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Ice age at the Permian-Triassic boundary
The mass extinction at the Permian-Triassic boundary is linked to a period of glaciation! The article of Baresel et al. in Scientific Reports calls into question the theories that the big mass extinctions are related to a global temperature increase. It suggests that the injection of H2S and SO2 dur…
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New book on finite element modeling
Congratulations to Guy Simpson !
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New book in Springer Briefs in Energy
Congratulations to Sam Carmalt !
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New paper in Nature Geoscience
According to a pluridisciplinary study under the lead of UNIGE and published today in Nature Geoscience, the largest volcanic eruption of the last millennium would not necessarily have plunged the world into a societal crisis, severe food shortages and turmoil worldwide. To arrive to this conclusion…
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Congratulations to Carlos Arbiol
Congratulations to Carlos Arbiol who was awarded the 2016 ELSTE 聳 Auguste Lombard Prize for his Master thesis: 聯Skarn formation at Torre di Rio, Elba Island (Italy): Zonation, textural analysis and associated fluids" under the supervision of Dr. Kalin Kouzmanov.
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New research in Scientific Reports
Chelle-Michou, C., Rottier, B., Caricchi, L. & Simpson, G., Tempo of magma degassing and the genesis of porphyry copper deposits. Sci. Rep. 7, 40566; doi: 10.1038/srep40566 (2017) New numerical modelling research suggests that the size of porphyry copper deposits (our major source of copper) is pri…
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New paper in Geology
New statistical research into the record of large explosive volcanic eruptions indicates that the frequency of different eruption sizes varies between different regions on Earth. This is important to understand regional volcanic hazard and also provides an opportunity to understand how crustal and t…
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New study reveals West Antarctica's largest glacier started retreating in 1940s
Present-day thinning and retreat of Pine Island Glacier, one of the largest and fastest shrinking glaciers of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet, was initiated by warming associated with strong El Niño activity during the 1940s. The new finding provides the first direct evidence and timing of glacier ret…
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Precise age for the Permian-Triassic boundary
The article "High-precision time-space correlation through coupled apatite and zircon tephrochronology: An example from the Permian-Triassic boundary in South China聰 of Baresel et al. in Geology presents a precise temporal calibration of the Permian-Triassic boundary in S. China using U-Pb age deter…
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Congratulations to prof. Lluís Fontboté
Congratulations to prof. Lluís Fontboté awarded "Distinguished Lecturer 2016-2017聰 by the Society of Economic Geologists (SEG)
