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Ph.D. thesis in pandemic times
Coronavirus outbreak has had a huge impact not only on our health but on all spheres of our life: from social relationship to the way we travel or work. The pandemic has also changed the PhD working process and, especially, how the thesis are being d... Read more
21-01-2021 Institutional News
Exploring the potential use of seismic data as an indicator for the economic analysis
Can seismic data be used for economic analysis? This was the question proposed by the online SEISMONOMIC Morning Talk, an online working meeting organized by the BigNOMICs Project on January 12th in which Jordi Díaz took part as an invited speaker. “... Read more
14-01-2021 Research News
GEO3BCN-CSIC Photo Contest 2020 winner announced
The 6th edition of the Geosciences Barcelona Photo Contest has been held this 2020. The 12 most voted photographs were announced last 23rd of december during the GEO3BCN Winter Activity, which was held online. Read more
08-01-2021 Institutional News
A lecture of Jordi Díaz closed the LEGEF's annual cycle "Trobada de Geofísica"
GEO3BCN-CSIC rsearcher,Jordi Díaz, gave the last of the lectures scheduled in the annual cycle of conferences "Trobada de Geofísica" (Geophysical Meeting) organized by the Laboratory of Geophysical Studies Eduard Fontseré from the Institut d'Es... Read more
23-12-2020 Research News
Erandi Rodríguez-Pérez took part in the 9th CONACYT Scholars in Europe Symposium
Erandi Rodríguez-Pérez, PhD student at Geosciences Barcelona, attended the 9th CONACYT Scholars in Europe Symposium, an event organized by Maison Universitaire Franco Mexicane (MUFRAMEX) and the National Science and Technological Council from México ... Read more
18-12-2020 Research News
CSIC virtually honors employees with 25 years of service
CSIC has paid the anual tribute to all of its employees with 25 and 50 years of service. This year, two researchers form Geosciences Barcelona are among the honored employees: Joaquina Álvarez-Marron and Jaume Vergés. ... Read more
17-12-2020 Institutional News
María José Jurado, awarded at the EIT Awards 2020
Maria Jose Jurado, researcher at Geosciences Barcelona (GEO3BCN-CSIC), was awarded with the third prize in the EIT Innovators Award 2020, a prize given by the European Institute of Innovation and Technology (EIT). This award recognizes the innovation... Read more
10-12-2020 Research News
Teaching tools and resources to explain the climate change in classroom
Santiago Giralt gave the talk “The study of climate and climate change” on November 26. The talk, which was held online, was atended by 35 participants. This activity is part of the Open STEAM teaching innovation workshops that help teachers to updat... Read more
30-11-2020 Institutional News
AGU Fall meeting 2020: Shaping the Future of Science
American Geophysical Union meeting (AGU Fall Meeting) is back. This year the conferences will be held online from 1 to 17 of December. AGU20 is scheduled over a thousand hours of virtual content to minimize conflicts while maximizing global engageme... Read more
27-11-2020 Research News
Modelling the chemical composition and thermal structure of the Western Mediterranean lithosphere by integrating data across diciplines
Ajay Kumar successfully defended his Ph. D. thesis online last 24 November. The thesis, entitled "Thermal and chemical imaging of the upper mantle anomalies: application to Western Mediterranean" has been directed by Manel Fernández and Jaume Vergés... Read more
25-11-2020 Research News
GEO3BCN acquires a new electronic microscope
Geosciences Barcelona has expanded its catalogue of scientific equipment acquiring a new tabletop electronic microscope (Hitachi TM4000PLUSII). This new device enables researchers to observe rock samples and it can also be used to image a wide range ... Read more
23-11-2020 Research News
Two PhD research opportunities for the FPU 2020 grants
The call for applications for the Training of University Professors grants (FPU 2020) awarded by the Spanish Ministry of Universities is now open. In the framework of this call, GEO3BCN-CSIC researchers offer two PhD research proposals. ... Read more
18-11-2020 Research News
Cutting edge technologies for mineral exploration discussed in the SIT4ME project workshop
The demand for mineral resources to meet current societal needs has been steadily increasing over last years. Mineral exploration, the first step of the raw materials cycle, is facing a great challenge because the shallow and easily accessible minera... Read more
13-11-2020 Research News
MinerMat 2020: Minerals, materials, environment and sustainable development
Expominer outreach talks and workshops will be held online this year under the name of MinterMat 2020.There are 16 talks and workshops scheduled that will be carried out by researchers from several institutions like Geociencias Barcelona (GEO3BCN-CSI... Read more
09-11-2020 Institutional News
New special issue on mineral exploration in preparation
Ramon Carbonell and Juan Alcalde, both researchers at GEO3BCN-CSIC, are part of the editorial team that is preparing a special issue for the journal Solid Earth that seeks to provide a wide-ranging panorama of the mineral exploration. This volume is ... Read more
06-11-2020 Research News
"Virtual rocks" to resolve the enigma of C' shear band formation and evolution
C' shear bands are a common feature in nature and they are widely used as kinematic indicators to study deformation processes of rocks in the deep parts of the Earth's crust. However, there is little consensus about how they form. Now, using numerica... Read more
02-11-2020 Research News
Study identifies the main obstacles to reconstruction of modes of climate variability through the Holocene
North Atlantic Oscillation (NAO) is the major atmospheric mode that controls winter European climate variability. Its strength and phase determine regional temperatures, precipitation and storm tracks in this part of the planet and around a large par... Read more
26-10-2020 Research News
María José Jurado will compete for the EIT Innovation Award 2020
María Jose Jurado, researcher at Geosciences Barcelona-CSIC (GEO3BCN-CSIC), has been nominated for the EIT Innovation Award 2020 for her work on INNOLOG project. Jurado is the PI and coordinator of the project that started in 2017 aimed to develop mo... Read more
22-10-2020 Research News
Two pictures taken by Santiago Giralt featured in the book 'Images of Arctic Science'
Two pictures taken by Santiago Giralt during a fieldwork campaign in Greenland in 2019 have been featured in the book 'Images of Arctic Science'. The book presents the best photos submitted to the 'INTERACT Photo Competition' organized by INTERACT, a... Read more
19-10-2020 Institutional News
The second edition of the Technical Workshop on Geoenergy in Catalonia will be focused on the use of geothermal energy within the cities
The second edition of the Technical Workshop on Geoenergy in Catalonia will be held online next 6th and 13rth of November. The Geothermal Working Group of the Cluster of Efficient Energy in Catalonia, of which GEO3BCN-CSIC is an active member... Read more
15-10-2020 Institutional News
PRISM3D – A three-dimensional reference seismic model for Iberia and adjacent areas
Arroucau, P., Custódio, S., Civiero, C., Silveira, G., Dias, N., Díaz, J., Villaseñor, A., & Bodin, T. (2021). PRISM3D – A three-dimensional reference seismic model for Iberia and adjacent areas. Geophysical Journal International. https://doi.org/10.1093/gji/ggab005
Read moreEnabling large-scale hydrogen storage in porous media – the scientific challenges
N. Heinemann, J. Alcalde, J. M. Miocic, S. J. T. Hangx, J. Kallmeyer, C. Ostertag-Henning, A. Hassanpouryouzband, E. M. Thaysen, G. J. Strobel, M. Wilkinson, C. Schmidt-Hattenberger, K. Edlmann, M. Bentham, R. S. Haszeldine, R. Carbonell and A. Rudloff, Energy Environ. Sci., 2021, DOI: 10.1039/D0EE03536J.
Read moreProcesses driving seagrass soils composition along the western Mediterranean: The case of the southeast Iberian Peninsula
Piñeiro-Juncal, N., Díaz-Almela, E., Leiva-Dueñas, C., Deulofeu, O., Frigola, J., Soler, M., Martinez-Cortizas, A., Giralt, S., Garcia-Orellana, J., & Mateo, M. Á. (2021). Processes driving seagrass soils composition along the western Mediterranean: The case of the southeast Iberian Peninsula. Science of The Total Environment, 768, 144352. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.144352
Read moreWhat can seismic noise tell us about the Alpine reactivation of the Iberian Massif? An example in the Iberian Central System.
Andrés J, Ayarza P, Schimmel M, Palomeras I, Ruiz M, Carbonell R. What can seismic noise tell us about the Alpine reactivation of the Iberian Massif? An example in the Iberian Central System. Solid Earth. 2020;11(6):2499-2513. doi:10.5194/se-11-2499-2020
Read moreInterevaporitic deposits of Las Minas Gypsum Unit: A record of Late Tortonian marine incursions and dolomite precipitation in Las Minas Basin (eastern Betic Cordillera, SE Spain)
Pineda V, Gibert L, Soria JM, Carrazana A, Ibáñez-Insa J, Sánchez-Román M. Interevaporitic deposits of Las Minas Gypsum Unit: A record of Late Tortonian marine incursions and dolomite precipitation in Las Minas Basin (eastern Betic Cordillera, SE Spain). Palaeogeogr Palaeoclimatol Palaeoecol. 2021;564:110171. doi:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.palaeo.2020.110171
Read moreEpistemological limitations of Earth system science to confront the Anthropocene crisis
Soriano C. (2020) Epistemological limitations of Earth system science to confront the Anthropocene crisis. The Anthropocene Review. doi:10.1177/2053019620978430
Read moreInfluence of basement rocks on fluid evolution during multiphase deformation: The example of the Estamariu thrust in the Pyrenean Axial Zone
Muñoz-López, D., Alías, G., Cruset, D., Cantarero, I., John, C. M., & Travé, A. (2020). Influence of basement rocks on fluid evolution during multiphase deformation: the example of the Estamariu thrust in the Pyrenean Axial Zone. Solid Earth, 11(6), 2257–2281. https://doi.org/10.5194/se-11-2257-2020
Read moreExternal forcing mechanisms controlling the North Atlantic coastal upwelling regime during the mid-Holocene
Hernández, A., Cachão, M., Sousa, P., Trigo, R. M., Luterbacher, J., Vaquero, J. M., & Freitas, M. C. (2020). External forcing mechanisms controlling the North Atlantic coastal upwelling regime during the mid-Holocene. Geology. https://doi.org/10.1130/G48112.1
Read moreHumid and cold periods in the last 5600 years in Arid Central Asia revealed by palynology of Picea schrenkiana from Issyk-Kul
Leroy, S. A. G., & Giralt, S. R. (2020). Humid and cold periods in the last 5600 years in Arid Central Asia revealed by palynology of Picea schrenkiana from Issyk-Kul. The Holocene, 0959683620972776. https://doi.org/10.1177/0959683620972776
Read moreInfluence of tubing/oil-blanket lifting on construction and geometries of two-well-horizontal salt caverns
Wan, J., Peng, T., Yuan, G., Ban, F., Jurado, M. J., & Xia, Y. (2020). Influence of tubing/oil-blanket lifting on construction and geometries of two-well-horizontal salt caverns. Tunnelling and Underground Space Technology, 103688. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tust.2020.103688
Read morePliocene growth of the Dowlatabad syncline in Frontal Fars arc: Folding propagation across the Zagros Fold Belt, Iran
Najafi, M., Beamud, E., Ruh, J., Mouthereau, F., Tahmasbi, A., Bernaola, G., Yassaghi, A., Motamedi, H., Sherkati, S., Hassan Goodarzi, M. G., & Vergés, J. (2020). Pliocene growth of the Dowlatabad syncline in Frontal Fars arc: Folding propagation across the Zagros Fold Belt, Iran. GSA Bulletin. https://doi.org/10.1130/B35748.1
Read moreThe Anthropozoic era revisited
Rull, V. (2020).The Anthropozoic era revisited. Lethaia, https://doi.org/10.1111/let.12408 Vol. 000, pp. 1– 11.
Read moreUnderwater Monitoring of Submarine Volcanic Activity: El Hierro (Canary Islands 2011–2012) Eruption
Jurado, Maria Jose, Maurizio Ripepe, Carmen Lopez, Antonio Ricciardi, Maria Jose Blanco, and Giorgio Lacanna. 2020. “Underwater Monitoring of Submarine Volcanic Activity: El Hierro (Canary Islands 2011–2012) Eruption.” Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research, 107097. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jvolgeores.2020.107097.
Read moreSeismic Anisotropy of Temperate Ice in Polar Ice Sheets
Llorens, M.G., Griera, A., Bons, P. D., Gomez-Rivas, E., Weikusat, I., Prior, D. J., et al. (2020). Seismic anisotropy of temperate ice in polar ice sheets. Journal of Geophysical Research: Earth Surface, 125, e2020JF005714. https://doi.org/10.1029/2020JF005714
Read moreEvolution of a salt-rich transtensional rifted margin, eastern North Pyrenees, France
Ford, M., & Vergés, J. (2020). Evolution of a salt-rich transtensional rifted margin, eastern North Pyrenees, France. Journal of the Geological Society, jgs2019-157. https://doi.org/10.1144/jgs2019-157
Read moreDetection, Analysis, and Removal of Glitches From InSight's Seismic Data From Mars
Scholz, J.-R., Widmer-Schnidrig, R.b, Davis, P.c, Lognonné, P.d, Pinot, B.e, Garcia, R.F.e, Hurst, K.f, Pou, L.g, Nimmo, F.g, Barkaoui, S.d, de Raucourt, S.d, Knapmeyer-Endrun, B.h, Knapmeyer, M.i, Orhand-Mainsant, G.e, Compaire, N.e, Cuvier, A.j, Beucler, É.j, Bonnin, M.j, Joshi, R.a, Sainton, G.d, Stutzmann, E.d, Schimmel, M.k, Horleston, A.l, Böse, M.m, Ceylan, S.n, Clinton, J.m. (2020). Detection, Analysis, and Removal of Glitches From InSight’s Seismic Data From Mars. Earth and Space Science, 7(11). https://doi.org/10.1029/2020EA001317
Read morePristinity, degradation and replacement: The three dimensions of human impact on island vegetation
Rull V. Pristinity, degradation and replacement: The three dimensions of human impact on island vegetation. Progress in Physical Geography: Earth and Environment. October 2020. doi:10.1177/0309133320960992
Read moreIdentification, cataloguing and preservation of outcrops of geological interest in monogenetic volcanic fields: the case of La Garrotxa Volcanic Zone Natural Park
Planagumà, L., Martí, J. Identification, cataloguing and preservation of outcrops of geological interest in monogenetic volcanic fields: the case of La Garrotxa Volcanic Zone Natural Park. Geoheritage 12, 84 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12371-020-00508-w
Read morePaleoenvironmental evolution of Picos de Europa (Spain) during marine isotopic stages 5c to 3 combining glacial reconstruction, cave sedimentology and paleontological findings
Ballesteros, D., Álvarez-Vena, A., Monod-Del Dago, M., Rodríguez-Rodríguez, L., Sanjurjo-Sánchez, J., Álvarez-Lao, D., Pérez-Mejías, C., Valenzuela, P., DeFelipe, I., Laplana, C., Cheng, H., & Jiménez-Sánchez, M. (2020). Paleoenvironmental evolution of Picos de Europa (Spain) during marine isotopic stages 5c to 3 combining glacial reconstruction, cave sedimentology and paleontological findings. Quaternary Science Reviews, 248, 106581. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1016/j.quascirev.2020.106581
Read moreGeochemical and Sr–Nd Isotopic Features of the Zaro Volcanic Complex: Insights on the Magmatic Processes Triggering a Small-Scale Prehistoric Eruption at Ischia Island (South Italy)
Pelullo, C, G Cirillo, R S Iovine, I Arienzo, M Aulinas, L Pappalardo, P Petrosino, J L Fernandez-Turiel, and M D’Antonio. 2020. “Geochemical and Sr–Nd Isotopic Features of the Zaro Volcanic Complex: Insights on the Magmatic Processes Triggering a Small-Scale Prehistoric Eruption at Ischia Island (South Italy).” International Journal of Earth Sciences. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00531-020-01933-6.
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