ℹ️ For the #TecDay , researchers👨‍🔬 of the #Isotope #Geology group from the IFG Universität Bern 👩‍🔬 visited the Kantonsschule Trogen, Canton Apenzell,🇨🇭 and presented about #VolcanicEruptions and the effect of #MagmaViscosity . #SATW
More info [De, Fr, It]: ⬇️
mint.satw.ch/de/tecdays

📢Paper alert! Gies et al. applied #thermodynamic models to quantify water recycled into the #mantle through #subduction . Check out how the stability of Mg-sursassite and phase A, along with the selected thermodynamic datasets, affect these calculations ⬇ doi.org/10.1029/2024GC…

🥇Delighted to announce that Weijia Zhan has been awarded the 'Outstanding Student Presentation Award' 📜 at the AGU (American Geophysical Union) 2023 for her presentation on 'the frictional-viscous transition in experimentally deformed granitoid gouges'! #AGU Universität Bern

Team Institute of Geological Sciences, Uni Bern is on the way!! #train2EGU #EGU24

Good to be in the field with bachelor students from Institute of Geological Sciences, Uni Bern for their first mapping course

📢Paper alert! Vesin et al. investigated the #insitu #oxygen and #boron isotope, and trace elements composition of oceanic #serpentinites to assess the temperature effect on the #serpentinisation reaction 🫧. What about the effect of pH? Check it out!⬇️
📎doi.org/10.1016/j.chem…

📜The outstanding work of Prof. Pierre Lanari in the field of computational #petrology and #geochemistry , including the development of the #XMapTools software package, has been awarded the Barrow Award, by the Metamorphic Studies Group Metamorphic Studies Group!
📎metamorphicstudiesgroup.wordpress.com/barrow-award/

ℹ️ For the #TecDay , researchers 👩‍🔬 of the #DeepFluids #Geochemistry group from the IFG Universität Bern 👨‍🔬 visited the Gymnasium Thun, Canton Bern🇨🇭, and presented about the fascinating world of #subductionzone and deep water cycle.
More info [De, Fr, It]: ⬇️
mint.satw.ch/de/tecdays

📢The upcoming 'Granulites & Granulites' international conference, centered on high-temperature processes in the middle and lower crust, is scheduled to take place in Verbania, Italy, from September 3rd to 6th, 2024 🇮🇹.
Registration is now open!⬇️
granulites2024.sfmc-fr.org

🚨Job offer! Two new PhD positions embedded in the Federal Office of Topography #swisstopo project '4D Evolution of the Swiss #Alps ' 🏔️are available at the Institute of Geological Sciences, Barn , Switzerland🇨🇭🗺️Universität Bern
Check the link: ⬇️ ohws.prospective.ch/public/v1/jobs…

Do you know any young people interested in studying #geology 🌋? Spread the word:
For the first time in autumn 2024, it is possible to study #earthsciences 🌍 as a major/minor program in Bern, Switzerland🇨🇭.Universität Bern
Info[DE]: geo.unibe.ch/unibe/portal/f…
geo.unibe.ch/studium/studie…

A Journey to the center of the Earth🌍!
Experts from Université de Lausanne and IFG Universität Bern are co-directing a scientific #drilling ⛏️project almost 1 km deep, aimed at reaching and documenting the base of the #continentalcrust and the transition to the Earth's mantle
news.unil.ch/display/171105…

📢Paper alert! Discover now the new study from Lüder and co-authors who demonstrated how to trace cold- #subduction features in the #detrital record, using #H2O and Zr in #rutile as pressure and temperature indicators, respectively! Check it out⬇️
📎doi.org/10.1007/s00410…

📢Paper alert! #Earthquakes 📈🌍are hard to predict, however in the case of #slowslip events, Sandro Truttmann and co-authors used chaotic determinism to predict irregularly occurring slow slip events few weeks ahead. Universität Bern
doi.org/10.1029/2023GL…

📢Paper alert! Temperature of #amagmatic #geothermal systems 🌋reaches the threshold for electricity production at shallow depth (<2 km)!
Check out the new paper of Daniel Carbajal and colleagues! Universität Bern
agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/20…

If you finished your Bachelor’s in Earth Science 🌍and considering to persue a Master’s degree🌋, this hybrid event is perfect for you!
20 March 2024, Institute of Geological Sciences, Bern🏔️
Bern-Fribourg Master’s in Earth Sciences: earth-science-master.unibe.ch

📅Save the date! Next Tuesday (5th March 2024) is the MINT-Tag at p webber, where #science fields ( #mathematics , #computerscience , #naturalsciences , #technology ) are presented to young #women who are usually underrepresented in these courses 👩‍🔬
Info [DE]
📎tinyurl.com/ynw94dcr

🚨Job offer! The #SNFS -funded project “PRINCE: PRocesses at the INterface of iron and Cement” is looking for seven PhD candidates in applied #geosciences using #experimental and #modelling approaches. Want to know more about it? Check the link ⬇️
📎psi.ch/en/pa/job-oppo…

📢Paper alert! Is the #synchrotron -based X-ray #fluorescence (XFM) and backscatter #diffraction #mapping (XBDM) the next step beyond SEM-based EBSD and EDX? Check out the new collaboration of Profs. Berger & Herwegh with Australian colleagues! Universität Bern
📎tinyurl.com/mrxu8m3h

📖Special issue! The Rock-Water-Interaction group 💧, collaborating with PSI Paul Scherrer Institut + SCK CEN, published 12 papers in Applied #Geochemistry on Transport parameters, natural tracer profiles & #porewater chemistry from the #Swiss deep drilling programme🇨🇭
📎tinyurl.com/syebt6eu