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Raúl Fonseca

@raulocfonseca.bsky.social

Professor of Experimental Geochemistry and Petrology at the Ruhr-University Bochum

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Advances in Geochemistry and Cosmochemistry Advances in Geochemistry and Cosmochemistry is a community-led diamond open access journal that aims to publish innovative and globally relevant articles in Geochemistry and Cosmochemistry.

✨ Monthly Recap from AGC ✨

📄 2 new publications in cosmochemistry — bringing us to 5 since the launch!

📨 Our ISSN is now permanent, a big milestone for the journal’s recognition.

🎨 The call for designs is still open — share your creative ideas (link in comment)

Let’s keep growing together! 🌍✨

13.10.2025 19:33 — 👍 5    🔁 4    💬 1    📌 1

Please vote for @eageo.bsky.social council elections, we have a great selection of candidates! If you are not a member and wish to vote why not join the EAG?😊

10.10.2025 14:51 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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📣 Voting is now open in the EAG Council Elections!
Three councillor positions will open in the EAG Council in Jan 2026. Councillors make important decisions about the EAG & Goldschmidt conference.
Please check your email for further info & for a voting link.
Thank you for taking a few mins to vote.

10.10.2025 09:28 — 👍 3    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 1

New paper in @weareagc.bsky.social!

This time looking at trace element partitioning in Fe-rich basaltic system and application to lunar basalts.

Read more for free here: doi.org/10.33063/agc...

29.07.2025 08:45 — 👍 2    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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New published article entitled:

"Hopanoid distributions differ in mineral soils and peat: a re-evaluation of hopane-based pH proxies" from Inglis et al.

You will find the full article here: doi.org/10.33063/agc...

21.07.2025 12:11 — 👍 10    🔁 6    💬 0    📌 0
Hopanoid distributions differ in mineral soils and peat: a re-evaluation of hopane-based pH proxies | Advances in Geochemistry and Cosmochemistry Angst, G., Mueller, K. E., Nierop, K. G. J., & Simpson, M. J. (2021). Plant- or microbial-derived? A review on the molecular composition of stabilized soil organic matter. Soil Biology and Biochemistry, 156, 108189. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.soilbio.2021.108189

New paper up in @weareagc.bsky.social! Thanks to @climategordon.bsky.social et al looking at hopanoid distributions soils and peat.

Read more: doi.org/10.33063/agc...

Advances in Geochemistry and Cosmochemistry is a community run Diamond Open Access journal. Submit your paper here: www.agcj.org

18.07.2025 08:24 — 👍 4    🔁 3    💬 0    📌 0
Can natural H2 be considered renewable? The reference case of a deep aquifer in an intracratonic sedimentary basin | Advances in Geochemistry and Cosmochemistry Abrajano T, Sturchio N, Bohlke J, Lyon G, Poreda R, Stevens C (1988). Methane-hydrogen gas seeps, Zambales Ophiolite, Philippines: Deep or shallow origin? Chemical Geology 71(1): 211–222. https://doi.org/10.1016/0009-2541(88)90116-7.

A new milestone for @weareagc.bsky.social.
Our first ever research article is now published!!

doi.org/10.33063/agc...

Free to read, free to publish. And more coming next week!

Thanks to the @eageo.bsky.social and @geochemsoc.bsky.social for their support along the way!

08.07.2025 06:40 — 👍 12    🔁 5    💬 0    📌 1
Equitable Access, Open Science, and the Future of Publishing in Geochemistry and Cosmochemistry | Advances in Geochemistry and Cosmochemistry Crawford, W. (2024). Diamond OA: The World of No-Fee Open Access Journals (p. 265). Livermore, CA: Cites & Insights Books.

🌟 Exciting News for the Geochemistry Community! 🌟

We are thrilled to announce the launch of a new diamond open access journal: Advances in Geochemistry and Cosmochemistry (AGC)! @weareagc.bsky.social doi.org/10.33063/agc...

07.05.2025 07:42 — 👍 7    🔁 4    💬 5    📌 1
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Before 2024 reaches its end, meet @olivierpourret.bsky.social, an environmental geochemist, volunteering in our EDIA and Ethics team. Known as an advocate in such matters, see what were his motivations to join AGC here: journals.uu.se/AGC/community

20.12.2024 12:26 — 👍 4    🔁 7    💬 0    📌 0

Start your scientific 2025 by submitting to AGC, the geochemical community's 💎 OA long format journal 👇

19.12.2024 17:10 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

forms.gle/GHHmHioBdRSi...

02.12.2024 11:14 — 👍 1    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0

There it is! @weareagc.bsky.social is opening for submission next month.

It's been quit a ride so far and we're excited for the future!

Go check our policies and team on www.agcj.org

And help us plan our initial workloa by telling us if you plan to submit a paper to AGC here: t.co/Ji7NnCOBCC

02.12.2024 13:34 — 👍 8    🔁 4    💬 0    📌 0
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See what our Editor for Reviews and Special Editions, Ananya Mallik, had to say about diamond open access publishing
Full interview here: Journals.uu.se/AGC/community
@geochemgroup.bsky.social
#supportAGC

26.11.2024 12:22 — 👍 6    🔁 3    💬 0    📌 1

Ananya has been amazing in helping shape @weareagc.bsky.social.

More exciting news coming soon on the AGC front!

26.11.2024 22:13 — 👍 2    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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Spread the word📢 Please repost this msg so that we can build the #geochemistry community 👨‍👨‍👧‍👧 on Bluesky. Follow the European Association of Geochemistry for regular updates on: job & funding opportunities; the latest papers in #GPLetters; #Goldschmidt2025 & other events.

More info: www.eag.org

27.11.2024 04:44 — 👍 23    🔁 22    💬 0    📌 0
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This month, we meet Ananya Mallik who is editor for reviews and special editions for AGC!

Check the full interview on our website: journals.uu.se/AGC/community

14.11.2024 16:52 — 👍 8    🔁 3    💬 0    📌 2
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Expression of Interest - Submitting to AGC Advances in Geochemistry and Cosmochemistry is a Diamond Open Access Journal (Free to read - Free to publish) that aims to publish innovative and globally relevant articles in Geochemistry and Cosmoch...

AGC is planning to open for submission in January 2025!

In order to plan our initial workload, please register your interest in submitting your work to AGC using this form:
forms.gle/GHHmHioBdRSi...

note that registering interest is not a pre-requisite for submission.

18.10.2024 09:42 — 👍 5    🔁 10    💬 0    📌 0
Editorial Policy | Advances in Geochemistry and Cosmochemistry We welcome all contributions that use geochemical data and models to study chemical, physical and biological processes on Earth and other planetary bodies. Such contributions can cover, but are not limited to, the following topics:

Do you intend to publish in the diamond open access journal AGC in 2025?

Here are the different manuscript types:
-full-length articles
-reviews
-technical notes
-comments

if you have any question about the editorial policy, please go the website page journals.uu.se/AGC/editoria...

25.10.2024 12:50 — 👍 11    🔁 9    💬 0    📌 2
Advances in Geochemistry and Cosmochemistry Advances in Geochemistry and Cosmochemistry is a community-led diamond open access journal that aims to publish innovative and globally relevant articles in Geochemistry and Cosmochemistry. Regional studies put in the context of a wider research question will also be considered.

The D-Day has arrived, the website agcj.org of Advances in Geochemistry and Cosmochemistry (AGC) journal is launched!

What is AGC journal?
A DOA journal dedicated for geo/cosmochemistry by and for researchers!

More info will come soon!

05.08.2024 07:58 — 👍 13    🔁 8    💬 1    📌 1
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High-temperature boron partitioning and isotope fractionation between basaltic melt and fluid - Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology In the last two decades, boron has gained significance as a geochemical tracer in mantle studies, particularly related to fluid-mediated processes. In our investigation, we explore how boron and its s...

New paper from our workgroup revisiting B isotope fractionation between fluids and basaltic melts

#isotopes #experimentalpetrology #fluids #geochemistry

link.springer.com/article/10.1...

31.07.2024 17:25 — 👍 5    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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Spread the word📢 Please repost this msg so that we can build the #geochemistry community 👨‍👨‍👧‍👧 on Bluesky. Follow the European Association of Geochemistry for regular updates on: job & funding opportunities; the latest papers in #GPLetters; #Goldschmidt2024 and other events. More info: www.eag.eu.com

22.02.2024 07:30 — 👍 6    🔁 14    💬 1    📌 0

Better late then never, but check out our newest paper published in CTMP on highly siderophile elements partitioning in sulfide phases deep within the Earth:

link.springer.com/article/10.1...

27.02.2024 12:02 — 👍 2    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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New articles in #GPLetters!
By Hoare et al: Ti isotope variations reveal Earth's early continental crust was formed from melting of low-Ti arc-like mafic rocks - Read it at geochemicalperspectivesletters.org/article2342/

08.01.2024 12:26 — 👍 5    🔁 3    💬 0    📌 0

I’ve just seen the first drafts of the @weareagc.bsky.social article templates and they look goooood!

28.12.2023 13:30 — 👍 2    🔁 1    💬 1    📌 0

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