Diego González-García
Igneous petrology, geochemistry & volcanology
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Assistant Professor (PAD)
Assistant Professor (PAD)
Department of Mineralogy and Petrology, Universidad Complutense de Madrid
Department of Mineralogy and Petrology, Universidad Complutense de Madrid
Madrid, SPAIN
Madrid, SPAIN
Hi! I am a geolosist working in igneous petrology, geochemistry and volcanology. My main research interest is the application of petrology and geochemistry of glasses and minerals for understanding volcanic systems, from both analytical and experimental perspectives. In particular, I combine geochemical and experimental data to reveal the evolution and timescales of pre-eruptive magmatic events (storage, mixing, eruption triggers), using a variety of techniques in minerals and melts, among them diffusion. In addition, I am interested in the use Raman spectroscopy to decipher glass structure and properties, especially water contents. Other of my interests include metamorphic petrology and planetary geology.
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News
July 2025 - New publication in Volcanica! F. Ridolfi, D. González-García. A robust quantification of H2O in silicate glasses through micro-Raman spectroscopy: insights on the compositional effect. Open Access! http://dx.doi.org/10.30909/vol/qkcb1237
April 2025 - New publication at Nature Geoscience! J. Wu, S. Cronin et al: A new volatile budget of the 2022 Hunga eruption (Tonga) shows that the low atmospheric sulfur emitted by the eruption can be explained by seawater-magma interactions. This suggests that large, shallow submarine explosive eruptions can go unnoticed in the global record but have significant climate impact. See publication, Nature ShareEdit full text, Nature Geoscience research briefing and the University of Auckland press briefing.
March 2025 - New preprint available in EGUSphere. Taquet et al. - New insights into the 2021 La Palma eruption degassing processes from direct-sun spectroscopic measurements. https://egusphere.copernicus.org/preprints/2025/egusphere-2025-1092/
August 2024 - New publication in the European Journal of Mineralogy! New diffusion couple expeiments with hydrous tephrite and phonolite from the Canary Islands provide insights on the chemical hybridizacion of Na-alkaline melts. Open Access! https://doi.org/10.5194/ejm-36-623-2024
June 2024 - New publication in Chemical Geology! Bamber et al. use crystallization experiments to shed light on the pre-eruptve conditions of the Caixas do Sul dacite, one of the silicic volcanic units associated with the Parana LIP! https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chemgeo.2024.122236
February 2024 - New preprint in EarthArXiv: Chemical interdiffusion between Na-tephritic and phonolitic melts at different T, H2O and fO2 https://doi.org/10.31223/X5ZH6J
September 2023 - New publication in Scientific Reports, focused on bubble-related, compositionally distinct filaments in matrix glass in tephra from the Cumbre Vieja 2021 eruption in La Palma, Canary Islands. Open Acess!
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