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GRC-GM: Grup de Recerca Consolidat en Geociències Marines
The GRC-GM of the University
of Barcelona has been recognized officially, since 1992, as an "Excellency Research Group"
by the Generalitat de Catalunya, the catalan autonomous government. The Group
includes researchers from the Autonomous University of Barcelona as well, and
external collaborators from the Spanish Institute of Oceanography. The Group,
totalling 35 scientists and technicians, is at present one of the leading
research groups on Marine Geosciences in
Within
GRC-GM has been involved in dozens of oceanographic cruises in oceans all over the world, using a wide range of geophysical techniques, sampling tools, and long term monitoring devices. GRC-GM has recognized expertise in bathymetry data acquisition and processing, combined with HR and VHR seismic reflection profiling. GRC-GM is also renowned by its excellence on research of past climate changes using a variety of sedimentary and geochemical proxies. Long-term and high frequency monitoring experiments of the marine environment using networks of moored-arrays with currentmeter/sediment traps pairs have been completed successfully in many regions in the Mediterranean, the Atlantic and off Antarctica. GRC-GM uses large and mid-size oceanographic vessels, and manned submersibles, either by its own or in the frame of international scientific cooperation.
GRC-GM has been in charge of more than 40 research projects since 1992, financed by Spanish and Catalan R&D agencies, the European Union framework programs , and other public entities and private companies. GRC-GM publishes the results of its research mostly in international journals. Since 2001 the group has published 93 papers in journals indexed in the JCR and fourteen PhD Theses have been finalised within the Group.
How to find us? How to arrive?
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Departament
d'Estratigrafia, Paleontologia i Geociències Marines Campus de Pedralbes 08071-Barcelona Phone: (+34) 934 021 369 |
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From the airport to the Faculty of Geology, there are three options:
- Taxi (about 15 Euros)
- Train to the city centre (Passeig de Gràcia), then taxi or subway to the
Faculty
- Bus to the city centre (Plaça Espanya), then taxi or subway to the Faculty
If you are in the city centre, take the subway green line (Line 3), direction "Zona Universitària", and exit at the "Palau Reial" subway station (subway map of Barcelona available here) Follow this map to arrive to the Faculty building. Red "M" are the subway exits.
Where to stay?
An electronic map of
What's new?
| Doctor Miquel Canals Artigues has been awarded the Jaume I prize in Environmental Protection | |
Valencia, (03/06/2008).- Doctor Miquel Canals has been awarded in the 2008 edition of the Rey Jaime I prize in the Enviromental Protection discipline, due to his investigations in marine science related to Climate Change. More information: http://www.elpais.com/articulo/sociedad/Jaime/I/premian/Bernabeu/Baselga/Barbera/Canals/Benlloch/Sola-Morales/elpepusoc/20080603elpepusoc_3/Tes/ http://www2.ub.edu/comunicacions/cgi/principal.pl?fitxer=noticies/noticia004591.htm |
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| UB is the leader university in scientific production of Marine Science in Spain | |
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Barcelona, (05/05/2008).- The UB is the leader university in productivity and impact scientific in marine sciences in all the State according to the report Las Ciencias y Tecnologías Marinas en España, edited by Consell Superior d'Investigacions Científiques (CSIC). This report introduces the current state of the nation-wide sea research and is the first volume of a collection of books edited by the CSIC to treat of scientific present and social interest. More information: http://www2.ub.edu/comunicacions/cgi/principal.pl?fitxer=noticies/noticia004532.htm |
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| The UB to take part in the International Polar Year
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Barcelona, (13/06/2007).- The beginning of the 4th International Polar Year (IPY) was officially announced in Paris in March. The IPY comprises an ambitious program of international research that will run until 2009 to promote the study of the polar regions of our planet, the Arctic and the Antarctic. It draws on the traditions of the previous editions of the International Polar Year (1882 and 1932) and the International Geophysical Year (1957). This will be the first time that Spanish institutions have been involved in the campaign, which is promoted by the International Council for Science (ICSU) and the World Meteorological Organization (WMO). It is an historic opportunity for scientists to push the boundaries of research into the polar ice caps and to better understand the global influence of geological and climate processes in the Polar Regions. More information: http://www.ub.es/homeub/en/news/130607_polaryear.htm |
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The Marine Geoscience Group
will apply an industrial leading software interpretation package for
geophysical exploration
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19/02/2004 - The Marine Geoscience Research Group at the Universitat de Barcelona (UB, University of Barcelona), which has recently moved into the Parc Científic de Barcelona (PCB, Barcelona Science Park), has signed an agreement with the company Seismic Micro-Technology, Houston, USA. Through this agreement, the company concedes the Research Group free licence of the KINGDOM Suite software. This innovative software is the industrial standard for 2D and 3D interpretation of seismic data on a windows platform and has an advanced capacity for 3D visualization and modelling. Access to this software places the Marine Geoscience Group, coordinated by senior professor Miquel Canals, Dept. of Statigraphy, Palaeontology and Marine Geoscience, at the head of European research groups in marine geology. The software will be used for the training of graduate and PhD students, and it will provide training facilities considered essential for the modern petroleum industry and related services. The concession of the software, valued at 269,280$, is included in the company's educational programme. |
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Initially, the software
will be used in research projects and doctoral theses currently being
undertaken in the Marine Geoscience Group for the interpretation of seismic
profiles of the continental margins of the
The software will be used in a doctoral course on "Deep sea sedimentary processes and products", which is part of the Earth and Marine Science programme and the Marine Geology taught on the Geology Degree of the UB.
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EURODOM Research Training
network European Deep Ocean Margins (EURODOM) provides a major framework for
training young researchers in a fascinating field, the continental slope and
the deep-water hydrocarbon provinces on |
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