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Pedro A. Hernández is affiliated with the Instituto Volcanológico de Canarias (INVOLCAN) in Spain. Their research focuses extensively on Earth and Planetary Sciences, with significant contributions to Environmental Science as well.

The main subfields of study addressed by Hernández include Geophysics, Atmospheric Science, Global and Planetary Change, Artificial Intelligence, and Environmental Chemistry. Their research topics predominantly cover Geological and Geochemical Analysis, earthquake and tectonic studies, Geology and Paleoclimatology Research, Geochemistry and Geologic Mapping, Earthquake Detection and Analysis, Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena, and Radioactivity and Radon Measurements.

Among Hernández's recent papers are:

  • The initial phase of the 2021 Cumbre Vieja ridge eruption (Canary Islands): Products and dynamics controlling edifice growth and collapse (2022) in Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research
  • Rapid magma ascent beneath La Palma revealed by seismic tomography (2022) in Scientific Reports
  • Rapid response petrology for the opening eruptive phase of the 2021 Cumbre Vieja eruption, La Palma, Canary Islands (2022) in Volcanica
  • High-resolution Digital Surface Model of the 2021 eruption deposit of Cumbre Vieja volcano, La Palma, Spain (2022) in Scientific Data
  • Volatile organic compounds (VOCs) in solid waste landfill cover soil: Chemical and isotopic composition vs. degradation processes (2020) in The Science of The Total Environment

Frequent co-authors of Hernández include:

  • Nemesio M. Pérez
  • María Asensio-Ramos
  • Eleazar Padrón
  • Gladys V. Melián
  • Luca D'Auria

Hernández has published multiple times in the following venues:

  • Frontiers in Earth Science
  • Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research
  • Scientific Reports
  • Geophysical Research Letters
  • Renewable Energy

Best Publications

  • Carbon Dioxide Degassing by Advective Flow from Usu Volcano, Japan

    P. A. Hernández;K. Notsu;J. M. Salazar;T. Mori

  • Rapid magma ascent beneath La Palma revealed by seismic tomography

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  • The initial phase of the 2021 Cumbre Vieja ridge eruption (Canary Islands): Products and dynamics controlling edifice growth and collapse

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  • Diffuse emission of carbon dioxide, methane, and helium-3 from Teide Volcano, Tenerife, Canary Islands

    Pedro A. Hernández;Nemesio M. Pérez;José M. Salazar;Shun'ichi Nakai

  • Rapid response petrology for the opening eruptive phase of the 2021 Cumbre Vieja eruption, La Palma, Canary Islands

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  • Diffuse emission of carbon dioxide from Cerro Negro Volcano, Nicaragua, Central America

    José M. L. Salazar;Pedro A. Hernández;Nemesio M. Pérez;Gladys Melián

  • Diffuse emission of CO2 from Miyakejima volcano, Japan

    Pedro A Hernández;José M Salazar;Yoichi Shimoike;Toshiya Mori

  • Global CO2 emission from volcanic lakes

    Nemesio M. Pérez;Pedro A. Hernández;German Padilla;Dácil Nolasco

  • Diffusive helium emissions as a precursory sign of volcanic unrest

    Eleazar Padrón;Nemesio M. Pérez;Pedro A. Hernández;Hirochika Sumino

  • Diffuse CO2 emission rate from Pululahua and the lake-filled Cuicocha calderas, Ecuador

    Eleazar Padrón;Pedro A. Hernández;Theofilos Toulkeridis;Nemesio M. Pérez

  • Insights into the 2011–2012 submarine eruption off the coast of El Hierro (Canary Islands, Spain) from statistical analyses of earthquake activity

    J. M. Ibáñez;S. De Angelis;S. De Angelis;A. Díaz-Moreno;P. Hernández

  • Precursory diffuse CO2 and H2S emission signatures of the 2011–2012 El Hierro submarine eruption, Canary Islands

    Nemesio M. Pérez;Germán D. Padilla;Eleazar Padrón;Pedro A. Hernández

  • Precursory diffuse carbon dioxide degassing signature related to a 5.1 magnitude earthquake in El Salvador, Central America

    J.M.L Salazar;N.M Pérez;P.A Hernández;T Soriano

  • Soil gas CO 2 , CH 4 , and H 2 distribution in and around Las Cañadas caldera, Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain

    P Hernández;N Pérez;J Salazar;M Sato

  • Diffuse CO2 efflux from Iwojima volcano, Izu-Ogasawara arc, Japan

    K. Notsu;K. Sugiyama;M. Hosoe;A. Uemura

  • Carbon dioxide emissions from soils at Hakkoda, north Japan

    Pedro Hernández Perez;Kenji Notsu;Makoto Tsurumi;Toshiya Mori

  • Precursory Subsurface 222 Rn and 220 Rn Degassing Signatures of the 2004 Seismic Crisis at Tenerife, Canary Islands

    Nemesio M. Pérez;Pedro A. Hernández;Eleazar Padrón;Gladys Melián

  • Lava flow hazard modeling during the 2014–2015 Fogo eruption, Cape Verde

    Annalisa Cappello;Gaetana Ganci;Sonia Calvari;Nemesio M. Pérez

  • Volatile organic compounds (VOCs) in solid waste landfill cover soil: Chemical and isotopic composition vs. degradation processes.

    A. Randazzo;M. Asensio-Ramos;G.V. Melián;S. Venturi

  • Helium‐3 emission in and around Teide Volcano, Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain

    Nemesio M. Pérez;Shun'ichi Nakai;Hiroshi Wakita;Pedro A. Hernández

  • Soil gas radon emissions and volcanic activity at El Hierro (Canary Islands): The 2011‐2012 submarine eruption

    Germán D. Padilla;Pedro A. Hernández;Eleazar Padrón;José Barrancos

  • Diffuse volcanic degassing and thermal energy release from Hengill volcanic system, Iceland

    Pedro A. Hernández;Nemesio M. Pérez;Thráinn Fridriksson;Jolie Egbert;Jolie Egbert

  • Searching and detecting earthquake geochemical precursors in CO2-rich groundwaters from Galicia, Spain

    Nemesio M. Pérez;P. A. Hernández;G. Igarashi;I. Trujillo

  • Geochemical evidence of magma intrusion inferred from diffuse CO 2 emissions and fumarole plume chemistry: the 2010–2011 volcanic unrest at Taal Volcano, Philippines

    Mª Carmencita Arpa;Pedro A. Hernández;Eleazar Padrón;Paolo Reniva

Frequent Co-Authors

Nemesio M. Pérez
Nemesio M. Pérez Instituto Volcanológico de Canarias (INVOLCAN)
Kenji Notsu
Kenji Notsu University of Tokyo
Sonia Calvari
Sonia Calvari National Institute of Geophysics and Volcanology
Guillermo E. Alvarado
Guillermo E. Alvarado University of Costa Rica
Gaetana Ganci
Gaetana Ganci National Institute of Geophysics and Volcanology
Paulo M. Fernandes
Paulo M. Fernandes University of Trás-os-Montes and Alto Douro
Luis Somoza
Luis Somoza Instituto Geológico y Minero de España
Salvatore Giammanco
Salvatore Giammanco National Institute of Geophysics and Volcanology
José M. C. Pereira
José M. C. Pereira University of Lisbon
Luis M. Garcia-Segura
Luis M. Garcia-Segura Spanish National Research Council

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