Denitrification with pyrite for bioremediation of nitrate contaminated groundwater 

Torrentó, Clara (Date of defense: 2010-10-29)

In the last decades, nitrate pollution has become a major threat to groundwater quality. The consequences include health concerns and environmental impacts. Nitrate contamination is mainly derived from ...

Estudio estructural y polimórfico de ácidos dicarboxílicos alfáticos de cadena larga 

Novegil González-Anleo, Francisco Javier (Date of defense: 2011-07-11)

Induced biodenitrification of nitrate‐polluted groundwater: engineering strategies and assessment of chemical, microbial and isotope effects 

Vidal-Gavilán, Georgina (Date of defense: 2014-05-23)

Nitrate pollution is a widespread problem that affects water bodies in many regions of the world, undermining water quality and therefore its safe use. Despite the application of improved management ...

Polymorphism and Solid State Miscibility of Triacylglycerols. Application to Food Authentication 

Bayés-García, Laura (Date of defense: 2013-07-10)

Esta tesis se basa fundamentalmente en el estudio in situ del polimorfismo de triacilgliceroles (TAGs) mayoritarios de aceites y grasas alimentarios, la determinación del comportamiento de fases de ...

Multi-isotopic and statistical approaches to trace nitrate pollution sources and assess natural attenuation in groundwater: examples from nitrate vulnerable zones in Catalonia (NE Spain) 

Puig Caminal, Roger (Date of defense: 2014-05-19)

In the last decades, anthropogenic inputs of nitrogen to groundwater have dramatically increased, and they nowadays represent one of the most important water resources concerns as NO3-N has become the ...

Compound Specific Isotope Analysis ((13)C, (37)Cl,( 2)H) to trace induced attenuation of chlorinated organic contaminants in groundwater 

Audí Miró, Carme (Date of defense: 2014-04-25)

Chloroform (CF), tetrachloroethene (PCE) and trichloroethene (TCE) are dense chloro-aliphatic hydrocarbons (CAH) extensively used as industrial solvents. These compounds have been largely released to ...

Kimberlites associated with the Lucapa structure, Angola 

Robles Cruz, Sandra Elvira (Date of defense: 2012-12-12)

Six kimberlite pipes within the Lucapa structure in northeastern Angola have been investigated using major and trace element geochemistry of mantle xenoliths, macro- and megacrysts. Geothermobarometric ...

Caracterización del vulcanismo carbonatítico de Catanda (Angola) 

Campeny, Marc (Date of defense: 2016-01-20)

Las carbonatitas volcánicas de Catanda son las únicas descritas hasta el momento de carácter extrusivo en Angola. Esta localidad es, además, significativamente interesante por la presencia de lavas ...

Metalogenia de las carbonatitas en dominios plutónicos, subvolcánicos y volcánicos: Tchivira, Bonga y Catanda, Angola 

Bambi, Aurora Cuaiela Joao Mateus (Date of defense: 2016-01-26)

Se han seleccionado tres carbonatitas de la estructura tectónica de Lucapa en Angola representativas de diferentes niveles de emplazamiento de los magmas: plutónico (Tchivira), subvolcánico (Bonga) y ...

Growth, Morphology and Solid State Miscibility of Alkali Nitrates 

Benages Vilau, Raúl (Date of defense: 2013-05-22)

This PhD thesis is focused in structural aspects of alkali nitrates. In the first chapter, we recollected the most important advancement in this field in alkali nitrates compounds published since 1970. ...