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59
Citations
12569
World Ranking
2023
National Ranking
20

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2020 - Member of Academia Europaea
  • 2018 - Fellow of American Geophysical Union (AGU)

Overview

César R. Ranero is affiliated with the Spanish National Research Council in Spain. Their research primarily focuses on Earth and Planetary Sciences, with significant contributions in the subfields of Geophysics, Geology, Ocean Engineering, Artificial Intelligence, and Mechanics of Materials. Throughout their career, they have produced a substantial body of work related to earthquake and tectonic studies, geological and geochemical analysis, and seismic imaging and inversion techniques.

Their frequently explored research topics include:

  • Earthquake and tectonic studies
  • Geological and geochemical analysis
  • Geological and geophysical studies worldwide
  • Seismic imaging and inversion techniques
  • Geological and geophysical studies
  • Seismic waves and analysis
  • Hydrocarbon exploration and reservoir analysis

César R. Ranero has authored or co-authored numerous scientific papers. Notable recent publications include:

  • Towards a process-based understanding of rifted continental margins, 2023, Nature Reviews Earth & Environment
  • The evolution of the westernmost Mediterranean basins, 2020, Earth-Science Reviews
  • Noise Levels and Signals Observed on Submarine Fibers in the Canary Islands Using DAS, 2021, Seismological Research Letters
  • Extensional tectonics during the Tyrrhenian back-arc basin formation and a new morpho-tectonic map, 2020, Basin Research
  • Understanding the 3D Formation of a Wide Rift: The Central South China Sea Rift System, 2020, Tectonics

Their frequent co-authors include:

  • Valentí Sallarès
  • Manel Prada
  • Ingo Grevemeyer
  • Eulália Gràcia
  • Arantza Ugalde

Their research has been published repeatedly in well-known scientific venues such as:

  • Journal of Geophysical Research Solid Earth
  • Tectonics
  • Geophysical Journal International
  • Publishing Network for Geoscientific and Environmental Data (PANGAEA) (Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research)
  • Basin Research

César R. Ranero has received several professional honors, including membership in the Academia Europaea since 2020 and fellowship status with the American Geophysical Union (AGU) awarded in 2018.

Best Publications

  • Bending-related faulting and mantle serpentinization at the Middle America trench

    C. R. Ranero;J. Phipps Morgan;K. McIntosh;C. Reichert

  • Subduction erosion along the Middle America convergent margin

    C. R. Ranero;R. von Huene

  • Magnetic anomaly interpretation across the southern central Andes (32°–34°S): The role of the Juan Fernández Ridge in the late Tertiary evolution of the margin

    Gonzalo A. Yáñez;César R. Ranero;Roland von Huene;Juan Díaz

  • Generic model of subduction erosion

    Roland von Huene;César R. Ranero;Paola Vannucchi

  • Revised tectonic boundaries in the Cocos Plate off Costa Rica: Implications for the segmentation of the convergent margin and for plate tectonic models

    Udo Barckhausen;Cesar R. Ranero;R. von Huene;Steven C. Cande

  • Quaternary convergent margin tectonics of Costa Rica, segmentation of the Cocos Plate, and Central American volcanism

    R. von Huene;C. R. Ranero;W. Weinrebe;K. Hinz

  • Relationship between bend-faulting at trenches and intermediate-depth seismicity

    César R. Ranero;Antonio Villaseñor;Jason Phipps Morgan;Wilhelm Weinrebe

  • Fluid expulsion related to mud extrusion off Costa Rica¿A window to the subducting slab

    Christian Hensen;Klaus Wallmann;Mark Schmidt;César R. Ranero

  • Subduction erosion and basal friction along the sediment-starved convergent margin off Antofagasta, Chile

    R. von Huene;C. R. Ranero

  • The Challenger–Juan Fernández–Maipo major tectonic transition of the Nazca–Andean subduction system at 33–34°S: geodynamic evidence and implications

    G Yañez;J. Cembrano;M. Pardo;Cesar Ranero

  • Sequential faulting explains the asymmetry and extension discrepancy of conjugate margins

    César R. Ranero;Marta Pérez-Gussinyé

  • Crustal types and Tertiary tectonic evolution of the Alborán sea, western Mediterranean

    Guillermo Booth-Rea;César R. Ranero;José Miguel Martínez-Martínez;Ingo Grevemeyer

  • Hydrogeological system of erosional convergent margins and its influence on tectonics and interplate seismogenesis

    C. R. Ranero;I. Grevemeyer;H. Sahling;U. Barckhausen

  • Tectonic control of the subducting Juan Fernández Ridge on the Andean margin near Valparaiso, Chile

    R. von Huene;J. Corvalán;E. R. Flueh;K. Hinz

  • Geophysical evidence for hydration of the crust and mantle of the Nazca plate during bending at the north Chile trench

    César R. Ranero;Valentí Sallarès

  • Drowned 14-m.y.-old Galápagos archipelago off the coast of Costa Rica: Implications for tectonic and evolutionary models

    Reinhard Werner;Kaj Hoernle;Paul van den Bogaard;Cesar Ranero

  • Structure of oceanic crust and serpentinization at subduction trenches

    Ingo Grevemeyer;Cesar R. Ranero;Monika Ivandic

  • Mechanisms of extension at nonvolcanic margins: Evidence from the Galicia interior basin, west of Iberia

    M. Perez-Gussinye;M. Perez-Gussinye;César R. Ranero;Timothy J. Reston;D. Sawyer

  • Passive and active seismological study of bending-related faulting and mantle serpentinization at the Middle America trench

    Ingo Grevemeyer;César R. Ranero;Ernst R. Flueh;Dirk Kläschen

  • The rift to drift transition at non-volcanic margins: Insights from numerical modelling

    Marta Pérez-Gussinyé;Jason Phipps Morgan;Timothy J. Reston;César R. Ranero

  • Fast rates of subduction erosion along the Costa Rica Pacific margin: Implications for nonsteady rates of crustal recycling at subduction zones

    Paola Vannucchi;César R. Ranero;Simone Galeotti;Susanne M. Straub

Frequent Co-Authors

Valentí Sallarès
Valentí Sallarès Spanish National Research Council
Ingo Grevemeyer
Ingo Grevemeyer GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel
Nevio Zitellini
Nevio Zitellini Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche - CNR
Dirk Klaeschen
Dirk Klaeschen GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel
Timothy J. Reston
Timothy J. Reston University of Birmingham
Ingo Klaucke
Ingo Klaucke GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel
Guillermo Booth-Rea
Guillermo Booth-Rea University of Granada
Dieter Franke
Dieter Franke Federal Institute for Geosciences and Natural Resources
Ernst R. Flueh
Ernst R. Flueh GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel
Eli A. Silver
Eli A. Silver University of California, Santa Cruz

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