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Geochemistry, Mineralogy, Petrology & Volcanology

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GMPV ECS Campfires – Meet the GMPV GA25 awardees!

August 22, 2025
GMPV ECS Campfires – Meet the GMPV GA25 awardees!

The first edition of the Geochemistry, Mineralogy, Petrology and Volcanology Campfires of the 2025/2026 season is right at the door and will take place on Thursday September 25th at 4 pm CEST on Zoom. Our speakers for this edition are:   Laura Lünenschloss – 2024 Outstanding Student and PhD candidate Presentation (OSPP) Award, Master student @ University of Tübingen, Germany on:  “H2O-v ...[Read More]

Geological TrIPS: The amazing fragments of oceanic crust treasured on the Greek island of Syros

November 6, 2023
Geological TrIPS: The amazing fragments of oceanic crust treasured on the Greek island of Syros
Members of the Computational Petrology & Geochemistry (CPaG) research group (University of Bern) at the blue cliffs (outcrop of blueschist) on the way to Lia beach.

Geologists are often fascinated by the processes (and their products) taking place at the sea. Perhaps the fact that we do not have easy access to most of these processes is what puzzles us as geoscientists. Subduction can be considered as one of these “mysterious” processes for which several mechanisms remain to be better understood. Fortunately, subduction zones can be studied through their anci ...[Read More]