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José López-Gómez is affiliated with the Complutense University of Madrid in Spain and has a research focus within the broad field of Earth and Planetary Sciences. Their academic work spans several subfields, including Geophysics, Paleontology, Atmospheric Science, Earth-Surface Processes, and Geochemistry and Petrology. The body of research produced by López-Gómez encompasses topics such as Geology and Paleoclimatology Research, Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils, Geological and Geochemical Analysis, Geological and Geophysical Studies Worldwide, Geological formations and processes, Evolution and Paleontology Studies, and Paleontology and Evolutionary Biology.

The researcher has contributed significantly to scientific literature, with publications appearing repeatedly in established venues. Notably, López-Gómez has several articles published in the Journal of Iberian Geology, marking a frequent engagement with this outlet. Other recurrent publication venues include Global and Planetary Change and Palaeogeography Palaeoclimatology Palaeoecology. Additional contributions are found in Terra Nova and Palaeoworld.

Among the recent papers featuring López-Gómez's work are the following:

  • "Transition between Variscan and Alpine cycles in the Pyrenean-Cantabrian Mountains (N Spain): Geodynamic evolution of near-equator European Permian basins" (2021) published in Global and Planetary Change
  • "Early Permian during the Variscan orogen collapse in the equatorial realm: insights from the Cantabrian Mountains (N Iberia) into climatic and environmental changes" (2021) published in International Journal of Earth Sciences
  • "Impact of Permian mass extinctions on continental invertebrate infauna" (2021) published in Terra Nova
  • "Geochemical markers of paleoenvironments, weathering, and provenance in Permian-Triassic terrestrial sediments" (2020) published in Journal of Sedimentary Research
  • "Middle Triassic (Muschelkalk) transgression in the West Tethys: biostratigraphic evidence from Sardinia (Italy)" (2023) published in Palaeoworld

López-Gómez collaborates frequently with a number of researchers, among them:

  • Raúl de la Horra
  • José F. Barrenechea
  • Violeta Borruel-Abadía
  • Ausonio Ronchi
  • José B. Diez

Best Publications

  • Post-Variscan (end Carboniferous-Early Permian) basin evolution in Western and Central Europe

    T. McCann;C. Pascal;M.J. Timmerman;P. Krzywiec

  • Origin of the Permian-Triassic Iberian Basin, central-eastern Spain

    Alfredo Arche;José López-Gómez

  • The Permian–Triassic transition and the onset of Mesozoic sedimentation at the northwestern peri-Tethyan domain scale: Palaeogeographic maps and geodynamic implications

    Sylvie Bourquin;Antoine Bercovici;José López-Gómez;José B. Diez

  • Oxfordian ramp system (La Manga Formation) in the Bardas Blancas area (Mendoza Province) Neuquén Basin, Argentina: Facies and depositional sequences

    Ricardo M. Palma;José López-Gómez;Ricardo D. Piethé

  • Oblique strain partitioning and transpression on an inverted rift: The Castilian Branch of the Iberian Chain

    G. de Vicente;R. Vegas;A. Muñoz-Martín;J.D.A.M. van Wees

  • Permian and Triassic

    José LóPez-GóMez;Alfredo Arche;Alberto Pérez-López

  • Temporal and spatial variations in tectonic subsidence in the Iberian Basin (eastern Spain): inferences from automated forward modelling of high-resolution stratigraphy (Permian–Mesozoic)

    J.D.A.M. van Wees;A. Arche;C. Beijdorff;J. Lopez-Gomez

  • The Carnian Pluvial Event in Western Europe: New data from Iberia and correlation with the Western Neotethys and Eastern North America-NW Africa regions

    Alfredo Arche;José López-Gómez

  • Sedimentology and sequence stratigraphy of a Tithonian–Valanginian carbonate ramp (Vaca Muerta Formation): A misunderstood exceptional source rock in the Southern Mendoza area of the Neuquén Basin, Argentina

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  • Sudden changes in fluvial style across the Permian−Triassic boundary in the eastern Iberian Ranges, Spain: Analysis of possible causes

    Alfredo Arche;José López-Gómez

  • Earthquake-induced soft-sediment deformation structures in Upper Jurassic open-marine microbialites (Neuquén Basin, Argentina)

    Javier Martín-Chivelet;Ricardo M. Palma;José López-Gómez;Diego A. Kietzmann

  • Evidence of precessional and eccentricity orbital cycles in a Tithonian source rock: The mid-outer carbonate ramp of the Vaca Muerta Formation, northern Neuquen Basin, Argentina

    Diego A. Kietzmann;Javier Martín-Chivelet;Ricardo M. Palma;José López-Gómez

  • Pollen and spores from the Permian and Triassic sediments of the Southeastern Iberian ranges, Cueva de Hierro (Cuenca) to Chelva-Manzanera (Valencia-Teruel) region, Spain

    Jeanne Doubinger;José López-Gómez;Alfredo Arche

  • Sequence stratigraphic analysis and paleogeographic interpretation of the Buntsandstein and Muschelkalk facies (Permo-Triassic) in the SE Iberian Range, E Spain

    José López-Gómez;Alfredo Arche

  • The Late Jurassic–Early Cretaceous Rifting

    Javier Martín-Chivelet;José López-Gómez;Roque Aguado;Consuelo Arias

  • A comparison of the Iberian and Ebro Basins during the Permian and Triassic, eastern Spain: A quantitative subsidence modelling approach

    Henar Vargas;Jorge M. Gaspar-Escribano;José López-Gómez;Jan-Diederik Van Wees

  • The siliciclastic Permian-Triassic deposits in Central and Northeastern Iberian Peninsula (Iberian, Ebro and Catalan Basins): a proposal for correlation

    Alfredo Arche;José López-Gómez;M. Marzo;H. Vargas

  • Stratigraphical and palaeogeographical significance of the continental sedimentary transition across the Permian–Triassic boundary in Spain

    José López-Gómez;Alfredo Arche;Mariano Marzo;Marc Durand

  • Permian-Triassic Rifting Stage

    José López-Gómez;Jacinto Alonso-Azcárate;Alfredo Arche;José Arribas

  • Middle Triassic carbonate platforms in eastern Iberia: Evolution of their fauna and palaeogeographic significance in the western Tethys

    M.J. Escudero-Mozo;M.J. Escudero-Mozo;A. Márquez-Aliaga;A. Goy;A. Goy;J. Martín-Chivelet;J. Martín-Chivelet

  • The Late Palaeozoic-Early Mesozoic from the Catalan Pyrenees (Spain): 60 Myr of environmental evolution in the frame of the western peri-Tethyan palaeogeography

    N. Gretter;A. Ronchi;J. López-Gómez;A. Arche

Frequent Co-Authors

Oriol Oms
Oriol Oms Autonomous University of Barcelona
Sierd Cloetingh
Sierd Cloetingh Utrecht University
Luis A. Buatois
Luis A. Buatois University of Saskatchewan
Josep Anton Muñoz
Josep Anton Muñoz University of Barcelona
J.D. van Wees
J.D. van Wees Utrecht University
Montserrat Torné
Montserrat Torné Spanish National Research Council
Nathan D. Sheldon
Nathan D. Sheldon University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Robert J. Newton
Robert J. Newton University of Leeds
Spencer G. Lucas
Spencer G. Lucas New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science
Shu-zhong Shen
Shu-zhong Shen Chinese Academy of Sciences

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