Research Topics

  • Volcanology and igneous petrology (Western-Central Mediterranean Region, Canary Islands, Southern Andes)
  • Natural and anthropogenic geochemical cycles of trace elements: hydrochemistry, water quality, coal and thermal power plants
  • Remote sensing and GIS in environmental geology: mining restoration, volcanic hazards, geochemical mapping
  • Deterioration of cultural heritage 

 

News

Criteria to distinguish the best limestones for EDR remineralization have been identified in a collaborative research with the ATLL company. Results have been published in the scientific journal Desalination, 2008, 227(1-3): 314-326 (2/5/2008).

A collaborative work between the Universidad de la República of Uruguay and our PEGEFA Research Group shows the distribution of arsenic and other trace elements in the Aquifer Mercedes in Uruguay. Results were presented in the V CIFIQA Congress at Mar del Plata Argentina (16/04/2008).