RT2 - Inner Earth - Lithosphere

A temperature jump of 400°C at a depth of 2 km—it’s possible in Krafla to cook a steak!

This study explains the heat transfer between a magma reservoir and the surrounding rock in the high-enthalpy geothermal exploration area of Krafla, Iceland. Thermomechanical numerical models explain the sudden jump […]

05.02.2026

MACIV nodes: an exceptional seismological network on the volcanoes of the Massif Central

As part of the MACIV project, funded by the French National Research Agency (ANR), a team of scientists deployed the largest mobile seismological network ever installed by a university team […]

25.11.2025

Uranium and thorium in coastal sediments in the central Gulf of Gabès (SE Tunisia): alarming contamination with environmental and health impacts

The central part of the Gulf of Gabès (SE Tunisia) is one of the most chemically and radioactively polluted sites in the Mediterranean, and indeed worldwide, due to massive discharges […]

06.03.2025

The Castaing center celebrates its 10 years anniversary!

Friday, November 29, 2024, the Casting Microcharacterization Center celebrates its 10th anniversary. Created on January 1, 2014 under the impetus of seven Toulouse laboratories (CEMES, CIRIMAT, GET, LAAS, LAPLACE, LCC, […]

18.12.2024

Phosphogypsum foam: a vector of industrial pollution affecting Mediterranean biodiversity and the health of coastal populations in Gabès (SE Tunisia)

This study focuses on phosphogypsum foam from marine discharges from phosphate fertilizer plants in Gabes (SE Tunisia). Its formation process includes three main steps: (i) formation by dissolution of phosphogypsum […]

13.12.2024

On the track of an asteroid in the Sahara

Hundreds of thousand asteroids frequently collide the Earth. They represent a danger for inhabited areas. Geologists from the GET and the University of Hassan II (Casablanca, Morocco) have explored the […]

06.11.2024

Research teams

New discoveries reveal the origins of the most powerful current on Earth

The Antarctic Circumpolar Current is the largest ocean current on Earth, connecting the Atlantic, Pacific and Indian Oceans. This current largely regulates the exchange of heat, moisture, carbon and nutrients […]

06.03.2024

Mineralogical study reveals secrets of oceanic transform faults

A Franco-Italian team, including the Toulouse Geosciences Environment Laboratory (GET, CNES/CNRS/IRD/UT3), has studied the geological and mineralogical processes that occur at the boundaries of tectonic plates. Their results, which shed […]

23.01.2024

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