Xu, Jingyao (Date of defense: 2019-04-26)
Ti-rich minerals occur in xenoliths of metasomatized mantle peridotites, MARID and PIC. Xenocrysts produced by disaggregation during the intrusion have equivalent compositions. Early crystallization ...
Butjosa Molines, Lidia (Date of defense: 2018-01-12)
This PhD is about the serpentinitic matrix, mafic crust and exotic ultramafic blocks of the Villa Clara serpentinitic mélange (VCSM) in central Cuba in an attempt to evaluate the evolution of oceanic ...
Castillo i Oliver, Montgarri (Date of defense: 2016-09-30)
Angola is currently the 8th largest diamond producer in the world, but for historical reasons the subcontinental lithospheric mantle (SCLM) in the Congo-Kasai craton is still poorly studied. However, ...
Cruset Segura, David (Date of defense: 2019-07-12)
The south eastern Pyrenees allowed us to study the relationships between fluid flow and deformation in a complete section of a well-preserved fold and thrust belt. Furthermore, this study enables us to ...
Margalef Marti, Rosanna (Date of defense: 2020-02-28)
The worldwide persistence of nitrate (NO -) in groundwater is worrying since this compound has been related to human illnesses and to eutrophication of aquatic ecosystems. The main sources of pollution ...
Macridachis González, Jorge (Date of defense: 2022-07-15)
Quality attributes of food products such as visual appearance, melting behavior, or shelf-life are strongly determined by the crystallization behavior of natural fats and oils within. In turn, this ...
Rodríguez Fernández, Diana (Date of defense: 2018-07-20)
Carbon tetrachloride (CT) and chloroform (CF) are chlorinated methanes (CMs) which have been released to the environment for decades owing to scarce waste management. Since they are dense non-aqueous ...
Farré de Pablo, Júlia (Date of defense: 2021-10-08)
The finding of a suite of unusual minerals associated to ophiolitic chromitites questions traditional model for the formation of these rocks. These findings include minerals typically considered indicators ...
Pujol Solà, Núria (Date of defense: 2021-06-30)
The discovery of ultra-high pressure (UHP), super-reduced (SuR), and continental crust-derived minerals in ophiolitic chromitites worldwide challenged the previous hypotheses for chromitite formation ...
Torró i Abat, Lisard (Date of defense: 2017-01-27)
The Maimón and Los Ranchos formations in Central and Oriental Cordilleras, Dominican Republic, Hispaniola Island, are acknowledged to be representative of the most primitive tholeiitic magmatic series ...