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GEO3BCN at EGU 2024

The 2024 edition of the European Geosciences Union (EGU) General Assembly is just around the corner, scheduled to take place both on-site in Vienna and virtually from 14 to 21 April. Among presenters at this year's EGU General Assembly are researche... Read more

25-03-2024 News

El CSIC presenta la Conexión Geociencias para un planeta sostenible

El Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC) acogió el pasado 14 de marzo el kick off de la nueva conexión Geociencias para un planeta sostenible. Esta nueva propuesta, coordinada por Blas Valero Garcés, del Instituto Pirenaico de Ecolog... Read more

18-03-2024 News

The paleomagnetism laboratory is involved in obtaining the first complete archaeomagnetic data from Central Asia

A study presents the first complete archaeomagnetic data of the magnetic field vector for Central Asia, a vast region that has been largely unexplored from an archaeomagnetic perspective for a long time. Bet Beamud, head of the Paleomagnetism laborat... Read more

11-03-2024 News

Ramon Carbonell, nuevo vicepresidente de la Comisión del CSIC para la Coordinación y Racionalización de las ICTS

El investigador de Geociencias Barcelona (GEO3BCN-CSIC), Ramon Carbonell, ha sido nombrado nuevo vicepresidente de la Comisión para la coordinación y Racionalización de Infraestructuras Científicas y Técnicas Singulares (ICTS) y participación en Infr... Read more

06-03-2024 News

A news study reveals that the ice flow in Greenland is younger than thought

A new international study indicates that the Northwest Greenland Ice Stream may be much younger than previously believed. The article, published in the journal Nature Communications and led by the Alfred Wegener Institute (AWI), helps to better under... Read more

22-02-2024 News

Drone view of the Amônia River and the Amazon forest. (Yurua, Ucayali, Peru). Autor: Andre Dib

Fins al 47% dels boscos amazònics podrien patir alteracions irreversibles i desaparèixer el 2050

Una nova publicació de Nature analitza els llindars potencials que podrien empènyer la selva amazònica a un punt de no retorn. L’estudi, amb participació del Consell Superior d’Investigacions Científiques (CSIC), estima que per al 2050 entre el 10% i... Read more

14-02-2024 News

Geociències Barcelona debuta a Ciència al Barri

L'alumnat del centre educatiu Front Marítim va visitar al gener els laboratoris de microscòpia i de paleomagnetisme de Geociències Barcelona (GEO3BCN-CSIC). L'activitat, realitzada en el marc de la iniciativa Ciència al Barri, va ser dirigida pels re... Read more

30-01-2024 News

El programa CSIC Cocrea impulsa proyectos de colaboración público-privada frente a los grandes retos actuales

El programa CSIC COCREA cofinancia cinco proyectos para acelerar la transición energética a partir de la producción, conversión, almacenamiento y gestión de energías limpias y sostenible. Para promover esta transición energética, los proyectos selecc... Read more

18-01-2024 News

Stephanie Barde-Cabusson gana el Concurso de Fotografía 2023

Dos imágenes de Stephanie Barde-Cabusson obtienen el primer y tercer puesto del Concurso de Fotografía 2023 organizado por Geociencias Barcelona (GEO3BCN-CSIC). Los resultados fueron presentados en la tradicional jornada de invierno del instituto, ce... Read more

21-12-2023 News

Dario Pedrazzi, guanyador de la Beca Oriol de Bolòs de Ciències Naturals 2023

L’investigador de Geociències Barcelona (GEO3BCN-CSIC), Dario Pedrazzi, és el guanyador de la Beca Oriol de Bolòs de Ciències Naturals 2023 per un estudi que porta per títol ‘Edat absoluta i caracterització vulcanològica de dos dels possibles volcans... Read more

14-12-2023 News

Mechanical properties of minerals in lunar and HED meteorites from nanoindentation testing: Implications for space mining

Peña-Asensio, E., Trigo-Rodríguez, J.M., Sort, J., Ibáñez-Insa, J. and Rimola, A. (2024), Mechanical properties of minerals in lunar and HED meteorites from nanoindentation testing: Implications for space mining. Meteorit Planet Sci. https://doi.org/10.1111/maps.14148

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First Full-Vector Archeomagnetic Data From Central Asia (3 BCE to 15 CE Centuries): Evidence for a Large Non-Dipole Field Contribution Around the First Century BCE

Bonilla-Alba, R., Gómez-Paccard, M., Pavón-Carrasco, F. J., Campuzano, S. A., Beamud, E., Martínez-Ferreras, V., Gurt-Esparraguera, J. M., Ariño-Gil, E., Martín-Hernández, F., & Osete, M. L. (2024). First Full-Vector Archeomagnetic Data From Central Asia (3 BCE to 15 CE Centuries): Evidence for a Large Non-Dipole Field Contribution Around the First Century BCE. Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth, 129(2), e2023JB027910. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1029/2023JB027910

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Thermal structure of the southern Caribbean and northwestern South America: implications for seismogenesis

Gómez-García, Á. M., González, Á., Cacace, M., Scheck-Wenderoth, M., & Monsalve, G. (2024). Thermal structure of the southern Caribbean and northwestern South America: implications for seismogenesis. Solid Earth, 15(2), 281–303. https://doi.org/10.5194/se-15-281-2024

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Critical transitions in the Amazon forest system

Flores, B. M., Montoya, E., Sakschewski, B., Nascimento, N., Staal, A., Betts, R. A., Levis, C., Lapola, D. M., Esquível-Muelbert, A., Jakovac, C., Nobre, C. A., Oliveira, R. S., Borma, L. S., Nian, D., Boers, N., Hecht, S. B., ter Steege, H., Arieira, J., Lucas, I. L., … Hirota, M. (2024). Critical transitions in the Amazon forest system. Nature, 626(7999), 555–564. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-023-06970-0

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Shear margins in upper half of Northeast Greenland Ice Stream were established two millennia ago

Jansen, D., Franke, S., Bauer, C. C., Binder, T., Dahl-Jensen, D., Eichler, J., Eisen, O., Hu, Y., Kerch, J., Llorens, M.-G., Miller, H., Neckel, N., Paden, J., de Riese, T., Sachau, T., Stoll, N., Weikusat, I., Wilhelms, F., Zhang, Y., & Bons, P. D. (2024). Shear margins in upper half of Northeast Greenland Ice Stream were established two millennia ago. Nature Communications, 15(1), 1193. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-024-45021-8

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Assessing changes in global fire regimes

Sayedi, S. S., Abbott, B. W., Vannière, B., Leys, B., Colombaroli, D., Romera, G. G., Słowiński, M., Aleman, J. C., Blarquez, O., Feurdean, A., Brown, K., Aakala, T., Alenius, T., Allen, K., Andric, M., Bergeron, Y., Biagioni, S., Bradshaw, R., Bremond, L., …, Montoya, E., Daniau, A.-L. (2024). Assessing changes in global fire regimes. Fire Ecology, 20(1), 18. https://doi.org/10.1186/s42408-023-00237-9

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Why does western Makran have a low seismicity rate?

Abbasi, M., Ghods, A., Najafi, M., Abbasy, S., Amiri, M., Shabanian, E., Kheradmandi, M., & Asgari, J. (2023). Why does western Makran have a low seismicity rate? Tectonophysics, 869, 230134. https://doi.org/10.1016/J.TECTO.2023.230134

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Polymorphism and Phase Stability of Hydrated Magnesium Carbonate Nesquehonite MgCO3·3H2O: Negative Axial Compressibility and Thermal Expansion in a Cementitious Material

Santamaría-Pérez, D., Chuliá-Jordán, R., Gonzalez-Platas, J., Otero-de-la-Roza, A., Ruiz-Fuertes, J., Pellicer-Porres, J., Oliva, R., & Popescu, C. (2024). Polymorphism and Phase Stability of Hydrated Magnesium Carbonate Nesquehonite MgCO3·3H2O: Negative Axial Compressibility and Thermal Expansion in a Cementitious Material. Crystal Growth & Design. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.cgd.3c01171

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Impact of glacier changes and permafrost distribution on debris flows in Badswat and Shishkat catchments, Northern Pakistan

Hassan, W., Su, F., Liu, W., Hassan, J., Hassan, M., Bazai, N. A., Wang, H., Yang, Z., Ali, M., & Castellanos, D. G. (2023). Impact of glacier changes and permafrost distribution on debris flows in Badswat and Shishkat catchments, Northern Pakistan. Journal of Mountain Science, 20(12), 3687–3702. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11629-023-7894-5

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Structural style and timing of nw-se trending zagros folds in sw iran: interaction with north-south trending arabian folds and implications for petroleum geology

Vergés, J., Casini, G., Ruh, J., Cosgrove, J., Sherkati, S., Najafi, M., Casciello, E., Saura, E., Fard, I. A., Piryaei, A., de Lamotte, D. F., Letouzey, J., Goodarzi, H., Soleimany, B., & Jahani, S. (2024). STRUCTURAL STYLE AND TIMING OF NW-SE TRENDING ZAGROS FOLDS IN SW IRAN: INTERACTION WITH NORTH-SOUTH TRENDING ARABIAN FOLDS AND IMPLICATIONS FOR PETROLEUM GEOLOGY. Journal of Petroleum Geology, 47(1), 3–74. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1111/jpg.12850

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Joaquina Álvarez Marrón

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Educational Background

  • M.Sc. 1990, Basin Evolution and Dynamics, Royal Holloway University of London (UK)
  • Ph.D., 1989, Structural Geology, University of Oviedo (Spain)
  • B.Sc., 1982, Geology University of Oviedo (Spain)

 

Research Interests

My research interest is the understanding of how Earth Systems work by measuring the rates of processes, their interactions, and their variations in time. In particular, most of my research is concentrated on the processes associated with crustal deformation along plate boundaries and these relate to the evolution of orogenic belts. My research is centred on three main themes.

The structural evolution and kinematics of foreland thrust and fold belts

The methodology of “balance cross-sections” applied to the study of foreland thrust and fold belts (FTFB) has provided a very robust tool to establish the genetic links between structures, their evolution over time, and the mechanics of orogenic wedges. My studies of foreland thrust and fold belts using this methodology began in the 1980s’ with establishing the three-dimensional geometry and the quantification of shortening of the Ponga Thrust System in the Variscan Belt of NW Spain. I have also participated in studies of the Southern Urals FTFB in Russia, the Magallanes FTFB in the southern Andes, the Precordillera FTFB in the Argentinian Andes, and at present I am involved in similar research in the active Taiwan FTFB. These studies include the analysis of the syntectonic sedimentary record, the fold – fault interactions, and the effect of pre-existing basement structures, among other things.

The architecture of the continental crust and orogenic processes

The concepts of area balancing of a cross section and structural linkage when applied at crustal scale allows us to stablish kinematic and mechanical models that greatly improve our understanding of orogenic evolution. These studies are generally carried out in a multidisciplinary manner along transects at the scale of the whole orogen. These transects involve the collection, processing and interpretation of large amounts of geological and geophysical data. Often they are focussed around deep seismic reflection/refraction profiles. My research with the ESCI deep seismic profiles across NW Spain helped to resolve the linkage of shallow structures with middle and lower crust structures, confirming the thin-skinned deformation style of thrust systems in the Cantabrian Zone. The crustal-scale structure of the southern Urals was also investigated by using the URSEIS and ESRU reflection and wide-angle seismic profiles. These experiments, together with field geology, highlighted the state of preservation of this Paleozoic orogeny, making it a world class model in the study of orogenic processes, especially those related to arc-continent collision. This Paleozoic model has provided many insights into the ongoing studies of the active arc-continent collision in Taiwan. We have also studied the crustal-scale structure and kinematics of active plate boundaties such as those in Cyprus, and in the North and South of Iberia.The relations and interactions between deep and shallow processes.

In recent years, the multidisciplinary studies mentioned above have highlighted the existence of a link between surface processes and subsurface structures. Modern concepts of Earth Systems consider that deep and shallow processes are linked and that they interact with each other, although in ways that are not fully understood. My work within this theme relies on an international team of researchers using methodologies such as low temperature thermochronology and the quantification of erosion and denudation rates using cosmogenic nuclides. Currently, we are working on the Cantabrian Mountains of northern Spain, focussing on the analysis and quantification of shallow processes that contribute to the development of the present landscape. This small coastal mountain belt provides a good model in which to study the interaction of processes during the incipient stage of orogenic evolution.

 

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PREVIOUS SELECTED PUBLICATIONS

Brown, D., R. J. Herrington, and J. Alvarez-Marron (2011), Processes of arc-continent collision in the uralides, in Arc-continent collision, edited by D. Brown and P. D. Ryan, pp. 311-340, Springer.

Camanni, G., D. Brown, J. Alvarez-Marron, M. Schimmel, and Y. M. Wu (2011), Deformation partitioning in Central Taiwan: New insights from surface geology, earthquake focal mechanisms, seismic energy release and GPS measurements along the shuilikeng transpressive fault system, Rendiconti Online Societa Geologica Italiana, 15, 17-19.

Liesa, M., M. L. Arboleya, J. Alvarez-Marrón, J. M. de Gibert, and J. M. Soler (2011), Editorial, Geologica Acta, 9(1).

Grobe, R. W., J. Alvarez-Marrón Joaquina, U. A. Glasmacher, and R. Menéndez-Duarte Rosana (2010), Low-temperature exhumation history of Variscan-age rocks in the western Cantabrian Mountains (NW Spain) recorded by apatite fission-track data, Tectonophysics, 489(1-4), 76-90, doi: 10.1016/j.tecto.2010.04.006.

Brown, D., S. Llana-Funez, R. Carbonell, J. Alvarez-Marron, D. Marti, and M. Salisbury (2009), Laboratory measurements of P-wave and S-wave velocities across a surface analog of the continental crust-mantle boundary: Cabo Ortegal, Spain, Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 285(1-2), 27-38, doi: 10.1016/j.epsl.2009.05.032.

Colombo, F., P. Busquets, N. Sole de Porta, C. O. Limarino, N. Heredia, L. R. Rodriguez-Fernandez, and J. Alvarez-Marron (2009), Holocene intramontane lake development: A new model in the Jáchal River Valley, Andean Precordillera, San Juan, Argentina, Journal of South American Earth Sciences, 28(3), 229-238, doi: 10.1016/j.jsames.2009.03.002.

Brown, D., C. Juhlin, C. Ayala, A. Tryggvason, F. Bea, J. Alvarez-Marron, R. Carbonell, D. Seward, U. Glasmacher, V. Puchkov, and A. Perez-Estaun (2008), Mountain building processes during continent-continent collision in the Uralides, Earth-Science Reviews, 89(3-4), 177-195.

Alvarez-Marron, J., R. Rodriguez-Fernandez, N. Heredia, P. Busquets, F. Colombo, and D. Brown (2006), Neogene structures overprinting Palaeozoic thrust systems in the Andean Precordillera at 30°S latitude, Journal of the Geological Society, 163(6), 949-964.

Brown, D., V. Puchkov, J. Alvarez-Marron, F. Bea, and A. Perez-Estaun (2006a), Tectonic processes in the Southern and Middle Urals: An overview, in Geological Society Memoir, edited, pp. 407-419.

Brown, D., P. Spadea, V. Puchkov, J. Alvarez-Marron, R. Herrington, A. P. Willner, R. Hetzel, Y. Gorozhanina, and C. Juhlin (2006b), Arc-continent collision in the Southern Urals, Earth-Science Reviews, 79(3-4), 261-287.

 

 

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