Prof. VALENTIN R. TROLL Chair of Petrology | Uppsala University | Sweden | valentin.troll@geo.uu.se
GEO-INTERVIEWS
Val Troll talks with Prof. Nick Arndt
SUSTAINABLE Mining - Securing Metal Supplies for a Greener Future
Val Troll talks with Prof. Paul Byrne
*SPACE MINING*: Science or Science Fiction
Val Troll talks with Prof. Juan Carlos Carracedo
GEOTOURISM in the CANARY ISLANDS
ONLINE LECTURES
The two faces of Volcanoes
Learning to benefit from the monster
Volcanic Particles in Agriculture and Gardening
RECENT RESEARCH PAPERS
Employing geochemistry and geochronology to unravel genesis and tectonic setting of iron oxide-apatite deposits of the Bafq-Saghand metallogenic belt, Central Iran.
International Journal of Earth Sciences, 2021.
North-East Atlantic Islands: The Macaronesian archipelagos (Azores, Madeira, Canary Islands and Cape Verde).
Encyclopedia of Geology, 2021.
Petrogenesis of the Loch Bà ring-dyke and Centre 3 granites, Isle of Mull, Scotland.
Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology, 2021.
Fault-controlled magma ascent recorded in the Central Series of the Rum Layered Intrusion, NW Scotland.
The thermal properties of porous andesite.
Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research, 2020.
Magmatic and metasomatic effects of magma-carbonate interaction recorded in calc-silicate xenoliths from Merapi volcano (Indonesia).
Constraining the sub-arc, parental magma composition for the giant Altiplano-Puna Volcanic Complex, northern Chile.
Hydrothermal alteration of andesitic lava domes can lead to explosive volcanic behaviour. Nature Communications, 2019.
CAREER SUMMARY
Val Troll graduated from St Andrews University, Scotland in 1998 and received his PhD from the GEOMAR Research Centre, University of Kiel, Germany, in 2001. Troll then lectured in volcanolology and petrology at Trinity College Dublin (2001-2008), during which time he habilitated at the Blaise Pascal University Clermont-Ferrand, France, in 2006. In 2008, he took up the Chair of Petrology at Uppsala University, Sweden, which he currently holds.
PUBLICATIONS
>130 scientific publications, 17 published reports, 5 books, and >350 conference abstracts. >>
SUPERVISION
Advised 21 PhD and 18 MSc students to completion. >>
FUNDING
Obtained approx. SEK 46 M (ca. EUR 4.5 M) to come directly to Uppsala University since installment in 2008. >>
KITA-PROJEKT
GEO-SCHULE
BOOKS
Kresten & Troll:
The Alnö Carbonatite Complex, Central Sweden (GeoGuide)
180 pages, Springer, 2018.
This GeoGuide provides an overview of the geology of Alnö, combined with an up-to-date field itinerary.
e-Book and paperback available in Springer Store and on AMAZON.
Have a look at some of the locations on YouTube:
AVAILABLE ON AMAZON
Carracedo & Troll (eds.):
Teide Volcano
279 pages, Springer, 2013.
READ FOR FREE
Emeleus & Trol:
A Geological Guide to Rum, Inner Hebrides
152 pages,
NMSE-Publishing Ltd. The Geological Society of Edinburgh, 2009.
