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Dr. Kennet E. Flores @drchikitoo.bsky.social · 20/10/2025

Honored to have given two invited talks at #GSAConnects2025 — one on the exhumation of high-pressure rocks in the Andes, and another reporting on the Penrose 2025 Conference on Eclogites. Grateful for the discussions, colleagues, and energy of this amazing community! 🌎⛰️🪨

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Dr. Kennet E. Flores @drchikitoo.bsky.social · 19/10/2025

Excited to join #GSAConnects2025 with the @UNC_EMES team! EMES is proud to showcase research on subduction, orogens, climate, uplift, and more! Come find us, connect, and be part of the conversation! 🔥🗻 #GeoTwitter #Petrology #Subduction

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Dr. Kennet E. Flores @drchikitoo.bsky.social · 23/06/2025

Sonoma Coast Field Trip @ GSA Penrose / IEC-15: What Insights Do Subduction Complexes Provide into Subduction Processes?

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Dr. Kennet E. Flores @drchikitoo.bsky.social · 22/06/2025

GSA Penrose/IEC-15 @California — at DoubleTree by Hilton Sonoma Wine Country.

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Dr. Kennet E. Flores @drchikitoo.bsky.social · 21/06/2025

Franciscan at Tiburon Peninsula - Embracing a Brighter Future for Subduction Reserach with GSA Penrose 2025 / IEC-15 ⛰️🐍🌋🫨🪨

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Dr. Kennet E. Flores @drchikitoo.bsky.social · 17/06/2025

After two years in the making, we are heading to California 🍇 for this extraordinary meeting that we have been organizing. Approximately 100 subduction experts from around 20 countries will gather to shed light on our field and discuss the next steps. 🪨⛰️🌋🌎🫨

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Dr. Kennet E. Flores @drchikitoo.bsky.social · 09/04/2025

Very proud of my graduates, both award winners of our EMES research symposium and graduate excellence AY24-25 🎉🪨⚒️

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Dr. Kennet E. Flores @drchikitoo.bsky.social · 25/03/2025

Paper Alert 📢 Serpentinites of the Guatemala Suture Zone (GSZ) 🪨💚⚒ ajsonline.org/article/129404

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Dr. Kennet E. Flores @drchikitoo.bsky.social · 14/03/2025

So proud of our PTp graduate Anna Strickland, who is laser💥 GSZ metamorphic minerals at @UCSB LASS #AGeS_Grad @UNC_EMES

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Dr. Kennet E. Flores @drchikitoo.bsky.social · 16/01/2025

I am honored to announce that I am the recipient of a NSF CAREER Award for investigating subduction zone fluids, scale of fluid migration, and fluid-rock interactions. The educational component includes activities for NC Latino youth & K-12 Earth/Environmental Science teachers @unc-emes.bsky.social

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Dr. Kennet E. Flores @drchikitoo.bsky.social · 21/12/2024

Nicaragua 🇳🇮 to Costa Rica 🇨🇷 Pacific Coast 🌋 🪨💚🌊💚🪨 🏄 [Momotombo-Apoyeque-San Elena Península-Tempisque]

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Dr. Kennet E. Flores @drchikitoo.bsky.social · 13/12/2024

Very proud of UNC PTp - Damian’s first national meeting talk today #Serpentinites #dehydration #rehydration #AGU24 UNC Earth Marine and Environmental Sciences

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Dr. Kennet E. Flores @drchikitoo.bsky.social · 13/12/2024

Very proud of UNC PTp grads, busy and successful VPG Subduction poster session 🪨 🌎 🌋 #AGU24 #UNC

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Dr. Kennet E. Flores @drchikitoo.bsky.social · 08/12/2024

@unc-emes.bsky.social Check out our poster (V43B-3193) on Thursday afternoon! Enigmatic metatrondhjemite enclosed in an exhumed, subduction-interface, serpentinite-mélange (Guatemala Suture Zone): Insights into potential fossilized slab-melts 🌋

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Dr. Kennet E. Flores @drchikitoo.bsky.social · 16/11/2024

119 Ma Pillow basalts of the Nicoya plateau complex in my homeland 🏡. The Nicoya plateau is on of the few places where we can find oceanic plateaus above the sea level 💚💙❤️

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Dr. Kennet E. Flores @drchikitoo.bsky.social · 13/11/2024

2025 Penrose on the most beautiful, insightful, and exciting Rocks 🪨 .... ❤️Eclogites💚 and other subduction-related metamorphic rocks! #Penrose #California #Eclogite #Subduction #GSA

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