Day – November, 12
Hour – 2:30 PM
Link – https://videoconf-colibri.zoom.us/j/84556909233?pwd=cUJIMW5YdWRpTk9nQ1UyOXVtTEszZz09
Title – Use of magnetic susceptibility in characterization of geological materials. Case studies
Abstract – The use of magnetic susceptibility in characterization of geological materials can be used in a wide range of applications for various reasons: (i) applicability to practically all types of materials, rocks, soils, sediments and leaves of trees; (ii) possibility of identifying the magnetic mineral and/ or magnetic particle size; (iii) possibility of identifying the material provenance and (iv) is a low-cost technique. In this talk physical principles of this technique, magnetic mineralogy and magnetic particles and sampling and lab procedures will be given. Case studies involving environmental magnetism, geological applications and magnetism in biosphere will be presented.
Lecturer – Helena Sant’ Ovaia
Current position – Associate Professor, Department of Geosciences, Environment and Territory Planning, Faculty of Sciences of University of Porto (FCUP), coordinator of the group on Georesources and Geomaterials of the Earth Sciences Institute.
Scientific Interests – Study of the emplacement of granite bodies using the measurements of “Anisotropy of Magnetic Susceptibility”, gravimetry anomalies and macro and microstructures patterns and the Variscan granites genesis and associated mineralizations in the Iberian segment. Other interests: Structural geology, Geophysics (namely gravimetry and magnetometry) and magnetism of geological materials.