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Joaquín A. Proenza

Joaquín A. Proenza

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Earth Science

D-Index
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6024
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6439
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Overview

Joaquín A. Proenza is affiliated with the University of Barcelona in Spain and has a significant body of work in Earth and Planetary Sciences. Their research spans multiple subfields including geophysics, geochemistry and petrology, artificial intelligence, biomaterials, and mechanical engineering. The primary focus remains within geological and geochemical analyses, supported by diverse specialized topics.

The scientist's main topics of research cover:

  • Geological and Geochemical Analysis
  • Earthquake and Tectonic Studies
  • Geochemistry and Geologic Mapping
  • Geological and Tectonic Studies in Latin America
  • High-Pressure Geophysics and Materials
  • Geochemistry and Elemental Analysis
  • Geological and Geophysical Studies Worldwide

Joaquín A. Proenza has contributed to several recent research papers, including:

  • "Trace element geochemistry of sphalerite and chalcopyrite in arc-hosted VMS deposits," published in 2021 in the Journal of Geochemical Exploration
  • "Diamond forms during low pressure serpentinisation of oceanic lithosphere," published in 2020 in Geochemical Perspectives Letters
  • "Germanium- and gallium-rich sphalerite in Mississippi Valley-type deposits: the San Vicente district and the Shalipayco deposit, Peru," published in 2023 in Mineralium Deposita
  • "100 myr cycles of oceanic lithosphere generation in peri-Gondwana: Neoproterozoic-Devonian ophiolites from the NW African-Iberian margin of Gondwana and the Variscan Orogen," published in 2020 in Geological Society London Special Publications
  • "Mineralogy of the HSE in the subcontinental lithospheric mantle -An interpretive review," published in 2020 in Lithos

The scientist frequently collaborates with several co-authors, including:

  • José María González-Jiménez
  • Antonio García-Casco
  • Núria Pujol-Solà
  • Thomas Aiglsperger
  • Cristina Villanova-de-Benavent

Joaquín A. Proenza's work is often published in a range of geological and geochemical journals and venues. Frequent publication outlets include:

  • Boletín de la Sociedad Geológica Mexicana
  • Ore Geology Reviews
  • International Geology Review
  • Goldschmidt2021 abstracts
  • Lithos

Best Publications

  • Al- and Cr-rich chromitites from the Mayari-Baracoa ophiolitic belt (eastern Cuba); consequence of interaction between volatile-rich melts and peridotites in suprasubduction mantle

    Joaquin Proenza;Fernando Gervilla;Joan Carles Melgarejo;Jean Louis Bodinier

  • Chromitites in ophiolites: How, where, when, why? Part II. The crystallization of chromitites

    José María González-Jiménez;William L. Griffin;Joaquín A. Proenza;Fernando Gervilla

  • High-Cr and high-Al chromitites from the Sagua de Tánamo district, Mayarí-Cristal ophiolitic massif (eastern Cuba): Constraints on their origin from mineralogy and geochemistry of chromian spinel and platinum-group elements

    J.M. González-Jiménez;J.A. Proenza;F. Gervilla;J.C. Melgarejo

  • Distribution of platinum-Group elements and Os isotopes in chromite ores from Mayarí-Baracoa Ophiolitic Belt (eastern Cuba).

    F. Gervilla;J.A. Proenza;R. Frei;J.M. González-Jiménez

  • Petrogenesis of highly depleted peridotites and gabbroic rocks from the Mayarí-Baracoa Ophiolitic Belt (Eastern Cuba).

    Claudio Marchesi;Carlos J. Garrido;Marguerite Godard;Joaquín A. Proenza

  • Paleozoic serpentinite-enclosed chromitites from Tehuitzingo (Acatlán Complex, southern Mexico): a petrological and mineralogical study

    J.A. Proenza;F. Ortega-Gutiérrez;A. Camprubı́;J. Tritlla

  • Chromitites in ophiolites: How, where, when, why? Part I. A review and new ideas on the origin and significance of platinum-group minerals

    José María González-Jiménez;William L. Griffin;Fernando Gervilla;Joaquín A. Proenza

  • Mn–Ba–Hg mineralization at shallow submarine hydrothermal vents in Bahía Concepción, Baja California Sur, Mexico

    Carles Canet;Rosa María Prol-Ledesma;Joaquín Antonio Proenza;Marco Antonio Rubio-Ramos

  • Critical metals (REE, Sc, PGE) in Ni laterites from Cuba and the Dominican Republic

    Thomas Aiglsperger;Joaquin A. Proenza;John F. Lewis;Manuel Labrador

  • Fingerprints of metamorphism in chromite: New insights from minor and trace elements

    Vanessa Colás;Vanessa Colás;José M. González-Jiménez;José M. González-Jiménez;William L. Griffin;Isabel Fanlo

  • CHROMIAN SPINEL COMPOSITION AND THE PLATINUM-GROUP MINERALS OF THE PGE-RICH LOMA PEGUERA CHROMITITES, LOMA CARIBE PERIDOTITE, DOMINICAN REPUBLIC

    Joaquín A. Proenza;Federica Zaccarini;John F. Lewis;Francisco Longo

  • Metamorphism on Chromite Ores from the Dobromirtsi Ultramafic Massif, Rhodope Mountains (SE Bulgaria)

    J.M. González-Jiménez;T. Kerestedjian;J.A. Proenza;F. Gervilla

  • Chromite and platinum group elements mineralization in the Santa Elena Ultramafic Nappe (Costa Rica): geodynamic implications

    Federica Zaccarini;Giorgio Garuti;Joaquin Proenza;Lolita Campos

  • Thermal metamorphism of mantle chromites and the stability of noble-metal nanoparticles

    José M. González-Jiménez;José M. González-Jiménez;Martin Reich;Antoni Camprubí;Fernando Gervilla

  • Composition and textures of chromite and platinum-group minerals in chromitites of the western ophiolitic belt from Pampean Ranges of Córdoba, Argentina

    J.A. Proenza;F. Zaccarini;M. Escayola;C. Cábana

  • Geochemistry of Cretaceous Magmatism in Eastern Cuba: Recycling of North American Continental Sediments and Implications for Subduction Polarity in the Greater Antilles Paleo-arc

    Claudio Marchesi;Claudio Marchesi;Carlos J. Garrido;Carlos J. Garrido;Delphine Bosch;Joaquín A. Proenza

  • Primitive Cretaceous island-arc volcanic rocks in eastern Cuba: the Téneme Formation

    J.A. Proenza;R. Díaz-Martínez;A. Iriondo;C. Marchesi

  • Garnierites and garnierites: Textures, mineralogy and geochemistry of garnierites in the Falcondo Ni-laterite deposit, Dominican Republic

    Cristina Villanova-de-Benavent;Joaquín A. Proenza;Salvador Galí;Antonio García-Casco

  • Recycling and transport of continental material through the mantle wedge above subduction zones: A Caribbean example

    Yamirka Rojas-Agramonte;Yamirka Rojas-Agramonte;Antonio Garcia-Casco;Antonio Garcia-Casco;Anthony Kemp;Anthony Kemp;Alfred Kröner

  • Platinum group minerals in ophiolitic chromitites from Tehuitzingo (Acatlán complex, southern Mexico): implications for post-magmatic modification

    F. Zaccarini;J. A. Proenza;F. Ortega-Gutiérrez;G. Garuti

Frequent Co-Authors

José María González-Jiménez
José María González-Jiménez University of Granada
Antonio García-Casco
Antonio García-Casco University of Granada
Fernando Gervilla
Fernando Gervilla University of Granada
William L. Griffin
William L. Griffin Macquarie University
Claudio Marchesi
Claudio Marchesi University of Granada
Suzanne Y. O'Reilly
Suzanne Y. O'Reilly Macquarie University
Norman J. Pearson
Norman J. Pearson Macquarie University
Carlos J. Garrido
Carlos J. Garrido Spanish National Research Council
Elena Belousova
Elena Belousova Macquarie University
Fernando Ortega-Gutiérrez
Fernando Ortega-Gutiérrez National Autonomous University of Mexico

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