University of Granada, started 2015 Hi! I am a Greek PhD student at CSIC-UGR and I joined J.M. García-Ruiz group and Prometheus team in October of 2015. I hold a BSc in Geology and a MSc focused in Geochemistry-Mineralogy, from the University of Athens. During my Master thesis I studied S-Fe-As mineralogy, speciation and geochemistry in marine sediment cores from the shallow-sea hydrothermal vents of Milos volcanic island (HVA, Greece) with the use of various…
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The field trips to Dallol have been successfully performed in January 2016 and January 2017. We have collected samples of liquid, gases, air and air particles, etc… and make numerous in-situ measurements of physical and chemical variables such as pH, temperature, pressure, salinity, conductivity, oxygen, redox, visible spectra, etc… The aim of this project is to perform: A rigorous study of the hydrochemistry of the brines including the analysis of the organic compounds and gases. …
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Science is essential for the evolution of the humanity. This is the reason why science community should encourage kids, teenagers and adults to explore the magic world of science. The Week of Science (November 7-12, 2016) is an event that offers the opportunity to get a closer look at the work that scientists do. We invited the students of several schools of Granada to join our journeys inside giant crystal caves in Mexico, camp in…
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Prof. Garcia-Ruiz organized the 1st ‘International Training School on Crystallography for Space Sciences’, supported by the COSPAR, the IUCr, the INAOE and the BUAP with the participation of scientists from UNAM, NASA, ESA, the University of Groningen, the Laüe-Langevin Institute, the UVa-CSIC, the Hokkaido University, the IPGP, the Tohoku University and the McMaster University. For 17 days the 30 MSc-/PhD-students and Post-Doc researchers that attended the School received intensive courses about Crystal Growth, Symmetry and…
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Our annual Prometheus meeting was held from the 20th to the 23rd of July 2016 in Granada. We had some very fruitful discussions about the last trip to the Rift Valley of Kenya, analytical characterization of organic compounds in water samples, or recent observations on silica gardens and biomorph formation, among other topics.
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On the 27-29th September of 2015 we carried out our first field work in the nearby alkaline springs in the Ronda peridotites of the Betics (Province of Malaga, SW Spain). The goal of the field trip was to observe the geological features of the area, and explore the different serpentinization-related alkaline spring sites. We visited numerous alkaline springs in the wider area of the peridotites, and we conducted preliminary on site measurements of water temperature,…
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