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Francisco J Jiménez-Espejo

Francisco J Jiménez-Espejo

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Earth Science

D-Index
43
Citations
6059
World Ranking
5051
National Ranking
83

Overview

Francisco J Jiménez-Espejo is affiliated with the Spanish National Research Council in Spain. Their research contributions predominantly focus on Earth and Planetary Sciences, with significant work in related subfields such as Atmospheric Science, Environmental Chemistry, Astronomy and Astrophysics, Geophysics, and Earth-Surface Processes.

The scientist's work encompasses main topics including Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena, Geology and Paleoclimatology Research, Geological formations and processes, Seismic Imaging and Inversion Techniques, Reservoir Engineering and Simulation Methods, Astro and Planetary Science, and Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology.

Francisco J Jiménez-Espejo has authored and co-authored several research papers, some of the recent notable publications include:

  • Contourite characterization and its discrimination from other deep-water deposits in the Gulf of Cadiz contourite depositional system, 2020, Sedimentology
  • Persistent influence of precession on northern ice sheet variability since the early Pleistocene, 2022, Science
  • Antarctic icebergs reorganize ocean circulation during Pleistocene glacials, 2021, Nature
  • Mediterranean Overflow Over the Last 250 kyr: Freshwater Forcing From the Tropics to the Ice Sheets, 2020, Paleoceanography and Paleoclimatology
  • Paleohydrological dynamics in the Western Mediterranean during the last glacial cycle, 2021, Global and Planetary Change

Frequent collaborators in their research include:

  • I.R. Hall
  • Sidney R. Hemming
  • Leah J. LeVay
  • J. Grüetzner
  • D. Tangunan

Publications are often found in scientific venues such as:

  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • OPAL (Open@LaTrobe) (La Trobe University)
  • Quaternary Science Reviews
  • Global and Planetary Change
  • Palaeogeography Palaeoclimatology Palaeoecology

Best Publications

  • Dynamic behaviour of the East Antarctic ice sheet during Pliocene warmth

    Carys P. Cook;Tina van de Flierdt;Trevor Williams;Sidney R. Hemming;Sidney R. Hemming

  • The Medieval Climate Anomaly in the Iberian Peninsula reconstructed from marine and lake records

    Ana Moreno;Ana Pérez;Jaime Frigola;Vanesa Nieto-Moreno

  • Earliest known use of marine resources by neanderthals

    Miguel Cortés-Sánchez;Arturo Morales-Muñiz;María D. Simón-Vallejo;María C. Lozano-Francisco

  • Orbital forcing of the East Antarctic ice sheet during the Pliocene and Early Pleistocene

    M O Patterson;R McKay;T Naish;C Escutia

  • Onset of Mediterranean outflow into the North Atlantic

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

  • Late Holocene climate variability in the southwestern Mediterranean region: an integrated marine and terrestrial geochemical approach

    C. Martín-Puertas;F. Jiménez-Espejo;F. Martínez-Ruiz;V. Nieto-Moreno

  • A reference time scale for Site U1385 (Shackleton Site) on the SW Iberian Margin

    D. Hodell;L. Lourens;S. Crowhurst;T. Konijnendijk

  • Pliocene–Holocene evolution of depositional conditions in the eastern Mediterranean: Role of anoxia vs. productivity at time of sapropel deposition

    D. Gallego-Torres;F. Martínez-Ruiz;A. Paytan;F.J. Jiménez-Espejo;F.J. Jiménez-Espejo

  • Ice loss from the East Antarctic Ice Sheet during late Pleistocene interglacials

    David J. Wilson;Rachel A. Bertram;Emma F. Needham;Tina van de Flierdt

  • Climate forcing and Neanderthal extinction in Southern Iberia: insights from a multiproxy marine record

    Francisco J. Jiménez-Espejo;Francisco J. Jiménez-Espejo;Francisca Martínez-Ruiz;Clive Finlayson;Clive Finlayson;Adina Paytan

  • Tracking climate variability in the western Mediterranean during the Late Holocene: a multiproxy approach

    V. Nieto-Moreno;F. Martínez-Ruiz;S. Giralt;F. Jiménez-Espejo

  • Anthropogenic impact and lead pollution throughout the Holocene in Southern Iberia.

    A. García-Alix;F.J. Jimenez-Espejo;J.A. Lozano;G. Jiménez-Moreno

  • Deciphering bottom current velocity and paleoclimate signals from contourite deposits in the Gulf of Cádiz during the last 140 kyr: An inorganic geochemical approach

    André Bahr;Francisco J. Jiménez-Espejo;Nada Kolasinac;Patrick Grunert

  • Impact of climate variability in the western Mediterranean during the last 20,000 years: oceanic and atmospheric responses

    M. Rodrigo-Gámiz;F. Martínez-Ruiz;F.J. Jiménez-Espejo;D. Gallego-Torres;D. Gallego-Torres

  • Vegetation and climate changes during the last two glacial-interglacial cycles in the western Mediterranean: A new long pollen record from Padul (southern Iberian Peninsula)

    Jon Camuera;Gonzalo Jiménez-Moreno;María J. Ramos-Román;Antonio García-Alix;Antonio García-Alix

  • Geochemical processes in a Mediterranean Lake: a high-resolution study of the last 4,000 years in Zoñar Lake, southern Spain

    Celia Martín-Puertas;Blas L. Valero-Garcés;M. Pilar Mata;Ana Moreno

  • A two-million-year-long hydroclimatic context for hominin evolution in southeastern Africa

    Thibaut Caley;Thomas Extier;Thomas Extier;James A Collins;Enno Schefuß

  • A Dynamic Explanation For The Origin Of The Western Mediterranean Organic Rich Layers

    M. Rogerson;I. Cacho;F. Jimenez-Espejo;F. Jimenez-Espejo;M. I. Reguera

  • Chronostratigraphic framework for the IODP Expedition 318 cores from the Wilkes Land Margin: Constraints for paleoceanographic reconstruction

    L. Tauxe;C.E. Stickley;S. Sugisaki;P.K. Bijl

  • Detrital input, productivity fluctuations, and water mass circulation in the westernmost Mediterranean Sea since the Last Glacial Maximum

    F. J. Jimenez-Espejo;F. Martinez-Ruiz;M. Rogerson;J. M. González-Donoso

Frequent Co-Authors

Francisca Martínez-Ruiz
Francisca Martínez-Ruiz Spanish National Research Council
Gonzalo Jiménez-Moreno
Gonzalo Jiménez-Moreno University of Granada
Antje H L Voelker
Antje H L Voelker Instituto Português do Mar e da Atmosfera
Carlota Escutia
Carlota Escutia University of Granada
R. Scott Anderson
R. Scott Anderson Northern Arizona University
Ursula Röhl
Ursula Röhl University of Bremen
Sidney R. Hemming
Sidney R. Hemming Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory
José-Abel Flores
José-Abel Flores University of Salamanca
Francisco Javier Hernandéz-Molina
Francisco Javier Hernandéz-Molina Royal Holloway University of London
Ian Hall
Ian Hall Griffith University

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