Curriculum Vitae
1. Personal Data
Name: Mário Abel Carreira Gonçalves Address: Departamento de Geologia
Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa Edifício C2, Piso 5
Campo Grande 1749-016 Lisboa Portugal
e-mail address: mgoncalves@fc.ul.pt
Personal web page: http://correio.cc.fc.ul.pt/~macg/ Date of Birth: November 2nd, 1965
Citizenship: Portuguese
2. Academic Degrees
June 1996: MSc. in “Geologia Dinâmica”, University of Lisbon. Final classification: 18 (out of 20). Dissertation title: “Mineralizações auríferas da região de Arouca”; Scientific Advisor: Prof. Doutor Fernando J. A. S. Barriga. Approved with the classification “Muito Bom”.
November 1989: Degree in Geology, Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa. Final classification: 16 (out of 20).
3. Professional Activities
June 1996 to present: Assitente – Departamento de Geologia, Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa.
August 1992 to June 1996: Assitente-estagiário – Departamento de Geologia, Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa.
November 1989 to July 1992: Exploration Geologist, EDM - Empresa de Desenvolvimento Mineiro, SA.
August to October 1989: Geologist – Project to build a geological data base for oil exploration – Atlantic Resources directed by Eng. Georges Brognon.
4. Scientific Activities
PhD Student at Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa, in the Departamento de Geologia. Thesis title: “Characterisation and experimental study of contamination processes in sediments by heavy metals through adsorption in phyllosilicates”. Scientific Advisor: Prof. Doutor Jorge Figueiras.
Reseach work on the quantitative study of geochemical anomalies and its importance in the mining exploration and environmental pollution assessment in soils (colaboration with Instituto Geológico e Mineiro).
November 2001 to present: Researcher of the Laboratório Associado Instituto de Sistemas e Robótica.
January 1998 to present: Researcher of the Centro de Recursos Minerais, Mineralogia e Cristalografia (CREMINER).
November 1993 to December 1997: Researcher of the Centro de Ciência e Tecnologia dos Materiais (CiTecMat).
4.1 Participation in scientific projects
March 2003 – August 2004: MODELWASTE (FCT). Principal Investigator: Dr. Jorge Figueiras October 1999 – October 2001: DIWASTE (FCT) - Fluid flow in fractured rocks and its implications for Waste Disposal Criteria. Principal Investigator: Dr. António Mateus.
January 1996 – December 1997: MIZOMOR (JNICT) - Mineralizações em metais preciosos na Zona de Ossa Morena.. Principal Investigator: Dr. António Mateus.
5. Seminars and Courses
• Workshop “Mineral Surface Science”, Institut für Mineralogie, Universität Münster, Germany, March 22 to 24, 1999.
• Workshop “New Methods and Concepts in Mathematical Geology” by Dr. Frederik P. Agterberg (Natural Resources Canada) and Dr. Quiming Cheng (York University, Canada), October 8th, 1998, during the IV Annual Conference of the International Association for Mathematical Geology.
• Free Course on "Introduction to Molecular Thermodynamics" by Dr. J. F. Ely of the Colorado School of Mines, organised by CiTecMat e DQB, Faculdade de Ciências de Lisboa, 3, 10 and 11 of December 1997 in ICAT.
• Seminar "A Geofísica na Indústria: que perspectivas para Portugal?", Instituto Superior Técnico, May 8th, 1991.
6. Visits and Conferences
Research visitor in Departamento de Geología da Universidad de Oviedo, October 14 to 17, 2002.
Research visitor in Institut für Mineralogie da Universadade de Münster, March 10 to 16, 2001.
Visit and invited conference, Facultad de Geología da Universidad de Oviedo, October 9th, 2000.
7. Grants
Grants from European Science Foundation:
• 2002: “Geochemistry of Crustal Fluids”, Seefeld in Tyrol, Austria, December 14 to 19. • 2000: “Mineral Surface Reactivity”, San Feliú de Guixols, Barcelona, May 27 to June 1. • 1998: “Geochemistry of Crustal Fluids”, Creete, Greece, May 22 to 27.
• 1996: “Geochemistry of Crustal Fluids”, Seefeld in Tyrol, Austria, December 6 to 11.
8. Scientific Affiliations
• International Association for Mathematical Geology – IAMG, since 1999. • Mineralogical Society of America – MSA, since 2002.
• Geochemical Society, since 2002.
9. Publications
9.1 Papers in international peer-reviewed journals
Waerenborgh, J. C., Figueiras, J., Mateus, A. and Gonçalves, M. (2002) - Nature and mechanism of ilmenite alteration: a Mössbauer and X-ray diffraction study of oxidized ilmenite from the Beja-Acebuches Ophiolite Complex (SE Portugal). Mineralogical Magazine, 66 (3): 421-430. doi: 10.1180/0026461026630038
Waerenborgh, J.C., Figueiras, J., Mateus, A. and Gonçalves, M. (2002). 57Fe Mössbauer spectroscopy study of the correlation between the Fe3+ content and the magnetic properties of natural Cr spinels. European Journal of Mineralogy, 14 (2): 437-446. doi: 10.1127/0935-1221/2002/0014-0437
Figueiras, J., Mateus, A., Gonçalves, M. A., Waerenborgh, J. and Fonseca, P. (2002). Geodynamical evolution of the South Variscan Iberian Suture as recorded by mineral transformations. Geodinamica Acta, 15 (1): 45-61.
doi:10.1016/S0985-3111(01)01078-6
Gonçalves, M. A., Mateus, A. and Oliveira, V. (2001). Geochemical anomaly separation by multifractal modelling. Journal of Geochemical Exploration, 72 (2): 91-114. doi:10.1016/S0375-6742(01)00156-X
Gonçalves, M. A. (2001). Characterization of geochemical distributions using multifractal models. Mathematical Geology, 33 (1): 41-61.
Mateus, A., Figueiras, J., Gonçalves, M. and Fonseca, P. (1999). Evolving fluid circulation within the Beja-Acebuches Variscan Ophiolite Complex (SE Portugal). Ofioliti, 24 (2): 269-282.
9.2 Papers in national journals
Marques, F.O. , Mateus, A., Amaral, H., Gonçalves, M.A., Tassinari, C., Silva, P. and Miranda, J.M. (2001) - The Amares basin: an ENE-WSW graben formed by recent reactivation of the late-Variscan fracture network?. Comunicações do Instituto Geológico e Mineiro, 88: 33-50.
Mateus, A., Jesus, A.P., Oliveira, V., Gonçalves, M.A. and Rosa, C. (2001) - Vanadiferous iron-titanium ores in Gabbroic Series of the Beja Igneous Complex (Odivelas, Portugal); remarks on their possible economic interest. Estudos Notas e Trabalhos do Instituto Geológico e Mineiro, 43: 3-16.
Mateus, A., Oliveira, V., Gonçalves, M. A., Figueiras, J., Fonseca, P. and Martins, L. (1998). General assessment of the metallogenetic potential of the Iberian Terrane Southern Border. Estudos Notas e Trabalhos do Instituto Geológico e Mineiro, 40: 35-50.
Mateus, A. and Gonçalves, M. A. (1993). Caracterização geométrica e distribuição fractal da fracturação adjacente à falha da Vilariça no sector de Quinta da Terrincha (NE de Portugal). Gaia, 6: 43-58.
9.3 Publications in national and international Conferences
Gonçalves, M. A., Cerqueira, L., Figueiras, J. and Putnis, C. V. (2002) - Use of µ-PIXE and SEM to study metal adsorption and artificial solid phases in polluted environmental sediment samples. Geochemistry of Crustal Fluids - The Role and Fate of Trace Metals in Crustal Fluids, ESF Conference, December 14-19, 2002, Seefeld in Tirol, Austria: 79-80.
Figueiras, J., Gonçalves, M. A., Mateus, A., Marques, F.O., Monteiro Santos, F and Mota, R. (2002) - Monitorization of the initial stages of dispersion of pollutants around municipal waste disposal facilities. Geochemistry of Crustal Fluids - The Role and Fate of Trace Metals in Crustal Fluids, ESF Conference, December 14-19, 2002, Seefeld in Tirol, Austria: 69-70.
Gonçalves, M. A., Nogueira, J. M. F., Putnis, C. V. and Figueiras, J. (2002) - Metal and micro-organic pollutant partitioning between sediments and waste waters from a landfill, Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 66 (S1): A285
Gonçalves, M.A., Amaral, H., Mateus, A. and Marques, F.O. (2001) – Fracture density and scaling laws in granite massifs and their importance on site selection criteria for waste disposal. VII Annual Conference of the International Association for Mathematical Geology. Cancún, Mexico.
Gonçalves, M. A., Figueiras, J., Almeida, C., and Mateus, A. (2000). Characterisation of chemical exchanges between waste waters and mineral size fractions in soils and sediments around a waste disposal site. ESF Conference Geochemistry of Crustal Fluids, 2-7 December 2000, Granada, Spain: p. 59.
Gonçalves, M. A. (2000). The use of Multifractal methods in the separation of geochemical anomalies in gold mineralisations in Northern Portugal. Proceedings of the 31st International Geological Congress, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil.
Fonseca P., Mateus A., Figueiras J.e Gonçalves M.A. (1999). Kinematical and dynamic analysis of the major shear zones at the SW Iberian Variscan Fold Belt. Essay on geodynamic interpretation. EUG 10, European Union of Geosciences, Strasbourg. Gonçalves M.A., Mateus A., Figueiras J.e Fonseca P. (1998). Origin, chemical reactivity and
circulation regimes of the CO2-(SiO2) fluids responsible for the polyphasic metasomatism at the Beja-Acebuches Ophiolite Complex. V Congresso Nacional de Geologia, Lisboa. Comunicações do Instituto Geológico e Mineiro, 84(1): B-87-B-90.
Figueiras J., Mateus A., Gonçalves M.A. and Fonseca P. (1998). Early deformation and metasomatic evolution of the Barranco da Gravia metagabbros as recorded by amphibole and plagioclase chemistry. V Congresso Nacional de Geologia, Lisboa. Comunicações do Instituto Geológico e Mineiro, 84(1): B-91-B-94.
Mateus A., Figueiras J., Gonçalves M.A. and Fonseca P. (1998). Sulphide dissemination in metatroctolites of the Beja-Acebuches Ophiolite Complex; their genesis and geological meaning. V Congresso Nacional de Geologia, Lisboa. Comunicações do Instituto Geológico e Mineiro, 84(2): F-7-F-10.
Gonçalves, M. A., Vairinho, M. and Oliveira, V. (1998). Study of geochemical anomalies in Mombeja area using a multifractal methodology and geostatistics. In: A Buccianti, G. Nardi and R. Potenza (Eds), Proc. of the IV IAMG'98, Part 2: 590-595.
Gonçalves, M. A., Mateus, A. and Figueiras, J. (1998). Some problems concerning mass-balance estimates related to hydrothermally altered cumulates in the lower section of the Beja-Acebuches Ophiolitic Complex. European Research Conference Geochemistry of Crustal Fluids: Characterisation of reactive transport in natural systems, Crete, Greece - 22-27 May 1998. p. 80.
Mateus, A., Figueiras, J., Gonçalves, M. A. and Fonseca, P. (1998). Post-emplacement evolution of the Beja-Acebuches Ophiolite Complex (South Portugal). In: Eero Hanski and Jouni Vuollo (Eds), International Ophiolite Symposium and Field Excursion, Geological Survey of Finland, Spec. Paper 26: 37.
Gonçalves, M. A., Fonseca, P., Mateus, A. and Figueiras, J. (1997). Microstructural characterization of metasomatized gabbroic rocks of the Barranco da Gravia Unit (B.A.O.C.) at the Guadiana River. 3ª Conferência Anual do Grupo de Geologia Estrutural e Tectónica, Livro de Resumos: 4 pp.
Mateus, A., Figueiras, J., Gonçalves, M. A. and Fonseca, P. (1997). Carbonatization of B.A.O.C.'s basic and ultrabasic rocks (Guadiana Valley): Structural control and metallogenetic potential. In: C. C. Pires, M. E. P. Gomes and C. Coke (Coord.) Comunicações da XIV Reunião de Geologia do Oeste Peninsular, Vila Real, Setembro de 1997: 145-151.
Gonçalves, M. A. (1996). Alguns problemas estratigráficos e estruturais no sector da Zona de Cisalhamento do Sulco Carbonífero na região de Arouca. 3º Encontro de Campo e 2ª Conferência Anual do Grupo de Geologia Estrutural e Tectónica, Livro de Resumos: 58-61.
Gonçalves, M.; Mateus, A. and Barriga, F. J. A. S. (1995). Structural control of gold occurrences in the Arouca region and their relationships to the Carboniferous Trough Shear Zone (NW Portugal). In: Rodriguez-Alonso, M.D. and Gonzalo-Corral, J. C. (Eds.), XIII RGOP/PICG - 319-320, Salamanca: 180-184.
Gonçalves, M. A.; Mateus, A. and Barriga, F. J. A. S. (1995). Hydrothermal alteration and paragenetic sequence in the gold occurrences of the Arouca region (NW of Portugal). In: Borges, F. S. and Marques, M. M. (Coord.) IV Congresso Nacional de Geologia. Univ. Porto, Fac. Cienc., Mus. Lab. Mineral. Geol., Porto, 1995, Memória nº4: 563-567.
Mateus, A and Gonçalves, M. A. (1993). The influence of primary mineral parageneses on gold mobility in supergene environments; palaeo-weathering profiles in gold occurrences in Portugal. In Noronha, F., Marques, M. and Nogueira, P. (Eds.) IX Semana de Geoquímica e II Congresso de Geoquímica dos Países de Língua Portuguesa. Univ. Porto, Fac. Cienc., Mus. Lab. Mineral. Geol., Porto, 1993, Memória nº3: 473-477.
Damião, J., Pinheiro, R., Gonçalves, M., Ferraz, P., Vazquez, R. and Combes, A. (1992). On gold mineralisation in the Baixo-Douro region, Northern Portugal. Proc. XV World Min-ing Congress, Madrid, 1992: 153-163.
9.4 Book reviews in scientific journals
Gonçalves, M. A. (2001). Computing for scientists: principles of programming with C++ and Fortran 90 R.J. Barlow and A.R. Barnett; Wiley, Chichester, 1998, 292pp., price US$49.95, ISBN 0-471-95596-5., Computers & Geosciences, 27 (5): 609-610.
9.5 Non-published reports
Gonçalves, M. A. and Mateus, A. (2000). Análise Geoestatística e Multifractal da geoquímica de solos de Odivelas (Ferreira do Alentejo). Technical Report, Dep. Geologia, Faculdade de Ciências de Lisboa, February 2000, 15 pp.
Gonçalves, M.A. (1998). Methods for geochemical anomaly separation: the geostatistical and multifractal approaches. Technical Report, Dep. Geologia, Faculdade de Ciências de Lisboa, September 1998, 21 pp.
Gonçalves, M. and Itard, Y. (1992) - Relatório sobre o levantamento das sanjas e das frentes em Alto do Sobrido - Medas. Rel. int. Consórcio Baixo Douro (SEREM - EDM): 8 pp. Gonçalves, M. (1992) - Projecto MIDAS - Nota técnica referente à análise e interpretação da
imagem de satélite SPOT no BRGM (Orléans). Rel. int. EDM: 9 pp. + 9 fig.
Gonçalves, M. (1992) - Amostragem em canal na zona da mina de Alto do Sobrido. Rel. int. Consórcio Baixo Douro (SEREM - EDM): 4 pp.
Gonçalves, M. (1991) - Levantamento geológico complementar das áreas de Banjas, Vinhas e Orca (SW de Valongo). Rel. int. Consórcio Baixo Douro (EDM - BRGM - ECD): 4 pp. + IV fig.
Afonso, J. and Gonçalves, M. (1991) Relatório sobre a prospecção na área de Vila Cova -Chiqueiro (NNE de Arouca). Rel. int Consórcio Baixo Douro (EDM - BRGM - ECD): 12 pp. + 2 anexos + carta geol. Vila Cova - Chiqueiro (1/5000) e Chiqueiro (1/1000).
Gonçalves, M. (1990) - Caracterização geológica da zona de Calhau do Corvo (Maciço de Monchique) - Relatório resumo. Rel. int. EDM: 20 pp. + 3 anexos.
Gonçalves, M. (1990) - Caracterização geológica da zona de Calhau do Corvo (Maciço de Monchique). Rel. int. EDM: 10 pp. + carta geol. esc. 1/1000.
9.6 Dissertations
Gonçalves, M.A.C. (1996). Mineralizações auríferas da região de Arouca. MSc. Dissertation. Departamento de Geologia da Faculdade de Ciências de Lisboa: 111 pp. + XV Estampas.
9.7 Papers submitted, in revision or in press
Gonçalves, M. A. - The meaning of geostatistical modeling: Comment on the paper “Two-dimensional geostatistical modeling and prediction of the fracture system in the Albala Granitic Pluton, SW Iberian Massif, Spain” by J. Escuder Viruete et al., Journal of Structural Geology, 23 (2001) 2011-2023, Journal of Structural Geology (submitted). Gonçalves, M. A., Nogueira, J. M. F., Figueiras, J., Putnis, C. V. and Almeida, C (2003)
-Base-metals and organic content in stream sediments in the vicinity of a landfill. Applied Geochemistry (in revision).
Mota, R., Monteiro Santos, F. A., Mateus, A., Marques, F. O., Gonçalves, M. A., Figueiras, J. and Amaral, H. – Granite fracturing and incipient pollution beneath a recent landfill
facility as detected by several geoelectrical surveys. Journal of Applied Geophysics (submitted).
Figueiras, J., Gonçalves, M.A., Mateus, A., Marques, F. O., Monteiro Santos, F. and Mota, R. - Initial stages of pollutants dispersion around municipal waste disposal facilities; a case study in northern Portugal. Chemical Geology (submitted).
9.8 Presentations submitted to Conferences
Jesus, A., Mateus, A., Gonçalves, M. A. and Oliveira, V. (2003) - Cu anomaly separation by multifractal modelling of soil geochemistry data from Ferreira do Alentejo to Serpa (Portugal). IV Congresso Ibérico de Geoquímica / XIII Semana de Geoquímica.
Mateus, A., Gonçalves, M. A., Marques, F. O. and Monteiro Santos, F. (2003) - Multi-scale geometric analysis of fracture networks in granite massifs and its application to landfill site selection. Simpósio "A Geologia de Engenharia e os Recursos Geológicos", Coimbra 2003.
10. Other Activities
Scientific revision of the translation to Portuguese of the book “T-Rex and the Crater of Doom” by Walter Alvarez, published by Editorial Bizâncio, nr. 9 of the series “A Máquina do Mundo”.
