Geochemistry, Mineralogy, Petrology & Volcanology

#EGU23 session in the spotlight: Seismic sources, signals and imaging on volcanoes: observations, laboratory experiments and modelling

Inês Pereira December 15, 2022

Suwanosejima volcano in the southwestern part of Japan. Credit: Haruhisa Nakamichi (distributed via imaggeo.egu.eu)

The abstract submission deadline for the EGU GA 23 is approaching fast – 10th January, 2023!!! Before wrapping up 2022, please consider submitting your work to this exciting session that is being co-organised by SM and GMPV divisions. Check out below what the conveners had to say about their session: SM6.2 Seismic sources, signals and imaging on volcanoes: observations, laboratory experiment ...[Read More]

Fagradalsfjall 2021 versus 2022: similarity and differences

Elisabetta Billotta October 19, 2022

Fagradalsfjall 2022. Photo by Emanuele Caruso

The Icelandic eruptions of 2021 and 2022 originated in the Reykjanes peninsula, characterized by the Krýsuvík-Trölladyngja system, one of the five volcanic systems present along the peninsula. This peninsula is a leaky transform fault, characterized by episodic rifts and associated volcanism. The last two years have brought about some of the most momentous volcanic eruptions in recent history. The ...[Read More]

EGU GMPV Campfires – Wednesday 28th September 11am CEST

GMPV ECS Campfires Team September 9, 2022

micROCKScopica - Ocean Jasper Credit: Bernardo Cesare (distributed via imaggeo.egu.eu)

We are happy to announce the 18th edition of our very own GMPV Campfires! This edition will be focusing on Mineralogy and Petrology and will be held on Wednesday 28th September at 11am CEST on Zoom. Our three speakers are: Beatrice Celata (PhD Student @ Sapienza University of Rome) – Tourmaline breakdown experiments applied to subduction systems: preliminary results. Norbert Toth (PhD Stude ...[Read More]

Sedimentary Rocks – Insight Into The Past And Future Climate

Victoria Corcimaru and Franziska Keller July 28, 2022

Faulted jaspilite banded iron formation (Image by James St. John, distributed via https://www.flickr.com/photos/jsjgeology/14872822457)

In the recent past, a lot of effort has been directed toward evaluating the consequences of the rapidly rising global temperatures. Among them, one very alarming consequence is ocean acidification (Fauville et al, 2012; Gatusso et al, 2015). Ocean acidification is the direct result of atmospheric CO2 increase caused in part by anthropogenic activities such as burning fossil fuels for energy activi ...[Read More]