Fidel COSTA

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Associate Professor, Asian School of the Environment

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Volcano

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Volcanic Petrology Group - Fidel Costa

Lab Volcanoes

Fidel Costa CV nov 2012.pdf

Research:

Fidel Costa studies the dynamics of the processes that occur inside volcanoes' guts to understand how they may lead to volcanic eruptions. This includes the magma reservoir, magma intrusion, crystallization and convection, and volatile degassing in volcanic conduits. His main background is in the study of minerals and rocks but he is also interested in linking these to volcano monitoring time series data (seismicity, deformation, gas fluxes), and making models for better anticipating volcanic eruptions. He has worked in volcanoes in South America (Volcan San Pedro, Cordon Caulle), Europe (Etna, Pico Teide), and South East Asia (Merapi, Gede, Mayon, Rabaul).

Key tools: Scanning Electron Microscope, electron microprobe, Secondary Ion Mass Spectrometry, Laser Ablation-ICP-MS, FTIR, experimental high pressure and temperature apparatus, and numerical modeling using finite differences.

Education:

1995-1999 Ph.D. in Earth Sciences, Department of Mineralogy, University of Geneva, Switzerland. “The petrology and geochemistry of diverse crustal xenoliths, Tatara-San Pedro Volcanic Complex, Chilean Andes”. Advisors: Prof. Michael Dungan (Department of Mineralogy, University of Geneva) and Prof. Bradley Singer (Department of Geology and Geophysics, University of Wisconsin, USA).
1989-1994 Bachelor degree in Earth Sciences, University of Barcelona (Spain).

Professional Experience:

2010-present Principal Investigator at the Earth Observatory of Singapore, Assistant Professor at the Division of Earth Sciences, NTU
2006-2010 Ramon y Cajal Research Fellowship at the CSIC, Institut de Ciences de la Terra 'Jaume Almera', Barcelona, Spain.
2002-2006 Post-doctoral position at the Institut für Geologie, Mineralogie und Geophysik, Ruhr-Universitat, Bochum, Germany.
2000-2002 Marie-Curie Research Fellowship at the Institut des Sciences de la Terre d'Orléans-CNRS, France.
1999-2000 Post-doctoral position at the Department of Mineralogy of the University of Geneva, Switzerland.
1996-1997 Laboratory assistant of the electron microprobe laboratory at the University of Lausanne, Switzerland.
1994-1995 Employee of the Spanish Geological Survey (ITGE). Detailed mapping and characterization of mineral deposits. Metalogenetic map, sheet 25 (Figueres), 1:200,000.
1993-1995 Young Scientist research project: ‘The geological mapping of a Neolithic Mine’. In collaboration with A. Camprubí and M.C. Salvany, Funded by the European Community Program for Young Scientists.

Professional Activities:

Associate Editor of American Mineralogist
Associate editor of Geologica Acta
2012 Co-convener: Symposium ''V12B: Petrologic insights on magmatic processes controlling shits in eruption style”, American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting
2012 Co-convener: Session SE105-107 Magmatic Processes and Possible Links to Volcano Monitoring Data, Asia Oceania Geosciences Society, Singapore
2011 Co-convener: Session SE52 Volatiles in Volcanic Processes, Asia Oceania Geosciences Society (Taipei, Taiwan).
2011 Co-convener: Session Time-scales of Magmatic Processes and Volcanological Implications, IUGG-IAVCEI Conference.
2010 Commission of evaluation of candidates for position Associate Professor in Experimental Petrology from the Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico.
2010-2011 Commission of evaluations for candidates of electron microprobe laboratory, Outreach Director, and Professor jobs for Volcano, Climate, and Tectonics themes at EOS.
2009 Co-convener: Symposium ‘5h Kinetics of Metamorphic and Igneous Processes’, 19th Annual Goldschmidt Conference.

Courses Taught:

Planet Earth (University Scholars Program, NTU)
ES7005 - Foundations of Earth Sciences (Division of Earth Sciences, NTU)

Past courses:

2012 Summer semester, Graduate course for non-geologists, 'Foundations of earth sciences', Division of Earth Sciences, NTU.
2011 Summer semester, Graduate course for non-geologists, 'Foundations of earth sciences', Division of Earth Sciences, NTU.
2008 Time Scales of Igneous Processes From Diffusion Modeling of Crystal Zoning Patterns. 'Minerals, Inclusions and Volcanic Processes', Mineralogical Society of America Short Course, San Francisco, 13-14 December.
2007 Curso de introducción a la vulcanología: Termodinámica y procesos cinéticos. Universitat de Barcelona (Spain). 1-3 June.
2006 Geospeedometry and the time scales of geological processes. '2nd Short Course of Diffusion in Geological Materials', 19-22 April. Free Berlin University, Germany.
2005 Geospeedometry and the time scales of geological processes. '1st Short Course of Diffusion in Geological Materials'. 22-24 September. University of Basel, Switzerland.
1995-1999 Optical Mineralogy laboratory. Department of Mineralogy, University of Geneva, Switzerland
1995-1999 Igneous Petrology laboratory. Department of Mineralogy, University of Geneva, Switzerland.
1995-1999 Field geological mapping (France, Spain and USA). Department of Mineralogy, University of Geneva, Switzerland

Honours and Awards:

2013 Wager Medal, by the International Association of Volcanology and Chemistry of the Earth's Interior (awarded on 20th July 2013, Kagoshima, Japan).

Publications:

Till, A. E. R., Cooper K. M., Till C. B., Kent A. J. R., Costa F., Bose M., et al. (2107). Rapid cooling and cold storage in a silicic magma reservoir recorded in individual crystals. Science. 356(6343), 1154-1156.
Flaherty, T., Druitt T. H., Tuffen H., Higgins M. D., Costa F., & Cadoux A. (2018). Multiple timescale constraints for high-flux magma chamber assembly prior to the Late Bronze Age eruption of Santorini (Greece). Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology. 173(9),
Jiao, L., Tapponnier P., Costa F., Donze F-V., Scholtes L., Taisne B., et al. (2018). Necking and fracking may explain stationary seismicity and full degassing in volcanic silicic spine extrusion. Earth and Planetary Science Letters. 503, 47-57.
Lynn, K. J., Shea T., Garcia M. O., Costa F., & Norman M. D. (2018). Lithium diffusion in olivine records magmatic priming of explosive basaltic eruptions. Earth and Planetary Science Letters. 500, 127-135.
Ruth, D. C. S., Costa F., de Maisonneuve C. Bouvet, Franco L., Cortés J. A., & Calder E. S. (2018). Crystal and melt inclusion timescales reveal the evolution of magma migration before eruption. Nature Communications. 9,
Andersen, N. L., Singer B. S., Costa F., Fournelle J., Herrin J. S., & Fabbro G. (2018). Petrochronologic perspective on rhyolite volcano unrest at Laguna del Maule, Chile. Earth and Planetary Science Letters. 493, 57-70.
Zeng, L., Cheng L., Costa F., & Herrin J. S. (2018). CEmin: A MATLAB-Based Software for Computational Phenocryst Extraction and Statistical Petrology. Geochemistry Geophysics Geosystems. 19(4), 1378-1392.
Krimer, D., & Costa F. (2017). Evaluation of the effects of 3D diffusion, crystal geometry, and initial conditions on retrieved time-scales from Fe-Mg zoning in natural oriented orthopyroxene crystals. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta . 196, 271-288.
Newhall, C. G., Costa F., Ratdomopurbo A., Venezky D. Y., Widiwijayanti C., Win N T Z., et al. (2017). WOVOdat - An online, growing library of worldwide volcanic unrest. Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research. 345, 184-199.
Lynn, K. J., Garcia M. O., Shea T., Costa F., & Swanson D. A. (2017). Timescales of mixing and storage for Keanakako` i Tephra magmas (1500-1820 CE), Kilauea Volcano, Hawai'i. Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology. 172(9),
Cheng, L., Costa F., & Carniel R. (2017). Unraveling the presence of multiple plagioclase populations and identification of representative two-dimensional sections using a statistical and numerical approach. American Mineralogist. 102(9), 1894-1905.
Cooper, K. M., Till C. B., Kent A. J. R., Costa F., Rubin A. E., Gravley D., et al. (2017). Response to Comment on "Rapid cooling and cold storage in a silicic magma reservoir recorded in individual crystals". Science. 358(6370),
Fabbro, G., Druitt T. H., & Costa F. (2017). Storage and Eruption of Silicic Magma across the Transition from Dominantly Effusive to Caldera-forming States at an Arc Volcano (Santorini, Greece). Journal of Petrology. 58(12), 2429-2464.
Bouvet de la Maisonneuve, C., Costa F., Huber C., Vonlanthen P., Bachmann O., & Dungan M. A. (2016). Do olivines faithfully record magmatic events?. Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology. 171(56),
Singer, B. S., Costa F., Herrin J. S., Hildreth W., & Fierstein J. (2016). The timing of compositionally-zoned magma reservoirs and mafic 'priming' weeks before the 1912 Novarupta-Katmai rhyolite eruption. Earth and Planetary Science Letters. 451, 125-137.
Bouvet de la Maisonneuve, C., Costa F., Huber C., Vonlanthen P., Bachmann O., & Dungan M. A. (2016). How do olivines record magmatic events? Insights from major and trace element zoning. Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology. 171(6),
Albert, H., Costa F., & Martí J. (2016). Years to weeks of seismic unrest and magmatic intrusions precede monogenetic eruptions. Geology. 44(3), 211-214.

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Bouvet de la Maisonneuve, C., Costa F., Patia H., & Huber C. (2015). Mafic magma replenishment, unrest and eruption in a caldera setting: insights from the 2006 eruption of Rabaul (Papua New Guinea). Geological Society, London, Special Publications. 422(1), 17-39.
Kahl, M., Chakraborty S., Pompilio M., & Costa F. (2015). Constraints on the Nature and Evolution of the Magma Plumbing System of Mt. Etna Volcano (1991-2008) from a Combined Thermodynamic and Kinetic Modelling of the Compositional Record of Minerals. Journal of Petrology. 56(3), 621-622.
Girona, T., Costa F., & Schubert G. (2015). Degassing during quiescence as a trigger of magma ascent and volcanic eruptions. Scientific Reports. 5,
Albert, H., Costa F., & Martí J. (2015). Timing of Magmatic Processes and Unrest Associated with Mafic Historical Monogenetic Eruptions in Tenerife Island. Journal of Petrology. 56(10),
Fontijn, K., Costa F., Sutawidjaja I., Newhall C. G., & Herrin J. S. (2015). A 5000-year record of multiple highly explosive mafic eruptions from Gunung Agung (Bali, Indonesia): implications for eruption frequency and volcanic hazards. Bulletin of Volcanology. 77(7), 1-15.
Belousov, A., Belousova M., Krimer D., Costa F., Prambada O., & Zaennudin A. (2015). Volcaniclastic stratigraphy of Gede Volcano, West Java, Indonesia: How it erupted and when. Journal Of Volcanology And Geothermal Research. 301, 238-252.
Shea, T., Costa F., Krimer D., & Hammer J E. (2015). Accuracy of timescales retrieved from diffusion modeling in olivine: A 3D perspective. American Mineralogist. 100(10), 2026-2042.
Girona, T., Costa F., Taisne B., Aggangan B., & Ildefonso S. R. (2015). Fractal degassing from Erebus and Mayon volcanoes revealed by a new method to monitor H2O emission cycles. Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth. 120(5), 2988-3002.
Winson, A. E. G., Costa F., Newhall C. G., & Woo G. (2014). An analysis of the issuance of volcanic alert levels during volcanic crisis. Journal of Applied Volcanology. 3(14),
Jay, J., Costa F., Pritchard M. E., Lara L., Singer B. S., & Herrin J. S. (2014). Locating magma reservoirs using InSAR and petrology before and during the 2011–2012 Cordón Caulle silicic eruption. Earth and Planetary Science Letters. 395,
Longpre, M-A., Stix J., Costa F., Espinoza E., & Muñoz A. (2014). Magmatic processes and associated timescales leading to the January 1835 eruption of Cosigüina volcano, Nicaragua. Journal of Petrology. 55(6), 1173-1201.
Marzoli, A., Jourdan F., Bussy F., Chiaradia M., & Costa F. (2014). Petrogenesis of tholeiitic basalts from the Central Atlantic magmatic province as revealed by mineral major and trace elements and Sr isotopes. Lithos. 188, 44–59.
Moore, A., Coogan L. A., Costa F., & Perfit M. R. (2014). Primitive melt replenishment and crystal-mush disaggregation in the weeks preceding the 2005-2006 eruption 9˚ 50’N, EPR. Earth and Planetary Science Letters. 403, 15-26.
Winson, A. E. G., Costa F., Newhall C. G., & Woo G. (2014). An analysis of the issuance of volcanic alert levels during volcanic crises. Journal of Applied Volcanology. 3, 14-26.
Girona, T., Costa F., Newhall C. G., & Taisne B. (2014). On depressurization of volcanic magma reservoirs by passive degassing. Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth. 119(12), 8667–8687.
Kahl, M., Chakraborty S., Costa F., Pompilio M., Liuzzo M., & Viccaro M. (2013). Compositionally zoned crystals and real-time degassing data reveal changes in magma transfer dynamics during the 2006 summit eruptive episodes of Mt. Etna. Bulletin of Volcanology. 75, 1-14.
Martí, J., Castro A., Rodriguez C., Costa F., Carrasquilla S., Pedreira R., et al. (2013). Correlation of magma evolution and geophysical monitoring at El Hierro (Canary Islands) 2011-2012 submarine eruption. Journal of Petrology. 54, 1349-1373.
Andújar, J., Costa F., & Scaillet B. (2013). Storage conditions and eruptive dynamics of central versus flank eruptions in volcanic islands: The case of Tenerife (Canary Islands, Spain). Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research. 260, 62-79.
Costa, F., Andreastuti S., Bouvet de la Maisonneuve C., & Pallister J. S. (2013). Petrological insights into the storage conditions, and magmatic processes that yielded the centennial 2010 Merapi explosive eruption. Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research. 261, 209-235.
Girona, T., & Costa F. (2013). DIPRA:A user-friendly program to model multi-element diffusion in olivine with applications to timescales of magmatic processes. Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems. 14(2), 422-431.
Surono, Jousset P., Pallister J. S., Boichu M., Buongiorno M F., Budi-Santoso A., et al. (2012). The 2010 explosive eruption of Java's Merapi volcano-A '100-year' event. Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research. 241, 121-135.
Druitt, T. H., Costa F., Deloule E., Dungan M. A., & Scaillet B. (2012). Decadal to monthly timescales of magma transfer and reservoir growth at a caldera volcano. Nature. 482, 77-80.
Kahl, M., Chakraborty S., Costa F., & Pompilio M. (2011). Dynamic plumbing system beneath volcanoes revealed by kinetic modeling, and the connection to monitoring data: An example from Mt. Etna. Earth and Planetary Science Letters. 308, 11-22.
Andújar, J., Costa F., & Martí J. (2010). Magma storage conditions of the last eruption of Teide volcano (Canary Islands, Spain). Bulletin of Volcanology. 72, 381-395.
Costa, F. (2010). Residence times and magmatic evolution. La Revista MACLA. 12, 10-16.
Andújar, J., Costa F., & Martí J. (2009). Magma storage conditions of the last eruption of Teide volcano (Canary Islands, Spain). Bulletin of Volcanology. 72, 381-395.
Costa, F., Coogan L. A., & Chakraborty S. (2009). The time scales of magma mixing and mingling involving primitive melts and melt–mush interaction at mid-ocean ridges. Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology. 159, 371-387.
Costa, F., & Chakraborty S. (2008). The effect of water on Si and O diffusion rates in olivine and implications for transport properties and processes in the upper mantle. Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors. 166, 11-29.
Costa, F., Dohmen R., & Chakraborty S. (2008). Time Scales of Magmatic Processes from Modeling the Zoning Patterns of Crystals. Reviews in Mineralogy and Geochemistry. 69, 545-594.
Martí, J., Geyer A., Andújar J., Teixidó-Benedí F., & Costa F. (2008). Assessing the potential for future explosive activity from Teide-Pico Viejo stratovolcanoes (Tenerife, Canary Islands). Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research. 178, 529-542.
Andújar, J., Costa F., Martí J., Wolff J. A., & Carroll M. R. (2008). Experimental constraints on pre-eruptive conditions of phonolitic magma from the caldera-forming El Abrigo eruption, Tenerife (Canary Islands). Chemical Geology. 257, 173-191.
Costa, F. (2008). Chapter 1 Residence Times of Silicic Magmas Associated with Calderas. (Gottsmann, J., & Martí J., Ed.).Developments in Volcanology. Volume 10, 1-55.
Pichavant, M., Costa F., Burgisser A., Scaillet B., Martel C., & Poussineau S. (2007). Equilibration Scales in Silicic to Intermediate Magmas-Implications for Experimental Studies. Journal of Petrology. 48, 1955-1972.

Publications:

Larrea, P., Albert H., Costa F., Widom E., & Siebe C. (2017). Magmatic processes of Paricutin volcano: rapid fractionation with no crustal assimilation?. IAVCEI 2017.
Albert, H., Costa F., Herrin J. S., & Métrich N. (2017). Time scales of the processes related to the 2007 caldera-forming eruption of Piton de la Fournaise (La Réunion Island). 14th Annual Asia Oceania Geosciences Meeting.
Albert, H., Costa F., Herrin J. S., Di Muro A., & Métrich N. (2017). Timescales of the 2007 caldera-forming eruption of Piton de la Fournaise (La Réunion Island) recorded in olivine crystals and their melt inclusions. IAVCEI 2017.
Widiwijayanti, C., Costa F., Nang T Z W., Fajiculay E E., Newhall C. G., Ratdomopurbo A., et al. (2016). WOVOdat – A Worlwide Volcano Unrest Database – aimed at improving eruption forecasts. Cities on Volcanoes 9.
Widiwijayanti, C., Costa F., Nang T Z W., Fajiculay E E., Newhall C. G., Ratdomopurbo A., et al. (2016). WOVOdat as localhost volcano monitoring database for crisis response. Cities on Volcanoes 9.
Ruth, D. C. S., Costa F., Bouvet de la Maisonneuve C., Franco L. M., Cortés J. A., & Calder E. S. (2016). Tiny crystals give away the where and when of magma ascent. American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting.
Costa, F., Ruth D. C. S., Bornas M., & Rivera D J. V. (2016). Understanding the monotonous life of open vent mafic volcanoes. American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting.
Costa, F., Ruth D. C. S., & Girona T. (2016). Linking repose, intrusion and unrest times at openly degassing volcanoes. Cities on Volcanoes.
Chong, E., McCaughey J. W., Tan G C I., Ng H K., Nadarajah V R., Costa F., et al. (2012). An active volcano - where scientists and teachers cause explosive inquiry-based learning to erupt. AOGS-AGU Joint Assembly.

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