Publications
Getenet, M., Otálora, F., Emmerling, F., Al-Sabbagh, D., García-Ruiz, J.M.
Mineral Precipitation and Hydrochemical Evolution Through Evaporitic Processes in Soda Brines (East African Rift Valley).
Chemical Geology 2022, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chemgeo.2022.121222
Getenet, M., García-Ruiz, J.M., Otálora, F., Emmerling, F., Al-Sabbagh, D., Verdugo-Escamilla, C.
A comprehensive methodology for monitoring evaporitic mineral precipitation and hydrochemical evolution of saline lakes: the case of Lake Magadi soda brine (East African Rift Valley, Kenya).
Crystal Growth & Design 2022, https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.cgd.1c01391
Getenet, M., Rieder, J., Kellermeier, M., Kunz, W., García-Ruiz, J.M.
Tubular structures of calcium carbonate: formation, characterization, and implications in natural mineral environments.
Chemistry – A European Journal 2021, https://doi.org/10.1002/chem.202101417
Getenet, M., García-Ruiz, J.M., Verdugo-Escamilla, C., Guerra-Tschuschke, I.
Mineral Vesicles and Chemical Gardens from Carbonate-Rich Alkaline Brines of Lake Magadi, Kenya.
Crystals 2020, https://doi.org/10.3390/cryst10060467
Paper Presentations
7. Getenet, M., García-Ruiz, J.M., Otálora, F., Emmerling, F., Al-Sabbagh, D. Mineral Precipitation and Hydrochemical Evolution Through Evaporitic Processes in Soda Brines. Sociedad Española de Mineralogía-Sociedad Española de Arcillas (SEM-SEA) 2022 meeting, Baeza, Spain, June 28 – July 1, 2022. Macla nº 26, 2022, 70-71
6. Getenet, M., García-Ruiz, J.M. Calcium Carbonate Tubular Structures from Soda Lake Water: Growth Process, Characterization, and Implications to Prebiotic Chemistry and Origin of Life. AGU 2021 fall meeting, New Orleans and Online, 13 – 17 December 2021. https://doi.org/10.1002/essoar.10509574.1
5. Getenet, M., García-Ruiz, J.M. Crystal texture of mineral self-organized structures from soda lake water and their implication to early Earth and prebiotic chemistry. IUCr 2021 congress, Prague (Czech Republic) and Online, 14 – 22 August 2021. https://doi.org/10.1107/S010876732109276X
4. Getenet, M., García-Ruiz, J.M., Otálora, F., Verdugo-Escamilla C. Searching for mineral self-organization in soda lakes. Goldschmidt 2021 conference, Online, 4 – 9 July 2021. https://doi.org/10.7185/gold2021.5047
3. Getenet, M., García-Ruiz, J.M., Emmerling, F., Al-Sabbagh, D., Otálora, F., Verdugo-Escamilla, C. Monitoring mineral precipitation sequence of Lake Magadi soda lake: A multi-technical approach. EGU General Assembly 2021, online, 19 – 30 April 2021, EGU21-4392, 2021. https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-egu21-4392
2. Getenet, M., García-Ruiz, J.M., Emmerling, F., Al-Sabbagh, D., Otálora, F., Verdugo-Escamilla, C. In Situ Monitoring of Mineral Precipitation Sequence from Acoustically Levitated Droplets of Lake Magadi Brine, East African Rift Valley. GE3C 2021 symposium, Vigo (Spain), 19 – 22 January 2021
1. Getenet, M., García-Ruiz, J.M., Otálora, F., Verdugo-Escamilla C. Mineral Precipitation from Soda Brines, Lake Magadi, Rift Valley (Kenya). AGU 2020 fall meeting, Online, 01 – 17 December 2020 (poster). https://doi.org/10.1002/essoar.10505653.2
Cover Features
Getenet, M., Rieder, J., Kellermeier, M., Kunz, W., García-Ruiz, J.M.
Tubular Structures of Calcium Carbonate: Formation, Characterization, and Implications in Natural Mineral Environments.
Chemistry – A European Journal 2021, https://doi.org/10.1002/chem.202103978
PhD Thesis
Melese Getenet Dessie. Geochemical Self-Organization and Mineral Pattern Formation in Soda Lakes of the Rift Valley.
University of Granada, February 2023. https://hdl.handle.net/10481/80343
Supervised by: Prof. Juan Manuel García-Ruiz