Petros Koutsovitis

ORCID iD icon Follow me on ResearchGate

Dr. Petros Koutsovitis

Assistant Professor
This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Office hours

  • Monday 11:00-12:00
  • Wednesday 12:00-13:00
  • Friday 11:00-12:00

Portfolio

Educational Qualifications: BSc (Athens), PhD (Athens)

Researcher Profile 

 

Research Interests

  • Magmatic Rocks
  • Petrogenesis of Ophiolites
  • Metasomatic processes
  • Sustainable use of raw materials
 

Teaching

  • Geol_018 Petrography of Magmatic Rocks
  • Geol_026 Petrography of Sedimentary and Metamorphic rocks
  • Geol_022 Geological Excursion ΙΙ
  • Geol_804 Petrogenesis of Ophiolite Complexes
  • Geol_049 Marbles and Aggregate Materials
  • GEO_OME07 Preservation and designation of geological and cultural heritage
 

Publications

  • Koutsovitis, P., Magganas, A., Ntaflos, T., Koukouzas, N., Rassios, A.E., Soukis, K., 2020. Petrogenetic constraints on the origin and formation of the Hellenic Triassic rift-related lavas. Lithos 368-369, 105604.
  • Tzevelekou, T.; Lampropoulou, P.; Giannakopoulou, P.P.; Rogkala, A.; Koutsovitis, P.; Koukouzas, N.; Petrounias, P. Valorization of Slags Produced by Smelting of Metallurgical Dusts and Lateritic Ore Fines in Manufacturing of Slag Cements. Appl. Sci. 2020, 10, 4670.
  • Arvanitis, A.; Koutsovitis, P.; Koukouzas, N.; Tyrologou, P.; Karapanos, D.; Karkalis, C.; Pomonis, P. Potential Sites for Underground Energy and CO2 Storage in Greece: A Geological and Petrological Approach. Energies 2020, 13, 2707.
  • Badouna, I.; Koutsovitis, P.; Karkalis, C.; Laskaridis, K.; Koukouzas, N.; Tyrologou, P.; Patronis, M.; Papatrechas, C.; Petrounias, P. Petrological and Geochemical Properties of Greek Carbonate Stones, Associated with Their Physico-Mechanical and Aesthetic Characteristics. Minerals 2020, 10, 507.
  • Petrounias, P. Giannakopoulou, P., Rogkala, A., Kalpogiannaki, M., Koutsovitis, P., Damoulianou, M.E., Koukouzas, N., 2020. Petrographic Characteristics of Sandstones as a Basis to Evaluate Their Suitability in Construction and Energy Storage Applications. A Case Study from Klepa Nafpaktias (Central Western Greece). Energies, 13(5), 1119.
  • Petrounias, P.; Rogkala, A.; Giannakopoulou, P.P.; Lampropoulou, P.; Koutsovitis, P.; Koukouzas, N.; Laskaris, N.; Pomonis, P.; Hatzipanagiotou, K. Removal of Cu (II) from Industrial Wastewater Using Mechanically Activated Serpentinite. Energies 2020, 13, 2228.
  • Koukouzas, N., Koutsovitis, P., Tyrologou, P., Karkalis, C., Arvanitis, A., 2019. Potential for Mineral Carbonation of CO2 in Pleistocene Basaltic Rocks in Volos Region (Central Greece). Minerals, 9 (10), 627.
  • Koutsovitis, P., Magganas, A., Ntaflos, T., Koukouzas N. 2018. Rodingitization and carbonation, associated with serpentinization of Triassic ultramafic cumulates and lavas in Othris, Greece. Lithos 320-321, 35-48.
  • Liard, F., Pomonis, P. Koutsovitis, P., Gait, J., Stamatakis, M. 2017. Ophiolites associated with pottery production in Bronze Age Crete. Archaeometry.
  • Koutsovitis, P. 2017. High-pressure subduction-related serpentinites from East Thessaly (Greece): Implications for their metamorphic, geochemical and geodynamic evolution in the Hellenic-Dinaric ophiolite context. Lithos 276, 122-145, Special Issue: European Lithospheric Mantle; geochemical, petrological and geophysical processes.
  • Koutsovitis, P., Magganas, A., 2016. Boninitic and Basaltic Dykes and Lavas from Dispersed Jurassic Ophiolitic Units in East Othris, Greece: Petrogenesis and Geotectonic Setting of Formation and Evolution. International Geology Review, 58, 1983-2006.
  • Markou, G., Inglezakis, V.J., Mitrogiannis, D., Efthimiopoulos, I., Psychoyou, M., Koutsovitis, P., Muylaert, K., Baziotis, I. 2016. Sorption mechanism(s) of orthophosphate onto Ca(OH)2 pretreated bentonite. RSC Advances 6, 22295-22305.
  • Magganas, A., Koutsovitis, P. 2015. Composition, Melting and Evolution of the Upper Mantle beneath the Jurassic Pindos Ocean Inferred by Ophiolitic Ultramafic Rocks in East Othris, Greece. International Journal of Earth Sciences, 104, 1185-1207.
  • Koutsovitis, P., Magganas, A., Pomonis, P., Ntaflos, T., 2013. Subduction-related rodingites from East Othris, Greece: Mineral reactions and physicochemical conditions of formation. Lithos, 172-173, 139-157 (5-year impact factor 4.973).
  • Koutsovitis, P., Magganas, A., Ntaflos, T., 2012. Rift and intra-oceanic subduction signatures in the Western Tethys during the Triassic: The case of ultramafic lavas as part of an unusual ultramafic-mafic-felsic suite in Othris, Greece. Lithos, 144-145, 177-193.

Curriculum Vitae

Short CV

Extended CV

Tags: Personnel