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Sascha Brune @sasbrune.bsky.social · 04/05/2026

⚒️ What are earthquake swarms? Why do they like continental rifts? ⚒️ Find out in our #RiftAndRiftedMarginsSeminar May 11th 2026, 4 pm CEST with @seismosizer.bsky.social Meritxell Colet Martina Raggiunti Register uni-potsdam.zoom-x.de/meeting/regi... Past talks www.youtube.com/@riftandrift...

May 11th: “Earthquake swarms in continental rifts”

16:00 Pınar Büyükakpınar (GFZ, Potsdam, Germany)
“The Anatomy of Seismic Swarms in the Eger Rift”

16:20 Meritxell Colet (Columbia University, New York, US)
"Space-time Clustering of Seismicity in the Tanganyika-Rukwa Rift Zone, East Africa”

16:40 Martina Raggiunti (INGV, Rome, Italy)
“Spatio-temporal Evolution of Seismic Clusters in the Main Ethiopian Rift: Fluid-induced Swarms vs. Tectonic Earthquakes”

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Sascha Brune @sasbrune.bsky.social · 24/02/2026

⚒️ How do rotational tectonics affect continental rifting and break-up? ⚒️ Find out in our next #RiftAndRiftedMarginsSeminar on March 2nd 2026, 4 pm CET with Ran Issachar, Hany Khalil, Asfaw Erbello Register uni-potsdam.zoom-x.de/meeting/regi... Past talks www.youtube.com/@riftandrift...

16:00 Ran Issachar (Geological Survey of Israel)
“Plume-induced plate rotation in the Afro-Arabian rift”

16:20 Hany Khalil (Alexandria University, Egypt)
“Impact of rotation pole proximity on rift evolution: analog and numerical modelling insights from the Red Sea”

16:40 Asfaw Erbello (Adama Science and Technology University, Ethiopia) “Temporal variation in counterclockwise vertical-axis block rotations across a rift overlap zone, southwestern Ethiopia, East Africa”

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Sascha Brune @sasbrune.bsky.social · 27/01/2026

⚒️ How does seafloor spreading initiate when continents break apart? ⚒️ Find out in our next #RiftAndRiftedMarginsSeminar on Feb 2nd 2026, 4 pm CET with Daniel Sauter, Éva Oravecz, Leila Mezri Register uni-potsdam.zoom-x.de/meeting/regi... Past talks www.youtube.com/@riftandrift...

16:00 Daniel Sauter (University of Strasbourg, France)
“Was the mantle warmer when Pangea broke up? Insights from initial oceanic crustal thickness alongside the rifted margins of the Atlantic and Indian oceans”

16:20 Éva Oravecz (Eötvös Loránd University, Hungary and ETH, Switzerland)
“The effects of oblique rifting on the syn-rift magmatism and spreading initiation”

16:40 Leila Mezri (University of Bremen – MARUM, Germany)
“Tectonic controls on melt production and crustal architecture during magma-poor seafloor spreading”

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Sascha Brune @sasbrune.bsky.social · 29/12/2025

⚒️ How does orogenic inheritance affect rifting and continental break-up? ⚒️ Find out in our next #RiftAndRiftedMarginsSeminar on Jan 5th 2026, 4 pm CET with Mélanie Ballay, Jeffrey Pollock, Zoltán Erdős Register uni-potsdam.zoom-x.de/meeting/regi... Past talks www.youtube.com/@riftandrift...

January 5th: “Sources of rift inheritance”

16:00 CET: Mélanie Ballay (University of Strasbourg, France)
“Mantle inheritance and mantle-melt interaction, two key factors in the lithospheric break-up: insights from the Australia-Antarctica magma-poor rifted margins"

16:20 CET: Jeffrey Pollock (Mount Royal University, Canada)
“The influence of orogenic collapse and tectonic inheritance on continental break-up: insights from seismic anisotropy in the lithospheric mantle"

16:40 CET: Zoltán Erdős (University of Potsdam, Germany)
“The influence of orogenic inheritance on rift dynamics - a numerical modeling perspective”

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Sascha Brune @sasbrune.bsky.social · 03/12/2025

⚒️ Join our EGU26 session ⚒️ "Multi-scale subsurface processes, fluid systems and raw materials supporting the energy transition" meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EGU26/sessio... Convened by Meike Bagge, Christian Heine, Judith Bott, Maximilian Hasch, Sascha Brune

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Sascha Brune @sasbrune.bsky.social · 25/11/2025

⚒️ What can geodetic techniques reveal about continental rifting? ⚒️ Find out in our next #RiftAndRiftedMarginsSeminar on Dec 1st, 4 pm CET with Sarah Stamps, @sorcerinsar.bsky.social, James Wood Register uni-potsdam.zoom-x.de/meeting/regi... Past talks www.youtube.com/@riftandrift...

16:00 Sarah Stamps (Virginia Polytechnic, U.S.A.)
“Open Access GNSS datasets for investigations of extensional settings”

16:20 Carolina Pagli (University of Pisa, Italy)
“InSAR insights into earthquakes and volcanoes of the East African Rift”

16:40 James Wood (Imperial College London, U.K.)
“Resolving coseismic and aseismic normal fault slip behaviours from InSAR time series: examples from Central Greece”

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Sascha Brune @sasbrune.bsky.social · 28/10/2025

⚒️ What does rift topography reveal about tectonic, magmatic and surface processes? ⚒️ Nov 3rd, 4 pm CET #RiftAndRiftedMarginsSeminar with @rehachandresh.bsky.social @jrarrowsmith.bsky.social David Fernández-Blanco Register uni-potsdam.zoom-x.de/meeting/regi... www.youtube.com/@riftandrift...

November 3rd: “Topography data and rift processes”

16:00 Reha Chandresh (University of Florence) - Spatio-temporal fault evolution patterns in magma-rich rifts using quantitative geomorphology - insights from Central Afar, Ethiopia

16:20 Ramon Arrowsmith (Arizona State University) - Topography Data and Rift Processes: mapping, landscape reconstruction, tectonic geomorphology, and topographic differencing

16:40 David Fernández-Blanco (Chinese Academy of Sciences) - Decoding continental rift mechanics with uplifted relief

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TALENTS Doctoral Network @talents-dn.bsky.social · 06/10/2025

⚒️ Interested in the latest analog modelling advances for understanding rifts? ⚒️ Join our #RiftAndRiftedMarginsSeminar with Valentina Armeni, Timothy Schmid, & Daniele Maestrelli Monday, Oct 6th, 4 pm CEST Register uni-potsdam.zoom-x.de/meeting/regi... Past talks www.youtube.com/@riftandrift...

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Sascha Brune @sasbrune.bsky.social · 30/09/2025

October 6th: “Analog modelling of rifting processes”

16:00 Valentina Armeni (University of Potsdam) - Analog and DEM modeling of magma pathways and volcano distribution between adjacent rift segments

16:20 Timothy Schmid (University of Bern) - Rift-axis parallel lower-crustal flow and its implication on rift propagation: A quantitative view of rift dynamics from analogue models

16:40: Daniele Maestrelli (CNR Florence) - Rifting triple junctions: insights from modelling on the Afar RRR junction

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Sascha Brune @sasbrune.bsky.social · 25/08/2025

⚒️ Interested in the latest machine learning advances for understanding rifts? ⚒️ Join our #RiftAndRiftedMarginsSeminar with Tolulope Olugboji, Eric Beaucé, @gimmi-p.bsky.social Monday, Sept 1st, 4 pm CEST Register uni-potsdam.zoom-x.de/meeting/regi... Past talks www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...

September 1st: “Machine learning for understanding rifting”

16:00 Tolulope Olugboji (University of Rochester, U.S.A.)
“Africa Reassembled: AI and Seismic Algorithms Map the Hidden Lithosphere”

16:20 Eric Beaucé (LDEO, U.S.A.)
“New Insights into Small Magnitude Seismicity in Botswana using Machine-Learning-Enhanced Detection Techniques”

16:40 Gianmaria Tortelli (University of Florence, Italy)
“Machine learning based study on geochemical data from Afar”

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derekkeir.bsky.social @derekkeir.bsky.social · 30/07/2025

New ideas published in @geosociety.bsky.social Geology that the Northern Appalachian anomaly beneath the Eastern US is a migrating small-scale convection cell originating from past rifting of the Labrador Sea @gernon.bsky.social @sasbrune.bsky.social pubs.geoscienceworld.org/gsa/geology/...

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A viable Labrador Sea rifting origin of the Northern Appalachian and related seismic anomalies | Geology | GeoScienceWorld

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Sascha Brune @sasbrune.bsky.social · 03/07/2025

⚒️ What do the ups and downs of rifts tell us about tectonics, volcanism and fluid flow? ⚒️ Join our #RiftAndRiftedMarginsSeminar with Kyle Murray, Birhan Kebede, Bodo Bookhagen Monday July 7th, 4 pm CET Register uni-potsdam.zoom-x.de/meeting/regi... Past talks www.youtube.com/@riftandrift...

July 7th: “Subsidence across scales –
resource extraction, volcanism and tectonics”

16:00 Kyle Murray (University of Hawaii, USA)
“Imaging crustal deformation across the central East African Rift: Insights into volcanic, tectonic & hydrologic processes"

16:20 Birhan Kebede (University of Florence, Italy)
“Ground subsidence in the Dallol geothermal area: Insights from InSAR Observations”

16:40 Bodo Bookhagen (Potsdam University, Germany)
“GNSS and InSAR observations at the Olkaria geothermal site in the central East African Rift System”

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Sascha Brune @sasbrune.bsky.social · 26/05/2025

⚒️ How, where and when do Critical Minerals and Rare Earth Elements accumulate in Rifts? ⚒️ Join our next #RiftAndRiftedMarginsSeminar with Lukas Klose, Anne Glerum, Holly Elliott Monday June 2nd, 4 pm CET Register uni-potsdam.zoom-x.de/meeting/regi... Past talks www.youtube.com/@riftandrift...

Session: “Critical Minerals and Rare Earth Elements in Rifts”

16:00 Lukas Klose (Constructor University, Germany)-
“The behavior of Rare Earth Elements in alkaline lakes from the East African Rift”

16:20 Anne Glerum (GFZ, Potsdam, Germany)
“Sediment-hosted zinc-lead deposit formation in continental rifts”

16:40 Holly Elliott (BGS,UK)
“The Goldilocks effect of carbonatites in rift zones”

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derekkeir.bsky.social @derekkeir.bsky.social · 17/05/2025

The @talents-dn.bsky.social students enjoy the view of Elba from the Bianchane fumerole field @sasbrune.bsky.social @susannebuiter.bsky.social

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Sascha Brune @sasbrune.bsky.social · 16/05/2025

Josef Zens @gfz.bsky.social on science communication. A short course for @talents-dn.bsky.social doctoral candidates. @derekkeir.bsky.social @susannebuiter.bsky.social @rehachandresh.bsky.social

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derekkeir.bsky.social @derekkeir.bsky.social · 12/05/2025

Wael Nazha talking about fluid geochemistry in rifts at the @talents-dn.bsky.social workshop in Florence @susannebuiter.bsky.social @sasbrune.bsky.social @seismatters.bsky.social @rehachandresh.bsky.social

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derekkeir.bsky.social @derekkeir.bsky.social · 12/05/2025

Francesca Dimasi presenting about serpentine and implications for hydrogen resources at the @talents-dn.bsky.social workshop @susannebuiter.bsky.social @seismatters.bsky.social @sasbrune.bsky.social

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Susanne Buiter @susannebuiter.bsky.social · 12/05/2025

Much enjoying the presentations today by the Doctoral Candidates in the @talents-dn.bsky.social network. So much already achieved in just a year! Check the posts by @derekkeir.bsky.social to see all Doctoral Candidates

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derekkeir.bsky.social @derekkeir.bsky.social · 12/05/2025

Ivan Navarrete presenting about modelling GNSS data from the East African rift at the @talents-dn.bsky.social workshop in Florence @susannebuiter.bsky.social @seismatters.bsky.social

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derekkeir.bsky.social @derekkeir.bsky.social · 12/05/2025

Lawrencia Mensah presenting about controls on deep earthquakes in rifts at the @talents-dn.bsky.social @susannebuiter.bsky.social @sasbrune.bsky.social @seismatters.bsky.social

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derekkeir.bsky.social @derekkeir.bsky.social · 12/05/2025

Conor Farrell presenting about rift segmentation at the @talents-dn.bsky.social workshop in Florence @susannebuiter.bsky.social @sasbrune.bsky.social @rehachandresh.bsky.social

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derekkeir.bsky.social @derekkeir.bsky.social · 12/05/2025

Chloe Castagne explaining the role of inheritance on continental breakup to the @talents-dn.bsky.social workshop participants @susannebuiter.bsky.social @sasbrune.bsky.social @seismatters.bsky.social @rehachandresh.bsky.social

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derekkeir.bsky.social @derekkeir.bsky.social · 12/05/2025

Alan Yu of the @gfz.bsky.social explaining his work to the @talents-dn.bsky.social network about European grabens and geothermal energy @susannebuiter.bsky.social @sasbrune.bsky.social @seismatters.bsky.social @rehachandresh.bsky.social

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derekkeir.bsky.social @derekkeir.bsky.social · 14/05/2025

Training of the DCs on the @talents-dn.bsky.social network on seismic interpretation by Gwenn Peron-Pinvidic @rehachandresh.bsky.social @sasbrune.bsky.social @susannebuiter.bsky.social @chr

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derekkeir.bsky.social @derekkeir.bsky.social · 14/05/2025

The doctoral candidates of the @talents-dn.bsky.social network enjoying controlled source seismic imaging @seismatters.bsky.social @susannebuiter.bsky.social @rehachandresh.bsky.social

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derekkeir.bsky.social @derekkeir.bsky.social · 15/05/2025

@talents-dn.bsky.social doctoral candidates doing practical seismic interpretation training with Gwenn Peron-Pinvidic @sasbrune.bsky.social @susannebuiter.bsky.social @rehachandresh.bsky.social

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Sascha Brune @sasbrune.bsky.social · 16/05/2025

@seismatters.bsky.social holding a short course on Equality, Diversity, Inclusion for @talents-dn.bsky.social doctoral candidates @derekkeir.bsky.social @susannebuiter.bsky.social @rehachandresh.bsky.social

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Sascha Brune @sasbrune.bsky.social · 30/04/2025

⚒️ How does fluid flow interact with rift dynamics? ⚒️ Join our next #RiftAndRiftedMarginsSeminar with Jolante van Wijk, Mauro Cacace, Kate Waghorn Monday May 5th, 4 pm CET Register: uni-potsdam.zoom-x.de/meeting/regi... Past talks www.youtube.com/@riftandrift...

16:00 Jolante van Wijk (Los Alamos National Laboratory, USA)
“Structure, stratigraphy, and geodynamics of rifts: Implications for subsurface energy”

16:20 Mauro Cacace (GFZ, Potsdam, Germany)
“Thermo-hydro-mechanical modelling in rifts with implications on (induced) seismicity: a case study from the Upper Rhine Graben (URG)”

16:40 Kate Waghorn (Memorial University, Canada)
“Understanding fluid flow processes where imaging is difficult - examples from mid-ocean ridge flanks through continental margin basins”

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Sascha Brune @sasbrune.bsky.social · 25/02/2025

⚒️ Why are there rifts in mountains like the Apennines, the Cordillera & Tibet? ⚒️ Find out in our next #RiftAndRiftedMarginsSeminar with Simone Lenci, William Holt, Michael Taylor Monday March 3rd, 4 pm CET Register uni-potsdam.zoom-x.de/meeting/regi... Past talks www.youtube.com/@riftandrift...

March 3rd: “Rifting in orogenic settings”

16:00 Simone Lenci (University of Florence, Italy)
“Interaction between transverse and rift faults during the initiation of orogenic extension: the case of Sant'Anna Pelago, Northern Apennines, Italy”

16:20 William Holt (Stony Brook University, U.S.)
“The geodynamic and landscape evolution of the SW Cordillera of North
America from Eocene to present”

16:40 Michael Taylor (University of Kansas, U.S.)
“Extending the orogenic wedge of the Himalayas and the Tibetan plateau”

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Frank Zwaan @geozwaan.bsky.social · 19/02/2025

📢 Brand new paper alert! ⚒️ Are you interested in natural hydrogen gas (H2), a potential green energy source? 😃 Check out our new paper in AAAS' Science Advances, in which we show that natural H2 exploration should focus on mountain ranges. Link: doi.org/10.1126/scia...

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Sascha Brune @sasbrune.bsky.social · 30/01/2025

⚒️ What can geochemistry teach us about continental rifts? ⚒️ Find out in our next #RiftAndRiftedMarginsSeminar with Tobias Fischer, Eliot Atekwana, Amdemichael Tadesse Monday Feb. 3rd, 4 pm CET Register uni-potsdam.zoom-x.de/meeting/regi... Past talks www.youtube.com/@riftandrift...

February 3rd: “Geochemical investigation of extensional tectonic settings”

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16:00 Tobias Fischer (Univ. of New Mexico, USA)
“CO2 and other volatiles in active continental rifts”

16:20 Eliot Atekwana (Univ. of California, Davis, USA)
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16:40 Amdemichael Tadesse (University of Oxford, UK)
“Pre-eruptive magmatic conditions in geothermally active volcanic systems of the Main Ethiopian Rift”

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TALENTS Doctoral Network @talents-dn.bsky.social · 06/01/2025

Don't miss the Rift and Rifted Margins seminar this Monday!

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Sascha Brune @sasbrune.bsky.social · 20/11/2024

About me: I am interested in geodynamics, plate tectonics, natural hazards, georesources and the carbon cycle - using numerical models like the one below. 🧪⚒️ I co-organize and post about the monthly online #RiftAndRiftedMarginsSeminar. More infos here: tinyurl.com/RiftAndRiftedMarginsSeminar

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TALENTS Doctoral Network @talents-dn.bsky.social · 27/11/2024

Don't miss the Rift and Rifted Margins seminar this Monday!

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Sascha Brune @sasbrune.bsky.social · 26/11/2024

⚒️ How do magmatic and tectonic processes interact? ⚒️ Find out in our next #RiftAndRiftedMarginsSeminar with Adina Püsök, @alarosa.bsky.social, Joël Ruch Monday Dec. 2nd, 4 pm CET Register: uni-potsdam.zoom-x.de/meeting/regi... Past talks: www.youtube.com/@riftandrift...

16:00 Adina Pusok (Uni Oxford, UK)
“Inefficient melt transport across a weakened lithosphere led to
reduced magmatism in the Turkana Depression”

16:20 Alessandro La Rosa (Uni Pisa, Italy)
“Geodetic imaging of lower-crustal magma migration during rifting”

16:40 Joël Ruch (Uni Geneva, Switzerland)
“The 2021 onset of the ongoing rifting episode in Reykjanes, SW Iceland”

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TALENTS Doctoral Network @talents-dn.bsky.social · 28/06/2024

Don't miss the Rift and Rifted Margins seminar this Monday!

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Sascha Brune @sasbrune.bsky.social · 28/05/2024

⚒️ What lies deep within the crust? ⚒️ Join our #RiftAndRiftedMarginsSeminar on "Scientific drilling at rifts and rifted margins" with Paul Olsen, Joann Stock, Anneleen Foubert Monday, June 3rd, 4 pm CEST Register: uni-potsdam.zoom.us/meeting/regi... Past talks: www.youtube.com/@riftandrift...

16:00 Paul Olsen (Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, USA)
“Drilling continental rift basins on the eastern North American margin”
16:20 Joann M. Stock (California Institute of Technology, USA), Sun Zhen (Chinese Academy of Sciences - Department of Marine Geology)
“Drilling into the South China Sea”
16:40 Anneleen Foubert (Université de Fribourg, Switzerland) and ADD-ON Team
“Afar Dallol Drilling: drilling in the Afar as key to unlock the complexity of rifts and rifted margins (ADD-ON)”

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Sascha Brune @sasbrune.bsky.social · 02/04/2024

Magma-poor rifting: initiation and processes ⚒️ Join our next #RiftAndRiftedMarginsSeminar with Rasheed Ajala, Anindita Samsu, Sudipta Tapan Sinha Monday, April 8th, 4 pm CEST (Caution: now summer time!) Register: uni-potsdam.zoom.us/meeting/regi... Past talks: www.youtube.com/@riftandrift...

16:00 Erin Di Maggio (Penn State University, USA)
“High resolution geologic mapping and tephrochronology to constrain rifting at the Ledi-Geraru paleontological site in Ethiopia”
16:20 Céline-Marie Vidal (University of Cambridge, UK)
“Volcanic ash in the Rift, origins and applications”
16:40 Lindsay McHenry (UW Milwaukee, USA)
“Olduvai basin and its often rift-controlled paleolake"

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Sascha Brune @sasbrune.bsky.social · 27/02/2024

Natural hydrogen - how much is generated in rifts and rifted margins? ⚒️ Find out in our next #RiftAndRiftedMarginsSeminar with Marta Pérez-Gussinyé, Frank Zwaan, Gabriel Pasquet Monday, March 4th, 4pm CET Register: uni-potsdam.zoom.us/meeting/regi... Past talks: www.youtube.com/@riftandrift...

16:00 Marta Perez-Gussinye (MARUM, University of Bremen, Germany)
“Hydrogen fluxes associated to mantle exhumation and serpentinization
at North Atlantic magma-poor rifted margins”
16:20 Frank Zwaan (GFZ Potsdam, Germany)
“Natural H2 potential in (inverted) rift basins as shown by numerical models”
16:40 Gabriel Pasquet (University of Pau, France)
“Basalt alteration and natural hydrogen-geothermal synergies in the Asal-Ghoubbet rift, Republic of Djibouti"

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TALENTS Doctoral Network @talents-dn.bsky.social · 23/02/2024

We are looking for 12 doctoral candidates in the MSCA Doctoral Network TALENTS. Positions cover all topics from tectonics to georesources ⚒️ with host institutes in Italy, Greece, Switzerland, France, UK, Netherlands, Norway and Germany. www.talents-dn.eu/projects Application deadline: March 15th

Sequence of images showing an evolving rift system where two tectonic plates break apart.

12 projects are group in 3 work packages related to Rift Initiation, Break-up, as well as Georesources and Geohazards.

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