@article {N{\'u}{\~n}ez-Corn{\'u}201659,
	title = {{Geophysical studies across rivera plate and jalisco block, Mexico: Tsujal project}},
	journal = {Seismological Research Letters},
	volume = {87},
	number = {1},
	year = {2016},
	pages = {59{\textendash}72},
	abstract = {In the spring of 2014, an onshore-offshore geophysical experiment ("Crustal Characterization of the Rivera plate-Jalisco Block Boundary and Its Implications for Seismic and Tsunami Hazard Assessment") was carried out in the frame of theTsuJal project to define the crustal architecture of the western Mexican active margin and identify potential structural sources that can trigger earthquakes and tsunamis at the convergence between the Rivera plate (RP) and the Jalisco Block (JB) within the North American plate. In this work, we present the preliminary results about bathymetric, structural geology, and wide-angle seismic data of the southern coast of Bah{\'\i}a de Banderas. These data indicate the slab thickness in this area is about 10 km and presents a dip angle of about 8. Continental crustal thickness below Puerto Vallarta is about 20 km, but no evidences of continental Moho and clear subduction features (trench, accretionary prism) are observed. Nevertheless, this model supports the hypothesis that the region of Bah{\'\i}a de Banderas is under strong crustal stresses generating structural lineaments with the same trends offshore and inland due to the convergence of the RP against the JB. Most of the seismicity reported can be associated with the main structural lineaments. Moreover, the Banderas Canyon (BC) is apparently in an eastward opening process, which seems to continue through the Rio Pitillal river valley; no seismic or morphological evidences were found to suggest the BC is a continuation of the Vallarta graben. Offshore, the Sierra de Cleofas, located south of Mar{\'\i}a Cleofas Island, marks the limit between the RP and the JB along 100 km. It may be the result of the RP pushing against the JB establishing the beginning of the current subduction process, with associated seismic activity. If a subduction type earthquake occurs in this area, the associated magnitude will be about 7.5 and could have a tsunamigenic effect.},
	doi = {10.1785/0220150144},
	url = {http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84954306785\&partnerID=40\&md5=ad4bbdb5d2b001b4510745d3e92ea302},
	author = {N{\'u}{\~n}ez-Corn{\'u}, F J and C{\'o}rdoba, D and Da{\~n}obeitia, J J and Bandy, W L and Figueroa, M O and Bartolom{\'e}, R and N{\'u}{\~n}ez, D and Zamora-Camacho, A and Esp{\'\i}ndola, J M and Castell{\'o}n, A and Escudero, C R and Trejo-G{\'o}mez, E and De Jes{\'u}s Escalona-Alc{\'a}zar, F and Plascencia, C S and Alejandro Nava, F and Mortera, C}
}
@article {Biescas2016,
	title = {{Synthetic Modeling for an Acoustic Exploration System for Physical Oceanography}},
	journal = {Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology},
	volume = {33},
	number = {1},
	year = {2016},
	pages = {191{\textendash}200},
	publisher = {American Meteorological Society},
	abstract = {AbstractMarine multichannel seismic (MCS) data, used to obtain structural reflection images of the earth?s subsurface, can also be used in physical oceanography exploration. This method provides vertical and lateral resolutions of O(10?100) m, covering the existing observational gap in oceanic exploration. All MCS data used so far in physical oceanography studies have been acquired using conventional seismic instrumentation originally designed for geological exploration. This work presents the proof of concept of an alternative MCS system that is better adapted to physical oceanography and has two goals: 1) to have an environmentally low-impact acoustic source to minimize any potential disturbance to marine life and 2) to be light and portable, thus being installed on midsize oceanographic vessels. The synthetic experiments simulate the main variables of the source, shooting, and streamer involved in the MCS technique. The proposed system utilizes a 5-s-long exponential chirp source of 208 dB relative to 1 ?Pa at 1 m with a frequency content of 20?100 Hz and a relatively short 500-m-long streamer with 100 channels. This study exemplifies through numerical simulations that the 5-s-long chirp source can reduce the peak of the pressure signal by 26 dB with respect to equivalent air gun?based sources by spreading the energy in time, greatly reducing the impact to marine life. Additionally, the proposed system could be transported and installed in midsize oceanographic vessels, opening new horizons in acoustic oceanography research.},
	issn = {0739-0572},
	doi = {10.1175/JTECH-D-15-0137.1},
	url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1175/JTECH-D-15-0137.1},
	author = {Biescas, Berta and Ruddick, Barry and Kormann, Jean and Sallares, Valenti and Nedimovi{\'c}, Mladen R and Carniel, Sandro}
}
@article {Giaconia2015,
	title = {{Compressional tectonic inversion of the Algero-Balearic basin: Latemost Miocene to present oblique convergence at the Palomares margin (Western Mediterranean)}},
	journal = {Tectonics},
	volume = {34},
	number = {7},
	year = {2015},
	month = {jul},
	pages = {1516{\textendash}1543},
	keywords = {10.1002/2015TC003861 and Active tectonics, Abubacer anticline, multichannel seismics, Palomares fault zone, Tectonic inversion, Western Mediterranean},
	issn = {02787407},
	doi = {10.1002/2015TC003861},
	url = {http://doi.wiley.com/10.1002/2015TC003861},
	author = {Giaconia, Flavio and Booth-Rea, Guillermo and Ranero, C{\'e}sar R and Gr{\'a}cia, Eul{\`a}lia and Bartolom{\'e}, Rafael and Calahorrano, Alcinoe and Lo Iacono, Claudio and Vendrell, Montserrat G and Cameselle, Alejandra L and Costa, Sergio and G{\'o}mez de la Pe{\~n}a, Laura and Mart{\'\i}nez-Loriente, Sara and Perea, Hector and Vi{\~n}as, Marina}
}
@article {Cameselle2015,
	title = {{The continent-ocean transition on the northwestern South China Sea}},
	journal = {Basin Research},
	year = {2015},
	pages = {n/a{\textendash}{\textendash}n/a},
	issn = {0950091X},
	doi = {10.1111/bre.12137},
	url = {http://doi.wiley.com/10.1111/bre.12137},
	author = {Cameselle, Alejandra L and Ranero, C{\'e}sar R and Franke, Dieter and Barckhausen, Udo}
}
@article {Bangs201567,
	title = {{Fluid accumulation along the Costa Rica subduction thrust and development of the seismogenic zone}},
	journal = {Journal of Geophysical Research B: Solid Earth},
	volume = {120},
	number = {1},
	year = {2015},
	pages = {67{\textendash}86},
	abstract = {In 2011 we acquired an 11 {\texttimes} 55 km, 3-D seismic reflection volume across the Costa Rica margin, NW of the Osa Peninsula, to accurately image the subduction thrust in 3-D, to examine fault zone properties, and to infer the hydrogeology that controls fluid accumulation along the thrust. Following processing to remove water column multiples, noise, and acquisition artifacts, we constructed a 3-D seismic velocity model for Kirchhoff prestack depth migration imaging. Images of the plate boundary thrust show high-reflection amplitudes underneath the middle to lower slope that we attribute to fluid-rich, poorly drained portions of the subduction thrust. At \~{} 5 km subseafloor, beneath the upper slope, the plate interface abruptly becomes weakly reflective, which we interpret as a transition to a well-drained subduction thrust. Mineral dehydration during diagenesis may also diminish at 5 km subseafloor to reduce fluid production and contribute to the downdip change from high to low amplitude. There is also a layered fabric and systems of both thrust and normal faults within the overriding plate that form a "plumbing system." Faults commonly have fault plane reflections and are presumably fluid charged. The faults and layered fabric form three compartmentalized hydrogeologic zones: (1) a shallow NE dipping zone beneath the slope, (2) a steeply SW dipping zone beneath the shelf slope break, and (3) a NE dipping zone beneath the shelf. The more direct pathway in the middle zone drains the subduction thrust more efficiently and contributes to reduced fluid pressure, elevates effective stress, and creates greater potential for unstable coseismic slip. {\textcopyright}2014. American Geophysical Union. All Rights Reserved.},
	doi = {10.1002/2014JB011265},
	url = {http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84924020398\&partnerID=40\&md5=d49719196f3f40ccbd90cc13a525e689},
	author = {Bangs, N.L.a and McIntosh, K.D.a and Silver, E.A.b and Kluesner, J.W.b and Ranero, C.R.c}
}
@article {Moreno201578,
	title = {{Quaternary tectonic activity of the Carboneras Fault in the La Serrata range (SE Iberia): Geomorphological and chronological constraints}},
	journal = {Tectonophysics},
	volume = {663},
	year = {2015},
	pages = {78{\textendash}94},
	abstract = {The Eastern Betic Shear Zone (EBSZ) in Southern Iberia is known to accommodate part of the 4-5mm/yr convergence between Africa and Iberia, but its seismic hazard is not sufficiently understood for an accurate risk assessment. One of the main structures of the EBSZ, the left-lateral 150km-long Carboneras Fault, displays no clear instrumental and historical activity despite being morphologically expressive. Detailed geomorphological mapping, geochronological analysis, and structural observation on the La Serrata segment of the Carboneras Fault were designed to investigate its recent evolution. Quaternary sediments and geomorphic features were targeted and 42 new numerical ages were obtained based on 66 samples (thermoluminescence, U-series, 14C, 10Be). The chronological framework of La Serrata was constructed by combining these numerical ages with a conceptual model previously developed in the region, which assumes that alluvial fan aggradation was produced during cold and dry periods (glacials and stadials), whereas stability and phases of calcrete formation were favored during warm and wetter periods (interglacials and interstadials). The spatial distribution of dated alluvial fans suggests an early phase of uplift that probably occurred between 1Ma and 56.6ka in the northeastern portion of the study area, whereas in the southwest sector the main uplift phase occurred later than 110.3ka. A decline in fault activity would have taken place after 30.8ka. Vertically offset dated units indicate minimum dip-slip rates of 0.05mm/yr and 0.18mm/yr, averaged for the last 1Ma and the last 110.3ka, respectively. Deflected channels and associated dated units yield a minimum left-lateral strike-slip rate of 1.31mm/yr, averaged for the last 110.3ka. The most recent fault movement of the fault could be younger than AD 637. Our results suggest therefore that the Carboneras Fault is among the fastest in Iberia, and should be considered in future hazard analyses. {\textcopyright} 2015 Elsevier B.V.},
	doi = {10.1016/j.tecto.2015.08.016},
	url = {http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84955683900\&partnerID=40\&md5=e4a4acb51d89920f2e6fbd0c738b7730},
	author = {Moreno, X.a b and Masana, E.a and Pall{\`a}s, R.a and Gr{\`a}cia, E.b and Rod{\'e}s, {\'A}.a c and Bordonau, J.a}
}
@article {Hensen01042015,
	title = {{Strike-slip faults mediate the rise of crustal-derived fluids and mud volcanism in the deep sea}},
	journal = {Geology},
	volume = {43},
	number = {4},
	year = {2015},
	pages = {339{\textendash}342},
	abstract = {We report on newly discovered mud volcanoes located at \~{}4500 m water depth \~{}90 km west of the deformation front of the accretionary wedge of the Gulf of Cadiz, and thus outside of their typical geotectonic environment. Seismic data suggest that fluid flow is mediated by a >400-km-long strike-slip fault marking the transcurrent plate boundary between Africa and Eurasia. Geochemical data (Cl, B, Sr, 87Sr/86Sr, $δ$18O, $δ$D) reveal that fluids originate in oceanic crust older than 140 Ma. On their rise to the surface, these fluids receive strong geochemical signals from recrystallization of Upper Jurassic carbonates and clay-mineral dehydration in younger terrigeneous units. At present, reports of mud volcanoes in similar deep-sea settings are rare, but given that the large area of transform-type plate boundaries has been barely investigated, such pathways of fluid discharge may provide an important, yet unappreciated link between the deeply buried oceanic crust and the deep ocean.},
	doi = {10.1130/G36359.1},
	url = {http://geology.gsapubs.org/content/43/4/339.abstract},
	author = {Hensen, Christian and Scholz, Florian and Nuzzo, Marianne and Valadares, Vasco and Gr{\'a}cia, Eul{\`a}lia and Terrinha, Pedro and Liebetrau, Volker and Kaul, Norbert and Silva, Sonia and Mart{\'\i}nez-Loriente, Sara and Bartolom{\'e}, Rafael and Pi{\~n}ero, Elena and Magalh{\~a}es, Vitor H and Schmidt, Mark and Weise, Stephan M and Cunha, Marina and Hilario, Ana and Perea, Hector and Rovelli, Lorenzo and Lackschewitz, Klas}
}
@article {Geersen2015,
	title = {{Subducting seamounts control interplate coupling and seismic rupture in the 2014 Iquique earthquake area}},
	journal = {Nature Communications},
	volume = {6},
	year = {2015},
	abstract = {To date, the parameters that determine the rupture area of great subduction zone earthquakes remain contentious. On 1 April 2014, the Mw 8.1 Iquique earthquake ruptured a portion of the well-recognized northern Chile seismic gap but left large highly coupled areas un-ruptured. Marine seismic reflection and swath bathymetric data indicate that structural variations in the subducting Nazca Plate control regional-scale plate-coupling variations, and the limited extent of the 2014 earthquake. Several under-thrusting seamounts correlate to the southward and up-dip arrest of seismic rupture during the 2014 Iquique earthquake, thus supporting a causal link. By fracturing of the overriding plate, the subducting seamounts are likely further responsible for reduced plate-coupling in the shallow subduction zone and in a lowly coupled region around 20.5{\textdegree}S. Our data support that structural variations in the lower plate influence coupling and seismic rupture offshore Northern Chile, whereas the structure of the upper plate plays a minor role. {\textcopyright} 2015 Macmillan Publishers Limited. All rights reserved.},
	doi = {10.1038/ncomms9267},
	url = {http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84942875520\&partnerID=40\&md5=c48e69118579945090a1454f6db7407e},
	author = {Geersen, J.a and Ranero, C.R.b and Barckhausen, U.c and Reichert, C.c}
}
@inbook {Martinez-LorienteS.GraciaE;BartolomeR;SallaresV;Perea2014,
	title = {{Active faulting in the Mesozoic oceanic lithosphere offshore the SW Iberian margin. Significance for earthquake and tsunami hazard}},
	booktitle = {Una aproximaci{\'o}n multidisciplinar al estudio de fallas activas, los terremotos y el riesgo s{\'\i}smico},
	year = {2014},
	pages = {81{\textendash}84},
	isbn = {978-84-617-2049-1},
	url = {http://www.researchgate.net/publication/267574309\_Una\_aproximacin\_multidisciplinar\_al\_estudio\_de\_las\_fallas\_activas\_los\_terremotos\_y\_el\_riesgo\_ssmico},
	author = {Martinez-Loriente, S. and Gr{\`a}cia, E and Bartolom{\'e}, R and SALLARES, V and Perea, H}
}
@article {Cameselle2014,
	title = {{The continent-ocean transition of the rifted South China continental margin}},
	journal = {EGU General Assembly Conference Abstracts},
	volume = {16},
	year = {2014},
	month = {may},
	pages = {14917},
	url = {http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2014EGUGA..1614917C},
	author = {Cameselle, Alejandra L. and Ranero, C{\'e} and sar R. and Franke, Dieter and Barckhausen, Udo}
}
@inbook {PereaHGraciaE.BartolomeRGomezdelaPenaL.Martinez-LorienteS.MorenoX.DeMolB.TelloO.BallesterosM.2014,
	title = {{Evidences of quaternary active faults across the Djibouti high and the Adra Ridge (Alboran Sea)}},
	booktitle = {Una aproximaci{\'o}n multidisciplinar al estudio de fallas activas, los terremotos y el riesgo s{\'\i}smico},
	year = {2014},
	pages = {97{\textendash}100},
	isbn = {978-84-617-2049-1},
	url = {http://www.researchgate.net/publication/267574309\_Una\_aproximacin\_multidisciplinar\_al\_estudio\_de\_las\_fallas\_activas\_los\_terremotos\_y\_el\_riesgo\_ssmico},
	author = {Perea, H and Gr{\`a}cia, E. and Bartolom{\'e}, R and G{\'o}mez de la Pe{\~n}a, L. and Martinez-Loriente, S. and Moreno, X. and De Mol, B. and Tello, O. and Ballesteros, M. and cruise Party, EVENT-DEEP}
}
@inbook {MasanaOrtunoM.E.FerraterM.PereaH.BaizeS.EcheverriaA.PallasR.GarciaMelendezE.Martinez-DiazJ.J.andRockwell2014,
	title = {{Fine grained bodies as evidence of {\textquotedblleft}dusty{\textquotedblright} paleoearthquakes in the Alhama de Murcia Fault geological record}},
	booktitle = {Una aproximaci{\'o}n multidisciplinar al estudio de fallas activas, los terremotos y el riesgo s{\'\i}smico},
	year = {2014},
	pages = {23{\textendash}26},
	isbn = {978-84-617-2049-1},
	url = {http://www.researchgate.net/publication/267574309\_Una\_aproximacin\_multidisciplinar\_al\_estudio\_de\_las\_fallas\_activas\_los\_terremotos\_y\_el\_riesgo\_ssmico},
	author = {Masana, Ortu{\~n}o, M., E. and Ferrater, M. and Perea, H. and Baize, S. and Echeverria, A. and Pall{\`a}s, R. and Garc{\'\i}a Mel{\'e}ndez, E. and Mart{\'\i}nez-D{\'\i}az and J.J. and Rockwell, T.}
}
@article {ferraterprimeros,
	title = {{PRIMEROS VALORES DE VELOCIDAD DE DESLIZAMIENTO LATERAL EN LA FALLA ALHAMA DE MURCIA BASADOS EN TRINCHERAS 3D}},
	journal = {Segunda reuni{\'o}n Ib{\'e}rica sobre fallas activas y paleosismolog{\'\i}a},
	year = {2014},
	pages = {19},
	author = {Ferrater, M and Ortu{\~n}o, M and Masana, E and Perea, H and Baize, S and Mart{\'\i}nez-D{\'\i}az, J J and Pall{\`a}s, R and Garc{\'\i}a-Mel{\'e}ndez, E}
}
@article {Biescas2014,
	title = {{Recovery of temperature, salinity, and potential density from ocean reflectivity}},
	journal = {Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans},
	volume = {119},
	number = {5},
	year = {2014},
	pages = {3171{\textendash}3184},
	publisher = {Blackwell Publishing Ltd},
	abstract = {This work explores a method to recover temperature, salinity, and potential density of the ocean using acoustic reflectivity data and time and space coincident expendable bathythermographs (XBT). The acoustically derived (vertical frequency >10 Hz) and the XBT-derived (vertical frequency <10 Hz) impedances are summed in the time domain to form impedance profiles. Temperature (T) and salinity (S) are then calculated from impedance using the international thermodynamics equations of seawater (GSW TEOS-10) and an empirical T-S relation derived with neural networks; and finally potential density ($\rho$) is calculated from T and S. The main difference between this method and previous inversion works done from real multichannel seismic reflection (MCS) data recorded in the ocean, is that it inverts density and it does not consider this magnitude constant along the profile, either in vertical or lateral dimension. We successfully test this method on MCS data collected in the Gulf of Cadiz (NE Atlantic Ocean). T, S, and $\rho$ are inverted with accuracies of $δ$Tsd=0.1C, $δ$Ssd=0.09, and $δ$$\rho$sd=0.02kg/m 3. Inverted temperature anomalies reveal baroclinic thermohaline fronts with intrusions. The observations support a mix of thermohaline features created by both double-diffusive and isopycnal stirring mechanisms. Our results show that reflectivity is primarily caused by thermal gradients but acoustic reflectors are not isopycnal in all domains. Key Points Recovery of oceanic T, S, and potential density from acoustic reflectivity data Thermal anomalies observations at the Mediterranean tongue level Comparison between acoustic reflectors in the ocean and isopycnals {\textcopyright} 2014. American Geophysical Union. All Rights Reserved.},
	keywords = {low-frequency acoustic oceanography, ocean reflectivity, Seismic oceanography, thermohaline fronts, thermohaline intrusions},
	issn = {21699275},
	doi = {10.1002/2013JC009662},
	url = {http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84902770570\&partnerID=tZOtx3y1},
	author = {Biescas, Berta and Ruddick, Barry R. and Nedimovic, Mladen R. and Sallares, Valenti and Bornstein, Guillermo and Mojica, Jhon F.}
}
@article {Martinez-Loriente2014,
	title = {{Seismic and gravity constraints on the nature of the basement in the Africa-Eurasia plate boundary: New insights for the geodynamic evolution of the SW Iberian margin}},
	journal = {Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth},
	volume = {119},
	number = {1},
	year = {2014},
	month = {jan},
	pages = {127{\textendash}149},
	publisher = {Blackwell Publishing Ltd},
	abstract = {We present a new classification of geological domains at the Africa-Eurasia plate boundary off SW Iberia, together with a regional geodynamic reconstruction spanning from the Mesozoic extension to the Neogene-to-present- day convergence. It is based on seismic velocity and density models along a new transect running from the Horseshoe to the Seine abyssal plains, which is combined with previously available geophysical models from the region. The basement velocity structure at the Seine Abyssal Plain indicates the presence of a highly heterogeneous, thin oceanic crust with local high-velocity anomalies possibly representing zones related to the presence of ultramafic rocks. The integration of this model with previous ones reveals the presence of three oceanic domains offshore SW Iberia: (1) the Seine Abyssal Plain domain, generated during the first stages of slow seafloor spreading in the NE Central Atlantic (Early Jurassic); (2) the Gulf of Cadiz domain, made of oceanic crust generated in the Alpine-Tethys spreading system between Iberia and Africa, which was coeval with the formation of the Seine Abyssal Plain domain and lasted up to the North Atlantic continental breakup (Late Jurassic); and (3) the Gorringe Bank domain, made of exhumed mantle rocks, which formed during the first stages of North Atlantic opening. Our models suggest that the Seine Abyssal Plain and Gulf of Cadiz domains are separated by the Lineament South strike-slip fault, whereas the Gulf of Cadiz and Gorringe Bank domains appear to be limited by a deep thrust fault located at the center of the Horseshoe Abyssal Plain. {\textcopyright}2013. American Geophysical Union. All Rights Reserved.},
	keywords = {Central and North Atlantic kinematics, crustal nature, geological domains, gravity modeling, refraction and reflection traveltime tomography, wide-angle seismics},
	issn = {21699313},
	doi = {10.1002/2013JB010476},
	url = {http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84896782219\&partnerID=tZOtx3y1},
	author = {Mart{\'\i}nez-Loriente, Sara and Sallares, Valenti and Gr{\'a}cia, Eul{\`a}lia and Bartolom{\'e}, Rafael and Da{\~n}obeitia, Juan Jos{\'e} and Zitellini, Nevio}
}
@inbook {GraciaE.BartolomeR.PereaH.MorenoX.GomezdelaPenaL.RaneroC.RLoIaconoC.Martinez-LorienteS.DiezS.MasanaE.Danobeitia2014,
	title = {{Seismic hazard of active faults in the Alboran Sea inferred from submarine paleosismology}},
	booktitle = {Una aproximaci{\'o}n multidisciplinar al estudio de fallas activas, los terremotos y el riesgo s{\'\i}smico},
	year = {2014},
	pages = {101{\textendash}104},
	isbn = {978-84-617-2049-1},
	url = {http://www.researchgate.net/publication/267574309\_Una\_aproximacin\_multidisciplinar\_al\_estudio\_de\_las\_fallas\_activas\_los\_terremotos\_y\_el\_riesgo\_ssmico},
	author = {Gr{\`a}cia, E. and Bartolome, R. and Perea, H. and Moreno, X. and G{\'o}mez de la Pe{\~n}a, L. and Ranero, C.R and Lo Iacono, C. and Martinez-Loriente, S. and Diez, S. and Masana, E. and Da{\~n}obeitia, J.}
}
@booklet {HensenC.ScholzF.MarianneN.ValadaresV.GraciaE.TerrinhaP.LiebetrauV.KaulN.SilvaS.Martinez-lorienteS.BartolomeR.PineroE.MagalhaesV.H.SchmidtM.WeiseS.M.CunhaM.HilarioA.Pereah.RovelliL.2014,
	title = {{Strike-slip Faults Mediate the Rise of Basement-Derived Fluids and Mud Volcanism in the Deep Sea}},
	year = {2014},
	keywords = {Geology},
	author = {Hensen, C. and Scholz, F. and Marianne, N. and Valadares, V. and Gr{\`a}cia, E. and Terrinha, P. and Liebetrau, V. and Kaul, N. and Silva, S. and Martinez-Loriente, S. and Bartolome, R. and Pi{\~n}ero, E. and Mag{\~a}lhaes, V.H. and Schmidt, M. and S.M., Weise and Cunha, M. and Hilario, A. and Perea, H. and Rovelli, L. K.}
}
@inbook {Torbahn2014a,
	title = {{Submarine Mass Movements and Their Consequences}},
	booktitle = {Submarine Mass Movements and Their Consequences},
	series = {Advances in Natural and Technological Hazards Research},
	volume = {37},
	year = {2014},
	month = {jul},
	pages = {85{\textendash}94},
	publisher = {Springer International Publishing},
	organization = {Springer International Publishing},
	address = {Cham},
	abstract = {6th International Symposium on Submarine Mass Movements and Their Consequences (ISSMMTC), 23-25 September 2013, Kiel, Germany.{\textendash} 9 pages},
	keywords = {Discrete element method, failure, mechanism, pore volume change, sediment fabric, sediment strength},
	isbn = {978-3-319-00971-1},
	doi = {10.1007/978-3-319-00972-8},
	url = {http://link.springer.com/10.1007/978-3-319-00972-8},
	author = {Torbahn, Lutz and Huhn, Katrin},
	editor = {Krastel, Sebastian and Behrmann, Jan-Hinrich and V{\"o}lker, David and Stipp, Michael and Berndt, Christian and Urgeles, Roger and Chaytor, Jason and Huhn, Katrin and Strasser, Michael and Harbitz, Carl Bonnevie}
}
@inbook {PereaHGraciaE.BartolomeRMartinez-Loriente2014,
	title = {{Submarine paleoseismology on the Santa Pola fault (Bajo Segura basin, western mediterranean): derivating direct on-fault paleoearthquakes}},
	booktitle = {Una aproximaci{\'o}n multidisciplinar al estudio de fallas activas, los terremotos y el riesgo s{\'\i}smico},
	year = {2014},
	pages = {121{\textendash}124},
	isbn = {978-84-617-2049-1},
	url = {http://www.researchgate.net/publication/267574309\_Una\_aproximacin\_multidisciplinar\_al\_estudio\_de\_las\_fallas\_activas\_los\_terremotos\_y\_el\_riesgo\_ssmico},
	author = {Perea, H and Gr{\`a}cia, E. and Bartolom{\'e}, R and Martinez-Loriente, S.}
}
@conference {Bartolome2014,
	title = {{TSUJAL project and marine survey: Crustal characterization of the Rivera Plate-Jalisco Block boundary and its implications for seismic and tsunami hazard assessment5) TSUJAL Working Group: D}},
	booktitle = {2nd Iberian meeting on active faults and paleoseismology {\textendash} IBERFAULT 2014},
	year = {2014},
	month = {oct},
	doi = {10.13140/2.1.3949.1524},
	url = {http://www.researchgate.net/publication/267514007\_TSUJAL\_project\_and\_marine\_survey\_Crustal\_characterization\_of\_the\_Rivera\_Plate-Jalisco\_Block\_boundary\_and\_its\_implications\_for\_seismic\_and\_tsunami\_hazard\_assessment5)\_TSUJAL\_Working\},
	author = {Bartolom{\'e}, R and Cordoba and Nu{\~n}ez-Corn{\'u} and Da{\~n}obeitia and Alonso, J.L. and Cameselle, A.L. and Castellon, A. and Estrada, F. and Perea, H. and Prada, M.}
}
@article {LoIacono2014316,
	title = {{The West Melilla cold water coral mounds, Eastern Alboran Sea: Morphological characterization and environmental context}},
	journal = {Deep Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography},
	volume = {99},
	year = {2014},
	pages = {316{\textendash}326},
	abstract = {Abstract A new mound field, the West Melilla mounds, interpreted as being cold-water coral mounds, has been recently unveiled along the upper slope of the Mediterranean Moroccan continental margin, a few kilometers west of the Cape Tres Forcas. This study is based on the integration of high-resolution geophysical data (swath bathymetry, parametric sub-bottom profiler), \{CTD\} casts, Acoustic Doppler Current Profiler (ADCP), \{ROV\} video and seafloor sampling, acquired during the \{TOPOMED\} \{GASSIS\} (2011) and \{MELCOR\} (2012) cruises. Up to 103 mounds organized in two main clusters have been recognized in a depth range of 299{\textendash}590 m, displaying a high density of 5 mounds/km2. Mounds, 1{\textendash}48 m high above the surrounding seafloor and on average 260 m wide, are actually buried by a 1{\textendash}12 m thick fine-grained sediment blanket. Seismic data suggest that the West Melilla mounds grew throughout the Early Pleistocene{\textendash}Holocene, settling on erosive unconformities and mass movement deposits. During the last glacial{\textendash}interglacial transition, the West Melilla mounds may have suffered a drastic change of the local sedimentary regime during the late Holocene and, unable to stand increasing depositional rates, were progressively buried. At the present day, temperature and salinity values on the West Melilla mounds suggest a plausible oceanographic setting, suitable for live CWCs. Nonetheless, more data is required to groundtruth the West Melilla mounds and better constrain the interplay of sedimentary and oceanographic factors during the evolution of the West Melilla mounds.},
	keywords = {Alboran Sea, high-resolution seismics, Quaternary, Swath mapping, \{CWC\} mounds},
	issn = {0967-0645},
	doi = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.dsr2.2013.07.006},
	url = {http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0967064513002786},
	author = {Iacono, Claudio Lo and Gr{\'a}cia, Eul{\`a}lia and Ranero, C{\'e}sar R and Emelianov, Mikhail and Huvenne, Veerle A I and Bartolom{\'e}, Rafael and Booth-Rea, Guillermo and Prades, Javier and Ambroso, Stefano and Dominguez, Carlos and Griny{\'o}, Jordi and Rubio, Eduardo and Torrent, Josep}
}
@booklet {Ranero2014,
	title = {{The Western Mediterranean Pairs of Basin and Arc Systems}},
	year = {2014},
	month = {feb},
	publisher = {Sociedad Geol{\'o}gica de Espa{\~n}a},
	abstract = {Ranero, C{\'e}sar R. ... et. al.{\textendash} VIII Congreso Geol{\'o}gico de Espa{\~n}a, 2012, Oviedo},
	isbn = {http://hdl.handle.net/10261/92021},
	url = {http://digital.csic.es/handle/10261/92021},
	author = {Ranero, Cesar R. and Gr{\'a}cia, Eul{\`a}lia and Sallares, Valenti and Garcia, Xavier and Gallart Muset, Josep and Bartolom{\'e}, Rafael and Lo Iacono, Claudio and Martinez-Loriente, S. and Moreno, Ximena and Prada, Manel and Perea, Hector and Zitellini, N.}
}
@article {Martinez-Loriente2013,
	title = {{Active deformation in old oceanic lithosphere and significance for earthquake hazard: Seismic imaging of the Coral Patch Ridge area and neighboring abyssal plains (SW Iberian Margin)}},
	journal = {Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems},
	volume = {14},
	number = {7},
	year = {2013},
	month = {jul},
	pages = {2206{\textendash}2231},
	abstract = {Recently acquired high-resolution multichannel seismic profiles together with bathymetric and sub-bottom profiler data from the external part of the Gulf of Cadiz (Iberia-Africa plate boundary) reveal active deformation involving old (Mesozoic) oceanic lithosphere. This area is located 180 km offshore the SW Iberian Peninsula and embraces the prominent NE-SW trending Coral Patch Ridge, and part of the surrounding deep Horseshoe and Seine abyssal plains. E-W trending dextral strike-slip faults showing surface deformation of flower-like structures predominate in the Horseshoe Abyssal Plain, whereas NE-SW trending compressive structures prevail in the Coral Patch Ridge and Seine Hills. Although the Coral Patch Ridge region is characterized by subdued seismic activity, the area is not free from seismic hazard. Most of the newly mapped faults correspond to active blind thrusts and strike-slip faults that are able to generate large magnitude earthquakes (Mw 7.2-8.4). This may represent a significant earthquake and tsunami hazard that has been overlooked so far. Key Points New active structures have been mapped in the Coral Patch Ridge area The newly mapped faults are able to generate large magnitude earthquakes (Mw>7) These new structures may represent a significant earthquake and tsunami hazard {\textcopyright}2013. American Geophysical Union. All Rights Reserved.},
	keywords = {blind thrusts, fault-bend folds, Iberia-Africa boundary, multichannel seismics, seismic hazard assessment, strike-slip faults},
	issn = {15252027},
	doi = {10.1002/ggge.20173},
	url = {http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84883575301\&partnerID=tZOtx3y1},
	author = {Mart{\'\i}nez-Loriente, Sara and Gr{\'a}cia, Eul{\`a}lia and Bartolom{\'e}, Rafael and Sallares, Valenti and Connors, Christopher and Perea, Hector and Lo Iacono, Claudio and Klaeschen, Dirk and Terrinha, Pedro and Da{\~n}obeitia, Juan Jos{\'e} and Zitellini, Nevio}
}
@article {Gori2013,
	title = {{Bathymetrical distribution and size structure of cold-water coral populations in the Cap de Creus and Lacaze-Duthiers canyons (northwestern Mediterranean)}},
	journal = {Biogeosciences},
	volume = {10},
	number = {3},
	year = {2013},
	month = {mar},
	pages = {2049{\textendash}2060},
	abstract = {Submarine canyons are known as one of the seafloor morphological features where living cold-water coral (CWC) communities develop in the Mediterranean Sea. We investigated the CWC community of the two westernmost submarine canyons of the Gulf of Lions canyon system: the Cap de Creus Canyon (CCC) and Lacaze-Duthiers Canyon (LDC). Coral associations have been studied through video material recorded by means of a manned submersible and a remotely operated vehicle. Video transects have been conducted and analyzed in order to obtain information on (1) coral bathymetric distribution and density patterns, (2) size structure of coral populations, and (3) coral colony position with respect to the substrate. Madrepora oculata was the most abundant CWC in both canyons, while Lophelia pertusa and Dendrophyllia cornigera mostly occurred as isolated colonies or in small patches. An important exception was detected in a vertical cliff in LDC where a large L. pertusa framework was documented. This is the first record of such an extended L. pertusa framework in the Mediterranean Sea. In both canyons coral populations were dominated by medium and large colonies, but the frequent presence of small-sized colonies also indicate active recruitment. The predominant coral orientation (90{\textdegree} and 135{\textdegree} ) is probably driven by the current regime as well as by the sediment load transported by the current flows. In general, no clear differences were observed in the abundance and in the size structure of the CWC populations between CCC and LDC, despite large differences in particulate matter between canyons. {\textcopyright} Author(s) 2013.},
	issn = {1726-4189},
	doi = {10.5194/bg-10-2049-2013},
	url = {http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84880722043\&partnerID=tZOtx3y1},
	author = {Gori, A. and Orejas, C. and Madurell, T. and Bramanti, L. and Martins, M. and Quintanilla, E. and Marti-Puig, P. and Lo Iacono, C. and Puig, P. and Requena, S. and Greenacre, M. and Gili, J. M.}
}
@conference {Buffett2013,
	title = {{Characterization of thermohaline staircases in the Tyrrhenian Sea using stochastic heterogeneity mapping}},
	booktitle = {Proceedings of Meetings on Acoustics},
	volume = {19},
	year = {2013},
	pages = {005013{\textendash}005013},
	abstract = {Processed multi-channel seismic (MCS) data acquired in the Tyrrhenian Sea in April-May 2010 provide images of oceanic thermohaline staircases. Using Stochastic Heterogeneity Mapping we characterize spatial reflector variations. This method is based on the band-limited von K{\'a}rm{\'a}n function. For scale sizes smaller than the correlation length, the von K{\'a}rm{\'a}n model describes a power law (fractal) process. We are most interested in the extraction of the exponent in the power law (The Hurst exponent) because it allows us to characterize the richness of scales present in the data set. Lower Hurst exponents represent a richer range of wavenumbers and therefore correspond to a broader range of heterogeneity in the observed seismic reflection events. The Hurst exponent is related to the fractal dimension and to the slope in the Garrett-Munk wavenumber spectrum. We interpret a richer range of heterogeneity as indicative of a greater degree of turbulent mixing. Data are presented alongside benchmark calibrations of synthetic seismic data generated from random fractal surfaces. We observe an oscillation in the Hurst exponent spectra as a function of frequency that is interpreted to represent a preferential coupling of energy across different spatial scales. {\textcopyright} 2013 Acoustical Society of America.},
	issn = {1939800X},
	doi = {10.1121/1.4799057},
	url = {http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84878961126\&partnerID=tZOtx3y1},
	author = {Buffett, Grant G. and Hobbs, Richard W. and Vsemirnova, Ekaterina A. and Klaeschen, Dirk and Hurich, Charles A. and Ranero, César and Sallarès, Valentí}
}
@inbook {Masana2013a,
	title = {{Characterizing the seismic potential of the Eastern Betics Shear Zone (EBSZ), a major source of earthquakes in Southeastern Iberia}},
	booktitle = {Contribuci{\'o}n de la Geolog{\'\i}a al An{\'a}lisis de la Peligrosidad S{\'\i}smica},
	year = {2013},
	month = {nov},
	pages = {101{\textendash}104},
	abstract = {Masana, E. ... et al.{\textendash} Primera Reuni{\'o}n Ib{\'e}rica sobre Fallas Activas y Paleosismolog{\'\i}a. Sig{\"u}enza, Guadalajara, Espa{\~n}a, 27-29 de Octubre de 2010.{\textendash} 4 pages, 1 figure},
	isbn = {978-84-693-6088-0},
	url = {http://hdl.handle.net/10261/82453},
	author = {Masana, E. and Gr{\'a}cia, Eul{\`a}lia and Moreno, Ximena and Bartolom{\'e}, Rafael and Da{\~n}obeitia, Juan Jos{\'e}}
}
@article {Cameselle2013a,
	title = {{The continent-ocean transition of the Pearl River margin}},
	journal = {AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts},
	volume = {-1},
	year = {2013},
	month = {dec},
	pages = {06},
	abstract = {Rifted continental margins form by lithospheric extension and break-up. The continent to ocean transition (COT) architecture depends on the interplay between tectonic and magmatic processes, and thus, to study the COT variability of different systems is key to understand rifting. We use MCS data and magnetic lineations across the Pearl River margin (PRM) of South China Sea to investigate a previously poorly defined COT. The structure of the PRM presents different amounts of extension allowing the study of conjugate pairs of continental margins and their COT in a relative small region. We reprocessed about 2250 km of MCS data along 4 regional, crustal-scale lines and found that 3 of them possibly display the COT. The time-migrated seismic sections show differences in internal reflectivity, faulting style, fault-block geometry, the seismic character of the top of the basement, in the geometry of sediment deposits, and Moho reflections, that we interpret to represent clear continental and oceanic domains. The continental domain is characterized by arrays of normal faults and associated tilted blocks overlaid by syn-rift sedimentary units. The Moho is imaged as sub-horizontal reflections that define a fairly continuous boundary typically at 8-10 s TWT. Estimation of the thickness of the continental crust using 6 km/s average velocity indicates a \~{}22 km-thick continental crust under the uppermost slope passing abruptly to \~{}9-6 km under the lower slope. Comparatively the oceanic crust has a highly reflective top of basement, little-faulting, not discernible syn-tectonic strata, and fairly constant thick aness (4-8 km) defined by usually clear Moho reflections. The COT occurs across \~{}5-10 km narrow zone. Rifting resulted in asymmetric conjugate margins. The PRM shows arrays of tilted fault blocks covered by abundant syn-rift sediment, whereas the conjugate Macclesfield Bank margin displays abrupt thinning and little faulting. Seismic profiles also show a change in the tectonic structure from NE to SW. On the two NE- most lines, crustal thinning and break-up occur over 20-40 km wide segments. To the SW, continental extension occurred over a comparatively broader \~{}100-110 km segment of tilted fault-block structure. We interpret, that this 3D structural variability and the narrow COT was caused by the lateral NE to the SW propagation of a spreading center. In the NE, early spreading center propagation during ongoing rifting stopped continental stretching, causing an abrupt break-up and a narrow COT to seafloor spreading. Later arrival of spreading center propagated to the SW, resulted in a comparatively broader segment with fault-block structures of extended continental crust. However, the COT to clear oceanic crust is narrow. Spreading center propagation in the basin is however not a simple phenomena and ridge jumps and abrupt cessation of spreading contributed to form narrow COT that laterally change to highly thinned continental crust segments. We suggest that the tectonic architecture of continental extension and the abrupt COT along the PRM have been controlled by 3D oceanic spreading center propagation to a degree larger than by the local lithospheric structure during rifting.},
	keywords = {8105 TECTONOPHYSICS Continental margins: divergent},
	url = {http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2013AGUFMOS23E..06C},
	author = {Cameselle, Alejandra L. and Ranero, Cesar R. and Franke, Dieter and Barckhausen, Udo}
}
@article {Rice2013,
	title = {{The Current Trajectory of Seismic Oceanography}},
	journal = {Eos, Transactions American Geophysical Union},
	volume = {94},
	number = {36},
	year = {2013},
	month = {sep},
	pages = {316{\textendash}316},
	issn = {00963941},
	doi = {10.1002/2013EO360003},
	url = {http://doi.wiley.com/10.1002/2013EO360003},
	author = {Rice, Ana E. and Ruddick, Barry R. and Biescas-Gorriz, Berta}
}
@article {Bornstein2013,
	title = {{Direct temperature and salinity acoustic full waveform inversion}},
	journal = {Geophysical Research Letters},
	volume = {40},
	number = {16},
	year = {2013},
	month = {aug},
	pages = {4344{\textendash}4348},
	abstract = {Recent work has shown that Full Waveform Inversion could be suitable to extract physical properties such as sound speed (c), density ($\rho$), temperature (T), and salinity (S) from the weak impedance contrasts associated with the ocean{\textquoteright}s thermohaline fine structure.The seismic inversion approaches proposed so far are based on the iterative inversion of c from multichannel seismic data, while the rest of parameters (T,S, and $\rho$) are determined in a second step using two equations of state and a local T-S empirical relationship. In this work, we present an alternative to this approach. Using 1-D synthetic seismic data, we demonstrate that the direct full waveform inversion of T and S using adjoint methods is feasible without the use of any local T-S relationship and that the models of physical properties obtained with this approach are far more accurate than those inferred from c. Key Points T and S can be inverted simultaneously from ocean acoustic data using FWI Local T-S empirical relationships are not required for the inversion Our T and S results have a potential density error of 0.01 kg/m3. {\textcopyright} 2013. American Geophysical Union. All Rights Reserved.},
	keywords = {acoustic oceanography, adjoint method, full waveform inversion, thermohaline fine structure},
	issn = {00948276},
	doi = {10.1002/grl.50844},
	url = {http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84882307211\&partnerID=tZOtx3y1},
	author = {Bornstein, G. and Biescas, B. and Sallar{\`e}s, V. and Mojica, J. F.}
}
@article {Moeller2013,
	title = {{Early-stage rifting of the northern Tyrrhenian Sea Basin: Results from a combined wide-angle and multichannel seismic study}},
	journal = {Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems},
	volume = {14},
	number = {8},
	year = {2013},
	month = {aug},
	pages = {3032{\textendash}3052},
	abstract = {Extension of the continental lithosphere leads to the formation of rift basins and ultimately may create passive continental margins. The mechanisms that operate during the early stage of crustal extension are still intensely debated. We present the results from coincident multichannel seismic and wide-angle seismic profiles that transect across the northern Tyrrhenian Sea Basin. The profiles cross the Corsica Basin (France) to the Latium Margin (Italy) where the early-rift stage of the basin is well preserved. We found two domains, each with a distinct tectonic style, heat flow and crustal thickness. One domain is the Corsica Basin in the west that formed before the main rift phase of the northern Tyrrhenian Sea opening (\~{}8-4 Ma). The second domain is rifted continental crust characterized by tilted blocks and half-graben structures in the central region and at the Latium Margin. These two domains are separated by a deep (\~{}10 km) sedimentary complex of the eastern portion of the Corsica Basin. Travel-time tomography of wide-angle seismic data reveals the crustal architecture and a subhorizontal 15-17 {\textpm} 1 km deep Moho discontinuity under the basin. To estimate the amount of horizontal extension we have identified the pre-, syn-, and post-tectonic sedimentary units and calculated the relative displacement of faults. We found that major faults initiated at angles of 45{\textdegree}-50{\textdegree} and that the rifted domain is horizontally stretched by a factor of $\beta$ \~{} 1.3 (\~{}8-10 mm/a). The crust has been thinned from \~{}24 to \~{}17 km indicating a similar amount of extension (\~{}30\%). The transect represents one of the best imaged early rifts and implies that the formation of crustal-scale detachments, or long-lived low-angle normal faults, is not a general feature that controls the rift initiation of continental crust. Other young rift basins, like the Gulf of Corinth, the Suez Rift or Lake Baikal, display features resembling the northern Tyrrhenian Basin, suggesting that half-graben formations and distributed homogeneous crustal thinning are a common feature during rift initiation. {\textcopyright}2013. American Geophysical Union. All Rights Reserved.},
	keywords = {Basin formation, Continental extension, Multichannel seismic data, Rifting, Tyrrhenian Sea, Wide-Angle data},
	issn = {15252027},
	doi = {10.1002/ggge.20180},
	url = {http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84885100133\&partnerID=tZOtx3y1},
	author = {Moeller, S. and Grevemeyer, I. and Ranero, C. R. and Berndt, C. and Klaeschen, D. and Sallar{\`e}s, V. and Zitellini, N. and de Franco, R.}
}
@article {Kluesner2013,
	title = {{High density of structurally controlled, shallow to deep water fluid seep indicators imaged offshore Costa Rica}},
	journal = {Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems},
	volume = {14},
	number = {3},
	year = {2013},
	month = {mar},
	pages = {519{\textendash}539},
	abstract = {We used high-resolution mapping to document 161 sites of potential fluid seepage on the shelf and slope regions where no geophysical seep indicators had been reported. Identified potential seabed seepage sites show both high-backscatter anomalies and bathymetric expressions, such as pockmarks, mounds, and ridges. Almost all identified seabed features are associated with bright spots and flat spots beneath, as mapped within the 3-D seismic grid. We obtained EM122 multi-beam data using closely spaced receiver beams and 4-5 times overlapping multi-beam swaths, which greatly improved the sounding density and geologic resolvability of the data. At least one location shows an acoustic plume in the water column on a 3.5 kHz profile, and this plume is located along a fault trace and above surface and subsurface seepage indicators. Fluid indicators are largely associated with folds and faults within the sediment section, and many of the faults continue into and offset the reflective basement. A dense pattern of normal faults is seen on the outer shelf in the multi-beam bathymetry, backscatter, and 3-D seismic data, and the majority of fluid seepage indicators lie along mapped fault traces. Furthermore, linear mounds, ridges, and pockmark chains are found on the upper, middle, and lower slope regions. The arcuate shape of the shelf edge, projection of the Quepos Ridge, and high density of potential seep sites suggest that this area may be a zone of former seamount/ridge subduction. These results demonstrate a much greater potential seep density and distribution than previously reported across the Costa Rican margin. {\textcopyright}2013. American Geophysical Union. All Rights Reserved.},
	keywords = {Costa Rica, fluid flow, fluid seepage, Marine Geology and Geophysics, subduction zones},
	issn = {15252027},
	doi = {10.1002/ggge.20058},
	url = {http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84879641763\&partnerID=tZOtx3y1},
	author = {Kluesner, Jared W. and Silver, Eli A. and Bangs, Nathan L. and McIntosh, Kirk D. and Gibson, James and Orange, Daniel and Ranero, Cesar R. and von Huene, Roland}
}
@article {Lucchi2013,
	title = {{Postglacial sedimentary processes on the Storfjorden and Kveithola trough mouth fans: Significance of extreme glacimarine sedimentation}},
	journal = {Global and Planetary Change},
	volume = {111},
	year = {2013},
	month = {dec},
	pages = {309{\textendash}326},
	abstract = {The depositional history of the Storfjorden and Kveithola trough-mouth fans (TMFs) in the northwestern Barents Sea has been investigated within two coordinated Spanish and Italian projects in the framework of the International Polar Year (IPY) Activity 367, NICE STREAMS. The investigation has been conducted using a multidisciplinary approach to the study of sediment cores positioned on high-resolution multibeam bathymetry and TOPAS/CHIRP sub-bottom profiles.Core correlation and the age model were based on 27 AMS 14C samples, rock magnetic parameters, lithofacies sequences, and the presence of marker beds including two oxidized layers marking the post Last Glacial Maximum (LGM) inception of deglaciation (OX-2) and the Younger Dryas cold climatic event (OX-1).Sediment facies analysis allowed the distinction of a number of depositional processes whose onset appears closely related to ice stream dynamics and oceanographic patterns in response to climate change. The glacigenic diamicton with low water content, high density, and high shear strength, deposited during glacial maxima, indicates ice streams grounded at the shelf edge. Massive release of IRD occurred at the inception of deglaciation in response to increased calving rates with possible outer ice streams lift off and collapse. The presence of a several-meter-thick sequence of interlaminated sediments deposited by subglacial outbursts of turbid meltwater (plumites) indicates rapid ice streams{\textquoteright} melting and retreat. Crudely-layered and heavily-bioturbated sediments were deposited by contour currents under climatic/environmental conditions favorable to bioproductivity.The extreme sedimentation rate of 3.4cma-1 calculated for the plumites from the upper-slope area indicates a massive, nearly instantaneous (less than 150years), terrigenous input corresponding to an outstanding meltwater event. We propose these interlaminated sediments to represent the high-latitude marine record of MeltWater Pulse 1a (MWP-1a). Different bathymetric and oceanographic conditions controlled locally the mode of glacial retreat, resulting in different thickness of plumites on the upper continental slope of the Storfjorden and Kveithola TMFs. It is possible that the southern part of Storfjorden TMF received additional sediments from the deglaciation of the neighboring Kveithola ice stream. {\textcopyright} 2013.},
	keywords = {Barents Sea, Gullies, LGM, Meltwater plumes, MWP-1a, Sedimentary processes},
	issn = {09218181},
	doi = {10.1016/j.gloplacha.2013.10.008},
	url = {http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84887563264\&partnerID=tZOtx3y1},
	author = {Lucchi, R.G. and Camerlenghi, A. and Rebesco, M. and Colmenero-Hidalgo, E. and Sierro, F.J. and Sagnotti, L. and Urgeles, R. and Melis, R. and Morigi, C. and B{\'a}rcena, M.-A. and Giorgetti, G. and Villa, G. and Persico, D. and Flores, J.-A. and Rigual-Hern{\'a}ndez, A.S. and Pedrosa, M.T. and Macri, P. and Caburlotto, A.}
}
@booklet {Martinez-Loriente2013a,
	title = {{Pre-stack depth migration seismic imaging of the Coral Patch Ridge and adjacent Horseshoe and Seine Abyssal Plains (Gulf of Cadiz): tectonic implications}},
	year = {2013},
	month = {apr},
	publisher = {Universidad de Oviedo},
	abstract = {Peer Reviewed},
	url = {http://digital.csic.es/handle/10261/75234},
	author = {Martinez-Loriente, S. and Gr{\'a}cia, Eul{\`a}lia and Bartolom{\'e}, Rafael and Klaeschen, D. and Vizcaino, A. and Sallares, Valenti and Da{\~n}obeitia, Juan Jos{\'e} and Zitellini, N.}
}
@article {Sallares2013,
	title = {{Seismic evidence of exhumed mantle rock basement at the Gorringe Bank and the adjacent Horseshoe and Tagus abyssal plains (SW Iberia)}},
	journal = {Earth and Planetary Science Letters},
	volume = {365},
	year = {2013},
	month = {mar},
	pages = {120{\textendash}131},
	abstract = {The Gorringe Bank is a gigantic seamount that separates the Horseshoe and Tagus abyssal plains offshore SW Iberia, in a zone that hosts the convergent boundary between the Africa and Eurasia plates. Although the region has been the focus of numerous investigations since the early 1970s, the lack of appropriate geophysical data makes the nature of the basement, and thus the origin of the structures, still debated. In this work, we present combined P-wave seismic velocity and gravity models along a transect that crosses the Gorringe Bank from the Tagus to the Horseshoe abyssal plains. The P-wave velocity structure of the basement is similar in the Tagus and Horseshoe plains. It shows a 2.5-3.0. km-thick top layer with a velocity gradient twice stronger than oceanic Layer 2 and an abrupt change to an underlying layer with a five-fold weaker gradient. Velocity and density is lower beneath the Gorringe Bank probably due to enhanced fracturing, that have led to rock disaggregation in the sediment-starved northern flank. In contrast to previous velocity models of this region, there is no evidence of a sharp crust-mantle boundary in any of the record sections. The modelling results indicate that the sediment overlays directly serpentinite rock, exhumed from the mantle with a degree of serpentinization decreasing from a maximum of 70-80\% under the top of Gorringe Bank to less than 5\% at a depth of \~{}20. km. We propose that the three domains were originally part of a single serpentine rock band, of nature and possibly origin similar to the Iberia Abyssal Plain ocean-continent transition, which was probably generated during the earliest phase of the North Atlantic opening that followed continental crust breakup (Early Cretaceous). During the Miocene, the NW-SE trending Eurasia-Africa convergence resulted in thrusting of the southeastern segment of the exhumed serpentinite band over the northwestern one, forming the Gorringe Bank. The local deformation associated to plate convergence and uplift could have promoted pervasive rock fracturing of the overriding plate, leading eventually to rock disaggregation in the northern flank of the GB, which could be now a potential source of rock avalanches and tsunamis. {\textcopyright} 2013 Elsevier B.V.},
	keywords = {Gravity modelling, Mantle exhumation, North Atlantic margin, Travel-time tomography, wide-angle seismics},
	issn = {0012821X},
	doi = {10.1016/j.epsl.2013.01.021},
	url = {http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84874491076\&partnerID=tZOtx3y1},
	author = {Sallares, Valenti and Mart{\'\i}nez-Loriente, Sara and Prada, Manel and Gr{\'a}cia, Eul{\`a}lia and Ranero, C{\'e}sar and Gutscher, Marc-Andr{\'e} and Bartolom{\'e}, Rafael and Gailler, Audrey and Da{\~n}obeitia, Juan Jos{\'e} and Zitellini, Nevio}
}
@booklet {Bartolome2013,
	title = {{Seismic imaging of active faults in the Southern Alboran Sea (SE Iberian Margin): First results of the 2010 EVENT-DEEP cruise}},
	year = {2013},
	month = {sep},
	abstract = {Primera Reuni{\'o}n Ib{\'e}rica sobre Fallas Activas y Paleosismolog{\'\i}a. Sig{\"u}enza (Guadalajara, Espa{\~n}a) 27, 28 y 29 de Octubre de 2010.{\textendash} 4 pages, 4 figures},
	isbn = {isbn: 978-84-693-6088-0},
	url = {http://digital.csic.es/handle/10261/82462},
	author = {Bartolom{\'e}, Rafael and Gr{\'a}cia, Eul{\`a}lia and Lo Iacono, Claudio and Martinez-Loriente, S. and Moreno, Ximena and Perea, Hector and Masana, E. and Team, EVENT-DEEP}
}
@article {Gracia2012a,
	title = {{Acoustic and seismic imaging of the Adra Fault (NE Alboran Sea): in search of the source of the 1910 Adra earthquake}},
	journal = {Natural Hazards and Earth System Science},
	volume = {12},
	number = {11},
	year = {2012},
	month = {nov},
	pages = {3255{\textendash}3267},
	publisher = {European Geosciences Union},
	abstract = {Recently acquired swath-bathymetry data and high-resolution seismic reflection profiles offshore Adra (Almer{\'\i}a, Spain) reveal the surficial expression of a NW-SE trending 20 km-long fault, which we termed the Adra Fault. Seismic imaging across the structure depicts a sub-vertical fault reaching the seafloor surface and slightly dipping to the NE showing an along-axis structural variability. Our new data suggest normal displacement of the uppermost units with probably a lateral component. Radiocarbon dating of a gravity core located in the area indicates that seafloor sediments are of Holocene age, suggesting present-day tectonic activity. The NE Alboran Sea area is characterized by significant low-magnitude earthquakes and by historical records of moderate magnitude, such as the Mw Combining double low line 6.1 1910 Adra Earthquake. The location, dimension and kinematics of the Adra Fault agree with the fault solution and magnitude of the 1910 Adra Earthquake, whose moment tensor analysis indicates normal-dextral motion. The fault seismic parameters indicate that the Adra Fault is a potential source of large magnitude (Mw <= 6.5) earthquakes, which represents an unreported seismic hazard for the neighbouring coastal areas.{\textcopyright} 2013 IEEE.},
	issn = {1684-9981},
	doi = {10.5194/nhess-12-3255-2012},
	url = {http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84881091009\&partnerID=tZOtx3y1 http://digital.csic.es/handle/10261/64147},
	author = {Gr{\`a}cia, E. and Bartolome, R. and Lo Iacono, C. and Moreno, X. and Stich, D. and Mart{\'\i}nez-Diaz, J. J. and Bozzano, G. and Martinez-Loriente, S. and Perea, H. and Diez, S. and Masana, E. and Danobeitia, J. J. and Tello, O. and Sanz, J. L. and Carre{\~n}o, E.}
}
@article {Alfaro2012,
	title = {{The Bajo Segura Fault Zone: Active blind thrusting in the Eastern Betic Cordillera (SE Spain)}},
	journal = {Journal of Iberian Geology},
	volume = {38},
	number = {1},
	year = {2012},
	month = {sep},
	pages = {287{\textendash}300},
	abstract = {The Bajo Segura Fault Zone, located at the NE end of the Eastern Betic Shear Zone, has been the site of some of the most intense seismic activity on the Iberian Peninsula in the historical and instrumental time periods. This structure is an active blind fault that does not show any surface rupture. It is characterised by a set of ENE-WSW trending blind thrust faults that offset the Triassic basement and cause active folding of the Upper Miocene-Quaternary sedimentary cover. The main active structures of this fault zone are two ENE-WSW striking reverse blind faults, the Torremendo and the Bajo Segura Faults, and several secondary NW-SE striking dextral faults (San Miguel de Salinas, Torrevieja and Guardamar Faults). These structures continue offshore to the east. From geological, geomorphological and geodetic data, we obtain fault slip rates between 0.2 and 0.4 mm/yr, whereas other authors have proposed higher values ranging between 0.75 and 1 mm/yr. The fault zone can generate earthquakes with maximum estimated magnitudes (Mw) from 6.6 to 7.1 and has approximate recurrence intervals between 4.500 and 21.500 years.},
	keywords = {Active blind thrust, Bajo segura fault, Eastern betic shear zone, Palaeoseismology, Slip rate},
	issn = {1886-7995},
	doi = {10.5209/rev\_JIGE.2012.v38.n1.39217},
	url = {http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84861777780\&partnerID=tZOtx3y1},
	author = {Alfaro, P. and Bartolom{\'e}, R and Borque, M.J. and Est{\'e}vez, A. and Garc{\'\i}a-Mayordomo, J. and Garc{\'\i}a-Tortosa, F.J. and Gil, A.J. and Gr{\`a}cia, E. and Lo Iacono, C. and Perea, H.}
}
@article {Bartolome2012,
	title = {{Evidence for active strike-slip faulting along the Eurasia-Africa convergence zone: Implications for seismic hazard in the southwest Iberian margin}},
	journal = {Geology},
	volume = {40},
	number = {6},
	year = {2012},
	month = {apr},
	pages = {495{\textendash}498},
	abstract = {New seismic imaging and seismotectonic data from the southwest Iberian margin, the site of the present-day boundary between the European and African plates, reveal that active strike slip is occurring along two prominent lineaments that have recently been mapped using multibeam bathymetry. Multichannel seismic and subbottom profiler images acquired across the lineaments show seafloor displacements and active faulting to depths of at least 10 km and of a minimum length of 150 km. Seismic moment tensors show predominantly WNW-ESE rightlateral strike-slip motion, i.e., oblique to the direction of plate convergence. Estimates of earthquake source depths close to the fault planes indicate upper mantle (i.e., depths of 40-60 km) seismogenesis, implying the presence of old, thick, and brittle lithosphere. The estimated fault seismic parameters indicate that the faults are capable of generating great magnitude (Mw >= 8.0) earthquakes. Such large events raise the concomitant possibility of slope failures that have the potential to trigger tsunamis. Consequently, our findings identify an unreported earthquake and tsunami hazard for the Iberian and north African coastal areas. {\textcopyright} 2012 Geological Society of America.},
	issn = {0091-7613},
	doi = {10.1130/G33107.1},
	url = {http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84862119131\&partnerID=tZOtx3y1},
	author = {Bartolome, R. and Gr{\`a}cia, E. and Stich, D. and Martinez-Loriente, S. and Klaeschen, D. and de Lis Mancilla, F. and Lo Iacono, C. and Danobeitia, J. J. and Zitellini, N.}
}
@article {Gutscher2012,
	title = {{The Gibraltar subduction: A decade of new geophysical data}},
	journal = {Tectonophysics},
	volume = {574-575},
	year = {2012},
	month = {oct},
	pages = {72{\textendash}91},
	abstract = {The Gibraltar arc, spans a complex portion of the Africa-Eurasia plate boundary marked by slow oblique convergence and intermediate and deep focus seismicity. The seemingly contradictory observations of a young extensional marine basin surrounded by an arcuate fold-and-thrust belt, have led to competing geodynamic models (delamination and subduction). Geophysical data acquired in the past decade provide a test for these models and support a narrow east-dipping, subduction zone. Seismic refraction studies indicate oceanic crust below the western Gulf of Cadiz. Tomography of the upper mantle reveals a steep, east-dipping high P-wave velocity body, beneath Gibraltar. The anisotropic mantle fabric from SKS splitting shows arc-parallel "fast directions", consistent with toroidal flow around a narrow, westward retreating subducting slab. The accompanying WSW advance of the Rif-Betic mountain belt has constructed a thick pile of deformed sediments, an accretionary wedge, characterized by west-vergent thrust anticlines. Bathymetric swath-mapping images an asymmetric embayment at the deformation front where a 2. km high basement ridge has collided. Subduction has slowed significantly since 5. Ma, but deformation of recent sediments and abundant mud volcanoes suggest ongoing activity in the accretionary wedge. Three possible origins for this deformation are discussed; gravitational spreading, overall NW-SE convergence between Africa and Iberia and finally a WSW tectonic push from slow, but ongoing roll-back subduction. In the absence of arc volcanism and shallow dipping thrust type earthquakes, evidence in favor of present-day subduction can only be indirect and remains the object of debate. Continued activity of the subduction offers a possible explanation for great (M. >. 8.5) earthquakes known to affect the area, like the famous 1755 Great Lisbon earthquake. Recent GPS studies show SW motion of stations in N Morocco at velocities of 3-6. mm/yr indicating the presence of an independent block, a "Rif-Betic-Alboran" microplate, situated between Iberia and Africa. {\textcopyright} 2012 Elsevier B.V.},
	keywords = {Accretionary wedge, Active deformation, earthquakes, Iberia, Roll-back subduction, Tethys oceanic lithosphere},
	issn = {00401951},
	doi = {10.1016/j.tecto.2012.08.038},
	url = {http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84867273669\&partnerID=tZOtx3y1},
	author = {Gutscher, M.-A. and Dominguez, S. and Westbrook, G.K. and Le Roy, P. and Rosas, F. and Duarte, J.C. and Terrinha, P. and Miranda, J.M. and Graindorge, D. and Gailler, A. and Sallar{\`e}s, V. and Bartolome, R.}
}
@inbook {LoIacono2012,
	title = {{The habitats of the Chella Bank. Eastern Alboran Sea (Western Mediterranean)}},
	booktitle = {Seafloor Geomorphology as Benthic Habitat: GeoHAB Atlas of Seafloor Geomorphic Features and Benthic Habitats.},
	year = {2012},
	pages = {681{\textendash}690},
	publisher = {Elsevier},
	organization = {Elsevier},
	abstract = {This chapter provides the first characterization of the geomorphic features and benthic habitats of the Chella Bank, a flat-topped volcanic peak situated in the Eastern Alboran Sea, Western Mediterranean. The Chella Bank, also named "Seco de los Olivos," occurs along the upper slope of the Almeria Margin, showing a subcircular shape and covering a surface area of 100 km2 within a depth range of 70-700 m. High-resolution swath bathymetric mapping reveals three main large-scale morphological features on Chella Bank: the flat subhorizontal top and two main ridges, located to the west and to the east of the bank-top. Video tracks acquired in the area showed the occurrence of macrobenthic communities such as gorgonian assemblages (Callogorgia verticillata, Viminella flagellum), small patches of living cold-water corals (Madrepora oculata), and sponges (Fakelia ventilabrum). An automatic classification of multibeam data has been tested on the area as a predictive habitat mapping method, using backscatter characteristics (intensity, texture), and depth measurements as surrogate descriptors of the habitats recognized on the Chella Bank. The Chella Bank is one of the study areas of the LIFE-INDEMARES Project, which aims to contribute to the protection and sustainable use of the marine biodiversity in the Spanish seas. {\textcopyright} 2012 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.},
	keywords = {Alboran Sea, Geomorphology, Habitat mapping, Seamounts, swath bathymetry, Western Mediterranean},
	isbn = {9780123851406},
	doi = {10.1016/B978-0-12-385140-6.00049-9},
	url = {http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84884425529\&partnerID=tZOtx3y1},
	author = {Lo Iacono, Claudio and Gr{\`a}cia, Eul{\`a}lia G. and Bartolom{\'e}, Rafael and Coiras, Enrique and Jose Da{\~n}obeitia, Juan and Acosta, Juan}
}
@article {LoIacono2012a,
	title = {{Large, deepwater slope failures: Implications for landslide-generated tsunamis}},
	journal = {Geology},
	volume = {40},
	number = {10},
	year = {2012},
	month = {aug},
	pages = {931{\textendash}934},
	abstract = {Deepwater landslides are often underestimated as potential tsunami triggers. The North Gorringe avalanche (NGA) is a large (\~{}80 km3 and 35 km runout) newly discovered and deepwater (2900 m to 5100 m depth) mass failure located at the northern fl ank of Gorringe Bank on the southwest Iberian margin. Steep slopes and pervasive fracturing are suggested as the main preconditioning factors for the NGA, while an earthquake is the most likely trigger mechanism. Near-fi eld tsunami simulations show that a mass failure similar to the NGA could generate a wave >15 m high that would hit the south Portuguese coasts in \~{}30 min. This suggests that deepwater landslides require more attention in geo-hazard assessment models of southern Europe, as well as, at a global scale, in seismically active margins. {\textcopyright} 2012 Geological Society of America.},
	issn = {0091-7613},
	doi = {10.1130/G33446.1},
	url = {http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84868693659\&partnerID=tZOtx3y1},
	author = {Lo Iacono, C. and Gr{\`a}cia, E. and Zaniboni, F. and Pagnoni, G. and Tinti, S. and Bartolome, R. and Masson, D. G. and Wynn, R. B. and Lourenco, N. and Pinto de Abreu, M. and Danobeitia, J. J. and Zitellini, N.}
}
@inbook {Rebesco2012,
	title = {{One million years of climatic generated landslide events on the northwestern Barents Sea continental margin.}},
	booktitle = {Submarine Mass Movement and Their Consequences, Advances in Natural and Technological Hazards Research},
	year = {2012},
	pages = {747{\textendash}756},
	publisher = {Springer Netherlands},
	organization = {Springer Netherlands},
	address = {Dordrecht},
	abstract = {Relatively recent, shallow landslides are imaged both on swath bathymetry, sub-bottom and multichannel seismic reflection (MCS) data from the upper-middle continental slope on the Storfjorden and Kveithola Trough Mouth Fans, NW Barents Sea margin. Giant paleo-landslide deposits, detected only by MCS profiles, are characterized by chaotic acoustic units up to about 250 m thick on the lower continental slope. The thickest, oldest landslide, dated between 1 and 0.8 Ma, took place just after the large-scale intensification of glaciation in the Barents Sea. The apparent spatial coincidence of landslides and channels with the boundary between the two fan systems, that are generated due to huge quantities of sediments transported to the continental slope by paleo-ice streams, suggests a common controlling climatic process for their development. Most probably the slides are related to the abundance of basal meltwater beneath the ice sheet, which in addition to determining ice stream motion and lubrication also influences the behavior of mass wasting processes. {\textcopyright} Springer Science+Business Media B.V. 2012.},
	keywords = {Continental slope, NW barents sea margin, Sealloor morphology, Seismic reflection, Submarine landslide},
	isbn = {978-94-007-2161-6},
	doi = {10.1007/978-94-007-2162-3},
	url = {http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84904105361\&partnerID=tZOtx3y1},
	author = {Rebesco, Michele and Pedrosa, Maria T. and Camerlenghi, Angelo and Lucchi, Renata G. and Sauli, Chiara and De Mol, Ben and Madrussani, Gianni and Urgeles, Roger and Rossi, Giuliana and B{\"o}hm, Gualtiero},
	editor = {Yamada, Yasuhiro and Kawamura, Kiichiro and Ikehara, Ken and Ogawa, Yujiro and Urgeles, Roger and Mosher, David and Chaytor, Jason and Strasser, Michael}
}
@article {Perea2012,
	title = {{Quaternary active tectonic structures in the offshore Bajo Segura basin (SE Iberian Peninsula {\textendash} Mediterranean Sea)}},
	journal = {Natural Hazards and Earth System Science},
	volume = {12},
	number = {10},
	year = {2012},
	month = {oct},
	pages = {3151{\textendash}3168},
	abstract = {The Bajo Segura fault zone (BSFZ) is the northern terminal splay of the Eastern Betic shear zone (EBSZ), a large left-lateral strike-slip fault system of sigmoid geometry stretching more than 450 km from Alicante to Almera. The BSFZ extends from the onshore Bajo Segura basin further into the Mediterranean Sea and shows a moderate instrumental seismic activity characterized by small earthquakes. Nevertheless, the zone was affected by large historical earthquakes of which the largest was the 1829 Torrevieja earthquake (<I>I</ I>EMS98 X). The onshore area of the BSFZ is marked by active transpressive structures (faults and folds), whereas the offshore area has been scarcely explored from the tectonic point of view. During the EVENT-SHELF cruise, a total of 10 high-resolution single-channel seismic sparker profiles were obtained along and across the offshore Bajo Segura basin. Analysis of these profiles resulted in (a) the identification of 6 Quaternary seismo-stratigraphic units bounded by five horizons corresponding to regional erosional surfaces related to global sea level lowstands; and (b) the mapping of the active sub-seafloor structures and their correlation with those described onshore. Moreover, the results suggest that the Bajo Segura blind thrust fault or the Torrevieja left-lateral strike-slip fault, with prolongation offshore, could be considered as the source of the 1829 Torrevieja earthquake. These data improve our understanding of present deformation along the BSFZ and provide new insights into the seismic hazard in the area. {\textcopyright} 2012. Author(s) CC Attribution 3.0 License.},
	issn = {1684-9981},
	doi = {10.5194/nhess-12-3151-2012},
	url = {http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84867926421\&partnerID=tZOtx3y1},
	author = {Perea, H. and Gr{\`a}cia, E. and Alfaro, P. and Bartolome, R. and Lo Iacono, C. and Moreno, X. and Masana, E.}
}
@article {Rosas2012,
	title = {{Thrust{\textendash}wrench interference between major active faults in the Gulf of Cadiz (Africa{\textendash}Eurasia plate boundary, offshore SW Iberia): Tectonic implications from coupled analog and numerical modeling}},
	journal = {Tectonophysics},
	volume = {548-549},
	year = {2012},
	month = {jun},
	pages = {1{\textendash}21},
	abstract = {Analog and numerical modeling experiments were carried out to investigate the tectonic interference between intersecting major active strike-slip and thrust faults in the Gulf of Cadiz (Africa-Eurasia plate boundary, offshore SW Iberia). The obtained results show that newly mapped tectonic features located in the fault intersection area (corner zone) consist mostly in oblique (dextral-reverse) faults that accommodate significant strain partitioning. Modeling of this corner-zone faults show that they have endured some degree of rotation, displaying successive evolving geometries and kinematics. Numerical modeling results further show that an interbedded shallow soft layer, accounting for a regional (Late Miocene) gravitational "Chaotic" unit, could explain the mild bathymetric expression of the fault pattern in the corner-zone. Moreover, a recognized depth discrepancy, between the (upper crust) interference fault-pattern and the (lithospheric mantle) seismicity, is interpreted as a manifestation of similar thrust-wrench tectonic interference at different lithospheric depths. Accordingly, an intermediate lower crust-upper mantle aseismic (i.e. softened) depth-domain could be explained by pervasive alteration/serpentinization, prompted by fluid percolation through fault-related fractures associated with the newly revealed corner zone fault-network. Overall obtained results reinforce the relevance of a thrust-wrench multi-rupture seismic scenario as the main cause for the moderate seismicity (Mw < 6.0) in the study area. {\textcopyright} 2012 Elsevier B.V.},
	keywords = {Analog and numerical modeling, Fault interference, Gulf of Cadiz, Lithospheric mantle seismicity, Multi-rupture seismic hazards, Thrust-wrench tectonics},
	issn = {00401951},
	doi = {10.1016/j.tecto.2012.04.013},
	url = {http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84862115104\&partnerID=tZOtx3y1},
	author = {Rosas, F.M. and Duarte, J.C. and Neves, M.C. and Terrinha, P. and Silva, S. and Matias, L. and Gr{\`a}cia, E. and Bartolome, R.}
}
@article {Geersen2011,
	title = {{Active tectonics of the South Chilean marine fore arc (35{\textdegree}S-40{\textdegree}S)}},
	journal = {Tectonics},
	volume = {30},
	number = {3},
	year = {2011},
	month = {jun},
	pages = {n/a{\textendash}n/a},
	abstract = {The South Chilean marine fore arc (35{\textdegree}S-40{\textdegree}S) is separated into four tectonic segments, Concepci{\'o}n North, Concepci{\'o}n South, Nahuelbuta, and Tolten (from north to south). These are each characterized by their individual tectonic geomorphology and reflect different ways of mechanical and kinematic interaction of the convergent Nazca and South American plates. Splay faults that cut through continental framework rock are seismically imaged in both Concepci{\'o}n segments and the Tolten Segment. Additionally, the Concepci{\'o}n South Segment exhibits prominent upper plate normal faults. Normal faults apparently relate to uplift caused by sediment underthrusting at depth. This has led to oversteepening and gravitational collapse of the marine fore arc. There is also evidence for sediment underthrusting and basal accretion to the overriding plate in the Tolten Segment. There, uplift of the continental slope has created a landward inclined seafloor over a latitudinal distance of 50 km. In the Nahuelbuta Segment transpressive upper plate faults, aligned oblique to the direction of plate motion, control the seafloor morphology. Based on a unique acoustic data set including >90\% of bathymetric coverage of the continental slope we are able to reveal an along-strike heterogeneity of a complexly deformed marine fore arc which had escaped attention in previous studies that only considered the structure along transects normal to the plate margin. Copyright 2011 by the American Geophysical Union.},
	issn = {02787407},
	doi = {10.1029/2010TC002777},
	url = {http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-79958808106\&partnerID=tZOtx3y1},
	author = {Geersen, Jacob and Behrmann, Jan H. and V{\"o}lker, David and Krastel, Sebastian and Ranero, Cesar R. and Diaz-Naveas, Juan and Weinrebe, Wilhelm}
}
@article {Kormann2011,
	title = {{Application of acoustic full waveform inversion to retrieve high-resolution temperature and salinity profiles from synthetic seismic data}},
	journal = {Journal of Geophysical Research},
	volume = {116},
	number = {C11},
	year = {2011},
	month = {nov},
	pages = {C11039},
	abstract = {Recent works show that multichannel seismic (MCS) systems are able to provide detailed information on the oceans{\textquoteright} fine structure. The aim of this paper is to analyze whether 1-D full waveform inversion algorithms are suitable to recover the extremely weak acoustic impedance contrasts associated to the oceans{\textquoteright} fine structure, as well as their potential to image meso-scale objects such as meddies. We limited our analysis to synthetic, noise-free data, in order to identify some methodological issues related to this approach under idealistic conditions (e.g., 1-D wave propagation, noise-free data, known source wavelet). We first discuss the influence of the starting model in the context of the multi-scale strategy that we have implemented. Then we show that it is possible to retrieve not only sound speed but also salinity and temperature contrasts within reasonable bounds from the seismic data using Neural Network relationships trained with regional oceanographic data sets. Potentially, the vertical resolution of the obtained models, which depends on the maximum frequency inverted, is of the order of 5-10 m, whereas the root mean square error of the inverted properties is shown to be \~{}0.5 m/s for sound speed, 0.1C for temperature, and 0.06 for salinity. To conclude this study, we have inverted synthetic data simulated along an oceanographic transect acquired during the EU-funded Geophysical Oceanography (GO) project. The results demonstrate the applicability of the method for synthetic data, as well as its potential to define oceanographic features along 2-D transects at full ocean depth with excellent lateral resolution. Copyright 2011 by the American Geophysical Union.},
	issn = {0148-0227},
	doi = {10.1029/2011JC007216},
	url = {http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-82355181440\&partnerID=tZOtx3y1},
	author = {Kormann, J. and Biescas, B. and Korta, N. and De La Puente, J. and Sallar{\`e}s, V.}
}
@article {Manchuel2011,
	title = {{New insights on the interseismic active deformation along the North Ecuadorian-South Colombian (NESC) margin}},
	journal = {Tectonics},
	volume = {30},
	number = {4},
	year = {2011},
	month = {aug},
	pages = {n/a{\textendash}n/a},
	abstract = {The North Ecuadorian-South Colombian subduction zone was the site of the 1906 Mw 8.8 megathrust earthquake. This main shock was followed by three large events in 1942, 1958, and 1979 whose rupture zones were located within the 500 km long 1906 rupture area. A combined onshore and offshore temporary seismic network covering from the trench to the Andes was deployed during 3 months in the area of large earthquakes, in order to obtain a detailed knowledge of the seismic background activity. Resulting earthquakes location and mechanisms bring new insights on interseismic active deformation distribution in the three main tectonic units of the margin, namely, the Interplate Seismogenic Zone, the fore-arc region which is part of the North Andean Block and the downgoing oceanic Nazca plate. The interplate seismic activity presents along strike variations, suggesting that the seismicity and the associated stress buildup along the plate interface depend on the time elapsed since the last large earthquakes. According to our results, the updip and downdip limits of the seismogenic zone appear to be located at 12 and 30 km depth, respectively. Shallow to intermediate depth seismicity indicates a slab dip angle of ≈25{\textdegree}. North of the Carnegie Ridge, the Wadati-Benioff plane is defined beneath the fore arc down to ≈100 km depth. Facing the ridge, the Wadati-Benioff plane extends beneath the Andes, down to ≈140 km depth. This observation conflicts with the hypothesis of the presence of a flat slab at a depth of 100 km facing the ridge. In the overlying fore-arc region, the crustal seismicity occurs down to 40 km depth and is mainly concentrated in a roughly NW-SE 100 km wide stripe stretching from the coast, at about 1{\textdegree}N, to the Andes. The location of this active deformation stripe coincides with observed tectonic segmentation of the coastal domain as evidenced by the presence of an uplifting segment to the south and a subsiding segment to the north of the stripe. It also corresponds to a ≈30{\textdegree} change in the trend of the Andes, suggesting that the curvature of the volcanic arc might play an important role in the deformation of the fore-arc region. Copyright 2011 by the American Geophysical Union.},
	issn = {02787407},
	doi = {10.1029/2010TC002757},
	url = {http://doi.wiley.com/10.1029/2010TC002757 http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-79960929640\&partnerID=tZOtx3y1},
	author = {Manchuel, Kevin and R{\'e}gnier, Marc and B{\'e}thoux, Nicole and Font, Yvonne and Sallares, Valenti and D{\'\i}az, Jordi and Yepes, Hugo}
}
@article {Sallares2011,
	title = {{Seismic evidence for the presence of Jurassic oceanic crust in the central Gulf of Cadiz (SW Iberian margin)}},
	journal = {Earth and Planetary Science Letters},
	volume = {311},
	number = {1-2},
	year = {2011},
	month = {nov},
	pages = {112{\textendash}123},
	abstract = {We investigate the crustal structure of the SW Iberian margin along a 340. km-long refraction and wide-angle reflection seismic profile crossing from the central Gulf of Cadiz to the Variscan continental margin in the Algarve, Southern Portugal. The seismic velocity and crustal geometry model obtained by joint refraction and reflection travel-time inversion reveal three distinct crustal domains: the 28-30. km-thick Variscan crust in the north, a 60. km-wide transition zone offshore, where the crust abruptly thins \~{}. 20. km, and finally a \~{}. 7. km-thick and \~{}. 150. km-wide crustal section that appears to be oceanic in nature. The oceanic crust is overlain by a 1-3. km-thick section of Mesozoic to Eocene sediments, with an additional 3-4. km of low-velocity, unconsolidated sediments on top belonging to the Miocene age, Gulf of Cadiz imbricated wedge. The sharp transition between continental and oceanic crust is best explained by an initial rifting setting as a transform margin during the Early Jurassic that followed the continental break-up in the Central Atlantic. The narrow oceanic basin would have formed during an oblique rifting and seafloor spreading episode between Iberia and Africa that started shortly thereafter (Bajocian) and lasted up to the initiation of oceanic spreading in the North Atlantic at the Tithonian (late Jurassic-earliest Cretaceous). The velocity model displays four wide, prominent, south-dipping low-velocity anomalies, which seem to be related with the presence of crustal-scale faults previously identified in the area, some of which could well be extensional faults generated during this rifting episode. We propose that this oceanic plate segment is the last remnant of an oceanic corridor that once connected the Alpine-Tethys with the Atlantic ocean, so it is, in turn, one of the oldest oceanic crustal fragments currently preserved on Earth. The presence of oceanic crust in the central Gulf of Cadiz is consistent with geodynamic models suggesting the existence of a narrow, westward retreating oceanic slab beneath the Gibraltar arc-Alboran basin system. {\textcopyright} 2011 Elsevier B.V.},
	keywords = {Geodynamic evolution, Jurassic oceanic crust, Refraction and reflection travel-time tomography, SW Iberian margin, Uncertainty analysis, wide-angle seismics},
	issn = {0012821X},
	doi = {10.1016/j.epsl.2011.09.003},
	url = {http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-81155155560\&partnerID=tZOtx3y1},
	author = {Sallares, Valenti and Gailler, Audrey and Gutscher, Marc-Andr{\'e} and Graindorge, David and Bartolom{\'e}, Rafael and Gr{\'a}cia, Eul{\`a}lia and D{\'\i}az, Jordi and Da{\~n}obeitia, Juan Jos{\'e} and Zitellini, Nevio}
}
@article {Harders2011,
	title = {{Submarine slope failures along the convergent continental margin of the Middle America Trench}},
	journal = {Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems},
	volume = {12},
	number = {6},
	year = {2011},
	month = {jun},
	pages = {n/a{\textendash}n/a},
	abstract = {We present the first comprehensive study of mass wasting processes in the continental slope of a convergent margin of a subduction zone where tectonic processes are dominated by subduction erosion. We have used multibeam bathymetry along \~{}1300 km of the Middle America Trench of the Central America Subduction Zone and deep-towed side-scan sonar data. We found abundant evidence of large-scale slope failures that were mostly previously unmapped. The features are classified into a variety of slope failure types, creating an inventory of 147 slope failure structures. Their type distribution and abundance define a segmentation of the continental slope in six sectors. The segmentation in slope stability processes does not appear to be related to slope preconditioning due to changes in physical properties of sediment, presence/absence of gas hydrates, or apparent changes in the hydrogeological system. The segmentation appears to be better explained by changes in slope preconditioning due to variations in tectonic processes. The region is an optimal setting to study how tectonic processes related to variations in intensity of subduction erosion and changes in relief of the underthrusting plate affect mass wasting processes of the continental slope. The largest slope failures occur offshore Costa Rica. There, subducting ridges and seamounts produce failures with up to hundreds of meters high headwalls, with detachment planes that penetrate deep into the continental margin, in some cases reaching the plate boundary. Offshore northern Costa Rica a smooth oceanic seafloor underthrusts the least disturbed continental slope. Offshore Nicaragua, the ocean plate is ornamented with smaller seamounts and horst and graben topography of variable intensity. Here mass wasting structures are numerous and comparatively smaller, but when combined, they affect a large part of the margin segment. Farther north, offshore El Salvador and Guatemala the downgoing plate has no large seamounts but well-defined horst and graben topography. Off El Salvador slope failure is least developed and mainly occurs in the uppermost continental slope at canyon walls. Off Guatemala mass wasting is abundant and possibly related to normal faulting across the slope. Collapse in the wake of subducting ocean plate topography is a likely failure trigger of slumps. Rapid oversteepening above subducting relief may trigger translational slides in the middle Nicaraguan upper Costa Rican slope. Earthquake shaking may be a trigger, but we interpret that slope failure rate is lower than recurrence time of large earthquakes in the region. Generally, our analysis indicates that the importance of mass wasting processes in the evolution of margins dominated by subduction erosion and its role in sediment dynamics may have been previously underestimated. Copyright 2011 by the American Geophysical Union.},
	keywords = {Convergent margin, landslides, slope failure, Subduction erosion, submarine mass wasting, tectonics},
	issn = {15252027},
	doi = {10.1029/2010GC003401},
	url = {http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-79959701829\&partnerID=tZOtx3y1},
	author = {Harders, Rieka and Ranero, Cesar R. and Weinrebe, Wilhelm and Behrmann, Jan H.}
}
@booklet {Gracia2010a,
	title = {{Characterizing active faults and associated mass transport deposits in the South Iberian Margin (Alboran Sea and Gulf of Cadiz): On-fault and off-fault paleoseismic evidence}},
	journal = {Res{\'u}menes de la 1{\textordfeminine} Reuni{\'o}n Ib{\'e}rica sobre Fallas Activas y Paleosismolog{\'\i}a},
	year = {2010},
	month = {sep},
	pages = {163{\textendash}166},
	abstract = {Gr{\`a}cia, Eul{\`a}lia ... et al.{\textendash} Primera Reuni{\'o}n Ib{\'e}rica sobre Fallas Activas y Paleosismolog{\'\i}a. Sig{\"u}enza (Guadalajara, Espa{\~n}a) 27, 28 y 29 de Octubre de 2010.{\textendash} 4 pages, 1 figure},
	isbn = {isbn: 978-84-693-6088-0},
	url = {http://digital.csic.es/handle/10261/82464},
	author = {Gr{\'a}cia, Eul{\`a}lia and Bartolom{\'e}, Rafael and Lo Iacono, Claudio and Moreno, Ximena and Martinez-Loriente, S. and Perea, H and Masana, E and Pall{\`a}s, R and S., Diez and Da{\~n}obeitia, Juan Jos{\'e} and Terrinha, P and Zitellini, N}
}
@article {Nemser,
	title = {{Compilation of parameterized seismogenic sources in Iberia for the SHARE European-scale seismic source model.}},
	year = {2010},
	pages = {201{\textendash}204},
	keywords = {Database, Fault, Seismogenic, SHARE},
	isbn = {978-84-693-6088-0},
	url = {https://dspace.uevora.pt/rdpc/handle/10174/6247},
	author = {Nemser, E.S. and Garc{\'\i}a-Mayordomo, J. and Cabral, J. and Fonseca, J. and Mart{\'\i}nez-D{\'\i}az, J.J. and Alfaro Garc{\'\i}a, P. and {\`A}lvarez G{\'o}mez, J.A. and Atakan, K. and Aza{\~n}{\'o}n Hern{\'a}ndez, J.M. and Basili, R. and Besana-Ostman, G.M. and Bezzeghoud, M. and Borges, J.F. and Brum da Silveira, A. and Carlos Lopes, F. and Carvalho, J. and Dias, R.P. and Figueiredo, P.M. and Garc{\'\i}a Fern{\'a}ndez, M. and Giner Robles, J. and Gonzalez, A. and Gr{\`a}cia, E. and Gutierrez, F. and Insua Ar{\'e}valo, J.M. and Jim{\'e}nez, M.J. and Jim{\'e}nez-D{\'\i}az, A. and Lafuente Tom{\'a}s, P. and Lucha, P. and Madeira, J. and Martin Gonz{\'a}lez, F. and Masana, E. and Matias, L. and Moreno, X. and Ortu{\~n}o, M. and Perea, H. and P{\'e}rez L{\'o}pez, R. and Rodr{\'\i}guez Pascua, M.A. and Ruano, P. and Santanach, P. and Sanz de Galdeano, C. and Silva Barroso, P. and Silva, S. and Sim{\'o}n, J.L. and Terrinha, P. and Vilanova, S. and Villamor, P. and Wong, J.}
}
@conference {Urgeles2010,
	title = {{History of pore pressure build up and slope instability in mud-dominated sediments of Ursa Basin, Gulf of Mexico continental slope}},
	booktitle = {Submarine Mass Movements and Their Consequences - 4th International Symposium},
	year = {2010},
	pages = {179{\textendash}190},
	publisher = {Kluwer Academic Publishers},
	organization = {Kluwer Academic Publishers},
	abstract = {The Ursa Basin, at \~{}1, 000 m depth on the Gulf of Mexico continental slope, contains numerous Mass Transport Deposits (MTDs) of Pleistocene to Holocene age. IODP Expedition 308 drilled three sites through several of these MTDs and encompassing sediments. Logs, sedimentological and geotechnical data were collected at these sites and are used in this study for input to basin numerical models. The objective of this investigation was to understand how sedimentation history, margin architecture and sediment properties couple to control pore pressure build-up and slope instability at Ursa. Measurements of porosity and stress state indicate that fluid overpressure is similar at the different sites (in the range of 0.5-0.7) despite elevated differences in sedimentation rates. Modeling results indicate that this results from pore pressure being transferred from regions of higher to lower overburden along an underlying more permeable unit: the Blue Unit. Overpressure started to develop at \~{}53 ka, which induced a significant decrease in FoS from 45ka, especially where overburden is lower. {\textcopyright} Springer Science + Business Media B.V. 2010.},
	keywords = {Basin modeling, Pore pressure, Scientific drilling, Slope instability, Submarine landslides},
	isbn = {9789048130702},
	url = {http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-79961172106\&partnerID=tZOtx3y1},
	author = {Urgeles, R. and Locat, J. and Sawyer, D. E. and Flemings, P. B. and Dugan, B. and Binh, N. T T}
}
@article {Bartolome2010,
	title = {{Imaging the Seismic Crustal Structure of the Western Mexican Margin between 19{\textdegree}N and 21{\textdegree}N}},
	journal = {Pure and Applied Geophysics},
	volume = {168},
	number = {8-9},
	year = {2010},
	month = {nov},
	pages = {1373{\textendash}1389},
	publisher = {Birkhauser Verlag AG},
	abstract = {Three thousand kilometres of multichannel (MCS) and wide-angle seismic profiles, gravity and magnetic, multibeam bathymetry and backscatter data were recorded in the offshore area of the west coast of Mexico and the Gulf of California during the spring 1996 (CORTES survey). The seismic images obtained off Puerto Vallarta, Mexico, in the Jalisco subduction zone extend from the oceanic domain up to the continental shelf, and significantly improve the knowledge of the internal crustal structure of the subduction zone between the Rivera and North American (NA) Plates. Analyzing the crustal images, we differentiate: (1) An oceanic domain with an important variation in sediment thickness ranging from 2.5 to 1 km southwards; (2) an accretionary prism comprised of highly deformed sediments, extending for a maximum width of 15 km; (3) a deformed forearc basin domain which is 25 km wide in the northern section, and is not seen towards the south where the continental slope connects directly with the accretionary prism and trench, thus suggesting a different deformational process; and (4) a continental domain consisting of a continental slope and a mid slope terrace, with a bottom simulating reflector (BSR) identified in the first second of the MCS profiles. The existence of a developed accretionary prism suggests a subduction-accretion type tectonic regime. Detailed analysis of the seismic reflection data in the oceanic domain reveals high amplitude reflections at around 6 s [two way travel time (twtt)] that clearly define the subduction plane. At 2 s (twtt) depth we identify a strong reflection which we interpret as the Moho discontinuity. We have measured a mean dip angle of 7{\textdegree} {\textpm} 1{\textdegree} at the subduction zone where the Rivera Plate begins to subduct, with the dip angle gently increasing towards the south. The oceanic crust has a mean crustal thickness of 6.0-6.5 km. We also find evidence indicating that the Rivera Plate possibly subducts at very low angles beneath the Tres Marias Islands. {\textcopyright} 2010 Springer Basel AG.},
	keywords = {BSR, Crustal structure, Middle America Trench, Rivera Plate, Seismic imaging, Subduction plate},
	issn = {0033-4553},
	doi = {10.1007/s00024-010-0206-x},
	url = {http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84905116997\&partnerID=tZOtx3y1},
	author = {Bartolom{\'e}, Rafael and Da{\~n}obeitia, Juanjo and Michaud, Fran{\c c}ois and C{\'o}rdoba, Diego and Delgado-Argote, Luis A.}
}
@article {LoIacono2010,
	title = {{Large-scale bedforms along a tideless outer shelf setting in the western Mediterranean}},
	journal = {Continental Shelf Research},
	volume = {30},
	number = {17},
	year = {2010},
	month = {oct},
	pages = {1802{\textendash}1813},
	abstract = {High-resolution multibeam swath-bathymetry and sediment samples were collected across the outer shelf region of the Columbretes Islands (southern Ebro continental shelf, western Mediterranean Sea). Bathymetric data from the submerged part of the Columbretes volcanic system revealed the presence of three main relict sand bodies along the outer shelf, at 80-116. m depth range, above which asymmetric and slightly asymmetric large and very large 2D and 3D subaqueous dunes were observed. These bed features were recognized, mapped and quantified with the aim of evaluating their potential formation mechanisms in relation to the local hydrodynamic and morphologic settings of the area. Dunes range from 150 to 760. m in wavelength and from tens of centimeters to 3. m in height, and are among the longest ever recognized in an outer shelf region. These bedforms are mostly composed of medium-sized sandy sediments, presumably coming from the degraded relict sand bodies on top of which they have developed, mixed with fine fractions from the recent draping holocenic sediments. The orientation of the dunes is SSW, progressively turning W towards the southernmost sector of the area, following the trend of the shelf-edge. Contemporary hydrodynamic measurements at the Ebro continental shelf-edge show that recorded currents are insufficient to form the observed bedforms and that stronger currents are required for sediment mobilization and dune formation. Based on their morphology and orientation, it is proposed that these bedforms are produced by the action of the southward-flowing Liguro-Proven{\c c}al-Catalan (LPC) geostrophic current. The LPC probably reaches high near-bottom currents during energetic hydrodynamic events through interactions with the seafloor morphology of the study area. Subaqueous dunes are expected to be basically inactive features with respect to present-day processes, although they can be reactivated during high-energy events. The small $Δ$h/${\l}ambda$ ratio measured in the dune fields of the Columbretes shelf revealed that the dune heights fall below the values predicted by the Flemming (1988) global equation, as observed in other outer shelf settings also dominated by unidirectional flows. This may suggest a different morphodynamic character of large dunes formed on outer shelves in a micro-tidal regime. {\textcopyright} 2010 Elsevier Ltd.},
	keywords = {Continental shelf, Geomorphology, Subaqueous dunes, Swath mapping, Western Mediterranean},
	issn = {02784343},
	doi = {10.1016/j.csr.2010.08.005},
	url = {http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-77957596289\&partnerID=tZOtx3y1},
	author = {Lo Iacono, Claudio and Guill{\'e}n, Jorge and Puig, Pere and Rib{\'o}, Marta and Ballesteros, Maria and Palanques, Albert and l{\'\i} Farr{\'a}n, Marcel and Acosta, Juan}
}
@conference {Tahchi2010,
	title = {{Mass wasting at the easternmost Cyprus Arc, Off Syria, Eastern Mediterranean}},
	booktitle = {Submarine Mass Movements and Their Consequences - 4th International Symposium},
	year = {2010},
	pages = {323{\textendash}334},
	publisher = {Kluwer Academic Publishers},
	organization = {Kluwer Academic Publishers},
	abstract = {The seafloor topography at the easternmost deformation front between the African and the Anatolian plate off Syria is dominated by the Latakia Ridge, which obliquely intersects the Syrian margin. In this study, we investigate post-Miocene depositional processes of this topographically intricate area and their relationship with mass-wasting phenomena by means of bathymetric, multi-channel seismic reflection and sediment sub-bottom profiler data. Northward of the Latakia Ridge, the Latakia Slope is characterized by steep scarps of up to 500 m height. The Pliocene-Quaternary strata are truncated by the scarps, which are located in the upward prolongation of normal fault planes. Some scarps are from erosion or non-deposition as a consequence of contour currents. Evidence for recent active tectonics is also present in the Latakia Ridge. A basement outcrop along the crest of the northern Latakia Ridge presumably reflects the transtensional faulting of this easternmost section of the African-Anatolian deformation front. The western side of the northern Latakia Ridge shows evidence of more cohesive slumping, probably owing to the overconsolidated nature of the sediment. Here a potential future slide of 11 km3 associated with a rotational fault has been identified. The sedimentary and tectonic setting has resulted in frequent mass wasting. Abundant scars and debris flow-like deposits have been observed on the flanking slopes of the Latakia canyon and the Syrian Margin. The Latakia canyon is fed by several tributary canyons which are incised into the Syrian Slope. Steep slopes, high sediment accumulation rates and active strike-slip tectonics appear to have a fundamental role in submarine mass-failure initiation. Mass-failure characteristics indicate that geohazards may exist from subsequent potential tsunami generation. {\textcopyright} Springer Science + Business Media B.V. 2010.},
	keywords = {Contour current, Debris-flow deposits, Mass failure, Seafloor bathymetry, Syrian Margin},
	isbn = {9789048130702},
	url = {http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84903484606\&partnerID=tZOtx3y1},
	author = {Tahchi, E. and Urgeles, R. and H{\"u}bscher, C. and Benkhelil, J.}
}
@booklet {Moreno2013,
	title = {{Onshore-Offshore active tectonics along the Carboneras Fault Zone (Eastern Betic Cordilleras)}},
	journal = {Contribuci{\'o}n de la Geolog{\'\i}a al An{\'a}lisis de la Peligrosidad S{\'\i}smica},
	year = {2010},
	month = {sep},
	pages = {105{\textendash}107},
	abstract = {Primera Reuni{\'o}n Ib{\'e}rica sobre Fallas Activas y Paleosismolog{\'\i}a. Sig{\"u}enza (Guadalajara, Espa{\~n}a) 27, 28 y 29 de Octubre de 2010.{\textendash} 3 pages, 1 figure},
	isbn = {isbn: 978-84-693-6088-0},
	url = {http://digital.csic.es/handle/10261/82454},
	author = {Moreno, Ximena and Masana, Eul{\`a}lia and Gr{\'a}cia, Eul{\`a}lia and Bartolom{\'e}, R and Rod{\'e}s, {\'A}ngel and Pall{\`a}s, Raimon}
}
@article {Biescas2010,
	title = {{Seismic imaging of staircase layers below the Mediterranean Undercurrent}},
	journal = {Deep Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers},
	volume = {57},
	number = {10},
	year = {2010},
	month = {oct},
	pages = {1345{\textendash}1353},
	abstract = {Seismic images of staircase layers at the bottom of the Mediterranean Undercurrent with a lateral coherence up to 50. km and a horizontal resolution of \~{}10m are presented. The images show clearly the interaction between these staircase layers and other flow structures such as meddies, seamounts and internal waves. The staircase layers were imaged during two different surveys that used different sound sources. Comparison between seismic images and historical oceanographic observations illustrates the importance of using a seismic source adapted to the vertical scale of the oceanographic target to be imaged. Wavelengths larger than the size of the staircase structure distort the image in the vertical. For optimal imaging, deconvolution of the data is required. {\textcopyright} 2010 Elsevier Ltd.},
	keywords = {Boundary mixing, Gulf of Cadiz, Meddy, Mediterranean Undercurrent, Seismic oceanography, Thermohaline staircase layers},
	issn = {09670637},
	doi = {10.1016/j.dsr.2010.07.001},
	url = {http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-77956879722\&partnerID=tZOtx3y1},
	author = {Biescas, Berta and Armi, Larry and Sallares, Valenti and Gr{\'a}cia, Eul{\`a}lia}
}
@article {Bernabeu2010,
	title = {{Simulating the influence of physicochemical parameters on subsurface oil on beaches: preliminary results.}},
	journal = {Marine pollution bulletin},
	volume = {60},
	number = {8},
	year = {2010},
	month = {aug},
	pages = {1170{\textendash}1174},
	publisher = {Elsevier Ltd},
	abstract = {Monitoring of sandy beaches after the Prestige oil spill revealed thick subsurface layers (up to 1m thick) of grey-coloured sand. These horizons were sometimes found under more than 3m of clean sand. Examination of the sand by electron microscopy confirmed that the colouring was due to oil-coated sand grains, and revealed a sequence of degradation of buried oil. Further analysis of the sand revealed high concentrations of hydrocarbon in the oil-coated sand and that the main biomarkers were indicative of biodegradation, even though the oil was buried. A set of experiments was designed to analyze the evolution of oil from tar balls to coatings. The results revealed that biodegradation is a secondary process in the changes that take place in the buried oil, and that water flow slows down the appearance of grey sand and that low salinity may hinder the oil degradation process.},
	keywords = {Bathing Beaches, Biodegradation, Chemical, Chemical Hazard Release, Environmental, Environmental Monitoring, Kinetics, Models, Petroleum, Petroleum: analysis, Petroleum: metabolism, Silicon Dioxide, Silicon Dioxide: chemistry},
	issn = {1879-3363},
	doi = {10.1016/j.marpolbul.2010.04.001},
	url = {http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20451931},
	author = {Bernabeu, Ana M and Rey, D and Lago, A and Vilas, F}
}
@article {Buffett2010,
	title = {{Stochastic heterogeneity mapping around a mediterranean salt lens}},
	journal = {Ocean Science},
	volume = {6},
	number = {1},
	year = {2010},
	pages = {423{\textendash}429},
	abstract = {We present the first application of Stochastic Heterogeneity Mapping based on the band-limited von K{\'a}rm{\'a}n function to a seismic reflection stack of a Mediterranean water eddy (meddy), a large salt lens of Mediterranean water. This process extracts two stochastic parameters directly from the reflectivity field of the seismic data: the Hurst number, which ranges from 0 to 1, and the correlation length (scale length). Lower Hurst numbers represent a richer range of high wavenumbers and correspond to a broader range of heterogeneity in reflection events. The Hurst number estimate for the top of the meddy (0.39) compares well with recent theoretical work, which required values between 0.25 and 0.5 to model internal wave surfaces in open ocean conditions based on simulating a Garrett-Munk spectrum (GM76) slope of \&-2. The scale lengths obtained do not fit as well to seismic reflection events as those used in other studies to model internal waves. We suggest two explanations for this discrepancy: (1) due to the fact that the stochastic parameters are derived from the reflectivity field rather than the impedance field the estimated scale lengths may be underestimated, as has been reported; and (2) because the meddy seismic image is a two-dimensional slice of a complex and dynamic three-dimensional object, the derived scale lengths are biased to the direction of flow. Nonetheless, varying stochastic parameters, which correspond to different spectral slopes in the Garrett-Munk spectrum (horizontal wavenumber spectrum), can provide an estimate of different internal wave scales from seismic data alone. We hence introduce Stochastic Heterogeneity Mapping as a novel tool in physical oceanography.},
	issn = {18120784},
	url = {http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-77950468840\&partnerID=tZOtx3y1},
	author = {Buffett, G. G. and Hurich, C. A. and Vsemirnova, E. A. and Hobbs, R. W. and Sallar{\`e}s, V. and Carbonell, R. and Klaeschen, D. and Biescas, B.}
}
@booklet {Perea2013,
	title = {{Structure and Potential Seismogenic Sources of the Offshore Bajo Segura Fault Zone, Se Iberian Peninsula (Mediterranean Sea). Looking for the Source of the 1829 Torrevieja Earthquake}},
	journal = {Res{\'u}menes de la 1{\textordfeminine} Reuni{\'o}n Ib{\'e}rica sobre Fallas Activas y Paleosismolog{\'\i}a, Sig{\"u}enza, Espa{\~n}a},
	year = {2010},
	month = {sep},
	pages = {113{\textendash}116},
	abstract = {Primera Reuni{\'o}n Ib{\'e}rica sobre Fallas Activas y Paleosismolog{\'\i}a. Sig{\"u}enza (Guadalajara, Espa{\~n}a) 27, 28 y 29 de Octubre de 2010.{\textendash} 4 pages, 4 figures},
	keywords = {abstract, almost a, bajo segura, been extensively studied, betic shear zone and, bsfz, complete lack of information, during the event-shelf cruise, extends further, fallas activas, from a tectonic point, geolog{\'\i}a marina, into the mediterranean sea, is the northern terminal, of the bsfz has, of view, splay of the eastern, tect{\'o}nica activa, ten high-resolution seismic profiles, the bajo segura fault, the offshore zone has, whereas the onshore zone, zone},
	isbn = {isbn: 978-84-693-6088-0},
	url = {http://digital.csic.es/handle/10261/82456},
	author = {Perea, H. and Gr{\`a}cia, E. and Bartolom{\'e}, Rafael and Iacono, Claudio Lo and Masana, E.}
}
@inbook {Mosher2010,
	title = {{Submarine mass movements and their consequences}},
	booktitle = {Submarine Mass Movements and Their Consequences, Advances in Natural and Technological Hazards Research},
	year = {2010},
	pages = {1{\textendash}8},
	publisher = {Kluwer Academic Publishers},
	organization = {Kluwer Academic Publishers},
	isbn = {9789048130702},
	url = {http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84903442067\&partnerID=tZOtx3y1},
	author = {Mosher, D. C. and Moscardelli, L. and Shipp, R. C. and Chaytor, J. D. and Baxter, C. D P and Lee, H. J. and Urgeles, R.}
}
@article {Kormann2010,
	title = {{Synthetic modelling of acoustical propagation applied to seismic oceanography experiments}},
	journal = {Geophysical Research Letters},
	volume = {37},
	number = {6},
	year = {2010},
	month = {mar},
	pages = {n/a{\textendash}n/a},
	abstract = {Recent work shows that multichannel seismic (MCS) systems provide detailed information on the oceans{\textquoteright} finestructure. The aim of this paper is to analyze if high order numerical algorithms are suitable to accurately model the extremely weak wavefield scattered by the oceans{\textquoteright} finestructures. For this purpose, we generate synthetic shot records along a coincident seismic and oceanographic profile acquired across a Mediterranean salt lens in the Gulf of Cadiz. We apply a 2D finite-difference time-domain propagation model, together with second-order Complex Frequency Shifted Perfectly Matched Layers at the numerical boundaries, using as reference a realistic sound speed map with the lateral resolution of the seismic data. We show that our numerical propagator creates an acoustical image of the ocean finestructures including the salt lens that reproduces with outstanding detail the real acquired one. Copyright {\textcopyright} 2010 by the American Geophysical Union.},
	issn = {00948276},
	doi = {10.1029/2009GL041763},
	url = {http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-77949835265\&partnerID=tZOtx3y1},
	author = {Kormann, Jean and Cobo, Pedro and Biescas, Berta and Sallares, Valenti and Papenberg, Cord and Recuero, Manuel and Carbonell, Ram{\'o}n}
}
@article {Falivene2010,
	title = {{Synthetic seismic models from outcrop-derived reservoir-scale three-dimensional facies models: The Eocene Ainsa turbidite system (southern Pyrenees)}},
	journal = {AAPG Bulletin},
	volume = {94},
	number = {3},
	year = {2010},
	month = {mar},
	pages = {317{\textendash}343},
	abstract = {This study uses one-dimensional convolution seismic models to better understand which features of slope turbidite systems can (or cannot) be observed on real seismic data, aiming to improve subsurface seismic interpretation. Synthetic seismic sections and cubes were built from reservoir-scale three-dimensional fades models of the outcropping Ainsa turbidite system. This turbidite system developed in a foredeep and wedge-top depositional setting within a slope system. The turbidite system consists of laterally and vertically stacked sandstone- and debrite-dominated channel fills, grading into heterolithic and mudstone units, with intercalations of slump-deformed mudstone-rich units. Typical petrophysical values for subsurface Cenozoic sediments were assumed for the seismic models, which are presented at 25-, 50-, and 75-Hz resolution. Seismic models enabled the comparison between architectural and faci{\`e}s distributions observed in the outcrops and the geological models to their possible seismic expression in the subsurface. Comparisons show how seismic expression degrades when seismic resolution decreases. By using models at different geological scales, the effects of each heterogeneity scale are identified. Precise delineation of the internal architecture and fades distribution within channel complexes is beyond the reach of all seismic frequendes. The position of channel complex tops and margins is uncertain because of thengradual character. Differentiating between sandstone- and debrite-filled channels is not straightforward, and bed-scale heterogendties within the sandstone-dominated channels are barely distinguishable in the seismic data. The net-to-gross predictive capability of root-mean-square amplitude extractions varies depending on the seismic frequency and unit thickness. Copyright {\textcopyright} 2010. The American Association of Petroleum Geologists All rights reserved.},
	issn = {0149-1423},
	doi = {10.1306/08030908157},
	url = {http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-77950302966\&partnerID=tZOtx3y1},
	author = {Falivene, O. and Arbu{\'e}s, P. and Ledo, J. and Benjumea, B. and Mu{\~n}oz, J. A. and Fern{\'a}ndez, O. and Mart{\'\i}nez, S.}
}
@article {Harris2010a,
	title = {{Thermal regime of the Costa Rican convergent margin: 1. Along-strike variations in heat flow from probe measurements and estimated from bottom-simulating reflectors}},
	journal = {Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems},
	volume = {11},
	number = {12},
	year = {2010},
	month = {dec},
	pages = {n/a{\textendash}n/a},
	abstract = {The thermal structure of convergent margins provides information related to the tectonics, geodynamics, metamorphism, and fluid flow of active plate boundaries. We report 176 heat flow measurements made with a violin bow style probe across the Costa Rican margin at the Middle America Trench. The probe measurements are collocated with seismic reflection lines. These seismic reflection lines show widespread distribution of bottom-simulating reflectors (BSRs). To extend the spatial coverage of heat flow measurements we estimate heat flow from the depth of BSRs. Comparisons between probe measurements and BSR-derived estimates of heat flow are generally within 10\% and improve with distance landward of the deformation front. Together, these determinations provide new information on the thermal regime of this margin. Consistent with previous studies, the margin associated with the northern Nicoya Peninsula is remarkably cool. We define better the southern boundary of the cool region. The northern extent of the cool region remains poorly determined. A regional trend of decreasing heat flow landward of the deformation front is apparent, consistent with the downward advection of heat by the subducting Cocos Plate. High wave number variability at a scale of 5-10 km is significantly greater than the measurement uncertainty and is greater south of the northern Nicoya Peninsula. These heat flow anomalies vary between approximately 20 and 60 mW m-2 and are most likely due to localized fluid flow through mounds and faults on the margin. Simple one-dimensional models show that these anomalies are consistent with flow rates of 7-15 mm yr-1. Across the margin toe variability is significant and likely due to fluid flow through deformation structures associated with the frontal sedimentary prism. Copyright 2010 by the American Geophysical Union.},
	keywords = {fluid flow, heat flow, Middle America Trench, subduction zones},
	issn = {15252027},
	doi = {10.1029/2010GC003272},
	url = {http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-78650544794\&partnerID=tZOtx3y1},
	author = {Harris, Robert N. and Grevemeyer, Ingo and Ranero, Cesar R. and Villinger, Heinrich and Barckhausen, Udo and Henke, Thomas and Mueller, Christian and Neben, Soenke}
}
@article {Harris2010,
	title = {{Thermal regime of the Costa Rican convergent margin: 2. Thermal models of the shallow Middle America subduction zone offshore Costa Rica}},
	journal = {Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems},
	volume = {11},
	number = {12},
	year = {2010},
	month = {dec},
	pages = {n/a{\textendash}n/a},
	abstract = {At the Costa Rica margin along the Middle America Trench along-strike variations in heat flow are well mapped. These variations can be understood in terms of either ventilated fluid flow, where exposed basement allows fluids to freely advect heat between the crustal aquifer and ocean, or insulated fluid flow where continuous sediment cover restricts heat advection to within the crustal aquifer. We model fluid flow within the subducting aquifer using Nusselt number approximations coupled with finite element models of subduction and explore its effect on temperatures along the subduction thrust. The sensitivity of these models to the initial thermal state of the plate and styles of fluid flow, either ventilated or insulated, is explored. Heat flow measurements on cool crust accreted at the East Pacific Rise are consistent with ventilated hydrothermal cooling that continues with subduction. These models yield much cooler temperatures than predicted from simulations initialized with conductive predictions and without hydrothermal circulation. Heat flow transects on warm crust accreted at the Cocos-Nazca spreading center are consistent with models of insulated hydrothermal circulation that advects heat updip within the subducting crustal aquifer. Near the trench these models are warmer than conductive predictions and cooler than conductive predictions downdip of the trench. Comparisons between microseismicity and modeled isotherms suggest that the updip limit of microseismicity occurs at temperatures warmer than 100{\textdegree}C and that the downdip extent of microseismicity is bounded by the intersection of the subduction thrust with the base of the overriding crust. Copyright 2010 by the American Geophysical Union.},
	keywords = {fluid flow, subduction zones, thermal model},
	issn = {15252027},
	doi = {10.1029/2010GC003273},
	url = {http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-78650528793\&partnerID=tZOtx3y1},
	author = {Harris, Robert N. and Spinelli, Glenn and Ranero, Cesar R. and Grevemeyer, Ingo and Villinger, Heinrich and Barckhausen, Udo}
}
@article {TRIGO-RODRIGUEZ2009,
	title = {{The Cali meteorite fall: A new H/L ordinary chondrite}},
	journal = {Meteoritics \& Planetary Science},
	volume = {44},
	number = {2},
	year = {2009},
	month = {feb},
	pages = {211{\textendash}220},
	abstract = {The fall of the Cali meteorite took place on 6 July 2007 at 16 h 32 {\textpm} 1 min local time (21 h 32 {\textpm} 1 min UTC). A daylight fireball was witnessed by hundreds of people in the Cauca Valley in Colombia from which 10 meteorite samples with a total mass of 478 g were recovered near 3{\textdegree}24.3{\textquoteright}N, 76{\textdegree}30.6{\textquoteright}W. The fireball trajectory and radiant have been reconstructed with moderate accuracy. From the computed radiant and from considering various plausible velocities, we obtained a range of orbital solutions that suggest that the Cali progenitor meteoroid probably originated in the main asteroid belt. Based on petrography, mineral chemistry, magnetic susceptibility, fhermoluminescence, and bulk chemistry, the Cali meteorite is classified as an H/L4 ordinary chondrite breccia.},
	issn = {10869379},
	doi = {10.1111/j.1945-5100.2009.tb00729.x},
	url = {http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-65949113395\&partnerID=tZOtx3y1},
	author = {TRIGO-RODR{\'I}GUEZ, Josep M. and LLORCA, Jordi and RUBIN, Alan E. and GROSSMAN, Jeffrey N. and SEARS, Derek W. G. and NARANJO, Mateo and BRETZIUS, Stacy and TAPIA, Mar and SEP{\'U}LVEDA, Marino H. GUAR{\'I}N}
}
@article {Buske2009,
	title = {{Imaging and inversion {\textemdash} Introduction}},
	journal = {GEOPHYSICS},
	volume = {74},
	number = {6},
	year = {2009},
	month = {nov},
	pages = {WCA1{\textendash}WCA4},
	issn = {0016-8033},
	doi = {10.1190/1.3256872},
	url = {http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84861190134\&partnerID=tZOtx3y1},
	author = {Buske, Stefan and Lecomte, Isabelle and Nemeth, Tamas and Operto, St{\'e}phane and Sallares, Valenti}
}
@article {Kormann2009,
	title = {{Modelling Seismic Oceanography Experiments by Using First- and Second-Order Complex Frequency Shifted Perfectly Matched Layers}},
	journal = {Acta Acustica united with Acustica},
	volume = {95},
	number = {6},
	year = {2009},
	month = {nov},
	pages = {1104{\textendash}1111},
	abstract = {This work investigates the ability of modelling seismic oceanography experiments by using underwater acoustic propagation equations. Seismic oceanography tries to retrieve the fine structure of the ocean water masses by processing the acoustic waves reflected in the low-contrast interfaces of fronts, eddies, internal waves or thermohaline intrusions. Since the reflectivity of such interfaces is of order 10-3-10-4, the absorption capability of the numerical boundaries becomes crucial. Complex Frequency Shifted offers a better alternative to classical Perfectly Matched Layer formulation, but has not yet been extended to acoustic equations. Here, first- and second-order Complex Frequency Shifted Perfectly Matched Layers equations are proposed which can provide reflection coefficients of order 10-5. Therefore, a numerical Finite-Difference Time-Domain (FDTD) scheme combined with the proposed CFS-PML equations is able to model such experiments. {\textcopyright} S. Hirzel Verlag {\textperiodcentered} EAA.},
	issn = {16101928},
	doi = {10.3813/AAA.918242},
	url = {http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-77149123321\&partnerID=tZOtx3y1},
	author = {Kormann, Jean and Cobo, Pedro and Recuero, Manuel and Biescas, Berta and Sallares, Valenti}
}
@article {Bartolome2009,
	title = {{Multiscale seismic imaging of active faults at sea}},
	journal = {Sea Technology},
	volume = {50},
	number = {2},
	year = {2009},
	pages = {10{\textendash}14},
	issn = {00933651},
	url = {http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-62749191283\&partnerID=tZOtx3y1},
	author = {Bartolom{\'e}, Rafael and Iacono, Claudio Lo and Gr{\'a}cia, Eul{\`a}lia}
}
@article {Garcia2009,
	title = {{Numerical study of the effects of particle shape and polydispersity on permeability}},
	journal = {Physical Review E},
	volume = {80},
	number = {2},
	year = {2009},
	month = {aug},
	pages = {021304},
	abstract = {We study through numerical simulations the dependence of the hydraulic permeability of granular materials on the particle shape and the grain size distribution. Several models of sand are constructed by simulating the settling under gravity of the grains; the friction coefficient is varied to construct packs of different porosity. The size distribution and shapes of the grains mimic real sands. Fluid flow is simulated in the resulting packs using a finite element method and the permeability of the packs is successfully compared with available experimental data. Packs of nonspherical particles are less permeable than sphere packs of the same porosity. Our results indicate that the details of grain shape and size distribution have only a small effect on the permeabilty of the systems studied. {\textcopyright} 2009 The American Physical Society.},
	issn = {1539-3755},
	doi = {10.1103/PhysRevE.80.021304},
	url = {http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-70349241904\&partnerID=tZOtx3y1},
	author = {Garcia, Xavier and Akanji, Lateef and Blunt, Martin and Matthai, Stephan and Latham, John}
}
@booklet {MorenoMota2009,
	title = {{Paleoseismology of active faults based on multiscale seismic imaging}},
	journal = {Instrumentation ViewPoint},
	number = {8},
	year = {2009},
	pages = {50{\textendash}51},
	publisher = {Universitat Polit{\`e}cnica de Catalunya},
	abstract = {The study of active structures offshore requires very-high resolution seismic imaging in order to observe the most recent layers below sea floor. In the other hand, high penetration methods are necessary to observe deeper reflections for understanding the evolution of the structure throughout the time. The aim of our study is to establish the seismic potential of the offshore segment of the Carboneras Fault, Eastern Betics, based on multiscale seismic imaging. Three different scale methods have been acquired and are compared here: very-high-resolution sub-bottom profiler TOPAS, very-high-resolution single-channel seismic (Sparker) and high-resolution multi-channel seismic. From seismic profiles, faulted Quaternary layers suggest that the Carboneras Fault is active. Sediment coring and dating analysis are used to consider ages for key reflectors observed in TOPAS profiles, and a change in the vertical slip-rate through the Quaternary is inferred.},
	keywords = {Tecnolog{\'\i}a industrial. Tecnolog{\'\i}a mec{\'a}nica, Tecnolog{\'\i}as},
	issn = {1886-4864},
	url = {http://dialnet.unirioja.es/servlet/articulo?codigo=3202510\&info=resumen\&idioma=ENG},
	author = {Moreno Mota, Ximena and Gr{\`a}cia i Mont, Eulalia and Bartolom{\'e}, Rafael and Iacono, Claudio}
}
@article {Sallares2009,
	title = {{Relative contribution of temperature and salinity to ocean acoustic reflectivity}},
	journal = {Geophysical Research Letters},
	volume = {36},
	number = {20},
	year = {2009},
	month = {oct},
	pages = {L00D06},
	abstract = {Marine seismic data display laterally coherent reflectivity from the water column that is attributed to fine-scale oceanic layering. The amplitude of the different reflections is the expression of acoustic impedance contrasts. between neighbouring water masses, and therefore water reflectivity maps the ocean{\textquoteright}s vertical sound speed and density (i.e., temperature and salinity) variations. Here we determine the relative contribution of each parameter by computing the temperature and salinity partial derivatives of sound speed and density, and using them to estimate reflection coefficients from a real oceanographic dataset. The results show that the mean contribution of density variations is 5-10\%, while 90-95\% is due to sound speed variations. On average, 80\% of reflectivity comes from temperature contrasts. Salinity contribution averages 20\%, but it is highly variable and reaches up to 40\% in regions prone to diffusive convection such as the top of the Mediterranean Undercurrent in the Gulf of Cadiz. Copyright 2009 by the American Geophysical Union.},
	issn = {0094-8276},
	doi = {10.1029/2009GL040187},
	url = {http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-72149084920\&partnerID=tZOtx3y1},
	author = {Sallar{\`e}s, V. and Biescas, B. and Buffett, G. and Carbonell, R. and Danobeitia, J. J. and Pelegr{\'\i}, J. L.}
}
@article {Buffett2009,
	title = {{Seismic reflection along the path of the Mediterranean Undercurrent}},
	journal = {Continental Shelf Research},
	volume = {29},
	number = {15},
	year = {2009},
	month = {aug},
	pages = {1848{\textendash}1860},
	abstract = {Seismic reflection profiling is applied to the study of large scale physical oceanographic processes in the Gulf of C{\'a}diz and western Iberian coast, coinciding with the path of the Mediterranean Undercurrent. The multi-channel seismic reflection method provides clear images of thermohaline fine structure with a horizontal resolution approximately two orders of magnitude higher than CTD casting. The seismic data are compared with co-located historical oceanographic data. Three seismic reflectivity zones are identified: North Atlantic Central Water, Mediterranean Water and North Atlantic Deep Water. Seismic evidence for the path of the Mediterranean Undercurrent is found in the near-slope reflectivity patterns, with rising reflectors between about 500 and 1500 m. However, the core of the undercurrent is largely transparent. Seismic images show that central and, particularly, intermediate Mediterranean Waters have fine structure coherent over horizontal distances of several tens of kilometers. However, the intensity of the reflectors, and their horizontal coherence, decreases downstream. This change in seismic reflectivity is probably the result of diminished vertical thermohaline contrasts between adjacent water masses, so that double-diffusion processes become unable to sustain temperature and salinity staircases. Comparison of root-mean-square seismic amplitudes with temperature and salinity differences between the Mediterranean Undercurrent and the overlying central waters suggests a causal relationship between observed thermohaline fine structure and true seismic amplitudes. We estimate that, within this intermediate water stratum, impedance contrasts are mainly controlled by sound speed contrasts (a factor between 3.5 and 10 times larger than density contrasts), which are mainly controlled by temperature contrasts (a factor between 1.5 and 5 times larger than salinity contrasts). {\textcopyright} 2009 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.},
	keywords = {Amplitude, Entrainment, Mediterranean Undercurrent, Mixing, Salinity, Seismic oceanography, Temperature, thermohaline fine structure},
	issn = {02784343},
	doi = {10.1016/j.csr.2009.05.017},
	url = {http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-69249209739\&partnerID=tZOtx3y1},
	author = {Buffett, G.G. and Biescas, B. and Pelegr{\'\i}, J.L. and Mach{\'\i}n, F. and Sallar{\`e}s, V. and Carbonell, R. and Klaeschen, D. and Hobbs, R.}
}
@article {Gutscher2009,
	title = {{Tectonic shortening and gravitational spreading in the Gulf of Cadiz accretionary wedge: Observations from multi-beam bathymetry and seismic profiling}},
	journal = {Marine and Petroleum Geology},
	volume = {26},
	number = {5},
	year = {2009},
	month = {may},
	pages = {647{\textendash}659},
	abstract = {The Gulf of Cadiz lies astride the complex plate boundary between Africa and Eurasia west of the Betic-Rif mountain belt. We report on the results of recent bathymetric swathmapping and multi-channel seismic surveys carried out here. The seafloor is marked by contrasting morphological provinces, spanning the SW Iberian and NW Moroccan continental margins, abyssal plains and an elongate, arcuate, accretionary wedge. A wide variety of tectonic and gravitational processes appear to have shaped these structures. Active compressional deformation of the wedge is suggested by folding and thrusting of the frontal sedimentary layers as well as basal duplexing in deeper internal units. There is evidence for simultaneous gravitational spreading occurring upslope. The very shallow mean surface and basal slopes of the accretionary wedge (1{\textdegree} each) indicate a very weak decollement layer, geometrically similar to the Mediterranean Ridge accretionary complex. Locally steep slopes (up to 10{\textdegree}) indicate strongly focused, active deformation and potential gravitational instabilities. The unusual surface morphology of the upper accretionary wedge includes "raft-tectonics" type fissures and abundant sub-circular depressions. Dissolution and/or diapiric processes are proposed to be involved in the formation of these depressions. {\textcopyright} 2008 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.},
	keywords = {Accretionary wedge, Decollement, Gravitational spreading, Iberia, Morocco},
	issn = {02648172},
	doi = {10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2007.11.008},
	url = {http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-67349128699\&partnerID=tZOtx3y1},
	author = {Gutscher, Marc-Andr{\'e} and Dominguez, Stephane and Westbrook, Graham K. and Gente, Pascal and Babonneau, Nathalie and Mulder, Thierry and Gonthier, Eliane and Bartolom{\'e}, Rafael and Luis, Joaquim and Rosas, Filipe and Terrinha, Pedro}
}
@booklet {Martinez-Loriente2009,
	title = {{Wide-angle reflection and refraction seismic profile from the outer part of the gulf of Cadiz: nearest-seis cruise}},
	journal = {Instrumentation ViewPoint},
	number = {8},
	year = {2009},
	pages = {49},
	publisher = {Universitat Polit{\`e}cnica de Catalunya},
	abstract = {We will explain the first interpretations from a marine refraction and wideangle reflection seismic profile acquired in the outer part of the Gulf of Cadiz in November 2008, in the framework of the NEAREST-SEIS cruise},
	keywords = {Tecnolog{\'\i}a industrial. Tecnolog{\'\i}a mec{\'a}nica, Tecnolog{\'\i}as},
	issn = {1886-4864},
	url = {http://dialnet.unirioja.es/servlet/articulo?codigo=3202467\&info=resumen\&idioma=ENG},
	author = {Mart{\'\i}nez-Loriente, Sara and Sallares, Valenti and Bartolom{\'e}, Rafael and Gr{\`a}cia i Mont, Eulalia}
}
@article {Barckhausen2008,
	title = {{Birth of an intraoceanic spreading center}},
	journal = {Geology},
	volume = {36},
	number = {10},
	year = {2008},
	pages = {767},
	abstract = {The Cocos-Nazca spreading center is one of the few examples of the formation of a spreading center by splitting of oceanic lithosphere. It was created when the Farallon plate, broke up in the early Miocene following the collision of the Pacific-Farallon spreading center with the North American continent. Much of the ancient Farallon plate corresponding to the area of opening is lost to subduction beneath Central America and South America, but new data from the conjugate area on the Pacific plate allow the first detailed reconstruction of the break-up process. The opening began after chron 7 (25 Ma) at a location of focused crustal extension caused by overlapping spreading centers that had evolved in response to a slight reorientation of a Pacific-Farallon ridge segment. Beginning at chron 6B (22.7 Ma), eastward progressing seafloor spreading started along an axis that most likely migrated toward the region of weak lithosphere created by the Galapagos hotspot. By chron 6 (19.5 Ma), plate splitting from the spreading center to the trench was complete, allowing the fully detached Cocos and Nazca plates to move independently. This kinematic change resulted in a significant ridge jump of the newly established Pacific-Nazca spreading center, a change in plate motion direction of the Nazca plate by 20{\textdegree}clockwise, and a large increase in Pacific-Cocos plate velocity in the middle Miocene. {\textcopyright} 2008 The Geological Society of America.},
	keywords = {Central Pacific, Farallon breakup, Galapagos hotspot, Magnetic anomalies},
	issn = {0091-7613},
	doi = {10.1130/G25056A.1},
	url = {http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-54949104690\&partnerID=tZOtx3y1},
	author = {Barckhausen, Udo and Ranero, Cesar R. and Cande, Steven C. and Engels, Martin and Weinrebe, Wilhelm}
}
@article {Ferrer2008,
	title = {{The deep seismic reflection MARCONI-3 profile: Role of extensional Mesozoic structure during the Pyrenean contractional deformation at the eastern part of the Bay of Biscay}},
	journal = {Marine and Petroleum Geology},
	volume = {25},
	number = {8},
	year = {2008},
	month = {sep},
	pages = {714{\textendash}730},
	abstract = {The new MARCONI-3 deep seismic profile allows recognition of the upper crustal structure of the eastern part of the Bay of Biscay and the main features of its Alpine geodynamic evolution. It denotes that the easternmost part of the Bay of Biscay consists of a thick wedge of uppermost Cretaceous to Cenozoic synorogenic sediments lying unconformably on the top of a thinned continental crust with the Mesozoic Parentis Basin to the north and the coeval Landes High to the south. The Parentis Basin appears as a major half-graben bounded southwards by a north-dipping planar fault. It is filled by a thick sequence of Jurassic-Upper Cretaceous carbonates affected by salt domes and squeezed diapirs made up of Triassic evaporites and mudstones. These salt tectonic structures also affect the overlying uppermost Cretaceous to Lower Miocene synorogenic deposits which are folded upon these structures. The Landes High includes a thin pre-Upper Cretaceous cover tilted to the south. In the Basque shelf, it is deformed by a basement-involving thrust wedge emplaced during the Late Eocene-Miocene that constitutes the North-Pyrenean contractional front. Geometric relationships and thickness variations depict that this overall structure results from the following. {\textbullet}Mesozoic extensional stage which includes a Late Jurassic (?)-Late Aptian syn-rift stage in which the Parentis Basin formed; and an Albian-early Late Cretaceous post-rift stage in which diapirs of Triassic evaporites grew close to this major fault.{\textbullet}Compressive deformational stage coeval to the Pyrenean orogeny which led to (1) the development of a latest Cretaceous up to Middle Miocene foreland basin; and (2) from Late Eocene, the formation of a basement-involving thrust wedge in the innermost foreland basin, the squeezing of the diapiric structures formed previously in the Parentis Basin and, later (Middle Miocene), the partial inversion of some pre-existent faults located in the southern Parentis Basin margin. This geodynamic evolution together with the structure of the area evidences that the extensional structure resulting from the opening of the Bay of Biscay played an important role both in the location of the North-Pyrenean front and in the North-Pyrenean foreland contractional deformation features. Specially, the lack of significant inversion structures in the Parentis Basin, despite that it belongs to a severely thinned crustal area before the Alpine compression, denotes that the Mesozoic Landes High acted as an important buffer for the propagation of the Pyrenean contractional deformation to the north. This deformational buffer was active until Early Miocene and probably vanished afterwards during the last stages of Pyrenean orogen development when some basement faults reactivated in the Parentis Basin. {\textcopyright} 2008 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.},
	keywords = {Bay of Biscay, Cenozoic, Inversion, Mesozoic, Parentis Basin, Pyrenees, Salt tectonics, Seismic profile},
	issn = {02648172},
	doi = {10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2008.06.002},
	url = {http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-52349092015\&partnerID=tZOtx3y1},
	author = {Ferrer, O. and Roca, E. and Benjumea, B. and Mu{\~n}oz, J.A. and Ellouz, N.}
}
@conference {Shariat-Panahi2008,
	title = {{Design, Characterization and Calibration of a Short-Period Ocean Bottom Seismometer (OBS)}},
	booktitle = {2008 IEEE Instrumentation and Measurement Technology Conference},
	year = {2008},
	month = {may},
	pages = {495{\textendash}500},
	publisher = {IEEE},
	organization = {IEEE},
	abstract = {First part of this paper presents an Ocean Bottom Seismometers (OBS) designed and constructed for mid-term deployments in order to study the earth dynamics and internal structure. Many marine research institutes have developed such equipment, however there is no standard method for their characterization and calibration. The second part discusses the characterization tests based on the international standards carried out to present the specifications of the equipment built. Calibration of the constructed OBS is carried out through an oceanographic cruise using a widely used reference OBS. Data quality of the instruments is evaluated by direct inspection of the corresponding seismic record sections. {\textcopyright}2008 IEEE.},
	keywords = {Analog-to-digital converter, Calibration, Datalogger, Dynamic range, Effective number of bits, Geophone, Jitter, Ocean bottom seismometer (OBS), Seismic record section, Time base},
	isbn = {978-1-4244-1540-3},
	issn = {10915281},
	doi = {10.1109/IMTC.2008.4547086},
	url = {http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-51349130474\&partnerID=tZOtx3y1},
	author = {Shariat-Panahi, S. and M{\`a}nuel, A. and Alegria, F. and Roset, X. and Bermudez, A. and Sallar{\`e}s, V.}
}
@article {Sahling2008,
	title = {{Fluid seepage at the continental margin offshore Costa Rica and southern Nicaragua}},
	journal = {Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems},
	volume = {9},
	number = {5},
	year = {2008},
	month = {may},
	pages = {n/a{\textendash}n/a},
	abstract = {A systematic search for methane-rich fluid seeps at the seafloor was conducted at the Pacific continental margin offshore southern Nicaragua and northern central Costa Rica, a convergent margin characterized by subduction erosion. More than 100 fluid seeps were discovered using a combination of multibeam bathymetry, side-scan sonar imagery, TV-sled observations, and sampling. This corresponds, on average, to a seep site every 4 km along the continental slope. In the northwestern part of the study area, subduction of oceanic crust formed at the East Pacific Rise is characterized by pervasive bending-induced faulting of the oceanic plate and a relatively uniform morphology of the overriding continental margin. Seepage at this part of the margin typically occurs at approximately cone-shaped mounds 50 - 100 m high and up to 1 km wide at the base. Over 60 such mounds were identified on the 240 km long margin segment. Some normal faults also host localized seepage. In contrast, in the southeast, the 220 km long margin segment overriding the oceanic crust formed at the Cocos-Nazca Spreading Centre has a comparatively more irregular morphology caused mainly by the subduction of ridges and seamounts sitting on the oceanic plate. Over 40 seeps were located on this part of the margin. This margin segment with irregular morphology exhibits diverse seep structures. Seeps are related to landslide scars, seamountsubduction related fractures, mounds, and faults. Several backscatter anomalies in side-scan images are without apparent relief and are probably related to carbonate precipitation. Detected fluid seeps are not evenly distributed across the margin but occur in a roughly margin parallel band centered 28 {\textpm} 7 km landward of the trench. This distribution suggests that seeps are possibly fed to fluids rising from the plate boundary along deep-penetrating faults through the upper plate. Copyrignt 2008 by the American Geophysical Union.},
	keywords = {Authigenic carbonate, Chemosynthetic community, Subduction erosion},
	issn = {15252027},
	doi = {10.1029/2008GC001978},
	url = {http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-70350099584\&partnerID=tZOtx3y1},
	author = {Sahling, Heiko and Masson, Douglas G. and Ranero, Cesar R. and H{\"u}hnerbach, Veit and Weinrebe, Wilhelm and Klaucke, Ingo and B{\"u}rk, Dietmar and Br{\"u}ckmann, Warner and Suess, Erwin}
}
@article {Ranero2008,
	title = {{Hydrogeological system of erosional convergent margins and its influence on tectonics and interplate seismogenesis}},
	journal = {Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems},
	volume = {9},
	number = {3},
	year = {2008},
	month = {mar},
	pages = {n/a{\textendash}n/a},
	abstract = {Fluid distribution in convergent margins is by most accounts closely related to tectonics. This association has been widely studied at accretionary prisms, but at half of the Earth{\textquoteright}s convergent margins, tectonic erosion grinds down overriding plates, and here fluid distribution and its relation to tectonics remain speculative. Here we present a new conceptual model for the hydrological system of erosional convergent margins. The model is based largely on new data and recently published observations from along the Middle America Trench offshore Nicaragua and Costa Rica, and it is consistent with observations from other erosional margins. The observations indicate that erosional margins possess previously unrecognized distinct hydrogeological systems: Most fluid contained in the sediment pores and liberated by early dehydration reactions drains from the plate boundary through a fractured upper plate to seep at the seafloor across the slope, rather than migrating along the d{\'e}collement toward the deformation front as described for accretionary prisms. The observations indicate that the relative fluid abundance across the plate-boundary fault zone and fluid migration influence long-term tectonics and the transition from aseismic to seismogenic behavior. The segment of the plate boundary where fluid appears to be more abundant corresponds to the locus of long-term tectonic erosion, where tectonic thinning of the overriding plate causes subsidence and the formation of the continental slope. This correspondence between observations indicates that tectonic erosion is possibly linked to the migration of overpressured fluids into the overriding plate. The presence of overpressured fluids at the plate boundary is compatible with the highest flow rates estimated at slope seeps. The change from aseismic to seismogenic behavior along the plate boundary of the erosional margin begins where the amount of fluid at the fault declines with depth, indicating a control on interplate earthquakes. A previously described similar observation along accreting plate boundaries strongly indicates that fluid abundance exerts a first-order control on interplate seismogenesis at all types of subduction zones. We hypothesize that fluid depletion with depth increases grain-to-grain contact, increasing effective stress on the fault, and modifies fault zone architecture from a thick fault zone to a narrower zone of localized slip. Copyright 2008 by the American Geophysical Union.},
	keywords = {fluid flow, Seismogenesis, subduction zones, Tectonic erosion},
	issn = {15252027},
	doi = {10.1029/2007GC001679},
	url = {http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-67349265252\&partnerID=tZOtx3y1},
	author = {Ranero, C. R. and Grevemeyer, I. and Sahling, H. and Barckhausen, U. and Hensen, C. and Wallmann, K. and Weinrebe, W. and Vannucchi, P. and von Huene, R. and McIntosh, K.}
}
@article {Biescas2008,
	title = {{Imaging meddy finestructure using multichannel seismic reflection data}},
	journal = {Geophysical Research Letters},
	volume = {35},
	number = {11},
	year = {2008},
	month = {jun},
	pages = {L11609},
	abstract = {This work illustrates the great potential of multichannel seismic reflection data to extract information from the finestructure of meddies with exceptional lateral resolution (10-15 m). We present seismic images of three meddies acquired in the Gulf of Cadiz (SW Iberian Peninsula), which consist of concentric reflectors forming oval shapes that sharply contrast with the background oceanic structure. The seismic images reveal the presence of different regions within the meddies that are consistent with those observed in historical temperature (T) and salinity (S) data. The core region, characterized by smooth T and S variations, is weakly reflective. The double-diffusive upper and lower boundaries and the lateral-interleaving outer edges, characterized by stronger T and S contrasts, display strong reflectivity bands. These new observations clearly show differences between layers developed at the upper and lower boundaries that can contribute to th knowledge of mixing processes and layering formation in oceans. Copyright 2008 by the American Geophysical Union.},
	issn = {0094-8276},
	doi = {10.1029/2008GL033971},
	url = {http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-49849096389\&partnerID=tZOtx3y1},
	author = {Biescas, B. and Sallar{\`e}s, V. and Pelegr{\'\i}, J. L. and Mach{\'\i}n, F. and Carbonell, R. and Buffett, G. and Danobeitia, J. J. and Calahorrano, A.}
}
@article {Goldfinger2008,
	title = {{Late Holocene Rupture of the Northern San Andreas Fault and Possible Stress Linkage to the Cascadia Subduction Zone}},
	journal = {Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America},
	volume = {98},
	number = {2},
	year = {2008},
	month = {apr},
	pages = {861{\textendash}889},
	abstract = {We relate the late Holocene northern San Adreas fault (NSAF) paleoseismic history developed using marine sediment cores along the northern California continental margin to a similar dataset of cores collected along the Cascadia margin, including channels from Barclay Canyon off Vancouver Island to just north of Monterey Bay. Stratigraphic correlation and evidence of synchronous triggering imply earthquake origin, and both temporal records are compatible with onshore paleoseismic data. In order to make comparisons between the temporal earthquake records from the NSAF and Cascadia, we refine correlations of southern Cascadia great earthquakes, including the land paleoseismic record. Along the NSAF during the last \~{}2800 yr, 15 turbidites, including one likely from the great 1906 earthquake, establish an average repeat time of \~{}200 yr, similar to the onshore value of \~{}240 yr. The combined land and marine paleoseismic record from the southern Cascadia subduction zone includes a similar number of events during the same period. While the average recurrence interval for full-margin Cascadia events is \~{}520 yr, the southern Cascadia margin has a repeat time of \~{}220 yr, similar to that of the NSAF. Thirteen of the 15 NSAF events were preceded by Cascadia events by \~{}0-80 yr, averaging 25-45 yr (as compared to \~{}80-400 yr by which Cascadia events follow the NSAF). Based on the temporal association, we model the coseismic and cumulative postseismic deformation from great Cascadia megathrust events and compute related stress changes along the NSAF in order to test the possibility that Cascadia earthquakes triggered the penultimate, and perhaps other, NSAF events. The Coulomb failure stress (CFS) resulting from viscous deformation related to a Cascadia earthquake over \~{}60 yr does not contribute significantly to the total CFS on the NSAF. However, the coseismic deformation increases CFS on the northern San Andreas fault (NSAF) by up to about 9 bars offshore of Point Delgada, most likely enough to trigger that fault to fail in north-to-south propagating ruptures.},
	issn = {0037-1106},
	doi = {10.1785/0120060411},
	url = {http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-42649087275\&partnerID=tZOtx3y1},
	author = {Goldfinger, C. and Grijalva, K. and Burgmann, R. and Morey, A. E. and Johnson, J. E. and Nelson, C. H. and Gutierrez-Pastor, J. and Ericsson, A. and Karabanov, E. and Chaytor, J. D. and Patton, J. and Gr{\`a}cia, E.}
}
@article {Panahi2008,
	title = {{A Low-Power Datalogger Based on CompactFlash Memory for Ocean Bottom Seismometers}},
	journal = {IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement},
	volume = {57},
	number = {10},
	year = {2008},
	month = {oct},
	pages = {2297{\textendash}2303},
	abstract = {In the last decade, marine scientific instruments have been in high demand, particularly autonomous instruments that are capable of staying under water for a long time while performing continuous data acquisition and storage. This paper introduces an instrument under development that is used for the study of ocean bottom sublayers and microseismic detection. The power consumption of the equipment has been minimized to increase autonomy, and CompactFlash memory cards have been used as the storage element. Development of such equipment is a joint effort between different disciplines, such as electronics, mechanics, geophysics, underwater communications, etc. The acquisition system was tested both in the laboratory and under real environmental conditions in the summer of 2005, and the results have been evaluated. {\textcopyright} 2008 IEEE.},
	keywords = {Analog-to-digital (A/D) converter, CompactFlash memory, Datalogger, Effective number of bits (ENOB), Ocean bottom seismometer (OBS), Power consumption, Time base},
	issn = {0018-9456},
	doi = {10.1109/TIM.2008.919005},
	url = {http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-52649175960\&partnerID=tZOtx3y1},
	author = {Panahi, S.S. and Ventosa, S. and Cadena, J. and Manuel-Lazaro, A. and Bermudez, A. and Sallar{\`e}s, V. and Piera, J.}
}
@conference {Shariat-Panahi2008a,
	title = {{Ocean Bottom Seismometer (OBS): An instrument for marine seismic data acquisition}},
	booktitle = {2008 IEEE International Symposium on Industrial Electronics},
	year = {2008},
	month = {jun},
	pages = {1183{\textendash}1186},
	publisher = {IEEE},
	organization = {IEEE},
	abstract = {The OBS (Ocean Bottom Seismoemter) has been a key instrument for geophysical study of sea sub-bottom layers in the last decades. Now scientists are demanding highly relaible autonomous equipment capable of staying underwater for long periods of time and therefore handling large data storage. Power consumption of the acquisition system as well as a stable time base with temperature are the main issues in order to achieve high autonomy together with a good data quality. This paper presents a new Ocean Bottom Seismometer designed to be used in marine mid-term surveys. To achieve our goals, a new low power datalogger with high resolution and Signal-to-Noise Ratio (SNR) based on Compactflash memory card is designed to enable continous data acquisition. The equipment has been evaluated in real environmental conditions during a test cruise in 2006. {\textcopyright} 2008 IEEE.},
	keywords = {Acquisition system, Analog to digital converter, Geophone, Ocean bottom seismometer (OBS)},
	isbn = {978-1-4244-1665-3},
	doi = {10.1109/ISIE.2008.4677225},
	url = {http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-57849111983\&partnerID=tZOtx3y1},
	author = {Shariat-Panahi, S. and M{\`a}nuel, A. and Bermudez, A. and Ambros, M. and Sallar{\`e}s, V. and Molino, E.}
}
@article {Secanell2008,
	title = {{Probabilistic seismic hazard assessment of the Pyrenean region}},
	journal = {Journal of Seismology},
	volume = {12},
	number = {3},
	year = {2008},
	month = {mar},
	pages = {323{\textendash}341},
	abstract = {A unified probabilistic seismic hazard assessment (PSHA) for the Pyrenean region has been performed by an international team composed of experts from Spain and France during the Interreg IIIA ISARD project. It is motivated by incoherencies between the seismic hazard zonations of the design codes of France and Spain and by the need for input data to be used to define earthquake scenarios. A great effort was invested in the homogenisation of the input data. All existing seismic data are collected in a database and lead to a unified catalogue using a local magnitude scale. PSHA has been performed using logic trees combined with Monte Carlo simulations to account for both epistemic and aleatory uncertainties. As an alternative to hazard calculation based on seismic sources zone models, a zoneless method is also used to produce a hazard map less dependant on zone boundaries. Two seismogenic source models were defined to take into account the different interpretations existing among specialists. A new regional ground-motion prediction equation based on regional data has been proposed. It was used in combination with published ground-motion prediction equations derived using European and Mediterranean data. The application of this methodology leads to the definition of seismic hazard maps for 475- and 1,975-year return periods for spectral accelerations at periods of 0 (corresponding to peak ground acceleration), 0.1, 0.3, 0.6, 1 and 2 s. Median and percentiles 15\% and 85\% acceleration contour lines are represented. Finally, the seismic catalogue is used to produce a map of the maximum acceleration expected for comparison with the probabilistic hazard maps. The hazard maps are produced using a grid of 0.1{\textdegree}. The results obtained may be useful for civil protection and risk prevention purposes in France, Spain and Andorra. {\textcopyright} Springer Science+Business Media B.V. 2008.},
	keywords = {Andorra, France, Monte Carlo, Probabilistic, Seismic hazard, Seismic zonation, Spain},
	issn = {1383-4649},
	doi = {10.1007/s10950-008-9094-2},
	url = {http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-46349102115\&partnerID=tZOtx3y1},
	author = {Secanell, R. and Bertil, D. and Martin, C. and Goula, X. and Susagna, T. and Tapia, M. and Dominique, P. and Carbon, D. and Fleta, J.}
}
@article {LoIacono2008,
	title = {{Seafloor characterization and backscatter variability of the Almer{\'\i}a Margin (Alboran Sea, SW Mediterranean) based on high-resolution acoustic data}},
	journal = {Marine Geology},
	volume = {250},
	number = {1-2},
	year = {2008},
	month = {apr},
	pages = {1{\textendash}18},
	abstract = {An acoustic study of the Almer{\'\i}a Margin (eastern Alboran Sea, SW Mediterranean) was carried out by means of an integrated dataset, comprising deep-towed TOBI sidescan sonar, swath-bathymetry, TOPAS high-resolution seismics and sediment gravity cores. The Almer{\'\i}a Margin is a complex system dominated by volcanic and tectonic features shaped by recent sedimentary processes, in which a regional hemipelagic sedimentation is intercalated by sporadic gravitative events. The aim of this work is twofold. The first objective is to recognize the sedimentary and tectonic features that shape the Almeria Margin. The main morpho-sedimentary and morpho-structural elements observed are: the Almer{\'\i}a canyon/channel Turbidite System, the Dal{\'\i}as Tributary Valley System, landslides, active faults and folds and volcanic banks. The second aim is to explore and quantify the surface and subsurface seafloor parameters that characterize the backscatter of the study area. Sedimentary, geomorphological and biological elements that play a role in the acoustic signature of the Almer{\'\i}a Margin were detected. Nevertheless, it should be noted that seafloor acoustic backscatter is also affected by geometrical and instrumental factors. Despite the wide variability of the environments studied, a low average acoustic backscatter reflects a diffused draping of hemipelagic sedimentation in the area. Higher backscatter values were observed at the top of some volcanic banks, along the Almer{\'\i}a canyon, and in the shallower sector of the Dal{\'\i}as tributary valley system. The influence of subseafloor properties in the acoustic signature of the area was revealed by backscatter-grain size correlations, which were carried out for different depth intervals in sediment cores collected in the Almer{\'\i}a Turbidite System. A poor relationship was found between backscatter and superficial silty sediments of the area, whereas a higher correlation resulted in the upper 50~cm. The presence of subsurface turbidites in the cores associated with the higher backscatter values suggests volume interface scattering of these sandy layers as a controlling factor of the acoustic signature obtained in the Almer{\'\i}a Margin. On the other hand, in rough settings such as the ones observed in the Dal{\'\i}as Tributary Valley System, topographic relief of up to 1-1.5~m strongly interacted with the TOBI acoustic pulse. This suggests that large-scale roughness is an additional parameter that characterizes the acoustic strength of the area. Extremely high reflective patches distributed along some of the volcanic banks (Chella and Pollux Banks) for depths ranging from 230 to 470~m coincide with areas where carbonate cold water coral mounds develop. In the TOBI images, coral facies reach the maximum value of acoustic backscatter, which is probably related to the rough morphology of coral ecosystems. The position of coral mounds in the banks suggests that the occurrence of strong bottom currents and reduced sedimentary inputs are environmental factors that favour their settling and development in the Almer{\'\i}a Margin. {\textcopyright} 2007 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.},
	keywords = {backscatter, coral mounds, deep-towed sidescan sonar TOBI, high-resolution seismics, Mediterranean Sea, South Iberian Margin, swath-bathymetry},
	issn = {00253227},
	doi = {10.1016/j.margeo.2007.11.004},
	url = {http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-41349119993\&partnerID=tZOtx3y1},
	author = {Lo Iacono, Claudio and Gr{\'a}cia, Eul{\`a}lia and Diez, Susana and Bozzano, Graziella and Moreno, Ximena and Da{\~n}obeitia, Juanjo and Alonso, Bel{\'e}n}
}
@inbook {RaneroC.R.;vonHueneR.;WeinrebeW.andBarckhausen2007,
	title = {{Convergent margin tectonics of Middle America: A marine perspective}},
	booktitle = {Central America, Geology, Hazards and Resources},
	year = {2007},
	pages = {239{\textendash}265},
	keywords = {A. A. Balkema Publisher)., Ed. G. Alvarado and J. Bunschu},
	url = {http://sfx.bibliotecas.csic.es/sfx\_local?url\_ver=Z39.88-2004\&rft\_val\_fmt=info\%3Aofi\%2Ffmt\%3Akev\%3Amtx\%3Abook\&rft.genre=bookitem\&rft.btitle=Central America\%3A Geology\%2C Resources and Hazards\&rft.spage=239\&rft.epage=265\&rft.date=2007\&rft.aulast=Ranero\&},
	author = {Ranero, C. R. and von Huene, R. and Weinrebe, W. and Barckhausen, U.}
}
@article {Booth-Rea2007,
	title = {{Crustal types and Tertiary tectonic evolution of the Albor{\'a}n sea, western Mediterranean}},
	journal = {Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems},
	volume = {8},
	number = {10},
	year = {2007},
	pages = {n/a{\textendash}n/a},
	abstract = {Multichannel seismic reflection images across the transition between the east Albor{\'a}n and the Algero-Balearic basins show how crustal thickness decreases from about 5 s two-way traveltime (TWTT, \~{}15 km thick) in the west (east Albor{\'a}n basin) to \~{}2 s TWTT typical of oceanic crust (\~{}6 km thick) in the east (Algero-Balearic basin). We have differentiated three different crustal domains in this transition, mainly on the basis of crustal thickness and seismic signature. Boundaries between the three crustal domains are transitional and lack evidence for major faults. Tilted blocks related to extension are very scarce and all sampled basement outcrops are volcanic, suggesting a strong relationship between magmatism and crustal structure. Stratigraphic correlation of lithoseismic units with sedimentary units of southeastern Betic basins indicates that sediments onlap igneous basement approximately at 12 Ma in the eastern area and at 8 Ma in the western area. Linking seismic crustal structure with magmatic geochemical evidence suggests that the three differentiated crustal domains may represent, from west to east, thin continental crust modified by arc magmatism, magmatic-arc crust, and oceanic crust. Middle to late Miocene arc and oceanic crust formation in the east Albor{\'a}n and Algero-Balearic basins, respectively, occurred during westward migration of the Gibraltar accretionary wedge and shortening in the Betic-Rif foreland basins. Arc magmatism and associated backarc oceanic crust formation were related to early to middle Miocene subduction and rollback of the Flysch Trough oceanic basement. Subduction of this narrow slab beneath the Albor{\'a}n basin was coeval with collision of the Albor{\'a}n domain with the Iberian and African passive margins and subsequent subcontinental- lithosphere edge delamination along the Betic-Rif margins. Copyright 2007 by the American Geophysical Union.},
	keywords = {Albor{\'a}n basin, Algero-Balearic basin, Crustal structure, Magmatic arc, Reflection seismics, Western Mediterranean},
	issn = {15252027},
	doi = {10.1029/2007GC001639},
	url = {http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-54349126940\&partnerID=tZOtx3y1},
	author = {Booth-Rea, G. and Ranero, C. R. and Mart{\'\i}nez-Mart{\'\i}nez, J. M. and Grevemeyer, I.}
}
@booklet {McIntosh2007,
	title = {{The Nicaragua Convergent Margin: Seismic Reflection Imaging of the Source of a Tsunami Earthquake}},
	journal = {The seismogenic zone of subduction thrust faults},
	year = {2007},
	pages = {257{\textendash}287},
	publisher = {University of British Columbia Press},
	abstract = {Peer Reviewed},
	isbn = {isbn: 978-0-231-13866-6},
	url = {http://digital.csic.es/handle/10261/108405},
	author = {McIntosh, Kirk D and Silver, Eli a and Ahmed, Imtiaz and Berhorst, Arnim and Ranero, C{\'e}sar R and Kelly, Robyn K and Flueh, Ernst R}
}
@article {Grevemeyer2007,
	title = {{Passive and active seismological study of bending-related faulting and mantle serpentinization at the Middle America trench}},
	journal = {Earth and Planetary Science Letters},
	volume = {258},
	number = {3-4},
	year = {2007},
	month = {jun},
	pages = {528{\textendash}542},
	abstract = {Water transported within the subducting oceanic lithosphere into the Earth{\textquoteright}s interior affects a wealth of subduction zone processes, including intraslab earthquakes and arc magmatism. In recent years growing evidence suggests that much of the hydration of oceanic plates occurs at the trench-ocean slope right before subduction. Here, normal faults are created while the rigid lithosphere bends into the trench. Offshore of Middle America, multi-channel seismic reflection imaging suggests that bending-related faults cut into the uppermost mantle, providing a mechanism for hydration and transformation of mantle peridotites into serpentinites. Seismic wide-angle reflection and refraction data were collected coincident with one of the seismic profiles where the faults have been imaged. Travel time inversion provides evidence that both crustal and uppermost mantle velocities are reduced with respect to the velocity structure found in mature oceanic crust away from deep-sea trenches. If mantle velocity reduction is solely produced by hydration, velocities indicate 10-15\% of serpentinization in the uppermost 3~km of the mantle, where seismic data provide enough resolution. A small network of ocean bottom hydrophones, deployed for about a month, detected \~{} 3 local micro earthquakes per day. Earthquake epicentres align with fault scarps at the seafloor and continuous earthquake activity might be an important process to facilitate the percolation of seawater into the upper mantle. {\textcopyright} 2007 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.},
	keywords = {bending-related normal faulting, earthquakes, global water cycle, seismic refraction, serpentinization, subduction},
	issn = {0012821X},
	doi = {10.1016/j.epsl.2007.04.013},
	url = {http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-34249911517\&partnerID=tZOtx3y1},
	author = {Grevemeyer, Ingo and Ranero, Cesar R. and Flueh, Ernst R. and Kl{\"a}schen, Dirk and Bialas, J{\"o}rg}
}
@conference {Urgeles2007,
	title = {{Scientific Ocean Drilling Behind the Assessment of Geo-hazards from Submarine Slides}},
	booktitle = {Eos},
	volume = {88},
	number = {17},
	year = {2007},
	pages = {192},
	issn = {00963941},
	url = {http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-34249827905\&partnerID=tZOtx3y1},
	author = {Urgeles, Roger and Camerlenghi, Angelo and Ercilla, Gemma and Anselmetti, Flavio and Br{\"u}ckmann, Warner and Canals, Miquel and Gr{\'a}cia, Eul{\`a}lia and Locat, Jacques and Krastel, Sebastian and Solheim, Anders}
}
@article {Biescas2007,
	title = {{Seismic attenuation of coda waves in the eastern region of Cuba}},
	journal = {Tectonophysics},
	volume = {429},
	number = {1-2},
	year = {2007},
	pages = {99{\textendash}109},
	publisher = {Elsevier},
	abstract = {11 pages, 8 figures, 2 tables},
	keywords = {coda wave, Cuba, quality factor Q, Seismic attenuation},
	issn = {00401951},
	doi = {10.1016/j.tecto.2006.09.013},
	url = {http://digital.csic.es/handle/10261/26812},
	author = {Biescas, Berta and Rivera, Zulima and Zapata, Jose Alejandro}
}
