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Estefanía Llave is affiliated with the Instituto Geológico y Minero de España in Spain and specializes in Earth and Planetary Sciences with a particular focus on several subfields including Geophysics, Earth-Surface Processes, Atmospheric Science, Geology, and Mechanics of Materials. Their research encompasses a broad range of topics related to geological formations and processes, geology and paleoclimatology research, earthquake and tectonic studies, as well as geological and geophysical studies worldwide.

Their recent research contributions include studies published in notable scientific journals. Among the selected papers are:

  • Contourites and bottom current reworked sands: Bed facies model and implications, 2020, Marine Geology
  • Contourite characterization and its discrimination from other deep-water deposits in the Gulf of Cadiz contourite depositional system, 2020, Sedimentology
  • Diagnostic criteria using microfacies for calcareous contourites, turbidites and pelagites in the Eocene-Miocene slope succession, southern Cyprus, 2020, Sedimentology
  • Contourite porosity, grain size and reservoir characteristics, 2020, Marine and Petroleum Geology
  • The sines contourite depositional system along the SW Portuguese margin: Onset, evolution and conceptual implications, 2020, Marine Geology

Estefanía Llave frequently collaborates with several other researchers in the field. The most common coauthors include:

  • F. Javier Hernández-Molina
  • Zhi Lin Ng
  • Francisco J. Rodríguez-Tovar
  • Cristina Roque
  • Débora Duarte

Their work has been published predominantly in several scientific venues, with repeat contributions to these journals:

  • Marine Geology
  • Sedimentology
  • Marine and Petroleum Geology
  • Global and Planetary Change
  • Geo-Marine Letters

Their research topics largely cover:

  • Geological formations and processes
  • Geology and paleoclimatology research
  • Earthquake and tectonic studies
  • Geological and geophysical studies worldwide
  • Geological and geophysical studies
  • Geological and geochemical analysis
  • Hydrocarbon exploration and reservoir analysis

Best Publications

  • Bedform-velocity matrix: The estimation of bottom current velocity from bedform observations

    Dorrik A.V. Stow;F. Javier Hernández-Molina;Estefania Llave;Miriam Sayago-Gil

  • Vast fields of hydrocarbon-derived carbonate chimneys related to the accretionary wedge/olistostrome of the Gulf of Cádiz

    V. Dı́az-del-Rı́o;L. Somoza;J. Martı́nez-Frias;M.P. Mata

  • High-resolution stratigraphy of the Mediterranean outflow contourite system in the Gulf of Cadiz during the late Pleistocene: The impact of Heinrich events

    E. Llave;Joachim Schönfeld;F.J. Hernández-Molina;T. Mulder

  • Looking for clues to paleoceanographic imprints: A diagnosis of the Gulf of Cadiz contourite depositional systems

    Javier Hernandez-Molina;Estefania Llave;Luis Somoza;M. Carmen Fernandez-Puga

  • Onset of Mediterranean outflow into the North Atlantic

    F. Javier Hernández-Molina;Dorrik A. V. Stow;Carlos A. Alvarez-Zarikian;Gary Acton

  • The contourite depositional system of the Gulf of Cádiz: A sedimentary model related to the bottom current activity of the Mediterranean outflow water and its interaction with the continental margin

    F.J. Hernández-Molina;E. Llave;D.A.V. Stow;M. García

  • Chapter 19 Continental Slope Contourites

    F J Hernandez-Molina;E Llave;Dorrik Stow

  • Contourite erosive features caused by the Mediterranean Outflow Water in the Gulf of Cadiz: Quaternary tectonic and oceanographic implications

    M. García;F.J. Hernández-Molina;E. Llave;D.A.V. Stow

  • Along-slope oceanographic processes and sedimentary products around the Iberian margin

    Francisco Javier Hernández-Molina;Nuno Serra;Dorik A. V. Stow;Estefanía Llave

  • Contourite processes associated with the Mediterranean Outflow Water after its exit from the Strait of Gibraltar: Global and conceptual implications

    F.J. Hernandez-Molina;Estefanía Llave;B. Preu;Gemma Ercilla

  • Seismic stacking pattern of the Faro-Albufeira contourite system (Gulf of Cadiz): a Quaternary record of paleoceanographic and tectonic influences

    E. Llave;F.J. Hernández-Molina;L. Somoza;V. Díaz-del-Río

  • The Cadiz Contourite Channel: Sandy contourites, bedforms and dynamic current interaction

    Dorrik Stow;F.J. Hernandez-Molina;Estefanía Llave;M. Bruno

  • Evolution of the gulf of Cadiz margin and southwest Portugal contourite depositional system: Tectonic, sedimentary and paleoceanographic implications from IODP expedition 339

    F.J. Hernández-Molina;F.J. Sierro;E. Llave;C. Roque

  • Quaternary stratigraphic stacking patterns on the continental shelves of the southern Iberian Peninsula: their relationship with global climate and palaeoceanographic changes

    F.J Hernández-Molina;L Somoza;J.T Vazquez;F Lobo

  • The Le Danois Contourite Depositional System: Interactions between the Mediterranean Outflow Water and the upper Cantabrian slope (North Iberian margin)

    D. Van Rooij;Jorge Iglesias;Francisco J. Hernández-Molina;Gemma Ercilla

  • Significance of bottom currents in deep-sea morphodynamics: An example from the Alboran Sea

    Gemma Ercilla;Carmen Juan;F. Javier Hernández-Molina;Miguel Bruno

  • A Pliocene mixed contourite–turbidite system offshore the Algarve Margin, Gulf of Cadiz: Seismic response, margin evolution and reservoir implications

    Rachel E. Brackenridge;F.J. Hernández-Molina;F.J. Hernández-Molina;D.A.V. Stow;E. Llave

  • The Gulf of Cadiz: an unstable giant contouritic levee

    T. Mulder;M. Voisset;P. Lecroart;E. Le Drezen

  • Quaternary evolution of the contourite depositional system in the Gulf of Cadiz

    E. Llave;F. J. Hernández-Molina;L. Somoza;D. A. V. Stow

  • IODP Expedition 339 in the Gulf of Cadiz and off West Iberia: decoding the environmental significance of the Mediterranean outflow water and its global influence

    F. J. Hernández-Molina;D. Stow;C. Alvarez-Zarikian;Expedition Iodp Scientists

  • Pliocene-Quaternary contourites along the northern Gulf of Cadiz margin: sedimentary stacking pattern and regional distribution

    Estefanía Llave;Hugo Matias;F. Javier Hernández-Molina;Gemma Ercilla

  • Contourites and bottom current reworked sands: Bed facies model and implications

    S. de Castro;F.J. Hernández-Molina;F.J. Rodríguez-Tovar;E. Llave

  • Oceanographic processes and morphosedimentary products along the Iberian margins: A new multidisciplinary approach

    F. Javier Hernández-Molina;Anna Wåhlin;Miguel Bruno;Gemma Ercilla

  • Bedform-velocity matrix: the estimation of deep bottom current velocity from bedform observations

    Dorrik Stow;F J Hernandez-Molina;E Llave;M Sayago-Gil

Frequent Co-Authors

Francisco Javier Hernandéz-Molina
Francisco Javier Hernandéz-Molina Royal Holloway University of London
Dorrik A. V. Stow
Dorrik A. V. Stow Heriot-Watt University
Gemma Ercilla
Gemma Ercilla Spanish National Research Council
Luis Somoza
Luis Somoza Instituto Geológico y Minero de España
Belén Alonso
Belén Alonso Spanish National Research Council
David Van Rooij
David Van Rooij Ghent University
Francisco Javier Sierro
Francisco Javier Sierro University of Salamanca
Francisco J. Rodríguez-Tovar
Francisco J. Rodríguez-Tovar University of Granada
Trevor Williams
Trevor Williams Texas A&M University
Antje H L Voelker
Antje H L Voelker Instituto Português do Mar e da Atmosfera

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