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GEO3BCN participa en la Noche Europea de los Investigadores 2021
Geociencias Barcelona (GEO3BCN-CSIC) es una de las numerosas instituciones de investigación que participan en la edición de este año de la ‘Noche Europea de los Investigadores’ que se celebrará el próximo viernes 24 de septiembre y cuyo lema este año... Read more
16-09-2021 News
Study unveils new details of the eruption of the El Camp dels Ninots volcano occurred 3.5 million years ago
The ancient volcano El Camp dels Ninots located in the town of Caldes de Malavella hosts one of the most relevant paleontological sites of Pliocene age in Europe. The site is part of the lake sediments developed within the crater of the volcano. The ... Read more
15-09-2021 News
Massive ancient Canadian lake emptied quickly enough to set off an ice age, study suggests
A flood of epic proportions drained at a rate of more than 800 Olympic swimming pools per second from a glacial lake that spanned the Canadian Prairie provinces more than 12,000 years ago, according to a new University of Alberta-led study. In this w... Read more
24-08-2021 News
Carbon capture and subsurface storage could cut 21% of the Spanish annual CO2 emissions
A new multidisciplinary study lead by researchers from the CSIC and the University of Barcelona proposes to relaunch the development of the Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) technology in Spain by applying the hubs & clusters strategy. A hub is co... Read more
02-08-2021 News
María José Jurado appointed new member of the Operational expert group of the European Innovation Partnership on Raw Materials
María José Jurado, researcher from GEO3BCN-CSIC, has been appointed by the European Commission as a new member of the Operational expert group of the European Innovation Partnership on Raw Materials. Jurado will be a member of this working group on b... Read more
29-07-2021 News
A new field guide for discovering the volcanism of the Cadí-Moixeró Natural Park
The Cadi-Moixeró Natural Park has edited the new field guide entitled "El Vulcanisme al Parc Natural del Cadí-Moixeró". Joan Martí, researcher at GEO3BCN-CSIc is one of the authors of the book, along with Llorenç Planagumà, geologist and environmenta... Read more
27-07-2021 News
Seismic study reveals new details of the deep interior of Mars
By studying the signals of a dozen of marsquakes registered by the SEIS broadband seismometer deployed by the NASA's InSight mission, an international team of scientists has been able to determine the inner structure of Mars. The results of this rese... Read more
22-07-2021 News
Maria Gema Llorens appointed new member of the Cryospheric Science section of the CEGG
GEO3BCN-CSIC researcher, María-Gema Llorens, has been recently appointed as a new member of the Cryospheric Sciences section of the Spanish Commission of Geodesy and Geophysics (CEGG), a section that was recently created and which is headed by Franci... Read more
14-07-2021 News
The energy transition through subsoil
It is essential to quit using traditional fossil fuels and start implementing sustainable methods to reduce pollution. To achieve this goal, subsoil provides us with opportunities. Using geothermal energy and underground hydrogen storage are two opti... Read more
09-07-2021 News
Tres proyectos impulsados por GEO3BCN-CSIC reciben financiación de la convocatoria 2020 del Plan Nacional
La Agencia Estatal de Investigación (AEI) ha seleccionado tres proyectos de investigación liderados por personal investigador de Geociencias Barcelona (GEO3BCN-CSIC) para ser financiados con los fondos de la convocatoria 2020 del Plan Nacional que co... Read more
07-07-2021 News
The INNOLOG project innovation transfer experience and its challenges
María José Jurado, researcher at GEO3BCN-CSIC, was one of the invited speakers of the 2-days event "CSIC: get ready for Horizon Europe!" organized by the CSIC Deputy Vice-Presidency for International Relationships between June 29th and 30th. This the... Read more
05-07-2021 News
Nueva campaña de campo en Tenerife para mejorar la comprensión de los riesgos volcánicos pasados y futuros
El investigador de Geociencias Barcelona (GEO3BCN-CSIC) Joan Martí Molist y las investigadoras Olaya Dorado García y Marta López Saavedra realizaron un trabajo de campo en la isla de Tenerife a principios de junio en el que recogieron muestras de dep... Read more
30-06-2021 News
El futuro de los georecursos: ¿Cómo hacer un uso sostenible de su exploración y explotación?
Cada junio la ONU celebra el mes del Medio Ambiente como una llamada de atención para cuidar los ecosistemas, reducir las emisiones contaminantes y hacer un uso responsable de los recursos naturales. En este contexto, la geología ambiental, que aplic... Read more
29-06-2021 News
GEO3BCN researchers contributions to the 10th Spanish Geological Congress
The 10th edition of the Spanish Geological Congress will be held in Vitoria from July 5-7 2021. The congress is fostered by the Spanish Geological Society and organized by the University of the Basque Country (UPV-EH). The meeting should have been he... Read more
21-06-2021 News
Un informe analiza el estado actual del techo de cristal en la subárea de Recursos Naturales
El informe ‘Mujeres Investigadoras 2020’ publicado el año pasado por la comisión de Mujeres y Ciencia (CMyC) del CSIC mostraba que el índice del techo de cristal de la subárea de Recursos Naturales era de 2.28, por encima de la media que era de un 1... Read more
17-06-2021 News
El cambio climático desde una perspectiva geoecológica
‘¿Cómo abordar las dimensiones del cambio climático desde una perspectiva geoecológica?’ Esta fue la pregunta sobre la que se desarrolló el tercer diálogo del ciclo ‘Transferencia del Conocimiento’ y en el cual participó Santiago Giralt, investigador... Read more
10-06-2021 News
800 students discover the volcanoes of Girona
Adelina Geyer, researcher at GEO3BCN-CSIC, and Llorenç Planagumà, consultant of the La Garrotxa Volcanic Zone and the Centre per a la Sostenibilitat Territorial, gave the online talk "What we know about the volcanoes of Girona?" to more than 800 stud... Read more
01-06-2021 News
Shedding light on the factors controlling the dynamics of dome-forming eruptions in Teide-Pico Viejo complex
Pico Cabras dome is placed in the north flank of the Teide volcanic edifice (Tenerife, Canary Islands). It's approximately 600 meters long, 45 meters wide and with its 130 meters height, it is one of the most remarkable phonolitic domes of the Teide-... Read more
25-05-2021 News
GEO3BCN-CSIC se adhiere al manifiesto por una presencia adecuada de la Geología en el nuevo currículo educativo
GEO3BCN-CSIC se ha adherido al manifiesto impulsado por diferentes entidades del ámbito de las Geociencias para pedir que la Geología tenga en todos los niveles del Sistema Educativo del Estado Español una presencia adecuada y equivalente al resto de... Read more
25-05-2021 News
La conservación de la biodiversidad, una mirada desde las geociencias
En nuestro planeta convive una gran diversidad de animales, plantas y otros organismos vivos que son esenciales para el funcionamiento de los ecosistemas marinos y terrestres. Es lo que se conoce como ‘biodiversidad’, cuya conservación tiene impactos... Read more
21-05-2021 News
Modelling and simulation of a lava flow affecting a shore platform: a case study of Montaña de Aguarijo eruption, El Hierro (Canary Islands, Spain)
Prieto-Torrell C, Rodriguez-Gonzalez A, Aulinas M, et al. Modelling and simulation of a lava flow affecting a shore platform: a case study of Montaña de Aguarijo eruption, El Hierro (Canary Islands, Spain). J Maps. 2021;17(2):502-511. doi:10.1080/17445647.2021.1972853.
Read moreStructural styles of the Tellian fold-and-thrust belt of Tunisia based on structural transects: Insights on the subsurface oil and gas pre-salt plays
Khelil, M., Khomsi, S., Roure, F. et al. Structural styles of the Tellian fold-and-thrust belt of Tunisia based on structural transects: Insights on the subsurface oil and gas pre-salt plays. Arab J Geosci 14, 1985 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12517-021-08308-4
Read moreFlexural-isostatic reconstruction of the Western Mediterranean during the Messinian Salinity Crisis: implications for water level and basin connectivity
Heida, H., Raad, F., Garcia-Castellanos, D., Jiménez-Munt, I., Maillard, A. and Lofi, J. (2021), Flexural-isostatic reconstruction of the Western Mediterranean during the Messinian Salinity Crisis: implications for water level and basin connectivity. Basin Research. https://doi.org/10.1111/bre.12610
Read moreA criteria-driven approach to the CO2 storage site selection of East Mey for the acorn project in the North Sea
Alcalde J, Heinemann N, James A, et al. A criteria-driven approach to the CO2 storage site selection of East Mey for the acorn project in the North Sea. Mar Pet Geol. 2021:105309. doi:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2021.105309
Read moreMachine Learning for Mineral Identification and Ore Estimation from Hyperspectral Imagery in Tin–Tungsten Deposits: Simulation under Indoor Conditions
Lobo, A.; Garcia, E.; Barroso, G.; Martí, D.; Fernandez-Turiel, J.-L.; Ibáñez-Insa, J. Machine Learning for Mineral Identification and Ore Estimation from Hyperspectral Imagery in Tin–Tungsten Deposits: Simulation under Indoor Conditions. Remote Sens. 2021, 13, 3258. https://doi.org/10.3390/rs13163258
Read moreMultiple fluid flow events from salt-related rifting to basin inversion (Upper Pedraforca thrust sheet, SE Pyrenees)
Cruset, D., Vergés, J., Benedicto, A., Gomez-Rivas, E., Cantarero, I., John, C.M. and Travé, A. (2021), Multiple fluid flow events from salt-related rifting to basin inversion (Upper Pedraforca thrust sheet, SE Pyrenees). Basin Res. https://doi.org/10.1111/bre.12596
Read morePlio-Pleistocene paleoenvironmental evolution of the intermontane Humahuaca Basin, southern Central Andes
Galli CI, Alonso RN, Amorós EB, et al. Plio-Pleistocene paleoenvironmental evolution of the intermontane Humahuaca Basin, southern Central Andes. J South Am Earth Sci. 2021:103502. doi:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jsames.2021.103502
Read moreUrban seismic monitoring in Brasília, Brazil
Maciel STR, Rocha MP, Schimmel M. Urban seismic monitoring in Brasília, Brazil. PLoS One. 2021;16(8):e0253610. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0253610.
Read moreEruptive evolution and 3D geological modeling of Camp dels Ninots maar-diatreme (Catalonia) through continuous intra-crater drill coring
Bolós X, Oms O, Rodríguez-Salgado P, Martí J, Gómez de Soler B, Campeny G. Eruptive evolution and 3D geological modeling of Camp dels Ninots maar-diatreme (Catalonia) through continuous intra-crater drill coring. J Volcanol Geotherm Res. 2021;419:107369. doi:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jvolgeores.2021.107369
Read moreHubs and clusters approach to unlock the development of carbon capture and storage – Case study in Spain
Sun X, Alcalde J, Bakhtbidar M, et al. Hubs and clusters approach to unlock the development of carbon capture and storage – Case study in Spain. Appl Energy. 2021;300:117418. doi:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apenergy.2021.117418
Read moreFractionation by compositional magma splitting: An example from Cerro Munro, Argentina.
Rodríguez C, Aragón E, Díaz-Alvarado J, Marti, J, et al. Fractionation by compositional magma splitting: An example from Cerro Munro, Argentina. Lithos. 2021:106396. doi:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.lithos.2021.106396
Read moreLate-Holocene forest resilience in the central Pyrenean highlands as deduced from pollen analysis of Lake Sant Maurici sediments
Rull V, Cañellas-Boltà N, Vegas-Vilarrúbia T. Late-Holocene forest resilience in the central Pyrenean highlands as deduced from pollen analysis of Lake Sant Maurici sediments. The Holocene. July 2021. doi:10.1177/09596836211033207
Read moreCatastrophic drainage from the northwestern outlet of glacial Lake Agassiz during the Younger Dryas
Norris, S. L., Garcia-Castellanos, D., Jansen, J. D., Carling, P. A., Margold, M., Woywitka, R. J., & Froese, D. G. (2021). Catastrophic drainage from the northwestern outlet of glacial Lake Agassiz during the Younger Dryas. Geophysical Research Letters, 48, e2021GL093919. https://doi.org/10.1029/2021GL093919
Read moreSizing the carbon sink associated with Posidonia oceanica seagrass meadows using very high-resolution seismic reflection imaging
Monnier B, Pergent G, Mateo MÁ, Carbonell R, Clabaut P, Pergent-Martini C. Sizing the carbon sink associated with Posidonia oceanica seagrass meadows using very high-resolution seismic reflection imaging. Mar Environ Res. 2021;170:105415. doi:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marenvres.2021.105415
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