Piña García, Rubén

Profesor Contratado Doctor

Despacho 10b

Tfno. 91-3944868

Docencia impartida (curso 2013-2014): Geología (1º Grado en Químicas), Cartografía Geológica II (3º Grado en Geología), Exploración y Evaluación de Recursos (5º Ingeniería Geológica)

Research interests: My field of research is Ore Deposits and my work concentrates on studying Ni-Cu magmatic sulfide deposits related to mafic-ultramafic rocks with emphasis in the metallogenesis of Platinum-Group Elements (PGE). In the last years, I have focused the investigation on the role of arsenide melts as collectors of PGE estimating the partition coefficients of PGE and other chalcophile elements (Au, Ag, Sb, Se, Te, ...) between arsenide and sulfide melts. My scientific interests also include cromitites and epithermal Zn-Pb-Ag ore deposits.

Grupo de Investigación UCM: "Procesos metalogénicos e hidrotermales en sistemas magmáticos e hidrotermales" dirigido por la Profesora Rosario Lunar.

Breve biografía profesional:

From january 2002 to june 2006, I worked with a PhD Fellow in the Department of Crystallography and Mineralogy of the Complutense University of Madrid, Spain, studying the Aguablanca Ni-Cu sulfide deposit. During this period, I carried out two short-term stays in foreign institution: three months in the Science Faculty of University of Oulu (Finland) and two months in the Physics Department of University of Guelph (Ontario, Canada). After my PhD Fellow and since then, I serve to the Department of Crystallography and Mineralogy as Assistant Professor (Profesor Ayudante Doctor) with research and teaching duties. During may to august 2011, I was working with a José Castillejo Fellow in the Earth Materials Laboratory of Université du Québec à Chicoutimi (Quebec, Canada) in collaboration with Professor Sarah-Jane Barnes.

PUBLICACIONES MÁS RELEVANTES (citas por Google Académico)

2013. Piña, R., Gervilla, F., Barnes, S.-J., Ortega, L. and Lunar, R. Partition coefficients of platinum-group and chalcophile elements between arsenide and sulfide phases as determined in the Beni Bousera Cr-Ni mineralization (North Morocco). Economic Geology, v. 108-5, p. 935-951.

2013. Piña, R., Gervilla, F., Barnes, S.-J., Ortega, L. and Lunar, R. Platinum-group elements-bearing pyrite from the Aguablanca Ni-Cu sulphide deposit (SW Spain): a LA-ICP-MS study. European Journal of Mineralogy, v. 25, p. 241-252.

2013. Merinero, R., Lunar, R., Ortega, L., Piña, R., Monterrubio, S. and Gervilla, F. Hydrothermal palladium and platinum enrichment in podiform chromitites of Calzadilla de los Barros (SW Iberian Peninsula). The Canadian Mineralogist (in press).

2012. Piña, R., Gervilla, F., Ortega, L. and Lunar, R. Geochemical constraints on the origin of the Ni-Cu sulfide ores in the Tejadillas prospect (Cortegana Igneous Complex), SW Spain. Resource Geology, v. 62, p. 263-280

2012. Piña, R.; Gervilla, F.; Barnes, S.-J.; Ortega, L. and Lunar, R. Distribution of platinum-group and chalcophile elements in the Aguablanca Ni-Cu sulfide deposit (SW Spain): evidence from a LA-ICP-MS study. Chemical Geology, v. 302-303, p. 61-75.

2010. Piña, R.; Romeo, I.; Ortega, L.; Lunar, R.; Capote, R.; Gervilla, F.; Tejero, R. and Quesada, C. Origin and emplacement of the Aguablanca magmatic Ni-Cu-(PGE) sulfide deposit, SW Iberia: a multidisciplinary approach. Geological Society of American Bulletin, v. 122, p. 915-925.

2008. Piña, R.; Gervilla, F.; Ortega, L. and Lunar, R. Mineralogy and geochemistry of platinum-group elements in the Aguablanca Ni-Cu deposit (SW Spain). Mineralogy and Petrology, v. 92 no. 1-2, p. 259-282.

2006. Piña, R.; Lunar, R.; Ortega, L.; Gervilla, F.; Alapieti, T. and Martínez, C. Petrology and geochemistry of mafic-ultramafic fragments from the Aguablanca (SW Spain) Ni-Cu ore breccia: implications for the genesis of the deposit. Economic Geology, v. 101, p. 865-881.

2006. Romeo, I., Lunar, R., Capote, R., Quesada, C., Dunning, G. R., Piña, R. and Ortega, L. U/Pb age constraints on Variscan Magmatism and Ni-Cu-PGE metallogeny in the Ossa-Morena Zone (SW Iberia). Journal of the Geological Society of London, v. 163, p. 837-846