Academic Position: Associate Professor in Mineralogy, Geochemistry and Petrology of Magmatogenic and Sedimentary Formations

Education

• 1992: PhD in Geology, School of Geology, Faculty of Sciences, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece. Title of PhD thesis: “Magmatism and associated sedimentation during the first stage of the opening of the Vardar oceanic basin in Triassic times” (in Greek, with English summary).
• 1986: Diploma in Geology, School of Geology, Faculty of Sciences, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece.

Research Interests

• Mineralogy
• Petrology
• Geochemistry
• Economic Geology
• Geological Mapping

Main Publications

• Asvesta A., Dimitriadis S. (2010). “Facies architecture of a Triassic rift-related Silicic Volcano-Sedimentary succession in the Tethyan realm, Peonias subzone, Vardar (Axios) Zone, northern Greece.” Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research, Vol.193,245-269.
• Asvesta A., Dimitriadis S. (2012). “Rhyolitic peperites from the Permo-Triassic Volcano-Sedimentary succession in Circum-Rhodope Belt, northern Greece” Honorary edition in memory of Professor Emeritus Konstantinos T. Soldatos, Thessaloniki 2012, Scientific Annals of the School of Geology, Faculty of Sciences, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Special Volume 101,1-8 (in Greek, with English abstract).
• Asvesta A., Dimitriadis S. (2013). “Magma – sediment interaction during the emplacement of syn-sedimentary silicic and mafic intrusions and lavas into and onto Triassic strata (Circum-Rhodope Belt, northern Greece).” Geologica Carpathica,64 (3), pp.181-194.
• Iordanidis, Garcia-Guinea J., Garas S., Asvesta A., Triantafyllou A.G. (2014). “Application of μRaman microscopy to the identification of individual airborne particles: preliminary results from Kozani’s area, Northern Greece.” Particulate Science and Technology, 32 (4), pp.355-359.
• Iordanidis A., Asvesta A., Vasileiadou A. (2018). “Combustion behaviour of different types of solid wastes and their blends with lignite”. Thermal Science22, No. 2, pp. 1077-1088.
• Iordanidis A, Garcia-Guinea J., Zouros N., Asvesta A. (2019). “Silica polymorphs in the mineral assemblage of fossil plant samples from Lesvos Petrified Forest”. 15th International Congress of the Geological Society of Greece Athens, 22-24 May, 2019 Harokopio University of Athens, Greece Bulletin of the Geological Society of Greece, Sp. Pub. 7 Ext. GSG2019-003, p.305-306.
• Asvesta A., Dimitriadis S. (2019). “Geochemical characteristics and Tectonic significance of Permo-Triassic Silicic Volcanic rocks from Circum-Rhodope Belt, Vardar (Axios) Zone, northern Greece”. 15th International Congress of the Geological Society of Greece Athens, 22-24 May, 2019 Harokopio University of Athens, Greece Bulletin of the Geological Society of Greece, Sp. Pub. 7 Ext. GSG2019-005, p.307-308.
• Iordanidis A, Kapageridis, Asvesta A. (2019). “Underground coal mining in Central Europe in the mid. 19th century: a literary documentation by Zola’s “Germinal” 15th International Congress of the Geological Society of Greece Athens, 22-24 May, 2019 Harokopio University of Athens, Greece Bulletin of the Geological Society of Greece, Sp. Pub. 7 Ext. GSG2019-001, p.695-696.
• Iordanidis A, Garcia-Guinea J., Zouros N., Asvesta A. (2019). “Lesvos Petrified Forest: the fascinating colours of the silicified trunks”. 15th International Congress of the Geological Society of Greece Athens, 22-24 May, 2019 Harokopio University of Athens, Greece Bulletin of the Geological Society of Greece, Sp. Pub. 7 Ext. GSG2019-049, p.697-698.

Contact Details

Department of Mineral Resources Engineering
School of Engineering
University of Western Macedonia
Koila, Kozani, 50100
Greece
Tel: +30 24610 68078
email: aasvesta@uowm.gr