Uso de técnicas geofísicas en la planificación y gestión de recursos hídricos subterráneos. Aplicación en acuíferos mediterráneos = Using geophysical techniques in planning and management of groundwater resources. Application in Mediterranean aquifers 

    Sendrós Brea-Iglesias, Alex (Date of defense: 2016-07-19)

    La presente tesis tiene como objetivos el desarrollo, aplicación, calibración y validación del uso de información geofísica para la gestión, la caracterización y el estudio de la vulnerabilidad a la contaminación de los ...

    Los minerales pesados del Mioceno de la fosa neógena del Vallès-Penedès. Caracterización, evaluación e hipótesis de procedencia 

    Esteve Fernández, Jaime (Date of defense: 2016-09-28)

    1. Se ha realizado el estudio de los minerales pesados de los materiales detríticos del Mioceno de la fosa neógena del Vallès-Penedès, así como, y con carácter comparativo, los del Holoceno más reciente que aportan los ...

    Estudio Geológico y Metalogenético del Basamento Precámbrico del Sahara Occidental 

    Nayem, Saleh Lehbib (Date of defense: 2016-09-28)

    En el Sáhara Occidental hay dos unidades principales: la cobertera sedimentaria del Fanerozoico y un basamento cristalino que forma parte del cratón del África Occidental, constituido desde el Paleoarcaico al Paleoproterozoico. A ...

    El metamorfismo hercínico de grado muy bajo del Priorat Central 

    Valenzuela García, Sergio (Date of defense: 2016-09-29)

    Las rocas del Paleozoico del Priorat Central (Cadena Costera Catalana, NE de la Península Ibérica) han sido sometidas a un metamorfismo regional hercínico de grado muy bajo que alcanzó el límite entre la zona diagenética ...

    Evolution of the lithospheric mantle in NE Angola: implications for diamond exploration 

    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, an understanding of ...

    The shift from subduction-initiation to true subduction in intra-oceanic systems: tectonic, magmatic and metallogenic evolution of Early Cretaceous arc-related units of Central and Oriental cordilleras in the Dominican Republic 

    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 recorded in the Greater ...

    Multidisciplinary characterization of diapiric basins integrating field examples, numerical and analogue modelling: Central High Atlas Basin (Morocco) 

    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 tectonics and ...

    Evolución metalogenética de complejos carbonatíticos en contexto hipoabisal y plutónico: Bonga y Monte Verde (Angola) 

    Amores Casals, Sandra (Date of defense: 2017-12-15)

    En Angola afloran complejos carbonatíticos en todos los niveles de emplazamiento tanto plutónico, hipoabisal como volcánico. Recientemente, se han caracterizado en detalle algunos de estos complejos debido a las mineralizaciones ...

    The Petrogenesis of the ophiolitic mélange of Central Cuba: origin and evolution of oceanic litosphere from abyssal to subduction and suprasubduction zone settings 

    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 lithosphere. Each of ...

    Modelization of the vitrification of sewage sludge using a basaltic matrix 

    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 at least a raw material ...

    Stable isotopes analysis to assess abiotic and biotic remediation of groundwater polluted by chlorinated methanes 

    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 phase liquids (DNAPLs), ...

    Optimization of the use of diamond indicator minerals in diamond exploration in kimberlites 

    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 in the first intrusive ...

    Sequential fluid migration along a fold and thrust belt: SE Pyrenees from Late Cretaceous to Oligocene 

    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 decipher the main ...

    Geochemistry of rare earth elements in acid mine drainage precipitates 

    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 turbines, batteries, ...

    Optimization of induced denitrification strategies in polluted water bodies from agricultural sources 

    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 are linked to intensive ...

    El volcanismo calcoalcalino y peralcalino del suroeste de Cerdeña (Italia) y mineralizaciones asociadas 

    Carrazana Di Lucia, Ariana (Date of defense: 2020-11-19)

    El volcanismo oligo-mioceno del Sulcis, SO de Cerdeña (Italia) presenta la particularidad de contener rocas peralcalinas y alcalinas de un ambiente geodinámico anorogénico posterior a la actividad orogénica relacionada con ...

    Estudi petrogenètic del complex intermedi-màfic-ultramàfic de Susqueda (Serralada Prelitoral Catalana). Implicacions en la gènesi i evolució del plutonisme hercinià del NE de la Península Ibèrica. 

    Esteve i Girbés, Sergi (Date of defense: 2021-03-18)

    El Complex de Susqueda constitueix el major aflorament de roques màfiques i ultramàfiques associades a granitoides hercinians de la Serralada Costanera Catalana. Des dels inicis del segle passat, les roques màfiques de ...

    Diverse origin and processes in the formation of diamond and other exotic minerals in ophiolitic chromitites 

    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 and motivated the ...

    Fluid flow evolution in the Alpine-related basement and sedimentary cover structures in the Southern Pyrenees: an integrated structural, petrographic and geochemical approach 

    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 order to investigate ...

    Genesis and evolution of chromitites in ophiolite complexes from a mineralogical perspective 

    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 of ultra-high ...