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Marine Geology Div. / Geología Marina
IGME Geological Survey of Spain / Instituto Geológico y Minero de España
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Left: In the Antarctica, Deception Island , 1998 Christmas, with my collegue F.J. Hernandez-Molina . Center left: in King George Island (January 2001) with the collegues of the SCAN-2001 cruise (from left to right Enma Suriñach, Javier Hernandez, Tomas Vazquez, Andres Maldonado, Luis Somoza and Antonio Barnolas). Center: preparing diving in Deception Island during HIDRODEC project (December 2000). Right center: aboard russian research vessel "Professor Logachev" during the TTR10 cruise (July 2000) in the Gulf of Cadiz . Right: aboard research vessel "Hesperides" during the cruise TASYO 2000
Dr. Luis Somoza Losada
Marine Geology Dv., IGME Geological Survey of Spain
Geología Marina, IGME Instituto Geológico y Minero de España
Rios Rosas 23, Madrid 28003, Spain
email:luis.somoza@itge.es
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Recent research projects
GADES (2002-2003) Researcher head: An integrated approach to gas hydrates, sea-floor methane fluxes, biomineralizations and deep chemosyntectic ecosystems in the Gulf of Cadiz
TASYO (1998-2001) Researcher head: Tecto-sedimentary tranfer from continental shelf of the Gulf of Cadiz towards Horseshoe and Seine abyssal plaines. Science and Marine Technology Programme CYTMAR 98-0209.
HIDRODEC (2000-2002) Researcher head: Geochemistry and geophysics of the hydrotermalism in Deception Island (South Shetland Island, Antarctica). ANT1998-1557-E.
SCAN/2001 (2000-2002) Geodynamic of the Scotia / Antarctic plate boundary and paleoceanography of the Deep Antarctic water. Ref. ANT 99-0817.
ANTPAC (1998-2000) Geodynamic and paleogeography of the continental margins and basins: septentrional Antartic Peninsula
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Coordinator of TIERRA a website on Earth Science in Spanish language at
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Coordinator of MARINET, an electronic forum on marine research and environment concerning Iberoamerican countries (mailing list, web pages, job offers...) in Spanish language
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Researcher head of the TASYO project: Tecto-sedimentary tranfer from continental shelf of the Gulf of Cadiz towards Horseshoe and Seine abyssal plaines.
http://tierra.rediris.es/TASYO
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PUBLICATIONS
International Journals & Books
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Spanish-Portuguese Journals & Congress
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Maldonado, A., Barnolas, A., Bohoyo, F., Galindo-Zaldivar, J., Hernández-Molina, F.J., Lobo, F., Rodriguez-Fernández, J., Somoza, L., Vazquez, T. (2003). Contourite deposits in the central Scotia Sea: the importance of the Antarctic Circumpolar Current and the Weddell Gyre flows. Palaegeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaecology 1-35 (in press).
Jabaloy, A. , J.C. Balanyá, A. Barnolas, J.Galindo-Zaldívar, F. J. Hernández-Molina, A. Maldonado, J.M. Martínez-Martínez, J. Rodríguez-Fernández, C. Sanz de Galdeano, L. Somoza , E. Suriñach, T . Vazquez. (2003). The transition from an active to a passive margin (SW end of the South Shetland Trench, Antarctic Peninsula). Tectonophysics 366, pp. 55-81Díaz-del-Río, V. , Somoza, L., Martínez-Frias, J. , Mata, M.P., Delgado, A., Hernandez-Molina, F.J., Lunar, R., Martín-Rubí, J.A., Maestro, A., Fernández-Puga, M.C., León, R., Llave, E., Medialdea, T., Vázquez, J.T. (2003).Vast fields of hydrocarbon-derived carbonate chimneys related to the accretionary wedge/olistostrome of the Gulf of Cádiz. Sedimentary Processes and Seafloor Hydrocarbon Emission on Deep European Continental Margins. Marine Geology 195, Issues 1-4, Pages 177-200.
Hernández-Molina, J., Llave, E., Somoza, L., Fernández-Puga, M.C., Maestro, A., León, R., Medialdea, T., Barnolas, A., García, M., Díaz del Río, V., Fernández-Salas, L.M., Vázquez, J.T., Lobo, F.J., Alveirinho Dias, J.M., Rodero, J. , Gardner, J. (2003). Looking for clues to paleoceanographic imprints: a diagnosis of the Gulf of Cadiz contourite depositional systems. Geology 31 (1): 19-22.
Pinheiro L. M., Ivanov, M. K., Sautkin, A., Akhmanov, G., Magalhães, V.H, Volkonskaya, A., Monteiro J. H. , Somoza L, Gardner J. , Hamouni N., Cunha.M. R (2003).Mud volcanism in the Gulf of Cadiz: results from the TTR-10 cruise. Sedimentary Processes and Seafloor Hydrocarbon Emission on Deep European Continental Margins. Marine Geology 195, Issues 1-4, Pages 131-151.
Somoza, L. V., Díaz-del-Río, R. León, M. Ivanov, M.C. Fernández-Puga, J.M. Gardner, F. J. Hernández-Molina, L.M. Pinheiro, J. Rodero, A. Lobato, A. Maestro, J.T. Vázquez , T. Medialdea , L.M. Fernández-Salas. (2003). Seabed morphology and hydrocarbon seepage in the Gulf of Cádiz mud volcano area: Acoustic imagery, multibeam and ultra-high resolution seismic data. Sedimentary Processes and Seafloor Hydrocarbon Emission on Deep European Continental Margins. Marine Geology 195, Issues 1-4,Pages 153-176
Rey, J., Maestro, A., Somoza, L., Smellie, J.L., (2002). Submarine morphology and seismic stratigraphy of Port Foster. In: Smellie, J.L., López-Martínez, J., et al. (Eds.), Geology and geomorphology of Deception Island, 78 pp., with accompanying maps. BAS GEOMAP Series, Sheets 6-A and 6-B, 1:25 000. Cambridge, British Antarctic Survey, pp. 40-46.
Stow, D.A.V., Faugeres, J.C., Gonthier, E., Cremer, M., Llave, E., Hernández-Molina, F.J., Somoza, L., Díaz-del-Río, V. (2002). Faro-Albufeira Drift Complex, Northern Gulf of Cadiz. In: D.A.V. Stow, C.J. Pudsey, J.A. Howe, J.C. Faugeres, A.R. Viana (Eds.), Deep-Water Contourites: Modern Drifts and Ancient Series, Seismic and Sedimentary Characteristics. Geological Society, London, Special Publication, No. 22, pp.137-154.
Hernández-Molina, F.J., Somoza, L., Vazquez, J.T., Lobo, F., Fernandez-Puga, M.C., Llave, E., Díaz-del-Río, V. (2002). Quaternary stratigraphy stacking patterns on the continental shelves of the southern Iberian Peninsula: Their relationship with global climate and palaeoceanography changes. Quaternary International 92: 5-23.
Lobo, F., Hernández-Molina, F.J., Somoza, L., Díaz del Río, V., Alveirinho-Dias, J.M. (2002). Stratigraphic evidence of an upper Pleistocene TST to HST complex on the Gulf of Cádiz continental shelf (south-west Iberian Peninsula). Geo-Marine Letters 22 (2): 95-107
Maestro, A., Barnolas, A., Somoza, L., Lowrie, A. , Lawton, T. (2002). Geometry and structure associated to gas-charged sediments and recent growth faults in the Ebro delta (Spain). Marine Geology 186 (3-4):351-368
Somoza, L., Gardner, J.M., Diaz-del-Rio, V., Vazquez, T., Pinheiro, L., Hernández-Molina, F. J. and TASYO/ANASTASYA shipboard scientific parties. (2002). Numerous methane gas related seafloor structures identified in the Gulf of Cádiz. Eos Transactions, American Geophysical Union, 83 (47): 541-547.
Llave, E., Hernández-Molina, F.J., Somoza, L., Díaz-del-Río, V., Stow, D.A.V., Maestro, A. (2001). Seismic stacking patterns of the Faro-Albufeira contourite system (Gulf of Cadiz): a Quaternary record of paleogeography and environmental changes. Marine Geophysical Research 22: 487-508.
Lobo, F.J., Hernández-Molina, F.J., Somoza, L., Díaz del Río, V. (2001). The sedimentary record of the post-glacial transgression on the Gulf of Cadiz continental shelf (southwest Spain). Marine Geology 178 (1-4): 171-195.
Somoza, L., Battista, B.M., Gardner, J., Lowrie, A. (2001). Gulf of Cadiz (Western Spain): Characterized by a Complex Petroleum System. In: Petroleum systems of deep-water basins: Global and Gulf of Mexico experience. Edited by GCSSEPM, pp. 741-754.
Maldonado, A., Barnolas, A., Bohoyo, F., Galindo-Zaldívar, J., Hernández-Molina, F.J., Rodríguez-Fernandez, J., Somoza, L., Suriñach, E.,Vazquez, J.T., (2001). Contourite deposits in the central Scotia Sea. The Geologic Record of the Antarctic Ice Sheet from Drilling, Coring and Seismic Studies. Quaderni di geofísica, 16, 127-129
Galindo-Zaldívar, J., Jabaloy A. , Maldonado A., Martínez-Martínez J.M, Sanz de Galdeano C. , Somoza L., Surinach E. (2000). Deep crustal structure of the area of intersection between the Shackleton Fracture Zone and the West Scotia Ridge (Drake Passage, Antarctica). Tectonophysics 320: 123-129.
Hernandez-Molina, F.J., Somoza, L., Rodero, J., Maldonado, A., Barnolas, A. (2000). Patterns of bottom current flow deduced from dune asymmetrics over the Gulf of Cadiz shelf (southwestern Spain). Marine Geology 164 (3-4): 91-117.
Hernández-Molina, F.J., Fernández-Salas, L., Lobo,F., Somoza, L., Díaz-del-Río, V. (2000). The Infralittoral Prograding Wedge: a new large-scale progradational sedimentary body in shallow marine environments. Geo-Marine Letters 20 (2): 109-117.
Lobo, F.J., Hernández-Molina, F.J., Somoza, L. (2000). Late Quaternary Shelf High Resolution Stratal Arquitecture of the Gulf of Cadiz. In: Hunt, D. and Gawthorpe, R.L (Eds.), Sedimentary Responses to Forced Regressions, Geological Society, London, Special Publication, No. 172, pp. 329-362.
Livermore, R., Balanyá, J.C, Maldonado, A., Martínez, J. M, Rodríguez-Fernández, J., Sanz de Galdeano, C, Galindo Zaldívar, J, Jabaloy, A, Barnolas, A., Somoza, L., Hernández-Molina, J., Suriñach, E., Viseras, C. (2000) Autopsy on a dead spreading center: The Phoenix Ridge, Drake Passage, Antarctica. Geology 28 (7): 607-610.
Maldonado, A., Balanyá, J.C., Barnolas, A., Galindo Zaldívar, J., Hernández_Molina, J., Jabaloy, A., Livermore, R.A., Martínez, J. M., Rodríguez-Fernández, J., Sanz de Galdeano, C., Somoza, L., Suriñach, E., Viseras, C., (2000).Tectonics of an extinct ridge-transform intersection, Drake Passage (Antarctica). Marine Geophysical Research 21(1): 43-68
Lowrie, A., Battista., Somoza L., Moffett, S., Makarov, V. (1999). Hydrocarbon Accumulations and Continental Margin Tectonics: Lateral Motions of the Gulf of Mexico, Gulf of Cadiz and Middle America Trench. NOGS Log. 39; 11, Pages 9. New Orleans Geological Society. New Orleans, LA, United States. 1999. ISSN: 0270-8353
Lowrie, A., Moffet, S., Somoza, L., Maestro, A., Lerche, I. (1999). Potential pressure Compartments Sub-Salt in the Gulf of Mexico and Sub-Massive Debris Flows in the Gulf of Cadiz. In: Tucker F. Hentz, (Ed.), Advanced Reservoir Characterization for the 21st Century, Edited by GCSSEPM.
Maldonado, A., Somoza, L., Pallares, L. (1999).The Betic orogen and the Iberian-African boundary in the Gulf of Cadiz: geological evolution (central North Atlantic). Marine Geology 155 (1-2): 9-43.
Somoza, L., Lowrie A., Maestro, A. (1999). Allochtonous Blocks as Hydrocarbon Traps in the Gulf of Cadiz. Offshore Technology Conference 31, Vol. 1; Pages 571-577. 1999.
Dallas, Texas, United States. ISSN: 0160-3663.Somoza L., Barnolas, A., Arasa, A., Maestro, A., Rees, J., Hernández-Molina, F.J., (1998) . Architectural stacking patterns of the Ebro Delta controlled by Holocene high-frequency eustatic fluctuations, delta-lobe switching and subsidence processes. Sedimentary Geology 117; 1-2, pp. 11-32.
Rey J., Somoza L., Martinez-Frías, J., De Benito R., Martin-Alfageme S. (1997) .Deception Island (Antarctica): A new target for exploration of Fe-Mn mineralization ?. In: Nicholson, K., Hein, J.R., Bühn, B. & Dasgupta, S. (Eds)., Manganese mineralization: geochemistry and mineralogy of terrestrial and marine deposits, Geological Society London Special Memoir 119, pp. 239-251. ISBN: 1-897799-74-8
Bardaji, T. Goy, J.L.. Silva, P.G., Zazo, C. Morner, N.A., Somoza, L, Dabrio, C.J., Baena, J. (1997). The Plio-Pleistocene boundary in Southeast Spain; a review. In: The Plio-Pleistocene boundary. Partridge, T. C. (Editor). Quaternary International 40; Pages 27-32.
Pergamon. Oxford, United Kingdom.Somoza, L., Hernández-Molina, F.J., De Andres, J.R., Rey, J. (1997). Continental shelf architecture and sea-level cycles: Late Quaternary high-resolution stratigraphy of the Gulf of Cadiz (Spain). Geo-Marine Letters 17, 2, pp 133-139.
Bardaji, T., Silva, P., Goy, J.L., Moner, N.A., Zazo, C., Somoza, L., Dabrio, C.J., Baena, J. (1996): Unchanging environmental conditions during the "Villafranquian" time-span in littoral basins (Eastern Betics, SE Spain). Il Quaternario 8: 383-390.
Hernandez-Molina, F.J., Somoza, L., Rey J. (1996). Late Pleistocene-Holocene High Resolution sequence analysis on the Alboran Sea Continental shelf. In: De Battist M., Jacobs, P. (Eds.), Geology of Siliciclastic Shelf Seas, Geological Society Special Memoir 117, pp. 139-154.
Bardají, T; Goy, J.L.; Mörner, N.A., Zazo, C.; Silva, P.G.; Somoza, L.; Dabrio, C., Baena, J. (1995). Towards a Plio-Pleistocene chronostratigraphy in Eastern Betic Basins (SE Spain). Geodinamica Acta (Paris) 8, 2 :112-126.
Lario, J. , Zazo C., Dabrio C.J., Somoza L., Goy, J.L., Bardají T., Silva P.G. (1995). Record of recent holocene sediment input in spit-bars and delta plains of south Spain. Journal of Coastal Research 17: 241-245.
Rey J., Somoza L., Martinez-Frias J. (1995). Tectonic, volcanic and hydrothermal event sequence on Deception Island (Antarctica). Geo-Marine Letters15:1-8.
Hernandez-Molina F.J., Somoza L., Rey, J, Pomar L. (1994).The Late Quaternary (Late-Pleistocene-Holocene) on the Spanish continental shelves. A model for very high-resolution sequence stratigraphy. Marine Geology 120 (3-4): 129-174.
Zazo, C., Goy, J.L., Somoza, L., Dabrio, C.J. Belluomini, G., Improta, S., Lario J., Bardaji, T., Silva, P.G. (1994). Holocene sequence of Sea-Level Fluctuations in Relation to Climatic Trends in the Atlantic-Mediterranean Linkage Coast. Journal of Coastal Research 10 (4): 933-945.
Goy, J.L., Zazo C., Bardaji T., Somoza L., Causse C., Hillaire-Marcel, C. (1993). Elements d'une chronostratigraphie du Tyrrhenien des regions d'Alicante-Murcia, Sud-Est de l'Espagne. Geodinamica Acta 6 (2): 103-119.
Silva P.G, J.L. Goy, L. Somoza, C. Zazo, Bardaji, T. (1993). Landscape response to strike-slip faulting linked to collisional setting: Quaternary tectonics and basin formation in the Eastern Betics, southeastern Spain. Tectonophysics 224 (4): 289-303.
Zazo, C., Goy J.L., Dabrio C.J., Bardaji, T., Somoza, L.Silva , P.G. (1993). The last interglacial in the Mediterranean as a model for the present interglacial. In: B.A. Faure, H. Faure-Denard and Liu-Tungsheng (Eds.), Quaternary Earth system changes, Global and Planetary Change 7, (1-3): 109-117.
Bardají, T., Goy, J.L., Somoza L., Zazo, Dabrio, C. (1991). Pleistocene fan-deltas in the Southeastern Iberian Peninsula: Sedimentary controls and sea level changes. In: A. Colella, Prior, D. (Eds.). Coarse-Grained Deltas, A. Colella and D. Prior (eds.). Spec. Issue Int. Ass. Sedimentol. 10 :129-151.
Zazo C., Goy J.L., Somoza L., Dabrio C.J. (1990). Evolution of barrier island-lagoon systems from 200 Ka ago to the present in the littoral zone of Alicante (Spain). Impact of a probable sea level rise. In: Paeppe, R., Fairbridge, R.W., Jelgersma, S. (Eds.), Greenhouse Effect, Sea-Level and Drought, NATO ASI Series C: Mathematical and Physical Sciences, pp. 439-446.
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International Abstracts & Proceedings
Communications to be presented at EGS - AGU - EUG Joint Assembly, Nice, France, April 2003
Session OS16 Gas Hydrates and Role of Methane in the Marine Environment
Pinheiro, L. M.; Magalhães, V. M.; Somoza, L.; Diaz-Del-Rio, V.; Gardner, J.; Ivanov, M. K. (2003) Gas hydrates, mud volcanoes and carbonate chimneys in the Gulf of Cadiz. Geophysical Research Abstracts, Vol. 5, 13693, 2003.
Fernández-Puga, M.C.; Martín Puertas, C.; Vázquez, J.T.; Mata, P.; Somoza, L.; Hernández-Molina, F.J.; Díaz del Río, V. (2003) Methane gas-related structures in the Gulf of Cádiz: evidence from gravity cores. Geophysical Research Abstracts, Vol. 5, 11337, 2003.
Session BG8 Methane fluxes on Earth: budgets and biological controls
Magalhães, V.; Vasconcelos, C.; Gaspar, L.; Monteiro, H.; Pinheiro, L.; Ivanov, M.; Díaz-del-Río, V.; Somoza, L.(2003) Methane related authigenic carbonates, chimneys and crusts from the Gulf of Cadiz. Geophysical Research Abstracts, Vol. 5, 12842, 2003.
Session TS14 Continental breakup above mantle plumes: Africa, the North Atlantic, etc.
Catalan, M.; Medialdea, T.; Vazquez, J.T.; Carbo, A.; Muñoz, A.; Somoza, L.; Vegas, R.; Maestro, A. (2003) The Ocean-Continent transition determination in the Gulf of Cadiz (SW Iberia). Geophysical Research Abstracts, Vol. 5, 05630, 2003.
Session CL31 Long-term changes in Southern high latitude ice sheets and climate, the Cenozoic history
Maldonado, A.; Barnolas, A. ; Bohoyo, F.; Galindo-Zaldívar, J.; Hernández-Molina, J.; Rodríguez-Fernández, J.; Somoza, L. ; Suriñach, E.; Vázquez, J.T. (2003) Contourite deposits in the Scotia Sea (Antarctica): paleoceanographic implications. Geophysical Research Abstracts, Vol. 5, 07068 , 2003
Barnolas, A.; Maestro, A.; Somoza, L.; Arasa, A.; Gil-Peña, I.; Martín-Alfageme,
S.; Medialdea, T.; Mediavilla, R.; Perucha, M.A. (2003) The role of tectonism, sea-level variations and climatic change in the development of the Ebro delta, Spain. Geophysical Research Abstracts, Vol. 5, 13477, 2003
Alphabetical order
Baena, J., Bardají, T., Goy, J.L., Somoza, L., Zazo, C. (1993). An attempt of fault activity data file and map modelization. Bull. INQUA Neotectonics Commision 16: 48-54.
Battista, B.M., Lowrie, A., Makarov, V, Moffett, S.J., Somoza, L. (2000). Lateral tectonics in the Gulf of Mexico, Gulf of Cadiz, and the Middle America Trench: Impacts on hydrocarbon accumulations. In: Deep-water Structure and Stratigraphy as a Paired Process/Response System, Annual Meeting Expanded Abstracts - American Association of Petroleum Geologists. 2000, Pages 11. American Association of Petroleum Geologists and Society of Economic Paleontologists and Mineralogists (AAPG). Tulsa, OK, United States. ISSN: 0094-0038
Catalán, M., Carbó, A., Martin, A., Vazquez, J.T., Somoza, L., Diaz del Rio, V. (2001). Analysis of some magnetic and gravity anomalies of the Guadalquivir Bank at the Gulf of Cádiz. EGS Newsletter, 76: GRAE 3, 740. Niza, France.
Catalán, M., Carbó A., Muñoz, A., Medialdea, T.,Vazquez J.T., Vegas, R., Somoza, L., Maestro, A. (2001). The Ocean-Continent boundary off the southwestern continental margin of Iberia: The analysis of some magnetic and gravity anomalies at the Gulf of Cádiz. In: Extended Abstracts Book of the Workshop on the Geodynamics of the Western part of Eurasia-Africa plate boundary (Azores-Tunisia), San Fernando, Cadiz, Spain. Boletín ROA No. 3/2001.
Díaz del Río, V. , Somoza, L. , Hernández-Molina, F.J., Vázquez, J.T. , Barnolas A., Alveirinho Dias J.M , Roque, C., Llave, E., Fernández-Puga, M.C. , Maestro, A. , Lobo, F.J., Luis, J., Ferreira, O., Martín-Alfageme, S., Ojeda, J. (1999). An approach to short-term sediment transport and deposition processes through the Gulf of Cadiz Continental Slope forced by Mediterranean undercurrent. In: The Marine System in the Canary-Azores-Gibraltar Region Abstracts Volume. Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain.
Diaz del Río, V., Somoza L., Martinez-Frias J., Hernandez-Molina, F.J., Lunar, R., Fernandez-Puga, M.C., Maestro, A., Terrinha, P., Llave, E., Garcia A., Garcia, A. C., Vazquez, J.T. (2001).Carbonate chimneys in the Gulf of Cadiz: Initial report of their petrography and geochemistry. In: Akhmanov, G. and Suzyumov, A. (eds.), Geological processes on deep-water European margins. IOC-UNESCO Workshop Report 175, pp. 53-54.
Diaz del Rio, V. , Somoza, L., Zazo, C., Goy, J.L. (1990). The role of relative sea-level changes on the Quaternary evolution of the “Mar Menor” (Murcia, Spain). Rapp. Comm. Int. Mer Médit 32, 1: 65.
Fernández-Puga, M.C., Somoza, L., Lowrie, A., Maestro, A., León, R., Díaz del Río, V. (2000). Fluid seeps associated with gravity spreading of salt/shale along the Gulf of Cadiz continental slope. In: Geological processes on European Continental Margins. IOC-UNESCO Workshop Report 168, pp. 21.
Fernández-Puga, M.C. Somoza, L., Medialdea, T., Pinheiro, L.M., Magalhaes, V., Vazquez, T., León, R. Maestro, A., Diaz del Rio, V. (2002). Mud volcanoes and mud-carbonate mounds/chimneys related to fluid venting in the north-eastern sector of the Gulf of Cadiz.4th European ODP Forum, Norwegian Geological Society NGF Abstract and Proceedings Number 1.
Fernandez-Puga, M.C., Somoza, L., Pinheiro, Vazquez, J.T., Díaz del Rio, V., Ivanov, M.K. (2002). The Guadalquivir Diapiric Ridge: Deep tectonics and related gas seepage. In: Geosphere/Biosphere/Hydrosphere Coupling Processes, Fluid Escape Structures and Tectonics at Continental Margins and Oceanic Ridges, TTR11 Post-Cruise Meeting and International Conference, Aveiro, Portugal. UNESCO-IOC Workshop Report 183, pp. 50-51.
Galindo-Zaldívar, J., Maldonado, A. , Barnolas, A., Bohoyo, F. , Hernández-Molina, F.J, Gamboa L.P, Pereira, A., Rodriguez-Fernández, J., Somoza, L., Suriñach E., Uller, G.A, Vázquez, J.T. (2001).Continental crust fragmentation, small basin development and deep water circulation in the southern Scotia Sea (Southern Atlantic). Proceedings of the Internationational Congress of the Brazylian Geophysical Society, 7CISBGf/SP1: 1562-1565.
Gardner, J.M, Vogt, P.R., Somoza, L. (2001). The Possible Affect of the Mediterranean Outflow Water (MOW) on gas Hydrate Dissociation in the Gulf of Cadiz. Eos Trans. AGU, 82(47), Fall Meet. Suppl., Abstract OS12B-0418, 2001.
Goy, J.L., Zazo, C., Bardají, T., Somoza L. (1987). Tyrrhenian and Holocene levels disposition in the southeastern spanish littoral related to the Quaternary compression. Bulletin of the INQUA Neotectonics Commission 10: 12-19.
Gulmezova, E., Galindo-Zaldívar, J., Maldonado, A., Barnolas, A., Bohoyo, , F., Hernandez-Molina, F.J., Somoza, L., Suriñach, E., Vazquez. J.T. (2002). The development of Protector Basin in the frame of the recent evolution of the Scotia Plate: first data from the SCAN 2001 cruise (Antarctica). In: Book of Abstracts 3rd Balkan Geophysical Congress and Exhibition, Sofia, Bulgaria, pp. 305-306.
Hernández-Molina, F.J., Lobo, F.J., Llave, E., Somoza, L., Díaz del Río, V., Rodero, J. (2000). Seismic facies from the upper slope to the counturitic middle slope progradational sequences of the Gulf of Cadiz. In: 3rd Symposium on Iberian Atlantic Margin Extended Abstracts, Faro, Portugal, pp. 385-386.
Hernandez-Molina, F.J.,Swift, D. J.P., Somoza, L. (1998). Continental shelf sedimentary model of the northwestern Alboran Sea (Spain). In: 15th International Sedimentological Congress; Sedimentology at the Dawn of the Third Millennium; Abstract Book, Pages 424-425. 1998. Univ. Alicante. Alicante, Spain. 1998. ISBN: 84-7908-395-6
Hernandez-Molina, F.J., Somoza, L., Barnolas, A., Lobo , F.J., Díaz-del-Río, V., Roque, C., Llave , E., Fernández-Puga, M.C. (1999). Climatic changes influences in the sedimentary stacking and Atlantic Mediterranean waters masses dynamics in the Southern Iberian continental margin. In: 11th MAEGS Meeting of the Association of European Geological Societies Abstract Volume. Alicante, Spain.
Leon, R., Somoza, L., Ivanov, M.K., Diaz-del-Rio, V., Lobato, A., Hernandez-Molina, F.J., Fernandez-Puga, M.C., Maestro, A., Medialdea, T., Alveirinho-Dias, J.M, Vazquez, T. (2001). Seabed morphology and gas venting in the Gulf of Cadiz mudvolcano area: Imagery of multibeam data and ultra-high resolution data. In: Akhmanov, G. and Suzyumov, A. (eds.), Geological processes on deep-water European margins. IOC Workshop Report 175, pp. 43-45.
Llave E., Hernández-Molina F.J., Díaz-del-Río, V., Somoza, L., Maestro A., Vazquez J.T., Díaz del Rio, V., Stow, D.A.W., Lobo F.J., Alverinho-Dias, J.M., (2002). The main active depositional province of the contourite depositional systems of the Gulf of Cadiz: a Quaternary record of paleoceanographic and tectonic influences. In: Geosphere/Biosphere/Hydrosphere Coupling Processes, Fluid Escape Structures and Tectonics at Continental Margins and Oceanic Ridges. UNESCO-IOC Workshop Report 183, pp. 24-25.
Llave, E., Hernandez-Molina, F.J., Somoza, L., Diaz del Rio, V. (2000). Seismic recognition of Quaternary sea-level change, Gulf of Cadiz. Contourite Watch, IGCP 432 newsletter 4, pp.11.
Llave, E., Hernández-Molina, F.J., Somoza, L., Díaz del Río, V., Maestro, A. and TASYO team. (2000). Seismic characteristics and distribution of the counturite deposits in the Gulf of Cadiz. In: 3rd Symposium on Iberian Atlantic Margin extended abstracts, Faro, Portugal, pp. 387-388.
Llave E., Hernández-Molina, F.J., Somoza, L., Diaz-del-Río, V., Stow, D.A.W., Alveirinho-Dias, J.M. (2002). The Faro-Albufeira contourite deposits in the Gulf of Cadiz contourite depositional system: A Quaternary record of paleoceanographic & tectonic influences. In: 4th European ODP Forum, Norwegian Geological Society NGF Abstract and Proceedings 1 (2002), pp. 80-81.
Lowrie, A., Somoza, L., Battista, B.M, Moffett, S.J., Lerche, I. (2000). Hydrocarbon potential of the Gulf of Cadiz increases with greater thermal maturity.In: 2000 AAPG Annual Meeting, Marching into Global Markets -A World of Resources. New Orleans, USA, paper 3343.
Lowrie, A.,Somoza, L, Gardner, Klekamp T.L. (2002). Potential hydrocarbon plays of the Gulf of Cádiz. In: Deep Into the Future, Proceedings of the Offshore Technology Conference OTC#14069. Houston, Texas, USA.
Lowrie, A. Somoza, L., Moffet, S.J. (2000). Thermal Maturity in the Gulf of Cadiz Due to Mantle Plumes, Triple Junctions and Plate Tectonics.Offshore Technology Conference Proceedings, OTC#12202.
Maldonado, A., Barnolas, A., Bohoyo F., Hernández-Molina, F.J. , Galindo-Zaldívar, J, Gamboa, L., Pereira, A.J., Rodriguez-Fernández, J., Somoza, L., Suriñach, E., Uller, G.A., Vázquez, J.T. (2001). Bottom deposits in the Central Scotia Sea: the importance of the Antarctic Circumpolar Current and the Weddell Gyre flows.Proceedings of the Internationational Congress of the Brazylian Geophysical Society, pp 1555-1557.
Martin-Alfageme, S., Barnolas, A., Somoza, L., Maestro, A., Garcia-Melendez, E. Pignone, R. (1997).A geological information system for the Ebro Delta; a tool for modelling the Holocene delta growth and the recent man-induced regression. In: Second congress on Regional geological cartography and information systems; Proceedings, Pages 137-142. Inst. Cartogr. Catalunya. Barcelona, Spain. 1997.
Pinheiro, L.M., Magalhaes, Fernandez-Puga, M.C., Somoza, L., Monteiro, J.H., Gardner, J.M., Ivanov, M.K. (2002). Structural control of mud volcanism in the Gulf of Cádiz. In: Geosphere/Biosphere/Hydrosphere Coupling Processes, Fluid Escape Structures and Tectonics at Continental Margins and Oceanic Ridges, UNESCO-IOC Workshop Report 183, pp. 49-50.
Rey, J., Somoza, L. (1992). Neotectonic of extensional processes related to the Brandsfield Rift, Deception Island (Antarctica). In: Morner, N.A., Owen, L.A., Vita-Finzi, C. (Eds) NEOTECTONICS-Recent Advances: 57-58. Quaternary Research Association, Cambridge.
Rodero, J., Lobo, F.J., Hernández-Molina, F.J., Somoza, L., Maldonado, A.(2000).Analysis of hummocky morphologies on the upper slope of the Gulf of Cadiz. In: 3rd Symposium on Iberian Atlantic Margin Extended abstracts, Faro, Portugal, pp. 381-382.
Somoza, L. (2001).Hydrocarbon seeps, gas hydrates, and carbonate chimneys in the Gulf of Cadiz: an example of of the interaction between tectonic and oceanographic controlling factors. In: Natural hydrocarbon seeps, global tectonics and greenhouse gas emissions. Van der Meer, F., Scholte, K. (Eds.), ESF-LESF exploratory workshop. Delft, The Netherlands, pp.18-19.
Somoza, L, Bardaji, T., Dabrio, C,J., Goy, J. L., Zazo, C. (1987). Tectonical implications in the formation and closing of the Laguna de Mata, Alicante (Spain). In: International Association of Sedimentologists, 8th Regional Meeting of Sedimentology, Pages 454. Tunis, Tunisia. April 1-3, 1987.
Somoza, L., Díaz-del-Río, V , Gardner, J. , Hernández-Molina F.J., Pinheiro L.M., Medialdea T.,Vazquez, J.T., Lowrie, A., León, R., Fernandez-Puga, M.C., Maestro, A., Fernández-Salas, L.M., Llave, E., Rodero J. (2002). Mud vulcanism, carbonate chimneys and gas hydrate stability in the Gulf of Cádiz: are sea-floor methane fluxes modulated by episodic tectonic and climate/oceanographic events?: In: Geosphere/Biosphere/Hydrosphere Coupling Processes, Fluid Escape Structures and Tectonics at Continental Margins and Oceanic Ridges, UNESCO-IOC Workshop Report 183, pp. 20-21.
Somoza, L., Díaz del Río, V., Hernández-Molina, F.J., León, R., Lobato, A., Alveirinho-Dias, J.M., Rodero, J. and TASYO team (2000). New discovery of a mud-volcanoe field related to gas venting in the Gulf of Cadiz: Imagery of multibeam data and ultra-high resolution seismic. In: 3rd Symposium on Iberian Atlantic Margin extended abstracts. Faro, Portugal, pp. 397-398.
Somoza L., Goy, J.L., Zazo, C., Bardaji, T., Dabrio, C.J., Silva, P., Lario J. (1991). Holocene Sea-Level Highstands in the Western Mediterranean (SE Spain). A computer-statistical analysis of radiocarbon dating. Quaternary Mediterranean and Black Sea Subcommission INQUA Newsletter 13: 61-64.
Somoza, L., Ivanov M.K., Pinheiro, L., Maestro, A., Lowrie, A., Vazquez, J.T., Gardner, J. , Medialdea, T., Fernandez-Puga, M.C. (2001). Structural and tectonic control of fluid seeps and mud volcanoes in the Gulf of Cadiz. In: Akhmanov, G. and Suzyumov, A.(eds.), Geological processes on deep-water European margins. IOC Workshop Report 175: pp. 41-42.
Somoza, L., Lowrie, A., Maestro, A., Fernández-Puga, M.C., Vázquez, J.T., Roque, C., Díaz del Río, V., Torrescusa, S. (1999).Gravity spreading and sliding of mobile shales and salt sheets along the slope of the Gulf of Cadiz (Atlantic Iberian Margin). In: 11th Meeting AEGS Association of European Geological Societies Abstract Volume. Alicante, Spain.
Somoza, L., Maestro, A., Lowrie A. (1999). Proposal to Drill a Transect in the Gulf of Cadiz, Eastern Central North Atlantic. In: COMPLEX Conference on Multi-Platform Exploration Ocean Drilling Post-2003. Vancouver British Columbia, Canada, p. 142.
Somoza, L., Maestro, A., Lowrie, A. (1999) .Proposed vast hydrocarbon play along the Gulf of Cadiz continental margin. In: American Association of Petroleum Geologist (AAPG) and SEPM ( Society for Sedimentary Geology) Annual Meeting. San Antonio, Texas, USA.
Somoza L., Martinez-Frías, J., Rey, J., De Benito, R. (1998). REE patterns of sea-floor volcanic sediments from Deception Island (Antarctica):The influence of hydrothermal emissions. Terra abstracts 10(1), pp. 60-61
Somoza, L., Rey, J., Martinez-Frias, J., Benito, R. (1994). Fe-Mn distribution patterns on sea-floor sediments related to the discovery of submarine volcanic cones, mounds and vent structures (Deception Island, Antarctica). European Journal of Mineralogy6: 342-344.
Suriñach, E., Balanya, J.C., Barnolas, A.,Galindo-Zaldivar, J., Hernandez-Molina, M., Jabaloy, A., Livermore, R., Maldonado, A., Martinez, J.M., Rodriguez-Fernandez,J.,Sanz de Galdeano,C., Somoza, L., Viseras, C. (1999). Geophysical Studies In The Central Sector of The Shackleton Fracture Zone (Drake Passage, Antarctica). Geophysical Research Abstracts 1, p.183.
Vazquez, J.T, Somoza, L., Medialdea, T., Maestro, A., Maldonado, A., Vegas, R. (2001). Olistostrome tectonic fronts under the Eurasia-Africa Convergence in the Gulf of Cadiz. In: In: Extended Abstracts Book Wokshop on the Geodynamics of the Western part of Eurasia-Africa plate boundary (Azores-Tunisia). Boletín ROA No. 3/2001.
Zazo, C., Goy, J.L., Somoza, L., Belluomini, G., Hernandez-Molina, F.J. (1993). Sea-level fluctuations during the last deglaciation influence on the Altlantic-Mediterranean linkage. Terra Nova 5, Abst. Suppl. 5 (EUG VII): 616.
Zazo, C., Maestro, A., Díaz del Rio, V., Goy, J.L., Somoza, L. (2001). Littoral Geomorphology and Geomorphology of the Continental Platform. In: Gomez-Ortiz, A., Perez-Gonzalez, A. (Eds.), Recent developments in Spanish geomorphology. V International Conference Tokyo, 2000, pp.119-138.
Zazo, C., Somoza, L., Goy, J.L., Bardají, T., Dabrio, C.J., Silva, P.G. (1992). Sealevel highstands in the Mediterranean basin during the Last Interglacial: morphosedimentary units and positive oscilations. M.B.S.S. (Subcomission on Mediterranean and Black Sea Shorelines) INQUA Newsletter 14, pp. 9-12.
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Barnolas, A., Díaz del Río, V., Somoza, L., Maestro, A., Vázquez, J.T., Hernández-Molina, F.J. Fernández-Puga, M.C., Llave, E., Lobo, F., Alveirinho, J.M. (2000). El cañón de Portimao y su relación con los depósitos contorníticos del margen del Algarve (Portugal). Geotemas 1 (4):101-104.
Canals, M., Grupo ORCA (Andres, J.R., Argullos, J., Calafat, T., Casamor, J.L., Davies, T., Escartin, J., Gracia, E., Herranz, P., Mateu, G., Rey, J., Sanz, J.L., Soler, M., Somoza, L., Sorribas J.). (1992). Caracterización geológica de la región de enlace entre la Cuenca de Brandsfield y la Dorsal Sur de Scotia (Antártida). Acta Geológica Hispánica 27, (3-4): 89-110.
Carbó, A., Maestro, A., Somoza, L., Perucha, M.A., Vázquez, J.T., Medialdea, T. (2000). Obtención y análisis de las anomalías gravimétricas en la zona del Banco del Guadalquivir y de la Unidad Olistostrómica (Golfo de Cádiz). In: 3rd Symposium on Iberian Atlantic Margin Extended abstracts, Faro, Portugal, pp. 395-396.
Catalán, M., Maestro, A., Somoza, L., Vázquez, J.T., Martín, J., Medialdea, T. (2000). Análisis de las anomalías geomagnéticas del Banco del Guadalquivir y de la Unidad Olistostrómica en el Golfo de Cádiz. 3rd Symposium on Iberian Atlantic Margin Extended abstract, Faro, Portugal, pp. 393-394.
Dabrio, C., Zazo, C., Goy, J.L., Santiesteban, C., Bardaji, T., Somoza, L. (1991). Neogene and Quaternary Fan delta deposits in Southeastern Spain. Field Guide. In: The dynamics of coarse-grained deltas. Cuadernos de Geologia Iberica 15, Pages 327-400. Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Cientificas, Universidad de Madrid. Madrid, Spain. ISSN: 0378-102X
Dabrio, C.J., Zazo, C., Somoza, L., Goy, J.L., Bardaji, T., Lario, J., Silva, P.G. (1996). Oscilaciones del mar de largo y corto plazo: Indicadores morfosedimentarios en zonas costeras. Geogaceta 20 (5): 1078-1079. Sociedad Geologica de Espana. Madrid, Spain. 1996. ISSN: 0213-683X
Translated Title: Long and short term sea-level changes; morpho-sedimentary indicators in coastal zones.Diaz del Rio, V., Somoza, L. (1993). Mapa fisiografico del Mar Menor (Physiographic map of Mar Menor). Publicaciones Especiales Instituto Español de Oceanografia 14, 21 pp.
Diaz del Rio, V., Somoza L. (1994). Geomorfologia de los Fondos Marinos Españoles. In: M. Gutierrez-Elorza (Ed.), Geomorfologia de España, Editorial Rueda, Madrid, Spain, pp. 471-494.
Diaz del Rio, V., Somoza, L., Goy, J.L., Zazo, C., Mateu, G. (1993). El dominio litoral en las areas de Mar Menor y bahia de Palma. In: Ortiz-Silla, R. (Ed.), PROBLEMATICA GEOAMBIENTAL Y DESARROLLO, pp. 607-616. Soc. Esp. Geol. Amb. Ord. Territ.. Madrid, Spain. 1993. ISBN: 84-604-6291-9
Díaz del Río, V., Vázquez, J.T., Barnolas, A., Somoza, L., Hernández-Molina, F.J., García, M, Alveirinho, J.M., Fernández-Puga, M.C., Llave, E., Maestro, A., Lobo, F.J., Medialdea, T., León, R., Lobato, A., García, A.C. (2000). Consecuencias Geomorfológicas del emplazamiento del conjunto diapírico y del Banco del Guadalquivir (Golfo de Cádiz, SW de la Península Ibérica).In: 3rd Symposium on Iberian Atlantic Margin Extended abstracts, Faro, Portugal, pp. 379-380
Díaz del Río, V., Vázquez, J.T., Barnolas, A., Somoza, L., Hernández-Molina, F.J., García, M., Alveirinho, J.M., Fernández-Puga, M.C., Llave, E., Maestro, A., Lobo, F.J., Medialdea, T., León, R., Lobato, A., García, A.C. (2000). El sistema de valles submarinos en el Golfo de Cádiz: tipología morfogenética. In: 3rd Symposium on Iberian Atlantic Margin Extended abstracts, Faro, Portugal, pp. 375-376.
Díaz del Río, V., Vázquez, J.T., Hernández-Molina, F.J., Somoza, L., Alveirinho, J.M., Lobo, F.J., Barnolas, A., Maestro, A., Roque, C., Fernández-Puga, M.C., Luis, J., Llave, E., Martín-Alfageme, S., Ferreira, O., (1998). Influencia de la tectónica y de la dinámica oceanográfica en los rasgos geomorfológicos del talud continental del Golfo de Cádiz. In: A. Gómez Ortiz y F. Salvador Franch (Eds). Investigaciones recientes de la Geomorfología española, pp. 317-324. ISBN: 84-87779-33-6
Díaz del Río, V., Vázquez, J.T., Somoza, L., Hernández-Molina, F.J., Barnolas, A., Alveirinho Dias, J.M., Llave, E., Fernández-Puga, M.C., Maestro, A., Lobo, F.J., Ojeda, J. (2000). Contexto morfoestructural del Banco del Guadalquivir (Golfo de Cádiz, SW Margen Ibérico) Guadalquivir Bank morphological context (Gulf of Cádiz, SW Iberia Margin). In: Abstract Volume 2ª Asamblea Hispano-Portuguesa de Geodesia y Geofisica Proceedings. Lagos, Portugal
Fernández-Puga, M.C., Maestro, A., Somoza, L., Vázquez, J.T., Lowrie, A. y grupo TASYO. (2000). Estructuras asociadas a migración de sales en el Golfo de Cádiz. In: 3rd Symposium on Iberian Atlantic Margin Extended abstracts, Faro, Portugal, pp. 391-392.
Fernández-Puga, M.C., Somoza, L., Maestro, A., Vázquez, J.T., Lowrie, A., León, R., Díaz del Río, V. (2000). Tectónica salina y escapes de fluidos en el Golfo de Cádiz. Geotemas 1(4): 139-142.
Fernandez-Salas, L.M., Rey, J., Perez-Vazquez, E., Ramírez, J.L., Hernández-Molina, F.J. , Somoza, L., Andres, J.R., Lobo, F. (1999). Morphology and characteristics of the relict facies on the internal continental shelf in the Gulf of Cadiz, between Ayamonte and Huelva (southern Iberian Peninsula). Bol. Inst. Esp. Oceanograph. 15 (1-4): 123-132. ISSN:0074-0195
Fumanal, M.P., Mateu, G., Rey, J., Somoza, L., Viñals, M.J. (1993). Las unidades morfosedimentarias cuaternarias del litoral del Cap de la Nau (Valencia- Alicante) y su correlación con la plataforma continental. In: Fumanal, M.P., Bernabeu J. (Eds. ) Estudios sobre Cuaternario. Medios Sedimentarios, cambios Ambientales, Habitat Humano, pp. 53-64. Universidad de Valencia, Valencia, Spain.
García, M., Díaz del Río, V., Hernández Molina, F.J., Somoza L, Llave, E. , Alveirinho Dias, J.M., Fernández-Puga, M.C. (2001). Rasgos morfoestructurales del canal de Cádiz (talud medio del Golfo de Cádiz): Influencia de los factores oceanográficos durante el Plio-Cuaternario. In: V Reunião do Quaternário Ibérico, Lisboa, Portugal.
García, M., Díaz del Río, V., Vázquez, J.T., Barnolas, A. Somoza, L., Hernández-Molina, F.J. Alveirinho, J.M., Fernández-Puga, M.C., Llave, E., Maestro, A., Lobo, F.J., Medialdea, T., Lobato, A.B., León, R., García, A.C. (2000). Análisis comparativo de las características morfoestructurales de la Fosa de Alvarez Cabral y de Diego Cao (SW de la Península Ibérica). In: 3rd Symposium on Iberian Atlantic Margin Extended abstracts, Faro, Portugal, pp. 377-378.
Gonzalez-Regalado, M.L., Ruiz, F., Tosquella, J., Baceta, J.I., Pendon, J.G., Abad, M., Hernandez-Molina, F.J., Somoza, L. , Diaz-del-Rio, V. (2001). Foraminiferos bentónicos actuales de la plataforma continental del norte del Golfo de Cadiz (Recent benthic foraminifera associations of the continental shelf, north Gulf of Cadiz). Geogaceta, 29: 61-64. Sociedad Geológica de España.
Goy, J.L., Zazo C., Silva, P.G., Lario, J., Bardají, T., Somoza, L. (2000). Evaluación geomorfologica del comportamiento neotectonico del Estrecho de Gibraltar (Zona Norte) durante el Cuaternario. In: IV Coloquio Internacional sobre el enlace fijo del Estrecho de Gibraltar, SECEG, Madrid, pp. 51-69. ISBN 84-921497-2-8
Hernández-Molina, F.J., Maldonado, A., Somoza, L., Vazquez, J.T., Barnolas, A. (2000). Arquitectura estratigrafica de la plataforma continental de Adelaida (Peninsula Antártica). Geotemas 1(4): 159-163.
Hernández-Molina, F.J., Somoza, L., Díaz-del-Río, V., Lobo, F., Vázquez, J.T., Maestro, A., Roque, C. , Barnolas, A. (1998). Los Cambios Ambientales Durante el Cuaternario y su Influencia en la Estructuración Sedimentaria del Margen Continental Suribérico Atlántico. In: XIII Congreso Bienal de la Real Sociedad Española de Historia Natural. Conservación Ambiental, Vigo, España.
Hernández-Molina, F.J., Somoza, L., Vázquez, J.T., Lobo, F.J., Fernández-Puga, M.C., Llave, E., Díaz del Río, V. (2000). Arquitectura estratigráfica de los depósitos del Plioceno-Cuaternario en las plataformas continentales del Sur de la Península Ibérica: Su relación con los cambios eustáticos y paleoceanográficos.Geotemas 1 (4):165-168.
Hernández-Molina, F.J., Somoza, L., Vázquez, J.T., Lobo, F.J., Fernández-Puga, M.C, Llave, E., Fernández Salas, L.M., Díaz del Río, V. (2000). Estratigrafía sísmica y secuencial de los depósitos cuaternarios de las plataformas continentales del sur de Iberia (Proyecto PICG nº 396). 25º Aniversario del Comité Español, Programa Internacional de Correlación Geológica: Desarrollo y perspectivas en España. Colección Temas Geológico-Mineros, 30, pp. 87-94. I.T.G.E., Madrid. ISBN: 84-7840-415-5.
Hernandez-Molina, F.J.. Vazquez. J.T., de-la-Cruz J.A., Rey, J., Somoza, L., Medialdea, T,, San-Gil, C., Diaz-del-Rio V. (1992). Rasgos neotectonicos en el margen septentrional del mar de Alboran, entre Fuengirola y Torre del Mar (Malaga); control de la sedimentacion reciente. In: Actas del Congreso Latinoamericano de Geologia. 8; Pages 510-514. 1992. Congreso geologico de Espana, Vol. 3. ISBN: 84-600-8135-4 | 84-600-8114-1
Translated Title: Neotectonic features in the northern margin of the Alboran Sea, between Fuengirola and Torre del Mar (Malaga); control on recent sedimentationHernandez-Molina F.J., Vazquez T., Somoza L., Rey J. (1993). Estructuración de los cuerpos deltaicos holocenos del margen septentrional del Mar de Alborán. Geogaceta 14: 40-45. ISSN:0213683X.
Hernandez-Molina, F.J., Vazquez, T., Somoza, L., Rey J. (1995). Estructuración de los prismas litorales del Cabo de Gata: respuesta a los cambios climático-eustáticos holocenos. Geogaceta 18:79-82. ISSN:0213683X
Lario, J., Somoza, L., Goy, J.L., Hoyos, M., Silva, P.G., Hernandez Molina, F.J. (1993). Los episodios marinos cuaternarios de la costa de Málaga (España). Revista de la Sociedad Geológica de España 6 (3-4).
León, R. , Somoza, L. (2000). El cañon submarino de Motril. In: Durán, JJ., Nuche, R. (Eds.). Patrimonio Geológico de Andalucia, pp. 150-155. ISBN: 84-931224-0-8
Llave, E., Hernández-Molina, F.J., Somoza, L., Díaz del Río, V., García, A.C. (2000). Análisis de estratigrafía sísmica y secuencial para el estudio de ciclicidad en el Faro Drift durante el Cuaternario. Geotemas 1 (4): 183-186.
Lobo, F.J., Hernández-Molina, F.J., Somoza, L., Diaz del Rio, V. (1999). Paleoenvironments, relative sea-level changes and tectonic influence on the Quaternary seismic units of the Huelva continental shelf (Gulf of Cadiz, southwestern Iberian Peninsula). Bol. Inst. Esp. Oceanograph. 15 (1-4): 161-180. ISSN:0074-0195.
Lobo, F.J., Hernández-Molina, F.J., Somoza, L., Díaz del Río, V. (2000). Los depósitos de la última secuencia deposicional de la plataforma continental del Golfo de Cádiz y del Mar de Alborán: Estudio comparado. Geotemas 1(4): 175-178.
Lobo, F.J., Hernández-Molina, F.J., Somoza, L., Díaz del Río, V., Alveirinho-Dias, J.M. (2000).Sedimentación en la plataforma continental del Golfo de Cádiz durante condiciones de alto nivel del mar relativo. In: 3rd Symposium on Iberian Atlantic Margin Extended abstracts, Faro, Portugal, pp. 383-384.
Lobo, F.J., Tesson, M., Hernández-Molina, F.J., Somoza, L., Díaz del Río, V. (2000). Influencia de los cañones submarinos sobre la progradación de la plataforma continental. Geotemas 1 (4): 169-173.
Maestro, A., Somoza, L., Diaz del Rio, V., Vazquez, T., Martin-Alfageme, S., Alveirinho, J.M., Barnolas, A., Vegas R. (1998). Tectónica transpresiva en la plataforma continental Suribérica Atlántica. Geogaceta 24(1): 203-206.
Martínez-Frias, J., Somoza, L. (2002). TIERRA: Red Tematica de Ciencias de la Tierra. Contenidos y recursos academicos de investigacion y de difusion de la ciencia. Boletin de la red nacional de I+D RedIris (60): 37-43. ISBN/ISSN: 11335408
Mata, M.P., López-Aguayo, F., Somoza, L., Díaz del Río, V., Alveiriho Díaz, J. (2001). Caracterización mineralógica de un hardground en el Banco del Guadalquivir (Golfo de Cádiz). Mineralogical characterization of "hardground" in the Guadalquivir Bank. Boletín de la Sociedad Española de Mineralogía, 24-A, pp 31-32
Martínez-Frias, J., Somoza, L. (2002). TIERRA: Red Tematica de Ciencias de la Tierra. Contenidos y recursos academicos de investigacion y de difusion de la ciencia. Boletin de la red nacional de I+D RedIris (60): 37-43. ISBN/ISSN: 11335408
Rey, J., Somoza, L. (1993). Sistemas deposicionales de las rías gallegas y la plataforma continental. Su relación con variaciones del nivel del mar durante el Cuaternario. In: Fumanal, M.P., Bernabeu J. (Eds. ) Estudios sobre Cuaternario. Medios Sedimentarios, cambios Ambientales, Habitat Humano, pp. 65-74. Universidad de Valencia, Valencia, Spain.
Rey, J., Somoza, L., Hernandez-Molina, F.J. (1992). Formas de los sedimentos superficiales en Puerto Foster, Isla Decepción, Islas Shetland del Sur. In: J. Lopez Martinez (Ed.), GEOLOGIA DE LA ANTARTIDA OCCIDENTAL, Salamanca, Spain, pp. 163-172.
Rey, J., Somoza, L., Martínez-Frías, J. (1993). Evidencias tectónicas, volcánicas e hidrotermales en Isla Decepción relacionadas con el marco geodinámico de la Cuenca de Bransfield (Antártida). In: J. Cacho y D. Serrat (Eds.), ACTAS V SIMPOSIO DE ESTUDIOS ANTÁRTICOS, Comisión Interministerial de Ciencia y Tecnología, Madrid, Spain, pp. 209-234.
Rey, J., Somoza, L., Martinez-Frias, J., Del Barrio, S., Benito, R. (1994). Caracterizacion geoquimica de los sedimentos volcanicos submarinos de la isla Decepción (Antártida). In: Geologia y Metalogenia en Ambientes Oceanicos: Depósitos hidrotermales submarinos, Publicaciones especiales Instituto Español de Oceanografia 18, pp. 95-105. Ministerio de Agricultura, Oceanografia. Madrid, Spain. 1994. ISBN 84-491-0124-7.
Translated Title: Geology and metallogeny in ocean environments; submarine hydrothermal deposits.Roque, C. , Lobo F., Hernández-Molina, F.J., Somoza, L., Diaz-del-Rio, V., Alveirinho Dias, J.M., (1998). Arquitectura estratigráfica dos depósitos do Quaternário Superior da plataforma continental do Algarve oriental. In: V Congreso Nacional de Geologia, Lisboa, Portugal. Instituto Geológico e Mineiro & Sociedade Geológica de Portugal.
Somoza, L. (1989). Quaternary littoral in Southeastern Spain (Alicante-Murcia): Geodynamic evolution related to sea-level changes (Abstract of the Doctoral Thesis). Quaternary Mediterranean and Black Sea Subcommission INQUA Newsletter11: 33-38.
Somoza, L. (1993). PhD, Estudio del Cuaternario litoral entre Cabo de Palos y Guardamar (Murcia-Alicante). Las variaciones del nivel del mar en relacion con el contexto geodinámico, (Sea-level change related to geodynamics), Publicaciones Especiales Instituto Español de Oceanografia12, 237 pp, 5 maps.
Somoza, L. (2000). El gas "Helado Inflamable": El futuro de la investigación de los fondos marinos para la próxima decada. In: http://tierra.rediris.es/TASYO/gases_hidratados.htm
Somoza, L. (2000). En busca de volcanes submarinos en la isla Decepción. In: La expedición del 'Hespérides'. EL PAIS DIGITAL especiales.
Somoza, L. (2000).Estudio del hidrotermalismo en la Antártida: Implicaciones astrobiológicas. Acta Científica y Tecnológica Nº 2 (http://www.aecientificos.es/.
Somoza, L., Diaz del Rio, V. (1992). Expected morphological impact of Sea Level Rise in a Beach-Barrier Complex: Mar Menor (Spain). In: J.L. Suarez (Ed.), THE OCEAN CHANGE: MANAGMENT PATTERNS AND THE ENVIRONMENT, Publicaciones de la Universidad de Sevilla, Sevilla, Spain, pp.13-18.
Somoza, L., Zazo, C., Goy J.L., Diaz Del Rio, V. (1992). Sea-Level fluctuation cycles in the Mediterranean spanish coast during the last 7.000 years. Applications as forecasting model for future sea-level trend. In: J.L. Suarez (Ed), THE OCEAN CHANGE: MANAGMENT PATTERNS AND THE ENVIRONMENT, Publicaciones de la Universidad de Sevilla, Sevilla, Spain, pp.19-26.
Somoza, L., Hernández-Molina, F.J., Lobo, F., Andres, J.R. (1996). Modelo de estratigrafía secuencial de alta resolución de la plataforma continental del Golfo de Cadiz. Geogaceta 20 (1): 130-134.
Somoza, L., Hernández-Molina, F.J., Vázquez, J.T., García-García, A., Alveirinho-Dias, J.M., Díaz del Río, V. (2000). El nivel de “BSR” en el talud superior del Golfo de Cádiz: implicaciones tecto-sedimentarias y paleoceanográficas. Geotemas V1 (4): 227-230.
Somoza, L., Rey J. (1991). Holocene fan deltas in a "Ria" morphology; prograding clinoform types and sea-level control. In: Dabrio C.J., Zazo C., Goy, J.L (Eds.), The dynamics of coarse-grained deltas, Cuadernos de Geologia Iberica 15, pp. 37-48. CSIC-Universidad de Madrid, Spain.
Somoza,L. Zazo, C., Bardaji, T. Goy, J.L. Dabrio, C.J. (1987). Recent Quaternary sea levels changes and tectonic movements in SE Spain coast. In: Cambios del nivel del mar en Espana en el Cuaternario reciente, Zazo, C. (editor). Trabajos Neogenos-Cuaternario. 10; Pages 49-77. Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Cientificas. Madrid, Spain. 1987. ISSN: 0210-5217
Translated Title: Changes of sea level in Spain during Recent times.Somoza, L., Zazo, C., Goy, J.L., Mörner, N.A. (1989). Estudio Geomorfológico de secuencias de abanicos aluviales cuaternarios (Alicante Murcia, España). Cuaternario y Geomorfologia 3 (14): 73-82.
Torres, T., Canoira, L., Coello, F.J., Garcia-Alonso, P., Garcia-Cortes, A., Llamas, J., Mansilla, H., Nestares, T., Pelaez, A., Somoza L. (1996). Caracterizacion geoquimica (organica) de los moluscos holocenos del Golfo de Cadiz (Andalucia, Espana). Geogaceta 19: 150-153. Sociedad Geologica de Espana. Madrid, Spain. 1996. ISSN: 0213-683X
Translated Title: Geochemical (organic) characterization of Holocene mollusks from the Gulf of Cadiz, Andalusia, Spain.Vázquez, J. T., Díaz del Río V., Maestro A., Barnolas A., Fernández-Puga M.C., Somoza L. , Hernández- Molina F.J., Alveirinho Dias, J.M. (2000). Características del Cañón Submarino de Portimao (SW Margen Ibérico). In: 2ª Asamblea Hispano-Portuguesa de Geodesia y Geofisica Proceedings, Lagos (Portugal).
Vázquez, J. T., Maestro, A., Díaz del Río, V., Somoza, L.,Vegas, R., Alveirinho Dias, J.M. (1998). Caracterización Tectónica de las principales zonas sismogenéticas en el margen Atlántico Suribérico. In: 100 años de observaciones sismológicas en el Real Observatorio Astronómico de la Marina, Boletin ROA 5/99, pp. 235-240.
Vázquez, J.T., Medialdea, T., Maestro, A., Somoza, L., Díaz del Río, V., Vegas, R., Catalán, M., Fernández-Puga, M.C. (2000). Tectónica Compresiva en el Golfo de Cádiz. In: 3rd Symposium on Iberian Atlantic Margin extended abstracts, Faro, Portugal, pp. 389-390.
Vázquez, J.T., Somoza, L., Díaz del Río, V., Maestro, A., Roque, C., Vegas, R., Alveirinho Dias, J. (1998). Neotectónica y sismicidad en el margen continental continental Suriberico Atlántico. In: Asamblea Nacional de Geodesia y Geofísica, Aguadulce, Almería, Universidad de Almería, Instituto Geográfico Nacional IGN.
Vilas, F., Somoza, L. (1983) Observaciones de la morfologia de los "Washover fans" de las lagunas costeras de Galicia. In: 10th National Sedimentology Congress, Minorca, Spain. Obrador, A (editor). Pages 2.31. 1983. Univ. Auton. Barcelona, Spain. 1983.
Translated Title: Observations of the morphology of "washover fans" of the coastal lagoons of Galicia.Vilas, F., Somoza L. (1983). Observaciones de la morfologia de los "washover fans" de las lagunas costeras de Galicia, España. Boletin Real Sociedad Espanola de Historia Natural 81 (3-4): 265-274.
Vilas, F., Somoza, L. (1984). El estuario del rio Miño; observaciones previas de su dinamica. THALASSAS 2 (1): 87-92.
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Divulgative Articles & Invited Conferences
Articulo de Divulgación y ConferenciasSomoza, L. (2003).Chimeneas Metanógenas Submarinas y Volcanes de Desgasificación de Clatratos en los Fondos Oceánicos: Análogos a Condiciones Extremófilas de Vida en el Subsuelo De Marte?
Methanogen Submarine Chimneys and Degasification Clathrates Volcanoes in the Earth Ocean Sea-floor: Analogues to Extremophile Life on the subsurface of Mars.
Conferencia celebrada el 21-03-2003 en el Centro de Astrobiologia CSIC-INTA, NASA Associated Center, Torrejón de Ardoz, Madrid.Somoza, L. (2001).Hydrocarbon seeps, gas hydrates, and carbonate chimneys in the Gulf of Cadiz: an example of of the interaction between tectonic and oceanographic controlling factors.
In: Natural hydrocarbon seeps, global tectonics and greenhouse gas emissions. ESF-LESF exploratory workshop. September, 2001. Delft, The Netherlands.Somoza, L. (2000). El gas "Helado Inflamable": El futuro de la investigación de los fondos marinos para la próxima decada.
Inflamable Ice Gas: The future of ocean sea-floor investigation for the next decade.
In: http://tierra.rediris.es/TASYO/gases_hidratados.htmSomoza, L. (2000). En busca de volcanes submarinos en la isla Decepción. La expedición del 'Hespérides'.
Searching for submarine volcanoes in the Deception Island. The Expedition of Hespérides.
EL PAIS DIGITAL especiales. http://www.elpais.es/especiales/2000/hesperides/cuaderno10.htmSomoza, L. (2000).Estudio del hidrotermalismo en la Antártida: Implicaciones astrobiológicas.
Hydrothermalism in Antarctica: Astrobiological implications.
Acta Científica y Tecnológica Nº 2 (http://www.aecientificos.es/.
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