Geochemistry, Mineralogy, Petrology & Volcanology

EGU GMPV Campfires: See you in September!

GMPV ECS Campfires Team July 20, 2021

Blueschist rind from Syros - Greece. Photo by Jesse Walters.

The GMPV Campfires will take a summer break and will be back in September! We would like to thank all the speakers for sharing their science with the GMPV community and all the attendees for participating and helping to improve the discussion so far. Our goal is to create a network of early career scientists, both within GMPV and among EGU Divisions, so your contribution is precious! Let’s k ...[Read More]

A lava for (almost) every colour

Simona Gabrielli June 30, 2021

Blue Lava at Kawah Ijen volcano, Indonesia. Photo by Martin Rietz

When we think about a volcanic eruption, one of the first things that come to our mind are lava fountains and flows with a characteristic bright orange and red colour. The colour of lavas can be associated with the temperature reached at the surface: dark red at low temperatures (475°C), orange at 900°C and white at extremely high temperature (>1150°C) (Kilburn, 2000). However, some places on E ...[Read More]

Rare Earth Elements…..in olivine?

Mike Jollands June 16, 2021

The Rare Earth Elements, or REEs, are really important. This is a group of elements including neodymium (used to create strong magnets), cerium (used in catalytic converters), lanthanum (used in electric car batteries), lutetium (used in oil refinery), with the uses of REEs increasing continuously. At the moment, the majority of the world’s supply of REEs comes from a single deposit in Inner ...[Read More]

GMPV Campfires co-hosted with ERE Division: Sustainability Talks! Wednesday 16th June @ 11am CEST

GMPV ECS Campfires Team June 10, 2021

Green Energy of Kamchatka Avatar by Tatiana Matveeva (distributed via imaggeo.egu.eu)

Together with the Energy, Resources and the Environment (ERE) Division we organized a new special edition of Campfires focused on sustainability. The upcoming talks will be held on Wednesday 16th June @ 11am CEST over Zoom and will be divided into three main topics: 1) Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS); 2) Sustainable Mining; 3) Urban aquifer thermal energy storage (ATES). Our speakers are: Kieran ...[Read More]