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Ongoing Research Projects

Mark Angelo Flores & Jhonard John Garcia

Rupture history of the Cotabato subduction zone and its implications for seismic hazard in southern Mindanao

Earthquakes generated at subduction zones are often the most destructive because they come from a huge contact surface where one tectonic plate dives beneath another, allowing stress to build up over ...

SDG_11 Sustainable Cities and Communities SDG_9 Industry, Innovation, and Infrastructure

Feb 12, 2026

Mark Angelo Flores & Jhonard John Garcia

Integrated Geophysical and Remote Sensing Analysis of Lineaments in Central Philippines

This project aims to refine the mapping and characterization of active and potentially active structures in Central Philippines by combining remote sensing and geophysical datasets to detect and inter...

SDG_11 Sustainable Cities and Communities SDG_9 Industry, Innovation, and Infrastructure

Feb 12, 2026

Mark Angelo Flores & Jhonard John Garcia

Volcanic Processes and Hazards Associated with the Pleistocene Volcanic Centers in Benguet Province

The Central Cordillera hosts some of the youngest volcanic units in the Philippines, with Pleistocene–Recent volcanic deposits reported in parts of Benguet that reflect a comparatively recent magmatic...

SDG_11 Sustainable Cities and Communities SDG_9 Industry, Innovation, and Infrastructure

Feb 12, 2026

Mark Angelo Flores & Jhonard John Garcia

Seismotectonics and ground deformation associated with the 30 September 2025 M6.9 Cebu Earthquake

The 30 September 2025 Mw 6.9 Cebu earthquake occurred on a previously unmapped offshore fault near the coast of Bogo City and produced severe impacts, including reported casualties, widespread infrast...

SDG_11 Sustainable Cities and Communities SDG_9 Industry, Innovation, and Infrastructure

Feb 12, 2026

Mark Angelo Flores & Jhonard John Garcia

Assessment of the Potential Volcano Instability and Flank Collapse of Mt. Malindig Using Analog Modelling

This proposal evaluates the potential volcanic instability and flank-collapse hazards of Mt. Malindig (Marinduque) by framing the edifice as a possible spreading volcano influenced by both its interna...

SDG_11 Sustainable Cities and Communities SDG_9 Industry, Innovation, and Infrastructure

Feb 12, 2026

Mark Angelo Flores & Jhonard John Garcia

Evaluation of Strontium/Calcium Ratio (Sr/Ca) in Late Holocene Coral Microatolls From Balaoan, La Union as Sea-Surface (SST) Proxies

This proposal investigates how nearshore environmental variability is recorded in coral skeletal geochemistry, with the goal of developing a site-specific proxy framework for reconstructing past coast...

SDG_13 Climate Action SDG_14 Life Below Water

Feb 12, 2026

Mark Angelo Flores & Jhonard John Garcia

Fault mapping along eastern Mindanao using integrated gravity, magnetics, and remotely-sensed data

This proposed research will involve the application of edge detection techniques to gravity and magnetic data from global or regional datasets. Edge detection filters will also be applied to remote-se...

SDG_11 Sustainable Cities and Communities SDG_9 Industry, Innovation, and Infrastructure

Sep 30, 2025

Mark Angelo Flores & Jhonard John Garcia

Freshwater Lens Monitoring in Bantayan Island, Cebu

Island communities largely rely on fresh groundwater for their water supply. As demand for water grows due to the increase in island population and rapid land development, concerns are also growing on...

SDG_11 Sustainable Cities and Communities SDG_17 Partnerships for the Goals SDG_6 Clean Water and Sanitation SDG_9 Industry, Innovation, and Infrastructure

Sep 30, 2025

Mark Angelo Flores & Jhonard John Garcia

LIGTAS-AGAD Project 1: Integrating Real-Time Monitoring and Remote Sensing for Enhanced Onshore Landslide Mechanism Analysis and Forecasting in Hazard-Prone Terranes

Project 1, “LIGTAS-AGAD: Integrating real-time monitoring and remote sensing for enhanced onshore landslide mechanism analysis and forecasting in hazard-prone terranes” aims to enhance our understandi...

SDG_11 Sustainable Cities and Communities SDG_13 Climate Action SDG_15 Life on Land SDG_9 Industry, Innovation, and Infrastructure

Sep 30, 2025

Mark Angelo Flores & Jhonard John Garcia

Fossil Ostracods from the Pliocene Tartaro Formation (San Miguel, Bulacan)

The Pliocene Tartaro Formation in Central Luzon Basin is described as a fossiliferous shallow marine sedimentary unit in the eastern portion of the basin, coeval with the Cataguintingan Formation on t...

SDG_14 Life Below Water

Sep 30, 2025

Mark Angelo Flores & Jhonard John Garcia

Rare Earth Elements in Bauxite: Characterization and Extraction of a Potential Resource

This research study constitutes Project 3 of a DOST-funded three-part program titled “Green Tech: Enabling Technologies for Responsible Mineral Resource Utilization”. The program collectively aims to ...

SDG_12 Responsible Consumption SDG_9 Industry, Innovation, and Infrastructure

Sep 30, 2025

Mark Angelo Flores & Jhonard John Garcia

Automated Mineralogy Mapping of Refractory Gold Ores from Energy Dispersive Spectroscopy Scans of Polished Rock Sections

This study hopes to optimize geometallurgical investigations by automating the mineral mapping process (percentage of minerals, textures, grain sizes, etc.) of refractory gold ores using open-source m...

SDG_12 Responsible Consumption SDG_9 Industry, Innovation, and Infrastructure

Sep 30, 2025

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