Pilar Madrigal
Scientist, Topic 3
FB 4: Ocean Floor Dynamics
FE Magmatic and Hydrothermal Systems
Office:
Room: 12/224
Telephone: +49 431 600 2650
E-mail: pmadrigalquesada(at)geomar.de
Adresse:
Wischhofstraße 1-3
24148 Kiel
Research Interests
- Geochemistry and petrology of ophiolites and their basaltic intrusions as proxies for the melting processes in the Earth’s upper mantle.
- Petrogenesis of non-hotspot seamounts as windows to the geochemical heterogeneities within the Earth's upper mantle.
- Mid-Ocean Ridge magmatism and its implication for the generation and composition of the oceanic crust. Magmatic productivity and changes in spreading rates that impact the tectonic history on Earth.
- Intraplate magmatism: geochemistry and geochronology of hotspots and oceanic island basalts (OIBs), the magmatic processes during their early evolution, and the nature of their mantle sources.
- Petrogenesis of Large Igneous Provinces, their sources, and the mechanisms of formation that allow massive volumes of melt to extrude onto the seafloor, together with the impacts of such events through Earth’s geotectonic history.
- Plume-Ridge Interaction, the resulting geochemical signatures imprinted during such interaction, and its impact on tectonic processes.
Gabbroic dike intruding the peridotite, Santa Elena Ophiolite, Costa Rica.
Education and Career
2006-2011: Bachelor of Geology, University of Costa Rica.
2012-2016: Ph.D. in Geosciences, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, USA.
2016-2023: Adjunct Professor and Researcher, Department of Geology, University of Costa Rica.
2023-Present: Marie Skłodowska Curie Postdoctoral Fellow, Horizon Europe. Project No.101065667 – ISOSEA at GEOMAR
Research Projects
2023 -2025: Horizon Europe. Project No. 101065667 – ISOSEA: “Isolated Seamounts as Windows into Upper Mantle Geochemical Heterogeneity”
2021- 2022: Principal Investigator. Project No. 113-C1-149: “Basaltic intrusions from the Santa Elena Ophiolite: a window into mantle geochemical processes.”
2019 - 2022: Principal Investigator. Project No. 816-B9-195: “Use of Raman Spectroscopy for fluid inclusion analyses in volcanic materials”. Collaboration with CICIMA, University of Costa Rica.
2017 - 2022: Principal Investigator. Project No. 113-B8-141: “Arc to intraplate magmatic transition: the geochemical evolution of the mantle beneath the Costa Rican back-arc”. University of Costa Rica.
2017 - 2022: Principal Investigator. Project No. 830-B8-065: “Sedimentological and geochemical analysis of the Suretka Formation: the remnants of the Miocene magmatic arc of Costa Rica”. University of Costa Rica.
Publications
ORCID: 0000-0002-2089-0560
Google Scholar profile here.
Conferences
- Madrigal, P., Hoernle, K., Hauff, F., Frick, D. Geochemical and morphological aspects of the Mid-Pacific Mountains: insights into Pacific Plate Evolution. Poster presentation AGU Fall Meeting 2024, Washington, DC.
- Madrigal, P., Hoernle, K., Jicha, B. R., Portnyagin, M., Hauff, F., Yogodzinski, G. & Werner, R. Filling the Gap: Age and Geochemical Evolution of the Early Emperor Seamount Chain. Poster presentation AGU Fall Meeting 2023, San Francisco, CA.
- Madrigal P., Lücke, O.H., Guerrero, R., Avendaño-Soto, E. Raman Spectroscopy applied to the study of Earth materials. Oral presentation, 5th Geological Congress of the University of Costa Rica, 2021
- Madrigal P., Lücke, O.H., Soto, G.J. The Aguas Zarcas carbonaceous chondrite: fall and recovery of an extraordinary CM2 type meteorite. Oral presentation, 3rd Geological Congress of the University of Costa Rica, 2019.
- Madrigal P., Gazel E., Flores, K., Jicha, B., Bizimis, M. Plume-Ridge Interaction during Large-Igneous Province formation. Oral presentation, AGU Fall Meeting 2018, Washington DC.
Teaching experience
Courses from the Bachelor in Geology curriculum at the University of Costa Rica
- Introduction to Geochemistry
- Optic Mineralogy
- Applied Geochemistry
- Igneous and Metamorphic Petrography
- Field Camp II
Expeditions
2024: RV SONNE SO307, Madagascar Rise
Field Expeditions
November 2021: Santa Elena Ophiolite, Costa Rica. Mapping and sampling of coastal outcrops for peridotites and basaltic intrusions.
March 2019: Santa Elena Ophiolite, Costa Rica. Mapping and sampling of coastal outcrops for peridotites and basaltic intrusions.
January 2018: Baja Talamanca, Costa Rica. Sample collection and characterization of the Suretka Formation.
February 2017: Turrialba Volcano, Costa Rica. Geophysical monitoring and ash sampling.
January 2017: Aguas Zarcas, San Carlos Costa Rica. Tephra sampling campaign in pyroclastic cones.
Rock sampling at a coastal outcrop in Santa Elena Ophiolite, NW Pacific, Costa Rica.
