RECENT RESEARCH PAPERS
North-East Atlantic Islands: The Macaronesian archipelagos (Azores, Madeira, Canary Islands and Cape Verde).
Encyclopedia of Geology (in press).
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.
Interaction between high-temperature magmatic fluids and limestone explains ‘Bastnäs-type’ REE deposits in central Sweden.
Complex hazard cascade culminating in the Anak Krakatau sector collapse.
The great escape: petrogenesis of low-silica volcanism of Pliocene to Quaternary age associated with the Altiplano-Puna Volcanic Complex of northern Chile (21º10'-22º50'S).
Crustal CO2 contribution to subduction zone degassing recorded through calc-silicate xenoliths in arc lavas.
The two faces of Volcanoes
Learning to benefit from the monster
Krakatau; 135 years after the big event
Volcanic Particles in Agriculture and Gardening
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. >>
ONLINE LECTURES
Prof. VALENTIN R. TROLL Chair of Petrology | Uppsala University | Sweden | valentin.troll@geo.uu.se
COMING SOON
READ FOR FREE
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Carracedo & Troll et al.:
Volcanoes for Beginners
100 pages, English - German - Spanish, Ediciones Saquiro.
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:
Kresten & Troll:
The Alnö Carbonatite Complex, Central Sweden (GeoGuide)
180 pages, Springer, 2018.
Carracedo & Troll (eds.):
Teide Volcano
279 pages, Springer, 2013.
Emeleus & Trol:
A Geological Guide to Rum, Inner Hebrides
152 pages,
NMSE-Publishing Ltd. The Geological Society of Edinburgh, 2009.
