Dr. Johannes C. Vrijmoed
Arbeitsbereich Mineralogie-Petrologie
Senior Researcher
Room L641
12249 Berlin
Positions held
since 11/2019
Senior Researcher (Akademischer Rat) at the Freie Universität Berlin, Germany
09/2016 - 11/2019
Researcher at the Freie Universität Berlin, Germany (with Prof. T. John)
03/2014 – 08/2016
Postdoctoral Researcher at ETH Zurich, Switzerland within the MADE-IN-EARTH ERC project (with Prof. L. Tajčmanová)
10/2011 – 02/2014
Premier Assistant at UNIL, Switzerland (with Prof. L. P. Baumgartner)
02/2010 - 10/2011
Assistant professional researcher UCSB, USA (CA) (with Prof. B. R. Hacker)
02/2010 - 01/2011
20% Researcher at PGP, UiO, Norway (PETROBAR project)
10/2009 - 01/2010
Researcher at PGP, UiO, Norway (with Dr. N. Simon, PETROBAR project)
04/2009 - 09/2009
Researcher at PGP, UiO, Norway (with Dr. H. Svensen)
11/2005 - 12/2008
Visiting researcher at FALW, VU Amsterdam, The Netherlands (with Prof. Dr. G.R. Davies)
Education
11/2005 - 04/2009
PhD at PGP, University of Oslo, Norway.
Thesis: "Physical and chemical interaction in the interior of the Caledonian mountains of Norway".
Supervisors: Prof. Dr. Y.Y. Podladchikov, Prof. Dr. H. Austrheim and Prof. Dr. T. B. Andersen
09/2002 - 09/2005
Graduate Student at FALW, VU Amsterdam.
Thesis: "Tectonometamorphic and geochronological analysis of the Bud-Tornes area, NW-Norway: From Iapetus to Atlantic".
Supervisors: Prof. Dr. G.R. Davies and Dr. H.L.M. van Roermund
09/1999 - 09/2002
BSc in Structural Geology at FALW, VU Amsterdam.
Bachelor thesis on theoretical and practical aspects of strike-slip tectonics, including structural analysis, mapping and paleostress analysis
Supervisor: Dr. C. Biermann
Professional affiliation
Reviewer for:
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Geology
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Computers and Geosciences
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Proceedings of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences
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The Geological Society Special Publication
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Journal of Metamorphic Geology
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Tectonophysics
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Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology
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Geophysical Journal International
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European Journal of Mineralogy
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Gondwana Research
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Journal of Petrology
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Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems
Conventer at:
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EGU 2017: Session GMPV3.1 Fluid-solid interactions: from mechanism to rate -from grain scale to plate
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GeoBremen2017: Session 4.2: Fluid-rock interactions: from mechanisms to rates –from atom to plate
Invited Conference Talks
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GeoMünster, 2019/ Münster Germany
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Fluid Transport Modeling Workshop, 2019/ University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, USA
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EGU Galileo Cpnference, GC4-Subduction-35, 2018/ Seggau, Austria
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Interplay Mineral and reactions Workshop, 2017/ ETH Zürich, Switzerland
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EGU General Assembly 2014/ Vienna, Austria
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EGU General Assembly 2013/ Vienna, Austria
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GeoMod 2012/ Lausanne, Switzerland
Invited Seminar Talks
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University Potsdam, 2017 / Potsdam, Germany
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University Bern, 2016 / Bern, Switzerland
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University of Freiburg, 2015 / Freiburg, Germany
- SGT Seminar, ETH Zürich, 2015 / Zürich, Switzerland
- ETH Zürich, 2013 / Zürich, Switzerland
- UNIL, 2010/ Lausanne, Switzerland
- University Münster, 2009 / Münster, Germany
- VU University Amsterdam, 2008 / Amsterdam, The Netherlands
- PGP, UiO, 2005 / Oslo, Norway
Current
since 10/2016
Introduction to quantitative Geology with Matlab, MSc.
Thermodynamik und Kinetik von geologischen Prozessen (Thermodynamics and kinetics of geological processes), MSc.
since 04/2017
Polarisationsmikroskopie (Optical microscopy), BSc.
since 04/2018
Introduction to modelling physical and chemical processes in petrology, MSc
since 04/2019
Fluid-Solid Interaction, MSc.
Past
10/2017- 04/2018
Einführung in die Mineralogie/Kristallographie (Introduction to Mineralogy/Crystallography), BSc.
07/2016
Excursion: UHP metamorphism of Western Norway, MSc.
08/2013
Excursion, high grade gneiss terrain West Norway, MSc.
07/2013
Metamorphic petrology in the Alps, BSc.
2011-2013
Thermodynamics and Mass Transport, BSc.
Petrology II & III
Introduction to Geology for Engineers
Current research interests
My current research is focused on studying theoretical aspects, microstructures, geochemistry, and thermodynamics of reaction and deformation between minerals. I have developed a set of computer codes to couple physical processes with thermodynamics of geologically relevant minerals.
Current Grants
SFB CRC 1114 „Scaling Cascades in Complex Systems”, PI: Prof. Dr. T. John and Prof. Dr. M. Thomas., Doctoral student, Konstantin Huber
Field Experience
2018
Erro-Tobbio, Italy / 5 days
Svartberget, Kraakeneset, WGR, West-Norway/ 5 days
2017
Post-conference excursion, WGR, Norway (co-leader/organizer)/ 2 days
2016
MSc excursion West Norway (Excursion leader and organizer)/ 10 days
2015
Bud-Tornes, Møre og Romsdal, WGR Norway / 8 days
2014
Møre og Romsdal and Nordøyene, WGR Norway / 7 days
2013
WGR, West Norway, MSc excursion (leader/organizer) / 10 days
Zermatt, Täsch, Swiss Alps (fieldwork assistant) / 7 days
WGR, West Norway / 7 days
2012
Alps / 3 days
2011
Møre og Romsdal and Nordøyene, WGR Norway / 5 days
2009
Sogndal, Norway / 9 days
Transect Oslo- West Norway/Sweden / 8 days
2008
Transect Caledonides, Östersund-Trondheim-Lepsøy, Norway (co-leader) /10 days
2007
Svartberget-Hustad, WGR, W-Norway / 21 days
Oslo-Solund-Leirvik-Sandane-Åheim-Bud Traverse (co-leader) / 7 days
2006
Holsnøy Bergen Arcs, Norway / 1 day
Svartberget, Møre og Romsdal area, WGR, W-Norway / 31 days
Drøsdal, Kråkeneset, Måløy, Fiskå and Flatraket, and Bud, Norway / 7 days
2005
Hohe Tauern, Austria / 3 days
Corsica, France / 5 days
2004
Bud-Tornes, W-Norway / 31 days
2003
Bud-Tornes, W-Norway / 31 days
Scotish Caledonides, British Tertiary Igneous Province, United Kingdom / 14 days
Mines in Poland (e.g. Lubin/ Katowice/ Belchatow etc) / 14 days
2002
Limburg, The Netherlands / 2 days
Serrata fault, Betic Cordilleras, SE Spain / 31 days
Swiss Alps Transect / 14 days
2001
Auvergne, France / 7 days
Mosel Area, Germany / 7 days
SE Spain, Sorbas, Nijar, Bronchales, Macizo del Tremedal / 40 days
2000
Fuente Alamo, Jumilla, SE Spain / 31 days
Ardennes, Belgium / 10 days
Brabant, The Netherlands / 10 days
1999
Limburg, Eiffel, Sauerland, The Netherlands/Germany / 7 days
Publications (peer reviewed):
| Ghazanfari, M. R., Santhosh, A., Vrijmoed, J. C., Siemensmeyer, K., Peters, B., Dehnen, S., Jerabek, P., & Thiele, G. (2022). Large-scale synthesis of mixed valence K₃[Fe₂S₄] with high dielectric and ferrimagnetic characteristics. RSC Advances, 12(47), 30514-30521. https://doi.org/10.1039/d2ra05200h |
| Craiu, A., Ferrand, T. P., Manea, E. F., Vrijmoed, J. C., & Mărmureanu, A. (2022). A switch from horizontal compression to vertical extension in the Vrancea slab explained by the volume reduction of serpentine dehydration. Scientific Reports, 12(1). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-26260-5 |
| Ghazanfari, M. R., Vittadello, L., Al-Sabbagh, D., Santhosh, A., Frankcom, C., Fuß, F., von Randow, C. A., Siemensmeyer, K., Vrijmoed, J. C., Emmerling, F., Jerabek, P., Imlau, M., Thiele, G. (2022). Remarkable Infrared Nonlinear Optical, Dielectric, and Strong Diamagnetic Characteristics of Semiconducting K₃[BiS₃]. The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters 13 (30), S. 6987–6993. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpclett.2c01689 |
| Huber, K., Vrijmoed, J.C., John, T. (2022): Formation of Olivine Veins by Reactive Fluid Flow in a Dehydrating Serpentinite. Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems, 23, e2021GC010267. https://doi.org/10.1029/2021GC010267 |
| Ghazanfari, M.R., Santhosh, A., Siemensmeyer, K., Fuß, F., Staab, L., Vrijmoed, J.C., Peters, B., Liesegang, M., Dehnen, S., Oeckler, O., Jerabek, P., & Thiele, G. (2022): Large Exchange Bias, High Dielectric Constant, and Outstanding Ionic Conductivity in a Single-Phase Spin Glass. Advanced Electronic Materials, 2200483. https://doi.org/10.1002/aelm.202200483 |
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Zertani, S., John, T., Brachmann, C., Vrijmoed, J.C., Plümper, O. (2022): Reactive fluid flow guided by grain-scale equilibrium reactions during eclogitization of dry crustal rocks. Contrib Mineral Petrol 177, 61. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00410-022-01928-3 |
| Vrijmoed, J. C., & Podladchikov, Y. Y. (2022): Thermolab: A thermodynamics laboratory for nonlinear transport processes in open systems. Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems, 23, e2021GC010303. https://doi.org/10.1029/2021GC010303 |
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Schwarzenbach, E. M., Vrijmoed, J.C., Engelmann, J.M. , Liesegang, M., Wiechert, U., Rohne, R., & Plümper, O., (2021): Sulfide dissolution and awaruite formation in continental serpentinization environments and its implications to supporting life. Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth, e2021JB021758. https://doi.org/10.1029/2021JB021758 |
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Zertani, S., Vrijmoed, J. C., Tilmann, F., John, T., Andersen, T. B., & Labrousse, L. (2020): P Wave Anisotropy Caused by Partial Eclogitization of Descending Crust Demonstrated by Modeling Effective Petrophysical Properties. Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems https://doi.org/10.1029/2019GC008906 |
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Beinlich, A., John, T., Vrijmoed, J., Tominaga, M., Magna T., Podladchikov, Y., (2020): Instantaneous rock transformations in the deep crust driven by reactive fluid flow, Nature Geoscience https://doi.org/10.1038/s41561-020-0554-9 |
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Park, K., Schade, U., Vrijmoed, J. C., Reinhold, S., Milke, R. (2020): Redox-thermal behavior of archaeological ceramics from the North Caucasus (Russia, Bronze/Iron Age). Journal of the European Ceramic Society, 40, Pages 2207-2221, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jeurceramsoc.2020.01.030 |
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Cutts, J. A., Smit, M. A., Vrijmoed, J. C., (2020) Evidence for non-lithostatic pressure in subducted continental crust. Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology 175, Pages 15, https://doi.org/10.1007/s00410-019-1633-z |
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Zhong, X., Vrijmoed J.C., Moulas, E., Tajcmanova, L. (2017) A coupled model for intragranular deformation and chemical diffusion, Earth and Planetary Science Letters 474, p. 387-396. doi: 10.1016/j.epsl.2017.07.005 |
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Plümper, O., John, T., Podladchikov, Y. Y. , Vrijmoed, J. C. & Scambelluri, M. (2017). Fluid escape from subduction zones controlled by channel-forming reactive porosity. Nature Geocience, Published online, doi:10.1038/ngeo2865 |
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Teutsong, T., Bontognali, T. R. R., Ndjigui, P., Vrijmoed, J.C., Teagle, D., Vance, D. (2017) Petrography and geochemistry of the Mesoarchean Bikoula banded iron formations in the Ntem complex (Congo craton), Southern Cameroon: Implications for their origin. Ore Geology Reviews 80, pp. 267-288. |
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Zhong, X., Vrijmoed J. C., Tajčmanová L. (2016) Effect of grain–scale pressure variations on garnet growth: A numerical approach. Journal of Metamorphic Geology, n/a-n/a. |
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Zhong, X., Vrijmoed J. C., Tajčmanová L., Moulas, E. (2015) On coupling viscous relaxation and chemical diffusion under grain scale pressure variation. Geotectonic Research, 97. P 106-107. |
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Vrijmoed, J. C., Podladchikov, Y. Y., Malvoisin, B. (2015) Next generation reactive transport models. Geotectonic Research, 97, p. 98-99. |
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Malvoisin, B., Podladchikov, Y. Y. and Vrijmoed, J. C. (2015), Coupling changes in densities and porosity to fluid pressure variations in reactive porous fluid flow: Local thermodynamic equilibrium. Geochem. Geophy. Geosy. 16(12), pp. 4362-4387. |
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Vrijmoed, J.C., Podladchikov, Y. Y., (2015). Thermodynamic equilibrium at heterogeneous pressure. Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology, 170, no. 1, pp. 1-27. |
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Moulas E., Tajčmanová L., Vrijmoed J. C., Podladchikov, Y. Y. (2015). Mechanically- versus diffusion-controlled metamorphic microstructure: An example from Rhodope Metamorphic Complex (Greece). Journal of Metamorphic Geology, 33, pp. 849-858. |
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Schenker, F. L., Schmalholz, S. M., Moulas, E., Pleuger, J., Baumgartner, L. P., Podladchikov, Y. Y., Müntener, O., Vrijmoed, J. C., Buchs, N. (2015). Current challenges for explaining (ultra)high-pressure tectonism in the Central and Western Penninic Alps. Journal of Metamorphic Geology, 33-pp. 869-886. |
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Tajčmanová L., Vrijmoed J. C., Moulas E. (2015). Grain-scale Pressure Variations in Metamorphic Rocks: Implications for the Interpretation of Petrographic Observations. Lithos, 216-217, pp 338–351. |
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Semprich, J. and Vrijmoed, J. C. (2015). Effect of small-scale heterogeneities on interpretation of crustal compositions exemplified by a layered anorthosite. Lithos, 216-217, pp 298-314. |
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Ganzhorn, A.C., Labrousse, L., Prouteau, G., Leroy, C., Vrijmoed, J.C., Andersen, T.B., Arbaret, L., (2014). Structural, petrological and chemical analysis of syn-kinematic migmatites: insights from the Western Gneiss Region, Norway. Journal of Metamorphic Geology, 32, pp. 647-673. |
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Tajčmanová L., Podladchikov Y. Y.,Powell R., Moulas E., Vrijmoed J. C. and Connolly J. A. D. (2014). Grain scale pressure variations and chemical equilibrium in high-grade metamorphic rocks. Journal of Metamorphic Geology, 32, pp. 195-207. |
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Vrijmoed, J.C., Austrheim, H., John, T., Hin, R., Corfu, F. and Davies, G.R. (2013). Metasomatism in the ultra-high pressure Svartberget garnet-peridotite (Western Gneiss Region, Norway): Implications for the transport of crust-derived fluids within the mantle. Journal of Petrology, 54, no. 9, pp. 1815-1848. |
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Vrijmoed, J. C. and Hacker, B. R. (2014). Determining PT paths from garnet zoning using a brute-force computational method. Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology, 167, no. 4, pp. 1-13. |
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Cottle, J. M., Kylander-Clark, A. and Vrijmoed, J. C., 2012, U-Th/Pb Geochronology of Detrital zircon and monazite by Single Shot Laser Ablation Inductively Coupled Plasma Mass Spectrometry (SS-LA-ICPMS). Chemical Geology, 332-333, pp. 136-147. |
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Vrijmoed, J. C., Podladchikov, Y. Y. and Andersen, T. B., and Hartz, E. H., 2009. An alternative model for ultra-high pressure in the Svartberget Fe-Ti garnet-peridotite, Western Gneiss Region, Norway. (2009) European Journal of Mineralogy, 21, no. 6, pp. 1119-1133. |
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Andersen, T. B., Mair, K., Austrheim, H., Podladchikov, Y. Y., Vrijmoed, J. C., 2008, Stress release in exhumed intermediate and deep earthquakes determined from ultramafic pseudotachylyte, Geology, 36, p. 995-998. |
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Vrijmoed, J. C., Smith, D. C. and Van Roermund, H. L. M., 2008. Raman Confirmation of Microdiamond in the Svartberget Fe-Ti type garnet peridotite, Western Gneiss Region, Western Norway. Terra Nova, 20, p. 295-301. |
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Vrijmoed, J. C., Van Roermund, H. L. M. and Davies, G. R., 2006. Evidence for diamond-grade ultra-high pressure metamorphism and fluid interaction in the Svartberget Fe-Ti garnet peridotite-websterite body, Western Gneiss Region, Norway. Mineralogy and Petrology, 88, p. 381-405. |
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Ghazanfari, M. R., Steinberg, S., Siemensmeyer, K., Vrijmoed, J. C., Tallu, M., Dehnen, S., & Thiele, G. (2024). Insights into a Defective Potassium Sulfido Cobaltate: Giant Magnetic Exchange Bias, Ionic Conductivity, and Electrical Permittivity. Advanced Electronic Materials. https://doi.org/10.1002/aelm.202400038 |
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Ghazanfari, M. R., Vittadello, L., Bachmann, S., Möbs, J., Bertermann, R., Restel, N., Sauerwein, F., Vrijmoed, J. C., Heine, J., Pöppler, A.-C., Imlau, M., & Thiele, G. (2024). Optical and Electrical Properties of A3[VS4] (A = Na, K) Synthesized via a Straightforward and Scalable Solid-State Method. Inorganic Chemistry, 63(24), 11030-11040. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.inorgchem.4c00551 |
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Smit, M. A., Vrijmoed, J. C., Scherer, E. E., Mezger, K., Kooijman, E., Schmitt-Kielman, M., Tual, L., Guilmette, C., & Ratschbacher, L. (2024). Retentiveness of rare earth elements in garnet with implications for garnet Lu-Hf chronology. Journal of Metamorphic Geology, Early View(n/a). https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1111/jmg.12769 |
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Ghazanfari, M. R., Siemensmeyer, K., Santhosh, A., Vrijmoed, J. C., Tallu, M., Dehnen, S., Jerabek, P., & Thiele, G. (2023). Low-Cost, Multifunctional, and Sustainable Sodium Sulfido Ferrate(II). Inorganic Chemistry. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.inorgchem.3c00008 |
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Zafferi, A., Huber, K., Peschka, D., Vrijmoed, J., John, T., & Thomas, M. (2023). A porous-media model for reactive fluid–rock interaction in a dehydrating rock. Journal of Mathematical Physics, 64(9). https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0148243 |