Research group IGV's Geology group
The Geology group studies planet Earth as a dynamic system through integrated applications of geological, geochemical and geophysical methods.
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Group description
We study tectonics, geochronology, structural geology, ore geology, magmatism, sedimentology, metamorphism, natural hazards and climate change. More specifically, our research focuses on mountain building and exhumation and how these processes affect and are affected by climate change. Our work on climate change focuses on both past climates as well as the ongoing climate crisis. We study fluid flow in the Earth’s crust and ore forming processes. We are exploring geochemical methods for earthquake forecasting. We research on exotic terranes, especially in the Arctic. We are strongly committed to field-based research, working in Scotland, Iceland, Greece, the European Alps, New Zealand, Oman, Turkey Sweden and the circum-Arctic countries.
Group members
Group managers
Alasdair Skelton
Professor of Geochemistry and petrology
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Members
Leonard Barrie
Professor emeritus of Climate and atmospheric science
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Robert Dunst
PhD student
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Yangbaihe Hong
PhD student
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Joakim Mansfeld
PhD
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Paola Manzotti
Associate Professor of Geochronology and tectonics
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Paulina Nordfeldt
PhD student
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Victoria Pease
Professor of Tectonics and magmatism
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Alexandre Jean Daniel Peillod
Research assistant
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Iain Pitcairn
Associate professor of Ore geology
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Uwe Ring
Professor of Structural geology
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Simone Seminara
PhD student
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Alasdair Skelton
Professor of Geochemistry and petrology
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