IGV seminar series
The Department of Geological Sciences at Stockholm University holds seminars on interesting and current topics in earth sciences. These seminars are given by the Department’s own staff as well as invited guests and are open to the public.
The mineralization potential and ore-forming processes in magma chambers in Greenland

February 2024
Speaker: Thomas Ulrich, Institute of Geotechnology and Mineral Resources, Clausthal University of Technology, Germany
Abstract: The mineralization potential and ore-forming processes in magma chambers in Greenland (275 Kb)
Temperature and fluid composition during the aqueous alteration of CM carbonaceous chondrite

February 2025
Speaker: Matthieu Clog, Lecturer in Earth Sciences, SUERC East Kilbride, United Kingdom
Abstract: Temperature and fluid composition during the aqueous alteration of CM carbonaceous ... (1974 Kb)
Constraining marine silicate alteration in the Ulleung Basin (East/Japan Sea) using stable Si isotope and reaction transport modellin

January 2025
Speaker: Tzu-Hao, PhD student at the Department of Geological Sciences, Stockholm University
Abstract: Constraining marine silicate alteration in the Ulleung Basin (East/Japan Sea) using ... (210 Kb)
2024 Seminars
Stochasticity, Stability, and Hysteresis in Biogeochemical Cycling of Carbon and Silicon
November 2024
Speaker: Yi Hou, Postdoctoral Researcher at Geological Institute, Department of Earth Sciences, ETH Zürich
Stochasticity, Stability, and Hysteresis in Biogeochemical Cycling of Carbon and Silicon (781 Kb)
Cryospheric Cap Degradation as a Driver of Antarctic Seep Emergence

April 2024
Speaker: Dr Sarah Seabrook, Marine Biogeochemist at National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research (NIWA), New Zealand
Abstract: Cryospheric Cap Degradation as a Driver of Antarctic Seep Emergence (159 Kb)
No laughing matter: nitrous oxide cycling in oxygen depleted waters

March 2024
Speaker: Laura Bristow, Associate Professor of marine Chemistry at Göteborg University
Abstract:No laughing matter: nitrous oxide cycling in oxygen depleted waters (284 Kb)
Tectonic transitions through Earth history: a current synthesis and future directions

March 2024
Speaker: Richard M. Palin, Associate Professor of Petrology at the University of Oxford, United Kingdom
Abstract: Tectonic transitions through Earth history: a current synthesis and future directions (560 Kb)
Temporal scale changes in species distributions in Store Mosse bog, south-central Sweden

March 2024
Speaker: PhD student Eleonor Ryberg, Department of Geological Sciences, Stockholm University.
Abstract: Temporal scale changes in species distributions in Store Mosse bog, south-central Sweden (595 Kb)

Paleoenvironmental reconstructions in the Canadian Arctic using biomarkers
February 2024
Speaker: Julie Lattaud, Department of Environmental Sciences, University of Basel, Switzerland.
Abstract: Paleoenvironmental reconstructions in the Canadian Arctic using biomarkers (373 Kb)

Simulating the mid-Miocene, from single cell to global paleoclimate modelling
January 2024
Speaker: Martin Renoult, postdoctoral researcher at the Department of Geological Sciences.
Abstract: Simulating the mid-Miocene, from single cell to global paleoclimate modelling (349 Kb)
2023 seminars

Estuaries as biogeochemical reactors; implications for Si and Ca transport across tropical monsoonal estuary
September 2023
Speaker: Sarath Pullyottum Kavil, Post-doctoral researcher at IGV, Department of Geological Sciences, Stockholm University.
Abstract:
Estuaries as biogeochemical reactors; implications for Si and Ca transport across tropical monsoonal (843 Kb)

Diverse lava flow morphologies in the stratigraphy of the floor of Jezero crater, Mars
May 2023
Speaker: Sanna Alwmark, Associate Senior Lecturer at the Department of Geology, Lund University.

Melt Inclusions in Migmatites and Granulites
April 2023
Speaker: Bernardo Cesare, Professor of Petrography and Petrology at the Geosciences Department of the University of Padua, Italy.

Methane seepage in the sedimentary record: application of geochemical proxies to modern and fossil systems
February 2023
Speaker: Claudio Argentino, Centre for Arctic Gas Hydrate, Environment and Climate, UiT-The Arctic University of Norway, Tromsø, Norway.
Abstract:
Methane seepage in the sedimentary record: application of geochemical proxies to modern and fossil (1203 Kb)

Zircon complex history during high-grade metamorphism: insights from multimethod petrochronology
January 2023
Speaker: Dr. Caroline Lotout, Centre de Recherches Pétrographiques et Géochimiques, France and the Memorial University of Newfoundland, Canada.
2022 seminars

Using trace metal isotopes to study marine biogeochemistry: studies on marine Fe and Zn cycles
November 2022
Speaker: Wen-Hsuan LIAO, Postdoctoral Research Fellow from the Department of Ocean Systems (OCS), Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research (NIOZ), Texel, The Netherlands.
Using trace metal isotopes to study marine biogeochemistry: studies on marine Fe and Zn cycles (151 Kb)

Depositional environment and provenance switch at the edge of Baltica during the late Neoproterozoic and Cambrian
November 2022
Speaker: Professor Guido Meinhold, Technische Universität, Bergakademie Freiberg, Germany

Time Machine Biology: Paleobiology provides glimpses of future ocean
October 2022
Speaker: Dr. Moriaki Yasuhara, University of Hong Kong.

Lithium isotopes in Himalayan rivers: adding constraints to silicate weathering dynamics
October 2022
Speaker: Madeleine S. Bohlin, Researcher at the Department of Earth Sciences, Uppsala University
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Bizarre carbonates and palaeoclimate: glendonite and its parent mineral ikaite
September 2022
Speaker: Postdoctoral Fellow Madeleine Larissa Vickers, University of Oslo, Norway
Magmatic evolution during the 2021 Cumbre Vieja eruption on La Palma, Canary Islands, Spain

May 2022
Speaker: Dr. Jane Scarrow, University of Granada, Spain
Critical Raw Materials for the Energy Transition

March 2022
Speaker: Kathryn Goodenough, British Geological Survey
How can we use acoustics to visualize, map and quantify turbulent mixing and vertical transport rates?

March 2022
Speaker: Julia Muchwski, PhD student at the Department of geological sciences
Experimenting with melts and sediments from large igneous provinces

February 2022
Speaker: Frances Deegan, Department of Earth Sciences, Uppsala University, Sweden
A case study from Thailand
– Paleoenvironmental and paleoclimatological research using molecular fossils and compound-specific isotope analysis from lake sediments

January 2022
Speaker: Dr. Rienk Smittenberg, Univ. Docent at the Department of Geological Sciences
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2021 seminars
Endless Forams: Automating large-scale geobiological studies using deep learning

October 2021
Speaker: Allison Hsiang, Researcher at the Department of Geological Sciences
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Tracing climate shifts using Sediment DNA from Hall’s Cave, Texas
September 30 2021
Speaker: Anna Linderholm, researcher at the Department of Geological Sciences
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Survival of an old basement in the Alpine belt

March 2021
Speaker: Francesco Nosenzo (PhD student) Stockholm University
Abstract: Survival of an old basement in the Alpine belt (277 Kb)
Sea ice marginal conditions in the Eurasian sector of the Arctic over the last ~800 000 years

March 2021
Speaker: Dr. Jochen Knies, Geological Survey of Norway & CAGE, Tromsø, Norway.
Abstract: Sea ice marginal conditions in the Eurasian sector of the Arctic over the last ~800 000 y. (259 Kb)
Freshwater bivalves as a record of the topographic evolution of the Variscan belt

January 2021
Speaker: Michel Ballèvre | University of Rennes, France.
Abstract: Freshwater bivalves as a record of the topographic evolution of the Variscan belt (549 Kb)
2020 seminars
Cryosphere-regulated groundwater discharge in submarine environments

November 2020
Speaker: Wei-Li Hong | Assistant professor Department of geological sciences, Stockholm University.
Abstract: Cryosphere-regulated groundwater discharge in submarine environments (164 Kb)
Blue minerals and blue rocks: From minerals to models

November 2020
Speaker: Paola Manzotti | Assistant professor, Tectonics, metamorphic petrology and geochronology" Department of geological sciences, Stockholm University.
Abstract: Blue minerals and blue rocks: From minerals to models (659 Kb)
Last updated: February 25, 2025
Source: Department of Geological Sciences