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ANNUAL REPORTICTJA - CSIC 2017INSTITUTE OF EARTH SCIENCES JAUME ALMERA

2018 Institut de Ciències de la Terra Jaume Almera, CSICc/ Lluís Solé i Sabaris, s/n [email protected]

Realization and coordinationJordi Cortés Picas

SupervisionJosé-Luis Fernández-Turiel

ContentICTJA-CSIC staff

Graphic design and layoutMarta Planas i Mia MasgrauMIA COMUNICACIÓwww.miacomunicacio.cat

Cover photography: Horse Shoe Bend (Arizona, USA). Author: Cristina Biete. This image is the winner of the ICTJA-CSIC Photo Contest 2017

Annual report ICTJA 2015 1

FOREWORD

The Institute of Earth Sciences Jaume Almera of the Spanish Scientific Research Council (ICTJA-CSIC) in Barcelona was established in the year 1965 focusing on Earth Sciences. Its name recalls the early days of research in Geology in the late nineteenth century and early twentieth century, paying tribute to Jaume Almera, an expert in the geology of Catalonia with international renown.

From its earliest days in 1965 as a new Geology institute in Barcelona, it has evolved to become an innovative and dynamic centre, with international relevance in the field of Earth Sciences. Our history is of all those who helped to establish the Institute with

enthusiasm and perseverance, contributing to the research work of CSIC as a whole. The ICTJA’s mission and vision will continue to keep alive our passion for advancing knowledge of Earth Sciences with rigor and dedication.

The Institute belongs to the Spanish Scientific Research Council (CSIC), a state agency dedicated to the promotion, coordination, development and dissemination of scientific and technological research, as well as staff training and advice to public and private entities.

Earth Sciences study the Earth’s system, but they are about much more than that. They engage intellectual inquiry through interrogating the world in which we live to contribute to a future in which we want to live. Earth Sciences are particularly relevant today in many aspects of our everyday life. From the Antarctica to the Caribe, 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 of 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, technical and administrative services.

This Annual Report 2017 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 rounds 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 2017.

José-Luis Fernández-TurielDirector

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ICTJA at a glance ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 5Our Mission …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 5Our Aims ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 5Our Expertise ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 5

Organization Chart …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 6

Research Groups ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 11Structure and dynamics of the Earth ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 12Crystallography and optical properties ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 19Environmental changes in the geological record …………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 22Geophysical and geochemical modelling ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 28

General Services ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 31

Scientific services and laboratories ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 35Library …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 35 X-Ray Diffraction Service ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 37Paleomagnetism Service (CSIC-CCiTUB) ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 39LabGEOTOP Service- Geochemistry Laboratory…………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 41Seismic Laboratory (LabSis)…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 43Raman Spectroscopy and Photoluminescence Laboratory……………………………………………………………………………………………… 44Th-230/U-234 Geochronology Laboratory…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 45SIMGEO (UB-CSIC)………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….................……… 46Borehole Geophysical Logging Lab-Scientific Boreholes Almera 1-2 …………………………………………………………………………… 47Laboratory of Palaeoecology (PALAB) ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 48Laboratory of Geodynamic Modelling ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 49

10 highlighted publications 2017 …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 51

Other activities ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 63 PhD Theses …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 65Master Theses ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 66Organization of congresses …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 67Editorial activities …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 68International and national commitees …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 68Invited scientists …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 69Guest & Visiting scientist ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 69Invited talks …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 70Seminars ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 71 Courses ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 725th ICTJA PhD student presentation awards 2017 ……………………………………………………………………………………………………… 75Outreach ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 79

ICTJA in numbers …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 87



ICTJA AT A GLANCE

ICTJA at a glance

Our MissionICTJA is an international geosciences research institute of excellence whose mission is to advance the understanding of Earth System Science. 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.

Our Aims

and society seeks.

Our Expertise

control, and quantitative assessment.


ORGANIZATION CHART

Organization chart

Scienctific Board Director General Manager

Vicedirector

Department of Environmental Geology and Geohazards

Administration and general technical

Services

Institute Board

Structure and Dynamicsof the Earth Group

Crystallography and OpticalProperties Group

Environmental Changesin the Geological

Record Group

Geophysical and GeochemicalModelling Group

Department of Structure and Dynamics of the

Earth and Crystallography

Communication and Outreach UnitLaboratory of

Geochemistry labGEOTOPLaboratory of

Geodynamic ModellingLaboratory of Paleoecology

LibraryPaleomagnetism Laboratory

Raman and Photoluminiscence Laboratory

Borehole Geophysical Logging LaboratorySeismic Laboratory

Service of Vehicles for FieldworkSIMGEO Laboratory

U-Th LaboratoryX-Ray Diffraction Laboratory

Administration

Computing and Communication

Technologies

Workshop and Maintenance

Scientific-technical

Services



Research Groups



RESEARCH GROUPS

The Department of Environmental geology and geohazards is composed of two research groups:María José Jurado Department’s Head

and subsurface resources

The Department of Structure and dynamics of the Earth and crystallography consists of two research groups:Antonio VillaseñorDepartment’s Head

The research groups of ICTJA-CSIC are organized in two departments:

Research Groups


The multidisciplinary research investigates the structure and dy-namic 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 methodolo-gies, including Geophysics and Geology, Numerical Modelling, Geodesy, and Geochemistry.

Research outline

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).

Group members STRUCTURE AND DYNAMICS OF THE EARTH

Josep Gallart Group Leader-Research Professor

Ramon Carbonell, Research Professor

Manel Fernández, Research Professor

Joaquina Alvarez-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

Ivone Jiménez-Munt, Research Scientist

Martin Schimmel, Research Scientist

Antonio Villaseñor, Research Scientist

Concepción Ayala, IGME Visiting Research Scientist

Jonas Ruh, SNSF, Switzerland, Visiting Research Scientist

Evelyn Núñez, Universidad Granada, Visiting Pre-doc

Jorge Belenguer, CSIC contract Post-doc

Emilio Casciello, CSIC Contract Post-doc

Elisenda Costa, CSIC Contract Post-doc

Arnaud Gallois, CSIC contract Post-doc

Edouard Le Garzic, CSIC Contract Post-doc

Chiara Macchiavelli, CSIC Contract Post-doc

Massimiliano Melchiorre, CSIC Contract Post-doc

Mar Moragas, CSIC contract Post-doc

Enric Pascual, CSIC contract Post-doc

Lavinia Tunini, CSIC Contract Post-doc

Arantza Ugalde, CSIC Contract Post-doc

Marc Viaplana, CSIC Contract Post-doc

Ylenia Almar, CSIC Contract

Jorge Balsa, CSIC contract

Giulio Casini, CSIC contract

David Martí, CSIC contract

Mireia Peral, CSIC contract

Eduard Saura, CSIC contract

Lucia Struth, CSIC Contract

Sergi Ventosa, CSC contract

Juvenal Andrés, FPI Pre-doc

Cristina Biete, FPI Pre-doc

María del Pilar Sánchez, FPI Pre-doc

Angel Valverde Pérez, FPI Pre-doc

Kittiphon Boonma, Marie Curie Pre-doc

Ajay Kumar, Marie Curie Pre-doc

Research Groups


Publications 2017

W Ayala, C., J. L. García-Lobón, J. Escuder-Viruete, C. Rey-Moral, A. Pérez-Estaún, and A. Padín-Debén (2017), High resolution magnetic, regional gravity and petrophysical characterization of the Dominican Republic tectonic Domains with special focus on the central cordillera, Boletin Geologico y Minero, 128(3), 611-631, doi: 10.21701/bolgeomin.128.3.005.

W Brown, D., J. Alvarez-Marron, C. Biete, H. Kuo-Chen, G. Camanni, and C. W. Ho (2017), How the structural architecture of the Eurasian continental margin affects the structure, seismicity, and topography of the south central Taiwan fold-and-thrust belt, Tectonics, 36(7), 1275-1294, doi: 10.1002/2017TC004475.

W Buffett, G. G., G. Krahmann, D. Klaeschen, K. Schroeder, V. Sallarès, C. Papenberg, C. R. Ranero, and N. Zitellini (2017a), Seismic Oceanography in the Tyrrhenian Sea: Thermohaline Staircases, Eddies, and Internal Waves, Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans, 122(11), 8503-8523, doi: 10.1002/2017JC012726.

WBuffett, G. G., M. Torne, R. Carbonell, M. Melchiorre, J. Vergés, and M. Fernàndez (2017b), The nature of crustal reflectivity at the southwest Iberian margin, Tectonophysics, 721, 239-253, doi: 10.1016/j.tecto.2017.10.006.

W Buffoni, C., M. Schimmel, N. C. Sabbione, M. L. Rosa, and G. Connon (2017), Rayleigh waves from correlation of seismic noise in Great Island of Tierra del Fuego, Argentina: Constraints on upper crustal structure, Geodesy and Geodynamics, doi: 10.1016/j.geog.2017.11.006.

W Corela, C., G. Silveira, L. Matias, M. Schimmel, and W. H. Geissler (2017), Ambient seismic noise tomography of SW Iberia integrating seafloor- and land-based data, Tectonophysics, 700-701, 131-149, doi: 10.1016/j.tecto.2017.02.012.

W Cruset, D., A. Travé, I. Cantarero, C. M. John, and J. Vergés (2017), Changes in fluid regime in syn-orogenic sediments during the growth of the South Pyrenean fold and thrust belt, Global and Planetary Change, doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gloplacha.2017.11.001.

W de Queiroz, D. É., A. F. do Nascimento, and M. Schimmel (2017), Microseismic noise in the Saint Peter and Saint Paul Archipelago, equatorial Atlantic, Journal of South American Earth Sciences, 80, 304-315, doi: 10.1016/j.jsames.2017.09.035.

W Di Giuseppe, D., M. Melchiorre, G. Bianchini, A. Giurdanella, M. Coltorti, B. Faccini, and G. Ferretti (2017a), Assessment of heavy metal bioaccumulation in sorghum from neutral saline soils in the Po River Delta Plain (Northern Italy), Environmental Earth Sciences, 76(15), doi: 10.1007/s12665-017-6856-6.

W Di Giuseppe, D., M. Melchiorre, B. Faccini, G. Ferretti, and M. Coltorti (2017b), Effects of middle-term land reclamation on nickel soil-water interaction: a case study from reclaimed salt marshes of Po River Delta, Italy, Environmental Monitoring and Assessment, 189(10), doi: 10.1007/s10661-017-6240-8.

W Díaz, J., M. Ruiz, P. S. Sánchez-Pastor, and P. Romero (2017), Urban Seismology: On the origin of earth vibrations within a city, Scientific Reports, 7(1), doi: 10.1038/s41598-017-15499-y.

W El Fellah, Y., A. E. A. K. A. El-Aal, M. Harnafi, and A. Villasenõr (2017), New comprehensive standard seismic noise models and 3D seismic noise variation for Morocco territory, North Africa, obtained using seismic broadband stations, Exploration Geophysics, 48(3), 272-283, doi: 10.1071/EG15053.

W Escuder-Viruete, J., M. Joubert, M. Abad, F. Pérez-Valera, J. Gabites, and A. Pérez-Estaún (2017), The basaltic volcanism of the dumisseau formation in the sierra de bahoruco, sw dominican republic: A record of the mantle plume magmatism of the caribbean large igneous province, Boletin Geologico y Minero, 128(3), 541-568, doi: 10.21701/bolgeomin.128.3.002.

W Fernández, F. J., I. Rodríguez, J. Escuder-Viruete, A. Pérez-Estaún, E. Mariani, and D. Prior (2017), Paleostress evolution during the exhumation of high-P marbles, samaná complex, Northern Hispaniola, Boletin Geologico y Minero, 128(3), 587-610, doi: 10.21701/bolgeomin.128.3.004.

Research Groups


W García-Senz, J., J. Escuder-Viruete, and A. Pérez-Estaún (2017), Geometry, kinematics, paleostress analysis and tectonic model of the extensional fault system deforming the plio-pleistocene reefal limestone in Southeastern Dominican Republic, Boletin Geologico y Minero, 128(3), 695-714, doi: 10.21701/bolgeomin.128.3.009.

W Macchiavelli, C., J. Vergés, A. Schettino, M. Fernàndez, E. Turco, E. Casciello, M. Torne, P. P. Pierantoni, and L. Tunini (2017), A New Southern North Atlantic Isochron Map: Insights Into the Drift of the Iberian Plate Since the Late Cretaceous, Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth, 122(12), 9603-9626, doi: 10.1002/2017JB014769.

W Martí, J., A. Villaseñor, A. Geyer, C. López, and A. Tryggvason (2017), Stress barriers controlling lateral migration of magma revealed by seismic tomography, Scientific Reports, 7, 40757, doi: 10.1038/srep40757

W Martín-Martín, J. D., et al. (2017), Diapiric growth within an Early Jurassic rift basin: The Tazoult salt wall (central High Atlas, Morocco), Tectonics, 36(1), 2-32, doi: 10.1002/2016TC004300.

W Meschede, M., É. Stutzmann, V. Farra, M. Schimmel, and F. Ardhuin (2017), The Effect of Water Column Resonance on the Spectra of Secondary Microseism P Waves, Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth, 122(10), 8121-8142, doi: 10.1002/2017JB014014.

W Mediato, J. F., J. García-Crespo, E. Izquierdo, J. L. García-Lobón, C. Ayala, E. L. Pueyo, and R. Molinero (2017), Three-dimensional Reconstruction of the Caspe Geological Structure (Spain) for Evaluation as a Potential CO<inf>2</inf> Storage Site, paper presented at Energy Procedia.

W Melchiorre, M., A. M. Álvarez-Valero, J. Vergés, M. Fernàndez, E. A. Belousova, A. El Maz, and A. Moukadiri (2017a), In situ U-Pb zircon geochronology on metapelitic granulites of Beni Bousera (Betic-Rif system, N Morocco), in Special Paper of the Geological Society of America, edited, pp. 151-171.

W Melchiorre, M., J. Vergés, M. Fernàndez, M. Coltorti, M. Torne, and E. Casciello (2017b), Evidence for mantle heterogeneities in the westernmost Mediterranean from a statistical approach to volcanic petrology, Lithos, 276, 62-74, doi: 10.1016/j.lithos.2016.11.018.

W Moragas, M., J. Vergés, T. Nalpas, E. Saura, J. D. Martín-Martín, G. Messager, and D. W. Hunt (2017), The impact of syn- and post-extension prograding sedimentation on the development of salt-related rift basins and their inversion: Clues from analogue modelling, Marine and Petroleum Geology, 88, 985-1003, doi: 10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2017.10.001.

W Palomeras, I., A. Villaseñor, S. Thurner, A. Levander, J. Gallart, and M. Harnafi (2017), Lithospheric structure of Iberia and Morocco using finite-frequency Rayleigh wave tomography from earthquakes and seismic ambient noise, Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems, 18(5), 1824-1840, doi: 10.1002/2016GC006657.

W Pedrera, A., J. García-Senz, C. Ayala, A. Ruiz-Constán, L. R. Rodríguez-Fernández, A. Robador, and L. González Menéndez (2017), Reconstruction of the Exhumed Mantle Across the North Iberian Margin by Crustal-Scale 3-D Gravity Inversion and Geological Cross Section, Tectonics, 36(12), 3155-3177, doi: 10.1002/2017TC004716.

W Pelorosso, B., C. Bonadiman, M. Coltorti, M. Melchiorre, P. P. Giacomoni, T. Ntaflos, M. Gregoire, and M. Benoit (2017), Role of percolating melts in Antarctic subcontinental lithospheric mantle: New insights from Handler Ridge mantle xenoliths (northern Victoria Land, Antarctica), in Special Paper of the Geological Society of America, edited, pp. 133-150.

W Ramos, A., O. Fernández, M. Torne, A. Sánchez de la Muela, J. A. Muñoz, P. Terrinha, G. Manatschal, and M. C. Salas (2017), Crustal structure of the SW Iberian passive margin: The westernmost remnant of the Ligurian Tethys?, Tectonophysics, 705, 42-62, doi: 10.1016/j.tecto.2017.03.012.

Research Groups


W Rawlinson, N., R. Stephenson, and R. Carbonell (2017), Seismic imaging at the cross-roads: Active, passive, exploration and solid Earth, Tectonophysics, 718, 1-8, doi: 10.1016/j.tecto.2017.07.022.

W Rodella, I., C. Vaccaro, M. Melchiorre, U. Simeoni, T. Campisi, and C. Corbau (2017), Textural changes and heavy metal distribution in sediments after decontamination treatment by soil washing and attrition scrubber, Journal of Soils and Sediments, 1-14, doi: 10.1007/s11368-017-1896-9.

W Rodríguez, I., F. J. Fernández, J. Escuder-Viruete, and A. Pérez-Estaún (2017), Relict cataclasis in the high-pressure marbles of the samaná complex, northeast Dominican republic, Boletin Geologico y Minero, 128(3), 569-586, doi: 10.21701/bolgeomin.128.3.003.

W Roigé, M., D. Gómez-Gras, E. Remacha, S. Boya, M. Viaplana-Muzas, and A. Teixell (2017), Recycling an uplifted early foreland basin fill: An example from the Jaca basin (Southern Pyrenees, Spain), Sedimentary Geology, 360, 1-21, doi: 10.1016/j.sedgeo.2017.08.007.

W Ruh, J. B. (2017), Effect of fluid pressure distribution on the structural evolution of accretionary wedges, Terra Nova, 29(3), 202-210, doi: 10.1111/ter.12263.

W Ruh, J. B., and J. Vergés Effects of reactivated extensional basement faults on structural evolution of fold-and-thrust belts: Insights from numerical modelling applied to the Kopet Dagh Mountains, Tectonophysics, doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tecto.2017.05.020.

W Ruiz, M., J. Díaz, D. Pedreira, J. Gallart, and J. A. Pulgar (2017), Crustal structure of the North Iberian continental margin from seismic refraction/wide-angle reflection profiles, Tectonophysics, 717, 65-82, doi: 10.1016/j.tecto.2017.07.008.

W Schimmel, M., E. Stutzmann, and S. Ventosa (2017), Measuring Group Velocity in Seismic Noise Correlation Studies Based on Phase Coherence and Resampling Strategies, IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, 55(4), 1928-1935, doi: 10.1109/TGRS.2016.2631445.

W Sembroni, A., A. Kiraly, C. Faccenna, F. Funiciello, T. W. Becker, J. Globig, and M. Fernandez (2017), Impact of the lithosphere on dynamic topography: Insights from analogue modeling, Geophysical Research Letters, 44(6), 2693-2702, doi: 10.1002/2017GL072668.

W Sippl, C., A. Kumar, and J. Dettmer (2017), A cross-correlation-based approach to direct seismogram stacking for receiver-side structural inversion, Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America, 107(3), 1545-1550, doi: 10.1785/0120160271.

W Soto, R., E. Beamud, E. Roca, E. Carola, and Y. Almar (2017), Distinguishing the effect of diapir growth on magnetic fabrics of syn-diapiric overburden rocks: Basque–Cantabrian basin, Northern Spain, Terra Nova, 29(3), 191-201, doi: 10.1111/ter.12262.

W Sternai, P., L. Caricchi, D. Garcia-Castellanos, L. Jolivet, T. E. Sheldrake, and S. Castelltort (2017), Magmatic pulse driven by sea-level changes associated with the Messinian salinity crisis, Nature Geoscience, 10(10), 783-787, doi: 10.1038/ngeo3032.

W Tunini, L., I. Jiménez-Munt, M. Fernandez, J. Vergés, and P. Bird (2017), Neotectonic Deformation in Central Eurasia: A Geodynamic Model Approach, Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth, 122(11), 9461-9484, doi: 10.1002/2017JB014487.

W Veludo, I., N. A. Dias, P. E. Fonseca, L. Matias, F. Carrilho, C. Haberland, and A. Villaseñor (2017), Crustal seismic structure beneath Portugal and southern Galicia (Western Iberia) and the role of Variscan inheritance, Tectonophysics, 717, 645-664, doi: 10.1016/j.tecto.2017.08.018.

W Ventosa, S., Schimmel, M., Stutzmann, E. (2017), Extracting surface waves, hum and normal modes: Time-scale phase-weighted stack and beyond, Geophysical Journal International, 211, pp. 30-44, doi: 10.1093/gji/ggx284

Research Groups



Research projects 2017

W Project Title: CIMDEF-El Sistema Central y los mecanismos de deformación de la Península Ibérica. Financed by: PNIDI-CGL2014-56548-P Years: 2015-2018 PI: Ramon Carbonell

W 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: 2014-2018 PI: Josep Gallart

W Project Title: MITE-Modelling the Iberian Topographic Evolution.

Financed by: PNIDI-CGL2014-59516-P Years: 2015-2018

PI: Daniel García-Castellanos/Ivone Jiménez-Munt

National Funding Agencies

W 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: 2014-2018 PI: Joaquina Álvarez-Marrón & Dennis Brown

W Project Title: SN-SC4ME- Caracterización del subsuelo para la exploración de minerales. Financed by: CGL-2016-81964-REDES Years: 2017-2019 PI: Ramon Carbonell

Research Groups

W Project Title: ATLANTIC - Geodynamic evolution of rift to drift, salt-involved and inverted passive margins Financed by: STATOIL Years: 2017-2019 PI: Jaume Vergés

Industry collaboration

W Project Title: OROGEN Financed by: Orosac Years: 2017-2021 PI: Antonio Villaseñor

W Project Title: EPOS – European Plate Observing System Implementation Phase. Financed by: European Unión - 676564 Years: 2015-2019 National coordinator: Josep Gallart & Ramon Carbonell

International Funding Agencies

W Project Title: SUBITOP (ETN) –Understanding subduction zone topography through modelling of coupled shallow and deep processes Financed by: European Unión - 674899 Years: 2016-2020 National coordinator: Manel Fernández & Daniel García-Castellanos



Group members CRYSTALLOGRAPHY AND OPTICAL PROPERTIES

Lluís ArtúsGroup Leader-Senior Research Scientist Ramon Cuscó, Research Scientist

Jordi Ibáñez, Research Scientist Martí Busquets Masó, CSIC-Contract

This line of research is focused on the study of the optical pro-perties of semiconductor materials. Over the past few years we have carried 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 investigated because of its potential applications in transparent electronics and in blue and UV light emitters.

Research outline

At present, an intensive research is being carried out by our group on the optical properties of the layered BN. Nowadays, the research on the physical properties of layered BN, with a honeycomb crystalline structure very similar to graphite, has aroused an important interest among the most relevant laboratories and leading research private companies because of their very interesting potential applications and the extreme significance that the layered compounds have reached during the last few years.

Research Groups


Publications 2017

W Cuscó, R., V. Consonni, E. Bellet-Amalric, R. André, and L. Artús (2017), Phase discrimination in CdSe structures by means of Raman scattering, Physica Status Solidi - Rapid Research Letters, 11(5), doi: 10.1002/pssr.201700006.

WFrieiro, J. L., O. Blázquez, J. López-Vidrier, L. López-Conesa, S. Estradé, F. Peiró, J. Ibáñez, S. Hernández, and B. Garrido Green Electroluminescence of Al/Tb/Al/SiO2 Devices Fabricated by Electron Beam Evaporation, physica status solidi (a), 1700451-n/a, doi: 10.1002/pssa.201700451.

W Ibáñez-Insa, J., J. J. Elvira, X. Llovet, J. Pérez-Cano, N. Oriols, M. Busquets-Masó, and S. Hernández (2017a), Abellaite, NaPb2 (CO3)

2OH), a new supergene mineral from the Eureka mine, Lleida province, Catalonia, Spain, European Journal of Mineralogy, 29(5), 915-922, doi: 10.1127/ejm/2017/0029-2630.

W Ibáñez-Insa, J., J. Pérez-Cano, V. Fondevilla, O. Oms, M. Rejas, J. L. Fernández-Turiel, and P. Anadón (2017b), Portable X-ray fluorescence identification of the Cretaceous–Paleogene boundary: Application to the Agost and Caravaca sections, SE Spain, Cretaceous Research, 78, 139-148, doi: 10.1016/j.cretres.2017.06.004.

W Mujal, E., J. Fortuny, J. Pérez-Cano, J. Dinarès-Turell, J. Ibáñez-Insa, O. Oms, I. Vila, A. Bolet, and P. Anadón (2017), Integrated multi-stratigraphic study of the Coll de Terrers late Permian–Early Triassic continental succession from the Catalan Pyrenees (NE

W Project Title: MAPEE-Advanced materials for highly efficient energy processes: study of their optical properties

Financed by: MINECO: MAT2015-71035-R Years: 2016-2018 PI: Lluís Artús / Ramon Cuscó



Iberian Peninsula): A geologic reference record for equatorial Pangaea, Global and Planetary Change, 159, 46-60, doi: 10.1016/j.gloplacha.2017.10.004.

W Ortega, D., C. Roqué, J. Ibáñez, E. Beamud, J. C. Larrasoaña, A. Sáez, and X. Terradas (2017), The chert from the Castelltallat Formation (south-central Pyrenees): archaeometric characterisation and archaeological implications, Archaeological and Anthropological Sciences, 1-18, doi: 10.1007/s12520-016-0458-1.

W Prozheeva, V., I. Makkonen, R. Cuscó, L. Artús, A. Dadgar, F. Plazaola, and F. Tuomisto (2017), Radiation-induced alloy rearrangement in InxGa1_XN, Applied Physics Letters, 110(13), doi: 10.1063/1.4979410.

W Radescu, S., A. Mujica, P. R. Hernández, A. Muñoz, J. Ibáñez, J. A. Sans, V. P. Cuenca-Gotor, and F. J. Manjón (2017), Study of the orpiment and anorpiment phases of As2S3 under pressure, Journal of Physics: Conference Series, 950(4), doi: 10.1088/1742-6596/950/4/042018.

W Segura, A., L. Artús, R. Cuscó, R. Goldhahn, and M. Feneberg (2017), Band gap of corundumlike α-Ga2O3 determined by absorption and ellipsometry, Physical Review Materials, 1(2), 024604, doi: 10.1103/PhysRevMaterials.1.024604.

W Vuong, T. Q. P., G. Cassabois, P. Valvin, V. Jacques, R. Cuscó, L. Artús, and B. Gil (2017), Overtones of interlayer shear modes in the phonon-assisted emission spectrum of hexagonal boron nitride, Physical Review B, 95(4), doi: 10.1103/PhysRevB.95.045207.

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Group members ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGES IN THE GEOLOGICAL RECORD

José-Luis Fernández-TurielGroup Leader-Senior Research Scientist

Our multidisciplinary group promotes the reconstruction of environ-mental, climate and ecological changes, their causes, and dynamic interactions through the multiproxy characterization of the geologic record. Throughout the history of our planet, the geological proces-ses in general and climate and ecological change in particular have fingerprinted 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 (and other sedimentary archives) sedimentology and global change, impact of geological, climatic and anthropogenic processes on the natural geochemical balances and biological responses, sedi-mentary processes and biomineralization, geochronological dating and physical and magnetic properties of the sediments as indicators of environmental and climatic processes, and biological remains (mi-

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Santiago Giralt, Research Scientist

Juan Cruz Larrasoaña, IGME Visiting Research Scientist

Agustín Lobo, Contract Researcher

Valentí Rull, Research Scientist

Rosa Utrilla, Research Scientist

Antonio Vázquez, Research Scientist

Erik de Boer, Juan de la Cierva-F Post-doc

Encarnación Montoya, Juan de la Cierva-I Post-doc

Lluch Gual, Garantía Juvenil CSIC contrat

Mari Carmen Trapote, Universidad Barcelona, Visiting Pre-doc

crofossils) preserved in the sediment as indicators of the ecological dynamics through time.

The objective of the research group is the robust and accurate recons-truction of past climate oscillations, environmental fluctuations and ecological dynamics 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 and in shaping the current landscapes and ecosystems. These climatic, environmental and ecological recons-tructions also provide data that allows the establishment of possible future climatic and environmental scenarios.

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

reconstruction of climatic, environmental and ecological changes using a high temporal resolution multiproxy approach of lacustrine sedimentary records;

determining the geochemical impact of large-scale geological processes as explosive volcanic eruptions;

studying the long-term trends of terrestrial plant communities’ dynamics, the ecological and evolutionary origin and biogeography of present species, biomes and communities;

assessment of relationships between processes and sedimentary environments and biomineralization, and-characterization of physical and magnetic properties of the sedimentary record as proxies of climatic and environmental events.

Publications 2017

W Báez W., Arnosio M., Chiodi A., Bustos E., Giordano G., Viramonte J.G., Fernández-Turiel J.L., Pérez-Torrado F.J. Estilo eruptivo y dinámica de flujo de las corrientes de densidad piroclásticas asociadas a la gran erupción del Cerro Blanco (4200 AP), Puna Austral. Actas del XX Congreso Geológico Argentino, Simposio 10 - III Simposio sobre Volcanes Activos (Coords. Caselli A., Sruoga P., Agusto M., Elissondo M., García S.), 2017, p. 8-13. San Miguel de Tucumán, Argentina.

W Ballesteros, D., M. Jiménez-Sánchez, J. García-Sansegundo, S. Giralt, and M. Meléndez-Asensio (2017a), Proposal of a new speleogenetical model for Picos de Europa (Cantabrian Mountains, Spain), Geogaceta, 62, 55-58.

W Ballesteros, D., M. Jiménez-Sánchez, S. Giralt, I. DeFelipe, and J. García-Sansegundo (2017b), Glacial origin for cave rhythmite during MIS 5d-c in a glaciokarst landscape, Picos de Europa (Spain), Geomorphology, 286, 68-77, doi: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2017.03.014.

W Ballesteros, D., L. Rodríguez-Rodríguez, S. González-Lemos, S. Giralt, D. J. Álvarez-Lao, L. Adrados, and M. Jiménez-Sánchez (2017c), New evidence of sea-level lowstands and paleoenvironment during MIS 6 and 4 in the Cantabrian coastal karst: the Cobiheru cave (North Iberia), Earth Surface Processes and Landforms, 42(11), 1704-1716, doi: 10.1002/esp.4115.

W Biagetti, S., S. Merlo, E. Adam, A. Lobo, F. C. Conesa, J. Knight, H. Bekrani, E. R. Crema, J. Alcaina-Mateos, and M. Madella (2017), High and medium resolution satellite imagery to evaluate late holocene human-environment interactions in arid lands: A case study from the Central Sahara, Remote Sensing, 9(4), doi: 10.3390/rs9040351.

W Conesa, F. C., A. Lobo, J. Alcaina, A. Balbo, M. Madella, S. V. Rajesh, and P. Ajithprasad (2017), Multi-proxy survey of open-air surface scatters in drylands: Archaeological and physico-chemical characterisation of fossilised dunes in North Gujarat (India), Quaternary International, 436, 57-75, doi: 10.1016/j.quaint.2016.11.013.

W Daura, J., et al. (2017), Palaeoenvironments of the last Neanderthals in SW Europe (MIS 3): Cova del Coll Verdaguer (Barcelona, NE of Iberian Peninsula), Quaternary Science Reviews, 177, 34-56, doi: 10.1016/j.quascirev.2017.10.005.

W Fondevilla, V., et al. (2017), Geology and taphonomy of the L’Espinau dinosaur bonebed, a singular lagoonal site from the Maastrichtian of South-Central Pyrenees, Sedimentary Geology, 355, 75-92, doi: 10.1016/j.sedgeo.2017.03.014.

W Frugone-Álvarez, M., et al. (2017), A 7000-year high-resolution lake sediment record from coastal central Chile (Lago Vichuquén, 34°S): implications for past sea level and environmental variability, Journal of Quaternary Science, 32(6), 830-844, doi: 10.1002/jqs.2936.

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W Garcés-Pastor, S., N. Cañellas-Boltà, A. Pèlachs, J. M. Soriano, R. Pérez-Obiol, A. Pérez-Haase, Hernández, A., et al. (2017), The influences of the AMO and NAO on the sedimentary infill in an Azores Archipelago lake since ca. 1350 CE, Global and Planetary Change, 154, 61-74, doi: 10.1016/j.gloplacha.2017.05.007.

W Geyer, A., A. Marti, S. Giralt, and A. Folch (2017), Potential ash impact from Antarctic volcanoes: Insights from Deception Island’s most recent eruption, Scientific Reports, 7(1), 16534, doi: 10.1038/s41598-017-16630-9.

W Ibáñez-Insa, J., J. Pérez-Cano, V. Fondevilla, O. Oms, M. Rejas, J. L. Fernández-Turiel, and P. Anadón Portable X-ray fluorescence identification of the Cretaceous–Paleogene boundary: Application to the Agost and Caravaca sections, SE Spain, Cretaceous Research, doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cretres.2017.06.004.

W Matthews-Bird, F., S. J. Brooks, W. D. Gosling, P. Gulliver, P. Mothes, and E. Montoya (2017), Aquatic community response to volcanic eruptions on the Ecuadorian Andean flank: evidence from the palaeoecological record, Journal of Paleolimnology, doi: 10.1007/s10933-017-0001-0.

W Mujal, E., J. Fortuny, J. Pérez-Cano, J. Dinarès-Turell, J. Ibáñez-Insa, O. Oms, I. Vila, A. Bolet, and P. Anadón (2017), Integrated multi-stratigraphic study of the Coll de Terrers late Permian–Early Triassic continental succession from the Catalan Pyrenees (NE Iberian Peninsula): A geologic reference record for equatorial Pangaea, Global and Planetary Change, 159, 46-60, doi: 10.1016/j.gloplacha.2017.10.004.

W Oliva-Urcia, B., E. Beamud, R. Soto, E. L. Pueyo, M. Garcés, and L. Valero (2017), Magnetic fabrics of the Pyrenean foreland, relation to the last deformational stages (San Felices thrust sheet, External Sierras), Geogaceta, 61, 83-86.

W Oliva, M., et al. (2017), The Little Ice Age in Iberian mountains, Earth-Science Reviews, 177(Supplement C), 175-208, doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.earscirev.2017.11.010.

W Ortega, D., C. Roqué, J. Ibáñez, E. Beamud, J. C. Larrasoaña, A. Sáez, and X. Terradas (2017), The chert from the Castelltallat Formation (south-central Pyrenees): archaeometric characterisation and archaeological implications, Archaeological and Anthropological Sciences, 1-18, doi: 10.1007/s12520-016-0458-1.

W Ramón, M. J., E. L. Pueyo, B. Oliva-Urcia, and J. C. Larrasoaña (2017), Virtual directions in paleomagnetism: A global and rapid approach to evaluate the NRM components, Frontiers in Earth Science, 5, doi: 10.3389/feart.2017.00008.

W Raposeiro, P. M., et al. (2017), Impact of the historical introduction of exotic fishes on the chironomid community of Lake Azul (Azores Islands), Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, 466, 77-88, doi: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2016.11.015.

W Rull, V. 2017. The “Anthropocene” uncovered. Collectanea Botanica, 36: e008. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.3989/collectbot.2017.v36.008

W Rull, V. (2017), The “Anthropocene”: neglects, misconceptions, and possible futures: The term “Anthropocene” is often erroneously used, as it is not formally defined yet, EMBO Reports, 18(7), 1056-1060, doi: 10.15252/embr.201744231.

W Rull, V. (2017), Quaternary—A Multidisciplinary Integrative Journal to Cope with a Complex World, Quaternary, 1(1), 1.

W Rull, V., S. E. Connor, and R. B. Elias (2017a), Potential natural vegetation and pre-anthropic pollen records on the Azores Islands in a Macaronesian context, Journal of Biogeography, 44(11), 2437-2440, doi: 10.1111/jbi.13083.

W Rull, V., et al. (2017b), Vegetation and landscape dynamics under natural and anthropogenic forcing on the Azores Islands: A 700-year pollen record from the São Miguel Island, Quaternary Science Reviews, 159, 155-168, doi: 10.1016/j.quascirev.2017.01.021.

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W Rull, V., and E. Montoya (2017), Holocene vegetation dynamics on the Apakará summit of the neotropical Guayana Highlands and potential environmental drivers, Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology, 240, 22-32, doi: 10.1016/j.revpalbo.2017.02.007.

W Rull, V., M. C. Trapote, E. Safont, N. Cañellas-Boltà, N. Pérez-Zanón, J. Sigró, T. Buchaca, and T. Vegas-Vilarrúbia (2017c), Seasonal patterns of pollen sedimentation in Lake Montcortès (Central Pyrenees) and potential applications to high-resolution paleoecology: a 2-year pilot study, Journal of Paleolimnology, 57(1), 95-108, doi: 10.1007/s10933-016-9933-z.

W Rull, V., Vegas-Vilarrúbia, T. and Montoya, E. (2017), Paleoecology as a guide to landscape conservation and restoration in the neotropical Gran Sabana, Past Global Changes Magazine, doi: 10.1111/bre.12222.

W Rull, V., and T. Vegas-Vilarrúbia (2017), Potential responses of vascular plants from the pristine “lost world” of the neotropical guayana highlands to global warming: Review and new perspectives, Frontiers in Plant Science, 8, doi: 10.3389/fpls.2017.00081.

W Soto, R., E. Beamud, E. Roca, E. Carola, and Y. Almar (2017), Distinguishing the effect of diapir growth on magnetic fabrics of syn-diapiric overburden rocks: Basque–Cantabrian basin, Northern Spain, Terra Nova, 29(3), 191-201, doi: 10.1111/ter.12262.

W Valero, L., P. Huerta, M. Garcés, I. Armenteros, E. Beamud, and M. Gómez-Paccard (2017), Linking sedimentation rates and large-scale architecture for facies prediction in nonmarine basins (Paleogene, Almazán Basin, Spain), Basin Research, 29, 213-232, doi: 10.1111/bre.12145.

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W Project Title: PALEOMODES, Holocene climate and ecological impacts of the

East Atlantic (EA) pattern and North Atlantic Oscillation (NAO)

interplay in southwestern Atlantic Europe Financed by: CGL2016-75281-C2-2-R Years: 2016-2019 PI: Santiago Giralt



W Project Title: POSVOLDEC, Understanding post-caldera volcanic processes in Deception

Island (Antartica): Implications for assessing future potential volcanic hazards

Financed by: MINECO Years: 2016-2019 PI: Adelina Geyer

W Project Title: EPOS – European Plate Observing System Implementation Phase

Financed by: European Unión - 676564 Years: 2015-2019 PI: Josep Gallart & Ramon Carbonell


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GEOPHYSICAL AND GEOCHEMICAL MODELLING

Joan MartíGroup Leader-Research Professor

Geological, geochemical and geophysical studies are applied to model natural processes that can become geological hazards. These studies include research topics related to volcanism, seismology, landslides or geochemical transfer in subsurface and surface land. From a mul-tidisciplinary point of view, the research is focused on the physics of hazardous geological processes, development of analytical methods for geochemistry, borehole geophysics and remote sensing.

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Among the most important used techniques we highlight: Simulation of geological processes using a combination of numerical and experimental methods Application of X-ray radiation for the study of materials and residual waters Borehole geophysics and subsurface imaging

Publications 2017

W Al-Dousari, A., D. Doronzo, and M. Ahmed (2017), Types, indications and impact evaluation of sand and dust storms trajectories in the Arabian Gulf, Sustainability (Switzerland), 9(9), doi: 10.3390/su9091526.

W Aramayo, A., S. Guzmán, F. Hongn, C. del Papa, C. Montero-López, and M. Sudo (2017), A Middle Miocene (13.5–12 Ma) deformational event constrained by volcanism along the Puna-Eastern Cordillera border, NW Argentina, Tectonophysics, 703-704, 9-22, doi: 10.1016/j.tecto.2017.02.018.

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María José Jurado, Research Scientist

Carles Soriano, Research Scientist

Silvina Guzmán, CONICET, Argentina, Visiting Research Scientist

Laura Becerril, Juan de la Cierva-F Post-doc

Domenico Doronzo, Juan de la Cierva-I Post-doc

Adelina Geyer, Ramón y Cajal Post-doc

Dario Pedrazzi, Beatriu de Pinós Post-Doc

David Casabuena, CSIC contract

Jordi Mora, CSIC contract

Sergi Conesa, Beca Jae-intro CSIC


W Becerril, L., J. Martí, S. Bartolini, and A. Geyer (2017), Assessing qualitative long-Term volcanic hazards at Lanzarote Island (Canary Islands), Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences, 17(7), 1145-1157, doi: 10.5194/nhess-17-1145-2017.

W Carniel, R., S. Guzmán, and M. Neri (2017), FIERCE: FInding volcanic ERuptive CEnters by a grid-searching algorithm in R, Bulletin of Volcanology, 79(2), doi: 10.1007/s00445-017-1102-3.

W D’Elia, L., J. Martí, M. Muravchik, A. Bilmes, and J. R. Franzese (2016), Impact of volcanism on the sedimentary record of the Neuquén rift basin, Argentina: towards a cause and effect model, Basin Research, n/a-n/a, doi: 10.1111/bre.12222.

W Di Traglia, F., S. Bartolini, E. Artesi, T. Nolesini, A. Ciampalini, D. Lagomarsino, J. Martí, and N. Casagli (2017), Susceptibility of intrusion-related landslides at volcanic islands: the Stromboli case study, Landslides, doi: 10.1007/s10346-017-0866-z.

W Edgar, C. J., R. A. F. Cas, P. H. Olin, J. A. Wolff, J. Martí, and J. M. Simmons (2017), Causes of complexity in a fallout dominated plinian eruption sequence: 312ka Fasnia Member, Diego Hernández Formation, Tenerife, Spain, Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research, doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jvolgeores.2017.07.008.

W Gaudin, D., et al. (2017), Heat flux-based strategies for the thermal monitoring of sub-fumarolic areas: Examples from Vulcano and La Soufrière de Guadeloupe, Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research, 343, 122-134, doi: 10.1016/j.jvolgeores.2017.06.021.

W Geyer, A., A. Marti, S. Giralt, and A. Folch (2017), Potential ash impact from Antarctic volcanoes: Insights from Deception Island’s most recent eruption, Scientific Reports, 7(1), 16534, doi: 10.1038/s41598-017-16630-9.

W Giordano, G., and D. M. Doronzo (2017), Sedimentation and mobility of PDCs: A reappraisal of ignimbrites’ aspect ratio, Scientific Reports, 7(1), doi: 10.1038/s41598-017-04880-6.

W Guzmán, S., M. Neri, R. Carniel, J. Martí, P. Grosse, C. Montero-López, and A. Geyer (2017a), Remarkable variability in dyke features at the Vicuña Pampa Volcanic Complex, Southern Central Andes, Terra Nova, 29(4), 224-232, doi: 10.1111/ter.12268.

W Guzmán, S., et al. (2017b), Construction and degradation of a broad volcanic massif: The Vicuña pampa volcanic complex, southern central Andes, NW Argentina, Bulletin of the Geological Society of America, 129(5-6), 750-766, doi: 10.1130/B31631.1.

W Haberland, C., L. Gibert, M. J. Jurado, M. Stiller, M. Baumann-Wilke, G. Scott, and D. F. Mertz (2017), Architecture and tectono-stratigraphic evolution of the intramontane Baza Basin (Bétics, SE-Spain): Constraints from seismic imaging, Tectonophysics, 709, 69-84, doi: 10.1016/j.tecto.2017.03.022.

W López, C., L. García-Cañada, J. Martí, and I. Domínguez Cerdeña (2017b), Early signs of geodynamic activity before the 2011–2012 El Hierro eruption, Journal of Geodynamics, 104, 1-14, doi: 10.1016/j.jog.2016.12.005.

W Martí, J., L. Planagumà, A. Geyer, G. Aguirre-Díaz, D. Pedrazzi, and X. Bolós (2017a), Basaltic ignimbrites in monogenetic volcanism: the example of La Garrotxa volcanic field, Bulletin of Volcanology, 79(5), doi: 10.1007/s00445-017-1113-0.

W Martí, J., A. Villaseñor, A. Geyer, C. López, and A. Tryggvason (2017b), Stress barriers controlling lateral migration of magma revealed by seismic tomography, Scientific Reports, 7, doi: 10.1038/srep40757.

W Molina, F., and J. Martí (2017), Proposal for an initial development strategy for the Borinquen geothermal zone (Cañas Dulces, Costa Rica), Renewable Energy, 118, 409-424, doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.renene.2017.11.034.

W Németh, K., T. Casadevall, M. R. Moufti, and J. Marti (2017), Volcanic Geoheritage, Geoheritage, 9(3), 251-254, doi: 10.1007/s12371-017-0257-9.

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W Pedrazzi, D., K. Németh, A. Geyer, A. M. Álvarez-Valero, G. Aguirre-Díaz, and S. Bartolini (2017), Historic hydrovolcanism at Deception Island (Antarctica): implications for eruption hazards, Bulletin of Volcanology, 80(1), 11, doi: 10.1007/s00445-017-1186-9.

W Sainz-Maza, S., F. G. Montesinos, J. Martí, J. Arnoso, M. Calvo, and A. Borreguero (2017), Structural interpretation of El Hierro (Canary Islands) rifts system from gravity inversion modelling, Tectonophysics, 712-713, 72-81, doi: 10.1016/j.tecto.2017.05.010.

W Project Title: POSVOLDEC, Understanding post-caldera volcanic processes in Deception Island (Antartica): Implications for assessing future

potential volcanic hazards Financed by: MINECO Years: 2016-2019 PI: Adelina Geyer

W Project Title: VOLCLIMA, Volcanoes and climate: reevaluating their short- and long-term interaction Financed by: MINECO Years: 2016-2019 PI: Adelina Geyer



W Project Title: EPOS – European Plate Observing System Implementation Phase

Financed by: European Unión - 676564 Years: 2015-2019 National coordinator: Josep Gallart & Ramon Carbonell

W Project Title: INNOLOG, Innovative geophysical logging tools for mineral exploration Financed by: European Institute of Innovation and Technology –EIT Raw Materials Years: 2017-2020 PI: María José Jurado


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W Soriano, C. The Anthropocene and the production and reproduction of capital, The Anthropocene Review, 0(0), 2053019617749260, doi: 10.1177/2053019617749260.


Management and General ServicesThe Management and General Services depend directly on the Insti-tute’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.

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GENERAL SERVICES

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ManagerJosé Luis López Burguillo

Administrative supportLeonor Fernández, Purchasing and procurementNúria Gasull, PayerMaría Consuelo Palacio, Human ResourcesEsmeralda Rodríguez, Project management

MaintenanceÓscar Ávila, Technical staffMiquel Ángel González, Technical staffJordi Mora, Technical contractDaniel Zambrana, Technical contract

Front deskXavier Pascual, ReceptionistAlejandro Tatevosian, Receptionist

Computing and Communications ServiceOscar Frías, Technical staff Marc Español, Technical contract

The main objective of this service is to facilitate the communication and computing tools and basic and advanced services to allow rese-archers of ICTJA to achieve their scientific objectives.

The unit manages a network infrastructure compose of about 150 medium size computers, a Wi-Fi spread throughout the building, some server-oriented computing, storage and connectivity with the Scientific Ring/RedIris/Geant2.

ICTJA facilitates the access to 3 CSIC research institutes ( IBB, IBMB and IIBB) to this Scientific Ring.

In 2017 the Computing and Communications service has performed the following actions:

Creation of the High Performance Computing ServiceExpansion of the server storage capacityDeveloping of the Intranet new applicationsRenewal of the printing infrastructure Technical implementation and maintenance of the new institutional website

Communication UnitJordi Cortés, CSIC contract

As a reference research centre on Earth Sciences, ICTJA-CSIC has de-cided to take an active role in the social dissemination of Earth Sciences knowledge. Therefore, the institute created the Communication Unit, which was created in November 2015 driven by COMUNICA project which is aimed to increase the social visibility of the ICTJA-CSIC activity.

The main goals of Communication Unit are:Increase external visibility of ICTJA-CSIC Disseminate information about research activitiesDesign and implement appropriate communication strategiesStrengthen staff links and engagementPromote social knowledge of Earth Sciences

Here we present some examples of Communication Unit activity in 2017:

Maintenance of the media database Creation and upgrade content for digital media (web and social networks institutional accounts)Design, creation and implementation of the new institutional web page (in collaboration with Computing and Communications Unit)Dissemination of ICTJA-CSIC research activity through press-releasesCreation of the ICTJA-CSIC NewsletterSupport to ICTJA-CSIC researchers in their outreach activitiesCoordination of ICTJA-CSIC outreach activities: Science Week and ESCOLABProduction of audio visual contentRegular update of the ICTJA-CSIC photographic archiveDesign of marketing products: leaflets, trifolds and posters Design and production of Institutional communication products: 2015 and 2016 Annual Report



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SCIENTIFIC SERVICES AND LABORATORIES

The Library of Earth Sciences (UB-CSIC), housed in the Faculty of Earth Sciences, is jointly managed by the Faculty of Earth Sciences 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 bibli-ographic databases are also offered (WOS, SCOPUS and GEOREF).

The library is currently compiling a database on Bibliography of Earth Sci-ences 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. In 2017 the documentary information of the maps of our map library of the Iberian Peninsula has been incorporated.

The library collaborates in the dissemination of the ICTJA-CSIC scientific publications.

Through the delegate file service, all the digital documents produ-ced by researchers are registered in the Digital.CSIC institutional

repository. Up to 2017 in Digital.CSIC 1,864 documents have been registered in the database, divided into different collections according to the type of content material. 50% of them are in open access.

The publication of the journal Geological Acta is also managed through this service. It is an international journal of Earth Scien-ces 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 widespre-ad 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 and the IDAEA-CSIC institute. Since 2007, Geologica Acta is included in the Journal Citation Report of ISI Thomson withan Impact Factor (IF) of 1.056 in 2015 and a 5 year IF of 1.476.

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Jordi Casadellà Saladas, Chief LibrarianDolors Fernández, LibrarianVictor Sastre Jané, LibrarianDaniel Casanueva González, Librarian

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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 rese-archers and 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 analysesSemi-quantitative and quantitative analysis of crystalline phases and amorphous content Application of the Rietveld method for profile adjustment, struc-ture refinement and quantitative phase analyses Investigation of small or inhomogeneous samples with micro-di-ffraction Determination of crystalline structuresNon- destructive X-ray fluorescence analyses with a portable spectrometer for field work and cultural heritage studies

X-Ray Diffraction Service

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 fibre 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

The XRD Service is part of the European initiative EPOS-IP infras-tructure and multidisciplinary global research in Earth Sciences (https://www.epos-ip.org/). It integrates several hundred national infrastructures distributed in 25 countries in Europe, including Spain, for observation and measurement of the internal structure and dynamics of the planet. The XRD Service participates collecting and harmonizing available and emerging laboratory data, coordi-nating the development, integration and transnational use of the main Solid Earth Science lab centres and networks, and providing products and services supporting research into geo-resources and geo-storage, geo-hazards and Earth System Evolution.

Staff

Jordi Ibáñez, Scientific Director (CSIC) Josep Elvira, Technical Director (CSIC) María Soledad Álvarez, Technical Staff (CSIC)



The Paleomagnetic Laboratory was founded in 1987 as result of an agreement between the CSIC and the Catalonian Geological Service of the Generalitat de Catalunya. Since 1999, 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 fold and thrust belts and basin analysis. Environmental magnetic studies aimed to unravelling paleoen-vironmental and climatic variations in the sedimentary record.

During 2017 the laboratory staff has conducted several magneto-tectonic surveys in the Basque-Cantabrian Basin and the Pyrenean fold and thrust belt as well as magnetostratigraphic sections in the Pyrenean foreland and piggy-back basins. The laboratory facilities include a superconducting and a spinner magnetometers, 3 thermal demagnetizers, 2 AF demagnetizers, a susceptibility bridge and an impulse magnetizer.

Paleomagnetism Service (CSIC-CCiTUB)

Research Groups

Staff

Elisabet Beamud, Technical Director (CCiTUB)Santiago Giralt, Research Scientist (CSIC)Mireia Barrachina, CSIC contract

Luís Valero, CSIC contractJuan Cruz Larrasoaña, IGME Visiting Research Scientist

The Paleomagnetism Service is part of the European initiative EPOS-IP infrastructure and multidisciplinary global research in Earth Sciences (https://www.epos-ip.org/). EPOS integrates se-veral hundred national infrastructures distributed in 25 countries in Europe, including Spain, for observation and measurement of the internal structure and dynamics of the planet. The Paleomagnetism Service participates collecting and harmonizing available and emer-ging laboratory data, coordinating the development, integration and transnational use of the main Solid Earth Science lab centres and networks, and providing products and services supporting research into geo-resources and geo-storage, geo-hazards and Earth System Evolution.



The labGEOTOP Service, Laboratory of Elemental and Isotopic Geochemistry for Petrological Applications, carries out multi-disciplinary research in Earth Sciences using an established 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 catalysing 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 international scale. We undertake a wide variety of analytical work for scientific institutions and industry. The labGEOTOP of-fers elemental and isotopic analysis of solids and liquids covering 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: geoc-hemical processes at the margins of tectonic plates. Geochemical evolution of magmatic and metamorphic processes. Environmental geology and paleoclimate reconstruction. Volcanism: temporal evolution of pre- and syn-eruptive magmatic processes: geochemical flows related to volcanic activity. Experimental petrology and mineralogy.

labGEOTOP Service - Geochemistry Laboratory

Facilities of the Service:

High Resolution Mass Spectrometer (HR-ICP-MS), Thermo Sci-entific Element XR. Laser Ablation Microprobe, New Wave Research UP-193 Excimer Laser Ablation System.Sample preparation facilities for crushing (jaw crusher, rock saws, tungsten carbide percussion mortars), powdering (ring mill with agatha and tungsten carbide containers), drying (ovens), and sepa-rating (binocular picking microscopes, sieves) geological samples. Supporting sample preparation laboratories house two special acid fume hoods, two evapoclean systems, high-temperature muffle furnaces for loss on ignition (LOI) determinations, and a Millipore water purification system (Elix + MilliQ Advantage A10 + QPod Element Merck Millipore).

The labGEOTOP is an Infrastructure Project cofounded 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 Innovation, Reference CSIC08-4E-001.

The labGEOTOP Service is part of the European initiative EPOS-IP infrastructure and multidisciplinary global research in Earth Sciences (https://www.epos-ip.org/). EPOS integrates several hundred nati-onal infrastructures distributed in 25 countries in Europe, including Spain, for observation and measurement of the internal structure and dynamics of the planet. The labGEOTOP participates collecting and harmonizing available and emerging laboratory data, coordi-nating the development, integration and transnational use of the main Solid Earth Science lab centres and networks, and providing products and services supporting research into geo-resources and geo-storage, geo-hazards and Earth System Evolution.

Research Groups

Staff

Jose-Luís Fernández-Turiel, Scientific Director (CSIC)Marta Rejas, Technical Director (CSIC)Luís Enrique Pezantes, CSIC contract



ICTJA Seismic Laboratory is composed by two main sections, the Mobile Seismic Pool and the Seismic Processing Centre.

The Mobile Seismic Pool includes seismic equipment intended to be used in temporary deployments, from short-term controlled source seismic profiling to long-term passive seismic deployments. The pool includes three branches; the broad-band branch is composed by 90 dataloggers equipped with Nanometrics T120 and TC sensors, 38 of them being part of the TopoIberia pool. The short-period branch offers up to 38 stations with robust, easy-to-install 2 Hz seismome-ters. Finally, the high resolution pool is composed by 250 nodes with 10 Hz geophones.

The Seismic Processing Centre includes up to 8 servers devoted to calculus, management of storage systems, data distribution, near real- time data acquisition and databases/web integration. Linux workstations, up to 218 Tb of disk space and dedicated processing

Seismic Laboratory (LabSis)

Research Groups

StaffJordi Díaz Cusí, Scientific Director (CSIC)Mario Ruíz, Technical Director (CSIC)Paula Romero, CSIC contractRamón Carbonell, Research Scientist (CSIC)

Josep Gallart, Research Scientist (CSIC)Antonio Villaseñor, Research Scientist (CSIC)Martin Schimmel, Research Scientist (CSIC)

software are available in the facility. The Centre is able to receive and store in near-real time seismic data from temporary seismic stations and selected permanent sites. The geoDB database, a repository offering free access to a significant amount of active source seismic data is hosted in the facility. Finally, the Seismic Processing Center features connectivity with the Barcelona Supercomputing Centre and has research relationships with other computation, processing, inter-pretation and modelling facilities such as GEO-MODELS (University of Barcelona) and the Barcelona Centre for Subsurface Imaging.

The Seismic Laboratory is part of the European Research Infrastructure on Solid Earth EPOS-IP (https://www.epos-ip.org/). This initiative is a long-term plan to facilitate integrated use of data, data products, and facilities from distributed research infrastructures for solid Earth science in Europe and involves several hundred national infrastructures distributed in 25 countries in Europe.


The Laboratory of Raman Spectrocopy and Photoluminescence is focused on the study of the optical properties of semicon-ductor 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,

Raman Spectroscopy and Photoluminescence Laboratory

Research Groups

Staff

Lluís Artús, Scientific Director (CSIC)Ramon Cuscó, Research Scientist (CSIC)Jordi Ibáñez, Research Scientist (CSIC)

InAsSb, GaSb, GaAsN, as well as on ZnO, a II-VI wide band gap material which is intensively being investigated because of its potential applications in transparent electronics and in blue and UV light emitters.


The Laboratory of Geochronology was founded 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 (halite) using the uranium series disequilibrium method (230Th/234U).

Th-230/U-234 Geochronology Laboratory

Staff

Santiago Giralt, Scientific Director (CSIC)Graciela Monzón, Technical Director (CSIC)

The laboratory provides technical support for research groups working on:

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

Absolute dating of human and other archaeological carbonate prehistorical ramains.


The Laboratory of Geological Processes Simulation (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 modelling of geological processes.

SIMGEO seeks to promote application of experimental and theore-tical models to the study of geological processes and, in particular,

SIMGEO (UB-CSIC)

Research Groups

Staff

Joan Martí, Scientific co-Director (CSIC)Ferran Colombo, Scientific co-Director (UB)

processes 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.


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 is a 214.20 m deep borehole used as an experimental facility for the development of geophysical data logging methods. The borehole 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.

Borehole Geophysical Logging Lab - Scientific Boreholes Almera 1-2 Staff

María José Jurado, Scientific Director (CSIC)Jordi Mora, CSIC contract

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 borehole monitoring data loggers used for testing of new devices and experiments in the frame of ongoing research projects.

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PALAB analyzes biological proxies with applications on Quaternary paleoecology and paleoclimatology, radiocarbon dating, archeology and biostratigraphy. The service is open to any universities, institu-tes, research groups, individual researchers and private and public companies. We work on a wide range of paleoarchives including lake sediments, peat bogs and similars, moden samples (including mosses), archeological sites, caves, middens, etc. PALAB has been inaugurated in 2016 and includes new state-of-the art facilities. We work with sedimentary archives of a wide range of environments, including re-mote locations from temperate, subtropical and tropical ecosystems.

Laboratory of Palaeoecology (PALAB) Staff

Valentí Rull, Scientific Director (CSIC)Encarni Montoya, Technical Responsible

Services provided

Raw sample preparation (chemical treatment)Pollen analysis at three levels (basic, detailed and specialized)Non-pollen palynomorphs (NPP) analysisMacrocharcoal and microcharcoal analysisGraphical representation and interpretationTechnical reports


The Laboratory of Geodynamic Modelling is the result of a group of geophysicists and geologists nucleated in 1998 at the Institute of Earth Sciences linked by the interest on lithospheric-scale processes and their interaction with the processes occurring on the Earth’s surface. The Laboratory of Geodynamic Modelling, established in 2016, of-fers the experience on several codes and on the numerical modeling techniques. It is equipped with a cluster (EARTH) and a workstation (MITE) with 120 and 64 processors, respectively. The Laboratory is also connected with the Barcelona Supercomputing Center. The services offered by the Laboratory are:

High performance computing applied to geodynamic processes. Know-how in the study the lithosphere and upper mantle struc-

ture,and the geodynamic processes that take place on the lithos-phere-upper mantle linked with the surface.

Laboratory of Geodynamic Modelling

Research Groups

Staff

Ivone Jiménez-Munt, Scientific Director (CSIC)Daniel García-Castellanos, Scientific Director (CSIC)

The Laboratory of Geodynamic Modelling has a group of softwa developed within the group during the last 20 years:

– TISC. – tAo. – LITMOD2D and LITMOD3D – CAGES – Uhuru

Expertise in using other geodynamic academic tools: – Underworld. – I3ELVIS

Experience in developing scientific numerical codes Development of an Augmented Reality sandbox for science diffusion

purposes on the evolution of topography.


10 highlighted papers 2017


Magmatic pulse driven by sea-level changes associated with the Messinian salinity crisis

Sternai, P., L. Caricchi, D. Garcia-Castellanos, L. Jolivet, T. E. Sheldrake, and S. Castelltort (2017), Magmatic pulse driven by sea-level changes associated with the Messinian salinity crisis, Nature Geoscience, 10, 783, doi: 10.1038/ngeo3032.

Between 5 and 6 million years ago, during the so-called Messinian salinity crisis, the Mediterranean basin became a giant salt repository. The possibility of abrupt and kilometre-scale sea-level changes during this extreme event is debated. Messinian evaporites could signify either deep- or shallow-marine deposits, and ubiquitous erosional surfaces could indicate either subaerial or submarine features. Significant and fast reductions in sea level unload the lithosphere, which can increase the production and eruption of magma. Here we calculate variations in

10 highlighted publications 2017


surface load associated with the Messinian salinity crisis and compile the available time constraints for pan-Mediterranean magmatism. We show that scenarios involving a kilometre-scale drawdown of sea level imply a phase of net overall lithospheric unloading at a time that appears synchronous with a magmatic pulse from the pan-Medi-terranean igneous provinces. We verify the viability of a mechanistic

link between unloading and magmatism using numerical modelling of decompression partial mantle melting and dyke formation in response to surface load variations. We conclude that the Mediterranean mag-matic record provides an independent validation of the controversial kilometre-scale evaporative drawdown and sheds new light on the sensitivity of magmatic systems to the surface forcing.

10 highlighted publications 2017

Pressure and melt production change rate at depth in response to the MSC-related surface load variations. (Image adapted from Sternai et al, Nature Geosciences).

Annual report ICTJA 201554 10 highlighted publications 2017

Measuring Group Velocity in Seismic Noise Correlation Studies Based on Phase Coherence and Resampling Strategies

Schimmel, M., E. Stutzmann, and S. Ventosa (2017), Measuring Group Velocity in Seismic Noise Correlation Studies Based on Phase Coherence and Resampling Strategies, IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, PP(99), 1-8, doi: 10.1109/TGRS.2016.2631445.

Seismic noise cross correlation studies are of increasing importance in the seismological research community due to the ubiquity of noise sources and advances on how to use the seismic noise wave field for structural imaging and monitoring purposes. Stacks of noise cross correlations are now routinely used to extract empirical Green’s functions between station pairs. In regional and global scale studies, mostly surface waves are extracted due to their dominance in seismic noise wave fields. Group arrival times measured from the time-fre-quency representation of frequency dispersive surface waves are further used in tomographic inversions to image seismic structure. Often, the group arrivals are not clearly identified or ambiguous depending on the signal and noise characteristics. Here, we present a procedure to robustly measure group velocities using the time-frequency domain phase-weighted stack (PWS) combined with data resampling and decision strategies. The time-frequency PWS improves signal extraction through incoherent signal attenuation during the stack of the noise cross correlations. Resampling strategies help to identify signals robust against data variations and to assess their errors. We have gathered these ingredients in an algorithm where the decision strategies and tuning parameters are reduced for semiautomated processing sche-

mes. Our numerical and field data examples show a robust assignment of surface-wave group arrivals. The method is computational efficient thanks to an implementation based on pseudoanalytic frames of wa-velets and enables processing large amounts of data.

Field data example to show the robust group velocity extraction following the new method proposed in the paper. The noise cross-correlations are from the GEOSCOPE station pair CLF (Chambon la Foret Observatory, France) and SCZ (Santa Cruz, CA, USA). Interstation distance is 9.100 km (81.9∞).


Vegetation and landscape dynamics under natural and anthropogenic forcing on the Azores Islands: A 700-year pollen record from the S„o Miguel Island

Rull, V., et al. (2017), Vegetation and landscape dynamics under natural and anthropogenic forcing on the Azores Islands: A 700-year pollen record from the São Miguel Island, Quaternary Science Reviews, 159, 155-168, doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.quascirev.2017.01.021.

The Azores archipelago has provided significant clues to the ecological, biogeographic and evolutionary knowledge of oceanic islands. Pala-eoecological records are comparatively scarce, but they can provide relevant information on these subjects. We report the palynological reconstruction of the vegetation and landscape dynamics of the São Miguel Island before and after human settlement using the sediments of Lake Azul. The landscape was dominated by dense laurisilvas of Juniperus brevifolia and Morella faya from ca. 1280 CE to the official European establishment (1449 CE). After this date, the original forests were replaced by a complex of Erica azorica/Myrsine africana forests/shrublands and grassy meadows, which remained until ca. 1800 CE. Extractive forestry, cereal cultivation (rye, maize, wheat) and animal husbandry progressed until another extensive deforestation (ca. 1774 CE), followed by the large-scale introduction (1845 CE) of the exotic forest species Cryptomeria japonica and Pinus pinaster, which shaped the present-day landscape. Fire was a significant driver in these vege-

tation changes. The lake levels experienced a progressive rise during the time interval studied, reaching a maximum by ca. 1778–1852 CE, followed by a hydrological decline likely due to a combination of cli-matic and anthropogenic drivers. Our pollen record suggests that São Miguel were already settled by humans by ca. 1287 CE, approximately one century and a half prior to the official historically documented occupation of the archipelago. The results of this study are compared with the few palynological records available from other Azores islands (Pico and Flores).

The study of the sedi-ments and the analisis of the fosil polen from the Lago Azul, in Sao Migiel Island (Azores), provided evidence for cereal (Seca-le cereale) and livestock farming in the island by 1290, about a century and a half prior its offici-al Portuguese settlement, estabished historically in 1449. This was the first evidence about the human presence in the Azores.


Stress barriers controlling lateral migration of magma revealed by seismic tomography

Martí, J., A. Villaseñor, A. Geyer, C. López, and A. Tryggvason (2017), Stress barriers controlling lateral migration of magma revealed by seis-mic tomography, Scientific Reports, 7, 40757, doi: 10.1038/srep40757

Understanding how monogenetic volcanic systems work requires full comprehension of the local and regional stresses that govern magma migration inside them and why/how they seem to change from one eruption to another. During the 2011-2012 El Hierro eruption (Canary Islands) the characteristics of unrest, including a continuous change in

the location of seismicity, made the location of the future vent unpre-dictable, so short term hazard assessment was highly imprecise. A 3D P-wave velocity model is obtained using arrival times of the earthquakes occurred during that pre-eruptive unrest and several latter post-eruptive seismic crises not related to further eruptions. This model reveals the rheological and structural complexity of the interior of El Hierro volcanic island. It shows a number of stress barriers corresponding to regional tectonic structures and blocked pathways from previous eruptions, which controlled ascent and lateral migration of magma and, together with the existence of N-S regional compression, reduced its options to find a suitable path to reach the surface and erupt.

3D view of the P-wave model beneath El Hierro island showing the isosurfaces of 7.21 km/s and 7.56 km/s, which illustrate the shape of the upper-crustal Tanganasoga high-velocity anomaly, and the upper-mantle low velocity region corresponding to the magma reservoir, respectively. (Marti et al, Scientific Reports).


Urban Seismology: On the origin of earth vibrations within a city

Díaz, J., M. Ruiz, P. S. Sánchez-Pastor, and P. Romero (2017), Urban Seismology: on the origin of earth vibrations within a city, Scientific Reports, 7(1), 15296, doi: 10.1038/s41598-017-15499-y.

Urban seismology has become an active research field in the recent years, both with seismological objectives, as obtaining better microzonation maps in highly populated areas, and with engineering objectives, as the monitoring of traffic or the surveying of historical buildings. We analyze here the seismic records obtained by a broad-band seismic station installed in the ICTJA-CSIC institute, located near the center of Barcelona city. Although this station was installed to intro-duce visitors to earth science during science fairs and other dissemination events, the analysis of the data has allowed to infer results of interest for the scientific community. The main results include the evidence that urban seismometers can be used as a easy-to-use, robust monitoring tool for road traffic and subway activity inside the city. Seismic signals generated by different cultural activities, including rock concerts, fireworks or football games, can be detected and discriminated from its seismic properties. Beside the interest to understand the propagation of seismic waves generated by those rather particular sources, those earth shaking records provide a powerful tool to gain visibility in the mass media and hence have the opportunity to present earth sciences to a wider audience.

Seismic record during the “Encores” part of the Bruce Springsteen rock concert at FCB stadium (14/05/2016). (a) North-South component of the horizontal seismic acceleration Trace has been band-pass filtered between 1 and 10?Hz. (b) Corresponding spectrogram. Each song has a specific frequency content showing a fundamental frequency and harmo-nics. Titles of the songs are included for reference. (c) Particle motion of the horizontal components rotated to N50E/N140E during one of the Encores songs (marked by an arrow in the spectrogram). Each frame corresponds to 4?s. Some seconds after the beginning of the signal the phase shift between the fundamental and 1st harmonic mode results in a PPM following a Lissajous curve. (Image: Diaz et al, Scientific Reports).


supply and their relationship with climate and tectonics. The study area includes the Gómara fluvial fan, the main sediment transfer system of the Almazán basin during Paleogene times. Its large-scale architecture shifted through time between a stacking pattern of low density ribbon-like and high density sheet-like channel fills. Laterally to the fluvial system, mudstone and evaporitic mudstone units represented evaporitic mud-flats which passed laterally into palustrine/lacustrine limestone units interpreted as lakes and ponds. Stacked calcretes occurred in distal alluvial and distal floodplain settings. A magnetostratigraphy encom-passing 2600 m guided by available fossil mammal biochronology has provided a temporal framework that spans the complete Paleogene infill of the basin, from Late Lutetian to Late Oligocene, filling a gap in the Cenozoic chronostratigraphy of Spanish basins. This permits to constrain the kinematics of the structures both in the basin and in its margins, and to provide the timing for the depositional sequences. These data, combined with a magnetostratigraphic map, where magnetic reversals were traced through the Gómara monocline, allow a detailed analysis of the SR variability across the fluvial system and its adjacent depositional environments. The results show that high sedimentation rates (around 30–40 cm kyr¬1) are related to fluvial environments with low density ribbon-shaped channels, while low SR (around or below 10 cm kyr¬1) are related to high density sheet-like channels. Laterally, mud dominated environments with high SR (15–20 cm kyr¬1) grade into palustrine/lacustrine carbonated environments with low SR (around 9 cm ky¬1). The lowest SR (about 3 cm kyr¬1) are related to the development of stacked calcrete profiles in distal floodplain and in the connection of distal alluvial and palustrine/lacustrine units.

Linking sedimentation rates and large-scale architecture for facies prediction in nonmarine basins (Paleogene, Almaz·n Basin, Spain)

Luis, V., H. Pedro, G. Miguel, A. Ildefonso, B. Elisabet, and G. P. Miriam (2017), Linking sedimentation rates and large-scale architecture for facies prediction in nonmarine basins (Paleogene, Almazán Basin, Spain), Basin Research, 29(S1), 213-232, doi: doi:10.1111/bre.12145.

This article focuses on the relationships between the large-scale strati-graphic architecture of the Almazán basin infill and the sedimentation rates (SR) calculated for precise time intervals. Our aim was to improve the understanding of the timing and causes of the architectural chan-ges, their significance in terms of accommodation space and sediment

Magnetostratigraphic map of the Gómara monocline. Magnetic reversals had been extended through the monocline following traceable levels. Black bands mark the normal magnetic po-larity intervals. The magnetostratigraphic sampling track has been marked and corresponds to the Almazul and Mazaterón sections, unified as Miñana transect in this figure. The other sections shown correspond to the ones where sedimentation rates were calculated. A widening of the magnetic reversals towards the NW, where clastic formations dominate can be distinguished. (Valero et al, Basin Research).


How the structural architecture of the Eurasian con-tinental margin affects the structure, seismicity, and topography of the south central Taiwan fold-and-thrust belt

Brown, D., J. Alvarez-Marron, C. Biete, H. Kuo-Chen, G. Camanni, and C.-W. Ho (2017), How the structural architecture of the Eurasian continental margin affects the structure, seismicity, and topography of the south central Taiwan fold-and-thrust belt, Tectonics, 36(7), 1275-1294, doi: 10.1002/2017TC004475.

Studies of mountain belts worldwide show that along-strike changes are common in their foreland fold-and-thrust belts. These are typically caused by processes related to fault reactivation and/or fault focusing along changes in sedimentary se-quences. The study of active orogens, like Taiwan, can also provide insights into how these processes influence transient features such as seismicity and topography. In this paper, we trace regional-scale features from the Eurasian continental margin in the Taiwan Strait into the south central Taiwan fold-and-thrust belt. We then present newly ma-pped surface geology, P wave velocity maps and sections, seismicity, and topography data to test the hypothesis of whether or not these regio-nal-scale features of the margin are contributing to along-strike changes in structural style, and the distribution of seismicity and topography in this part of the Taiwan fold-and-thrust belt. These data show that the most important along-strike change takes place at the eastward prolongation of the

upper part of the margin necking zone, where there is a causal link between fault reactivation, involvement of basement in the thrusting, concentration of seismicity, and the formation of high topography. On the area correlated with the necking zone, the strike-slip reactivation of east northeast striking extensional faults is causing sigmoidal offset of structures and topography along two main zones. Here basement is not involved in the thrusting; there is weak focusing of seismicity and localized development of topography. We also show that there are important differences in structure, seismicity, and topography between the margin shelf and its necking zone.

Simplified geological map of the island of Taiwan (redrawn from Chen et al. [2000]). In the Taiwan Strait, the depth to the top of the Mesozoic basement [from Lin et al., 2003]. The location of the necking zone offshore is indicated by the thick dashed lines and the shelf slope break by the thick dashed red line. The bathymetry is shown to the south and east of Taiwan. The study area on land in Taiwan is outlined by the dashed box. (Brown et al, Tectonics).


The nature of crustal reflectivity at the southwest Iberian margin

Buffett, G. G., M. Torne, R. Carbonell, M. Melchiorre, J. Vergés, and M. Fernàndez The nature of crustal reflectivity at the southwest Iberian margin, Tectonophysics, doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tec-to.2017.10.006.

Reprocessing of multi-channel seismic reflection data acquired over the northern margin of the Gulf of Cádiz (SW Iberian margin) places new constraints on the upper crustal structure of the Guadalquivir-Por-timão Bank. The data presented have been processed with optimized stacking and interval velocity models, a better approach to multiple attenuation, preserved amplitude information to derive the nature of seismic reflectivity, and accurate time-to-depth conversion after migration. The reprocessed data reveal a bright upper crustal reflector just underneath the Paleozoic basement that spatially coincides with the local positive free-air gravity high called the Gulf of Cádiz Gravity High. To investigate the nature of this reflector and to decipher whet-

her it could be associated with pieces of mantle material emplaced at upper crustal levels, we calculated its reflection coefficient and compared it to a buried high-density ultramafic body (serpentinized peridotite) at the Gorringe Bank. Its reflection coefficient ratio with respect to the sea floor differs by only 4.6% with that calculated for the high-density ultramafic body of the Gorringe Bank, while it differs by 35.8% compared to a drilled Miocene limestone unconformity. This means that the Gulf of Cádiz reflector has a velocity and/or density contrast similar to the peridotite at the Gorringe Bank. However, considering the depth at which it is found (between 2.0 and 4.0 km) and the available geological information, it seems unlikely that the estimated shortening from the Oligocene to present is sufficient to emplace pieces of mantle material at these shallow levels. Therefore, and despite the similarity in its reflection coefficient with the peri-dotites of the Gorringe Bank, our preferred interpretation is that the upper crustal Gulf of Cádiz reflector represents the seismic response of high-density intracrustal magmatic intrusions that may partially contribute to the Gulf of Cádiz Gravity High.

Location of seismic lines analyzed (IAM-4) and reprocessed (IAM-GC1, GC2 and GC3) and their spatial relation to sea floor bathymetry and the Gorringe Bank (GB) and Gulf of C·diz Gravity highs (GCGH). (Buffet et al, Tectonophysics).


Portable X-ray fluorescence identification of the Creta-ceous–Paleogene boundary: Application to the Agost and Caravaca sections, SE Spain

Ibáñez-Insa, J., J. Pérez-Cano, V. Fondevilla, O. Oms, M. Rejas, J. L. Fernández-Turiel, and P. Anadón Portable X-ray fluorescence iden-tification of the Cretaceous–Paleogene boundary: Application to the Agost and Caravaca sections, SE Spain, Cretaceous Research, doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cretres.2017.06.004.

It is shown that portable X-ray fluorescence (pXRF) is a powerful tool for the identification and geochemical characterization of prospective Cretaceous–Paleogene (K–Pg) boundary sites. Field measurements in two well-known K–Pg boundary sequences, located at Agost and

Caravaca, SE Spain, have been performed. A sizable enrichment around the K–Pg horizon of several elements such as K, Ti, Fe, Ni, Cr, Cu, Zn, As or Pb, together with a strong reduction in the Ca content, is found with the pXRF instrument. These observations represent a primary geochemical signature of the K–Pg boundary in distal marine sections such as those of Agost and Caravaca. Also, the intensities of the pXRF peaks correlate well with elemental composition data obtained by inductively coupled plasma-mass spectrometry (ICP-MS) on collected samples. Hence, the pXRF field measurements are shown to provide fast and useful quantitative information about K–Pg boundary sequences.

Stratigraphic column of the Agost section (left) and field photography of the K-Pg horizon and boundary clay (upper picture).The central panels show a SEM image of a microspherule (left) and an EDS spectrum obtained from this spherule (right). Mag-netosbiostratigraphic data relevant for this section can be found in Smit, 2004. (Ibáñez et al, Cretaceous Research).


Overtones of interlayer shear modes in the phonon-as-sisted emission spectrum of hexagonal boron nitride

Vuong, T. Q. P., G. Cassabois, P. Valvin, V. Jacques, R. Cuscó, L. Artús, and B. Gil (2017), Overtones of interlayer shear modes in the pho-non-assisted emission spectrum of hexagonal boron nitride, Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics, 95(4), doi: 10.1103/PhysRevB.95.045207.

We address the intrinsic optical properties of hexagonal boron nitride in deep ultraviolet. We show that the fine structure of the phonon replicas arises from overtones involving up to six low-energy interlayer shear modes. These lattice vibrations are specific to layered compounds since they correspond to the shear rigid motion between adjacent

layers, with a characteristic energy of about 6-7 meV. We obtain a quantitative interpretation of the multiplet observed in each phonon replica under the assumption of a cumulative Gaussian broadening as a function of the overtone index, and with a phenomenological line broadening taken identical for all phonon types. We show from our quantitative interpretation of the full emission spectrum above 5.7 eV that the energy of the involved phonon mode is 6.8±0.5 meV, in excellent agreement with temperature-dependent Raman measure-ments of the low-energy interlayer shear mode in hexagonal boron nitride. We highlight the unusual properties of this material where the optical response is tailored by the phonon group velocities in the middle of the Brillouin zone.

The indirect nature of the bandgap in hexagonal boron nitride yields a fine structure in its emission band, which is associated with lattice vibrations. Low-temperature pho-toluminescence measurements at 10 K reveal a series of phonon replicas (indicated by green arrows) that we have identified as arising from the participation of overtones of the low-energy interlayer shear mode in the phonon-assisted emission. This low-energy mode, illustrated in the inset, is characteristic of layered crystals and plays a relevant role in the emission spectra of hexagonal boron nitride. (Vuong et al, Physical Review B).

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PhD THESES W Title: Multidisciplinary characterization of diapiric basins integrating field examples, numerical and analogue modelling: Central High Atlas Basin (Morocco)

PhD Student: Mar Moragas RodriguezPhD Advisors: Jaume Vergés, Elisabet Playà i Pous Place and date: Universitat de Barcelona (UB), 12th June 2017

W Title: Determinación de la estructura cortical en el sector argentino de la Isla Grande de Tierra del Fuego

PhD Student: Carolina BuffoniPhD Advisor: Martin SchimmelPlace and date: Facultad de Ciencias Astronómicas y Geofísicas, Universidad Nacional de La Plata (UNLP), 24th February 2017

W Title: Caracterización gravimétrica de zonas de rift en islas volcánicas oceánicas: aplicación a las islas de Tenerife y El Hierro

PhD Student: Sergio Sainz-Maza AparicioPhD Advisor: Joan Martí Molist Place and date: Universitat De Barcelona (UB), 05th September 2017

W Title: Geophysical evidence of the preparedness for a volcànic eruption: El Hierro 2011-2012

PhD Student: Carmen Lopez MorenoPhD Advisor: Joan MartíPlace and date: Universitat de Barcelona (UB), 27th September 2017

W Title: Eruptive dynamics and petrological evolution of recent volcanism on the El Hierro island. Implications for volcanic hazard assessment

PhD Student: Stavros Meletlidis TsiogalosPhD Advisor: Joan Martí Place and date: Universitat de Barcelona (UB), 06th September 2017

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MASTER THESES W Title: Estudio cortical del Pirineo mediante refracción y reflexión de gran ángulo utilizando terremo-

tos como fuente sísmica naturalMaster Student: Amanda Antonio VigilMaster Advisor: Mario Ruiz Hernández Place and date: Universidad De Oviedo, 15th June 2017

W Title: Shallow S-wave structure across the Alhama de Murcia strike-slip fault system

Master Student: David Roel GómezMaster Advisor: Ramon Carbonell BeltránPlace and date: Universitat de Barcelona (UB), 04th July 2017

W Title: Análisis morfométrico de los conos volcánicos post-caldera de la Isla Decepcion (Antártida)

Master Student: Janina Maribel Calle TorresMaster Advisor: Adelina Geyer TraverPlace and date: Universitat de Barcelona (UB), 06th July 2017

W Title: Estudi de la perillositat a FuerteventuraMaster Student: Miquel Plantalamor SeguíMaster Advisor: Adelina Geyer Traver and Laura Becerril CarreteroPlace and date: Universitat de Barcelona (UB), 06th July 2017

W Title: Modelamiento 3D sistema magmático en Isla Decepción (Antártida). Integración de datos geofísicos y petrológicos

Master Student: Omar Humberto Sánchez MéndezMaster Advisor: Adelina Geyer TraverPlace and date: Universidad de Barcelona (UB), 06th July 2017

W Title: 3D FEM model of ground deformation in Deception Island (Antarctica)

Master Student: Sonia Garrido BallartMaster Advisor: Adelina Geyer TraverPlace and date: Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC), 21st July 2017

W Title: High-pressure optical and vibrational properties of Ga2O3 nanocrystals

Master Student: Alberto J. del Moral CejudoMaster Advisor: Jordi Ibáñez InsaPlace and date: Universitat de Barcelona (UB), 27th July 2017

W Title: Fire dynamics in three savannas of South AmericaMaster Student: Sofia Nieto SalasMaster Advisor: Agustín Lobo AleuPlace and date: Universitat de Barcelona (UB), 10th October 2017


ORGANIZATION OF CONGRESSES

W Ambient Seismic Noise Techniques: Sources, Monitoring and Imaging, special session SM4.1, EGU 2017 (European Geosciences Union), Wien, Austria, April, 2017, Martin Schimmel, Convener.

W IAVCEI Scientific Assembly, Session VII.2 Volcanic geoheritage, in Volcanoes and human societies, Portland, Oregon, USA, 14-18 August 2017, Joan Martí, Convener.

W International Meeting of Sedimentology 2017, Toulousse, France, 10th-12th October, 2017, Daniel García-Castellanos, Scientific Comittee.

W 2nd AntVolc Workshop, Barcelona, Spain, 22nd-24th November 2017, Adelina Geyer (Convener), Laura Becerril, Darío Pedrazzi, Domenico Doronzo and Guillem Gisbert (Organization).


EDITORIAL ACTIVITIES W Geophysical Journal International: Martin Schimmel, Editorial Board

W Geologica Acta: Santiago Giralt, Editor; Joaquina Álvarez-Marrón, Managing Scientific Editor

W Frontiers in Earth Science: Adelina Geyer, Associate Editor, Juan Cruz Larrasoaña, Associate Editor; Valentí Rull, Associate Editor, Laura Bcerril, Guest Associate Editor

W Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution: Valentí Rull, Associate Editor

W Frontiers in Plant Science: Valentí Rull, Associated Editor

W Geology: Dennis Brown, Science Editor

W Palynology: Encarni Montoya, Editorial Board

W Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research: Joan Martí, Editor-in-Chief

W Quaternary: Valentí Rull, Editor-in-Chief

W Special Publications of the International Union of Geodesy and Geophysics: Joan Martí, Editorial Board

W Studia Geophysica et Geodaetica: Manel Fernández, Associate Editor

W Tectonophysics: Ramon Carbonell, Editor-in-Chief

INTERNATIONAL AND NATIONAL COMMITEESW Advisory Committee of Natural Hazards (EU H2020), Joan Martí,

Member

W Comissió Dona i Ciència del Consell Interuniversitari de Catalunya, Joaquina Álvarez-Marrón, Dessigned Member

W Comisión de evaluación XVI Certamen Universitario Arquímedes, Ministerio de Educacion Cultura y Deporte,

Joaquina Álvarez-Marron

W ESSEM COST Action ES1401, EU, European Cooperation in Science and Technology, Martin Schimmel, Management Committee Member

W ESSEM COST Action ES1401, EU, European Cooperation in Science and Technology, Martin Schimmel, Working Group 2 Leader

W ESSEM COST Action ES1401, EU, European Cooperation in Science and Technology, Martin Schimmel, Core Member

W ESSEM COST Action ES1401, EU, European Cooperation in Science and Technology, Martin Schimmel, STSM (Short-Term Scientific Member) Board

W Evaluation Panel ANR, Agence Nationale de la Recherche, Program Earth Science and Climate, Dennis Brown, Board Member

W Evaluation Panel of ANR Agence Nationale de la Recherche, Pro-gram Earth Science and Climate, Ramon Carbonell, Board Member

W Human and Biosphere Commission of the International Union for Quaternary Research (INQUA), Encarni Montoya, Secretary

W International Federation of Palynological Societies, Encarni Mon-toya, Officer

W IAVCEI Commission on Volcanic Geoheritage and Protected Landscapes, Joan Martí, Co-Chair

W IAVCEI Commission on Volcano Geology, Joan Martí, Co-Chair

W INSIGHT Project PhD Scientific Comisión Nantes University Martin Schimmel

W IUGG Commission of Geophysical Risk, Joan Martí, member


INVITED SCIENTISTSW Laura Becerril Carretero, Servicio Nacional de Geología y Minería

(SERNAGEOMIN), 15th January - 15th March 2017, Chile

W Joan Martí, Institut des Sciences de la Terre d’Orleans (ISTO-CNRS), 1st February 2017 - 30th July 2017, Orleans, France

W Laura Becerril Carretero, Bureau de Recherches Géologiques et Minières (BRGM), 1st-10th June 2017, Orleans, France

W Dennis Brown, National Central University, 30th October 2017-1st May 2018, Zhongli, Taiwan

W Martin Schimmel, Institute Physique du Globe de Paris (IPGP), January & 2017 (2 months), Paris, France

W Martin Schimmel, Facultad de Ciencias Exactas, Físicas y Naturales, Universidad Nacional de San Juan, Argentina, 2 weeks

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W Member of the European Geoscience Union, Tectonics Division Programme Committee. Daniel García-Castellanos

W Member of the Earth Sciences PhD Academic committee, Univer-sitat de Barcelona, Joaquina Álvarez-Marron

W Member of the Earth Sciences PhD supervising committee, Uni-versitat de Barcelona, Daniel García-Castellanos

W Member of the Earth Sciences PhD supervising committee, Uni-versitat de Barcelona, José Luis Fernandez-Turiel

W Panel de evaluadores CINECA, Ministero dell’Istruzione dell’Uni-versità e della Ricerca, Italia, Carles Soriano Clemente

W Panel de evaluadores FONCyT, Ministerio de Ciencia, Tecnologica e Innovacion Productiva, Argentina, Carles Soriano Clemente

W Reviewers Panel on Natural Sciences and Technology de la Nordic University Hubs (NordForsk), Joan Martí, Member

W Reviewers panel of the British Ecological Society Review College, Encarni Montoya, Member

W SCAR Expert group on Antartic Volcanism (ANTVOLC), Adelina Geyer, Deputy Chair

W Scientific Advisory Committee of “Service National d’Observation en Volcanologie”, CNRS-INSU, France, Joan Martí, President

W University College Dublin, PhD thesis committee, Martin Schimmel member

W Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule Zürich (ETH), PhD thesis committee, Martin Schimmel member

GUEST & VISITING SCIENTIST W Alice Bonhomme, Université Midi-Pyrenees, Toulouse, France,

Daniel García-Castellanos

W Silvina Guzmán, Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (CONICET), Argentina, Joan Martí

W Bob Herrmann, Saint Louis university, Saint Louis, USA, Antonio Villaseñor

W Diana Elisabeth Jiménez,Universidad Gerardo Barrios, El Salvador, Joan Martí Molist y Laura Becerril

W Paride Legovini, Instituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia (INGV), Italy, Martin Schimmel

W Jose Luís Macías Vázquez, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM), México, Joan Martí

W Eleonore Stutzmann, Institute Physique du Globe de Paris (IPGP), France, Martin Schimmel


INVITED TALKS W La veritat sobre l’Antropocè. Valentí Rull, Residència d’Investiga-

dors, Barcelona, 16th January 2017.

W Las huellas del “Antropoceno” en los registros geológicos, Santiago Giralt, Residència d’Investigadors, Barcelona, 6th February 2017.

W L’origen de la biodiversitat neotropical: vicis, paradigmes i sol-lucions. Valentí Rull, Museu de ciències Naturals de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain, 9th February 2017.

W How to create a volcanic hazard map in a probabilistic and syste-matic way? Examples from Oceanic Volcanic Islands, Laura Becerril Carretero, Università di Bologna, Bologna, Italy, 28th April 2017.

W L’Antropocè i les crisis ecològica i econòmica globals, Carlos Soriano, Residència d’Investigadors, Barcelona, 19th June 2017.

W The plutonic-volcanic connection: field evidence and restrictions, Joan Martí, Premier Ecole Thématique CNRS “Transferts magma-tiques : experimentation et modelisation”. CNRS, Orleans, France, 10th-13th July 2017.

W The IODP DREAM drilling project and the ETN SALTGIANT network: an international initiative to understand the Mediterranean Salt Giant. Daniel García-Castellanos, 6th Chinese Sedimentological Congress , Nanjing, Japan, 28th October 2017.


W Vertical movements in the Moroccan High Atlas. Insights from zircon (U-Th)/He thermochronometry and vitrinite reflectance data

Lecturer: Mireia Domènech, División de Geociencias Aplicadas, Instituto Potosino de Investigación Científica y Tecnológica, San Luis Potosí, Mexico.

Mar Moragas, Group of Dynamic of the Lithosphere (GDL), Institute of Earth Sciences Jaume Almera, ICTJA-CSIC, Barcelona, Spain.

Date: 12th January 2017

W The study of the Fe-Ni-Cu sulfide mineralization in the dunite body of Stratoniki area, Chalkidiki peninsula.

Lecturer: Magda Ntouma, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki. Date: 18th January 2017

W Detrital zircon and provenance analysis of Late Cretaceous–Miocene onshore Iranian Makran strata: Implications for the tectonic setting.

Lecturer: Dr. Ali Mohammadi, Geological Institute, ETH Zurich, Switzerland.

Date: 19th January 2017.

W La veritat sobre l’“Antropocè”. Lecturer: Dr. Valentí Rull, ICTJA-CSIC. Date: 25th January, 2017.

W Els topònims com a fòssils geològics del passat d’un territori: Anàlisi fisiogràfica de topònims andorrans d’arrel preromana.

Lecturer: Dr. Xavier Planas, Tècnic de Riscos Naturals, Ministeri d’Ordenament Territorial del Giovern D’Andorra.

Date: 1st March 2017.

W Understanding the Diversity of Life in the Marine Deep Subsurface Sediment.

Lecturer: Dr. Brandi Kiel Reese, Dept. of Life Sciences, Texas A&M University Corpus Christy (EUA).

Date: 19th April 2017.

W Pyroclastic currents and deposits: state of the art and perspectives. Lecturer: Dr. Domenico D’Oronzo, ICTJA-CSIC.

Date: 21st April 2017

W Some controversies on the geology of the Betic Internal Zones: state of the art, analysis of successions and paleogeographic and geodynamic implications.

Lecturer: Agustín Martín-Algarra, Departamento de Estratigrafía y Paleontología de la Universidad de Granada (UGR).

Date: 19th July 2017.

W Timing of syncollisional Alpine exhumation of the Alpujarride-Ma-laguide nappe stack: constraints from the central Betic Cordillera.

Lecturer: Steffano Mazzoli, Dipartimento di Scienze della Terra, dell’Ambiente e delle Risorse (DiSTAR), Università di Napoli Fe-derico II, (UNINA).

Date: 20th July 2017

W Salt diapir-related Pb-Zn deposits in Tunisia the case of Bou Grine and Fedj el Adoum deposit.

Lecturer: Prof. Salah Bouhlel, Département de Géologie Faculté des Sciences de Tunis Université de Tunis el Manar.

Date: 27th Sep 2017

W El Projecte Castor. Crònica d’un desastre anunciat. Lecturer: Dr. Josep Giner (UB). Date: 18th October 2017.

W Adakites in SW Japan: evidence for the melting of subducting oceanic lithosphere at the slab tear zones.

Lecturer: Ivan Pineda-Velasco, Insitute for Planetary Materials, Okayama University (Japan).

Date: 3rd November 2017.

SEMINARS


W Las plataformas carbonatadas del Eoceno medio de la cuenca de Jaca-Pamplona (Formación Guara, Sierras Exteriores): análisis estratigráfico integral y evolución sedimentaria.

Lecturer: Roi Silva Casal, Universidad del Pais Vasco/ Universidad de Zaragoza,

Date: 21st November 2017.

W Algunas aplicaciones para la Mineralogía del microscopio de fuerzas atómicas en líquidos.

Lecturer: Dr. Carlos Pimentel, Departamento de Cristalografía y Mineralogía, Facultad de Ciencias Geológicas, Universidad Com-plutense de Madrid.

Date: 13th December 2017.

W Reconstrucció de la freqüència dels despreniments al massís del Mont-Blanc (Alps, França) des de l’últim màxim glacial (LGM). Estudi a partir de datació cosmogènica al 10Be i espectroscòpia de reflectivitat.

Lecturer: Xavi Gallach, Laboratori EDYTEM, Université Savoie Mont Blanc (CNRS) / Laboratori ISTerre, Université Grenoble Alpes (CNRS) França.

Date: 20th December 2017.

COURSES W Lithospheric Dynamics course of the Master Reservoir Geology

and Geophysics, Universitat de Barcelona (UB) & Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB), Spain, 2016-2017, Daniel Gar-cía-Castellanos(Coordinator), Ivone Jiménez-Munt and Jaume Vergés.

W Modeling tectonics and topography workshop, SUBITOP ITN, Edim-burg, United Kingdom, 3-9th April 2017, Daniel García-Castellanos

W Interferometría sísmica y procesamiento de señales de ruido sísmico ambiental, Instituto Geofísico Sismológico “Ingenierio Fernando S. Volponi”, Facultad de Ciencias Exactas, Físicas y Na-turales, Universidad Nacional de San Juan, Argentina, 20th-30th May 2017, Martin Schimmel.

W Curso Teórico-Práctico de ICP-MS 2017, ICTJA-CSIC, Barcelona, Spain, 24th-26th May 2017, José Luis Fernández-Turiel (Director), Marta Rejas

W Curso Internacional de Vulcanología 2017, Fundació Universitat de Girona, Fundació d’Estudis Superiors d’Olot (FES) and ICTJA-CSIC, Olot, Spain, 9th-16th October 2017, Joan Martí (Director), Adelina Geyer, Laura Becerril, Darío Pedrazzi.

W Seismic interpretation applied to salt basins in different geodynamic settings, Training school of the COST-MedSalt Project, Nicosia, Cyprus, 11th-15th September 2017, Daniel García-Castellanos

W Invited seminari at Marine Geology Master, Universitat de Barcelona (UB), Barcelona, Spain, December, 2017, Daniel García-Castellanos.

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5th ICTJA PhD STUDENT PRESENTATION AWARDS 2017 3 PhD students ICTJA-CSIC PhD students applied for this year PSPA edition:Mari Carmen Trapote presented her scientific work in poster format while Pilar Sánchez and Diana Jiménez did so in the section of oral presentations.

Pilar Sánchez Sánchez-PastorWinner of oral presentationDetecting and locating structural changes during 2011 El Hierro (Canary Islands) submarine eruption.The El Hierro eruption started in October 2011 on the southern subma-rine flank of the island. There are many studies that explain the possible

mechanism of this eruption from a wide rank of approaches. As it is well known, several features characterize preeruptive volcanic phases, for instance, an increase of the seismic energy release, changes in surface deformation and rises in geochemical anomalies. Monogenetic volca-noes, as El Hierro, show those variations although the lack of structural symmetry makes monitoring more complicated in comparison with other kinds of volcanoes.

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Mari Carmen Trapote (left) and Pilar Sánchez Sánchez-Pastor (right), winners of the ICTJA-CSIC PhD Student Presentation Award 2017.



Pilar S. Sánchez-Pastor1, Martin Schimmel1, Anne Obermann 2, and Carmen López 3

1ICTJA-CSIC, Lluís Solé i Sabarís s/n, 08028 Barcelona, Spain2 Swiss Seismological Service, ETH Zurich, Switzerland 3 Observatorio Geofísico Central, Instituto Geográfico Nacional, Madrid, Spain

Usually, precursory signals searching are based on historical information of the volcano at hand.

The purpose of this study is to observe and monitor subsurface changes in El Hierro.

Island during 2011 and 2012 through passive seismic approaches. We employ different correlation strategies to ambient seismic noise from eight seismic stations placed around this island. We find different stages in the

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media during the pre-eruptive period and detect them statically without previous information. Furthermore, we apply an imaging procedure based on the sensitivity of scattered waves to changes in the media. Thus, we obtain a continuous scattering cross section map during such years. That allows us to locate the main variations happened below El Hierro over the preeruptive phase and the magmatic intrusions of 2012. We show the potential of those techniques to obtain valuable information about this eruption using only ambient seismic noise.

M. C. Trapote a, b, V.Rull b, S.Giralt b, P.Corella c, E. Montoya b, T. Vegas.Vilarrúbia a

a Department of Evolutionary Biology, Ecology and Environmental Sciences, Universitat de Barcelona, Av. Diagonal 643, 08028 Barcelona, Spain. b Institute of Earth Sciences Jaume Almera (ICTJA-CSIC), C. Sole i Sabarís s/n, 08028 Barcelona, Spain. c Department of Atmospheric Chemistry and Climate, Institute of Physical Chemistry Rocasolano, CSIC, C.Serrano 119, 28006 Madrid, Spain

Mari Carmen Trapote Winner of poster presentationClimatic and anthropogenic drivers of past ecological changes in lake montcortes (iberian peninsula) landscape dynamics of the last 500 years.Lakes with varved sediments are especially well suited for high-resolution paleoecological reconstruction because they assure accurate time control. Multi-proxy studies at high resolution provide opportunities to examine frequency and magnitude of abrupt events in response to either climatic change or human impact. Here we present pollen, non-pollen palynomorphs (NPP) and charcoal record at a highest resolution achieved so far from a Pre-Pyrenean varved lake on the Iberian Peninsula (Lake Montcortès). We compare this data with historical records to reconstruct the vegetation history and human activity of the last 500 years. The selected time frame covers the transition from the Little Ice Age to the industrial era, where climate variability also responds to the anthropic origin and instrumental climatic data are available. Then, what we want is to evaluate the role of potential drivers (human or climatic) on landscape dynamics. Pollen data on Lake Montcortès shows that human activities have played a major role

in the present day landscape configuration being Cannabis cultivation and/or retting the most significant activity likely affecting water lake quality. Also, human migration periods as well as heavy rainfall events have been perfectly recorded on fire and NPP dynamics.



OUTREACH

The scientific and technical staff of the institute continued in 2017 with the task of bringing science to society through a series of activities to disseminate the scientific knowledge on

Earth 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 development.

As a example of this dissemination effort, Science Week, which takes place every November, is one of the most important outreach events of the year at ICTJA-CSIC . During five days, ICTJA-CSIC researchers propose several workshops to the secondary school students that visit our Institute.

Similar workshops and visits have been prepared for the 2017-2018 edition of ESCOLAB, in which ICTJA-CSIC participates for second time .

Moreover, some of the ICTJA researchers visit elementary and secon-dary schools during the year offering some workshops closely related with Earth Sciences knowledge.

Dissemination Awards

XVIII Ciencia en Acción”, Honorable mention for “Las cuevas del Parque Nacional de los Picos de Europa: una historia por descubrirby Santiago Giralt.

XVIII Ciencia en Acción”, Honorable mention for “BCNRocks: la App para aprender geología en la calleby J.L. fernández Turiel and Adelina Geyer.

Science Week 2017

Què investiguem a les Ciències de la Terra? Setmana de la Ciència 2017 (Science Week 2017)Organized by ICTJA-CSIC, 13th-17th November 2017, ICTJA-CSIC, Barcelona

96 students from 5 secondary schools visited ICTJA-CSIC facilities and took part in outreach activities (workshops and talks) proposed by our researchers:

”Qué es el ICTJA-CSIC?” by Lluch Gual”Augmented Reality Sandbox. Evolución del relieve de la Tierra” by Daniel García-Castellanos, Ángel Valverde and Lucía Struth”Tierra de volcanes” by Adelina Geyer, Laura Becerril and Diana Jiménez”Explorando el subsuelo: sondeos científicos y sondas geofísicas” by María José Jurado and Jordi Mora”Regreso al futuro; pistas del pasado en los registros sedimentarios” by Encarni Montoya and Santiago Giralt”¿Cómo se investiga en los laboratorios de las Ciencias de la Tierra?” by Marta Rejas”¿Cómo se registran los terremotos?” by Pilar Sánchez Sánchez-Pas-tor & Jordi Díaz

Visiting secondary schools during Science Week 2017:• Institut Escola Costa Llobera (Barcelona), 13th November 2017• Institut Milà i Fontanals (Barcelona), 14th November 2017• Institut Sant Just (Sant just Desvern), 15th November 2017• FEDAC Amílcar (Barcelona), 16th November 2017• Col.legi Lestonnac (Barcelona), 17 th November 2017

ESCOLAB 2016-2017Coordinated by Ajuntament de Barcelona and organized by ICTJA-CSIC. In the first term of 2017, two more ESCOLAB 2016-2017 edition activities were carried out:

• 3rf February 2017: 24 students from Col.legi Lestonnac, Barcelona, visited ICTJA-CSIC

in and took part on the following outreach workshops: “La fluorescència de rajos X” by Jordi Ibáñez “La Espectrometria de Mases amb Plasma Acoplat Inductivament

(ICP-MS)“ by Marta Rejas and J.L. Fernández-Turiel “La radioactivitat” by Santiago Giralt

Other Activities


• 24th March 2017: 12 students from STUCOM Centre d’Estudis, Barcelona, visited

ICTJA-CSIC in and took part on the following outreach workshops: “Com s’enregistren els terratrèmols” by Jordi Díaz “L’evolució del relleu terrestre amb una Taula de Sorra amb Realitat

Augmentada” by Daniel García-Castellanos

ESCOLAB 2017-2018The first activity of the ESCOLAB 2017-2018 edition took place in 28th October 2017. 18 students from Institut Can Planes, Barberà del Vallès, visited ICTJA-CSIC and took part on the following outreach workshops:“Paleoclima” by Santiago Giralt“L’evolució del relleu terrestre amb una Taula de Sorra amb Realitat Augmentada” by Daniel García Castellanos & Ángel Valverde

Dissemination talks and workshops

Ciclo “Qué sabemos de...”“Los Volcanes: el fuego de la Tierra” by Joan Martí, Club de Prensa Asturiana, Oviedo, 2nd October 2017 “Terremotos: cuando la tierra tiembla” by Arantza Ugalde, Casa de las Ciencias, Logroño, 19th October2017, & Palacio del Condestable, Pamplona, 18th November 2017

Ciclo “Ciudad ciencia”“Los Volcanes: el fuego de la Tierra” by Joan Martí, Centro Cultural “La Confianza”, Valdepeñas, 26th October 2017

“L’abellaïta, una troballa excepcional a la Vall Fosca. El llarg camí per descobrir un nou mineral” by Jordi Ibáñez, La Torre de Capdella (Lleida) , 18th August2017

“Los volcanes y la energía geotérmica” by Joan MartíEXPOMINER, Barcelona, 11th November 2017

“El volcán del Teide – Erupcions passades i futures?” by Joan MartíAuditorio de la Fundación Tàpies, Barcelona, 30th November 2017

“Busquem Terratrèmols” by Jordi Díaz CusíEscola Labouré, Barcelona, 16th January, – 7th February 2017 Institut Marina, La Llagosta, 13th February - 3rd March 2017

Institut Montserrat, Barcelona, 15th March- 6th April 2017 Col·legi Sant Marc, Barcelona, 3rd October - 24th November 2017

“Parlem de Terratrèmols” by Jordi Díaz Cusí and Pilar Sánchez Sánchez-PastorInstitut Torres i Bages, Barcelona, 2nd February 2017Acadèmia Igualada, Igualada, 16th May 2017

Book presentations

“La Isla de Pascua: una visión científica” by Valentí Rull, Joandomènec Ros and Francesc AmoròsResidència d’Investigadors, Barcelona, 18th April 2017

“La Garrotxa volcanic field of northeast Spain: case study of sus-tainable volcanic landscape management” by Joan Martí, Centre de Documentació del Paisatge, Olot, 12th May 2017

Educational Training

“Investigación en riesgos naturales”, El CSIC a l’Aula 2016-2017 , by Joan Martí, Santiago Giralt, Antonio Villaseñor and Adelina Geyer 16th-20th January 2017

Science fairs and events

Recerca a les ciències de la Terra, EspaiCiència, Saló de l’Ensenyament, Co-organized by ICTJA-CSIC and Facultat de Ciències de la Terra (UB). Jordi Díaz, J.L. Fernández-Turiel, Adelina Geyer, Marta Rejas,and Jordi Cortés. Fira de Barcelona , Barcelona, 22nd-26th March2017

“BCN Rocks: les roques del carrer ens parlen”, José Luis Fernández-Turiel15a Fira Recerca en Directe, CosmoCaixa, Barcelona, 3rd-6th May 2017

SUBITOP project outreach sessions by Ajay Kumar, Kittiphon Boonma and Ivone Jiménez-MuntInstitut Menéndez Pelayo, Barcelona, 20th February 2017Institut Montserrat, Barcelona, 10th October 2017

Other Activities


In 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 pu-blished some of these interviews and informations reprinted thanks to the press releseases provided by the Communication Unit.

Here we present some of the aparitions of ICTJA-CSIC’s researchers in the media in 2017.

W Libro pide aplicar gestión de parque volcánico de la Garrotxa a otros parques, EFE, 18/01/2017

W Un modelo 3D permite entender el comportamiento del magma de la isla de El Hierro, Agencia SINC, 26/01/2017

W El magma de El Hierro recorrió 20 km bajo el suelo hasta que halló una salida, EFE Futuro, 27/1/2017

W El magma del volcán de El Hierro recorrió más de 20 km hasta su erupción, Diario de Avisos, 26/1/2017

W El magma de El Hierro recorrió 20 km bajo el suelo hasta que halló una salida, eldiario.es, 26/1/2017

W El magma de el volcán de El Hierro recorrió 20 km bajo el suelo hasta que halló una salida, La Opinión de Tenerife, 26/1/2017

W El magma de la erupción de El Hierro recorrió 20 km bajo el suelo hasta que halló una salida, Canariasenred, 29/1/2017

W El magma de El Hierro recorrió 20 km bajo el suelo hasta que halló una salida, La Vanguardia (digital), 26/1/2017

W Un estudio revela la evolución del volcán de El Hierro, La Provincia, 26/1/2017

W El magma de El Hierro recorrió 20 km bajo el suelo hasta que halló una salida, Canarias 7, 26/1/2017

W El magma de El Hierro recorrió 20 km bajo el suelo hasta que halló una salida, Diario de Navarra, 26/1/2017

W La actividad tectónica que precedió a la erupción en El Hierro comenzó 8 años antes, ABC, 10/2/2017

W El volcán de El Hierro, el primero en monitorizarse en directo desde antes de nacer, EFE, 10/2/2017

W El volcán de El Hierro aporta claves para anticiparse a futuras erupciones, La Provincia, 11/2/2017

W Mitos y verdades de Rapa Nui, La Tercera, 16/2/2017W Así era la costa asturiana hace 65.000 años, La Voz de Asturias,

2/3/2017W El origen de las cuevas de Los Lagos se remonta a hace más de un millón

de años, La Voz de Asturias, 26/1/2017W Cobijeru y el paisaje cambiante, La Nueva España, 3/3/2017W Las cuevas de los Lagos siguen vivas, El Comercio, 27/1/2017

W La Isla de Pascua y los misterios más remotos del planeta, Ciencia para Llevar (20minutos.es), 23/2/2017

W S. Miguel já era povoada 150 anos antes da descoberta oficial dos Açores, Expresso, 20/2/2017

W Les Açores estaven habitades un segle i mig abans de la colonització portuguesa, Sapiens, 13/3/2017

W Azores Islands were inhabited a century and a half before the Portuguese colonization, according to the fossil pollen found in a lake of São Miguel island, Geology Page, 12/3/2017

W Las Azores ya estaban habitadas 150 años antes de la llegada de los portugueses, Efe Futuro, 28/2/2017

W Las Azores, habitadas 150 años antes del inicio de la colonización por-tuguesa, Agencia SINC, 1/3/2017

W Las Azores ya estaban habitadas 150 años antes de llegada de los por-tugueses, La Vanguardia (digital), 28/2/2017

W La Isla de São Miguel pudo ser habitada en el año 1300, El Digital de Asturias, 2/3/2017

W Las Azores ya estaban habitadas 150 años antes de la llegada de los portugueses, Canal Sur, 28/2/2017

W Las Islas /Azores ya estaban habitadas un siglo y medio antes del inicio oficial de/la colonización portuguesa, Agencia DICYT, 28/2/2017

W Las Azores, habitadas 150 años antes del inicio de la colonización por-tuguesa, La República de las ideas, 2/3/2017

W Los humanos han creado ya 208 nuevos minerales, El Pais, 2/3/2017W Visita a l’excavació del Camp del Ninots, Girona Noticies, 3/6/2017 W El suelo tembló con la remontada del Barça ante el PSG, Vozpopuli,

9/3/2017W Un sismómetro detectó un ‘terremoto’ tras el 6-1 del Barcelona contra

el PSG, El País, 9/3/2017W Terremoto en Barcelona tras el 6-1, Sport, 10/3/2017W Un sismómetro registra la apoteosis del FC Barcelona eliminando al PSG,

Europa Press, 9/3/2017W El sexto gol del Barcelona al PSG provocó un pequeño “terremoto” en el

Camp Nou, Clarín, 10/3/2017W El rastro sísmico y los temblores desencadenados por el 6-1 al PSG, El

Mundo, 9/3/2017W El gol de Sergi Roberto provocó un temblor en Barcelona, Cadena Ser,

9/3/2017W La tierra se movió durante la remontada, Marca, 9/3/2017W Un sismómetro registra cómo vibró -literalmente- Barcelona con el 6-1

al PSG, RTVE (digital), 9/3/2017W Un sismògraf va detectar un petit terratrèmol durant la remuntada,

Regió 7, 9/3/2017



W El suelo tembló con los goles del Barça ante el PSG, elnacional.cat, 9/3/2017

W La remontada del Barça causó un miniseísmo, El CorreoW La noche que el fútbol hizo temblar la tierra, Primiciaweb, 9/3/2017W Barcelona fans create minor earthquake celebrating Roberto’s dramatic

winner, Eurosport, 10/3/2017W Un sismógrafo próximo al Camp Nou detectó un temblor durante la

remontada, Elpaís.cr, 9/3/2017W La remontada del Barcelona fue registrada como un temblor, RPP

Noticias, 11/3/2017W Los “temblores” provocados por los fans no son lo que crees, Vice

Sports, 16/3/2017W Un sismómetro detectó pequeños temblores con cada gol de Barcelona,

La Capital, 9/3/2017W El gol de Sergi Roberto provocó un “terremoto” en Barcelona, Mediter-

raneo Digital, 10/3/2017W Sismómetro reveló un temblor tras el 6-1 del Barcelona, Publimetro,

9/3/2017W La tierra tembló en el momento del gol de Sergi para el Barcelona, Bein

Sports, 9/3/2017W Seismometer picks up Barcelona’s stunning Champions League victory,

Temblor, 9/3/2017W Causa ‘temblor’ remontada del Barsa, El Norte, 10/3/2017W El agónico gol de Barcelona contra PSG causó un “terremoto” en las

cercanías del estadio, Todo Noticias, 10/3/2017W Barcelona fans produced ‘mini-earthquakes’ in celebrating goals at

Camp Nou during Champions League miracle, TalkRadio, 10/3/2017W En inmediaciones del Camp Nou se detectó un terremoto tras el gol de

Sergi Roberto, Univision, 9/3/2017W Un sismógrafo detectó un temblor tras el sexto gol del Barcelona ante

el PSG, DiarioVeloz.com, 10/3/2017W Barça-PSG: même la terre a tremblé durant la “remontada”, 7sur7,

10/3/2017W Les célébrations lors du 6e but barcelonais ont causé un tremblement

de terre, La Sueur, 10/3/2017W Sismômetro detectou um ‘terremoto’ depois do 6x1 do Barcelona contra

o PSG, El País (Brasil), 9/3/2017W La celebración de la remontada activó los sismógrafos, Estadio, 9/3/2017W Barcelona fans cause EARTHQUAKE... Supporters celebrating historic

winner at Nou Camp created mini-tremor that registered on the Richter scale, DailyMail, 10/3/2017

W Supporterne tok så av at det ble registrert et jordskjelv i feiringa, Dag-Bladet, 10/3/2017

W Barcellona da leggenda: magnitudo di un grado Ritcher al gol del 6-1, Fox SPorts, 10/3/2017

W La celebración de la hinchada del Barcelona removió la tierra (literal-mente), Peru21, 11/3/2017

W Barcellona-Psg, il 6-1 di Sergi Roberto ha causato un terremoto, Corriere dello Sport, 11/3/2017

W Il goal di Sergi Roberto ha fatto tremare Barcellona: lo rivela un sismo-grafo, Goal, 10/3/2017

W BARCELONU POGODIO POTRES, EPICENTAR - NOU CAMP Povijesni pogodak u 95. minuti dobro je zatresao Katalonce: ‘Ovo još nije nikada zabilježeno!’, Sportske Jutarni, 10/3/2017

W GOL BARCELONE DOSLOVNO IZAZVAO POTRES U 95. minuti seiz-mometar je podivljao, Index, 10/3/2017

W Terremoto é registrado no Camp Nou no momento do 6º gol do Barce-lona, IG, 9/3/2017

W Sismógrafo registra pequeno terremoto no Camp Nou após sexto gol do Barça, Globo, 9/3/2017

W Barcelona-fansenes enorme jubelbrøl udløste mindre jordskælv, TV2, 11/3/2017

W Sismógrafo registou a explosão de alegria com o golo de Sergi Roberto, Record, 9/3/2017

W Gol Keenam Barcelona ke Gawang PSG Ternyata Menimbulkan Gempa Bumi, Kok Bisa, Tribun Pekanburu, 10/3/2017

W Až po tomto obrázku si uvedomíte silu športového zážitku: Výhra Barcelony spôsobila skutocné zemetrasenie!, Novy Cas, 11/3/2017

W El gol de Sergi Roberto en la Champions provocó un sismo en Barcelona, laopinion.com, 9/3/2017

W Festejo por histórica remontada del Barcelona provoca un ligero temblor, El Sol de México, 9/3/2017

W El terremoto que ocasionó el último gol del Barça (entrevista), Herrera en la Cope, 10/3/2017

W La tierra tembló con el agónico gol de Sergi Roberto: la hazaña de Bar-celona registró “señales sísmicas”, La Nación, 9/3/2017

W EGimnasia recordó el “terremoto” que generaron sus hinchas en 1992 y felicitó al barcelona por imitarlo, Infobae, 10/3/2017

W Après le but de la qualification, un petit séisme a été détecté au Camp Nou, FDootball Stories, 10/3/2017

W Tercatat Seismograf, 3 Laga Sengit Sepakbola Ini Timbulkan Gempa Bumi, Indosport, 16/12/2017

W Trema la terra a Barcellona per un terremoto anomalo: a provocarlo i tifosi, Meteo Giornale, 10/3/2017

W Bàn th?ng c?a Sergi Roberto gây ra d?ng d?t ? Barcelona, VNExpress, 10/3/2017

W ¿Por qué se produjo el terremoto de Pamplona?, Hipertextual, 10/3/2017W La amenaza de sufrir un terremoto de magnitud 8 en Nueva Zelanda,

El Mundo, 17/5/2017


W Agua caliente en Nueva Zelanda podría causar terremoto de magnitud 8, El Comercio, 17/5/2017

W Agua caliente en Nueva Zelanda podría causar terremoto, El 19 Digital, 19/5/2017

W Los corales pueden a ayudar a predecir que un volcán marino entra en erupción, Canarias 7, 25/5/2017

W Los corales pueden a ayudar a predecir la entrada en erupción de un volcán marino, El Independiente, 25/5/2017

W El coral, un chivato de erupciones, La Opinión de Tenerife, 27/5/2017W Los corales pueden a ayudar a predecir que un volcán marino entra en

erupción, La Provincia, 25/5/2017W Los corales negros pueden predecir la erupción de un volcán marino,

green Area, 31/5/2017 W Científicos creen haber encontrado un modo de predecir las erupciones

de volcanes marinos, EMOL, 26/5/2017W ¡Sorprendente! Corales pueden predecir erupción de volcán marino, El

Sol de México, 25/5/2017W Los corales ayudan en la predicción de erupciones volcánicas submarinas,

Cuatro, 3/6/2017W Corales pueden predecir erupciones, El Comercio, W Los corales pueden ayudar a predecir erupciones volcánicas, ABC,

29/5/2017W Los corales ayudan en la predicción de erupciones volcánicas submarinas,

Agencia SINC, 31/5/2017W Los corales ayudan a avanzar en la predicción de erupciones volcánicas

submarinas, Agencia DICYT, 30/5/2017W Los corales pueden predecir la erupción de un volcán marino, EFEFuturo,

25/5/2017W Los corales pueden a ayudar a predecir que un volcán marino entra en

erupción, Rebúilica de las ideas, 25/5/2017W Los corales pueden ayudar a predecir que un volcán marino entra en

erupción, eldiario.es, 25/5/2017W Científicos logran descubrimiento clave para predecir las erupciones de

los volcanes submarinos, Publimetro, 26/5/2017W Los corales pueden a ayudar a predecir que un volcán marino entra en

erupción, Canarias 7, 25/5/2017W Corales pueden a ayudar a predecir que un volcán marino entra en

erupción, CableNoticias, 25/5/2017 W Un proyecto sísmico estudiará la naturaleza profunda de la corteza

terrestre, La Vanguardia (digital), 7/6/2017W Explosiones controladas en Toro y Benavente, La Opinión de Zamora,

9/6/2017W Un experimento sísmico desde Ciudad Real hasta Zamora permitirá

conocer mejor la corteza terrestre, ABC, 8/6/2017W Análisis para una erupción volcánica en Lanzarote, El Independiente,

9/8/2017

W El Timanfaya, escudo de volcanes vivos, la Opinión de Tenerife, 12/8/2017W Timanfaya será el escenario de la próxima erupción en Lanzarote, Ca-

narias en Hora, 26/8/2017W El Parque de Timanfaya absorberá el grueso de los daños si Lanzarote

vive otra erupción, 20 Minutos, 9/8/2017W Un laboratorio sobre la Tierra, La Vanguardia, 28/8/2017W México, sacudido por el peor terremoto del último siglo, La VAnguardia,

8/9/2017W Un observatorio de Barcelona detectó el terremoto registrado en México,

Hipertextual, 8/9/2017W ¿Por qué ha habido más de mil réplicas tras el terremoto de México?,

Hipertextual, 11/9/2017W ¿Por qué México es pasto de los terremotos?, El País, 22/9/2017W ¿Habrá más réplicas?, ¿por qué tiembla tanto en México?, Puebla

Online, 26/9/2017W Una rápida desecación del Mediterráneo elevó la actividad volcánica

del lugar, El Periódico (digital), 25/9/2017W La desecación elevó la actividad volcánica del Mediterráneo, El Ideal

gallego, 26/9/2017W El cambio climático podría reactivar volcanes, El Independiente, 26/9/2017W La rápida desecación del Mediterráneo provocó una mayor actividad

volcánica, Agencia SINC, 26/9/2017W ¿Se llegó a evaporar el Mediterráneo hace cinco millones y medio de

años?, Levante - EMV, 27/9/2017W ¿Se llegó a evaporar el Mediterráneo hace cinco millones y medio de

años?, Diario Información, 28/9/2017W Climate Change 5 Million Years Ago Coincided With More Mediterranean

Volcanoes, Seeker, 29/9/2017W Climate change can goad volcanoes into life, ScienceDaily.com, 25/9/2017W Les changements climatiques peuvent réveiller les volcans, Enerzine,

3/10/2017W Quand la Méditerranée a perdu 2 km d’eau, des volcans se sont allumés,

Futura, 5/10/2017W Volcanism and sea level fall, Earth pages, 29/9/2017W Desvelan qué pasó en el volcán de El Hierro: la cumbre se desmoronó a

los dos meses de erupción, ABC, 16/9/2017W Al menos 500 seísmos en los últimos 50 años podrían tener origen

humano, El Periódico, 21/10/2017W Lapillitubus montjuichensis, el primer fósil urbano descubierto en edificios

modernistas de Barcelona, Agencia SINC, 18/10/2017W La Campaña Antártica Española estrenará la nueva base Juan Carlos I,

La Vanguardia (digital), 31/10/2017W Un investigador de la USAL trabaja en el diseño de un nuevo modelo

para predecir erupciones volcánicas, Europa Press, 7/11/2017W La USAL estudia el volcán de Isla Decepción para diseñar un modelo

predictivo de la actividad de estos, Salamanca 24 Horas, 7/11/2017



W La vida de un volcán en el borde del cráter, Diario de Valladolid, 28/11/2017W ‘Dancing in the Dark’, la canción de Bruce Springsteen que causó un

terremoto en Barcelona, La Vanguardia, 10/11/2017W Una canción de Bruce Springsteen causó un sismo en barcelona, España,

El Comercio, 11/11/2017W El concierto de Bruce Springsteen que causó un terremoto en Barcelona,

Hipertextual, 10/11/2017W Terremotos: de los goles del Barça al concierto de Bruce Springsteen, El

Periódico, 10/11/2017W El Terremoto a ritmo de Springsteen, La Almudaina, 10/12/2017W La actividad humana hace temblar la ciudad, Vozpopuli, 10/11/2017W Un sismómetro detecta las vibraciones de la actividad humana en la

ciudad, Agencia SINC, 13/11/2017W El ‘setlist’ de Springsteen en 2016 en Barcelona generó vibraciones

distintas sobre la ciudad, Europa Press, 10/11/2017W Un sismómetro detecta las vibraciones que genera la actividad humana

en la ciudad, Noticias de la Ciencia y la Tecnología, 10/11/2017W Un sismógrafo registra la actividad humana en la ciudad de Barcelona,

EFE Verde,11/11/2017W Se Messi e Springsteen sono come il terremoto = Vibrazioni metropoli-

tane, La Repubblica, 21/11/2017W Un sismómetro detecta las vibraciones de la actividad humana en la

ciudad, Tecnoexplora, 10/3/2017W Las distintas canciones del último concierto de Bruce Springsteen generaron

diferentes vibraciones sobre Barcelona, Tele 5 (digital), 10/11/2017W Las distintas canciones del último concierto de Bruce Springsteen generaron

diferentes vibraciones sobre Barcelona, Diario Siglo XXI, 10/11/2017W Científicos miden el impacto sonoro de conciertos como los de Springs-

teen, El Diario Vasco, 10/11/2017W Sismómetro detecta actividad humana, El Diario NTR, 17/11/2017W ‘Dancing in the Dark’, la canción de Bruce Springsteen que causó un

terremoto en Barcelona, Radio 70, 18/11/2017 W Metropolitane, partite, concerti, traffico: la vita in città è come un ter-

remoto, 3bMeteoW A seismometer is able to detect the earth shacking generated by human

activity in the city, Geology Page, 21/11/2017W ¿Por qué ocurrió el terremoto entre Irán e Irak que ha dejado más de

400 muertos?, Hipertextual, 13/11/2017W Erupciones de volcanes en la Antártida pueden afectar al hemisferio sur,

El Diario de Coahuila, 23/11/2017W Vulcanólogos: las erupciones en la Antártida pueden afectar al hemisferio

sur, La Razón Digital, 22/11/2017W Vulcanólogos: “Las erupciones en la Antártida pueden afectar al clima”,

Diario de Navarra, 22/11/2017W Vulcanólogos: las erupciones en la Antártida pueden afectar al hemisferio

sur, EFEFuturo, 23/11/2017

W La erupción de volcanes en la Antártida afectarían el clima del hemisferio sur, Los Andes, 22/11/2017

W Vulcanólogos: las erupciones en la Antártida pueden afectar al hemisferio sur, UnionRadio, 22/11/2017

W Erupciones ne la Antártida pueden afectar al hemisferio sur, Día a Día, 22/11/2017

W Las cenizas de volcanes de la Antártida podrían afectar al tráfico aéreo en amplias zonas del hemisferio sur, Europa Press, 28/11/2017

W Las cenizas de los volcanes de la Antártida podrían afectar al tráfico aéreo en el hemisferio suur, Agencia DICYT, 28/11/2017

W Alertan que ceniza de volcanes antárticos afectaría vuelos de hemisferio sur, La Vanguardia (digital), 28/11/2017

W Ash clouds of Antarctic volcanoes may disrupt air traffic in the southern hemisphere, Phys.org, 30/11/2017

W An Antarctic eruption could ‘significantly disrupt’ international air traffic, Science Magazine, 1/12/20017

W Las cenizas de los volcanes de la Antártida podrían afectar al tráfico aéreo en amplias zonas del hemisferio sur, Plataforma Científica, 10/12/2017

W Els volcans de l’Antàrtida poden suposar una amenaça més gran del que es creia fins ara, 29/11/2017, El Món Planeta

W Les cendres dels volcans de l’Antàrtida podrien afectar el trànsit aeri a l’hemisferi sud, 28/11/2017, 324.cat

W Estudio propone plan para explotación de la zona geotermal de Borinquen, La Republica, 28/12/2017

W Un estudio propone un plan de desarrollo inicial para la explotación sostenible y eficiente de la zona geotermal de Borinquen, Ecoticias, 15/12/2017

W Investigadores proponen explotación de Borinquen de forma sostenible, El Mundo, 15/12/2017

W Los científicos católicos del CSIC y la descentralización de la ciencia española: grandes hombres, Religión en Libertad, 27/12/2017

Tv & Radio“Les Rondes, parc nacional”, TV3, Jordi Díaz (interview), 29/5/2017“24 Horas”, RNE, José Luis Fernández-Turiel, (Interview),06/9/2017“Soroll”, Cadena SER Catalunya. Jordi Díaz (Interview), 20/10/2017“Giga Mistery”, NHK BS, Daniel García Castellanos, 9/12/2017

The presence in the general media is reinforced by the three main channels of information launched the Institute: the institutional web page which has been renoved this last year (http://www.ictja.csic.es) and the Twitter and Facebook accounts.

These new digital channels offer a wide range of possibilities to disseminate content related with research and institutional activity of ICTJA-CSIC. Other Activities

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TOTAL 88

Technician Contracts 9

PhD Students 6

Postdoc Researcher Contracts 12

Guest Researchers 4

Permanent Researchers 24

Permanent Technicians 9

Guest PhD Students 9

Graduate Researcher Contracts 7

RyCResearchers 1

Permanent Administration 7

Technicians-Others 28%

Researchers 72%


Industry collaboration 661k€

Public funding 1644k€

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TOTAL 2305k€

Image authors

Pag. 4 Ramon Carbonell Pag. 7 Santiago Giralt Pag. 8 Jordi Díaz Pag. 10 Cristina Biete Pag. 11 Jordi Mora Pag. 16 Mar Moragas Pag. 18 Cristina Biete Pag. 21 Ramon Carbonell Pag. 25 Massimiliano Melchiorre Pag. 27 Laura Becerril Pag. 33 José Luis Fernández-Turiel Pag. 50 Laura Becerril Pag. 74 Laura Becerril Pag. 76 Santiago Giralt.

The rest of the photos are part of the ICTJA-CSIC image archive and were taken by Jordi Cortés.


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