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Jacobo Abati is affiliated with the Complutense University of Madrid in Spain. Their research primarily focuses on Earth and Planetary Sciences, with particular attention to Geophysics, which constitutes the majority of their work. Additional subfields include Atmospheric Science and Artificial Intelligence.

Abati's research spans several main topics:

  • Geological and Geochemical Analysis
  • Geological and Geophysical Studies Worldwide
  • Earthquake and Tectonic Studies
  • Geology and Paleoclimatology Research
  • Geochemistry and Geologic Mapping
  • High-pressure Geophysics and Materials
  • Geological and Tectonic Studies in Latin America

The scientist has contributed multiple papers published mainly in prominent geological journals. Notable recent papers include:

  • A unique blueschist facies metapelite with Mg-rich chloritoid from the Badajoz-Córdoba Unit (SW Iberian Massif): correlation of Late Devonian high-pressure belts along the Variscan Orogen (2020, International Geology Review)
  • Ordovician metamorphism and magmatism preserved in the Ossa Morena Complex: SHRIMP geochronology, geochemistry and Sr Nd isotopic signatures of the Sierra Albarrana Domain (SW Iberian Massif) (2020, Lithos)
  • Detrital zircon ages and provenance of a Cambrian succession in the Sierra Albarrana Domain (SW Iberian Massif) (2021, Lithos)
  • Isotopic and geochemical record of the active to passive margin transition in NW Iberia during the Cambrian-Ordovician: vestiges of a waning continental arc (2021, Journal of Iberian Geology)
  • Polycyclic metamorphic evolution of the Sierra Albarrana Schists (SW Iberian Massif): From low-pressure Ordovician rifting to medium-pressure Variscan overprint (2023, Lithos)

The most frequent publication venues for Abati are:

  • Lithos
  • International Geology Review
  • Journal of Iberian Geology
  • Journal of the Geological Society
  • Geogaceta

Abati collaborates frequently with other researchers. Notable co-authors include:

  • Byron Solís-Alulima
  • Alicia López-Carmona
  • Gabriel Gutiérrez-Alonso
  • Javier Fernández-Suárez
  • Rubén Díez Fernández

The body of research produced by Jacobo Abati highlights extensive involvement in geological and geophysical studies focused on the Iberian Massif and surrounding regions, contributing data and interpretation relevant to tectonic processes, metamorphism, and geochemical characterizations.

Best Publications

  • Space and time in the tectonic evolution of the northwestern Iberian Massif: Implications for the Variscan belt

    José R. Martínez Catalán;Ricardo Arenas;Florentino Díaz García;Pablo González Cuadra

  • A rootless suture and the loss of the roots of a mountain chain: The Variscan belt of NW Iberia

    José R. Martínez Catalán;Ricardo Arenas;Jacobo Abati;Sonia Sánchez Martínez

  • Variscan accretionary complex of northwest Iberia: Terrane correlation and succession of tectonothermal events

    José R. Martínez Catalán;Ricardo Arenas;Florentino Díaz García;Jacobo Abati

  • Variscan exhumation of a subducted Paleozoic continental margin: The basal units of the Ordenes Complex, Galicia, NW Spain

    José R. Martínez Catalán;Ricardo Arenas;Florentino Díaz García;Francisco J. Rubio Pascual

  • U–Pb ages of detrital zircons from the Basal allochthonous units of NW Iberia: Provenance and paleoposition on the northern margin of Gondwana during the Neoproterozoic and Paleozoic

    Rubén Díez Fernández;José R. Martínez Catalán;Axel Gerdes;Jacobo Abati

  • Detrital zircon ages of Neoproterozoic sequences of the Moroccan Anti-Atlas belt

    Jacobo Abati;Abdel Mohsine Aghzer;Axel Gerdes;Nasser Ennih

  • Correlation of the nappe stack in the Ibero-Armorican arc across the Bay of Biscay: a joint French–Spanish project

    Michel Ballèvre;José R. Martínez Catalán;Alicia López-Carmona;Pavel Pitra

  • Early Ordovician orogenic event in Galicia (NW Spain): evidence from U–Pb ages in the uppermost unit of the Ordenes Complex

    J Abati;G.R Dunning;R Arenas;F Dı́az Garcı́a

  • Magmatism and early-Variscan continental subduction in the northern Gondwana margin recorded in zircons from the basal units of Galicia, NW Spain

    Jacobo Abati;Axel Gerdes;Javier Fernández Suárez;Ricardo Arenas

  • Tectonic evolution of the upper allochthon of the Órdenes complex (northwestern Iberian Massif): Structural constraints to a polyorogenic peri-Gondwanan terrane

    Juan Gómez Barreiro;José R. Martínez Catalán;Ricardo Arenas;Pedro Castiñeiras

  • U-Pb chronometry of polymetamorphic high-pressure granulites: An example from the allochthonous terranes of the NW Iberian Variscan belt

    J. Fernández-Suárez;R. Arenas;J. Abati;J.R. Martínez Catalán

  • Paleozoic ophiolites in the Variscan suture of Galicia (northwest Spain): Distribution, characteristics, and meaning

    Ricardo Arenas;José R. Martínez Catalán;Sonia Sánchez Martínez;Florentino Díaz García

  • Thrust and detachment systems in the Ordenes Complex (northwestern Spain): Implications for the Variscan-Appalachian geodynamics

    José R. Martínez Catalán;Florentino Díaz García;Ricardo Arenas;Jacobo Abati

  • U-Pb evidence for a polyorogenic evolution of the HP-HT units of the NW Iberian Massif

    Javier Fernández-Suárez;Fernando Corfu;Ricardo Arenas;Alberto Marcos

  • Blueschist‐facies metapelites from the Malpica–Tui Unit (NW Iberian Massif): phase equilibria modelling and H2O and Fe2O3 influence in high‐pressure assemblages

    A. Lopez-Carmona;A. Lopez-Carmona;Pavel Pitra;J. Abati

  • Allochthonous terranes involved in the Variscan suture of NW Iberia: A review of their origin and tectonothermal evolution

    Ricardo Arenas;Sonia Sánchez Martínez;Rubén Díez Fernández;Axel Gerdes;Axel Gerdes

  • Retrogressed lawsonite blueschists from the NW Iberian Massif: P–T–t constraints from thermodynamic modelling and 40Ar/39Ar geochronology

    Alicia López-Carmona;Alicia López-Carmona;Jacobo Abati;Pavel Pitra;James K. W. Lee

  • Constraints on the provenance of the uppermost allochthonous terrane of the NW Iberian Massif: inferences from detrital zircon U–Pb ages

    Javier Fernández‐Suárez;Florentino Díaz García;Teresa E. Jeffries;Ricardo Arenas

  • Insights on the crustal evolution of the West African Craton from Hf isotopes in detrital zircons from the Anti-Atlas belt

    Jacobo Abati;Abdel Mohsine Aghzer;Axel Gerdes;Axel Gerdes;Nasser Ennih

  • P-T evolution of eclogites from the Agualada Unit (Ordenes Complex, northwest Iberian Massif, Spain): Implications for crustal subduction

    R. Arenas;J. Abati;J.R. Martínez Catalán;F. Díaz García

Frequent Co-Authors

Ricardo Arenas
Ricardo Arenas Complutense University of Madrid
José R. Martínez Catalán
José R. Martínez Catalán University of Salamanca
Axel Gerdes
Axel Gerdes Goethe University Frankfurt
Javier Fernández-Suárez
Javier Fernández-Suárez Complutense University of Madrid
Teresa E. Jeffries
Teresa E. Jeffries Natural History Museum
Jan Wijbrans
Jan Wijbrans Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
Gabriel Gutiérrez-Alonso
Gabriel Gutiérrez-Alonso University of Salamanca
Martin J. Whitehouse
Martin J. Whitehouse Swedish Museum of Natural History
M. Santosh
M. Santosh China University of Geosciences
Marc Poujol
Marc Poujol University of Rennes

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