALDER May 2, 2025

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 Thursday Highlights

Guto Paiva-Silva May 1, 2025

Connection to the deep crust by Alberto Caracciolo

Four days in and we are just getting started! Grab your morning coffee or beverage of choice and check out the suggestions from the GMPV ECS Team for a day full of learning, discussion and networking opportunities at EGU25. Starting at 8:30 (CEST) and continuing throughout the morning, we have the ‘Understanding magmatic processes: from magma storage to eruptive behaviour, and implications for vo ...[Read More]