Prof. VALENTIN R. TROLL Natural Resources & Sustainable Development | Uppsala University | Sweden
RECENT RESEARCH PAPERS
Diverse mantle components with invariant oxygen isotopes in the 2021 Fagradalsfjall eruption, Iceland.
European raw materials resilience – turning a blind eye.
Earth Science, Systems and Society (ES3), in press.
The tensile strength of hydrothermally altered volcanic rocks.
Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research, 2022.
The 2021 eruption of the Cumbre Vieja Volcanic Ridge on La Palma, Canary Islands.
Hidden mechanical weaknesses within lava domes provided by buried high-porosity hydrothermal alteration zones.
Absence of hydrothermal oxygen isotope variations in host rocks supports magmatic origin of the giant Grängesberg iron oxide–apatite (IOA) deposit, Central Sweden.
International Journal of Earth Sciences, 2022.
A message from the ‘underground forge of the gods’: history and current eruptions at Mt Etna.
The tensile strength of volcanic rocks: Experiments and models.
Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research, 2021.
High Arctic Large Igneous Province alkaline igneous rocks in Arctic Canada: Evidence for multiple mantle components.
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
>150 scientific publications, 17 published reports, 5 books, and >400 conference abstracts. >>
SUPERVISION
Advised 21 PhD and 20 MSc students to completion. >>
FUNDING
Obtained approx. 51 M SEK (ca. 5 M EUR) to come directly to Uppsala University since installment in 2008. >>
GEO-INTERVIEWS
Interview with Prof. Nick Arndt
SUSTAINABLE Mining - Securing Metal Supplies for a Greener Future
Q & A with Executive Editor Prof. Georg Zellmer
What makes a great Journal of Petrology paper?
Prof. Hugh Rollinson about the new edition of *USING GEOCHEMICAL DATA*
GEO-Schule: Der Ätna bricht aus - Gespräch mit Dr. Boris Behncke vom Ätna Vulkanobservatorium
GERMANY: KITA-PROJEKT
GEO-SCHULE
GEO-Schule: Vulkanpartikel auf den Feldern Lanzarotes
ONLINE LECTURES
The two faces of Volcanoes
Learning to benefit from the monster
Volcanic Particles in Agriculture and Gardening
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:
Carracedo & Troll (eds.):
Teide Volcano
279 pages, Springer, 2013.
READ FOR FREE
Emeleus & Troll:
A Geological Guide to Rum, Inner Hebrides
152 pages,
NMSE-Publishing Ltd. The Geological Society of Edinburgh, 2009.
Read for free on EARTHWISE
by the British Geological Survey.
