GOVPH

Sex: Male

Education

• University of the Philippines, Diliman, Quezon City, Bachelor of Science in Geology (cum laude), 1981
• University of Illinois at Chicago, 1200 W Harrison St, Chicago, IL 60607, USA, Master of Science in Geology (Petrology and Geochemistry), 1991
• University of Illinois at Chicago, 1200 W Harrison St, Chicago, IL 60607, USA, Doctor of Philosophy in Geotechnical Engineering and Geosciences (Petrology and Geochemistry), 1998

Field of Specialization

Petrology, Geochemistry, Geology

Researches

Pascua, C., Sato, T., & Arcilla, C., (2009) Mineralogical and Geochemical Controls on Arsenic Mobility in Geothermal Areas of the Philippines
Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta Volume 73, No. 13

Honrado, M.L.L., Pascua, C., Vargas, E., Arcilla, C.A., Russel Alexander, W., Namiki, K., Fuiji, N., Yamakawa, M., Sato, T., & McKinley, I.G., (2009) Smectite and zeolite formation from the pyroclastic deposits of the Aksitero Formation, Philippines
Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta

Arcilla, C.A., Pascua, C.S., Vargas, E., Honrado, M.L., Russell Alexander, W., Namiki, K., Fujii, N., Yamakawa, M., Sato, T., & McKinley, I., (2009) Reaction Pathways for Rising Hyperalkaline Groundwater in a Bentonite Mine in the Philippines
Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta Volume 73, No. 13

Vargas, E., Pascua, C.S., Arcilla, C.A., Honrado, M.L.L., Russell Alexander, W., Namiki, K., Fujii, N., Yamakawa, M., Sato, T., & McKinley, I.G., (2009) Origin of the Manleluag Hyperalkaline Hot Spring, Philippines
Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta

Fujii, N., Arcilla, C.A., Yamakawa, M., Pascua, C., Namiki, K., Sato, T., Shikazono, N., & Alexander, W.R., (2010) Natural Analogue Studies of Bentonite Reaction Under Hyperalkaline Conditions: Overview of Ongoing Work at the Zambales Ophiolite, Philippines
ASME Proceedings of the 13th International Conference on Environmental Remediation and Radioactive Waste Management, Tsukuba, Japan Volume 2

Arcilla, C.A., Pascua, C.S., & Russell Alexander, W., (2011) Hyperalkaline groundwaters and tectonism in the Philippines: significance to natural Carbon Capture and Sequestration
Energy Procedia Volume 4

Arcilla, C.A., Pascua, C.S., & Russell Alexander, W., (2013) Corrigendum to Hyperalkaline groundwaters and tectonism in the Philippines: significance to natural Carbon Capture and Sequestration [Energy Procedia Volume 4 (2011) 5093-5101]
Energy Procedia Volume 4

Arcilla, C., Alexander, W.R., Vargas, E., Honrado, M., Sato, T., Fujii, K., Yamakawa, M., Argayosa, J., Lazaro, J., Pascua, C., & McKinley, I.G., (2012) Hyperalkaline Springs, Serpentinized Ultramafics, Bentonite Reaction, Exotic Life Forms and Natural Carbon Sequestration: Preliminary Studies from the Philippines
Geophysical Research Abstracts, EGU General Assembly 2012 Volume 14

Pascua, C.S., Asai, A., Arcilla, C., Yamada, H., & Sato, T., (2007) Chemical weathering of basaltic rocks in the tropical environment
Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta Volume 71, No. 15

Promentilla, M.A.B., Tapia, J.F.D., Arcilla, C.A., Dugos, N.P., Gaspillo, P.D., Roces, S.A., & Tan, R.R., (2013) Short communication: Interdependent ranking of sources and sinks in CCS systems using the analytic network process
Environmental Modelling and Software Volume 50

Arcilla, C.A., Ruelo, H., & Umbal, H., (1989) The Angat ophiolite, Luzon, Philippines: Lithology, structure, and problems in age interpretation
Tectonophysics Volume 168, No. 1-3

Meyer-Dombard, D.R., Osburn, M.R., Cardace, D., & Arcilla, C.A., (2019) The Effect of a Tropical Climate on Available Nutrient Resources to Springs in Ophiolite-Hosted, Deep Biosphere Ecosystems in the Philippines
Frontiers in Microbiology Volume 10

Woycheese, K.M., Meyer-Dombard, D.R., Cardace, D., Argayosa, A.M., & Arcilla, C.A., (2015) Out of the dark: transitional subsurface-to-surface microbial diversity in a terrestrial serpentinizing seep (Manleluag, Pangasinan, the Philippines)
Frontiers in Microbiology Volume 6

Deville, E., Vacquand, C., Beaumont, V., Guyot, F., Sissmann, O., Pillot, D., Arcilla, C., & Prinzhofer, A., (2018) H2-CH4-N2 gas seepages in serpentinized peridotite complexes: origins of the different gas types
Goldschmidt 2018 Abstract, Boston

Meyer-Dombard, D.R., Casar, C.P., Simon, A.G., Cardace, D., Shrenk, M.O., & Arcilla, C.A., (2018) Biofilm formation and potential for iron cycling in sepentinization-influenced ground water of the Zambales and Coast Range ophiolites
Extremophiles Volume 22, No. 3

Vacquand, C., Deville, E., Beaumont, V., Guyot, F. Sissmann, O., Pillot, D., Arcilla, C., & Prinzhofer, A., (2018) Reduced gas seepages in ophiolitic complexes: evidences for multiple origins of the H2-CH4-N2 gas mixtures
Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta Volume 223

Meyer-Dombard, D., Cardace, D., Woycheese, K.M., Vallalar, B., Simon, A., & Arcilla, C., (2017) What can surface seeps tell us about terrestrial subsurface ecosystems in ophiolite-hosted serpentinizing fluids
Proceedings of the Geological Society of America Annual Meeting, Seattle, Washington, USA

Cardace, D., Meyer-Dombard, D.R., Woycheese, K.M., & Arcilla,C.A., (2015) Feasible metabolisms in high pH springs of the Philippines
Frontiers in Microbiology Volume 6

Cabria, G.L., Argayosa, V.B., Lazaro, J.E., Argayosa, A.M., & Arcilla, C.A., (2014) Draft Genome Sequence of Haloalkaliphilic Exiguobacterium sp. Strain AB2 from Manleluag Ophiolitic Spring, Philippines
Genome Announcements Volume 2, No. 4

Huang, Q., Jiang, H., Briggs, B.R., Wang, S., Hou, W., Li, G., Wu, G., Solis, R., Arcilla, C.A., Abrajano, T., & Dong, H., (2013) Archaeal and bacterial diversity in acidic to circumneutral hot springs in the Philippines
FEMS Microbiology Ecology Volume 85, No. 3

Tangunan, D.N., Fernando, A.G.S., & Arcilla, C.A., (2013) Occurrence of Cretaceous Calcareous Nannofossils from Codon Formation, Catanduanes, Philippines
Journal of the Geological Society of the Philippines

Schopka, H.H., Derry, L.A., & Arcilla, C.A., (2011) Chemical weathering, river geochemistry and atmospheric carbon fluxes from volcanic and ultramafic regions on Luzon Island, the Philippines
Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta Volume 75, No. 4

Deville, E.P., Prinzhofer, A., Vacquand, C., Chavagnac, V., Monnin, C., Ceuleneer, G., & Arcilla, C.A., (2009) Natural flows of H2-rich fluids in the ophiolites of Oman and the Philippines: Tectonic control of migration pathways and associated diagenetic processes
American Geophysical Union, Fall Meeting 2009, Abstract ID. EP53C-0638

Alexander, W., Arcilla, C., McKinley, I., Kawamura, H., Takahashi, Y., Aoki, K., & Miyoshi, S., (2008) A New Natural Analogue Study of the Interaction of Low-Alkali Cement Leachates and the Bentonite Buffer of a Radioactive Waste Repository
Materials Research Society. Scientific Basis for Nuclear Waste Management XXXI Volume 1107

Vogel, T., Flood, T.P., Patino, L.C., Wilmot, M.S., Maximo, R.P.R., Arpa, C.B., Arcilla, C.A., & Stimac, J.A., (2006) Geochemistry of silicic magmas in the Macolod Corridor, SW Luzon, Philippines: Evidence of distinct, mantle-derived, crustal sources for silicic magmas
Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology Volume 151, No. 3

Arcilla, C.A., (1983) The Geology and Mineral Resources of the Montalban Quadrangle, Luzon, Philippines
National Institute of Geological Sciences, University of the Philippines

McKinley, I.G., Alexander, W.R., Arcilla, C.A., Kawamura, H., & Takahashi, Y., (2007) IPHAP: A New Natural Analogue of Bentonite Alteration by Cement Leachates
Proceedings of the International Symposium Radiation Safety Management, Daejeon, Korea

Alexander, W.R., Honran, M.L.L., Arcilla, C.A., Pascua, C., Vargas, E., McKinley, I.G., Namiki, K., & Kawamura, H., (2009) A natural analogue of bentonite alteration by hyperalkaline water: results from the FY’08 field programme in the Philippines
Bedrock Geosciences Technical Report 09-01, Bedrock Geosciences, Auenstein, Switzerland

Alexander, W.R., Arcilla, C.A., Calibo, M.Y., & McKinley, I.G., (2008) Natural analogue of bentonite alteration by hyperalkaline water: field programme in the Philippines
MC-TR-08-02, McKinley Consulting Report, Baden-Dättwil, Switzerland

Yamakawa, M., Alexander, W.R., McKinley, I.G., Arcilla, C.A., Takahashi, Y., & Namiki, K., (2008) The potential in the Philippines for studying natural analogues of the interaction of low-alkali cement leachates and bentonite barriers in a radioactive waste repository
Proceedings of the Japan-Korea Joint Meeting, 30th April - 1st May, 2008, Tokyo, Japan

Arcilla, C.A., (2002) Balat Sibuyas, Lack of Culture of Critique, and Lethargic Academic Output
Diliman Review

Arcilla, C.A., (2002) The solid waste management of Metro Manila: a geoscientific perspective
Diliman Review

Chua, G.A., Kangleon, Y.Y., Hermosilla, A.Y., & Arcilla, C.A., (2001) On the number of volcanic craters in Laguna de Bay
Proceedings of the National Conference of Mathematical Society of the Philippines

Arcilla, C.A., Pascua, C.S., & Alexander, W.R., (2010) Hyperalkaline springs in the Philippines: significance to natural Carbon Capture and Sequestration
Proceedings of the 10th International Conference on Greenhouse Gas Control Technologies, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, IEA Greenhouse Gas R&D Programme, IEA, London, UK

Vargas, E., Honrado, M.L.L., Pascua, C., Arcilla, C.A., Alexander, W.R., Yamakawa, M., Fujii, N., Namiki, K., Kawamura, H., & McKinley, I.G., (2010) Developments in hyperalkaline natural analogue studies around the Zambales Ophiolite, Philippines
Proceedings of the ICEM 2010 Conference, ASME, Washington, USA

Arcilla, C.A., & Collado, M., (2009) Applications of 2D-resistivity surveys in characterizations of active faults in Luzon: Implications for fault occurrence beneath the Bataan Nuclear Power Plant
Earth Sciences International Conference, Heritage Hotel, Manila

Arcilla, C.A., (2001) Origin of Philippine Lakes. Seminar on Philippine wetlands
National Institute of Geological Sciences, University of the Philippines

Huysken, K.T., Vogel, T.A., Arcilla, C.A., Rodolfo, K.S., Alonso, R.A., Ruelo, H., Umbal, J.V., & Solidum, R. , (1993) Time-constrained tephra fall from the 1991 Pinatubo eruption: evidence for magmatic fractionation
EOS: American Geophysical Union Volume 74

Arcilla, C.A., Flower, M.F.J., Wright E., Cruz, J.C., Calonzo, M., Castillo, P., Mukasa, S., & Defant, M., (1992) Mantle fertility and melt fraction beneath the LuzonTaiwan and Bicol arcs: implications for the HFSE-depletion problem
EOS: American Geophysical Union Volume 73

Arcilla, C.A., (1991) Gold occurrence in a porphyry copper deposit: Carmen orebody, Cebu Philippines
Geological Society of America –Society of Economic Geology Joint Conference. Montreal, Canada

Arcilla, C.A., Flower, M.F.J., & Rodolfo, K.S., (1990) The Angat ophiolite, Luzon, Philippines: strike-slip emplacement of a back-arc ophiolite in the Early Miocene
EOS: American Geophys. Union Volume 71

Alexander, W.R., Arcilla, C.A., Pascua, C.S., & Namiki, K., (2010) Natural analogues of bentonite alteration by hyperalkaline water: short overview of the Bigbiga field area, Luzon, Philippines
Bedrock Geosciences Technical Note BGTN10-01, Bedrock Geosciences, Auenstein, Switzerland

Alexander, W.R., Honrado, M.L.L., Arcilla, C.A., Pascua, C.S., Vargas, E., McKinley, I.G., Namiki, K., & Kawamura, H., (2009) A natural analogue of bentonite alteration by hyperalkaline water: results from the FY’08 field programme in the Philippines
Bedrock Geosciences Technical Report 09-01, Bedrock Geosciences, Auenstein, Switzerland

Fujita, K., Sato, T., Nakabayashi, R., Yamakawa, M., Fujii, N., Namiki, K., Pascua, C.S., Arcilla, C.A., Alexander, W. R., & Yoneda, T., (2010) Natural analogue study of the interaction between hyperalkaline groundwater and bentonite at the ophiolite of Philippines
Proceedings of the Japan Geoscience Union Meeting, Makuhari, Japan. JGU, Tokyo, Japan

Arcilla, C., (1991) Lithology, age, and structure of the Angat ophiolite, Luzon, Philippine Islands
University of Illinois at Chicago
Arcilla, C.A., (1995) Cold War against the Vatican?
Nature Volume 374, No. 6523 

Papers Presented

• Natural Analogue Studies of Bentonite Reaction Under Hyperalkaline Conditions: Overview of Ongoing Work at the Zambales Ophiolite, Philippines, ASME 2010 13th International Conference on Environmental Remediation and Radioactive Waste Management, Tsukuba, Japan
• Young Volcanism in Cuyo Islands, Palawan, Philippines: Example of an Intra-Plate Magmatism in the Palawan Continental Block, Poster session. 15^th Annual Meeting Asia Oceania Geosciences Society, Honolulu, Hawaii
• Petrology and Geochemistry of Volcanic Section of the Palawan Ophiolite: Implication to the Geodynamic History of Palawan Island, Philippines, Poster session. 15^th Annual Meeting Asia Oceania Geosciences Society, Honolulu, Hawaii
• Flood Mitigating Effects of Open-Pit Quarrying in Rizal, Philippines, American Geophysical Union, Fall Meeting 2016, abstract #NH51B-1928
• Mineral Characterization of Black Sands from Zambales and Leyte, Poster session. GEOCON 2015, Hotel Intercontinental Manila, Makati City
• Hyperalkaline Natural Analogue Potential in the Philippines, Proceedings Forum on Radwaste Management (EAFORM) Conference
• Hyperalkaline springs in the Philippines: significance to natural Carbon Capture and Sequestration, 10^th International Conference on Greenhouse Gas Control Technologies, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, IEA Greenhouse Gas R&D Programme, IEA, London, UK
• Developments in hyperalkaline natural analogue studies around the Zambales Ophiolite, Philippines, 12^th International Conference on Environmental Remediation and Radioactive Waste Management
• Adakitic Rocks Without a Slab: Macolod Corridor and Mindoro Volcanics, Philippines, Asia Oceania Geological Society 4^th Annual Meeting, Bangkok
• Chrysotile-type Asbestos in Philippine Roofing Thermal Tile Samples: Characterization Using Combined Microscopy, FTIR and X-Ray Methods, Asia Oceania Geological Society 4^th Annual Meeting, Bangkok
• Geostatistical and Mineralogical Insights on Some Nickel Prospects in the Philippines, Asia Oceania Geological Society 4^th Annual Meeting, Bangkok
• Gold-Bornite Occurrence in an Island Arc Porphyry Copper Deposit: The Carmen Orebody, Cebu, Philippines. Asia Oceania Geological Society Annual Meeting, Asia Oceania Geological Society 4^th Annual Meeting, Bangkok
• Non-Volcanic Hot Springs in Palawan, Philippines: Mineralogical Origins and Potential Applications, Asia Oceania Geological Society 4^th Annual Meeting, Bangkok
• High - K Arc Volcanism Postdating the Eurasia-Northern Palawan - Philippine Mobile Belt Collision, Asia Oceania Geological Society 3^rd Annual Meeting, Singapore
• Some Problems with Plate Tectonic Models and Arc Magmatism: Insights from Philippine Volcanic Data, Asia Oceania Geological Society 3^rd Annual Meeting, Singapore
• Detection of Subsurface Limestone Cavities (Balamban, Cebu, Philippines ) by Electrical Resistivity and Implications for Groundwater Quality and Building Structures, Asia Oceania Geological Society 1^st Annual Meeting, Singapore
• Geochemistry of Macolod Corridor and Mindoro Arc Volcanics and Slab Rollback Dynamics: Implications for Adakite Genesis, Asia Oceania Geological Society 1^st Annual Meeting, Singapore
• Geophysical Investigation of Potential Subsurface Pollution of Manila’s Water Reservoir From the Juxtaposed Payatas Open Dumpsite, Asia Oceania Geological Society 1^st Annual Meeting, Singapore
• Groundwater Contamination and Effectiveness of Anthropogenic Intervention: Statistical Evidence From Yogyakarta City, Indonesia, Asia Oceania Geological Society 1^st Annual Meeting, Singapore
• Retardation of Mercury Spillage Pollution by Extensive Clay Layers: A Philippine Example, Asia Oceania Geological Society 1^st Annual Meeting, Singapore
• Geology beneath and beside the notorious Payatas open dump, Metro Manila, Philippines, EGS - AGU - EUG Joint Assembly, Nice, France
• High-Nb Lavas from Northern Palawan: implications for high field strength enrichment in southern Philippine Arc, EGS - AGU - EUG Joint Assembly, Nice, France
• The origin of the silicic domes in the Macolod Corridor, Philippines, American Geophysical Union Fall Conference, Moscone Center, San Francisco, California, USA
• Steeper Artificial Versus Natural Slopes in Payatas Dump: Due to Plastics Content of Solid Waste?, NIGSCON 2002, University of the Philippines, Diliman, Quezon City
• Methane Generation Potential of the Payatas Open Dump: Comparison with Power Generating Landfills in the United States, NIGSCON 2002, University of the Philippines, Diliman, Quezon City
• Pleistocene Volcanism in Palawan: implications and problems, Geology 170 presentation, NIGSCON, 2002, University of the Philippines, Diliman, Quezon City
• Geology of Taytay, Palawan: issues and problems, Geology 170 presentation NIGSCON, 2002, University of the Philippines, Diliman, Quezon City
• Investigation of OIB-like lavas from Palawan, NIGSCON, 2001, University of the Philippines, Diliman, Quezon City
• Geoscientific aspects of the current solid waste crisis in Metro Manila: the neglected parameters, NIGSCON, 2001, University of the Philippines, Diliman, Quezon City
• Volcanoes track mantle flow beneath Luzon Arc, American Geophysical Union Fall Conference, San Francisco, California, USA
• The Philippines as a natural tectonic laboratory: testing the slab melting hypothesis, Symposium on the Geotectonics of Sundaland. National Institute of Geological Sciences and College de France
• Origin of volcanic and non-volcanic mountains near Metro Manila, Philippine Mountains Summit. Calamba, Laguna
• High field-strength element (HFSE) depletion in arc magmas: insights from major element systematics, National Institute of Geological Sciences 2000 Research Symposium
• How deep are the roots of Philippine volcanoes? , National Institute of Geological Sciences 2000 Research Symposium
• Variable sources of Laguna Caldera volcanics?, National Institute of Geological Sciences 1999 Research Symposium
• Chrysotile-type asbestos in Philippine roofing tile samples: characterization using combined microscopy and x-ray methods, National Institute of Geological Sciences 1999 Research Symposium
• The Philippine Arc: Geologic and Petrologic Summary, Invited abstract in: Subduction Factory. International Conference in La Jolla, California
• Mantle structure beneath the Philippine arc: constraints from petrology and seismic attenuation, American Geophysical Union Fall 1998 Conference, San Francisco, California, USA
• Mantle wedge and slab structure in the Philippine archipelago inferred from seismic intensity data inversion and petrological analysis, American Geophysical Union Fall 1998 Conference, San Francisco, California, USA
• The Philippines: a natural laboratory for studying magmatism, mantle recycling, and arc rollback at an unstable convergent plate margin, Invited abstract in: Materials Recycling Near Convergent Plate Boundaries. International conference in Puerto Azul, Philippines
• Asthenosphere delamination of hydrated lithospheric mantle as a refractory source for arc melts, Invited abstract in: Materials Recycling Near Convergent Plate Boundaries International conference in Puerto Azul, Philippines
• Reaction pathways for rising hyperalkaline groundwater in a bentonite mine in the Philippines, Goldschmidt 2009 Conference, Davos
• Origin of the Manleluag Hyperalkaline Hot Spring, Philippines, Goldschmidt 2009 Conference, Davos
• Smectite and zeolite formation from the pyroclastic deposits of the Aksitero Formation, Philippines, Goldschmidt 2009 Conference, Davos
• Bentonite Reaction in Natural Hyperalkaline Groundwaters: Examples from the Philippines, XIV International Clay Conference, Castellaneta Marina, Italy
• Natural analogue studies in ophiolite systems and tertiary volcanic deposits of the Philippines, 3^rd International Workshop and Conference on Earth Resources Technology, Sapporo Japan
• Extent of Indian MORB mantle domain during the Cretaceous: Geochemistry of basement rocks in Luzon, Philippines, GEOCON 2008, Hotel Intercontinental, Makati City