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José R. Martínez Catalán

José R. Martínez Catalán

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Earth Science

D-Index
50
Citations
8079
World Ranking
3462
National Ranking
47

Overview

José R. Martínez Catalán is affiliated with the University of Salamanca in Spain and specializes in Earth and Planetary Sciences with a focus on geophysics and geology. Their research spans multiple interconnected subfields including geophysics, artificial intelligence applications, molecular biology, archeology, and geology.

The scientist has contributed extensively to topics related to geological and geochemical analysis, geological and geophysical studies worldwide, geochemistry and geologic mapping, earthquake and tectonic studies, geomagnetism and paleomagnetism studies, geological formations and processes exploration, and geological studies and exploration.

Recent publications demonstrate their engagement with complex aspects of tectonics and crustal architecture. Notable papers include:

  • The Mid-Variscan Allochthon: Keys from correlation, partial retrodeformation and plate-tectonic reconstruction to unlock the geometry of a non-cylindrical belt, 2021, Earth-Science Reviews
  • Tectonic evolution and global crustal architecture of the European Variscan belt constrained by geophysical data, 2022, Earth-Science Reviews
  • Evolution of the Iberian Massif as deduced from its crustal thickness and geometry of a mid-crustal (Conrad) discontinuity, 2021, Solid Earth
  • Characterizing the Source of the Eastern Galicia Magnetic Anomaly (NW Spain): The Role of Extension in the Origin of Magnetization at the Central Iberian Arc, 2021, Tectonics
  • A tectonic carpet of Variscan flysch at the base of a rootless accretionary prism in northwestern Iberia: U-Pb zircon age constrains from sediments and volcanic olistoliths, 2021, Solid Earth

Frequent coauthors include:

  • P. Ayarza
  • Karel Schulmann
  • Manuela Durán Oreja
  • Juan Gómez Barreiro
  • I. Palomeras

Their studies have been published primarily in venues such as:

  • Solid Earth
  • Journal of the Geological Society
  • Earth-Science Reviews
  • Tectonophysics
  • Lithos

Best Publications

  • Diachronous Variscan tectonothermal activity in the NW Iberian Massif: Evidence from 40Ar/39Ar dating of regional fabrics

    R.D. Dallmeyer;J.R.Martínez Catalán;R. Arenas;J.I. Gil Ibarguchi

  • 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

  • Are the oroclines of the Variscan belt related to late Variscan strike‐slip tectonics?

    José R. Martínez Catalán

  • 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

  • 4-D framework of continental crust

    Robert D. Hatcher;Marvin P. Carlson;John H. McBride;José R. Martínez Catalán

  • U-Pb zircon and monazite geochronology of Variscan magmatism related to syn-convergence extension in Central Northern Portugal

    B. Valle Aguado;M.R. Azevedo;Urs Schaltegger;J.R. Martínez Catalán

  • 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

  • Tectonothermal evolution associated with Variscan crustal extension in the Tormes Gneiss Dome (NW Salamanca, Iberian Massif, Spain)

    J.Escuder Viruete;R. Arenas;J.R.Martínez Catalán

  • 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

  • High‐pressure micro‐inclusions and development of an inverted metamorphic gradient in the Santiago Schists (Ordenes Complex, NW Iberian Massif, Spain): evidence of subduction and syncollisional decompression

    R. Arenas;F. J. Rubio Pascual;F. Diaz Garcia;J. R. Martinez Catalan

  • The late Variscan HT/LP metamorphic event in NW and Central Iberia: relationships to crustal thickening, extension, orocline development and crustal evolution

    José R. Martínez Catalán;Francisco J. Rubio Pascual;Alejandro Díez Montes;Rubén Díez Fernández

  • The Vila de Cruces Ophiolite: A Remnant of the Early Rheic Ocean in the Variscan Suture of Galicia (Northwest Iberian Massif)

    Ricardo Arenas;José R. Martínez Catalán;Sonia Sánchez Martínez;Javier Fernández‐Suárez

  • Tectonic Evolution of the Careón Ophiolite (Northwest Spain):A Remnant of Oceanic Lithosphere in the Variscan Belt

    Florentino Díaz García;Ricardo Arenas;José R. Martínez Catalán;José González del Tánago

  • Estratigrafía y estructura del domo de Lugo: (sector oeste de la zona Asturoccidental-leonesa)

    José Ramón Martínez Catalán

  • The Central Iberian arc, an orocline centered in the Iberian Massif and some implications for the Variscan belt

    José R. Martínez Catalán

  • Provenance constraints from detrital zircon U-Pb ages in the NW Iberian Massif : implications for Palaeozoic plate configuration and Variscan evolution

    José R. Martinez Catalan;Javier Fernandez-Suarez;George A. Jenner;Elena Belousova

  • Role of the Ollo de Sapo massive felsic volcanism of NW Iberia in the Early Ordovician dynamics of northern Gondwana

    A. Díez Montes;J.R. Martínez Catalán;F. Bellido Mulas

  • The Variscan Orogeny: Extent, Timescale and the Formation of the European Crust

    Karel Schulmann;José R. Martínez Catalán;Jean Marc Lardeaux;Vojtěch Janoušek

  • Variscan-Appalachian dynamics: The building of the late Paleozoic basement

    Jose R. Martinez Catalán;Robert D. Hatcher;Ricardo Arenas;Florentino Díaz García

Frequent Co-Authors

Ricardo Arenas
Ricardo Arenas Complutense University of Madrid
Jacobo Abati
Jacobo Abati Complutense University of Madrid
Javier Fernández-Suárez
Javier Fernández-Suárez Complutense University of Madrid
Ulf Linnemann
Ulf Linnemann Senckenberg Naturmuseum
Mandy Hofmann
Mandy Hofmann Senckenberg Naturmuseum
Julian A. Pearce
Julian A. Pearce Cardiff University
Elena Belousova
Elena Belousova Macquarie University
Axel Gerdes
Axel Gerdes Goethe University Frankfurt
Jan Wijbrans
Jan Wijbrans Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
Juan J. Canales
Juan J. Canales University of Tasmania

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