Sun, Xiaolong (Date of defense: 2021-10-15)
Carbon capture and storage (CCS) has been proposed as a potential technology to mitigate climate change. However, there is currently a huge gap between the global CCS deployment and that which will be ...
Tarragó Aymerich, Mariona (Date of defense: 2018-06-29)
Sewage sludge is a high volume, potentially toxic waste generated during the decontamination process of wastewater. Improved solutions for waste disposal require its conversion into an end product or ...
Lozano Letellier, Alba (Date of defense: 2019-11-26)
Rare earth elements (REE) are known as the lanthanide series (La-Lu) plus yttrium (Y) and scandium (Sc). REE are essential materials for modern industries and especially for green technologies (wind ...
Moragas Rodriguez, Mar (Date of defense: 2017-06-12)
The complexity of the interplay between tectonics and sedimentation increases when salt tectonics is involved because of the ductility of salt and its ability to flow. Discrimination between extensional ...
Muñoz López, José Daniel (Date of defense: 2021-09-23)
This PhD thesis examines the fracture-fluid interactions across different compressional structures affecting both Paleozoic basement and Mesozoic-Cenozoic cover lithologies in the Southern Pyrenees in ...
Valdivielso Mijangos, Sonia (Date of defense: 2022-07-19)
The availability of water resources is increasingly limited worldwide. Therefore, optimal and sustainable management is necessary to ensure a balance between ecosystems and human rights and activities. ...
Hopfenblatt Hours, Joaquín (Date of defense: 2024-04-05)
[eng] Deception Island (South Shetland Islands) is one of the most active volcanoes in Antarctica and has experienced over 20 explosive eruptive events in recent centuries. Recent eruptions in 1967, ...
Alex Tiewin, Abu (Date of defense: 2024-05-10)
[eng] Groundwater pollution poses a significant global environmental threat, mainly attributed to the oxidation of excess nitrogen during fertilization in aerobic conditions. The widespread occurrence ...