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Annual ReportICTJA-2014

Institute of Earth Sciences Jaume Almera

2 ANNUAL REPORT ICTJA 2014

Cover photography: SYSMIN Project – Caribe, Prof. Andrés Pérez Estaún in memoriamDisseny i maquetació: Masgrau-Yani, SL

ANNUAL REPORT ICTJA 2014 3

Foreword

José Luis Fernández TurielDirector

The Earth Sciences offer a rich variety of research targets and opportunities. Researchers and students in this field are driven by fundamental curiosity about the past and present states of the Earth, including the origin of earthquakes, mineral resources and raw materials, volcanic activity, changes in the earth's climate and environment, and the impacts of global changes on society. The Institute of Earth Sciences Jaume Almera of the Spanish National Research Council (ICTJA-CSIC) in Barcelona established in the year 1965 focusing on Earth Sciences. From the Antarctica to the Caribbean, from the Mediterranean to the dessert of Atacama and the Puna in the Andes, from the Pacific coast of Asia to central Asia, ICTJA-CSIC scientists work examining the Earth's Systems through their particular specialties covering many time and space scales. Cutting across the traditional disciplinary boundaries of geology, physics, chemistry, biology and mathematics, and using advanced instruments, ICTJA-CSIC seeks to advance the understanding the geologic processes and materials to meet industrial and social needs with knowledge transfer applied to geohazards and exploration and exploitation of geological resources.

We take great pride in the integration of graduate students and technicians in our research efforts. The aim is to promote the creative thinking and the ability to develop independent and original research. Our research activities are strongly supported by the specialized technical and administrative staff available in our scientific and administrative services.

This 2014 Annual Report describes the scientific activity of the four research groups: Structure and dynamics of the Earth, Environmental changes in the geological record, Geophysical and geochemical modelling of geological hazards and resources, and Crystallography and optical properties. The Service units and laboratories section outlines the major capacities of these infrastructures. The ICTJA 10 highlighted papers section allows obtaining a fast snapshot of our research. The following sections round off this Report with a look to training, outreach activities and media presence, international collaboration, editorial activities, and finally a summary of the ICTJA big numbers for 2014.


ContentsICTJA at a glance ...............................................................................................................................6ICTJA organization chart ....................................................................................................................8ICTJA Research Groups .................................................................................................................... 10

Structure and dynamics of the Earth .................................................................................. 10Group members ............................................................................................................................................................... 10Research outline ............................................................................................................................................................... 11Publications 2014 .............................................................................................................................................................13Research projects 2014...................................................................................................................................................17Crystallography and optical properties .............................................................................. 20Group members .............................................................................................................................................................. 20Research outline ............................................................................................................................................................. 20Publications 2014 ............................................................................................................................................................22Research projects 2014..................................................................................................................................................22Environmental changes in the geological record .................................................................23Group members ...............................................................................................................................................................23Research outline ..............................................................................................................................................................23Publications 2014 ........................................................................................................................................................... 28Research projects 2014................................................................................................................................................. 30Geophysical and geochemical modelling of geohazards and georesources ....................... 31Group members ................................................................................................................................................................31Research outline ...............................................................................................................................................................31Publications 2014 ............................................................................................................................................................37Research projects 2014..................................................................................................................................................38Service units and labs ......................................................................................................... 40Service units .....................................................................................................................................................................40Scientific services and laboratories .......................................................................................................................... 43X- Ray Diffraction Service ........................................................................................................................................... 43Paleomagnetism Service (CSIC-UB) ........................................................................................................................ 45labGEOTOP Service ....................................................................................................................................................... 47Seismic Laboratory ......................................................................................................................................................... 48Raman Spectroscopy and Photoluminescence Laboratory .............................................................................. 49LARX – X-ray Fluorescence Laboratory .................................................................................................................... 50Th-230/U-234 Geochronology Laboratory...............................................................................................................51SIMGEO (UB-CSIC) ........................................................................................................................................................52Scientific Boreholes (Almera-1 & 2) ...........................................................................................................................53

ICTJA 10 highlighted papers ...........................................................................................................54PhD Theses ......................................................................................................................................75Courses and Seminars ......................................................................................................................76ICTJA-SPA Awards 2014.................................................................................................................. 80Outreach activities ...........................................................................................................................82ICTJA and the media ....................................................................................................................... 84Other activities ............................................................................................................................... 85ICTJA in numbers ............................................................................................................................ 89How to reach us .............................................................................................................................. 90


ICTJA at a glance

Our Mission

ICTJA is an international geosciences research institute of excellence whose mission is to advance the understanding of Earth System. We will achieve this by applying advanced (forefront) experimental and analytical methodologies to well-defined, knowledge-driven research objectives. A key part of our mission is to meet

industrial and societal needs through knowledge transfer applied to geohazards and exploration and exploitation of geological resources. Central to our mission is quality training of the next generation of Earth Science researchers and technicians.


The ICTJA at a glance

Our Aims

• Identify new and emerging, high-priority research opportunities.

• Enhance our training capabilities of the next generation of Earth scientists.

• Increase our support of early career re-searchers.

• Raise our level of international collaboration.

• Create and translate breakthroughs in knowledge-driven research into practical applications that provide the knowledge transfer that industry and society seeks.

• Advance knowledge and understanding within and across the different fields of Earth Sciences.

Our expertise

• Geological and geophysical studies of the lithosphere and shallow subsurface.

• Characterization, quantification, monitoring, and forecasting of resources.

• Experimental and numerical modeling of geological, environmental and climate pro-cesses and hazards.

• Multidisciplinary analytical and experimental characterization of geological materials and processes.

• Technological development (instrumenta-tion and software) applied to geophysical, geochemical and environmental monitoring, quality control, and quantitative assessment.


ICTJA organization chart


The research groups of ICTJA are organized in two departments.

ICTJA Research Groups

The Department of Structure and Dynamics of the Earth and Crystallog-raphy consists of two research groups:

• Earth’s structure and dynamics

• Crystallography and optical properties

Josep GallartDepartment Head

The Department of EnvironmentalGeology and Geohazards is composedof two research groups:

• Environmental changes in the geological record

• Geophysical and geochemical modelling of geohazards processes and subsurface resourc

Santiago GiraltDepartment Head



Ramón Carbonell, Research Professor

Manel Fernández, Research Professor

Andrés Pérez-Estaún, Research Professor

Joaquina Álvarez-Marrón,

Senior Research Scientist

Dennis Brown, Senior Research Scientist

Jordi Díaz, Senior Research Scientist

Montserrat Torné, Senior Research Scientist

Jaume Vergés, Senior Research Scientist

Daniel García-Castellanos, Research Scientist

Ivonne Jiménez, Research Scientist

Martin Schimmel, Research Scientist

Antonio Villaseñor, Research Scientist

Contxi Ayala, IGME Visiting

Research Scientist

Mario Ruíz, Technical staff

Stéphanie Barde-Cabusson,

Contract Post-doc

Grant Buffett, Contract Post-doc

Emilio Casciello, Contract Post-doc

Charlotte Fillon, Contract Post-doc

Edouard Le Garzic, Contract Post-doc

David Martí, Contract Post-doc

Juan Diego Martín, Contract Post-doc

Ignacio Marzán, Contract Post-doc

Massimiliano Melchiorre,

Contract Post-doc

Eduard Saura, CSIC-JAE Post-doc

Arantzazu Ugalde, Contract Post-doc

Siddique Akhtar, Marie Curie Pre-doc

Giovanni Cammani, CSIC-JAE Pre-doc

Alberto Carballo, JAE Pre-doc

Alba Gil, FPI Pre-doc

Jan Globig, Marie Curie Pre-doc

Lavinia Tunini, FPI Pre-doc

Vinyet Baqués, CSIC contract

Israel Cruz, CSIC contract

Beatriz Gaite, CSIC contract

Clara Gómez, CSC contract

Mar Moragas, CSIC contract

Mireia Peral, CSIC contract

David Cruset, CSIC contract

Josep Gallart

Group Leader

Research Professor

Structure and dynamics of the EarthGroup members

Research outline

The multidisciplinary research of this group investigates the structure and dynamic processes of the Earth’s interior. The main objective is to understand how the Earth works at different scales through the integration of a wide range of different datasets and methodologies, including Geophysics and Geology, Numerical Modeling, Geodesy, and Geochemistry.

The acquisition of high resolution seismic, potential field data and surface geology is combined with numerical models to achieve an integrate approach to basic and applied research in Earth Sciences. Related projects to industry include applications for hydrocarbon exploration, waste disposal and geological storage of greenhouse gas emissions (CO2).


Publications 2014

Akhtar Ehsan, S., R. Carbonell, P. Ayarza, D. Marti, A. Perez-Estaun, D. Jesus Martinez-Poyatos, J. Fernando Simancas, A. Azor, and L. Mansilla (2014), Crustal deformation styles along the reprocessed deep seismic reflection transect of the Central Iberian Zone (Iberian Peninsula), Tectonophysics, 621, 159-174, doi: 10.1016/j.tecto.2014.02.014.

Alcalde, J., I. Marzán, E. Saura, D. Martí, P. Ayarza, C. Juhlin, A. Pérez-Estaún, and R. Carbonell (2014), 3D geological characterization of the Hontomín CO2 storage site, Spain: Multidisciplinary approach from seismic, well-log and regional data, Tectonophysics, 627, 6-25, doi: 10.1016/j.tecto.2014.04.025.

Alvarez-Marron, J., D. Brown, G. Camanni, Y. M. Wu, and K. C. Hao (2014), Structural complexities in a foreland thrust belt inherited from the shelf-slope transition: Insights from the Alishan area of Taiwan, Tectonics, 33(7), 1322-1339.

Ayarza, P., R. Carbonell, A. Teixell, I. Palomeras, D. Martí, A. Kchikach, M. Harnafi, A. Levander, J. Gallart, M. L. Arboleya, J. Alcalde, M. Fernández, M. Charroud, and M. Amrhar (2014), Crustal thickness and velocity structure across the Moroccan Atlas from long offset wide-angle reflection seismic data: The SIMA experiment, Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems, 15(5), 1698-1717, doi: 10.1002/2013GC005164.

Bastida, F., P. Busquets, R. Carbonell, and N. Heredia (2014), In memoriam: Andrés Pérez Estaún (1947-2014), Trabajos de Geologia(34), 7-14.

Bezada, M. J., E. D. Humphreys, J. M. Davila, R. Carbonell, M. Harnafi, I. Palomeras, and A. Levander (2014), Piecewise delamination of Moroccan lithosphere from beneath the Atlas Mountains, Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems, 15(4), 975-985, doi: 10.1002/2013GC005059.



Bonnin, M., G. Nolet, A. Villaseñor, J. Gallart, and C. Thomas (2014), Multiple-frequency tomography of the upper mantle beneath the African/Iberian collision zone, Geophysical Journal International, 198(3), 1458-1473, doi: 10.1093/gji/ggu214.

Camanni, G., D. Brown, J. Alvarez-Marron, Y. M. Wu, and H. A. Chen (2014), The Shuilikeng fault in the central Taiwan mountain belt, Journal of the Geological Society, 171(1), 117-130.

Camanni, G., C. H. Chen, D. Brown, J. Alvarez-Marron, Y. M. Wu, H. A. Chen, H. H. Huang, H. T. Chu, M. M. Chen, and C. H. Chang (2014), Basin inversion in central Taiwan and its importance for seismic hazard, Geology, 42(2), 147-150, doi: 10.1130/G35102.1.

Cantarero, I., C. J. Zafra, A. Travé, J. D. Martín-Martín, V. Baqués, and E. Playà (2014), Fracturing and cementation of shallow buried Miocene proximal alluvial fan deposits, Marine and Petroleum

Geology, 55, 87-99.

Corbella, M., E. Gomez-Rivas, J. D. Martín-Martín, S. L. Stafford, A. Teixell, A. Griera, A. Travé, E. Cardellach, and R. Salas (2014), Insights to controls on dolomitization by means of reactive transport models applied to the Benicàssim case study (Maestrat Basin, eastern Spain), Petroleum

Geoscience, 20(1), 41-54, doi: 10.1144/petgeo2012-095.

Custódio, S., N. A. Dias, B. Caldeira, F. Carrilho, S. Carvalho, C. Corela, J. Díaz, J. Narciso, G. Madureira, L. Matias, and C. Haberland (2014), Ambient noise recorded by a dense broadband seismic deployment in Western Iberia, Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America, 104(6), 2985-3007, doi: 10.1785/0120140079.

Chevrot, S., A. Villasenor, M. Sylvander, S. Benahmed, E. Beucler, G. Cougoulat, P. Delmas, M. D. S. Blanquat, J. Diaz, J. Gallart, F. Grimaud, Y. Lagabrielle, G. Manatschal, A. Mocquet, H. Pauchet, A. Paul, C. Péquegnat, O. Quillard, S. Roussel, M. Ruiz, and D. Wolyniec (2014), High-resolution imaging of the Pyrenees and Massif Central from the data of the PYROPE and IBERARRAY portable array deployments, Journal of Geophysical Research B: Solid Earth, 119(8), 6399-6420, doi: 10.1002/2014JB010953.

Díaz, J., and J. Gallart (2014), Seismic anisotropy from the Variscan core of Iberia to the Western African Craton: New constrains on upper mantle flow at regional scales, Earth and Planetary Science

Letters, 394, 48-57.

Díaz, J., M. Ruíz, L. Crescentini, A. Amoruso, and J. Gallart (2014), Seismic monitoring of an Alpine mountain river, Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth, 119(4), 3276-3289.

Emry, E. L., D. A. Wiens, and D. Garcia-Castellanos (2014), Faulting within the Pacific plate at the Mariana Trench: Implications for plate interface coupling and subduction of hydrous minerals, Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth, 119(4), 3076-3095, doi: 10.1002/2013JB010718.

Escuder-Viruete, J., M. Castillo-Carrión, and A. Pérez-Estaún (2014), Magmatic relationships between depleted mantle harzburgites, boninitic cumulate gabbros and subduction-related tholeiitic basalts in the Puerto Plata ophiolitic complex, Dominican Republic: Implications for the birth of the Caribbean island-arc, Lithos, 196-197, 261-280, doi: 10.1016/j.lithos.2014.03.013.



García-Lobón, J. L., C. Rey-Moral, C. Ayala, L. M. Martín-Parra, J. Matas, and M. I. Reguera (2014), Regional structure of the southern segment of Central Iberian Zone (Spanish Variscan Belt) interpreted from potential field images and 2.5 D modelling of Alcudia gravity transect, Tectonophysics, 614(0), 185-202, doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.tecto.2013.12.005.

Gil, A., J. Gallart, J. Diaz, R. Carbonell, M. Torne, A. Levander, and M. Harnafi (2014), Crustal structure beneath the Rif Cordillera, North Morocco, from the RIFSIS wide-angle reflection seismic experiment, Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems, 15(12), 4712-4733, doi: 10.1002/2014GC005485.

Gomez-Rivas, E., M. Corbella, J. D. Martín-Martín, S. L. Stafford, A. Teixell, P. D. Bons, A. Griera, and E. Cardellach (2014), Reactivity of dolomitizing fluids and Mg source evaluation of fault-controlled dolomitization at the Benicàssim outcrop analogue (Maestrat basin, E Spain), Marine

and Petroleum Geology, 55, 26-42, doi: 10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2013.12.015.

Grobe, R. W., J. Alvarez-Marrón, U. A. Glasmacher, and F. M. Stuart (2014), Mesozoic exhumation history and palaeolandscape of the Iberian Massif in eastern Galicia from apatite fission-track and (U+Th)/He data, International Journal of Earth Sciences, 103(2), 539-561, doi: 10.1007/s00531-013-0976-3.

Gualtieri, L., E. Stutzmann, V. Farra, Y. Capdeville, M. Schimmel, F. Ardhuin, and A. Morelli (2014), Modelling the ocean site effect on seismic noise body waves, Geophysical Journal International, 197(2), 1096-1106, doi: 10.1093/gji/ggu042.

Levander, A., M. J. Bezada, F. Niu, E. D. Humphreys, I. Palomeras, S. M. Thurner, J. Masy, M. Schmitz, J. Gallart, R. Carbonell, and M. S. Miller (2014), Subduction-driven recycling of continental margin lithosphere, Nature, 515(7526), 253-256, doi: 10.1038/nature13878.

Macquet, M., A. Paul, H. A. Pedersen, A. Villaseñor, S. Chevrot, M. Sylvander, and D. Wolyniec (2014), Ambient noise tomography of the Pyrenees and the surrounding regions: Inversion for a 3-D Vs model in the presence of a very heterogeneous crust, Geophysical Journal International, 199(1), 402-415, doi: 10.1093/gji/ggu270.

Mesalles, L., F. Mouthereau, M. Bernet, C. P. Chang, A. T. S. Lin, C. Fillon, and X. Sengelen (2014), From submarine continental accretion to arc-continent orogenic evolution: The thermal record in

southern Taiwan, Geology, 42(10), 907-910, doi: 10.1130/G35854.1.

Messager, G., R. Hassani, and B. Nivière (2014), Mechanical analysis of a natural example of onland gravity gliding: The role of river incision and deposition, Journal of Geophysical Research: Earth Surface, 119(7), 1581-1603, doi: 10.1002/2013JF003062.

Messager, G., B. Nivière, P. Lacan, Y. Hervouët, and J. P. Xavier (2014), Plio-Quaternary thin-skinned tectonics along the crustal front flexure of the southern Central Andes: A record of the regional stress regime or of local tectonic-driven gravitational processes?, International Journal of

Earth Sciences, 103(3), 929-951, doi: 10.1007/s00531-013-0983-4.

Najafi, M., A. Yassaghi, A. Bahroudi, J. Vergés, and S. Sherkati (2014), Impact of the Late Triassic Dashtak intermediate detachment horizon on anticline geometry in the Central Frontal Fars, SE Zagros fold belt, Iran, Marine and Petroleum Geology, 54, 23-36.



Ouraini, F., R. Carbonell, D. M. Linares, K. Gueraoui, P. Ayarza, and M. Harnafi (2014), Finite-difference approximation of wave equation: A study case of the SIMA velocity model, Applied

Mathematical Sciences, 8(173-176), 8679-8688, doi: 10.12988/ams.2014.49779.

Palomeras, I., S. Thurner, A. Levander, K. Liu, A. Villasenor, R. Carbonell, and M. Harnafi (2014), Finite-frequency Rayleigh wave tomography of the western Mediterranean: Mapping its lithospheric structure, Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems, 15(1), 140-160, doi: 10.1002/2013GC004861.

Replumaz, A., F. A. Capitanio, S. Guillot, A. M. Negredo, and A. Villaseñor (2014), The coupling of Indian subduction and Asian continental tectonics, Gondwana Research, 26(2), 608-626, doi: 10.1016/j.gr.2014.04.003.

Robert, A. M. M., J. Letouzey, M. A. Kavoosi, S. Sherkati, C. Müller, J. Vergés, and A. Aghababaei (2014), Structural evolution of the Kopeh Dagh fold-and-thrust belt (NE Iran) and interactions with the South Caspian Sea Basin and Amu Darya Basin, Marine and Petroleum Geology, 57, 68-87.

Saura, E., J. Vergés, J. D. Martín-Martín, G. Messager, M. Moragas, P. Razin, C. Grélaud, R. Joussiaume, M. Malaval, S. Homke, and D. W. Hunt (2014), Syn- to post-rift diapirism and minibasins of the Central High Atlas (Morocco): The changing face of a mountain belt, Journal of the Geological

Society, 171(1), 97-105.

Stange, K. M., R. T. Van Balen, D. Garcia-Castellanos, and S. Cloetingh (2014), Numerical modelling of Quaternary terrace staircase formation in the Ebro foreland basin, southern Pyrenees, NE Iberia, Basin Research, n/a-n/a, doi: 10.1111/bre.12103.

Thurner, S., I. Palomeras, A. Levander, R. Carbonell, and C. T. Lee (2014), Ongoing lithospheric removal in the western Mediterranean: Evidence from Ps receiver functions and thermobarometry of Neogene basalts (PICASSO project), Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems, 15(4), 1113-1127, doi: 10.1002/2013GC005124.

Ugalde, A., B. Gaite, and A. Villaseñor (2014), Temporal variations of seismic velocity at Paradox Valley, Colorado, using passive image interferometry, Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America, 104(3), 1088-1099, doi: 10.1785/0120130133.

Valera, J. L., A. M. Negredo, M. I. Billen, and I. Jiménez-Munt (2014), Lateral migration of a foundering high-density root: Insights from numerical modeling applied to the southern Sierra Nevada, Lithos, 189, 77-88, doi: 10.1016/j.lithos.2013.08.021.

Zlotnik, S., I. Jiménez-Munt, and M. Fernàndez (2014), Coupled mantle dripping and lateral dragging controlling the lithosphere structure of the NW-Moroccan margin and the Atlas Mountains: A numerical experiment, Lithos, 189, 16-27, doi: 10.1016/j.lithos.2013.10.016.



Research projects 2014

National Funding Agencies

Project Title: ALCUDIA WA – Propiedades físicas de la litosfera en la Zona Centro Ibérica (Península Ibérica)

Financed by: PNIDI-CGL - CGL2010-17280 Years: 2011-2014 PI: R. Carbonell Project Title: MISTERIOS - Monitorización integrada del sistema tierra en

España: red de investigación y observación sísmica. Financed by: PNIDI-CGL - CGL2013-48601-C2-1-R Years: 2014-2017 PI: J. Gallart Project Title: PROTAI/2 - Efectos de la arquitectura heredada del

margen continental sobre la deformación y cinemática de cuñas orogénicas de colisión.arcocontinente

Financed by: PNIDI-CGL - CGL2013-43877-P Years: 2014-2016 PI: J. Alvarez/D. Brown Project Title: RIFSIS – Estructura sísmica de la corteza bajo la cordillera del Rif Financed by: PNIDI-CGL - CGL2009-09727 Years: 2010-2014 PI: J. Gallart Project Title: TECLA – Interacción entre la tectónica y el

clima árido de sistemas orogeno-Cuenca Financed by: PNIDI-CGL - CGL2011-26670 Years: 2012-2015 PI: D. García-Castellanos Project Title: Red TOPOIBERIA – Red TOPO IBERIA-IberArray: estudios

integrados de geodinámica y estructura de la placa ibéricaFinanced by: PNIDI-CGL2014-54582-REDCYears: 2014-2016PI: J. Gallart



International Funding Agencies Project Title: EPOS – European Plate Observing System Financed by: European Unión - 7PM-PP 26229 Years: 2010-2014 PI: J. Gallart Project Title: NERA – Network of European Research Insfrastructures

for Eartquake Risk Assessment and MigrationFinanced by: European Unión - 7PM-PP 262330 Years: 2010-2014 PI: J. Gallart Project Title: TOPOMOD-Sculpting the Earth’s topography: Insights

from modelling deep-surface processes Financed by: European Unión - 7PM- RTN 264157 Years: 2011-2014 PI: M. Fernandez

Project Title: Performance of the conversion to digital form of the phase arrival times for all earthquakes includes in the bulletins of the international seismological summary

Financed by: International Seismological CenterYears: 2013-2014PI: A. Villaseñor



Industry Project Title: Integrated structural and geodynamics geological research studies Financed by: STATOIL-HYDRO PETROLEUM ASA Years: 2008-2015 PI: J. Vergés Project Title: Seguimiento geofísico del confinamiento geológico de CO2 Financed by: REPSOL Years: 2010-2015 PI: A. Villaseñor Project Title: Identificación y validación de métodos geofísicos para la detección y

caracterización de discontinuidades en medios sedimentarios recientes Financed by: ENRESA Years: 2013-2015 PI: R. Carbonell

Project Title: Geomargen III: adquisición, análisis e interpretación de datos sismológicos de la Cuenca de Tarfaya

Financed by: REPSOL Years: 2014-2016PI: A. Villaseñor

Project Title: Regional structural sections across the IraqI KurdistanFinanced by: TOTAL Years: 2014-2016PI: J. Vergés



Crystallography and optical properties

Lluis ArtúsGroup Leader – Senior Research Scientist

Ramón Cuscó, Research Scientist

Jordi Ibáñez, Research Scientist

Nuria Domènech, FPU Pre-doc

Robert Oliva, FPI Pre-doc

Research outline

This line of research is focused on the study of the optical properties of semiconductor materi-als. Over the past few years we have carried out Raman scattering studies on a variety of III-V compound systems such as GaN, InN, In-GaN, InAs/GaAs, InGaAs, InP, AlGaSb, InAsSb, GaSb, GaAsN, as well as on ZnO, a II-VI wide band gap material which is intensively being investigated because of its potential applica-tions in transparent electronics and in blue and UV light emitters.

Group members



Publications 2014

Consonni, V., S. Renet, J. Garnier, P. Gergaud, L. Artús, J. Michallon, L. Rapenne, E. Appert, and A. Kaminski-Cachopo (2014), Improvement of the physical properties of ZnO/CdTe core-shell nanowire arrays by CdCl2 heat treatment for solar cells, Nanoscale Research Letters, 9, 222, doi: 10.1186/1556-276X-9-222.

Cuscó, R., N. Domènech-Amador, J. Jiménez, and L. Artús (2014), Electron density gradients in am-monothermally grown Si-doped GaN, Applied Physics Express, 7, 021001, doi: 10.7567/APEX.7.021001.

Domènech-Amador, N., R. Cuscó, R. García-Hernansanz, G. González-Díaz, J. Gandhi, A. Bens-aoula, and L. Artús (2014), Multiphononon resonant Raman scattering in He+-implanted InGaN, Semiconductor Science and Technology, 29, 045013, doi: 10.1088/0268-1242/29/4/045013.

Hernández, S., J. López-Vidrier, L. López-Conesa, D. Hiller, S. Gutsch, J. Ibáñez, S. Estradé, F. Peiró, M. Zacharias, and B. Garrido (2014), Determining the crystalline degree of silicon nanoclusters/SiO2 multilayers by Raman scattering, Journal of Applied Physics, 115, 203504, doi: doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.4878175.

Oliva, R., J. Ibáñez, R. Cuscó, A. Dadgar, A. Krost, J. Gandhi, A. Bensaoula, and L. Artús (2014), High-pressure Raman scattering in InGaN heteroepitaxial layers: Effect of the substrate on the phonon pressure coefficients, Applied Physics Letters, 104, 142101, doi: 10.1063/1.4870529.

Oliva, R., A. Segura, J. Ibáñez, T. Yamaguchi, Y. Nanishi, and L. Artús (2014), Pressure dependence of the refractive index in wurtzite and rocksalt indium nitride, Applied Physics Letters, 105, 232111, doi: 10.1063/1.4903860.



Project Title: OPTOFOT Propiedades ópticas de materiales opto electrónicos y fotovoltaicos Financed by: PNIDI-MAT: MT2010-16116Years: 2011-2014PI: Ll. Artús



Environmental changes in the geological record

José Luis Fernández-TurielGroup Leader – Senior Research Scientist

Ramón Julià, Research

Professor ad-honorem

Pere Anadón, Senior Research Scientist

Antonio Vázquez, Research Scientist

Rosa Utrilla, Research Scientist

Santiago Giralt, Research Scientist

Agustin Lobo, Contract Researcher

Miriam Gómez-Paccard, Visiting

Marie-Curie Post-doc

Juan Cruz Larrasoaña, IGME

Visiting Research Scientist

Montserrat Jiménez, Universidad

de Oviedo Visiting Professor

Elisabet Beamud, Technical staff (UB)

Marta Rejas, Technical staff

Maria Jesús Rubio, FPI Pre-doc

Guiomar Sánchez, JAE Pre-doc

Research outline

Our multidisciplinary group promotes the reconstruction of environmental and climate changes, their causes, and dynamic interac-tions through the multiproxy characterization of the geologic record. Throughout the history of our planet, the geological processes in general and climate change in particular have finger-printed the sedimentary record. Furthermore, the increasing anthropogenic influence in the recent past is also readily identifiable in this geological record.

This research is carried out using a multiproxy approach and focuses on lake sedimentology and global change, impact of geological and anthropogenic processes on the natural geo-chemical balances, sedi-mentary processes and biomineralization, geochronological dat-ing and physical and magnetic properties of the sediments as indicators of environmental and climatic processes.

The objective of the research group is the robust and accurate reconstruction of past climate oscillations and environmental fluctuations as well as identify short, medium and long term trends of these changes through the multiproxy characterization of the geological sedimentary record. These reconstructions provide valuable data to put into a broad temporal perspective the current climate and environmental trends as well as they provide useful insights about which has been the historical and current anthropogenic role in the recent evolution of the Earth. These climatic and environmental reconstructions also provide data that allows the establishment of possible future climatic and environmental scenarios.

Group members



To achieve this goal the group is developing the following research lines:

• reconstruction of climatic and environmental changes using a high temporal resolution multiproxy approach of lacustrine sedimen-tary re-cords;

• determining the geochemical impact of large-scale geological processes (e.g., ex-plosive volcanic eruptions or floods);

• evaluating the relationships between pro-cesses and sedimentary environments and biomineralization, and-characterizing physical and magnetic properties of the sedimentary record as proxies of climatic and environmental events.




Publications 2014

Ballbè, E. G., D. R. Antón, A. P. Mañosa, R. P. Obiol, R. J. Brugués, M. C. Bal-Serin, and N. Mazzucco (2014), The mountains in prehistory: 10 years of research in Western Catalan Pyrenees, Trabajos

de Prehistoria, 71(2), 261-281, doi: 10.3989/tp.2014.12134.

Ballbè, E. G., D. R. Antón, A. P. Mañosa, R. P. Obiol, R. Julià Brugués, M. C. Bal-Serin, and N. Mazzucco (2014), The mountains in prehistory: 10 years of research in Western Catalan Pyrenees, Trabajos

de Prehistoria, 71(2), 261-281, doi: 10.3989/tp.2014.12134.

Ballesteros, T., E. Montoya, T. Vegas-Vilarrúbia, S. Giralt, M. Abbott, and V. Rull (2014), An 8700-year record of the interplay of environmental and human drivers in the development of the southern Gran Sabana landscape, SE Venezuela, Holocene, 24(12), 1757-1770, doi: 10.1177/0959683614551229.

Barreiro-Lostres, F., A. Moreno, S. Giralt, M. Caballero, and B. Valero-Garcés (2014), Climate, palaeohydrology and land use change in the Central Iberian Range over the last 1.6 kyr: The La Parra Lake record, Holocene, 24(10), 1177-1192, doi: 10.1177/0959683614540960.

Canet, C., P. Anadón, E. González-Partida, P. Alfonso, A. Rajabi, E. Pérez-Segura, and L. A. Alba-Aldave (2014), Paleozoic bedded barite deposits from Sonora (NW Mexico): Evidence for a hydrocarbon seep environment of formation, Ore Geology Reviews, 56, 292-300, doi: 10.1016/j.oregeorev.2013.06.009.

Cañellas-Boltà, N., V. Rull, A. Sáez, M. Prebble, and O. Margalef (2014), First records and potential palaeoecological significance of Dianella (Xanthorrhoeaceae), an extinct representative of the native flora of Rapa Nui (Easter Island), Vegetation History and Archaeobotany, 23(3), 331-338.

Cortizas, A. M., I. R. Muñiz, T. Taboada, M. Toro, I. Granados, S. Giralt, and S. Pla-Rabés (2014), Factors controlling the geochemical composition of Limnopolar Lake sediments (Byers Peninsula, Livingston Island, South Shetland Island, Antarctica) during the last ca. 1600 years, Solid Earth, 5(2), 651-663, doi: 10.5194/se-5-651-2014.

Daura, J., M. Sanz, J. J. Fornós, A. Asensio, and A. R. Julià (2014), Karst evolution of the Garraf Massif (Barcelona, Spain): Doline formation, chronology and archaeopalaeontological archives, Journal of Cave and Karst Studies, 76(2), 69-87, doi: 10.4311/2011ES0254.

Jiménez-Espejo, F. J., A. García-Alix, G. Jiménez-Moreno, M. Rodrigo-Gámiz, R. S. Anderson, F. J. Rodríguez-Tovar, F. Martínez-Ruiz, S. Giralt, A. Delgado Huertas, and E. Pardo-Igúzquiza (2014), Saharan aeolian input and effective humidity variations over western Europe during the Holocene from a high altitude record, Chemical Geology, 374-375, 1-12, doi: 10.1016/j.chemgeo.2014.03.001.

Kissel, C., H. Guillou, C. Laj, J. C. Carracedo, F. Perez-Torrado, C. Wandres, A. Rodriguez-Gonzalez, and S. Nomade (2014), A combined paleomagnetic/dating investigation of the upper Jaramillo transition from a volcanic section at Tenerife (Canary Islands), Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 406, 59-71, doi: 10.1016/j.epsl.2014.09.003.


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Larrasoaña, J. C., Q. Liu, P. Hu, A. P. Roberts, P. Mata, J. Civis, F. J. Sierro, and J. N. Pérez-Asensio (2014), Paleomagnetic and paleoenvironmental implications of magnetofossil occurrences in late Miocene marine sediments from the Guadalquivir Basin, SW Spain, Frontiers in Microbiology, 5(MAR), doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2014.00071.

López-García, J. M., H. A. Blain, R. Julià, and J. Maroto (2014), Environment and climate during MIS 7 and their implications for the late Middle Pleistocene hominins: The contribution of Mollet cave, Serinyà, Girona, northeastern Iberian Peninsula, Quaternary International, 337, 4-10, doi: 10.1016/j.quaint.2012.12.025.

Lloveras, L., O. Vicente, M. Molist, J. Nadal, S. Riera, R. Julià, and A. Estrada (2014), Taphonomic interpretation of the marine mollusk fauna in the Neolithic site of the caserna de Sant Pau del camp (Barcelona), Archaeofauna, 23, 169-179.

Margalef, O., A. Martínez Cortizas, M. Kylander, S. Pla-Rabes, N. Cañellas-Boltà, J. J. Pueyo, A. Sáez, B. L. Valero-Garcés, and S. Giralt (2014), Environmental processes in Rano Aroi (Easter Island) peat geochemistry forced by climate variability during the last 70kyr, Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, 414, 438-450, doi: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2014.09.025.

Morellón, M., F. S. Anselmetti, B. Valero-Garcés, S. Giralt, D. Ariztegui, A. Sáez, M. P. Mata, F. Barreiro-Lostres, M. Rico, and A. Moreno (2014), The influence of subaquatic springs in lacustrine sedimentation: Origin and paleoenvironmental significance of homogenites in karstic Lake Banyoles (NE Spain), Sedimentary Geology, 311, 96-111, doi: 10.1016/j.sedgeo.2014.07.004.

Ortí, F., L. Rosell, L. Gibert, M. Moragas, E. Playà, M. Inglès, J. M. Rouchy, J. P. Calvo, and D. Gimeno (2014), Evaporite sedimentation in a tectonically active basin: The lacustrine Las Minas Gypsum unit (Late Tortonian, SE Spain), Sedimentary Geology, 311, 17-42.

Pereira, C. L., P. M. Raposeiro, A. C. Costa, R. Bao, S. Giralt, and V. Gonçalves (2014), Biogeography and lake morphometry drive diatom and chironomid assemblages' composition in lacustrine surface sediments of oceanic islands, Hydrobiologia, 730(1), 93-112.

Prado, F. E., J. L. Fernández-Turiel, M. Tsarouchi, G. K. Psaras, and J. A. González (2014), Variation of seed mineral concentrations in seven quinoa cultivars grown in two agroecological sites, Cereal

Chemistry, 91(5), 453-459, doi: 10.1094/CCHEM-08-13-0157-R.

Servera Vives, G., Y. Miras, S. Riera, R. Julià, P. Allée, H. Orengo, S. Paradis-Grenouillet, and J. M. Palet (2014), Tracing the land use history and vegetation dynamics in the Mont Lozère (Massif Central, France) during the last 2000 years: The interdisciplinary study case of Countrasts peat bog, Quaternary International, 353, 123-139, doi: 10.1016/j.quaint.2013.10.048.

Soto, R., E. Beamud, B. Oliva-Urcia, E. Roca, M. Rubinat, and J. J. Villalaín (2014), Applicability of magnetic fabrics in rocks associated with the emplacement of salt structures (the Bicorb-Quesa and Navarrés salt walls, Prebetics, SE Spain), Tectonophysics, 629, 319-334, doi: 10.1016/j.tecto.2014.07.004.



Valero-Garcés, B., M. Morellón, A. Moreno, J. P. Corella, C. Martín-Puertas, F. Barreiro, A. Pérez, S. Giralt, and M. P. Mata-Campo (2014), Lacustrine carbonates of Iberian Karst Lakes: Sources, processes and depositional environments, Sedimentary Geology, 299, 1-29, doi: 10.1016/j.sedgeo.2013.10.007.

Yao, Z., X. Shi, Q. Liu, Y. Liu, J. C. Larrasoaña, J. Liu, S. Ge, K. Wang, S. Qiao, X. Li, F. Shi, X. Fang, Y. Yu, G. Yang, and Z. Duan (2014), Paleomagnetic and astronomical dating of sediment core BH08 from the Bohai Sea, China: Implications for glacial-interglacial sedimentation, Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, 393, 90-101.



Project Title: LACATALAS – Environmental characterization of Miocene lacustrine systems with marine-like faunas from the Duero and Ebro basins: geochemistry of biogenic carbonates and palynology

Financed by: PNIDI CGL - CGL2011-23438Years: 2012-2014PI: P. Anadón

Project Title: QUECA – Impactos medioambientales de erupciones cuaternarias en los Andes Centrales: Modelado para la prevención de los efectos de futuras erupciones

Financed by: PNIDI CGL - CGL2011-23307Years: 2012-2014PI: J. L. Fernandez-Turiel



Geophysical, and geochemical modelling of geohazard processes and subsurface resources

Joan MartíGroup Leader – Senior Research Professor

Ignasi Queralt, Senior Research Scientist

Carles Soriano, Research Scientist

Maria José Jurado, Research Scientist

Adelina Geyer, JdlC /RyCajal Post-doc

F. Xavier Castelltort, CSIC

contract Post-doc

Helena Gallardo, FPI Pre-doc

Raquel Noriega, FPI Pre-doc

Stefania Bartolini, JAE Pre-doc

Silvia Aragó, CSIC contract

Xavier de Bolos, CSIC contract

Laura Becerril, CSIC contract

José Crespo, CSIC contract

Carlos Viñolo, CSIC contract

Research outline

Geological, geochemical and geophysical stud-ies are applied to model natural processes that can become geological hazards. These stud-ies include research topics related to volca-nism, seismology, landslides or geochemical transfer in subsurface and surface land. From a multidisciplinary point of view, the research is focused on the physics of hazardous geo-logical processes, development of analytical tools for geochemistry, borehole geophysics and remote sensing.

Among the most important techniques we highlight:

• Simulation of geological processes using a combination of numerical & experimental methods

• Application of X-ray radiation for the study of materials and residual waters

• Borehole geophysics and subsurface imaging

• Development of new algorithms for remote sensing and geographic information sys-tems.

Group members


Publications 2014

Barde-Cabusson, S., J. Gottsmann, J. Martí, X. Bolós, A. G. Camacho, A. Geyer, L. Planagumà, E. Ronchin, and A. Sánchez (2014), Structural control of monogenetic volcanism in the Garrotxa volcanic field (Northeastern Spain) from gravity and self-potential measurements, Bulletin of Vol-canology, 76(1), 1-13.

Bartolini, S., L. Becerril, and J. Martí (2014), A new Volcanic managEment Risk Database desIgn (VERDI): Application to El Hierro Island (Canary Islands), Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research, 288(1), 132-143, doi: 10.1016/j.jvolgeores.2014.10.009.

Bartolini, S., A. Geyer, J. Martí, D. Pedrazzi, and G. Aguirre-Díaz (2014), Volcanic hazard on Decep-tion Island (South Shetland Islands, Antarctica), Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research, 285, 150-168, doi: 10.1016/j.jvolgeores.2014.08.009.

Becerril, L., S. Bartolini, R. Sobradelo, J. Martí, J. M. Morales, and I. Galindo (2014), Long-term volcanic hazard assessment on El Hierro (Canary Islands), Natural Hazards and Earth System Sci-ences, 14(7), 1853-1870.

Bolós, X., L. Planagumà, and J. Martí (2014), Volcanic stratigraphy of the Quaternary La Garrotxa Volcanic Field (north-east Iberian Peninsula), Journal of Quaternary Science, 29(6), 547-560, doi: 10.1002/jqs.2725.

García, O., S. Guzmán, and J. Martí (2014), Stratigraphic correlation of Holocene phonolitic explo-sive episodes of the Teide-Pico Viejo Volcanic Complex, Tenerife, Journal of the Geological Society, 171(3), 375-387, doi: 10.1144/jgs2013-086.

Geyer, A., and J. Marti (2014), A short review of our current understanding of the development of ring faults during collapse caldera formation, Frontiers in Earth Science, 2, doi: 10.3389/feart.2014.00022.

López, C., J. Martí, R. Abella, and M. Tarraga (2014), Applying Fractal Dimensions and Energy-Budget Analysis to Characterize Fracturing Processes During Magma Migration and Eruption: 2011-2012 El Hierro (Canary Islands) Submarine Eruption, Surveys in Geophysics, 35(4), 1023-1044, doi: 10.1007/s10712-014-9290-2.

Marguí, E., A. De Fátima Marques, M. De Lurdes Prisal, M. Hidalgo, I. Queralt, and M. L. Carvalho (2014), Total reflection X-ray spectrometry (TXRF) for trace elements assessment in edible clams, Applied Spectroscopy, 68(11), 1241-1246, doi: 10.1366/13-07364.

Mattei, M., N. R. Riggs, G. Giordano, L. Guarnieri, F. Cifelli, C. C. Soriano, B. Jicha, A. Jasim, S. Marchionni, L. Franciosi, S. Tommasini, M. Porreca, and S. Conticelli (2014), Geochronology, geochemistry and geodynamics of the Cabo de Gata volcanic zone, Southeastern Spain, Italian Journal of Geosciences, 133(3), 341-361, doi: 10.3301/IJG.2014.44.

Molina, F., J. Martí, G. Aguirre, E. Vega, and L. Chavarría (2014), Stratigraphy and structure of the Cañas Dulces caldera (Costa Rica), Bulletin of the Geological Society of America, 126(11-12), 1465-1480, doi: 10.1130/B31012.1.

Pedrazzi, D., L. Becerril, J. Martí, S. Meletlidis, and I. Galindo (2014), Explosive felsic volcanism on El Hierro (Canary Islands), Bulletin of Volcanology, 76(10), doi: 10.1007/s00445-014-0863-1.

Pedrazzi, D., X. Bolós, and J. Martí (2014), Phreatomagmatic volcanism in complex hydrogeological environments: La crosa de sant dalmai maar (Catalan Volcanic Zone, NE Spain), Geosphere, 10(1), 170-184, doi: 10.1130/GES00959.1.




Pedrazzi, D., G. A. Díaz, S. Bartolini, J. Martí, and A. Geyer (2014), The 1970 eruption on Decep-tion Island (Antarctica): eruptive dynamics and implications for volcanic hazards, Journal of the Geological Society, doi: 10.1144/jgs2014-015.

Pereira, M. F., A. Castro, M. Chichorro, C. Fernández, J. Díaz-Alvarado, J. Martí, and C. Rodríguez (2014), Chronological link between deep-seated processes in magma chambers and eruptions: Permo-Carboniferous magmatism in the core of Pangaea (Southern Pyrenees), Gondwana Research, 25(1), 290-308, doi: 10.1016/j.gr.2013.03.009.

Pitarch, A., A. Ramón, A. Álvarez-Pérez, K. Castro, J. M. Madariaga, and I. Queralt (2014), Mul-tispectroscopic characterization of oil on copper painting, Spectroscopy Letters, 47(1), 38-51, doi: 10.1080/00387010.2013.782319.

Porreca, M., F. Cifelli, C. Soriano, G. Giordano, C. Romano, S. Conticelli, and M. Mattei (2014), Hyaloclastite fragmentation below the glass transition: An example from El Barronal submarine volcanic complex (Spain), Geology, 42(1), 87-90, doi: 10.1130/G34744.1.

Sainz-Maza Aparicio, S., J. Arnoso Sampedro, F. Gonzalez Montesinos, and J. Martí Molist (2014), Volcanic signatures in time gravity variations during the volcanic unrest on El Hierro (Canary Islands), Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth, 119(6), 5033-5051, doi: 10.1002/2013JB010795.

Scaini, C., A. Felpeto, J. Martí, and R. Carniel (2014), A GIS-based methodology for the estimation of potential volcanic damage and its application to Tenerife Island, Spain, Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research, 278-279, 40-58, doi: 10.1016/j.jvolgeores.2014.04.005.

Sobradelo, R., S. Bartolini, and J. Martí (2014), HASSET: a probability event tree tool to evaluate future volcanic scenarios using Bayesian inference, Bulletin of Volcanology, 76(1), 1-15, doi: 10.1007/s00445-013-0770-x.

Soriano, C. C., G. Giordano, N. R. Riggs, M. Porreca, A. Bonamico, D. Iosimi, F. Cifelli, M. Mattei, A. De Benedetti, L. Guarnieri, and S. Marchionni (2014), Geologic map, volcanic stratigraphy and structure of the Cabo de Gata volcanic zone, Betic-Rif orogen, SE Spain, Italian Journal of Geosci-ences, 133(3), 325-340, doi: 10.3301/IJG.2014.45.

Tao, W., M. Timothy, Z. K. Shen, R. Erika, and Y. Zhang (2014), Triggering effect of the Zipingpu Reservoir on the 2008 Mw7.9 Wenchuan, China, Earthquake due to poroelastic coupling, Chinese Journal of Geophysics (Acta Geophysica Sinica), 57(10), 3318-3331, doi: 10.6038/cjg20141019.

Tárraga, M., J. Martí, R. Abella, R. Carniel, and C. López (2014), Volcanic tremors: Good indicators of change in plumbing systems during volcanic eruptions, Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research, 273, 33-40, doi: 10.1016/j.jvolgeores.2014.01.003.

Telesca, L., M. Lovallo, J. Martì Molist, C. López Moreno, and R. Abella Meléndez (2014), Using the Fisher-Shannon method to characterize continuous seismic signal during volcanic eruptions: Application to 2011-2012 El Hierro (Canary Islands) eruption, Terra Nova.

Villasante-Marcos, V., A. Finizola, R. Abella, S. Barde-Cabusson, M. J. Blanco, B. Brenes, V. Cabrera, B. Casas, P. De Agustín, F. Di Gangi, I. Domínguez, O. García, A. Gomis, J. Guzmán, I. Iribarren, G. Levieux, C. López, N. Luengo-Oroz, I. Martín, M. Moreno, S. Meletlidis, J. Morin, D. Moure, J. Pereda, T. Ricci, E. Romero, C. Schütze, B. Suski-Ricci, P. Torres, and P. Trigo (2014), Hydrothermal system of Central Tenerife Volcanic Complex, Canary Islands (Spain), inferred from self-potential measurements, Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research, 272, 59-77.





Project Title: GEOSUB/2 – Investigación y monitorización de fallas sismogénicas en sondeos para la elaboración de una propuesta de perforación al ICDP para perforación en el SE Peninsular

Financed by: PNIDI-CGL2010-21568Years: 2011-2014PI: M. J. Jurado

Project Title: IMPAS - Impact in Aquifer media and Soils of non-conventional water (treated-desalinated) use and sewage sludge application: laboratory and field investigations

Financed by: PNIDI-CGLI - CGLI22168-C03-01Years: 2011-2014PI: I. Queralt Project Title: EXCAVA-Explora, caracteriza y visualiza Financed by: PNIDI-IPT – 2012-0979-380000Years: 2013-2015PI: M. J. Jurado

Project Title: Modelado y caracterización físico-química de los magmas en Tenerife y su aplicación en el sistema de vigilancia volcánica del Observatorio Geofísico Central

Financed by: IGNYears: 2013-2014PI: J. Martí

Project Title: Definición de guías de exploración y explotación de recursos energéticos y minerales en calderas volcánicas de colapso (CALECOM)

Financed by: Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas - PROGRAMA CSIC CONEXION INTERNACIONAL

Years: 2014- 2015PI: A. Geyer

International funding agencies

Project Title: VUELCO – Volcanic unrest in Europe and Latin America: Phenomenology, eruption precursors, hazard forecast, and risk mitigation

Financed by: European Unión - Project # 282759Years: 2011-2015PI: J. Martí


Service units and labs


Service units

Management and General Services

The Management and General Services depend directly on the Institute’s Manager and include the administration of:

• Human resources. Management of permanent staff, contract personnel and trainees, taking up their posts, contracts, grants, end of contract, reporting joiners and leavers to the Social Security system, etc.

• Project management. This includes applying for monitoring and financial management of national and international projects (public and industrial).

• Purchasing and procurement of supplies, service and maintenance – buildings, special infrastructures, technical services, vehicles.

• Management of travel and subsistence expenses.

The General Services are also responsible for maintenance of electrical and mechanical installations and devices, porter, mailing, and cleaning.

Manager José Luis López Burguillo

Administrative support

Leonor Fernández, Purchasing

and procurement

Francisco Mosquera, Payer

María Consuelo Palacio,

Human Resources

Esmeralda Rodríguez,

Project management

Elisa Zamorano, Travel and subsistence

Maintenance

Óscar Ávila, Technical staff

Miquel Ángel González, Technical staff

Dimas Calvo Meca, Technical contract

Jesús M. Foncubierta,

Technical contract

Front deskXavier Pascual, Receptionist

Alejandro Tatevosian, Receptionist


Computing and Communications Service

The main objective of this service is to facilitate the communication and computing tools and basic and advanced services to allow researchers of ICTJA to achieve their scientific objectives. The unit manages a network infrastructure compose of about 150 medium size computers, a wifi spread throughout the building, some server-oriented computing, storage and connectivity with the Scientifc Ring/RedIris/Geant2. ICTJA facilitates the access to 5 CSIC research institutes (CID, IBB, CEAB, IBMB and IIBB) to this Scientific Ring.

Library

The Library of Geology (UB-CSIC), housed in the Faculty of Geology, is jointly managed by the Faculty of Geology of the University of Barcelona (UB) and the Institute of Earth Sciences Jaume Almera (ICTJA-CSIC). This library is one of the most important geology libraries in Spain in terms of repository of journals and books and quality of service. In addition, major bibliographic databases are also offered (WOS, SCOPUS, GEOREF, PASCAL, CINDOC, and BIGPI). The library is currently compiling a database on Bibliography of Earth Sciences of the Iberian Peninsula (BIGPI) including more than 40,000 records of articles, lectures, books,


theses, etc. on any aspect of the geology of the Iberian Peninsula.

The publication of the journal Geological Acta is also managed through this service. It is an international journal of Earth Sciences providing an innovative and high quality media of scientific dissemination. Geologica Acta aims to stimulate rapid diffusion of results and efficient exchange of ideas among the widespread communities of Earth Sciences researchers (with special emphasis on Latin-American, the Caribbean, Europe, and the Mediterranean regions). The Journal is edited in collaboration with the University of Barcelona. Since 2007, Geologica Acta is included in the Journal Citation Report of ISI Thomson with an Impact Factor (IF) of 1.483 in 2013 and a 5 year IF of 1.777.

Library

Jordi Casadellà Saladas, Chief Librarian (UB)

Dolores Fernández, Chief Librarian (CSIC)

Marta Boullosa Guerrero, Librarian (UB)

Daniel Casanueva González, Librarian (UB)

Emma Dalmau Ollé, Librarian (UB)

Maria Josefa Martínez López, Librarian (UB)

Concepción Porcar Ferrer, Librarian (UB)

Montserrat Puig, Librarian (UB)

Laura Rincón, Geologica Acta, Journal

Manager (UB)

Joan Benavent, Technical staff

Marc Español, Technical contract



The library in numbers

• 18,000 books and subscription to thousands of e-books

• 1.054 printed journals and subscription to thousands of e-journals

• 10.000 maps (geological, topographic, etc.)

• 14.000 aerial photographs

• 8.000 article reprints of the geology of the Iberian Peninsula

• 350 PhD Thesis


Scientific services and laboratories

X- Ray Diffraction Service

The X-ray Diffraction Service of ICTJA-CSIC is an analytical facility focused on the qualitative and quantitative characterization of the crystalline phases of materials. The XRD Service, with more than 30 years of experience in the field, offers support to ICTJA researchers and also to external users from public and private universities and companies.

One of the main objectives of the XRD Service at ICTJA is to support the ongoing investigations carried out by ICTJA researchers on Earth Sciences topics, including studies of volcanology, petrology and sedimentology. The XRD Service offers also support to external researchers working in geology, materials science, environment, chemistry, pharmacy, archaeology, etc. A large number of companies and organizations from the public or private sectors make use of the XRD Service at ICTJA for their industrial applications, quality control, environmental studies, forensics, etc.

Range of services offered

• Identification of crystalline phases

• Crystal-quality assessment, composition determination and microstructural analyses

• Semi-quantitative and quantitative analysis of crystalline phases and amorphous content

• Application of the Rietveld method for profile adjustment, structure refinement and quantitative phase analyses

• Investigation of small or inhomogeneous samples with micro-diffraction

• Determination of crystalline structures

• Non- destructive X-ray fluorescence analyses with a handheld spectrometer for field work and cultural heritage studies

Some examples of applications provided by the laboratory to research groups and companies

• Phase identification and quantification of geological samples. Identification and analysis of clay minerals

• Analysis of mineral phases in building materials: cement, concrete, aggregates, etc. Study of degraded calcium aluminate cements, identification of fiber cements, etc.

• Determination of the amorphous content in ashes and synthetic mixtures

• Study of corrosion products

• Determination of crystalline silica in respirable airborne dusts by direct-on-filter methods


Jordi Ibañez, Scientific Director

Josep Elvira, Technical Director

María Soledad Álvarez, Technical Staff


Paleomagnetism Service (CSIC-CCiTUB)

The Paleomagnetic Laboratory was founded in 1989 as result of an agreement between the CSIC and the Catalonian Geological Service of the Generalitat de Catalunya. Since 1998, the laboratory depends on the CCiTUB and the CSIC.

The laboratory provides technical support to research groups working on several research topics within the Earth Sciences, among them:

• Magnetostratigraphic dating of sedimentary sequences and correlation with their fossil and paleoenvironmental record.

• Archaeomagnetic dating of archaeological remains.

• Paleomagnetism applied to the study of orogenic belts and plate tectonics.

• Environmental magnetic studies aimed to unravelling paleoenvironmental and climatic variations in the sedimentary record.

The laboratory facilities include superconduct-ing and spinner magnetometers, thermal and AF demagnetizers, a susceptibility bridge and a pulse magnetizer.


Elisabet Beamud,

Technical Director

(CCiTUB)

Ana Gómez,

Technical staff

Ylenia Almar,

Technical contract


labGEOTOP Service – Geochemistry Laboratory

The labGEOTOP Service, Laboratory of Elemen-tal and Isotopic Geochemistry for Petrologi-cal Applications, carry out multi¬disciplinary research in Solid Earth Sciences using an es-tablished core of world class equipment and laboratories, and expertise in the technical and applied aspects of their use. The service plays a key role in catalys¬ing leading edge cross-disciplinary research within the CSIC and into Spain.

The labGEOTOP service provides a central mass of equipment that enables significant scientific collaboration on a regional, national and inter-national scale. We undertake a wide variety of analytical work for scientific institutions and industry. The labGEOTOP offer elemental and isotopic analysis of solids and liquids cover-ing the range of elements determined by high resolution-inductively coupled plasma-mass spectrometry. The service focuses on the analytical needs of R&D projects on:

• Compositional structure and evolution of Earth’s mantle: mantle geochemistry mainly through the open window of the volcanic rocks; origin of mantle plumes.

• Compositional structure and evolution of the lithosphere: geochemical processes at the margins of tectonic plates.

• Geochemical evolution of magmatic and metamorphic processes.

• Sedimentary geology and paleoclimate re-construction: geochronology and processes related to climate change.

• Volcanism: temporal evolution of pre- and syn-eruptive magmatic processes: geo-chemical flows related to volcanic activity.

• Experimental petrology and mineralogy.

The analytical services provided by the lab-GEOTOP go beyond ICTJA needs and repre-sent a significant breakthrough in the analytical services required by the Spanish and interna-tional scientific community on element and isotope geochemistry for process modelling in both whole rock and high resolution single mineral analysis. The labGEOTOP is a Project co-financed by ERDF through the Scientific and Technological Infrastructure National Program in the National Plan for Scientific Research, Development and Technological Innovation (R&D) of the Ministry of Science and Innova-tion, Reference CSIC08-4E-001.


Jose-Luis Fernandez-Turiel,

Scientific Director

Marta Rejas, Technical Director

Jonathan Cotano, Techinical contract


Seismic Laboratory

ICTJA Seismic Laboratory is composed by two main sections, the Data Acquisition Instrumen-tation Pool and the Seismic Processing Center.

The Data Acquisition Instrumentation Pool in-cludes seismic equipment intended to be used in temporary deployments. Up to 90 broad-band and 36 short period seismic acquisition systems are available to allow managing both short-term controlled source seismic profiling and long-term passive seismic deployments.

The Seismic Processing Centre includes three main servers, around 100 Tbytes of disk space and Linux work stations with dedicated process-ing software. The Centre is now able to receive and store in near-real time seismic data from temporary seismic stations and selected per-

manent sites. The facility features connectivity with the Barcelona Supercomputing Centre and has research relationships with other computa-tion, processing, interpretation and modelling facilities such as GEO-MODELS (University of Barcelona) and the Barcelona Centre for Sub-surface Imaging.


Jordi Díaz Cusí, Scientific Director

Mario Ruíz, Technical Director


Raman Spectroscopy and Photolumines-cence Laboratory

The Laboratory of Raman Spectrocopy and Photoluminescence is focused on the study of the optical properties of semiconductor materials. Among others, the lab carries out Raman scattering studies on a variety of III-V compound systems such as GaN, InN, InGaN, InAs/GaAs, InGaAs, InP, AlGaSb, InAsSb, GaSb, GaAsN, as well as on ZnO, a II-VI wide band gap material which is intensively being inves-tigated because of its potential applications in transparent electronics and in blue and UV light emitters.


Lluís Artús, Scientific Director

Ramon Cuscó, Research Scientist

Jordi Ibañez, Research Scientist


LARX – Laboratory of X-ray Analytical Applications

The LARX research laboratory, created in 1994, is an excellence’s research facility of ICTJA. The activities of LARX are focused on the de-velopment of methodologies for the study of solid matter using X-ray spectroscopies such as X-ray fluorescence (WDXRF, EDXRF, TRXRF and micro-EDXRF), X-ray diffraction (XRD) and other solid-state non-invasive analytical tools. Likewise, LARX staff is leading collaborative research projects related to Environmental Geosciences and Geochemistry. Since its creation, the laboratory has also un-dertaken many teaching and training activities at national and international level, in collabo-ration with the European X-ray Spectrometry Association (EXSA), the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) and X-ray instrumen-tation manufacturing companies. During last decade, and within this initiative have taken several doctoral and master thesis in the fields of environmental pollution and cultural heritage materials.

At now, LARX is a joint associated laboratory with the Analytical Chemistry Department of the University of Girona (Spain) and the Hy-drogeochemistry Group of the Institute of En-vironmental Assessment and Water Research (IDAEA-CSIC).

The instrumentation of this infrastructure al-lows the determination of major, trace and ul-tratrace elements in solids (minerals, rocks, particulate matter, filters, industrial wastes, etc.), including chemical mapping and micro-probe analysis, layer thickness determination at nanometre scale and chemical speciation.

Through research collaborative agreements the laboratory provides technical support for research groups working on:

• Cultural Heritage materials and artworks, especially studies of paint pigments, old coinage and metallic artefacts, manuscripts and wall paint materials.

• Environmental geochemistry of soil, water and vegetation, including biogeochemical modelling.

• Forensic research related to the use of in-organic chemistry data.


Ignasi Queralt,

Scientific Director


Th-230/U-234 Geochronology Laboratory

The Laboratory of Geochronology was found-ed in 1989 and fully updated in 2010 with the acquisition of two 8-channel ORTEC alpha spectrometers. The laboratory is specially designed for dating marine and continental carbonates such as travertines, speleothems, endogenic lacustrine carbonates, corals and marine crusts, although it is possible to date primary sulphates (gypsum) and chlorides (ha-lite) using the uranium series desequilibrium method (230Th/234U).

The laboratory provides technical support for research groups working on:

• Absolute dating of upper Pleistocene and Holocene continental and marine carbon-ate samples for a large variety of purposes such as climate, anthropic, geologic and/or environmental reconstructions.

• Absolute dating of human and other archaeo-logical carbonate prehistorical rests.


Staff

Santiago Giralt, Scientific Director

Graciela Monzon, Technical Director


SIMGEO (UB-CSIC)

The Laboratory of Geological Processes Simula-tion (SIMGEO) was created in 1995 as a joint venture between the Faculty of Geology of the University of Barcelona (UB) and the Institute of Earth Sciences Jaume Almera (ICTJA-CSIC) in the field of experimental and theoretical model-ling of geological processes.

SIMGEO seeks to promote application of ex-perimental and theoretical models to the study of geological processes and, in particular, pro-cesses that involve a risk to people and the environment, through funding raised by public and private research projects and contracts and agreements.

SIMGEO offers researchers a large space and equipment to design and develop experimental models. The SIMGEO has a laboratory of ex-perimental petrology and mineral synthesis, a hydraulic channel 16 m length and a computer lab equipped with the necessary software to develop mathematical models and simulations using geographic information systems.


Staff

Joan Martí, Scientific co-Director (CSIC)

Ferran Colombo, Scientific co-Director (UB)


Scientific Boreholes Almera-1 & 2

Two scientific boreholes were drilled in 2012 in the UB campus of Barcelona as part of the subsurface research studies of the Institute of Earth Sciences Jaume Almera (ICTJA) in cooperation with the Faculty of Geology of the University of Barcelona (UB).

The Almera-1 borehole is 214.20 m deep and is used as an experimental facility for the devel-opment of geophysical data logging methods. The hole Almera-2 is 1 m away from Almera-1, reaching a depth of 46 m, and is meant to carry out routine piezometric measurements and cross hole experiments.

A subsurface connection for cables and tools with the borehole and monitoring research lab inside ICTJA building facilitate long term and continuous monitoring and control from the lab. This facility is equipped with a complete system of geophysical logging tools and bore-hole monitoring data loggers that are used for testing of new devices and experiments in the frame of ongoing research projects.


Staff

Maria José Jurado, Scientific Director

Jose Crespo, Technician contract

Carlos Viñolo, Technician contract

Francesc Castelltort, Technician contract


ICTJA 10 highlighted papers

In order to understand the potential controls on Asian tectonics during the subduction of the Tethys and Indian lithospheres, we reconstruct the coupled subduction-continent deformation history using tomographic imaging, kinematics constraints and numerical modeling.

The global P-waves tomographic images of the mantle below the India-Asia collision zone provide constraints on the deep structure of continents and subduction history. Linking the slab positions in the mantle to the Asian tectonics reconstructions and the Indian plate kinematics, we reconstruct the timing and lo-cation of successive subduction and breakoff events, showing one major breakoff occurred between India and the Tethys Ocean ~ 45 Ma. In the western syntax, a vertical slab continuous to the continent is shown to override the deeper detached Tethys slab. In the central region simi-lar structure is found with a detached slab, yet closer to the Tethys slab. In the eastern syntax, no slab is imaged. It is inferred that after Tethys slab had broke off, subduction only resumed in the center of the margin, while underthrusting took place at both extremities of the convergent margin. During following convergence, a second breakoff event detached the central Indian slab from the margin ~ 15 Ma ago, which renewed Indian lithosphere underthrusting below Asia. This most probably occurred when the Tibetan Plateau was already uplifted, implying that uplift is not a direct result of underthrusting.

Numerical models of breakoff during subduction illustrate the controls of slab detachment

The coupling of Indian subduction and Asian continental tectonics

on the complexities of the Indian margin. In these models the subduction of continental lithosphere resumes after breakoff only where this is entrained by the mantle flow associated with the long lasting oceanic slab sinking, that is in the center of the margin, while converging continent edges underthrusts the upper plate. Furthermore, the breakoff during subduction has profound implications on the Asian intra-plate tectonics. In the models, the breakoff is rapidly followed by large stresses in the upper plate interiors, propagating at large distance from the margin, along a belt oriented at ~ 45° from the trench. The long-term evolution of the Asian continental tectonics shows drastic changes in the fault pattern, with successive strike-slip faulting across the Asian continent, which are in agreement with the mechanisms illustrated by the models. Transient large coupling at the trench caused by the breakoff events during India-Asia convergence offers an explanation for episodic nucleation of lithospheric faults within the Asian continent and their link to deep processes.

Reference

Replumaz, A., F. A. Capitanio, S. Guillot, A.

M. Negredo, and A. Villaseñor (2014), The coupling of Indian subduction and Asian con-tinental tectonics, Gondwana Research, 26(2), 608-626, doi: 10.1016/j.gr.2014.04.003.

ICTJA 10 highlighted papers 2014


On 27 March 2013, a 6.2 ML earthquake occurred at 19 km depth in eastern Nantou, central Taiwan. Over a 2 week period it was followed by more than 680 aftershocks that ranged to 5 ML. Most events occurred below the ~10-km-deep detachment fault predicted for this part of the mountain belt, coinciding with other precisely located hypocenters that indicate that much of the crust in this area is seismically active. We combine geological data with a three-dimensional (3-D) P-wave veloc-ity model derived from local tomography and earthquake hypocenters to determine a model for the structure of central Taiwan. Much of the surface geology of the area comprises the up-lifted Eocene rocks of the Hsuehshan Basin. The 3-D P-wave velocity model shows a shallowing of higher velocities across the Hsuehshan Basin and hypocenter data indicate that its western bounding fault is clearly defined by an east-ward-dipping band of events that extends to

Basin inversion in central Taiwan and its importance for seismic hazard

>20 km depth. The eastern bounding fault is interpreted to coincide at depth with a cluster of events between 20 and 30 km depth. These data suggest that the preexisting, rift-related extensional faults of the Hsuehshan Basin are currently being reactivated and the basin is being inverted. We present hypocenter data from the Nantou sequence that corroborate this interpretation and show the importance of choosing the correct structural model when assessing seismic risk.

Reference

Camanni, G., C.-H. Chen, D. Brown, J. Alva-

rez-Marron, Y.-M. Wu, H.-A. Chen, H.-H.

Huang, H.-T. Chu, M.-M. Chen, and C.-H.

Chang (2014b), Basin inversion in central Tai-wan and its importance for seismic hazard, Geology, 42(2), 147-150, doi: 10.1130/g35102.1.




Whereas subduction recycling of oceanic litho-sphere is one of the central themes of plate tec-tonics, the recycling of continental lithosphere appears to be far more complicated and less well understood. Delamination and convective downwelling are two widely recognized pro-cesses invoked to explain the removal of litho-spheric mantle under or adjacent to orogenic belts. Here we relate oceanic plate subduc-tion to removal of adjacent continental litho-sphere in certain plate tectonic settings. We have developed teleseismic body wave images from dense broadband seismic experiments that show higher than expected volumes of anomalously fast mantle associated with the subducted Atlantic slab under northeastern South America and the Alboran slab beneath the Gibraltar arc region; the anomalies are under, and are aligned with, the continental margins at depths greater than 200 kilome-tres. Rayleigh wave analysis8, 9 finds that the lithospheric mantle under the continental mar-gins is significantly thinner than expected, and that thin lithosphere extends from the orogens adjacent to the subduction zones inland to the edges of nearby cratonic cores. Taking these data together, here we describe a process that

Subduction-driven recycling of continental margin lithospherecan lead to the loss of continental lithosphere adjacent to a subduction zone. Subducting oce-anic plates can viscously entrain and remove the bottom of the continental thermal bound-ary layer lithosphere from adjacent continental margins. This drives surface tectonics and pre-conditions the margins for further deformation by creating topography along the lithosphere–asthenosphere boundary. This can lead to de-velopment of secondary downwellings under the continental interior, probably under both South America and the Gibraltar arc, and to delamination of the entire lithospheric mantle, as around the Gibraltar arc. This process recon-ciles numerous, sometimes mutually exclusive, geodynamic models proposed to explain the complex oceanic-continental tectonics of these subduction zones.

Reference

Levander, A., M. J. Bezada, F. Niu, E. D. Hum-

phreys, I. Palomeras, S. M. Thurner, J. Masy,

M. Schmitz, J. Gallart, R. Carbonell, and M.

S. Miller (2014), Subduction-driven recycling of continental margin lithosphere, Nature, 515(7526), 253-256, doi: 10.1038/nature13878.


The regional mantle flow beneath the westernmost Mediterranean basin and its transition to the Atlantic domain is addressed by inspecting the anisotropic properties of the mantle. More than 100 new sites, from the Variscan core of Iberia to the northern rim of the Western African Craton, are now investigated using the data provided by different temporary and permanent broad-band seismic arrays. Our main objective is to provide a larger regional framework to the results recently presented along the Gibraltar Arc in order to check the validity of the different geodynamic interpretations proposed so far.

The significant variations in the retrieved anisotropic parameters suggest that different

Seismic anisotropy from the Variscan core of Iberia to the Western African Craton: New constrains on upper mantle flow at regional scales

processes must be invoked to explain the origin of the observed anisotropy. Beneath the Variscan units of the Central Iberian Massif the new results show a moderate amount of anisotropy with fast polarization directions (FPD) oriented close to E–W. Those results can only be explained in terms of global mantle flow if models accounting for contributions from surface plate motion, net lithosphere rotation and density variations are taken into consideration. One of the major results presented is the significant number of good quality data without evidence of anisotropy (“nulls”) observed beneath permanent stations in southern Portugal. Those “nulls” can be explained by the presence of a predominantly vertical mantle flow associated to large




variations in the lithospheric thickness. Beneath the Gibraltar Arc the FPD show a spectacular rotation, evidenced by the results presented by Díaz et al. (2010) and Miller et al. (2013). Those results are reviewed here taking also into consideration the geodynamic modeling presented recently by Alpert et al. (2013) and other geophysical and geodetic results. Further South, the analysis of new broad-band stations installed in the Moroccan Meseta and the High Atlas show a small degree on anisotropy and a large number of “null” events, pointing again to the presence of vertical flow in the mantle.

The results favor an asthenospheric origin related to present-day mantle flow for the anisotropy observed from the Variscan core

of Iberia to the northern rim of the West African Craton. This flow is deflected around the high velocity slab beneath the Gibraltar Arc and seems affected locally by vertical flow associated to edge-driven convective cells. The presence of significant backazimuthal variations in the anisotropic parameters retrieved from single events suggests that a second order contribution from an anisotropic layer within the lithosphere may also exist.

Reference

Díaz, J., and J. Gallart (2014), Seismic anisot-

ropy from the Variscan core of Iberia to the

Western African Craton: New constrains on upper mantle flow at regional scales, Earth and

Planetary Science Letters, 394, 48-57.



Recent studies integrating gravity, geoid, surface heat flow, elevation and seismic data indicate a prominent lithospheric mantle thickening beneath the NW-Moroccan margin (LAB > 200 km-depth) followed by thinning beneath the Atlas Domain (LAB about 80 km-depth). Such unusual configuration has been explained by the combination of mantle underthrusting due to oblique Africa–Eurasia convergence together with viscous dripping fed by asymmetric lateral mantle dragging, requiring a strong crust–mantle decoupling. In the present work we examine the physical conditions under which the proposed asymmetric mantle drip and drag

Coupled mantle dripping and lateral dragging controlling the lithosphere structure of the NW-Moroccan margin and the Atlas Mountains: A numerical experiment

mechanism can reproduce this lithospheric configuration. We also analyse the influence of varying the kinematic boundary conditions as well as the mantle viscosity and the initial lithosphere geometry. Results indicate that the proposed drip–drag mechanism is dynamically feasible and only requires a lateral variation of the lithospheric strength. The further evolution of the gravitational instability can become either in convective removal of the lithospheric mantle, mantle delamination, or subduction initiation. The model reproduces the main trends of the present-day lithospheric geometry across the NW-Moroccan margin and the Atlas Mountains, the characteristic time of the observed vertical movements, the amplitude and rates of uplift in the Atlas Mountains and offers an explanation to the Miocene to Pliocene volcanism. An abnormal constant tectonic subsidence rate in the margin is predicted.

Reference

Zlotnik, S., I. Jiménez-Munt, and M. Fernàn-

dez (2014), Coupled mantle dripping and lateral dragging controlling the lithosphere structure of the NW-Moroccan margin and the Atlas Mountains: A numerical ex-periment, Lithos, 189, 16-27, doi: 10.1016/j.lithos.2013.10.016.



The Alishan area of Taiwan spans the transition from the platform with full thickness of the Eurasian continental margin in the north to the thinning crust of its slope in the south. This part of the foreland thrust and fold belt includes important along-strike changes in structure, stratigraphy, and seismic velocities. In this paper we present the results of new geological mapping from which we build

Structural complexities in a foreland thrust belt inherited from the shelf-slope transition: Insights from the Alishan area of Taiwan

geological cross sections both across and along the regional structural trend. Fault contour, stratigraphic cutoff, and branch line maps provide 3-D consistency between the cross sections. Minimum shortening is estimated to be ~15 km with displacement overall to the northwest. A P wave velocity model helps constrain the structure at depth by providing insight into the possible rock units that are



present there. P wave velocities of ≥ 5.2 km/s point toward the presence of basement rocks in the shallow subsurface throughout much of the southeastern part of the area, forming a basement culmination. The changes in strike of thrusts and fold axial traces, the changing elevation of thrusts and stratigraphic contacts, and the growing importance of Middle Miocene sediments that take place from north to south are interpreted to be associated with a roughly northeast striking lateral structure coincident with the northern flank of this basement culmination. These transverse structures appear to be associated with the inversion of Eocene- and Miocene-age extensional faults along what was the shelf-slope transition in the Early Oligocene, uplifting the margin sediments and their higher P wave velocity basement during Pliocene-Pleistocene thrusting.

Reference

Alvarez-Marron, J., D. Brown, G. Camanni,

Y. M. Wu, and K. C. Hao (2014), Structural

complexities in a foreland thrust belt inher-

ited from the shelf-slope transition: Insights

from the Alishan area of Taiwan, Tectonics,

33(7), 1322-1339



The lithospheric structures beneath the Pyrenees, which holds the key to settle long-standing controversies regarding the opening of the Bay of Biscay and the formation of the Pyrenees, are still poorly known. The temporary PYROPE and IBERARRAY experiments have recently filled a strong deficit of seismological stations in this part of western Europe, offering a new and unique opportunity to image crustal and mantle structures with unprecedented resolution. Here we report the results of the first tomographic study of the Pyrenees relying on this rich data set. The important aspects of our tomographic study are the precision of both absolute and relative traveltime measurements obtained by a nonlinear simulated annealing waveform fit and the detailed crustal model that has been constructed to compute accurate crustal corrections. Beneath the Massif Central, the most prominent feature is a widespread slow anomaly that reflects a strong thermal anomaly resulting from the thinning of the lithosphere and upwelling of the asthenosphere. Our tomographic images clearly exclude scenarios involving subduction of oceanic lithosphere beneath the Pyrenees.

High-resolution imaging of the Pyrenees and Massif Central from the data of the PYROPE and IBERARRAY portable array deployments

In contrast, they reveal the segmentation of lithospheric structures, mainly by two major lithospheric faults, the Toulouse fault in the central Pyrenees and the Pamplona fault in the western Pyrenees. These inherited Hercynian faults were reactivated during the Cretaceous rifting of the Aquitaine and Iberian margins and during the Cenozoic Alpine convergence. Therefore, the Pyrenees can be seen as resulting from the tectonic inversion of a segmented continental rift that was buried by subduction beneath the European plate.

Reference Chevrot, S., A. Villasenor, M. Sylvander,

S. Benahmed, E. Beucler, G. Cougoulat, P.

Delmas, M. D. S. Blanquat, J. Diaz, J. Gallart,

F. Grimaud, Y. Lagabrielle, G. Manatschal, A.

Mocquet, H. Pauchet, A. Paul, C. Péquegnat,

O. Quillard, S. Roussel, M. Ruiz, and D.

Wolyniec (2014), High-resolution imaging of

the Pyrenees and Massif Central from the

data of the PYROPE and IBERARRAY portable

array deployments, Journal of Geophysical

Research B: Solid Earth, 119(8), 6399-6420,

doi: 10.1002/2014JB010953.



An 8700-year record of the interplay of environmental and human drivers in the development of the southern Gran Sabana landscape, SE Venezuela

The vegetation of the southern Gran Sabana (SE Venezuela) consists primarily of a treeless savanna with morichales (Mauritia flexuosa palm stands), despite the prevailing climate being more favorable for the development of extensive rainforests. Here, we discuss the results of our 8700-year paleoecological reconstruction from Lake Encantada based on the analysis of pollen, algal remains, charcoal, and geochemical proxies. We use the findings to assess a number of hypotheses that seek to explain the dominance of savanna vegetation and consider the relative importance of factors such as climate, fire, and erosion on the landscape. The reconstruction of vegetation

changes suggests the following trends: open savanna with scattered forest patches (8700–6700 yr BP), forest-savanna mosaic (6700–5400 yr BP), open savanna with forest patches (5400–1700 yr BP), and treeless savanna with morichales (1700 yr BP–the present). We conclude that the interplay between climate and fire and the positive feedback between the presence of grasses and increased fire frequency played a major role in the vegetation dynamics from the early to middle Holocene (8700–6700 yr BP). The synergistic action between reduced fires and wetter conditions appears to be a determinant in the development of rainforest around 6700 yr BP. Despite higher



available moisture at ~5400 yr BP, the savanna expanded with the increased frequency of fire, potentially driven by human land-use practices. We also propose that the interplay between fire and erosion created forest instability during the middle and late Holocene. The current southern Gran Sabana landscape is the result of the complex interplay between climate, fire, erosion, and vegetation.

Reference Ballesteros, T., E. Montoya, T. Vegas-

Vilarrúbia, S. Giralt, M. Abbott, and V. Rull

(2014), An 8700-year record of the interplay

of environmental and human drivers in the

development of the southern Gran Sabana

landscape, SE Venezuela, Holocene, 24(12),

1757-1770, doi: 10.1177/0959683614551229.



We analyze the geochemistry of Rano Aroi mire record (Easter Island) using bulk peat composition (C, N, S) and stable isotopes (13C, 15N, 34S) and major, minor and trace elemental compositions obtained by ICP-AES (Al, Ti, Zr, Sc, V, Y, Fe, Mn, Th, Ba, Ca, Mg and Sr). Peat geochemistry and the pollen record are used to reconstruct the environmental changes during the last 70 kyr BP. Principal component analysis on ICP-AES data revealed that three main components account for the chemical signatures of the peat. The first component, characterized by lithogenic elements (combined signal of V, Al, Sc, Y, Cr, Cd, Ti, Zr and Cu), evidences long-term changes in the basal fluxes of mineral material into the mire. This component, in combination with stable isotopes and pollen data suggests a link between soil erosion and vegetation cover changes in the Rano Aroi watershed. The second component is identified by the signal of Fe, Mn, Th, Ba, Zr and Ti, and is indicative of strong runoff events during enhanced precipitation periods. The third component (tied mainly to Ca, Sr and Mg) reflects a strong peat oxidation event that occurred during an arid period with more frequent droughts, sometime between 39 and 31 kyr BP. Correlation coefficients and a multiple regression model (PCR analysis) between peat organic chemistry and the principal components

Environmental processes in Rano Aroi (Easter Island) peat geochemistry forced by climate variability during the last 70kyr

of ICP-AES analysis were calculated. Isotope chemistry of the peat organic matter further contributes to define Rano Aroi environmental history: 13C data corroborates a vegetation shift documented by the palynological record from C4 to C3 between 55 and 45 cal kyr BP; the 15N record identifies periods of changes in mire productivity and denitrification processes, while the 34S peat signature indicates a marine origin of S and significant diagenetic cycling. The geochemical and environmental evolution of Rano Aroi mire is coherent with the regional climatic variability and suggests that climate was the main forcing in mire evolution during the last 70 kyr BP. The coupling of geochemical and biological proxies improves our ability to decipher depositional processes in tropical and subtropical peatlands and to use these sequences for paleoenvironmental and paleoclimate reconstructions.

Reference Margalef, O., A. Martínez Cortizas, M. Kylander, S. Pla-Rabes, N. Cañellas-Boltà, J. J. Pueyo, A. Sáez, B. L. Valero-Garcés, and S. Giralt (2014), Environmental processes in Rano Aroi (Easter Island) peat geochemistry forced by climate variability during the last 70kyr, Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, 414, 438-450, doi: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2014.09.025.



We have performed high-pressure Fourier transform infrared reflectance measurements on a freestanding InN thin film to determine the refractive index of wurtzite InN and its high-pressure rocksalt phase as a function of hydrostatic pressure. From a fit to the experimental refractive-index curves including the effect of the high-energy optical gaps, phonons, free carriers, and the direct (fundamental) band-gap in the case of wurtzite InN, we obtain pressure coefficients for the low-frequency (electronic) dielectric constant E∞. Negative pressure coefficients of – 8.8 x 10-2 GPa-1 and –14.8 x 10-2 GPa-1 are obtained for the wurtzite and rocksalt phases, respectively. The results are discussed in terms of the electronic band structure and the compressibility of both phases.

ReferenceOliva, R., A. Segura, J. Ibáñez, T. Yamaguchi,

Y. Nanishi, and L. Artús (2014), Pressure

dependence of the refractive index in wurtzite

and rocksalt indium nitride, Applied Physics

Letters, 105(23), doi: 10.1063/1.4903860.

Pressure dependence of the refractive index in wurtzite and rocksalt indium nitride


In the southern winter of 1970, a phreatomag-matic eruption occurred in the northern part of Deception Island (South Shetland Archipelago, Antarctic Peninsula). The eruption, with no eye-witnesses to the event, occurred in the same general area as the 1967 eruption, but with new, more widely distributed vents. Two contrast-ing groups of craters were formed in the 1970 eruption, showing that different active fissures and eruptive dynamics were operating. One group consists of ‘maar-like’ craters, whereas the other comprises conical edifices. The 1970 eruption can be classified as volcanic explosivity index (VEI) 3, with mainly phreatomagmatic phases that generated a bulk volume of about 0.1 km3 of pyroclastic material and an eruptive column at least 10 km high, from which fallout

The 1970 eruption on Deception Island (Antarctica): Eruptive dynamics and implications for volcanic hazards

deposits are recognized more than 100 km to the NE. The 1970 eruption was similar to that of 1967 and together these two eruptive events show how eruption dynamics can be controlled by the uppermost part of the volcano substrate and the width and orientation of the eruptive fissure. These influence magma–water interac-tion and hence may imply different eruptive phases and associated volcanic hazards.

ReferencePedrazzi, D., G. Aguirre-Díaz, S. Bartolini, J.

Martí, and A. Geyer (2014), The 1970 eruption

on Deception Island (Antarctica): Eruptive

dynamics and implications for volcanic haz-

ards, Journal of the Geological Society, 171(6),

765-778, doi: 10.1144/jgs2014-015.



The monogenetic Quaternary La Garrotxa Volcanic Field forms part of the Catalan Volcanic Zone (north-east Iberian Peninsula), one of the alkaline volcanic provinces of the European rift system. It harbours more than 50 basaltic monogenetic cones that range in age from the Middle Pleistocene to the Early Holocene and include cinder and scoria cones, lava flows, tuff rings and maars. This study is the result of extensive fieldwork, including the study of ephemeral outcrops and the stratigraphic logging of new water wells and geotechnical drill holes, also taking into account existing information gathered by recent geophysical studies that have applied shallow geophysical methods to establish the substrate geology of this volcanic field. We have obtained a comprehensive volcanic

Volcanic stratigraphy of the Quaternary La Garrotxa Volcanic Field (north-east Iberian Peninsula)

stratigraphy of the area that identifies the products of each single eruption, their relative stratigraphy and their surface area. This volcanic stratigraphy constitutes an essential tool for understanding the evolution of this volcanic field and for establishing a correct volcanic hazard assessment for the area, but it also provides a precise reference for the Quaternary tephrochronology of the lake sediments in neighbouring areas..

ReferenceBolós, X., L. Planagumà, and J. Martí (2014),

Volcanic stratigraphy of the Quaternary La

Garrotxa Volcanic Field (north-east Iberian

Peninsula), Journal of Quaternary Science,

29(6), 547-560, doi: 10.1002/jqs.2725.



The present contribution presents a preliminary investigation of the chemical composition with respect to major, minor, trace, and ultratrace elements in several clam species that are frequently used for human consumption in Portuguese markets and worldwide. In order to use a simple and rapid analytical methodology for clam analysis, energy dispersive X-ray fluorescence (EDXRF) spectrometry and total reflection X-ray fluorescence (TXRF) spectrometry were selected as analytical techniques. The analytical capabilities of TXRF spectrometry were evaluated for the determination of minor and trace elements in commercial edible clams. We compared the direct analysis of powdered suspensions (using different sample amounts and dispersant

Total reflection X-ray spectrometry (TXRF) for trace elements assessment in edible clams

agents) with the analysis of the digested samples for trace element determination. Inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry analysis of clam digests was also performed to evaluate the analytical possibilities of TXRF spectrometry for trace and ultratrace analysis.

ReferenceMarguí, E., A. De Fátima Marques, M. De

Lurdes Prisal, M. Hidalgo, I. Queralt, and

M. L. Carvalho (2014), Total reflection

X-ray spectrometry (TXRF) for trace

elements assessment in edible clams, Applied

Spectroscopy, 68(11), 1241-1246, doi: 10.1366/13-

07364.



Title 3D seismic imaging and geological modeling of the Hontomín CO2 storage site, SpainPhd Student Juan Alcalde MartinPhd Advisor David Martí Linares, Ramon Carbonell BertranPlace & Date Universitat de Barcelona - 04/07/2014

Title Geological and structural controls on La Garrotxa monogenetic volcanic field (NE Iberia)Phd Student Xavier De Bolós GranadosPhd Advisor Joan Martí MolistPlace & Date Universitat de Barcelona - 04/09/2014

Title Hydromagmatic monogenetic volcanism in continental and oceanic island environmentsPhd Student Dario Pedrazzi Phd Advisor Joan Martí MolistPlace & Date Universitat de Barcelona - 07/03/2014

Title Modelos geológicos en 3D de la isla de TenerifePhd Student Ilazquiñe Iribarren RodríguezPhd Advisor Joan Martí MolistPlace & Date Universitat de Barcelona - 27/10/2014

Title Seísmic characterization of the Central Iberian Zone from the surface to the upper mantlePhd Student Siddique Akhtar Ehsan Phd Advisor Ramon Carbonell BertranPlace & Date Universitat de Barcelona - 05/12/2014

Title The last 70 kyr of Rano Aroi (Easter Island, 27oS) peatrecord: new insights for the Central Pacific paleoclimatologyPhd Student Olga Margalef MarrasePhd Advisor Santiago Giralt RomeuPlace & Date Universitat de Barcelona - 14/03/2014

Title The structure of the South-Central Taiwan thrust beltPhd Student Giovanni Camanni Phd Advisor Dennis Lewis Brown Marsh, Joaquina Álvarez MarrónPlace & Date Universitat de Barcelona - 20/10/2014

Title Volcanic hazard assessment in monogenetic volcanic fieldsPhd Student Stefania Bartolini Phd Advisor Joan Martí MolistPlace & Date Universitat de Barcelona - 06/10/2014

Title Volcano-structural study and long-term volcanic hazard assessment on El Hierro island (Canary Islands)Phd Student Laura Becerril CarreteroPhd Advisor Joan Martí MolistPlace & Date Universidad de Zaragoza - 28/11/2014

PhD Theses



Courses and Seminars

Courses

Recerca en riscos naturals. El CSIC a l’aula - Activitats per al professorat Curs 2013-2014. February, 17-21

Metalls nobles del Patrimoni Cultural: Caracterització i análisis de materi-als per mètodes no-destructiusInstitut Català d'Arqueologia Clàssica - ICACMarch, 3-4

Curso Teórico-Práctico de ICP-MS 2014ICTJA-CSIC, BarcelonaMay, 26-28

Curso Teórico-Práctico de de Difrac-ción de Rayos X en Polvo 2014ICTJA-CSIC, Barcelona May, 28-30

J. Martí, A. Geyer

I. Queralt

J.L. Fernandez-Turiel, M. Rejas

J. Ibáñez, J. Elvira, S. Álvarez



Introduction to X-ray Fluorescence spec-trometry: Application to materials characterization Workshop on Materials Characterization techniques by X-ray Diffraction and X-ray fluorescence, RADDEL Intersectorial European network, EU Training courseICMAB-CSIC, May

3er Curso de Postgrado so-bre VolcanologíaUniversidad de Girona, Olot (Girona)October, 13-26

Calderas Volcánicas de Colapso y su relación con Recursos GeotérmicosUNAM, Sede de Morelia, MéxicoOctober, 30 – November, 3

Seminars

I. Queralt

J. Martí, A. Geyer

J. Martí

Conference: Building and exhumation of the Western Carpathians: new constraints from

sequentially restored, balanced cross-sections and low-T thermochronometry

Lecturer: Dr. Stefano Mazzoli, Universitat de Nàpols

Date: January, 13

Conference: The future role of Earth Scientists in the governance of volcanic unrest

Lecturer: Dr. Paul Myrow , Chair and Professor of Geology, Colorado College, USA

Date: January, 15

Conference: El sermón de la montaña turolense: la multiplicación de los saurios y las icnitas

Lecturer: Dr. Luis Alcalá, Fundación Conjunto Paleontológico de Teruel-Dinópolis, Teruel

Date: January, 22

Conference: The Sima de los Huesos site: A taphonomical review

Lecturer: Dr. D. RabadàDate: January, 29



Conference: Assembly of Gondwanaland: an Antarctic and Himalayan perspective

Lecturer: Dr. Paul Myrow, Chair and Professor of Geology, Colorado College, USA

Date: January, 30

Conference: Los lamprófidos cretácicos de Cataluña: Un viaje

complicado desde el manto hacia la superficie

Lecturer: Dra. Teresa UbideDate: February, 13

Conference: Modeling internal deformation of salt structures

targeted for radioactive waste disposal

Lecturer: Zurab Chemia, Department of Geosciences and Natural Resource

Management, Universitat of Copenhaguen, Danmark

Date: March, 5

Conference: Mysterious ichnology: The trace fossil record of dumb animals doing

some surprisingly smart things on ancient Spanish seafloors

Cicle De Conferències “Amics d’en Jordi M. de Gibert

Lecturer: Prof. Tony Ekdale, Dpt. Geology and Geophysics, University of Utah, USA

Date: March, 12

Conference: Cerro Blanco originó la mayor erupción de los últimos

5000 años en el noroeste de Argentina

Lecturer: Dr. J.L. Fernández Turiel (ICTJA-CSIC), Prof. F.J. Pérez

Torrado (ULPGC), Dr. A. Lobo (ICTJA-CSIC)

Date: March, 19

Conference: Remote Sensing of the Earth Surface: a guide for paracticioners

Lecturer: Dr. Agustin Lobo, ICTJA-CSIC

Date: April, 1

Conference: Sea-level during a glacial cycle with a focus on the Mediterranean

Lecturer: Prof. Kurt Lambeck, Professor of Geophysics at the Australian

National University in Canberra, Australia

Date: April, 3

Conference: Chemical stabilizationof natural Jordanian

geomaterials for construction applications

Lecturer: Dra. Islam Mahmoud Aldabsheh, Investigadora Postdoctoral,

Departament de Cristal·lografia, Mineralogia i Dipòsits Minerals

Date: May, 7

Conference: Assessing nitrification and denitrification in the Seine river

and estuaryusing chemical and isotopic techniques

Lecturer: Dr. Mathieu Sebilo, Institut d’Ecologie et d’Environnement

de Paris, Université Pierre et Marie Curie, France

Date: May, 20



Conference: - Closing the loop between geologyand reservoir engineering in the building,

calibration and history-matching of carbonate reservoir models

Lecturer: Dr. Patrick Corbett, Visiting Professorship at UFRJ in Rio, Brasil, as the

BG Group Professor of Carbonate Petroleum Geoengineering

Date: June, 6

Conference: - Is our carbonate reservoir fractured? Engineering says yes and geology says no!

Lecturer: Dr. Patrick Corbett, Visiting Professorship at UFRJ in Rio, Brasil, as the

BG Group Professor of Carbonate Petroleum Geoengineering

Date: June, 6

Conference: eARTh observation: Un Món per ser sensat

Lecturer: Dr. Jordi Corbera i Vicenç Palà, Àrea d’Observació de la

Terra, Institut Cartogràfic i Geològic de Catalunya

Date: June, 11

Conference: 10 m slips on the Pitas Point Thrust: M8 earthquakes in the western M8

earthquakes in the western Transverse Ranges of southern California

Lecturer: Thomas K. Rockwell, Dept. Geological Sciences, San Diego

State University, Earth Consultants International, USA

Date: July, 3

Conference: Sedimentary and structural recordof the Albian growth of the

Bakio salt diapir (Basque Country, northern Spain

Lecturer: Yohann Poprawski, Géosciences Montpellier, Université Montpellier 2, France

Date: September, 12

Conference: Numerical simulation of subcontinental lithosphere

dynamics: stability, evolution and formation

Lecturer: Hongliang Wang, Durham University, UK

Date: September, 10

Conference: Thermodynamic studies on the behavior of organic

compounds in diagenetic and hydrothermal settings

Lecturer: Laurent Richard, Geochemist-consultant, Barcelona

Date: October, 8

Conference: Mélanges and geodynamic settings of their formation

Lecturer: Andrea Festa, Dipartimento di Scienze della Terra, Università di Torino, Italy

Date: October, 21

Conference: Effects of surface processes on fold development

Lecturer: Marine Collignon, ETH, Zürich, Switzerland

Date: September, 23



Glycerol Dialkyl Glycerol Tetraethers (GDGTs) have been studied in sediments of several ecosystems (ocean, peats, and rivers) and only recently have been determined in lakes. Here we have used them to reconstruct past temperature changes for the 700 years recorded in Lake Azul (Sao Miguel Island, Azores archipelago, Portugal) sediments at multiannual time resolution. This unique continental record in the southern pole of the North Atlantic

ICTJA –SPA Awards 2014

Temperature reconstruction by GDGTS for the last 700 years in Azores Archipelago: an example of a continental record in the North Atlantic

Oscillation has allowed us to unravel the evolution of the atmospheric circulation patterns in the North Atlantic during episodes of rapid climate change for the last 700 years. Thus, the Little Ice Age (from 1400 to 1750 yrs AD in this record) has been characterized by lower than usual temperatures that imply a positive predominance of the NAO, whereas the recorded recent warming (since 1930 yr AD) is marked by the negative NAO control.

Rubio-Inglés M.J., Shanahan T.M., Sáez A., Pueyo J.J., Raposeiro P., Hernández

A., Sánchez-López G., Gonçalves V., Giralt S., 2014. ASLO 2015, Aquatic Science

Meeting Limnology and Oceanography, Granada, February, 22-27. Ref. 26615.



The African continent shows striking topo-graphic features and has recently been target of numerous geophysical and seismic studies to determine its crustal structure, locally and regionally. Observation of surface tectonics coupled with knowledge of variations in crustal thickness provide a top to bottom frame to in-vestigate sub-crustal processes, which affect the uppermost lithosphere and control today's African topography. As the significance of pre-vious models of crustal thickness in Africa is debatable and favors premature conclusions here our motivation is to address the detailed structure of the African lithosphere revealing Moho and LAB geometry using 1D modeling of elevation, geoid and thermal data including the thermotectonic age of the crust as well as age and thickness of sediments to better ac-count for lateral variations in crustal density. The four-layered model is composed of crust and lithospheric mantle plus sea water and asthenosphere, assuming Airy isostasy and is benchmarked against a detailed compila-

Geoid, elevation and crustal thickness: Investigating the lithospheric structure of Africa

tion of seismic Moho data from active and passive seismic experiments across the con-tinent and its margins. Relating better surface topography with the depth of the Moho and the LAB contributes to improve knowledge on the lithospheric structure in Africa that mainly comes from global models, such as CRUST1.0, regional tomography models and gravity mod-eling, which unfortunately miss a proper rela-tion between elevation, mean crustal density and crustal thickness. Our approach therefore is seen to support the discussion around the strongly debated processes responsible for the anomalous high elevation especially in the south eastern part of Africa and the observed undula-tions in Moho depth from about 20 km below the extended regions of the East African Rift System to 50 kilometers underneath the thick-est Proterozoic belts. By linking differences in age, density and thermal state of the lithosphere with topography and geoid we want to provide new information especially for the data remote areas in Northern and Central Africa.

Globig J., Fernandez M.,

Torné M., Faccenna C., 2014.

Geophysical Research Abstracts,

16, EGU2014-4372, EGU

General Assembly 2014.



Outreach Activities

The scientific and technical staff of the institute continued in 2014 with the task of bringing science to society through a series of activities to disseminate the scientific knowledge on Erath Sciences, mainly resulting from the research projects carried out at ICTJA. One of the main objectives is to bring science to young people to promote scientific vocations. In this sense, trying to reach the public as possible, outreach activities focused on showing the relevant role that Earth sciences in society, from the aspects related to geological hazards to the importance of raw materials in the technological

Recerca a Ciències de la Terra, EspaiCiència, Saló de l’Ensenyament, Fira de BarcelonaCo-organized by ICTJA-CSIC and Facultat de Geologia-UB (12-16 Març 2014)

GEOflaixTravelling Exhibition co-organized by ICTJA-CSIC, Facul-tat de Geologia-UB, Institut Geològic de CatalunyaInstitut Mercè Rodoreda, Hospitalet de Llobregat. 14 January - 5 February 2014)I.E.S. Domenech i Montaner, Barcelona (14 February - 5 March 2014)I.N.S. Castellar, Castellar del Vallès (14 March - 11 April 2014)Institut Cartogràfic i Geològic de Catalunya, Tremp (15 May - 15 Juny 2014)

Espai Viu la Geologia, EXPOMINER exhibition, Fira de BarcelonaCo-organized by ICTJA-CSIC, Facultat de Geologia-UB, Institut Car-togràfic i Geològic de Catalunya (14-16 November 2014)

Què investiguem a les ciències de la terra?, Setmana de la CiènciaOrganized by ICTJA-CSIC (17-21 November 2014)

El CSIC en el Aula, Formació del professorat en Ciències, Tecnologia i Matemà-tiques (CTM), Departament d'Ensenyament, Generalitat de CatalunyaQué podem aprendre d’un sismograma? by Jordi Díaz Cusí (3 December 2014)

development. As example, Geoflaix! is a look at our lives from the perspective of minerals and rocks that are part of our environment. From minerals we obtain materials that are the key to a more comfortable life. The exhibition aims to show visitors how the majority of objects that surround us have a geological basis. It is also a taste for exploring the rocks ... what we obtain and what they tell us! These activities are usually co-organized with the Facultat de Geologia of the Universitat de Barcelona, and the Institut Cartogràfic I Geològic de Catalunya.

Outreach Activities


ICTJA and the media

ICTJA and the media

ICTJA-CSIC scientists contributed in the media to disseminate issues with ongoing research projects and to assist in the explanation news events related to the Earth Sciences. TV, radio and newspapers publish these interviews.

Topics discussed ranged from Bárðarbunga volcano eruption in Iceland, the structure of the crust in the Strait of Gibraltar and the genesis of earthquakes in the Nankai Trough in Japan.


Other activities

Organization of congresses

Frontiers in Earth Science J.C. Larrasoaña, Associate Editor

Frontiers in Volcanology A. Geyer, , Associate Editor

Geologica Acta J. Alvarez-Marrón, Associate Editor

Geological Society of America Bulletin D. Brown, Editorial Board

Geology D. Brown, , Editorial Board

Journal of Asian Earth Sciences D. Brown, Editorial Board

Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research, Elsevier J. Martí, Co-editor-in-Chief

Solid Earth R. Carbonell, Editorial Board

Special Publications of the International Union of Geodesy J. Martí, Editorial Board

and Geophysics, Cambridge University Press

Tectonophysics R. Carbonell, Editor-in-Chief

X-ray Spectrometry I. Queralt, Editorial Board

Editorial activities

1st International Workshop on Volcano Geology, IAVCEI, Madeira, Portugal, July 7-11

Academia Europaea, section Earth & Cosmic Sciences M. Fernandez and J. Martí, Members

ANECA J. Gallart, panel de expertos ACADEMIA

Comisión Asesora a la Presidencia del CSIC, Mujer y Ciencia J. Alvarez-Marrón, representante del personal

científico permanente por el Área de Recursos Naturales

Comisión de Evaluación del programa de Formación A. Villaseñor, Miembro

Postdoctoral 2014 (contratos Juan de la Cierva, área

de Ciencias de la Tierra)

Comisión Permanente de Normas Sismoresistentes A. Villaseñor, Miembro

(desde el 28/02/2014 hasta la fecha)

International and National Committees

Other activities


Other activities

Comissió Dona i Ciència del Consell Interuniversitari J. Alvarez-Marrón, Membre

de Catalunya

COST Action no. ES1401 Martin Schimmel, Spanish representant

EGU, Program Committee for the Tectonics and Daniel García-Castellanos, Member

Structural Geology Division

ESFRI-EPOS J. Gallart, Spanish Scientific Representant

GMES Initial Operations A. Lobo Aleu

Integrated Ocean Drilling Program, IODP M. J. Jurado, NantroSeize Project scientist

Integrated Ocean Drilling Program, IODP M. J. Jurado, IODP Expedition 348,

scientific group leader

Interational Union of Geodesy and Geophysics (IUGG) J. Martí, Executive Committee Member

Interational Union of Geodesy and Geophysics (IUGG) J. Martí, Executive Committee Member

Commission on Geophysical Risk and Sustainability (GRC)

International Association of Volcanology and Chemistry Secretary General

of the Eart Interior (IAVCEI)

International Continental Drilling Program, ICDP M. J. Jurado, Science Advisory Group (SAG)

International Continental Drilling Program, ICDP M. J. Jurado, Operational Support Group

of Copernicus Global Land Products A. Lobo, Member of the Review Panel

ORFEUS J. Gallart, Direction Board member

RES (Red Esp. de Supercomputación) R. Carbonell, Coordinador del panel

de Ciencias de la Tierra

Secretary General of the Union Commission for Data A. Geyer

and Information (UCDI

Service National d’Observation en Volcanologie, J. Martí, President of International

CNRS-INSU, France Scientific Committee

Sociedad Geológica de España J. Alvarez-Marrón, Vocal

Union Commission for Data and Information (UCDI-IUGG) A. Geyer, Secretary General


Other activities

National Taiwan University, Department of Geosciences, Dennis Brown

Taiwan Visiting Research Scientist, November 2014 - April 2015.

Universidad Nacional de San Luis, Facultad de Química, J.L. Fernandez-Turiel

Bioquímica y Farmacia, San Luis, Argentina

Visitant Professor, June 2014

Invited scientists

Un repte per al segle XXI: millorar el coneixement del planeta Montserrat Torné

on vivim VIII Cicle Desafiaments del S. XXI Residència d’Estudiants

Barcelona, February, 3

X-ray Fluorescence spectrometry: Application to materials I. Queralt

characterization Workshop on Materials Characterization

techniques by XRD and XRF, EU RADDEL Intersectorial

European network ICMAB-CSIC, May 2014

L’aplicació de la fluorescència de raigs X en les ciències forenses.

How the structure of the Eurasian continental margin

predetermines the development of the Taiwan orogen:

a view from surface geology, seismic tomography,

earthquake hypocenter, and gravity data

GEEA: Geodynamics and Environment in East Asia

Hualien, Taiwan

Cerro Blanco originó la mayor erupción de los últimos 5000 F.J. Perez-Torrado y J.L. Fernandez-Turiel

años en el noroeste de Argentina Sociedad Argentina de

Antropología Museo Etnográfico Juan B. Ambrosetti,

Buenos Aires, Argentina, June, 10

Fukushima: un paisaje, la tierra viva M. J. Jurado

Residència d’Estudiants Barcelona, June, 16

Invited talks

Queralt I., Brown, D., Camanni, G., Álvarez Marron, J., Ayala, C.,Wu, Y-M., Kuo-Chen, H., Hsieh, H.-H.


Evaluación del impacto ambiental geoquímico asociado a ceniza J.L. Fernandez-Turiel

volcánica; aplicación a erupciones recientes y antiguas

INQUISAL-CONICET y Universidad Nacional de San Luis

Facultad de Química, Bioquímica y Farmacia de la

Universidad de San Luis, San Luis, Argentina

San Luis, Argentina, June, 18

Cerro Blanco originó la mayor erupción de los últimos 5000 J.L. Fernandez-Turiel

años en el noroeste de Argentina Facultad de Ciencias

Naturales e Instituto Miguel Lillo de la Universidad Nacional

de Tucumán San Miguel de Tucumán, Argentina, July, 3

The use of XRF instrumentation in Environmental Impact I. Queralt

Assessment Studies 63rd Denver X-ray Conference, ICDD

Big Sky, Montana, USA, July

Designing probabilistic tools for multihazard assessment J. Martí

and risk management Session Risk Assessment

Methodologies, 5th International Disaster and Risk

Conference IDRC 2014 ‘Integrative Risk Management -

The role of science, technology & practice‘

Davos, Switzerland, August 24-28

Downhole logging in active fault scientific drilling M. J. Jurado

ICDP Training Course on Active Fault Zone Drilling

New Zealand, October 6-10

La colonització de l’Illa de Pascua o la importancia de ser geòleg Santiago Giralt

Opening of the Scholar Year of the Faculty of Geology,

Universitat de Barcelona Barcelona, October, 22

Uso de técnicas de microfluorescencia de rayos X para la I. Queralt

determinación rápida de capas y multicapas a escala nanométrica

Actos del Año Internacional de la Cristalografía en el CSIC

Centro Nacional de Investigaciones Metalúrgicas, CENIM, October

La Investigación del subsuelo desde una perspectiva científica: M. J. Jurado

preguntas y respuestas Centro Tecnológico del Mármol,

CTM, Cehegín, Murcia, December, 5

Other activities


ICTJA in numbers

Personnel

ICTJA in numbers

Funding

Publications

Data at 31/12/2014


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