Browsing Departament de Geodinàmica i Geofísica by Date of defense

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3D Reconstruction and Modelling of the Sierras Exteriores Aragonesas (Southern Pyrenees, Spain). Structural Evolution of the Pico del Águila anticline

Vidal Royo, Oskar (Date of defense: 2010-06-23)

This Thesis reports on the integration of different modelling techniques to construct a unified and better constrained conceptual model of structural evolution of the Pico del Águila anticline (External Sierras, Southern ...

Seismic Oceanography: A New Tool to Characterize Physical Oceanographic Structures and Processes

Buffett, Grant George (Date of defense: 2011-01-28)

Large scale global oceanic circulation redistributes heat and freshwater and therefore affects global climate. One of its main forcing mechanisms is, in addition to surface heat and freshwater fluxes, the diapycnal (across ...

Tidewater glacier flow of Helheim Glacier, Greenland, 2006-2008, using high-rate GPS

Juan Verger, Julia de (Date of defense: 2011-03-14)

This thesis presents a study of the application of Global Positioning System (GPS) techniques to the study of the dynamics of Helheim Glacier, one of the fastest-flowing outlet glaciers in the world, located on the southeast ...

Tectónica Activa en la Cuenca de Managua: Paleosismicidad de la falla Cofradía

Rubí Téllez, Carlos Ariel (Date of defense: 2011-06-09)

Este trabajo de investigación tiene como objetivo determinar el potencial sísmico del sistema de fallas Cofradía, y por consiguiente aportar nuevos datos sobre el grado de peligrosidad sísmica al que puede estar sometida ...

Neotectonic and Paleoseismic Onshore-Offshore integrated study of the Carboneras Fault (Eastern Betics, SE Iberia) / Estudio integrado tierra-mar de la Neotectonica y Paleosismología de la Falla de Carboneras (Béticas Orientales, SE Península Ibérica)

Moreno Mota, Ximena (Date of defense: 2011-07-28)

In the Southeastern Iberian Margin, the compression between the African and Eurasian Plates is characterized by a moderate seismicity and a slow NW-SE convergence (4.5-5.6 mm/yr). In southeastern Spain, this shortening is ...

Característiques i inundabilitat per rierades sobtades (flash flood) als torrents costaners del nord del cap de Creus (Catalunya).

Mascareñas i Rubiés, Pere (Date of defense: 2012-01-18)

Els treballs d’aquesta tesi es centren geogràficament en el sector del NE de Catalunya, i concretament entre el cap de Creus i la frontera amb França. Es tracta d’una zona amb conques torrencials petites però en les que ...

Basement fault influence on the Bicorb-Quesa Salt Wall kinematics, insights from Magnetotelluric and Paleomagnetic techniques on Salt Tectonics

Rubinat Cabanas, Marc (Date of defense: 2012-06-27)

The Bicorb-Quesa salt wall is located on the external Prebetics, an excellent natural laboratory to observe the diapir evolution because of their excellent outcrops. This area, located on the limit between the Iberian ...

Salt tectonics in the Parentis Basin (eastern Bay of Biscay): Origin and kinematics of salt structures in a hyperextended margin affected by subsequent contractional deformation

Ferrer Garcia, J. Oriol (Date of defense: 2012-09-12)

The geological history of the north-Iberian margin and the eastern sector of the Bay of Biscay suggest that these areas are ideal places to study and characterize the tectonic evolution and the geodynamic mechanisms governing ...

Visualització sísmica mitjançant tècniques tomogràfiques

Flecha Lacalle, Isaac (Date of defense: 2012-12-20)

El coneixement del subsòl sempre ha estat objecte d’interès per diversos motius. La disponibilitat de recursos naturals (minerals, aigua, hidrocarburs...), l’obra civil, el vulcanisme o la sismicitat són factors que ...

Innovation of the Magnetotelluric method and its application to the characterization of the Pyrenean lithosphere

Campanyà i Lloret, Joan (Date of defense: 2013-02-14)

This thesis is a compendium of three papers related to the magnetotelluric (MT) method and its application to the characterization of lithospheric-scale geoelectrical structures. The thesis begins with an Introduction where ...

Extensional salt tectonics in the Cotiella post-rift basin (south-central Pyrenees): 3D structure and evolution

López Mir, Berta (Date of defense: 2013-04-16)

The Cotiella Massif in the southern Pyrenees constitutes a seismic-scale exposure of an extensional basin developed during the Late Cretaceous by the gravity-driven collapse of the post-rift platform above Upper Triassic ...

Geophysical and geological characterization of the active structures and of the nature of the basement in the Eurasia-Africa plate boundary (SW Iberian Margin): Implications for regional geodynamics and seismic hazard assessment = Caracterització geofísica i geològica de les estructures actives i la natura del basament en el límit de plaques Euràsia-Àfrica (Marge SO d’Ibèria): Implicacions per la geodinàmica regional i per l’avaluació de la perillositat sísmica

Martínez Loriente, Sara (Date of defense: 2013-09-19)

In this PhD Thesis I present a new interpretation of: 1) active structures implicating old oceanic lithosphere; 2) the nature of the basement; and 3) the distribution of the basement domains and the geodynamic reconstruction ...

Paleomagnetism and Thermochronology in Tertiary systectonic sediments of the South-central Pyrenees: Chronostratography, kinematic and exhumation constraints

Beamud Amorós, Elisabet (Date of defense: 2013-10-23)

This PhD Thesis presents the Tertiary kinematic evolution of the South-Central Pyrenees from the integration of magnetostratigraphic, magnetotectonic and thermochronological analyses on its synorogenic sedimentary record. ...

The explosive volcanism of Teide-Pico Viejo volcanic complex, Canary Island

García Pérez, Olaya (Date of defense: 2013-11-04)

The explosive events in Teide Pico Viejo (TPV) complex in Tenerife Island (Spain) have traditionally been restricted to the subplinian eruption of Montaña Blanca, which occurred about 2000 years ago. A recent revision of ...

Caracterització litosfèrica de zones geològicament complexes mitjançant el mètode magnetotel•lúric: casos d’Alberta (Canadà) i de la Serralada Bètica (Espanya)

Rosell Novel, Oriol (Date of defense: 2013-11-14)

El mètode magnetotel•lúric és una tècnica geofísica de font natural i no invasiva que permet caracteritzar la resistivitat elèctrica del subsòl. Permet caracteritzar contrastos significatius de resistivitat elèctrica, així ...

Modelización analógica de la deformación en las zonas de compresión y subducción

Driehaus, Lena (Date of defense: 2013-11-25)

Esta tesis presenta una serie de modelos analógicos en sistemas compresivos a diferentes escalas. Los de escala cortical simulan estructuras compresivas de antepais y los de escala litosférica simulan la deformación de la ...

El patrón de fracturación alpina en el sector suroccidental de los Pirineos Vascos

Quintà Riera, Anna (Date of defense: 2013-12-18)

Esta tesis se encuentra dentro de un proyecto que pretende construir una planta piloto de almacenamiento geológico de CO2, en Hontomín (Plataforma Burgalesa, norte de España). Los objetivos principales son construir un ...

The structure and formation of the Tyrrhenian basin in the Western Mediterranean back-arc setting = Formación y estructura de la cuenca del Tirreno en el contexto de retrarco del Mediterráneo Occidental

Prada Dacasa, Manuel (Date of defense: 2014-01-17)

In this thesis I present a geophysical study that aims to define the structure and petrological nature of the main geological domains in the Central Tyrrhenian basin, and to investigate the mechanisms involved in their ...

Estudios de la deformación cortical de la península ibérica mediante observaciones GPS

Asensio Ferreira, Eva (Date of defense: 2014-04-04)

La península ibérica representa el extremo más occidental del cinturón orogénico Alpino-Himalayo y está caracterizada por la colisión entre la placa africana (Nubia) y la euroasiática. La convergencia entre estas dos placas ...

Aplicación del método magnetotelúrico a la caracterización de reservorios: Anticlinal de El Hito (Cuenca) y Sistema Geotérmico de Tenerife

Piña-Varas, Perla (Date of defense: 2014-05-08)

El método magnetotelúrico es una técnica geofísica que permite caracterizar las estructuras del subsuelo en base a la distribución de la resistividad eléctrica. Este parámetro físico es muy sensible a pequeños cambios ...