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2026

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Earth Science

D-Index
68
Citations
14185
World Ranking
1166
National Ranking
7

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Earth Science in Spain Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Earth Science in Spain Leader Award

Overview

Jaume Vergés is a researcher affiliated with the Spanish National Research Council, focusing primarily on Earth and Planetary Sciences. Their extensive work spans various subfields, including Geophysics, Atmospheric Science, Mechanics of Materials, Earth-Surface Processes, and Paleontology.

Their research covers multiple key topics such as:

  • Geological and Geochemical Analysis
  • Earthquake and Tectonic Studies
  • Geological and Geophysical Studies Worldwide
  • Geology and Paleoclimatology Research
  • Hydrocarbon Exploration and Reservoir Analysis
  • Geological Formations and Processes
  • High-pressure Geophysics and Materials

Vergés has contributed to a variety of publication venues, with frequent appearances in:

  • Marine and Petroleum Geology
  • Journal of the Geological Society
  • Basin Research
  • Journal of Geophysical Research Solid Earth
  • Tectonophysics

Recent publications authored or co-authored by Vergés include:

  • "STRUCTURAL STYLE AND TIMING OF NW-SE TRENDING ZAGROS FOLDS IN SW IRAN: INTERACTION WITH NORTH-SOUTH TRENDING ARABIAN FOLDS AND IMPLICATIONS FOR PETROLEUM GEOLOGY" (2023, Journal of Petroleum Geology)
  • "Quantifying deformation processes in the SE Pyrenees using U-Pb dating of fracture-filling calcites" (2020, Journal of the Geological Society)
  • "Evolution of a low convergence collisional orogen: a review of Pyrenean orogenesis" (2022, Bulletin de la Société Géologique de France)
  • "Evolution of a salt-rich transtensional rifted margin, eastern North Pyrenees, France" (2020, Journal of the Geological Society)
  • "Tectono-sedimentary evolution of Jurassic-Cretaceous diapiric structures: Miravete anticline, Maestrat Basin, Spain" (2020, Basin Research)

Collaboration is a notable aspect of Vergés' work. Frequent co-authors associated with their research include:

  • David Cruset
  • Anna Travé
  • Irene Cantarero
  • Ivone Jiménez-Munt
  • Montserrat Torné

Best Publications

  • Building the Zagros collisional orogen: Timing, strain distribution and the dynamics of Arabia/Eurasia plate convergence

    Frédéric Mouthereau;Olivier Lacombe;Jaume Vergés

  • Catastrophic flood of the Mediterranean after the Messinian salinity crisis

    Daniel Garcia-Castellanos;Ferran Estrada;I. Jimenez-Munt;Christian Gorini;Christian Gorini

  • The Pyrenean orogen: pre-, syn-, and post-collisional evolution

    Jaume Vergés;Manel Fernandez;Albert Martínez

  • Magnetostratigraphy of Miocene–Pliocene Zagros foreland deposits in the front of the Push-e Kush Arc (Lurestan Province, Iran)

    Stéphane Homke;Jaume Vergés;Miguel Garcés;Hadi Emami

  • Interplay between tectonics, climate, and fluvial transport during the Cenozoic evolution of the Ebro Basin (NE Iberia)

    Daniel Garcia-Castellanos;Jaume Vergés;Jorge Gaspar-Escribano;Sierd Cloetingh

  • Thrusting and foreland basin evolution in the Southern Pyrenees

    Cai Puigdefàbregas;J. A. Muñoz;Jaume Vergés

  • Eastern Pyrenees and related foreland basins: pre-, syn- and post-collisional crustal-scale cross-sections

    J. Verges;H. Millan;E. Roca;J.A. Munoz

  • Tethys–Atlantic interaction along the Iberia–Africa plate boundary: The Betic–Rif orogenic system

    Jaume Vergés;Manel Fernàndez

  • Bed-by-bed fold growth by kink-band migration: Sant llorenç de Morunys, eastern Pyrenees

    John Suppe;Francesc Sàbat;Josep Anton Muñoz;Josep Poblet

  • Lithosphere structure underneath the Tibetan Plateau inferred from elevation, gravity and geoid anomalies

    Ivone Jiménez-Munt;Manel Fernàndez;Jaume Vergés;John P. Platt

  • Crustal-scale cross-sections across the NW Zagros belt: implications for the Arabian margin reconstruction

    Jaume Vergés;Eduard Saura;Emilio Casciello;Manel Fernandez

  • Progressive evolution of a fault-related fold pair from growth strata geometries, Sant Llorenç de Morunys, SE Pyrenees

    Mary Ford;Edward A. Williams;Andrea Artoni;Jaume Vergés

  • Late Cretaceous–Paleocene formation of the proto–Zagros foreland basin, Lurestan Province, SW Iran

    Stéphane Homke;Jaume Vergés;Josep Serra-Kiel;Gilen Bernaola

  • Crustal architecture and tectonic evolution of the Gulf of Cadiz (SW Iberian margin) at the convergence of the Eurasian and African plates

    Eulàlia Gràcia;Juan José Dañobeitia;Jaume Vergés;Rafael Bartolomé

  • Thrust sequence in the southern central Pyrenees

    Jaume Vergés;J. A. Muñoz

  • Mapping active faults offshore Portugal (36°N–38°N): Implications for seismic hazard assessment along the southwest Iberian margin

    Eulàlia Gràcia;Juanjo Dañobeitia;Jaume Vergés;Parsifal Team

  • Stratigraphic architecture and fracture-controlled dolomitization of the Cretaceous Khami and Bangestan groups: an outcrop case study, Zagros Mountains, Iran

    Ian Sharp;P. Gillespie;D. Morsalnezhad;C. Taberner

  • Structural evolution of the Kopeh Dagh fold-and-thrust belt (NE Iran) and interactions with the South Caspian Sea Basin and Amu Darya Basin

    Alexandra M.M. Robert;Alexandra M.M. Robert;Jean Letouzey;Mohammad A. Kavoosi;Sharham Sherkati

  • Coeval hindward- and forward-imbricating thrusting in the south-central Pyrenees, Spain: Timing and rates of shortening and deposition

    Douglas W. Burbank;Jaume Vergés;J. Anton Munoz;Peter Bentham

  • The structure and evolution of the lithosphere-asthenosphere boundary beneath the Atlantic-Mediterranean Transition Region

    J. Fullea;J. Fullea;Manel Fernandez;Juan Carlos Afonso;Jaume Vergés

  • Mesozoic evolution and Cainozoic inversion of the Pyrenean Rift

    Jaume Verges;Jesus Garcia-Senz

Frequent Co-Authors

Manel Fernandez
Manel Fernandez Spanish National Research Council
Montserrat Torné
Montserrat Torné Spanish National Research Council
Daniel García-Castellanos
Daniel García-Castellanos Spanish National Research Council
Juan Carlos Afonso
Juan Carlos Afonso University of Twente
Josep Anton Muñoz
Josep Anton Muñoz University of Barcelona
Mary Ford
Mary Ford University of Lorraine
Antonio Villaseñor
Antonio Villaseñor Spanish National Research Council
Douglas W. Burbank
Douglas W. Burbank University of California, Santa Barbara
Claudio Faccenna
Claudio Faccenna Dresdner Grundwasserforschungszentrum
Eduard Roca
Eduard Roca University of Barcelona

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