Globig, Jan (Date of defense: 2016-09-21)
The African continent preserves a >3.7 Ga long geological record, which comprises stabilization of oldest crust in the Archean, late Proterozoic joining of first cratonic units that lead to the formation ...
Echeverria Moreno, Ana (Date of defense: 2015-05-22)
The eastern Betic Cordillera, south-eastern Spain, is one of the most seismically active area within the Iberian Peninsula. The Eastern Betic Shear Zone (EBSZ) in the Betic Cordillera absorbs part of ...
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, ...
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 ...
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 ...
Geyer Traver, Adelina (Date of defense: 2007-03-28)
Collapse calderas are defined as the volcanic depression that result from the disruption of the geometry of the magma chamber roof due to down faulting during the course of an eruption. These structures ...
Fullea Urchulutegui, Javier (Date of defense: 2008-01-25)
Detailed modelling of the present-day lithospheric structure is of paramount importance to understand the evolution of the Earth in the context of plate tectonics. The objectives of this thesis are ...
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 ...
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, ...
Alcalde Martín, Juan (Date of defense: 2014-07-04)
This thesis is organized as a compendium of three scientific articles, describing the geological characterization of the Hontomín site for Geological Storage of CO2 by means of 3D seismic data, acquired ...