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Francisco J. Rodríguez-Tovar

Francisco J. Rodríguez-Tovar

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Earth Science

D-Index
50
Citations
7686
World Ranking
3476
National Ranking
48

Overview

Francisco J. Rodríguez-Tovar is affiliated with the University of Granada in Spain and has contributed extensively to the field of Earth and Planetary Sciences. Their research spans 273 publications with a particular focus on various subfields, including Atmospheric Science, Earth-Surface Processes, Geophysics, Paleontology, and Mechanics of Materials.

The scientist's research topics cover a wide range of geological and paleoclimatological areas. Key themes include:

  • Geology and Paleoclimatology Research
  • Geological formations and processes
  • Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils
  • Hydrocarbon exploration and reservoir analysis
  • Earthquake and tectonic studies
  • Geological and Geophysical Studies Worldwide
  • Marine Biology and Ecology Research

Francisco J. Rodríguez-Tovar has published in several frequent venues, reflecting the research scope and interdisciplinary approach. These venues include:

  • Palaeogeography Palaeoclimatology Palaeoecology
  • Global and Planetary Change
  • Scientific Reports
  • Spanish Journal of Palaeontology
  • Marine Geology

Recent notable papers authored by or involving Rodríguez-Tovar include:

  • "Contourites and bottom current reworked sands: Bed facies model and implications" (2020), published in Marine Geology
  • "Contourite characterization and its discrimination from other deep-water deposits in the Gulf of Cadiz contourite depositional system" (2020), published in Sedimentology
  • "Diagnostic criteria using microfacies for calcareous contourites, turbidites and pelagites in the Eocene-Miocene slope succession, southern Cyprus" (2020), published in Sedimentology
  • "Ichnological analysis: A tool to characterize deep-marine processes and sediments" (2022), published in Earth-Science Reviews
  • "Late Oligocene-Miocene proto-Antarctic Circumpolar Current dynamics off the Wilkes Land margin, East Antarctica" (2020), published in Global and Planetary Change

The scientist collaborates frequently with a group of co-authors, underscoring the collaborative nature of their research. Frequent co-authors include:

  • Olmo Miguez-Salas
  • Javier Dorador
  • Francisca Martínez-Ruiz
  • F. Javier Hernández-Molina
  • Francisco Javier Sierro

Best Publications

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

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

  • Benthic foraminiferal morphogroups of mid to outer shelf environments of the Late Jurassic (Prebetic Zone, southern Spain): Characterization of biofacies and environmental significance

    Matías Reolid;Francisco J. Rodríguez-Tovar;Jenö Nagy;Federico Olóriz

  • Rapid recovery of life at ground zero of the end-Cretaceous mass extinction

    Christopher M. Lowery;Timothy J. Bralower;Jeremy D. Owens;Francisco J. Rodríguez-Tovar

  • Anatomy of Heinrich Layer 1 and its role in the last deglaciation

    David A. Hodell;Joseph A.L. Nicholl;Tomaso R.R. Bontognali;Steffan Danino

  • 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

  • High-resolution palynological analysis in late early–middle Miocene core from the Pannonian Basin, Hungary: climatic changes, astronomical forcing and eustatic fluctuations in the Central Paratethys

    Gonzalo Jiménez-Moreno;Gonzalo Jiménez-Moreno;Francisco J. Rodríguez-Tovar;Eulogio Pardo-Igúzquiza;Séverine Fauquette

  • Advancing Research on Living and Fossil Cephalopods

    Federico Olóriz;Francisco J. Rodríguez-Tovar

  • The Early Toarcian Oceanic Anoxic Event in the External Subbetic (Southiberian Palaeomargin, Westernmost Tethys): Geochemistry, nannofossils and ichnology

    Matías Reolid;Mattioli Emanuela;Luis M. Nieto;Francisco J. Rodríguez-Tovar

  • The Global Stratotype Section and Point (GSSP) for the base of the Lutetian Stage at the Gorrondatxe section, Spain

    Eustoquio Molina;Laia Alegret;Estibaliz Apellaniz;Gilen Bernaola

  • The Toarcian oceanic anoxic event in the Western Saharan Atlas, Algeria (North African paleomargin): Role of anoxia and productivity

    Matías Reolid;Francisco J. Rodríguez-Tovar;Abbas Marok;Abbes Sebane

  • Foraminiferal morphogroups in dysoxic shelf deposits from the Jurassic of Spitsbergen

    Jenö Nagy;Matías Reolid;Francisco J. Rodríguez-Tovar

  • Foraminiferal morphogroups as a tool to approach the Toarcian Anoxic Event in the Western Saharan Atlas (Algeria)

    Matías Reolid;Abbès Sebane;Francisco J. Rodríguez-Tovar;Abbas Marok

  • Fe-oxide spherules infilling Thalassinoides burrows at the Cretaceous-Paleogene (K-P) boundary: Evidence of a near-contemporaneous macrobenthic colonization during the K-P event

    Francisco J. Rodríguez-Tovar

  • Foraminiferal Assemblages as Palaeoenvironmental Bioindicators in Late Jurassic Epicontinental Platforms: Relation with Trophic Conditions

    Matías Reolid;Jenö Nagy;Francisco J. Rodríguez-Tovar;Federico Olóriz

  • Trace fossils after the K–T boundary event from the Agost section, SE Spain

    Francisco J. Rodríguez-Tovar;Alfred Uchman

  • Ichnofabric evidence for the lack of bottom anoxia during the lower Toarcian Oceanic Anoxic Event in the Fuente de la Vidriera section, Betic Cordillera, Spain

    Francisco J. Rodríguez-Tovar;Alfred Uchman

  • Ichnological analysis of the Cretaceous–Palaeogene boundary interval at the Caravaca section, SE Spain

    Francisco J. Rodríguez-Tovar;Alfred Uchman

  • Saharan aeolian input and effective humidity variations over western Europe during the Holocene from a high altitude record

    F.J. Jiménez-Espejo;A. García-Alix;G. Jiménez-Moreno;M. Rodrigo-Gámiz

  • Ichnological analysis in high-resolution sequence stratigraphy: The Glossifungites ichnofacies in Triassic successions from the Betic Cordillera (southern Spain)

    Francisco J. Rodríguez-Tovar;Fernando Pérez-Valera;Alberto Pérez-López

  • Ichnological record of deep-sea palaeoenvironmental changes around the Oceanic Anoxic Event 2 (Cenomanian–Turonian boundary): An example from the Barnasiówka section, Polish Outer Carpathians

    Alfred Uchman;Krzysztof Bąk;Francisco J. Rodríguez-Tovar

  • Fossil assemblages, lithofacies, taphofacies and interpreting depositional dynamics in the epicontinental Oxfordian of the Prebetic Zone, Betic Cordillera, southern Spain

    F Olóriz;M Reolid;F.J Rodrı́guez-Tovar

  • Oceanic Anoxic Event at the Cenomanian–Turonian boundary interval (OAE-2): ichnological approach from the Betic Cordillera, southern Spain

    Francisco J. Rodríguez-Tovar;Alfred Uchman;Agustín Martín-Algarra

Frequent Co-Authors

Alfred Uchman
Alfred Uchman Jagiellonian University
Matías Reolid
Matías Reolid University of Jaén
Francisca Martínez-Ruiz
Francisca Martínez-Ruiz Spanish National Research Council
Dorrik A. V. Stow
Dorrik A. V. Stow Heriot-Watt University
Estefanía Llave
Estefanía Llave Instituto Geológico y Minero de España
Francisco Javier Hernandéz-Molina
Francisco Javier Hernandéz-Molina Royal Holloway University of London
Luis A. Buatois
Luis A. Buatois University of Saskatchewan
Francisco J Jiménez-Espejo
Francisco J Jiménez-Espejo Spanish National Research Council
Julio Aguirre
Julio Aguirre University of Granada
Eustoquio Molina
Eustoquio Molina University of Zaragoza

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