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LECTURES

Introduction to Volcanoes Part 1 (2018)


Introduction to Volcanic Resources (Part 1: Metals, Minerals, Buildings & Geothermal Energy) (2020)

Volcanic Particles in Agriculture and Gardening (2019)

Krakatau; 135 years after the big event (2018)

Krakatau - what's behind the myth? 

Universidad de Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain (2012)

Intro by Dr. F.J. Pérez-Torrado

Geological Background on *LA PALMA* Island and the Canaries

5 Min. Introduction

*VOLCANOES of ICELAND*: Geology and Volcanology

45 Min. Full lecture

METAL MINING and Future *METAL NEEDS for the ENERGY TRANSITION*

From a Lecture to the MSc class in Sustainable Development at Uppsala University, Sweden, 2022.


Volcanic Origin of Kiruna-Type Iron Ores (2020)


Introduction to ORE DEPOSITS (Major Types and their Occurrence)


Pros & Cons of Mining (2018)


FOR PROSPECTIVE STUDENTS


*The TWO FACES of VOLCANOES*

Research Profile of Val Troll by Cecilia Tiscornia, International Officer at the Division for Internationalisation,

at Uppsala University.


SWEDENS SCIENCE FESTIVAL

*What Rocks Can Tell You*

Karin Gyllenklev meets Val Troll

UPPTALK WEEKLY - THE UU LUNCHSEMINAR 

*The Two Faces of Volcanoes*

Learning to Benefit from the Monster

*The Geology of TENERIFE & TEIDE NATIONAL PARK* (2021)

Part 2: VOLCANO-Tourism and GEO-Sites in the CANARY ISLANDS

WHAT ROCKS CAN TELL YOU - 

Rock Academy



FIELDWORK


FOR STUDENTS: COURSE MATERIAL DOWNLOADS


MINERALOGY


GEOCHEMISTRY


"Get to Know Your Minerals"

- The Mineral Book by V.R. Troll

I - IGNEOUS MINERALS,

II - METAMORPHIC MINERALS,

III - ORE MINERALS

Teaching Material at Uppsala University [pdf]

131 pages



’’I came to realise ... that the use of simple but fundamental approaches and methods ... have led me to
some of the most important insights ..."  J.G. Bednorz, Nobel Prize for Physics 1987 


COMMUNICATION SKILLS

Basic Communication Skills for Young Researchers by V.R. Troll [pdf] 8 pages

High-Temperature Geochemistry

8 Lectures & Practical Sessions by V.R. Troll

Teaching Material at Uppsala University [pdf 1] [pdf 2][pdf 3]

204 pages


Volcanological Field Methods

International Geological Fieldcourse Gran Canaria, Canary Islands, Spain

"Time Travel on an Ocean Island"

Course Book at Uppsala University [pdf] 

161 pages, Report Series A, No. 75,

ISSN: 1400-1055


FIELDWORK

Safety Regulations for Field Work at Volcanoes by V.R. Troll [pdf] 9 pages

MEDITATIVE LEARNING


Volcanic Resources - A Visual Journey

FREE EBOOKS


SELF-GUIDED GEOLOGY 



Mourne Cooley Gullion Geotourism, Ireland


LIFE LONG LEARNING

Von Humboldt's Week on TENERIFE (in 1799)


Darwin's Work on Ocean Islands - A quick summary on Darwin's ideas


Canary Islands - Geology & History of Science

Lectures on SEABOURN EXPEDITION CRUISES  (March & Nov 2022,  Nov 2023)


Origin and Geological Highlights of the Canary Islands


The *LA PALMA ERUPTION*: Summary *LECTURE*


Volcano Hazards and Products


SCIENTIFIC ARTICLE SUMMARIES


*MOST DOWNLOADED Article in GEOLOGY TODAY*: The ‘Underground Forge of the Gods’; Mt Etna


African sandstorms, blood rain and continental mineral delivery to the Canary Islands.

Geology Today Article Video Summary



The 2021 eruption of the Cumbre Vieja Volcanic Ridge on La Palma, Canary Islands.

Geology Today Article Video Summary


Summary with first author Fredrik Sahlström of new paper:

"Iron isotopes constrain sub-seafloor hydrothermal processes at the *TAG* Sulfide Mound"

Nature Communications Earth & Environment, 2022. 


"Magma reservoir dynamics at Toba caldera, Indonesia, recorded by oxygen isotope zoning in quartz".

Scientific Reports, Nature, 2017.


Prof. Georg Zellmer, the new Executive Editor of Journal of Petrology

Journal of Petrology

The PUBLICATION PROCESS  Interview with Executive Editor Prof. Georg Zellmer


Now Significantly Reduced Processing and Production Times at JOURNAL OF PETROLOGY, Update July 2022

Interview with Executive Editor Prof. Georg Zellmer


FOR SCIENTIFIC AUTHORS: JOURNAL OF PETROLOGY


Editorial Board

Information for Scientific Authors in regard to the publication process:

NEW Journal of Petrology Data Availibility and Storage Policies (from March 1st 2024)

Interview with Executive Editor Prof. Georg Zellmer


GEO-INTERVIEWS

Prof. Falk Amelung
InSAR


Dr. Boris Behncke

*Vulcan's Forge*; Myth & Ancient Legends at Mt ETNA

Prof. Kathy Cashman

Black Swan Events

Dr. Carmela (Lilli) Freda

The European Plate Observing System (EPOS)


Dr. Benigno Godoy
Paniri Volcano


Dr. Ben Kennedy
Drilling into a Volcano


Prof. Nick Arndt

SUSTAINABLE Mining - Securing Metal Supplies for a Greener Future


Prof. Paul Byrne

SPACE Mining vs SUBMARINE Mining...which is preferable?

Dr. Luigi Dallai

Science and Politics


Prof. John Gamble

Volcanism in the *TAUPO VOLCANIC ZONE* (TVZ) in New Zealand


Dr. Jussi Heinonen

*MAGMA CHAMBER SIMULATOR* (MCS)

Dr. Gavin Kenny

METEORITE IMPACT CRATERS


Dr. Boris Behncke

*ETNA ERUPTION 2021* and Living with ETNA

Prof. Juan Carlos Carracedo

GeoTourism in the Canary Islands

Dr. Ben Ellis
Yellowstone Supervolcano


Prof. John Gamble

Approaching the Majestic *RUAPEHU VOLCANO*, North Island, NZ


Dr. Mikael Höök

The *END OF THE WORLD* (as we know it)


Dr. Peter Kresten
The Alnö Carbonatite Complex


Prof. Claus Siebe

*LIVING with POPO* UNAM, Mexico City


Prof. Kristoffer Szilas

Frontier Resources for Critical Metals: Kristoffer Szilas describes Greenland's Resource Potential


Prof. Tom Walter
Expedition to Kamchatka


Dr. Nina Søager

*Volcanoes and Adventure Fieldwork in Argentina*


Prof. Thor Thordarson

Icelandic Eruptions

Prof. Ben van Wyk de Vries
Geoheritage and Resilience at Volcanoes

Prof. Hugh Rollinson

on the new edition of *USING GEOCHEMICAL DATA*


Dr. Gabrielle Stockmann

*Alien DNA* in Ikaite Columns from Ikka Fjord in SW-Greenland


Prof. Tod Waight

On Crustal Evolution


Making Simple Videos for Online Teaching in Geology

Q&A with Marie from EarthStream University of Copenhagen