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Greek inflation circa 1600 BC!
This heading is used in the News & Views section of the scientific journal Nature when referring to a research article published in this week issue of the prestigious magazine. “The importance of these results is that they provide new information about potentially very short time scales of magma accumulation in large sub-volcanic magma chambers. It is highly likely that the late injection of magma recorded in the Minoan plagioclase crystals triggered the eruption. This means that comparably large or larger caldera eruptions could occur a very short time after the triggering event, thereby adding a heightened sense of urgency to the implementation of a response strategy” says Prof. Michael Dungan. Dungan and his former PhD student Fidel Costa from Earth & Environmental Sciences of the University of Geneva played key roles in this innovative study. These results were made possible by SIMS analyses of elements such as Sr, Ti, and Mg that occur in very low concentrations in plagioclase. This is one of many examples of the power of the SIMS technique. A new SIMS instrument will be installed in October at the University of Lausanne as a National Laboratory Facility. This will be a great addition to the already excellent analytical capabilities that benefit the Earth Sciences in Switzerland. Read more :
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École Lémanique des sciences de la terre (ELSTE) - Journée Lémanique 2011
Starting more than fifteen years ago, the departments and research institutes of Earth and environmental sciences of the universities of Geneva and Lausanne (UNIGE and UNIL, respectively) organize every year a daylong meeting to present the highlights of the ongoing research on Earth sciences. This year the meeting took place on Friday 2 December at the Auditoire du Biophore of the University of Lausanne.
But what is the ELSTE ? Following several years of close collaboration in the broad fields of Earth and environmental sciences, the universities of Geneva and Lausanne decided to develop a common master program. As a result, the Ecole Lemanique des Sciences de la Terre et de l’Environnement was born in 1999.
Thus, the ELSTE includes the Section of Earth and Environmental Sciences of the University of Geneva (Department of Geology and Paleontology, Department of Mineralogy and Institute Forel) and three institutes of the Faculty of Geosciences of the University of Lausanne (Institute of Geology and Paleontology, Institute of Mineralogy and Geochemistry and Institute of Geophysics).
This scientific joint venture has been and is very successful providing students and investigators with a broad range of disciplines, courses and research possibilities.
Since 2006 the ELSTE attributes every year a prize to the best master thesis named after a worldwide well-known sedimentologist from Geneva: the Augustin Lombard Award.
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Climate history and environmental impact
Abstract : Geology and landscapes of the alpine regions have been strongly influenced by the presence and action of glaciers during the last 2 Million years. Glaciers and glacial rivers are also at the origin of the most important drinking water and construction material resources. Therefore, climate variations are responsible of major morphological and geological modifications of wide areas of the globe.
Since the end of the last ice age (that means during the last 11’000 years), climate variations are attenuated; however they still have a major impact on the life conditions. The knowledge and comprehension of the climate changes and their impact have become essential in the professional life of geologists and environmental scientists. As a consequence, the curricula of our Section now include a rich offer of lectures and practical work (including field work) on the Bachelor, Master and PhD levels.
Excellence Master Fellowships
Next application deadline is 15 March 2012 for Masters starting September 19, 2012 (more...).