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José Miguel Azañón

José Miguel Azañón

José Miguel Azañón publication distribution in Earth Science in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Earth Science in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where José Miguel Azañón sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 510+

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José Miguel Azañón D-index placement in Earth Science in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Earth Science scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where José Miguel Azañón sits on this spectrum.

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Overview

José Miguel Azañón is affiliated with the University of Granada in Spain, contributing to research across multiple fields, predominantly in Earth and Planetary Sciences. Their scholarly output spans several areas including Engineering and Environmental Science, with a focus on specialized subfields such as Geophysics, Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law, Civil and Structural Engineering, Atmospheric Science, and Aerospace Engineering.

The scientist's research topics encompass:

  • Landslides and related hazards
  • Geological and Geophysical Studies Worldwide
  • Earthquake and tectonic studies
  • Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) Applications and Techniques
  • Geological and Geochemical Analysis
  • Cryospheric studies and observations
  • 3D Surveying and Cultural Heritage

Azañón has authored numerous publications, with notable recent papers including:

  • "Sentinel-1 DInSAR for Monitoring Active Landslides in Critical Infrastructures: The Case of the Rules Reservoir (Southern Spain)" (2020) published in Remote Sensing
  • "Remote analysis of an open-pit slope failure: Las Cruces case study, Spain" (2020) published in Landslides
  • "Lateral variations of pressure-temperature evolution in non-cylindrical orogens and 3-D subduction dynamics: the Betic-Rif Cordillera example" (2021) published in Bulletin de la Société Géologique de France
  • "Rapid characterisation of the extremely large landslide threatening the Rules Reservoir (Southern Spain)" (2021) published in Landslides
  • "Evidence for a developing plate boundary in the western Mediterranean" (2022) published in Nature Communications

They have frequently collaborated with other researchers including Jorge Pedro Galvé, Anna Barra, Rosa María Mateos, Patricia Ruano, and Oriol Monserrat.

Azañón's work has been published across several venues with the most frequent being:

  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research) - 11 publications
  • Landslides - 6 publications
  • Tectonics - 3 publications
  • Remote Sensing - 2 publications
  • Journal of South American Earth Sciences - 2 publications

Best Publications

  • Active tectonics in the Sierra Nevada (Betic Cordillera, SE Spain): Insights from geomorphic indexes and drainage pattern analysis

    José Vicente Pérez-Peña;Antonio Azor;José Miguel Azañón;José Miguel Azañón;Edward A. Keller

  • CalHypso: An ArcGIS extension to calculate hypsometric curves and their statistical moments. Applications to drainage basin analysis in SE Spain

    J. V. Pérez-Peña;J. M. Azañón;A. Azor

  • Alternating contractional and extensional events in the Alpujarride nappes of the Alboran Domain (Betics, Gibraltar Arc)

    Juan C. Balanyá;Víctor García-Dueñas;José M. Azañón;Mario Sánchez-Gómez

  • Testing the sensitivity of geomorphic indices in areas of low-rate active folding (eastern Betic Cordillera, Spain)

    Antonio Pedrera;José Vicente Pérez-Peña;Jesús Galindo-Zaldívar;Jesús Galindo-Zaldívar;José Miguel Azañón;José Miguel Azañón

  • Back arc extension and denudation of Mediterranean eclogites

    Dov Avigad;Zvi Garfunkel;Laurent Jolivet;José M. Azañón

  • Mode of extensional tectonics in the southeastern Betics (SE Spain): Implications for the tectonic evolution of the peri-Alborán orogenic system

    J. M. Martínez-Martínez;J. M. Azañón

  • Spatial analysis of stream power using GIS: SLk anomaly maps.

    J. V. Pérez-Peña;J. M. Azañón;A. Azor;J. Delgado

  • Differentiating geology and tectonics using a spatial autocorrelation technique for the hypsometric integral

    J. V. Pérez-Peña;J. M. Azañón;J. M. Azañón;G. Booth-Rea;A. Azor

  • Geomorphic evidence of active tectonics in the Sierra Alhamilla (eastern Betics, SE Spain)

    Flavio Giaconia;Guillermo Booth-Rea;José Miguel Martínez-Martínez;José Miguel Azañón

  • Active transfer fault zone linking a segmented extensional system (Betics, southern Spain): Insight into heterogeneous extension driven by edge delamination

    José Miguel Martínez-Martínez;Guillermo Booth-Rea;José Miguel Azañón;Federico Torcal

  • Slab rupture and delamination under the Betics and Rif constrained from receiver functions

    Flor de Lis Mancilla;Guillermo Booth-Rea;Guillermo Booth-Rea;Daniel Stich;José Vicente Pérez-Peña;José Vicente Pérez-Peña

  • SwathProfiler and NProfiler

    J.V. Prez-Pea;M. Al-Awabdeh;J.M. Azan;J.P. Galve

  • Influence of strike-slip fault segmentation on drainage evolution and topography. A case study: the Palomares Fault Zone (southeastern Betics, Spain)

    Guillermo Booth-Rea;José Miguel Azañón;Antonio Azor;Víctor García-Dueñas

  • Exhumation during a continental collision inferred from the tectonometamorphic evolution of the Alpujarride Complex in the central Betics (Alboran Domain, SE Spain)

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  • Exhumation of high-pressure metapelites and coeval crustal extension in the Alpujarride complex (Betic Cordillera)

    J.M. Azañón;V. García-Dueñas;B. Goffé

  • Freeze–thaw cycles and rainfall as triggering factors of mass movements in a warm Mediterranean region: the case of the Tramuntana Range (Majorca, Spain)

    Rosa María Mateos;Inmaculada García-Moreno;Jose Miguel Azañón

  • The combined use of PSInSAR and UAV photogrammetry techniques for the analysis of the kinematics of a coastal landslide affecting an urban area (SE Spain)

    Rosa María Mateos;Jose M. Azañón;Francisco J. Roldán;Davide Notti

  • Regional-scale high-plasticity clay-bearing formation as controlling factor on landslides in Southeast Spain

    José M. Azañón;Antonio Azor;Jesús Yesares;Meaza Tsige

  • Quaternary landscape evolution and erosion rates for an intramontane Neogene basin (Guadix-Baza basin, SE Spain)

    José Vicente Pérez-Peña;José Miguel Azañón;José Miguel Azañón;Antonio Azor;Paola Tuccimei

  • Persasive ductile extension, isothermal decompression and thinning of the Jubrique unit in the Paleogene (Alpujarride complex, western Betics Spain)

    J. C. Balanya;J. M. Azanon;M. Sanchez-Gomez;V. Garcia-Duenas

  • Evaluation of the SBAS InSAR Service of the European Space Agency’s Geohazard Exploitation Platform (GEP)

    Jorge Pedro Galve;José Vicente Pérez-Peña;José Miguel Azañón;Damien Closson

Frequent Co-Authors

Guillermo Booth-Rea
Guillermo Booth-Rea University of Granada
Jorge Pedro Galve
Jorge Pedro Galve University of Granada
Antonio Azor
Antonio Azor University of Granada
Jesús Galindo-Zaldívar
Jesús Galindo-Zaldívar University of Granada
Romain Augier
Romain Augier University of Orléans
Laurent Jolivet
Laurent Jolivet Sorbonne University
Gerardo Herrera
Gerardo Herrera Instituto Geológico y Minero de España
Bruno Goffé
Bruno Goffé Aix-Marseille University
Francisco J. Corpas
Francisco J. Corpas Spanish National Research Council
José Luis Goy
José Luis Goy University of Salamanca

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