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Fernando Tornos is a researcher affiliated with the Spanish National Research Council in Spain. Their work primarily resides within the broad domain of Earth and Planetary Sciences, with a significant focus on subfields such as Geophysics, Artificial Intelligence, and Geochemistry and Petrology. Their research topics center heavily on Geological and Geochemical Analysis, Geochemistry and Geologic Mapping, and related areas including Geochemistry and Elemental Analysis, earthquake and tectonic studies, Mineralogy and Gemology Studies, as well as Geomagnetism and Paleomagnetism Studies.

Tornos has contributed extensively to the academic literature, publishing in prominent venues with several repeated appearances in journals such as Ore Geology Reviews, Abstracts with programs - Geological Society of America, Mineralium Deposita, Journal of Geochemical Exploration, and Journal of Iberian Geology.

Recent publications authored or coauthored by Fernando Tornos include:

  • Formation of magnetite-(apatite) systems by crystallizing ultrabasic iron-rich melts and slag separation (2023) in Mineralium Deposita
  • Coupled C, H, N, S and Fe biogeochemical cycles operating in the continental deep subsurface of the Iberian Pyrite Belt (2022) in Environmental Microbiology
  • Geochemical carbon dioxide removal potential of Spain (2022) in The Science of The Total Environment
  • Mineral quantification at deposit scale using drill-core hyperspectral data: A case study in the Iberian Pyrite Belt (2021) in Ore Geology Reviews
  • Evidence for iron-rich sulfate melt during magnetite(-apatite) mineralization at El Laco, Chile (2021) in Geology

Their frequent collaborators include researchers such as John M. Hanchar, Matthew Steele-MacInnis, Wyatt M. Bain, Dorota K. Pietruszka, and Bernd Lehmann, with multiple joint publications reflecting ongoing collaborative efforts.

The body of work by Fernando Tornos reveals a consistent engagement with geological and geochemical studies at various scales, notably in mineral deposits and biogeochemical cycling. The utilization of advanced geophysical techniques and novel analytical approaches in their research also suggests a multidisciplinary methodology integrating Earth sciences and computational tools.

Best Publications

  • Environment of formation and styles of volcanogenic massive sulfides: The Iberian Pyrite Belt

    Fernando Tornos

  • Viable cyanobacteria in the deep continental subsurface.

    Fernando Puente-Sánchez;Alejandro Arce-Rodríguez;Monike Oggerin;Miriam García-Villadangos

  • Iron-rich melts, magmatic magnetite, and superheated hydrothermal systems: The El Laco deposit, Chile

    Fernando Tornos;Francisco Velasco;John M. Hanchar

  • Age and sources of the ore at Tharsis and Rio Tinto, Iberian Pyrite Belt, from Re-Os isotopes

    R. Mathur;J. Ruiz;F. Tornos

  • Controls on the siting and style of volcanogenic massive sulphide deposits

    Fernando Tornos;Jan M. Peter;Rodney Allen;Carmen Conde

  • Immiscible iron- and silica-rich melts and magnetite geochemistry at the El Laco volcano (northern Chile): Evidence for a magmatic origin for the magnetite deposits

    Francisco Velasco;Fernando Tornos;John M. Hanchar

  • The Filon Norte orebody (Tharsis, Iberian Pyrite Belt): a proximal low-temperature shale-hosted massive sulphide in a thin-skinned tectonic belt

    F. Tornos;E. González Clavijo;B. Spiro

  • The age and origin of the barite-fluorite (PbZn) veins of the Sierra del Guadarrama (Spanish Central System, Spain): a radiogenic (Nd, Sr) and stable isotope study

    C. Galindo;F. Tornos;D.P.F. Darbyshire;C. Casquet

  • The Aguablanca Cu–Ni ore deposit (Extremadura, Spain), a case of synorogenic orthomagmatic mineralization: age and isotope composition of magmas (Sr, Nd) and ore (S)

    C Casquet;C Galindo;F Tornos;F Velasco

  • Supergene features and evolution of gossans capping massive sulphide deposits in the Iberian Pyrite Belt

    F. Velasco;J.M. Herrero;S. Suárez;I. Yusta

  • Plumbotectonic Evolution of the Ossa Morena Zone, Iberian Peninsula:Tracing the Influence of Mantle-Crust Interaction in Ore-Forming Processes

    Fernando Tornos;Massimo Chiaradia

  • Mineral chemistry of magnetite from magnetite-apatite mineralization and their host rocks: examples from Kiruna, Sweden, and El Laco, Chile

    Shannon G. Broughm;John M. Hanchar;Fernando Tornos;Anne Westhues

  • Erratum to A new style of Ni-Cu mineralization related to magmatic breccia pipes in a transpressional magmatic arc, Aguablanca, Spain

    Fernando Tornos;César Casquet;Carmen Galindo;Francisco Velasco

  • Terpenoids in extracts of Lower Cretaceous ambers from the Basque-Cantabrian Basin (El Soplao, Cantabria, Spain): Paleochemotaxonomic aspects

    César Menor-Salván;Maria Najarro;Francisco Velasco;Idoia Rosales

  • Formation of the Tharsis Massive Sulfide Deposit, Iberian Pyrite Belt: Geological, Lithogeochemical, and Stable Isotope Evidence for Deposition in a Brine Pool

    Fernando Tornos;Michael Solomon;Carmen Conde;Baruch F. Spiro

  • 300 Million years of episodic hydrothermal activity: stable isotope evidence from hydrothermal rocks of the Eastern Iberian Central System

    F. Tornos;A. Delgado;C. Casquet;C. Galindo

  • 4: Transpressional tectonics, lower crust decoupling and intrusion of deep mafic sills: A model for the unusual metallogenesis of SW Iberia

    Fernando Tornos;César Casquet;Jorge M.R.S. Relvas

  • Review of the El Soplao Amber Outcrop, Early Cretaceous of Cantabria, Spain

    María Najarro;Enrique Peñalver;Ricardo Pérez-De La Fuente;Jaime Ortega-Blanco

  • Zn-Pb-Cu volcanic-hosted massive sulphide deposits: criteria for distinguishing brine pool-type from black smoker-type sulphide deposition

    M. Solomon;F. Tornos;R.R. Large;J.N.P. Badham

  • The Magmatic to Magmatic-Hydrothermal Evolution of the El Laco Deposit (Chile) and Its Implications for the Genesis of Magnetite-Apatite Deposits

    Fernando Tornos;Francisco Velasco;John M. Hanchar

  • The Aguablanca Ni–(Cu) sulfide deposit, SW Spain: geologic and geochemical controls and the relationship with a midcrustal layered mafic complex

    Fernando Tornos;Carmen Galindo;César Casquet;Luis Rodríguez Pevida

Frequent Co-Authors

César Casquet
César Casquet Complutense University of Madrid
Carmen Galindo
Carmen Galindo Complutense University of Madrid
John M. Hanchar
John M. Hanchar Memorial University of Newfoundland
Ramón Carbonell
Ramón Carbonell Spanish National Research Council
Alireza Malehmir
Alireza Malehmir Uppsala University
Ricardo Amils
Ricardo Amils Spanish National Research Council
Ryan Mathur
Ryan Mathur Juniata College
Fernando Gervilla
Fernando Gervilla University of Granada
Joaquin Ruiz
Joaquin Ruiz University of Arizona
Baruch Spiro
Baruch Spiro Natural History Museum

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