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NIGS Quarterly
Newsletter of the National Institute of Geological Sciences
Issue No. 8-9
October 2024 to March 2025

UP-NIGS Partners with Balangiga LGU for Resilient Development
UP-NIGS and LGU Balangiga team up for watershed studies, 3D mapping, and disaster resilience.
Chelo Pascua
Feb 252 min read
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Latest Publications
Barrientos, M.A. , Gabo-Ratio, J.A. , Yamada, T., Jabagat, K., Francisco, A. M., & Yonezu, K. (2024). Co, Sc, and Ni enrichment in the...
NIGS Research
Sep 30, 20245 min read
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Faculty and Students Search for Mesozoic Molluscs in Samar
From August 18-21, 2024, John Paul Mondala, Dr. Allan Gil Fernando, and Dr. Tomoki Kase from the National Museum of Nature and Science,...
JP Mondala
Aug 21, 20241 min read
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Meyrick Tablizo Participates in the Analytical Paleobiology Workshop 2024
The Analytical Paleobiology Workshop (APW) or Summer School is held annually to train graduate students in modern analytical techniques...
Meyrick Tablizo
Aug 5, 20242 min read
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Ongoing collaboration between UP-NIGS and GIGCAS
On the 6th of May 2024, researchers and faculty members from the Guangzhou Institute of Geochemistry Chinese Academy of Sciences (GIGCAS)...
John Kenneth Badillo
May 10, 20242 min read
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Fieldwork with Dr. Tomoki Kase: Molluscs, otoliths, forams and all things paleontological!
Members of the Nannoworks Laboratory (Dr. Allan Gil Fernando, David Policarpio and John Paul Mondala), along with visiting paleontologist Dr
JP Mondala
May 7, 20243 min read
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Charting new depths: NIGS professors and students embarked on Marine Geophysics Exchange Program
Dr. Carla B. Dimalanta and Dr. Leo T. Armada, accompanied by several graduate and undergraduate students from the Rushurgent Working...
Mike Ausejo
Mar 28, 20242 min read
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RWG and GIGCAS forge stronger research collaborations
In January 28 to February 1, 2024, the Rushurgent Working Group (RWG) professors visited the Guangzhou Institute of Geochemistry, Chinese...
Armand Bambao
Mar 18, 20241 min read
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Project: Marine and Onshore Geophysical Investigations of the Manila Subduction Zone (MOGI)
Dr. Carla B. Dimalanta conducted geologic fieldwork as well as gravity and magnetic surveys last July 31 - August 16, 2023 in Kalinga and...
Berlyn Eleazar
Oct 1, 20231 min read
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Project: Constraining short- and long-term tectonic deformation in western Luzon, Philippines
Members of the Geomorphology and Active Tectonics Research (GEAR) Lab and Earth Observatory Singapore-Nanyang Technological University...
Andrea Pamintuan
Sep 29, 20231 min read
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Project: Active faulting and earthquake potential of the Sindangan-Cotabato Fault
Dr. John Dale Dianala, along with his University Research Associate (URA) Ms. Jed Ruzziel Santiago, conducted reconnaissance fieldwork...
Yel Santiago
Sep 29, 20231 min read
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UP NIGS and Japanese researchers conduct fieldwork in Surigao del Norte
Dr. Betchaida Payot and Mr. Julius Pasco from the University of the Philippines National Institute of Geological Sciences (UP NIGS), Dr....
Julius Pasco
Apr 19, 20231 min read
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UP NIGS and Kanazawa University researchers conduct field activities in Palawan and Mt. Pinatubo
The University of the Philippines National Institute of Geological Sciences (UP NIGS) hosted faculty and students from the Department of...
Nikko Balanial
Mar 31, 20232 min read
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Graduate students participate in the 2023 Sakura Science Program in Japan
Six graduate students of NIGS participated in the 2023 Sakura Science Exchange Program in Japan administered by the Japan Science and...
Sandra Catugas
Mar 28, 20231 min read
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Filipino and Taiwanese researchers participate in marine scientific research expedition
As part of the research project titled “Marine and Onshore Geophysical Investigations of the Manila Subduction Zone (MOGI)”, a...
Leo Armada
Mar 28, 20231 min read
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