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Eduard Roca publication distribution in Earth Science in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Earth Science in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Eduard Roca sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 510+

This scientist: 188 publications — 55th percentile

55% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 510 publications or more.

Eduard Roca D-index placement in Earth Science in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Earth Science scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Eduard Roca sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 94+

This scientist: 43 D-Index — 37th percentile

37% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 94 D-Index or more.

Overview

Eduard Roca is affiliated with the University of Barcelona in Spain and has contributed extensively to the field of Earth and Planetary Sciences. Their research focuses mainly on geophysics and earth-surface processes, with additional work spanning atmospheric science, environmental chemistry, and geology.

Their scholarly output includes a range of studies related to geological and geophysical phenomena, emphasizing geological formations and processes, earthquake and tectonic studies, and geology and paleoclimatology research. Other covered topics include geological and geochemical analysis, methane hydrates and related phenomena, and seismic imaging and inversion techniques.

Eduard Roca has co-authored multiple papers with frequent collaborators such as Oriol Ferrer, Josep Antón Muñoz, Òscar Gratacós, Gabriel Cofrade, and Anna Travé.

Common venues for their publications include:

  • Journal of Structural Geology
  • Marine and Petroleum Geology
  • Tectonophysics
  • Tectonics
  • Global and Planetary Change

Selected recent papers authored or co-authored by Eduard Roca feature in prominent geological journals:

  • Salt tectonics and controls on halokinetic-sequence development of an exposed deepwater diapir: The Bakio Diapir, Basque-Cantabrian Basin, Pyrenees (2020, Marine and Petroleum Geology)
  • Influence of preexisting salt diapirs during thrust wedge evolution and secondary welding: Insights from analog modeling (2021, Journal of Structural Geology)
  • From downbuilding to contractional reactivation of salt-sediment systems: Insights from analog modeling (2021, Tectonophysics)
  • Linked detachment folds, thrust faults, and salt diapirs: Observations and analog models (2022, Journal of Structural Geology)
  • Folding and fracturing of rocks adjacent to salt diapirs (2020, Journal of Structural Geology)

Best Publications

  • The Neogene structure of the eastern Iberian margin: Structural constraints on the crustal evolution of the Valencia trough (western Mediterranean)

    Eduard Roca;Joan Guimerà

  • Eastern Pyrenees and related foreland basins: pre-, syn- and post-collisional crustal-scale cross-sections

    J. Verges;H. Millan;E. Roca;J.A. Munoz

  • Bed-by-bed fold growth by kink-band migration: Sant llorenç de Morunys, eastern Pyrenees

    John Suppe;Francesc Sàbat;Josep Anton Muñoz;Josep Poblet

  • Oligocene to Middle Miocene evolution of the central Catalan margin (northwestern Mediterranean)

    Eduard Roca;Maura Sans;Luis Cabrera;Mariano Marzo

  • Cenozoic magmatism of the valencia trough (western mediterranean): Relationship between structural evolution and volcanism∗

    J. Martí;J. Mitjavila;E. Roca;A. Aparicio

  • Evolution of the central Catalan margin of the Valencia trough (western Mediterranean)

    M.T. Bartrina;Lluís Cabrera;Maria José Jurado;J. Guimerà

  • The role of inherited tectono-sedimentary architecture in the development of the central Andean mountain belt: Insights from the Cordillera de Domeyko

    A. Amilibia;F. Sàbat;K.R. McClay;J.A. Muñoz

  • The Neogene evolution of the outer Carpathian flysch units (Poland, Ukraine and Romania): kinematics of a foreland/fold-and-thrust belt system

    F. Roure;E. Roca;W. Sassi

  • The role of inversion tectonics in the structure of the Cordillera Oriental (NW Argentinean Andes)

    N. Carrera;J. A. Muñoz;F. Sabat;Ricardo Mon

  • The role of the Bay of Biscay Mesozoic extensional structure in the configuration of the Pyrenean orogen: Constraints from the MARCONI deep seismic reflection survey

    Eduard Roca;Josep Anton Muñoz;Oriol Ferrer;Nadine Ellouz

  • Time lag of syntectonic sedimentation across an alluvial basin: theory and example from the Ebro Basin, Spain

    Merren A. Jones;Paul L. Heller;Eduard Roca;Miguel Garcés

  • Lacustrine oil-shale basins in tertiary grabens from NE Spain (Western European rift system)

    P. Anadón;L. Cabrera;R. Julià;E. Roca

  • Role of extension and compression in the evolution of the eastern margin of Iberia: the ESCI-Valencia Trough seismic profile

    Francesc Sàbat Monserrat;Eduard Roca;Jaume Vergés i Masip;Pere Santanach i Prat

  • La evolución geodinámica de la Cuenca Catalano-Balear y áreas adyacentes desde el Mesozoico hasta la actualidad

    Eduard Roca

  • The northwest Mediterranean Basin (Valencia Trough, Gulf of Lions and Liguro-Provençal basins): structure and geodynamic evolution

    Eduard Roca

  • Post-Cretaceous kinematics of the Atlas and Tell systems in central Algeria: Early foreland folding and subduction-related deformation

    Narimane Benaouali-Mebarek;Dominique Frizon de Lamotte;Eduard Roca;Rabah Bracene

  • Tectonic and climatic controls on the development of foreland fan deltas: Montserrat and Sant Llorenç del Munt systems (Middle Eocene, Ebro Basin, NE Spain)

    M. López-Blanco;M. Marzo;D. W. Burbank;Jaume Vergés

  • Cenozoic vertical motions of the Catalan coastal ranges (NE Spain): the role of tectonics, isostasy and surface transport.

    J. M. Gaspar-Escribano;J. M. Gaspar-Escribano;D. Garcia-Castellanos;E. Roca;S. Cloetingh

  • Analysis of the geological evolution and vertical movements in the València Trough area, western Mediterranean

    Eduard Roca;Pascal Desegaulx

  • The deep seismic reflection MARCONI-3 profile: Role of extensional Mesozoic structure during the Pyrenean contractional deformation at the eastern part of the Bay of Biscay

    O. Ferrer;E. Roca;B. Benjumea;J.A. Muñoz

Frequent Co-Authors

Josep Anton Muñoz
Josep Anton Muñoz University of Barcelona
Lluís Cabrera
Lluís Cabrera University of Barcelona
Sierd Cloetingh
Sierd Cloetingh Utrecht University
Mark G. Rowan
Mark G. Rowan University of Colorado Boulder
Juanjo Ledo
Juanjo Ledo Complutense University of Madrid
Jaume Vergés
Jaume Vergés Spanish National Research Council
Dominique Frizon de Lamotte
Dominique Frizon de Lamotte CY Cergy Paris University
Daniel García-Castellanos
Daniel García-Castellanos Spanish National Research Council
Bruno C. Vendeville
Bruno C. Vendeville University of Lille
Manel Fernandez
Manel Fernandez Spanish National Research Council

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