faculty of geology

FACULTY OF GEOLOGY

CONSOLIDATED RESEARCH GROUPS

C/ Martí i Franquès s/n, 08028 Barcelona

CONTENTS RESEARCH GROUPS Basement Geology and Tectonics (BG&T) 1 Crystallography (CRYSTA) 3 Economic and Environmental Geology and Hydrology (GEAH) 5 Sedimentary Geology (GEOSED) 9 Geodynamics and Basin Analysis (GGAC) 12 Marine Geosciences (GRC-GM) 16 Applied Mineralogy and Geochemistry of Fluids (MAG) 19 Mineral Resources: Ore Deposit Models, Applications and Sustainability (MINRESOUR) 23 Research on Natural Hazards (Geohazards) (RISKNAT) 27 RESEARCH GROUPS WITH FACULY PARTICIPATION Geological Processes and Advanced Materials (GEOPAM) 33 Medieval and Postmedieval Archaeology Group (GRAMP) 36

Consolidated Research Groups

Consolidate Research Group Basement Geology and Tectonics (BG&T)

BASEMENT GEOLOGY AND TECTONICS (BG&T)

Members (including collaborators abroad): 14, Permanent: 11, Post-Doctoral: 1, PhD: 2

Director: Dr. Josep Maria Casas Department de Geodinàmica i Geofísica, Tel. +34 93 4021388 Email: [email protected]

1. Objectives

The main research objective of the GRC Basement Geology and Tectonics is the reconstruction of the pre-Variscan and Variscan evolution of the basement rocks of the NE of Iberia. In addition to basic research, the results obtained by this group have applications for mining industry and civil engineering among others.

2. Research areas

• Late Neoproterozoic and Ordovician magmatism in the Pyrenees.• Ordovician deformations in the Pyrenees.• Variscan magmatic and metamorphic events in the Pyrenees.• Shear zones location and development.• Rheological and fluid control of the ductile/fragile behaviour.• Relationship between magmatic and deformation processes.

3. Capacities

• Geochronological (U-Pb), geochemical and isotopic data from magmatic pre-Variscan and Variscanrocks.

• Analogue modelling of multilayer deformed package.• Detailed petrological and structural field studies.• Interpretation of P-T histories of metamorphic rocks, including thermobarometry and modeling phase

equilibria.

4. Selected papers

Druguet, E., Castro, A., Chichorro, M., Pereira, M.F. & Fernández, C. (2014). Zircon geochronology of intrusive rocks from Cap de Creus, Eastern Pyrenees. Geological Magazine, doi:10.1017/S00167568 14000041.

Aguilar, C., Liesa, M., Castiñeiras, P. & Navidad, M. (2013). Late Variscan metamorphic and magmatic evolution in the eastern Pyrenees revealed by U–Pb age zircon dating. Journal of the Geological Society, London. doi:org/10.1144/jgs2012-086.

Ponce, C., Druguet, E. & Carreras, J. (2013). Development of shear zone-related lozenges in foliated rocks. Journal of Structural Geology 50, 176-186.

Casas, J.M. & Palacios, T. (2012). First biostratigraphical constraints on the pre-Upper Ordovician sequences of the Pyrenees based on organic-walled microfossils. Comptes Rendus Geosciences 344, 50-56.

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Consolidate Research Group Basement Geology and Tectonics (BG&T)

Druguet, E., Castaño, L.M., Czeck, D.M., Hudleston, P.J. & Carreras, J. (2012). The tectonic significance of dikes of irregular fold-like shape. Geology 40, 579-582.

Liesa, M., Carreras, J., Castiñeiras, P., Casas, J.M., Navidad, M. & Vilà, M. (2011). U-Pb zircon age of Ordovician magmatism in the Albera Massif (Eastern Pyrenees). Geologica Acta 9, 93 - 101.

Carreras, J., Czeck, D.M., Druguet, E. & Hudleston, P.J. (2010). Structure and development of an anastomosing network of ductile shear zones. Journal of Structural Geology 32, 656-666.

Casas, J.M. (2010). Ordovician deformations in the Pyrenees: new insights into the significance of pre-Variscan (‘sardic’) tectonics. Geological Magazine 147, 674–689.

Navidad, M., Castiñeiras, P., Casas, J.M., Liesa, M., Fernández Suárez, J.F., Barnolas, A., Carreras, J. & Gil-Peña, I. (2010). Geochemical characterization and isotopic age of Caradocian magmatism in the northeastern Iberian Peninsula: insights into the Late Ordovician evolution of the northern Gondwana margin. Gondwana Research 17, 325 -337.

Druguet, E., Alsop, I.G. & Carreras, J. (2009). Coeval brittle and ductile structures associated with extreme deformation partitioning in a multilayer sequence. Journal of Structural Geology 31, 498-511.

Bons, P.D., Druguet, E., Castaño, L.M. & Elburg, M.A. (2008). Finding what is now not there anymore: Recognizing missing fluid and magma volumen. Geology 36, 851-854.

Castiñeiras, P., Navidad, M., Liesa, M., Carreras, J. & Casas, J.M. (2008). U-Pb zircon ages (SHRIMP) for Cadomian and Lower Ordovician magmatism in the Eastern Pyrenees: new insights in the pre-Variscan evolution of the northern Gondwana margin. Tectonophysics 461, 228-239.

5. Selected competitive projects

CGL2010-21298- Spanish Ministry of Science and Innovation: Evolución geodinámica prevarisca y varisca del NE de Iberia y su relación con otros sectores perigondwánicos. Funding: 83.490 €, Scientist in charge: M. Liesa. Period: 2011 - 2014.

CGL2010–21751- Spanish Ministry of Science and Innovation: Localización de la deformación en rocas heterogéneas/anisótropas y su interacción con fluidos y magmas. Funding: 50.000 €, Scientist in charge: J. Carreras. Period: 2011 - 2013.

CGL2011-13114-E - Spanish Ministry of Science and Innovation: Penrose Conference Deformation Localization in Rocks: New advances (Subprograma de Acciones Complementarias). Funding: 13.000 €, Scientist in charge: J. Carreras. Period: 2011.

CGL2007-66857-C02-01/BTE - Spanish Ministry of Science and Innovation: Modelización e interpretación de estructuras tectónicas en contextos transpresivos y su relación con el metamorfismo y el magmatismo, Funding: 123.420 €, Scientist in charge: J. Carreras. Period: 2007 - 2010.

CGL2007-66857-C02-02/BTE Spanish Ministry of Science and Innovation: Modelización e interpretación del metamorfismo y el magnetismo asociado a regímenes transpresivos en terrenos variscos. Funding: 45.000000 €, Scientist in charge: M. Liesa. Period: 2007 – 2010.

CSD2006-0041- Spanish Ministry of Science and Innovation: Topoiberia. Funding: 5.400.000 €, Scientist in charge: J. Gallart. Period: 2006 - 2010.

6. Selected private contracts

CEPSA and Fundació Bosch i Gimpera (UB): Estudio estratigráfico y tectónico en el Pirineo oriental. Funding: 30.000 €, Scientist in charge: J.A. Muñoz- M. Marzo, FBG 3033753, Period: 2006 - 2007.

IGEC-Institut Geològic de Catalunya and Fundació Bosch i Gimpera: Memòria de l'Atles geològic de Catalunya a escala 1:50.000. Funding: 27.045 €. Scientist in charge: J.A. Muñoz, FBG 303700, Period: 2006 - 2007.

UTE9 - UTE Linia 9 and Fundació Bosch i Gimpera: Integración de la información geológica del tramo 3 de la linea 9 del metro de Barcelona. Fase 1. Funding: 107.600 €. Scientist in charge: J.A. Muñoz – F. Sàbat. FBG 303495, Period: 2005 - 2006.

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Consolidate Research Group Crystallography (CRISTA)

CRYSTALLOGRAPHY (CRYSTA)

Web page: http://www.ub.edu/cmdm/

Members (including collaborators abroad): 13, Permanent 6, PhD: 1, Technician: 3

Director: Dr. Mª Teresa Calvet Department of Crystallography, Mineralogy & Mineral Deposits, Tel. +34 93 4021350 Email: [email protected]

1. Objectives

Recognized Research Group Crystallography developed three different research lines: studies on the polymorphism and solid state miscibility in families of diverse materials which have applications in different industrial sectors, structural and thermodynamic stability characterization of minerals.

2. Research areas and Scientific in charge

• Materials for energy storage (Dr Miquel Àngel Cuevas-Diarte, [email protected])o Phase change materials (alkanes, alkanols, carboxylic acids and dicarboxylic acids).o Materials for energy storage at high temperature.

• Component materials of food products (Dr M. Teresa Calvet, [email protected])o Triglycerides.o Sugars.All these studies, which are always based on the characterization of polymorphism and miscibility in the solid state, can be applied to many different sectors, like the energetic field, food, drugs and cosmetics industries.

• Structural and thermodynamic stability characterization of minerals (Dr Salvador Galí, [email protected])o Studies of geothermobarometers suitable for the composition of mantle xenoliths in kimberlite.

• Determination of stable phases and crystal structures using powder and single crystal X-raydiffraction for other research groups and industries (Dr Xavier Alcobé, [email protected])

3. Capacities

The techniques used by our group mainly comprise thermal techniques (differential scanning calorimetry and thermo-gravimetric analysis), spectroscopic techniques (IR and Raman spectroscopy), microscopy (scanning electron microscopy scanning and transmission microscopy, polarized light and thermo-optic) and X-ray diffraction (both conventional radiation and synchrotron radiation source with macro-and micro-beam).


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Consolidate Research Group Crystallography (CRISTA)

4. Teaching

Our team participates in the teaching of the following subjects: • Geology Degree• Chemistry Degree• Master in Advanced Chemistry• Master in Crystallography and Crystallization• Master in Industrial Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical• Master of Mineral Resources and Geological Hazards• School on the Rietveld methods" organized by the University of Malaga and Castellon

5. Selected papers

Sato, K.; Bayés-García, L.; Calvet, T.; Cuevas-Diarte, M.A. & Satoru, U. (2014). External factors affecting polymorphic crystallization of lipids. Eur. J. Lipid Sci. & Technol. 115 (11) 1224 – 1238.

Vilavova-de Benavent, C.; Proenza, J.A.; Galí, S.; García-Casco, A.; Tauler, E.; Lewis, J.F. & Longo, F. (2014). Garnierites and garnierites: Textures, mineralogy and geochemistry of garnierites in the Falcondo Ni-laterite deposit, Dominican Republic. Ore Geology Reviews 58: 91 - 109.

Bayés-García, L.; Calvet, T.; Cuevas-Diarte, M.A.; Satoru, U. & Sato, K. (2013). In situ observation of transformation pathways of polymorphic forms of 1,3-dipalmitoyl-2-oleoyl glycerol (POP) examined with synchrotron radiation X-ray diffraction and DSC. Cryst Eng Comm. 15: 302 - 314.

Prohens, R.; Portell, A.; Puigianer, C.; Barbas, R.; Alcobé, X.; Font-Bardía, M. & Tomas, S. (2012). Cooperative induction in double H-bonding donor/acceptor compounds: Chains vs. ribbons. Cryst Eng Comm. 14 (18): 5745 - 5748.

Bayés-García, L.; Calvet, T.; Cuevas-Diarte, M.A.; Ueno, S. & Sato, K. (2011). Heterogeneous microstructures of spherulites of lipid mixtures characterized with synchrotron radiation microbeam X-ray diffraction. Cryst Eng Comm. 13: 6694 - 6705.


Project 2014SGR-1208, AGAUR - Agency for Administration of University and Research. Generalitat de Catalunya: Research Group 'Crystallography'. Scientific in charge: M.T. Calvet. Period: 2014 - 2016.

Project MAT2011-27225, Ministry of Science and Innovation - National Materials Program: Polymorphism and Solid State Miscibility. Funding: 45.455,00 €. Scientific in charge: M.T. Calvet. Period: 2012 - 2014.

Project 2009SGR-1307, AGAUR - Agency for Administration of University and Research. Generalitat de Catalunya: Research Group 'Crystallography'. Funding: 46.800,00 €. Scientific in charge: M.A. Cuevas-Diarte. Period: 2009 - 2013.

Project 314/2006, Generalitat de Catalunya. DG Research: Reference Network R & D + I in Advanced Materials for Energy. Funding: 10.000,00 €. Scientific in charge: J.R. Morante. Period: 20012 - 2013.

Project CSD2006-15, Ministry of Education and Science. Consolider-Ingenio 2010 Program: Crystallographic factory. Funding: 34.000,00 €. Scientific in charge: J.M. García-Ruíz. Period: 2006 - 2012.

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Consolidate Research Group Economic and Environmental Geology and Hydrology (GEAH)

ECONOMIC AND ENVIRONMENTAL GEOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY (GEAH)

Web page: http://www.ub.edu/gppg/ Members: 33, Permanent: 17, Pre-Doctoral contracts: 7, Post-Doctoral contracts: 8, Technician: 1 Director: Dr Albert Casas Ponsati Department of Geochemistry, Petrology and Geological Prospection. Tel. +34 93 4021418 Email: [email protected] 1. Objectives

The activity of the research team is focused on the characterization, modeling and management of natural resources (minerals, soils, waters) within an interdisciplinary and integrative approach involving the different environmental matrices. The structure of each the research areas has been designed to improve the resource performance with minimal environmental impact, the exploitation of geological resources originating minimum by-products, the development of integrated methods for assessing and remediation of water and soil pollution, the enhancement of water recycling and treated wastewater re-use and in general all those aspects involving sustainable development of geological resources. 2. Research areas and Scientist in charge

• Applied Geophysics (Dr Albert Casas, [email protected]) • Economic Geology (Dr Manuel Viladevall, [email protected]) • Environmental Geology (Dr Xavier Font, [email protected]) • Geochemical analysis (Dr Ignasi Queralt, [email protected]) • Hydrogeology (Dr José Mª Carmona, [email protected]) • Hydrological processes (Dr Francesc Gallart, [email protected]) • Wastewater treatment and re-use (Dra Josefina C. Tapias, [email protected])

3. Capacities • Geophysical exploration (Gravity, ERT, GPR, Magnetics, Refraction Seismic) • Hydrological monitoring and modeling • Geochemical analysis and modeling • Environmental assessment

4. Teaching • Degree in Geology • Degree in Geological Engineering • Degree in Environmental Sciences • Master in Water. Interdisciplinary Analysis and Sustainable Management • Master in Geology and Geophysics of Reservatories • PhD Theses


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5. Selected papers

Barde-Cabusson, Bolós, X., Pedrazzi, D., Lovera, R., Serra, G. Martí, J. & Casas, A. (2013). Electrical

resistivity tomography revealing the internal structure of monogenetic volcanoes Geophysical Research Letters 40: 1-6.

Puigserver, D., Carmona, J.M., Cortés, A., Viladevall, M., Nieto, J.M., Grifoll, M., Vila J. & Parker B.L. (2013). Subsoil heterogeneities controlling porewater contaminant mass and microbial diversity at a site with a complex pollution history. Journal of Contaminant Hydrology 144(1):1-19.

Martínez Catalán, J., Álvarez Lobato, F., Pinto, V., Gómez Barreiro, J., Ayarza, P., Villalaín, J.J. & Casas, A. (2012). Gravity and magnetic anomalies in the allochthonous Órdenes Complex (Variscan belt, NW Spain): Assessing its internal structure and thickness. Tectonics 31: doi:10.1029/2011TC003093.

González, I., Cortés, A., Neaman, A. & Rubio, P. (2011). Biodegradable chelate enhances the phytoextration of copper by Oenothera picensis grown on copper contaminated acid soils. Chemosphere 84: 490-496.

Gallart, F., Delgado, J., Beatson, S.J.V., Posner, H., Llorens, P. & Marcé, R. (2011). Analysing the effect of global change on the historical trends of water resources in the headwaters of the Llobregat and Ter river basins (Spain). Physics and Chemistry of the Earth 36: 655 - 661.

González-Fernández, O., Rivero, L., Queralt, I. & Viladevall, M. (2011). Distribution of metals in vadose zone of the alluvial plain in a mining creek inferred from geochemical, mineralogical and geophysical studies: the Beal wadi case (Cartagena-La Union mining district, SE Spain). Water Air and Soil Pollution 221: 45 - 61.

Navarro, A., Font, X. & Viladevall, M. (2011). Geochemistry and groundwater contamination in the La Selva geothermal system (Girona, Northeast Spain). Geothermics 40: 275 - 285.

Guinea, A., Playà, E., Rivero, L., Himi, M. & Bosch, R. (2010). Geoelectrical classification of gypsum rocks. Surveys in Geophysics 31: 557 - 580.

Marguí, E., Tapias, J.C., Casas, A., Hidalgo, M. & Queralt, I. (2010). Analysis of inlet and outlet industrial wastewater effluents by means of benchtop total reflection X-ray fluorescence spectrometry. Chemosphere 80: 263 - 270.

Marguí, E., Kregsamer, P., Hidalgo, M., Tapias, J.C., Queralt, I. & Streli, C. (2010). Analytical approaches for Hg determination in wastewater samples by means of total reflection X-ray fluorescence spectrometry. Talanta 82(2): 821-827.


European Network of Mining Regions (ENMR). European Union Project. Funding: 1.000.000 €. Scientist in

charge: I. Queralt. Period: 2004 - 2006. Sustainable water management in Mediterranean coastal aquifers: recharge assessment and modelling

issues (SWIMED). European Union Project. Funding: 854.812 €. Scientist in charge: A. Casas. Period: 2003 - 2006.

Evaluation and improvement of water quality models for application to temporally waters in Southern Europe catchments (TEMPQSIM). European Union Project. Funding: 1.325.367 €. Scientist in charge: F. Gallart. Period: 2002 - 2005.

Developing a European Facility to re-use seismic data (SEISCAN-EX). European Union Project. Funding: 1.278.384 €. Scientist in charge: A. Casas. Period: 2001 - 2004.

Validating hydrological models using process studies and internal data from research basins: Tools for assessing hydrological impacts of environmental change (VAHMPIRE). European Union Project. Funding: 1.153.943 €. Scientist in charge: F. Gallart. Period: 1998 - 2003.


PAYMACOTAS. Geophysical Survey using electrical resistivity tomography method at the International

Thermonuclear Reactor (ITER) in Cadarache (France). Scientist in charge: A. Casas. Period: 2014. Geological Institute of Catalonia. Geochemical mapping of Catalan Coastal Ranges. Scientist in charge: M.

Viladevall. Period: 2011 - 2013.

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Clariant Iberica. Assessing the feasibility of new strategies to complement existing decontamination processes polluted zones by carbon tetrachloride and chloroform. Scientist in charge: J.M. Carmona. Period: 2005 - 2007.

NATO Scientific Division. Assessing groundwater resources in semiarid zones. Scientist in charge: A. Casas. Period: 2004 - 2006.

DSM-Deretil, S.A. Monitoring and modeling of a soil aeration system (SVE). Scientist in charge: A. Navarro. Period: 2002 - 2003.

Water Agency of Catalonia. Hydrogeological modeling of the Montseny-Guilleries granitic system. Scientist in charge: X. Font. Period: 2001 - 2003.

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Consolidate Research Group Sedimentary Geology (GEOSED)

SEDIMENTARY GEOLOGY (GEOSED)

Web page: http://www.sedimentary-geology.org/index.php Members: 33, Permanent: 22, Post-Doctoral: 4, PhD: 5, Technician: 2 Director: Dr Anna Travé Department of Geochemistry, Petrology and Geological Prospection, Tel. +34 93 4021416. Email: [email protected]

1. Objectives The main research objective of the GRC Sedimentary Geology is the reconstruction of the space-temporal evolution of sedimentary basins, integrating studies on sedimentary evolution, sedimentary processes, diagenesis, paleobiology and biostratigraphy. In addition to basic research, the results obtained by this group have applications for oil exploration and mining industry as well as for other fields like civil engineering, water resources, paleoclimate research, among others.

2. Research areas and Scientist in charge

• Basin evolution and sedimentary model (Dr Ramon Salas, [email protected]) • Sedimentology and geochemistry of evaporitic deposits (Dra Laura Rosell, [email protected]) • Oil geochemistry and organic petrology (Dr Albert Permanyer, [email protected]) • Geofluids: diagenesis and fluid migration (Dr Anna Travé, [email protected]) • Paleobiology and biostratigraphy of non-marine environments (Dr Carles Martín-Closas,

[email protected]) • Paleontologia dels medis marins (Dr Carles Ferràndez, [email protected]) 3. Capacities

• Conceptual and numerical depositional models of carbonate platforms in the Lower Cretaceous of

the Iberian Chain. • Isotopic chemiostratigraphy for the identification of the Oceanic Anoxic Event OAE 1a in the Eastern

Iberian Chain. • Depositional models of evaporitic formations. Evaporitic paragenesis and clays in continental

environments. • Diagenetic cycle of calcium sulphate in geological domains with important deformation. Fractures

and cements in evaporitic deposits. • Elemental and isotopic geochemistry and geophysical properties of sulphates and chlorides. • Source rocks and their correlation with oils. • FTIR Spectroscopy and UV Fluorescence. • Biodegradation of oils in oxic environments. • Biostratigraphy of non-marine formations (Cretaceous and Tertiary) with charophytes. • Biostratigraphic-palaeobiogeographic models for long distance correlation of non-marine formations. • Palaeobiological models of terrestrial communities with insects and angiosperms in the Lower

Cretaceous amber of Spain.


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4. Teaching

• Master in Reservoir Geology and Geophysics (Universitat de Barcelona-Universitat Autònoma de

Barcelona) • Master in Palaeontology (Universitat de Barcelona-Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona) • Master in Cultural Heritage and Museology (Universitat de Barcelona) • Field-trips on the characterization of oil source rocks and their relationships with basin evolution

5. Selected papers

Bover-Arnal, T., Salas, R., Guimerà, J. & Moreno-Bedmar, J.A. (2014). Deep incision in an Aptian carbonate

succession indicates major sea-level fall in the Cretaceous. Sedimentology, doi: 10.1111/sed.12105. Spear, N., Holland, H.D., García-Veigas, J., Lowenstein, T.K., Giegengack, R. & Peters, H. (2014). Analyses

of fluid inclusions in Neoproterozoic marine halite provide oldest measurement of seawater chemistry. Geology, doi:10.1130/G34913.1

Mercedes-Martín R., Salas R. & Arenas C. (2013). Microbial-dominated carbonate platforms during the Ladinian rifting: sequence stratigraphy and evolution of accommodation in a fault-controlled setting (Catalan Coastal Ranges, NE Spain). Basin Research 25, 1-28.

Moragas, M., Martínez, C., Baqués, V., Playà, E., Travé, A., Alías, G. & Cantarero, I. (2013). Diagenetic evolution of a fractured evaporite deposit (Vilobí Gypsum Unit, Miocene, NE Spain). Geofluids 13, 180-193.

Abbas, O., Rebufa, C., Dupuy, N., Permanyer, A. & Kister, J. (2012). PLS regression on Índex d’impacte (SCI/SSCI): 3,357spectroscopic data for the prediction of crude oil quality: API gravity and aliphatic/aromatic ratio. Fuel 98, 5-14.

Moreno-Bedmar, J.A., Bover-Arnal, T., Barragán, R. & Salas, R., (2012). Uppermost Lower Aptian transgressive records in Mexico and Spain: chronostratigraphic implications for the Tethyan sequences. Terra Nova 24, 333- 338.

Ortí, F., Rosell, L., Playà, E. & Salvany, J.Mª. (2012). Meganodular anhydritization: a new mechanism of gypsum to anhydrite conversion (Paleogene – Neogene, Ebro Basin, North-east Spain). Sedimentology 59, 1257-1277.

Peñalver, E., Labandeira, C., Barrón, E., Delclòs, X., Nel, P., Nel, A., Tafforeau, P., Soriano, C. (2012). Thrips pollination of Mesozoic Gymnosperms. PNAS 109 (22), 8623 - 8628. www.pnas.org/lookup/ suppl/doi:10.1073/pnas.1120499109/-/DCSupplemental

Pérez de la Fuente, R., Delclòs, X., Peñalver, E., Speranza, M., Wierzchosc, J., Ascaso, C. & Engel, M. (2012). Early evolution and ecology of camouflage in insects. PNAS 109 (52), 21414 - 21419. www.pnas.org/lookup/suppl/doi:10.1073/pnas.1213775110/-/DCSupplemental

Permanyer, A., Márquez, G. & Gallego, J.R. (2012). Compositional variability in oils and formation waters from the Ayoluengo and Hontomín fields (Burgos, Spain). Implications for assessing biodegradation and reservoir compartmentalization. Organic Geochemistry, 54, 125-139.

Sanjuan, J. & Martín-Closas, C. (2012). Charophyte palaeoecology in the Upper Eocene of the Eastern Ebro basin (Catalonia, Spain). Biostratigraphic implications. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 366, 247-262.

García-Veigas, J., Rosell, L., Ortí, F., Gündogan, I., & Helvaci, C. (2011). Mineralogy, diagenesis and hydrochemical evolution in a probertite-glauberite-halite saline lake (Miocene, Emet Basin, Turkey). Chemical Geology 280, 352-364.

Gibert, L., Scott, G., Montoya, P., Ruiz-Sánchez, F.J., Morales, J. Luque, L., Abella, J. & Lería. M. (2009). Evidence for an Afro-Iberian mammal dispersal during the pre-evaporitic Messinian). Geology 41 (6), 691–694.

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Haile-Selassiea,Y., Latimer, B., Alened, M., Deino, A., Gibert, L., Melillo, S., Saylorg, B., Scott, G. & Lovejoy, O. (2009). An early Australopithecus afarensis postcranium from Woranso-Mille, Ethiopia. PNAS 107, 12121–12126.

Scott, G. & Gibert, L. (2009). The oldest hand axes in Europe. Nature 461, 83-86. 6. Selected competitive projects

CGL2011-23948 - Spanish Ministry of Science and Innovation: The Cretaceous amber from Spain. A

pluridisciplinary study-II. Funding: 110.000 €, Scientist in charge: X. Delclòs. Period: 2011 - 2014. CGL2011-27869 - Spanish Ministry of Science and Innovation: Palaeobiogeographic models in

intercontinental biostratigraphic correlations with fossils linked to facies (larger foraminifera, charophytes, vascular plants). Funding: 63.000 €, Scientist in charge: C. Martín-Closas. Period: 2011 - 2014.

CGL2010-15788 - Spanish Ministry of Science and Innovation: Biodegradation of hydrocarbon and associated diagenetic processes in exhumated reservoirs. Funding: 50.000 €, Scientist in charge: A. Permanyer. Period: 2010 - 2013.

CGL2010-18260 - Spanish Ministry of Science and Innovation: Diagenesis, deformation mechanisms and architecture from fault zones in extensional Neogene basins of the north-eastern Iberian Peninsula. Funding: 80.000 €, Scientist in charge: A. Travé. Period: 2010 - 2013.

CGL2008-04916 - Spanish Ministry of Science and Innovation: Sedimentary and structural evolution of intracontinental rift basins from the Iberian Chain and Eastern Pyrenees during the Upper Jurassic-Lower Cretaceous. Relationship with the crustal evolution of NW Iberia. Funding: 115.200 €, Scientist in charge: R. Salas. Period: 2009 - 2012.

CGL2009-11096 - Spanish Ministry of Science and Innovation: Diagenetic models in evaporitic basins and formations. Funding: 79.000 €, Scientist in charge: L. Rosell. Period: 2009 - 2012.


• Depositional models of the Upper Oligocene - Lower Miocene carbonate ramps from the Falcón Basin

(Venezuela) as outcrop analogs for oil reservoir modeling. Repsol Exploración, S.A. • Diagenetic study of cements from Dulaan Uul (Mongolie). Areva NC. Evaluation of Shale Gas & Oil

Potential in the Palaeo-Proterozoic McArthur Basin, • Northern Territory, Australia. Imperial Oil & Gas Project Pty Ltd. • Fault-related dolomites in Benicassim-Orpesa area. Understanding the dolomitization process and

implications for the reservoir properties of the rocks and fault zones. ExxonMobil Global Services Company.

• Integrated Structural and Geodynamic research studies: High Atlas Diapiric Ridges and Platform Margins. Statoil.

• Microbial carbonates analogs for hydrocarbon reservoir characterization. Repsol Exploración, S.A. • Origin and distribution of cements in the platform facies of Shuaiba formation. Maersk Oil Qatar. • Oligocene-Miocene red-algal limestones of the Prebetic domain (SE Spain) Repsol Exploración, S.A. • Petrological and geochemical characterization of the Navarra potash basin. Geoalcali S.L. • The Annot sandstones. Relationships between diagenesis and ompressional tectonics. TOTAL. • The Pre-Messinian anoxic sedimentation in southeastern Iberia. Repsol Exploración, S.A.

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Consolidate Research Group Geodynamics and Basin Analysis (GGAC)

GEODYNAMICS AND BASIN ANALYSIS (GGAC)

Web page: http://www.ub.edu/ggac Members (including collaborators abroad): 41, Permanent: 23, Post-Doctoral: 4, PhD: 14 Director: Dr Josep Anton Muñoz de la Fuente Department of Geodynamics and Geophysics, Tel: +34 93 4021394 Email: [email protected] 1. Objectives

Research carried out by GGAC is both industry and publicly funded. Most of the research by GGAC is carried out in the fields of Basin Analysis, 4D Geology and Numerical modeling of geological processes applied to the characterization of reservoir analogues and participation in active oil exploration projects. The aim of GGAC is to offer the expertise of a large multidisciplinary team in multiple geological settings and in the use of a wide range of methodologies. 2. Research areas and Scientist in charge

• 4D Geology (Dr Josep Anton Muñoz-de la Fuente, [email protected]) • Numerical Modeling of geological processes (Dr Oscar Gratacós, [email protected]) • Structural Geology and Tectono-sedimentary relationships (Dr Miguel López-Blanco,

[email protected]) • Salt Tectonics (Dr Eduard Roca, [email protected]) • Reservoir geology (Dr Mariano Marzo, [email protected]) • Magnetostratigraphy and biostratigraphy (Dr Miguel Garcés, [email protected] and Dr Lluis Cabrera,

[email protected]) • Lithospheric geophysics and tectonics (Dr Pilar Queralt, [email protected])

3. Capacities

Analytical: Laser scan: In September 2005 the GGAC acquired a Lidar equipment constituted by:

• Terrestrial Laser Scanner model ILRIS-3D Optech Inc. • Differential GPS, receiver model GB-1000 and antenna PG-A1 W/GP TOPCON Company, for the

georeferencing data acquired by laser scanner. • Digital camera CANON 40D (12M Pixels). With calibrated lens for creating photo-realistic models

from laser scanner data. • Team batteries and electric generator as energy source of the equipment

Laboratory of analog modeling: One of the main research lines of GGAC group is the 3-D reconstruction and modeling of geological bodies. To complement the group’s expertise and strengthen the modeling resources, GGAC’s analogue modeling lab was founded in 2009, thanks to the scientific infrastructure (UNBA08-4E-006) co-funded by the European Regional Development Fund of the “Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación” of the Spanish government.


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The experimental (analogue) modeling lab of tectonics and structural geology of the University of Barcelona (SIMGEO) consists of a modular modeling table designed to emulate a wide variety of tectonic settings: extension, compression, strike-slip, basement faulting, tectonic inversion, double-wedges, salt tectonics, gravitational gliding, etc. A total of six engines run by a digital controller allow uni-, bi- or triaxial tests transmitting the deformation to the mechanical arms. The number and configuration of the engines allow modeling any strain field. The rate and orientation of movement are monitored continuously by a computer allowing it to be varied during the experiment. The modeling table also allows to carry out models at different scales, from basin to crustal scale.

4. Teaching

Courses / Field Trips The GGAC research group organizes field trips for industry and institutions/academia in the Pyrenees and related foreland basins. The Pyrenees are a world-class site for leading field trips and training courses because of the wide range of structural and depositional settings, superb outcrops, accessibility, and excellent weather. Field trips are organized upon-request. The general themes covered are:

• Depositional systems: 1. Deepwater 2. Delta and Fan Delta 3. Lacustrine 4. Fluvial

• Tectonic settings (Structure and related sedimentary basins)�: 1. Compression 2. Thrust Systems

‣Inversion Tectonics ‣Deep Water FTB Field Analogues ‣Fractured Carbonates

3. Extensional Fault Systems 4. Salt Tectonics

5. Selected papers

Muñoz, J.A., Beamud, E., Fernández, O., Arbués, P., Dinarés-Turell, J. & Poblet, J. (2013). The Ainsa Fold

and thrust oblique zone of the central Pyrenees: Kinematics of a curved contractional system from paleomagnetic and structural data. Tectonics 32: 1-34

Ogaya, X., Ledo, J., Queralt, P., Marcuello, A. & Quinta, A. (2013). First geoelectrical image of the subsurface of the Hontomín site (Spain) for CO2 geological storage: A magnetotelluric 2D characterization. International Journal Of Greenhouse Gas Control 13(3): 168-179

Clavera-Gispert, R., Carmona, A., Gratacós, O. & Tolosana-Delgado, R. (2012). Incorporating nutrients as a limiting factor in carbonate modelling. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 329 - 330: 150-157.

Sáez, A., Cabrera, Ll., Garcés, M, Bogaard, P., Jensen, A. & Gimeno, G. (2012). The stratigraphic record of changing hyperaridity in the Atacama desert over the last 10 Ma. Earth and Planetary Science Letters 355-356: 32-38

Roca. E., Muñoz, J.A., Ferrer, O. & Ellouz, N. (2011). The role of the Bay of Biscai Mesozoic extensional structure in the configuration of the Pyrenean orogen: Constraints from the MARCONI deep seismic reflection survey. Tectonics 30: TC2001.

Pous, J., García Poyatos, D., Heise, W., Monteiro Santos, F., Galindo, J., Ibarra, P., Pedrera, A., Ruiz-Constán, A., Anahnah,F., Goncalves, R. & Mateus, A.A. (2011). Constraints on the crustal structure of

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the internal Variscan Belt in SW Europe: a magnetotelluric transect along the eastern part of Central Iberian Zone (Iberian massif). Journal of Geophysical Research doi:10.1029/2010JB007538


2014SGR467 Agència de gestió d’Ajuts Universitaris i de Recerca (Generalitat de Catalunya). Ajuts per

donar suport a la recerca als Grups de Recerca consolidats. Funding: 63.000,00 €. Scientist in charge: J.A. Muñoz. Period: 2014 - 2016.

IPT-2011-1186-920000 - Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad: Desarrollo Experimental de modelos 3D para la caracterización de yacimientos geotérmicos en el subsuelo de Canarias mediante el uso y la aplicación combinada de métodos geofísicos, geoquímicos y geológicos. Funding: 226.752 €. Scientist in charge: J.J. Ledo. Period: 2011 - 2014.

CGL2010-17479 - Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación: Control climático (Orbital) en medios sedimentarios continentales y marinos someros. Funding: 95.000 €. Scientist in charge: M. Garcés. Period: 2011 - 2013.

CGL2010-15294 - Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación: Aplicaciones de la modelización de cuerpos y estructuras geológicas. Funding: 115.000 €. Scientist in charge: E. Ramos. Period: 2011 - 2013.

CGL2010-21938-C02-01 - Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación: Inversión Positiva de Estructuras Tectónicas Salina. Funding: 228.000 €. Scientist in charge: E. Roca. Period: 2011 - 2013.

CGL2009-07604 - Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación: Progress in Electromagnetic Research for C02 Geological Reservoirs. Funding: 85.000 €. Scientist in charge: P. Queralt. Period: 2009 - 2013.


OMV Exploration and Production GmbH- FBG307451: Inversion Tectonics in the Hoflein Area (Austria)

Scientist in charge: J.A. Muñoz. Period: 2013 - 2015. ExxonMobile - FBG307719: Collect multiple research cores, construct geological models integrating available

outcrop and subsurface data. Scientist in charge: P. Arbués. Period: 2013 – 2014. Repsol, S.A. - FBG307145: 3D carbonates Deposition and 3D Mechanical Models. Scientist in charge: O.

Gratacós. Period: 2012 - 2013. Cairn Energy PLC. - FBG307105: Geological Characterization of the southern zone of the Valencia trough.

Scientist in charge: E. Roca. Period: 2012 - 2013. Endesa Generación S.A. - FBG306920: Actividades de investigación en el almacenamiento geológico de

CO2. Scientist in charge: J.A. Muñoz. Period: 2012. Fundación Ciudad de la Energía - FBG505658: Desarrollo y adaptación de técnicas electromagnéticas:

control y seguimiento de almacenes geológicos (Campo de Ayoluengo). Scientist in charge: A. Marcuello. Period: 2009 - 2014.

Statoil ASA - FBG302938: 4D Modelling base on field descriptions. Scientist in charge: J.A. Muñoz. Period: 2006 - 2008.

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Consolidate Research Group Marine Geosciences (GRC-GM)

MARINE GEOSCIENCES (GRC-GM)

Web page: http://geomar.geo.ub.edu/ Members (including collaborators abroad): 21, Permanent: 5, Post-Doctoral: 4, PhD: 9, Technician and administrative: 4 Director: Dr Miquel Canals Artigas Department of Stratigraphy, Paleontology & Marine Geosciences, Tel. +34 93 4021360 Email: [email protected] 1. Objectives GRC-GM is a transdisciplinary excellence research group whose main aim is to understand the functioning of the ocean and its shorelines from a geological and environmental viewpoint. The group works on six main inter-related and mutually reinforcing objectives: (1) increasing current knowledge on physical processes and their sedimentary products and morphological effects in ocean basins and margins, with an special focus on seascape evolution of submarine canyons and continental slopes; (2) investigating biogeochemical cycles and fluxes from the shallow ocean to the deep-sea and their impacts on the ecosystem from a “source to sink” approach, with particular attention to C and N export to the deep; (3) disentangling the paleoceanographic and paleoclimatic records contained in marine sediments and analyzing the ocean response under present global change scenarios; (4) recognizing the variety of anthropogenic impacts in the modern ocean, from fisheries to pollution by chemicals; (5) identifying marine geohazards, such as submarine landslides and tsunamis, and their consequences; and (6) developing studies on coastal stability and evolution in particularly sensitive areas. 2. Research areas and Scientist in charge • Physical processes and their sedimentary products (Dr Miquel Canals, [email protected]). • Biogeochemical cycles and fluxes (“source to sink”) (Dr Antonio M. Calafat, [email protected]). • Paleoceanography and global change (Dr Isabel Cacho, [email protected]). • Anthropogenic impacts in the modern ocean (Dr Miquel Canals, [email protected]). • Marine geohazards and their consequences (Dr Galderic Lastras, [email protected]). • Coastal stability and evolution (Dr Jordi Serra, [email protected]). GRC-GM has also carried out numerous applied research and consultancy projects to solve practical problems posed by administrations and private companies and consortia, such as studies for submarine cable lying, offshore windmills, seafloor sand and gravel resources, monitoring of dredging areas and seafloor obstacles, port bathymetry and geophysical surveys for safety and operational purposes, quality control of seabed works, seafloor and habitat mapping for management purposes, and seafloor object search including archaeology and shipwreck targets, amongst other.

3. Capacities

• Research vessels and underwater vehicles. Access to a large span of research vessels, from

oceanic to coastal (R/V Miguel Oliver, R/V Hesperides, R/V Sarmiento de Gamboa, R/V García del Cid and


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coastal vessels from Spain, and foreign vessels), with their on board scientific equipment (multibeam echosounders, side scan sonars, sub-bottom profilers, seismic reflection profiling systems, sediment coring and sampling devices, water column instrumentation). Access to ROVs rated at various water depths, down to 2.000 m.

• Mobile instrumentation. Water column and seafloor. Automatic sediment traps, current meters, acoustic releases, thermistor chains deck units, buoys and complements for the long-term (months to years) mooring of instrumented arrays to ocean depths. Water and sediment sampling and processing systems. Geophysics. Shallow water multibeam system, side scan sonar, sub-bottom profiler and high-resolution seismic reflection equipment.

• Laboratory equipment. CORELAB, a facility for the non-destructive analysis of sediment and rock samples, including an XRF core scanner and soon a CATSCAN. Sedimentology and micropal paleoceanography laboratories with clean room, laser-infrared particle size analyzer, microscopes and other equipment. Access to full analytical facilities of Scientific and Technological Centres of the University of Barcelona, including mass spectrometers and other relevant equipment.

• Hardware and software. Linux and Unix Workstations. Group server integrated in a local network. Licensed software to process, analyse, integrate and visualize Marine Geosciences datasets (ArcGis, CARIS HIPS and SIPS, Kingdom Suite, GeoGraphix and EarthVision, amongst other) and open access software. DIN A-3 colour printers and scanner.

4. Teaching

• Degree in Geology • Degree in Geological Engineering • Degree in Environmental Sciences • Degree in Biology • Master in Marine Sciences • Master in Water: Interdisciplinary Analysis and Sustainable Management • Doctorate Program on Marine Geosciences (coordinator)

5. Selected papers Amblas, D., Gerber, T.P., De Mol, B., Urgeles, R., Garcia-Castellanos, D., Canals, M., Pratson, L.F., Robb, N.

& Canning, J. (2012). Survival of a submarine canyon during long-term outbuilding of a continental margin. Geology 40: 543-546.

Calvo, E., Pelejero, C., Pena, L.D., Cacho, I. & Logan, G.A. (2011). Eastern Equatorial Pacific productivity and related-CO2 changes since the last glacial period. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 108: 5537-5541.

Canals, M., Company, J.B., Martin, D., Sanchez-Vidal, A. & Ramirez-Llodra, E. (editors) (2013). Integrated study of a deep submarine canyon and adjacent open slopes in the Western Mediterranean Sea: an essential habitat. Progress in Oceanography 118: 1-288. (includes 12 research papers of group members)

Canals, M., Puig, P., Heussner, S., Durrieu de Madron, X., Palanques, A. & Fabres, J. (2006). Flushing submarine canyons. Nature 444: 354-357 [ISI Highly Cited Paper].

Pichevin, L. E., Reynolds, B. C., Ganeshram, R.S., Cacho, I., Pena, L., Keefe, K. & Ellam, R.M. (2009). Enhanced carbon pump inferred from relaxation of nutrient limitation in the glacial ocean. Nature 459: 1114-1117.

Puig, P., Canals, M., Company, J.B., Martín, J., Amblas, D., Lastras, G., Palanques, A. & Calafat, A.M. (2012). The ploughing of the deep seafloor. Nature 489: 286-290.

Rivera, J., Lastras, G., Canals, M., Acosta, J., Arrese, B., Hermida, N., Micallef, A., Tello, O. & Amblas, D. (2013). Construction of an oceanic island: Insights from El Hierro 2011-12 submarine volcanic eruption. Geology 41: 355-358.

Rumín-Caparros, A., Sanchez-Vidal, A., Calafat, A., Canals, M., Martin, J., Puig, P. & Pedrosa-Pamies, R. (2013).External forcings, oceanographic processes and particle flux dynamics of Cap de Creus submarine canyon, NW Mediterranean Sea. Biogeosciences 10: 3493-3505.

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Sanchez-Vidal, A., Canals, M., Calafat, A.M., Lastras, G., Pedrosa-Pàmies, R., Menéndez, M., Medina, R., Company, J.B., Hereu, B., Romero, J. & Alcoverro, T. (2012). Impacts on the deep-sea ecosystem by a severe coastal storm. PLoS ONE 7(1): 1-7, e30395.

Tamburini, C., Canals, M., Durrieu de Madron, X., et al. (2013). Deep-sea bioluminescence blooms after dense water formation at the ocean surface. PLoS ONE 8 (7): e67523.

6. Selected competitive projects GRACCIE – CSD2007-00067 CONSOLIDER-INGENIO, MICINN, PN I+D+i: Multidisciplinary Research

Consortium on GRadual and Abrupt Climate Changes, and their Impacts on the Environment. Funding: 869.000 €. Scientist in charge: M. Canals. Period: 2007-2013.

DOS MARES - CTM2010-21810-C03, MICINN, PN I+D+i: Deep canyon and slopes in the Mediterranean and Cantabrian seas: from the synchrony amongst external forcings to living resources. Funding: 164.000 € + 36 days shiptime with large vessel, 36 days shiptime with medium vessel and 12 days shiptime with coastal vessel. Scientist in charge: M. Canals. Period: 2010-2013.

DETSUFA - CTM2010-09891-E, MICINN, PN I+D+i: Tsunamigenic landslides in Aysen Fjord, Chile. Funding: 30.000 € + 15 days shiptime with large vessel. Scientist in charge: G. Lastras. Period: 2011-2013.

PERSEUS – 287600-PERSEUS, Funding agency: EC, VII FP: Policy-oriented marine Environmental Research in the Southern EUropean Seas. Funding: 150.000 €. Scientist in charge: M. Canals. Period: 2012-2015.

MIDAS - 603418-MIDAS, Funding agency: EC, VII FP: Managing Impacts of Deep-seA reSource exploitation. Funding: 180.000€ + 40 days shiptime with large vessels. Scientist in charge: M. Canals. Period: 2013-2016.

ASTARTE - 603839-ASTARTE, Funding agency: EC, VII FP: Assessment, STrategy And Risk Reduction for Tsunamis in Europe. Funding: 213.000€ + 15 days shiptime with medium vessel. Scientist in charge: M. Canals. Period: 2013-2016. The PI is a member of the Steering Comittee and leader of one of the project Test Sites.

NUREIEV - CTM2013-44598-R MICINN, PN I+D+i: NUevos REtos en la investigación de cañones submarinos: Indicadores del Estado ambiental y Variabilidad espacio-temporal El papel de los temporales. Funding includes 3 oceanographic surveys with large vessels. Scientist in charge: M. Canals, A. Sanchez-Vidal. Period: 2014-2016.

OPERA - MICINN, PN I+D+i: Ocean forcing of Iberian Precipitation variability and Marine Ecosystem Response to Anthropogenic CO2. Scientist in charge: I. Cacho. Period: 2014-2016.


EOLICAT - FBG 303682, CIDEM (Centre for Innovation and Enterprise Development): Assessment of

windmill electricity generation over the continental shelf of Catalonia. Scientist in charge: M. Canals. Period: 2005 - 2008.

Woodside Energy Ltd., Australia: Study of carbonate mound occurrences in the Mauritania continental margin. Scientists in charge: B. De Mol & M. Canals. Period: 2005 - 2011.

Barcelona Port Authority: Search for sand deposits on the floor of the continental shelf of Barcelona and nearby areas. Scientist in charge: M. Canals. Period: 2006 - 2009 (several phases).

Department of Agriculture, Stock Farming and Fisheries, Generalitat de Catalunya autonomous government: Detailed seafloor studies in shallow areas along the coastline of Catalonia. Scientist in charge: M. Canals. Period: 2006 – 2014 (several phases).

Caixa d’Estalvis i Pensions de Barcelona, “la Caixa”: Oasis de biodiversitat: els grans canyons submarins de Catalunya (OASIS DEL MAR). Scientist in charge: M. Canals. Period: 2010 - 2011.

Energía Austral – FBG 307448: Batimetría y sedimentología del fiordo de Aysén, Chile. Scientist in charge: G. Lastras. Period: 2013 - 2014.

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Consolidate Research Group Applied Mineralogy and Geochemistry of Fluids (MAG) APPLIED MINERALOGY AND GEOCHEMISTRY OF FLUIDS (MAG)

Web page: http://www.ub.edu/minegeo Members (including collaborators abroad): 37, Permanent: 11, Post-Doctoral: 12, PhD: 12, Technician: 2 Director: Dr Albert Soler Gil Department of Crystallography, Mineralogy & Mineral Deposits, Tel. +34 93 4021345 Email: [email protected] 1. Objectives

The Applied Mineralogy and Geochemistry of Fluids Research Group works on topics related to Mineralogy and Geochemistry. The main research topics are: Ore Deposits, Environmental Geochemistry, Climate Change and Mineral Durability. The ore deposits aims to understand the role of the fluids in the formation of ore deposits and the relationship between the mineralizing processes and the geologic history of the mineralized area, and their environmental impact. The Environment research group centers its work in the study of the geochemistry of pollution, mainly using isotopic tools to identify the contamination sources and to evaluate the evolution of contaminants in the environment. Current research lines are focused on mining, agricultural (nitrate) and industrial (DNAPL's, PAH, BETEX) pollution sources, with a special aim in the isotopic characterization of natural and induced attenuation processes. The climate change aims to understand geochemical systems in natural environments and to evaluate possible human impact to such systems, and to reconstruct the environmental and climatic evolution of Earth for the last 15,000 years carried out using lacustrine sediments. The research related to mineral and rock durability consists in study the influence and the relationship between the mineralogical and textural properties of rocks and their mid to long-term behavior in a construction context (slopes, concrete, etc). 2. Research areas and Scientist in charge

• The Environment research group centers its work in the use of isotopic tools to identify the contamination sources and to evaluate the evolution of contaminants in the environment (Dr Neus Otero, [email protected]).

• The research related to Ore Deposits consists of characterizing different types of mineralizations and deducing its mode of formation (Dr Mercè Corbella, [email protected]).

• The research related to Mineral and Rock Durability by the members of this group consists in slake durability test and others rock geomechanical characterization tests (Dr Albert Soler, [email protected]).

• Hydrogeochemistry: Our line of investigation covers empirical, analytical and numerical methods related to water-rock interaction (Dr Carles Ayora, [email protected])

• Paleoclimatology. The group works in Europe, mainly in the Iberian Peninsula, central Asia (Lake Issyk-Kul, KaraBogazGol), South America (Lago Chungará, Laguna Yema), Pacific Ocean (Rano Raraku) and Antarctica (Limnopolar Lake) (Dr Santiago Giralt, [email protected])

3. Capacities

Analytical:

• Isotopic analyses performed by the research group are:


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o δDH2O, δ18OH2O, and δ18ONO3 using TC-EA-IRMS Delta Plus, δ13CDIC, δDH2O and δ18OH2O by equilibrium using GasBench IRMS; δ13CDIC using IRMS-MAT 253; δ34SSO4 using EA-IRMS Finnigan Delta C; δ18OSO4 using TC-EA with Finnigan Matt Delta C IRMS; δ15NNO3 using EA-IRMS.

o δ13C of organic compounds dissolved in water (PCE, TCE, cis-DCE, Ethanol, ETBE, MTBE, etc.

• Mineralogical characterization (DRX, SEM-EDS, EPMA, FRX), microscopical characterization of ore and rock forming minerals, etc. Fluid inclusion studies.

• Mineral reaction kinetics. • Batch, flow-through and column experiments. • Numerical modeling of coupled reaction and solute transport.

4. Teaching

Researchers of the group teach about different topics, as: Reactive Transport, Geochemical Models, Water Rock Interaction, Paleoecology, Isotope Geochemistry, Ore Deposits, Remediation Techniques, etc. The group organizes the Environmental Isotopes applied to Environmental Isotopes Applied To Groundwater Pollution Studies that focus on understanding where contaminants come from and the transformations that they may experience in the subsurface geochemical environments. This course has five editions, deals with the application of environmental isotopes, 13C, 2H, 37Cl, 15N, 18O, 34S and 11B, to trace the origin of contaminants and the attenuation processes that take place in the aquifer. The topics comprise groundwater pollution from agricultural sources (nitrate), industrial activities (LNAPLs, DNAPLs), as well as urban activities. Researchers of the group also teach in several courses and Masters in other universities: Curso Internacional de Hidrología Subterránea (UPC), Geologia y Gestión de Recursos Minerales (UNIA, Univ. Huelva), Recursos Minerales y Riesgos Geológicos (UB - UAB), Ingeniería del Terreno (UPC), etc. 5. Selected papers

Gómez-Alday, J.J., Carrey, R., Valiente, N., Otero, N., Soler, A., Ayora, C., Sanz, D., Muñoz-Martín, A.,

Castaño, S., Recio, C., Carnicero, A. & Cortijo, A. (2014). Denitrification in a hypersaline lake-aquifer system (Pétrola Basin, Central Spain): The role of recent organic matter and Cretaceous organic rich sediments. Science of The Total Environment 08/2014, 497-498C:594-606.

Carrey, R., Rodríguez-Escales, P., Otero, N., Ayora, C., Soler, A. & Gómez-Alday, J.J. (2014). Nitrate attenuation potential of hypersaline lake sediments in central Spain: Flow-through and batch experiments. Journal of Contaminant Hydrology 01/2014

Palau, J., Marchesi, M., Chambon, J., Aravena, R., Canals, A., Binning, P. J., Bjerg P. L., Otero, N. & Soler, A. (2014). Multi-isotope (carbon and chlorine) analysis for fingerprinting and site characterization at a fractured bedrock aquifer contaminated by chlorinated ethenes. Science of the Total Environment 475: 61-70.

Rodríguez-Escales, P., van Breukelen, B.M., Vidal-Gavilan, G., Soler, A. & Folch, A. (2014). Integrated modeling of biogeochemical reactions and associated isotope fractionations at batch scale: A tool to monitor enhanced biodenitrification applications. Chemical Geology 365: 20-29.

Torrentó, C., Audí-Miró, C., Bordeleau, G., Marchesi, M., Rosell, M., Otero, N. & Soler, A. (2014). The use of alkaline hydrolysis as a novel strategy for chloroform remediation: the feasibility of using urban construction wastes and evaluation of carbon isotopic fractionation. Environmental Science and Technology 48(3):1869-77.

Badia-Fabregat, M., Rosell, M., Caminal, G., Vicent, T. &, Marco-Urrea, E. (2014 in press). Use of stable isotope probing to assess the fate of emerging contaminants degraded by white-rot fungus. Chemosphere. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.chemosphere.2013.12.029

Audí-Miró, C., Cretnik, S., Otero, N., Palau, J., Shouakar-Stash, O., Soler, A. & Elsner, M. (2013). Cl and C isotope analysis to assess the effectiveness of chlorinated ethene degradation by zero-valent iron: Evidence from dual element and product isotope values. Applied Geochemistry 32: 175 - 183.

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Consolidate Research Group Applied Mineralogy and Geochemistry of Fluids (MAG) Vidal-Gavilan, G., Folch, A., Otero, N., Solanas A. & Soler, A. (2013). Isotope Characterization of an In situ

Biodenitrification Pilot-test in a fractured aquifer. Applied Geochemistry 32: 153 - 163. Hernández, A., Bao, R., Giralt, S., Sáez, A., Leng, M.J., Barker, P.A., Kendrick, C.P. & Sloane, H.J. 2013.

Climate, catchment and limnological drivers of carbon and oxygen isotope composition of diatom frustules from the central Andean Altiplano during the late glacial and early Holocene. Quaternary Science Reviews 66: 64 - 73.

Oliva, J., Cama, J., Cortina, J.L, Ayora, C. & De Pablo, J. (2012). Biogenic hydroxyapatite (Apatite IITM) dissolution kinetics and metal removal from acid mine drainage. Journal of Hazardous Materials 213/214: 7 - 18.

Cañellas-Boltà, N., Rull, V., Sáez, A., Margalef, O., Giralt, S., Pueyo, J.J., Birks, H.H., Birks, H.J.B. & Pla-Rabes, S. (2012). Macrofossils in Raraku Lake (Easter Island) integrated with sedimentary and geochemical records: towards a palaeoecological synthesis for the last 34,000 years. Quaternary Science Reviews 34: 113 - 126.

Soler, J.M. (2012). High-pH plume from low-alkali-cement fracture grouting. Reactive transport modeling and comparison with pH monitoring at ONKALO (Finland). Applied Geochemistry 27: 2096 - 2106.

Torrentó, C., Urmeneta, J., Edwards, K.J. & Cama, J. (2012). Characterization of attachment and growth of Thiobacillus Denitrificans on pyrite surfaces. Geomicrobiology Journal 29: 379 - 388.

Giralt, S., Rico-Herrero, M.T., Vega, J.C. & Valero-Garcés, B.L. (2011). Towards a quantitative climate reconstruction linking meteorological, limnological and sedimentological datasets: the Lake Sanabria (NW Spain) case. Journal of Paleolimnogeology 46: 487 - 502.

Pueyo, J.J., Sáez, A., Giralt, S., Valero-Garcés, B., Moreno, A., Bao, R., Schwalb, A., Herrera, C., Klosowska, B. & Taberner, C. (2011). Carbonate and organic matter sedimentation and isotopic signatures in Lake Chungará, Chilean Altiplano, during the last 12.3 kyr. Paleogeography, Paleoclimatology, Paleoecology 307: 339 – 355.

Corral, I., Griera, A., Gómez-Gras, D., Corbella, M., Canals, A., Cardellach, E. & Pineda-Falconett, M. (2011). Geology of the Cerro Quema Au.-Cu Deposit (Azuero Peninsula, Panama). Geologica Acta 9: 481 -498.

Merino, E. & Canals, À. (2011). Self-accelerating dolomite-for-calcite replacement: Self-organized dynamics of burial dolomitization and associated mineralization. American Journal of Science 311: 573 - 607.

Navarro, A., Cardellach, E. & Corbella, M. (2011). Immobilization of Cu, Pb and Zn in mine contaminated soils using reactive materials. Journal of Hazardous Materials 186: 1576 -1585.


TRUST. High resolution monitoring, real time visualization and reliable modelling of highly controlled,

intermediate and up-scalable size pilot injection tests of underground storage of CO2. Comisión Europea FP7-ENERGY-309067. Funding: 683.500 €. Scientist in charge: J. Carrera. Period: 2012-2017.

CGL2012-32501. HOLOCHILL: Cambio global durante el Holoceno en Chile a partir de un transecto de registros lacustres desde el trópico a la región mediterránea (18-36S). Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad. Funding: 94.000 €. Scientist in charge: B. Valero Garcés. Period: 2012 – 2015.

FP7-PEOPLE-2011-CIG - PCIG9-GA-2011-293808 Marie Curie International Career Integration Grant: IMOTEC-BOX Isotopic and Molecular Techniques for determinig the efficiency of in-situ Bioremediation and chemical Oxidation for chlorinated compounds. Funding: 75.000 €. Scientist in charge: M. Rosell. Period: 2011 – 2014.

CGL2011-29975-C04-01, MCNN - Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación: Atenuación natural e inducida de la contaminación por fuentes agrícolas e industriales de aguas subterráneas. Funding: 176.000 €. Scientist in charge: A. Soler. Period: 2011 – 2014.

CGL2011-26488, MCNN - Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación: Controles hidroquímicos y estructurales en la formación y evolución de reservorios dolomíticos mediante modelos de transporte reactivo: el área del Río Mundo (Albacete). Funding: 53.240 €. Scientist in charge: M. Corbella. Period: 2011 - 2014.

European Comission: WADIS-MAR Water harvesting and Agricultural techniques in Dry lands: an Integrated and Sustainable model in MAghreb Regions. Funding: 424.800,80 €. Scientist in charge: A. Soler. Period: 2011 – 2013.

CGL2010-21956-CO2-01. El ciclo de los metales y su impacto en la calidad del agua en la cuenca del rio Odiel. Funding: 102.000 €. Scientist in charge: C. Ayora. Period: 2011 - 2013.

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Consolidate Research Group Applied Mineralogy and Geochemistry of Fluids (MAG) CGL2010-20984-C02-01. KICO2- Cinética de reacción mineral en el secuestro geológico de CO2. Funding:

101.640 €. Scientist in charge: J.M. Soler. Period: 2011 – 2013. CGL2010-15767, MICINN. Evolución de la NAO durante los últimos 15.000 años en la Península Ibérica y en

Azores a partir del estudio de registros lacustres y datos climáticos instrumentales. Funding: 228.700 €. Scientist in charge: S. Giralt. Period: 2011 - 2013.

CGL2007-62690BTE, MCNN - Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación: The Cerro Quema Au-Cu high sulphidation system (Peninsula de Azuero, Panamá): an example of a hybrid epithermal-massive sulfide environment? Funding: 96.800 €. Scientist in charge: E. Cardellach. Period: 2007 - 2010.

A/9978/07, AECI: Los yacimientos de Pb-Zn-Ba asociados a diapiros Triásicos: comparación entre los yacimientos de Túnez y los de la Cuenca Vasco-Cantábrica. Funding: 9.536 €. Scientist in charge: E. Cardellach. Period: 2007 - 2008.


Diputación Provincial de Guipuzkoa: Análisis del empleo de rocas blandas alterables en terraplenes y suelos

estabilizados (13-ES-560/2013). Scientist in charge: A. Soler. Period: 2014 - 2015. TRAGSA – FBG- 307920: Investigación sobre origen y evolución de la contaminación por nitratos en

diversas zonas vulnerables a la contaminación por nitratos mediante análisis multi-isotópicos de muestras de aguas subterráneas residuales urbanas durante el 2014. Scientist in charge: A. Soler. Period: 2014 - 2015.

REPSOL S.A. - FBG 307031: Aplicación del análisis isotópico de compuestos específicos (AICE) en emplazamientos afectados por hidrocarburos ligeros (gasolinas). Scientist in charge: N. Otero and A. Soler. Period: 2012 - 2013.

Posiva-IDAEA (CSIC) contract. Reactive Transport Modeling in the Framework of the GTS-LCS Project. Scientist in charge: J.M. Soler. Period: 2012 - 2013.

Fundacion Migres. Estudios hidroquímicos e hidrogeológicos en la explotación minera de Cobre las Cruces, Sevilla. Scientist in charge: C. Ayora. Period: 2012 - 2013.

CEDINSA – FBG-307395: Investigación sobre patologías en la capa de rodadura el relacionadas con la mineralogía de los suelos estabilizados con Portland Scientist in charge: A Soler

Diputación Provincial de Guipuzkoa: Estudio del grado de alteración de áridos a emplear en capas de rodadura de mezclas bituminosas. Scientist in charge: N. Otero. Period: 2011 - 2015.

ENRESA. Estudio de investigación sobre el funcionamiento de barreras reactivas en las marismas de Mendaña (Huelva). Scientist in charge: C. Ayora. Period: 2011 - 2013.

CIUDEN, Fundación Ciudad de la Energía. Procesos geoquímicos avanzados de almacenamiento geológico de CO2 en formaciones salinas profundas. Scientist in charge: J. Cama. Period: 2011 - 2013.

Valles Business Park, S.L. - FBG. 306611: Aplicació de la composició isotòpica del C de DNAPLs en la valoració del rendiment de barreres reactives permeables BRP de Feº en actuacions d'atenuació induïda de la contaminació d'aigües subterrànies. Scientist in charge: A. Soler. Period: 2011 - 2012.

Salinas de Bras del Port S.A. Informe geológico sobre las Salinas de Bras del Port (Santa Pola, Alicante). Scientist in charge: J.J. Pueyo. Period: 2011.

REPSOL S.A.: Definición de modelos de transporte reactivo en la captura de CO2 en el subsuelo. Scientist in charge: M. Corbella. Period: 2009 - 2010.

Tecnologías y Servicios Agrarios S.A. - FBG. 305597: Análisis de muestras de aguas subterraneas, aguas residuales urbanas durante el año 2009. Scientist in charge: A. Soler. Period: 2009.

Shell International Exploration & Production. Agreement for the provision of services. Scientist in charge: J.J. Pueyo. Period: 2008 - 2013.

ExxonMobil: Fundamental controls on flow in carbonates: fault permeability and sealing by diagenetic /hydrothermal fluids in the Pyrenees and Atlas. Scientist in charge: M. Corbella. Period: 2008 - 2010.

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Consolidate Research Group Mineral Resources: Ore deposit models, applications and sustainability (MINRESOUR)

MINERAL RESOURCES: ORE DEPOSIT MODELS, APPLICATIONS AND SUSTAINABILITY (MINRESOUR)

Web page: http://webfe06.ird.ub.es/minresour/ Members (including collaborators abroad): 35, Permanent: 22, PhD: 13 Director: Dr Joan Carles Melgarejo i Draper Department of Crystallography, Mineralogy & Mineral Deposits, Tel. +34 93 4021344 Email: [email protected] 1. Objectives

The main objectives of the group are to develop research and services in mineralogy (general or applied) and in ore deposits, from the field scale to the laboratory scale, to form students on the above subjects, and prepare teaching tools on the above subjects.

2. Research areas and Scientific in charge

• Mineralogy (Dr Joan Carles Melgarejo, [email protected]) • Ore deposit models (Dr Joaquin A. Proenza, [email protected]) • Industrial mineralogy and ceramics (Dr Salvador Martínez-Manent; [email protected]) • Geological and Mining Heritage (Dr Josep Maria Mata-Perelló; [email protected]) • Gemology (Dr Joaquim Nogués, [email protected]) • Mining waste remediations (Dr Pura Alfonso-Abella, [email protected]) • Geoarcheology (Dr Maite García-Vallès, [email protected]) • Identification and characterization of reactive minerals in geotechnics (Dr Esperança Tauler,

[email protected])

3. Capacities • Experience in field trip development; exploration of ore deposits. • Line of separation of minerals (Hydroseparator of heavy minerals, magnetic separator Frantz,

equipment for heavy liquids separation, etc.). More details in http://www.hslab-barcelona.com/ • A huge mineral collection of reference, including more than 18000 hand samples of rocks and

minerals, 10.000 thin sections, 3000 polished sections, (representing more than 2700 mineral species).

• Petrography of minerals (optical and transmitted light). • ATD-TG analyses of minerals. • Heating-freezing stage for fluid inclusions of minerals. • Chemical analysis of minerals in the facilities of the CCT of the UB (including 5 XRD, 3 SEM-BSE-

EDS, 2 EMP, 3 TEM). • Stable isotope analyses (C, O, S, N) in the facilities of the CCT of the UB. • Chemical analyses of rocks by XRF, ICP-MS, AA and others in the facilities of the CCT of the UB. • Different agreements with other centers to provide analytical support for radiogenic isotopes and

traces elements using SHRIMP or LA-ICP-MS.


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Distribution of research areas, and subjects of research.

4. Teaching • Master on Mineral Resources • Master in Natural Resources Engineering • Diploma on Gemology • Course on exploration of diamonds • Course on Mineral Exploration in grains • Course on Mineralogy • Course on Mineral deposit modeling • Field Trips on Mineral Deposits • Field trips on Geological and Mining Heritage • Creation of Museums of Mineralogy

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5. Selected papers

García-Valles, M.; Hafez, H.S.; Cruz-Matías, I.; Vergés, E.; Aly, M.H.; Ayala, D. & Martínez, S. (2012). Calculation of viscosity-temperature curves for glass obtained from four wastewater treatment plants in Egypt. Journal of Thermal Analysis and Calorimetry 111: 107-114.

Melgarejo, J.C.; Costanzo, A.; Bambi, A.C.J.M.; Gonçalves, A.O. & Neto, A.B. (2012). Subsolidus processes as a key factor on the distribution of Nb species in plutonic carbonatites: The Tchivira case, Angola. Lithos 152: 187-201.

Rajabi, A.; Rastada, E.; Alfonso, P. & Canet, C. (2012). Geology, ore facies and sulphur isotopes of the Koushk vent-proximal sedimentary-exhalative deposit, Posht-e-Badam Block, Central Iran. International Geology Review 54: 1635-1648.

Galí, S., Soler, J.M.; Proenza, J.A.; Lewis, J.F.; Cama, J. & Tauler, E. (2012). Ni-enrichment and stability of Al-free garnierite solid- solutions: a thermodynamic approach. Clays and Clay Minerals 60: 121-135.

Robles-Cruz, S.E.; Escayola, M.; Jackson, S.; Galí, S.; Pervov, V.; Watangua, M.; Gonçalves, A.O. & Melgarejo, J.C. (2012). U–Pb SHRIMP geochronology of zircon from the Catoca kimberlite, Angola: Implications for diamond exploration. Chemical Geology 310-311: 137-147.

González-Jiménez, J.M.; Griffin, W.L.; Gervilla, F.; Kerestedjian, T.N.; O’Reilly, S.Y.; Proenza, J.A.; Pearson, N.J. & Sergeeva, I. (2012). Metamorphism disturbs the Re-Os signatures of platinum-group minerals in ophiolite chromitites. Geology 40: 659-662.


A3/042750/11 Agencia Española de Cooperación Internacional (AECI): Optimization of resources and

mitigation of the environmental contamination produced by mining in Bolivia. Organisms: Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, Universitat de Barcelona, Universidad de Castilla-La Mancha, Universidad nacional Autónoma de México, Universidad Técnica de Oruro. Funding: 53.388 €. Scientific in charge: P. Alfonso Abella. Period: 2011 - 2013.

A/030032/10 AVIC - Program for scientific and technologic cooperation with the countries of the Maghreb and other countries in the Mediterranean domain. AECI - Agencia Española de Cooperación Internacional (AECI): Inertization and valoration of muds of purify plants for industrial and urban residual waters by using vitrification. Funding: 28.323 €. Scientific in charge: M.T. García Valles. Period: 2011 - 2012.

MICIN CGL2009-13758 (subprogram BTE): Metallogeny of kimberlites and carbonatites in Angola. Applications in mineral exploration. Organisms: University of Barcelona, Universidad Las Palmas, McGill University, Galway University, Universidade Agostinho Neto, Sociedade Minera Catoca. Funding: 203.000 €. Scientific in charge: J.C. Melgarejo. Period: 2009 - 2012.

MICIN CGL2009-10924 (subprogram BTE): Metallogenetic processes of supergene enrichment of Co and platinum-group elements (PGE) in nickeliferous laterites. Scientific in charge: J.A. Proenza. Period: 2009 - 2012.

Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad CGL2012-36263: Ultramafic oceanic complexes in convergent plate margins: a petrological, geochemical and metallogenic record of global tectonics (Caribbean region). Scientific in charge: J.A. Proenza. Period: 2012 - 2015.

Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación CGL2010-20809: Massive sulfide deposits in the Mesozoic volcanosedimentary sequences of México: metallogenesis and tectonomagmatic control. Funding: 9.000 €. Scientific in charge: P. Alfonso Abella. Period: 2011.


EVMD - Everton Minera Dominicana, S.R.L. (FBG-306833): Hydrothermal alteration processes registered in

La Cuaba Lithocap (W Pueblo Viejo), Dominican Republic: a Cu-Au porphyry-type mineralization style? Scientific in charge: J.A. Proenza. Period: 2012.

Natural Resources Canada (FBG-306665): Report of Analytical Results (Yukon samples, Canada). Scientific in charge: J.A. Proenza. Period: 2012.

Repsol YPF, S.A. (FBG-306279): Mineral characterization of samples from Brazil. Scientific in charge: J.A. Proenza. Period: 2012.

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Hanno Resources Pty Ltd. Organizations (FBG-306797): Mineral resources of the Precambrian of Western Sahara. Scientific in charge: J.C. Melgarejo. Period: 2012.

UCEM - Uniland Cementera, S.A. (FBG-305370): Technical inform for the renovation of the mining concession 3875. Scientific in charge: S. Martínez. Period: 2009 - 2010.

CCL Peninsular, S.A. (FBG-305059): Assessment of the Metallogenetic potential of the mineral resources, ores and industrial minerals, from Angola. Scientific in charge: J.C. Melgarejo. Period: 2008 - 2009.

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Consolidate Research Group Research Group on Natural Hazards (Geohazards) (RISKNAT)

Research on Natural Hazards (Geohazards) (RISKNAT)

Web page: http://www.ub.edu/risknat/ Members (including collaborators abroad): 20, Permanent: 9, Post-Doctoral: 4, PhD: 6, Technician: 1 Director: Dr Joan Manuel Vilaplana Fernández Department of Geodynamics and Geophysics, Tel. +34 93 4021370 Email: [email protected] 1. Objectives

The research group works on geodynamic processes involving natural hazards and associated risk. RISKNAT research focuses on three main areas of phenomena: a) Mass movements: snow avalanches, rockfalls, slides, mud-flow and debris flow. b) Floods: torrential floods and river overflows. c) Earthquakes: Seismicity associated with current and recent active tectonics. The main aims of RISKNAT are to study and to model these naturals phenomena (characteristics, detection, dynamics, reach, range, hazard and risk assessment, etc.). RISKNAT researchers also work on the development and application of various methods and instrumental techniques: GIS analysis, mapping and hazard zoning, numerical dating by cosmogenics, field testing and monitoring, terrestrial Lidar, seismometers, accelerometers infrasound sensors, GPS.

2. Research areas and responsible researcher

• Rockfalls: characterization, terrestrial lidar monitoring, prediction, hazard and risk assessment (Dr

J.M. Vilaplana, [email protected]) • Characterization of mass movements (snow avalanches, rockfalls and landslides) by seismic and

infrasound methods (Dr E. Suriñach, [email protected]) • Flood hazard: Identification, characterization and mapping of torrential flood zones (Dr G. Furdada,

[email protected]) • Active faults and paleoseismology: contribution to the seismic hazard (Dr E. Masana,

[email protected]) • Studies of active tectonics and geodynamics with GPS. Numerical modeling of deformation (eg

Finite Elements) (Dr G. Khazaradze, [email protected]) • Applications of cosmogenic isotopes to geomorphological surfaces (erosion, faults, scarps, etc.) (Dr

R. Pallàs, [email protected])

3. Capacities

Instrumentation and techniques

1. LiDar equipment: One Optech ILRIS-3D Terrestrial LiDAR (www.optech.ca/i3dprodline_115ilris_3d.htm). Differential GPS, receiver model GB-1000 and antenna PG-A1 W/GP TOPCON Company, for the georeferencing data acquired by laser scanner. Digital camera CANON 40D (12 M Pixels). With


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calibrated lens for creating photo-realistic models from laser scanner data. Team batteries and electric generator as energy source of the equipment.

2. Seismic / Infrasound stations: o 3 sensors of 3 component Mark L4-3D and frequency of 2 Hz. o 1 sensor of 3 component Le-3D/20s and frequency of 0.05 Hz o 3 sensors Miniseismonitor of 3 componet and frequency of 2 Hz

3. GPS equipments:

o 7 Double frequency Topcon GB1000 receivers with PG-A1_6 w/GP antennas for campaings. o 1 Double frequency LEICA GRX1200 GPS continous station with Leica Choke Ring antenna

(placed and fixed in Almeria).

4. Laboratory: The Laboratori de Cosmonúclids Terrestres holds the facilities required for physical and chemical separation of cosmogenic Al and Be from quartz-bearing rock or sediment samples. It covers all the steps involved for sampling in the field to preparation of cosmonuclide targets suitable for AMS measurement. Measurement is perfomred, through scientific collaboration, at the AMS ASTER facility (CEREGE, France).

4. Teaching • Degree in Geology (UB) • Degree in Engineering Geology (UB-UPC) • Master in Mineral Resources and Geological Hazards • Master in Water: Interdisciplinary Analysis and Sustainable Management • Master in Applied Climatology and Mass Media

5. Selected papers

Abellan A., Calvet J., Vilaplana J.M. & Blanchard J. (2010). Detection and spatial prediction of rockfalls by

means of terrestrial laser scanning modelling. Geomorphology 119, 162 - 171. Asensio, E., Khazaradze, G., Echeverria, A., King, R.W. & Vilajosana, I. (2012). GPS studies of active

deformation in the Pyrenees. Geophysical Journal International 190, 913 - 921. Echeverria, A., Khazaradze, G., Asensio, A., Gárate, J., Dávila, J.M. & Suriñach, E. (2013). Crustal

deformation in eastern Betics from CuaTeNeo GPS network. Tectonophysics 608, 600-612. Fernández-Lavado, C., Furdada, G. & Marques, M.A. (2007). Geomorphological method in the elaboration of

hazard maps for flash-floods in the municipality of Jucuarán (El Salvador). Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences 7, 455 - 465.

Kogelnig, A., Suriñach, E., Vilajosana, I., Hübl, J., Sovilla, B., Hiller, M. & Dufour, F. (2011). On the complementariness of infrasound and seismic sensors for monitoring snow avalanches. Natural Hazards And Earth System Sciences 11, 2355-2370.

Ortuño, M., Masana, E., García-Meléndez, E., Martínez-Díaz, J., Štepancíková, P., Cunha, P.P., Sohbati, R., Canora, C., Buylaert, J.P. & Murray, A.S. (2012). Exceptionally long paleoseismical record of a slow moving fault: the Alhama de Murcia fault (Eastern Betic shear zone, Spain). Geological Society of America Bulletin 124, 1474-1494.

Pérez-Guillén, C.; Tapia, M., Furdada, G., Suriñach, E., McElwaine, J.N., Steinkogler, W. & Hiller, M. (2014). Evaluation of a snow avalanche possibly triggered by a local earthquake at Vallée de la Sionne, Switzerland. Cold Regions Science and Technology. doi: 10.1016/j.coldregions.2014.07.007

Rodés, A., Pallàs, R., Braucher, R., Moreno, X., Masana, E. & Bourlés, D.L. (2011). Effect of density uncertainties in cosmogenic 10Be depth-profiles: Dating a cemented Pleistocene alluvial fan (Carboneras Fault, SE Iberia). Quaternary Geochronology 6: 186 - 194.

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Rodés, A., Pallàs, R., García-Melendez, E., Ortuño, M., Masana, E. (2013). Combining surface exposure dating and burial dating from paired cosmogenic depth profiles. Example of El Límite alluvial fan in Huércal-Overa basin (SE Iberia). Quaternary Geochronology 19, 127-134.

Royan, M.J., Abellan, A., Jaboyedoff, M., Vilaplana, J.M., Calvet, J. (2013). Spatio-temporal analysis of rockfall pre-failure deformation using Terrestrial LiDAR. Landslides 11, 5.

Suriñach, E., Vilajosana, I., Khazaradze, G., Biescas, B., Furdada, G. & Vilaplana, J.M. (2005). Seismic detection and characterization of landslides and other mass movements. Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences 5, 791 - 798. SRef-ID: 1684-9981/nhess/2005-5-1.


CGL2013-40828-R. MCNN - Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación. Caracterizacion y control de movimientos de

masa. Un reto para la mitigación del riesgo geológico. Funding: 100.000 €. Scientist in charge: E. Suriñach. Period: 2014 – 2016.

Suport al Grup de Recerca Consolidat de Riscos Naturals (RISKNAT) contract: 2014SGR1243. Support to the Catalan Research Groups (SGR), Generalitat de Catalunya i Conselleria de Innovació, Universitat i Empresa. Scientist in charge: J.M. Vilaplana. Period: 2014 – 2016.

Contract 332043: 7PEOPL - PEOPLE. 7 Program. PEOPLE Program - Marie Curie Actions: Arctic Geo-hazars, geo-fluids and climate change. Funding: 173.370,60 €. Scientist in charge: J.M. Vilaplana. Period: 2013 – 2015.

CGL2011-30005-C02-01, MCNN - Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación, BTE - Ciencias de la Tierra (CGL-BTE) y Recursos Hídricos (CGL-HID): SHAKE: record of prehistoric earthquakes in southern Iberia: advanced technologies on paleoseismology in terrestrial and marine environments. Funding: 136.000 €. Scientist in charge: E. Masana. Period: 2011 - 2014.

CGL2010-18609 - Programa Nacional de Biodiversidad, ciencias de la tierra y cambio global. MEDU - Ministerio de Educación y Ciencia: Nuevas tecnologías y métodos para la detección y caracterización de movimientos de masa (aludes de nieve, Corrientes de derrubios y desprendimientos de rocas). Funding: 80.000 €. Scientist in charge: E. Suriñach. Period: 2011 – 2013.

CSD2006-00041. Programme. MEDU - Ministry of Education and Science. Geosciences at Iberia: Integrated studies of topography and 4D evolution. 'Topo-Iberia' PCOI - Consolider-Ingenio 2010. Funding: 583.500 €. Scientist in charge: P. Santanach. Period: 2006 - 2013.


OC-413/2014 - Institut Cartogràfic i Geològic de Catalunya: Terrestrial lidar analysis: application to the

rockfalls of Montserrat rocky slopes. Scientist in charge: J.M. Vilaplana. Period: 2014. FMAP - Fundación MAPFRE. Proyectos de investigación 2012. Prevención nº10: Exposure and vulnerability

to rockfalls in Montserrat Mountain. Scientist in charge: J.M. Vilaplana. Period: 2012 - 2013. AP-071/11 - Institut Geològic de Catalunya: Obtention treatment and analysis of the three 3D scanners with

terrestrial Lidar of the Monastery of Montserrat rocky slopes. Scientist in charge: J.M. Vilaplana. Period: 2011 – 2012.

AP-070/11 - Institut Geològic de Catalunya: Location and characterization of rockfalls in degotalls rockface with terrestrial Lidar. Scientist in charge: J.M. Vilaplana. Period: 2011.

GEOBRUGG IBERICA S.A. – FGB 100350: Lidar data acquisition and processing of the badlands Erill torrent (Pyrenees) to evaluate erosion rates. Scientific in charge: J.M. Vilaplana. Period: 2010-2011.

2010/OC/319 - Institut Geològic de Catalunya: Monitoring and characterization of rockfalls in Montserrat Mountain. Terrestrial Lidar aplications. Scientist in charge: J.M. Vilaplana. Period: 2010 – 2011.

UB-6165. RiskCat Project: Natural Risks in Catalonia. Administration: CADS - Advisory Council for the Sustainable Development of Catalonia. Generalitat de Catalunya. Scientist in charge: J.M. Vilaplana. Period: 2006 - 2008.

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Consolidated Research Groups with faculty participation

Consolidate Research Group Geological Processes and Advanced Materials (GEOPAM)

GEOLOGICAL PROCESSES AND ADVANCED MATERIALS (GEOPAM) Members (including collaborators abroad): 11, Permanent (UB): 2, Permanent (ICTJA-CSIC): 7, PhD: 2 Director: Dr. Jose Luis Fernández Turiel Instituto de Ciencias de la Tierra Jaume Almera (CSIC). C/ Lluis Solé Sabaris s/n, Barcelona. Tel. +34 93 4095417 Email: [email protected] UB members: Gemma Alías López ([email protected]) and Meritxell Aulinas Juncà ([email protected]) 1. Objectives

The Geological Processes and Advanced Materials Research Group is a multidisciplinary group that works on topics related to geological processes modelling and advanced materials by using the latest analytical and experimental methodologies. In addition, the group promotes scientific vocation within young people and to transfer knowledge and skills about geological processes and advanced materials to the society.

The main objectives of the UB members within the GEOPAM group include magmatic and metamorphic processes related to geochemical balances, mineralogical transformation, and petrogenetic implications and associated hazards.

2. Research areas of UB members

Gemma Alías: Paleozoic geology in the Catalan Coastal Ranges; veins, fractures and their microstructures; fluid circulation in extensional and compressional faults. Meritxell Aulinas: Igneous petrology and geochemistry; isotope geochemistry; chemical characterization of magmas; magma storage and ascent dynamics; magma genesis (mantle characterization), mineral chemistry. 3. Capacities of UB members

• Basic geochemical analyses on whole rock: o Major and trace elements using XRF, ICP-MS, LA-HR-ICP-MS o Isotope analyses using HR-ICP-MS, MC-ICP-MS,TIMS.

• Rock forming minerals and advanced materials characterization (microscope characterization, XRD, SEM-EDS, EPMA, Raman, photoluminescence).

• Petrological and structural field studies.

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4. Teaching

• Degrees on Geology and Environmental Sciences (UB) • Master's degree Mineral Resources and Geological Hazards (UB-UAB)

5. Selected papers of UB members

Aulinas M., Garcia-Valles M., Fernandez-Turiel JL., Gimeno D., Saavedera J. (2014) Insights into the

formation of rock varnish in prevailing dusty regions. Earth Surface Processes and Landforms. doi: 10.1002/ESP.3644 (online first)

Perez-Torrado, FJ., Gimeno D., Aulinas M., Cabrera MC., Rodriguez-Gonzalez A., Fernandez Turiel JL., Guillou H (2014). Polygonal feeder tubes with hydroclasts: a new volcanic lithofacies marking shoreline subaerial-submarine transition. Journal of the Geological Society of London doi:10.1144/jgs2014-040 (online first).

Mazzeo, F.C., D’Antonio, M., Arienzo, I., Aulinas, M., Di Renzo, V., Gimeno, D. (2014). Subduction-related enrichment of the Neapolitan volcanoes (Southern Italy) mantle source: new constraints on the characterisitcs of the sedimentary components Chemical Geology, 386, 165-183.

Cantarero, I.; Trave, A.; Alias, G.; Baques, V. (2014). Polyphasic hydrothermal and meteoric fluid regimes during the growth of a segmented fault involving crystalline and carbonate rocks (Barcelona Plain, NE Spain). Geofluids, 14, 20-44.

Cantarero, I., Lanari, P.; Vidal, O.; Alías, G.; Travé, A.; Baqués, V. (2014). Long-term fluid circulation in extensional faults in the central Catalan Coastal Ranges: P-T constraints from neoformed chlorite and K-white mica.International Journal of Earth Sciences, 103, 165-168

Moragas, M., Martínez, C.; Baqués, V.; Playà, E.; Travé, A.; Alías, G.; Cantarero, I. (2013). Diagenetic evolution of a fractured evaporite deposit (Vilobí Gypsum Unit, Miocene, NE Spain). Geofluids, 13, 180 – 193.

Rodriguez-Gonzalez, A., Fernandez-Turiel, J.L., Perez-Torrado, F.J., Paris, R., Gimeno D., Carracedo, J.C., Aulinas, M. (2012) Factors controlling the morphology of monogenetic basaltic volcanoes: The Holocene volcanism of Gran Canaria (Canary Islands, Spain). Geomorphology 136 (1): 31-44.

Aulinas M., Gasperini D., Gimeno, D., Macera, P., Fernandez-Turiel J.L., Cimarelli, C. (2011) Coexistence of calc-alkaline and ultrapotassic alkaline magmas at Mounts Cimini: evidence from transition from the Tuscan to the Roman Magmatic Provinces (Central Italy). Geologica Acta, 9 (1), 103-125

Aulinas M., Gimeno D., Fernández-Turiel J.L., Pérez-Torrado F.J., Rodríguez- González A., Gasperini D. (2010). The Plio-Quaternary magmatic feeding system beneath Gran Canaria (Canary Islands, Spain): constraints from thermobarometric studies. Journal of the Geological Society, 167, 785-801

Aulinas M., Gimeno D., Fernández-Turiel J.L., Font L., Pérez-Torrado F.J., Rodríguez- González A., Nowell G.M. (2010). Small-scale mantle heterogeneity on the source of the Gran Canaria (Canary Islands) Pliocene-Quaternary magmas. Lithos, 119 (3-4), 377-392.

5. Selected competitive projects of UB members

CGL2011-28022. MICINN. El volcanismo como trazador de la evolución geodinámica del Mediterráneo

centro y noroccidental, 25 Ma-actualidad. 2ª parte. Funding: 112.000€. Scientist in charge: D. Gimeno Torrente. 2012-2014

CGL2010-18260. MICINN. Diagénesis, mecanismos de deformación y arquitectura de las zonas de falla en las cuencas extensivas neógenas del noreste de la Península Ibérica como análogos de reservorios. Funding: 80.000€. Scientist in charge: A.Trave Herrero.2011-2014.

CGL2007-63727/BTE El volcanismo como trazador de la evolución geodinámica del Mediterráneo centro y noroccidental, 25 Ma-actualidad. Funding: 70000€. Scientist in charge: D. Gimeno Torrente. 2012-2014

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SINCROFARM s.l. and Fundació Bosch i Gimpera. Caracterització mineralogical, geoquímica i de

biodisponibilitat d’una roca volcànica. Funding: 3036€. Scientist in charge: M. Aulinas. FBG307723, Period: 2014

IGEC -Institut Geològic de Catalunya and Fundació Bosch i Gimpera. Descripcions del metamorfisme i assessorament en la geologia del subsòl dels fulls de Badalona (421-1-1), Barcelona (421-1-2) i l’Hospitalet de Llobregat (420-2-2). Funding: 13.340€. Scientist in charge: G. Alías. FBG-304423, Period: 2007

IGEC -Institut Geològic de Catalunya and Fundació Bosch i Gimpera. Estudi, tractament i elaboració de fitxes de mostres de roques metamòrfiques i ígnies de les zones urbanes dl municipi de Molins de Rei, Girona i zona 288-124 i 289-124 de Barcelona per la base de dades i el mapa geològic de zones urbanes. Funding: 17.400€. Scientist in charge: G. Alías. FBG-304542, Period: 2007

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Consolidate Research Group with Faculty Participation. Medieval and Postmedieval Archaeology Group (GRAMP)

MEDIEVAL AND POSTMEDIEVAL ARCHAEOLOGY GROUP (GRAMP)

Members (including collaborators abroad): 11 Director: Dr. Maria Dolors López Pérez Department d’Historia Mediaval, Paleografia I Diplomàcia. Facultat de Geografia i Història. Universitat de Barcelona. Tel. +34 934037949, 934037931 Email: [email protected] Geology UB members: David Serrat Congost ([email protected]) 1. Objectives The main research objective as a geologist, in this archaeologic group, is to apply the geoarchaeological methods to add both palaeoecologic and geologic information’s to historic studies: palaeoclimatology, mineral resources, landscapes evolution, etc.

2. Research areas of UB members

David Serrat: Experimental Archaeology, Geomorphology in archaeological sites, Geochronological methods, Sedimentology and stratigraphy, Geological hazards and Natural resources. 3. Capacities of UB members

• Geochronology: stratigraphic, isotopic (C14), and palaeomagnetic methods. • Remote sensing applied to archaeological prospects. • Detailed petrological and sedimentological field studies. • Past and present environmental hazards.

4. Teaching

• Degree on Geology (UB) - Geomorphology - Initiation to the Geology

• Degree on Geological Engineering (UB-UPC)

- Geological hazards

Consolidated Research Group with Faculty Participation

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Consolidate Research Group with Faculty Participation. Medieval and Postmedieval Archaeology Group (GRAMP)

5. Selected papers of UB members

Ollich, I., Rocafiguera, M. & Serrat, D. (2014). The Origins of Experimental Archaeology in Catalonia. The Experimental Area of L’Esquerda, In: Experiments Past. Histories of Experimental Archaeology, Edit.: J. Reeves & R. Paardekooper, pp 205-214. Sidestone Press, Leiden.

Vicens, E., Arribas, M.E., Clop, X., Estrada, M.R., Maestro, E., Oms, O., Serrat, D. & Molist, M. (2010). Characterization and Provenance of the Slabs of the Puigseslloses Megalith, Barcelona, Spain. Geoarchaeology 25,195-219.

Rosell, J., Blasco, R., Rivals, F., Chacón, M.G., Menéndez, L., Morales, J.I., Rodríguez-Hidalgo, A., Cebria, A., Carbonell, E. & Serrat, D. (2010). A stop along the way: the role of Neanderthal groups at level III of Teixoneres cave (Moià, Barcelona, Spain). Quaternaire 21,139-154.

Serrat, D. (2009). Climatic change and Humanity: a permanent conflict? Coolabah 3,170-175. Tissoux, H., Falgueres, C., Bahain, J-J., Rosell, J., Cebria, A., Carbonell, E. & Serrat, D. (2006). Datation par

les séries de l’Uranium des occupations moustériennes de la grotte des Teixoneres (Moià, Province de Barcelone, Espagne). Quaternaire 17-1, 27-33.

Rosell, J., Blasco, R., Rivals, F., Cebria, A., Morales, J.I., Rodríguez, A., Serrat, D. & Carbonell, E. (2010). Las ocupaciones en la Cova de les Teixoneres (Moià, Barcelona): relaciones espaciales y grado de competencia entre hienas, osos y neandertales durante el Pleistoceno superior. Zona Arqueológica 13,392-402.


HAR2012-36497 Spanish Ministry of Science and Innovation: Sistemas defensivos en la primera frontera

carolingia al sur de los Pirineos. Arqueología experimental aplicada a la poliorcética Altomedieval en el curso medio del Ter. Funding: 24.570 €. Scientist in charge: Inmaculada Ollich. Period: 2014-2016.

HUM2004-05280/HIST- Spanish Ministry of Education and Science: Arqueología experimental: tecnologías de producción metalúrgica asociadas a la agricultura medieval. Funding: 20.240 €. Scientist in charge: Imma Ollich. Period: 2004-2007.

SPGC1999-4782DGICYT- Spanish Ministry of Education and Science: Arqueología experimental: utillaje y técnicas relacionadas con la agricultura en la Edad Media. Funding: 7.212 €. Scientist in charge: Inmaculada Ollich. Period: 1999-2001.

PB94-0842DGICYT – Spanish Ministry of Education and Science: Arqueología experimental: Construcciones para almacenaje agrícola y agricultura en la Edad Media. Funding: 54.091,09 €. Scientist in charge: Inmaculada Ollich. Period: 1995-1998.

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