Bolós Granados, Xavier de (Date of defense: 2014-09-04)
Monogenetic volcanism represents the most common volcano type on Earth. The distribution of it depends in each case on their regional and local tectonic controls. The great variety of eruptive styles, ...
Piñero Melgar, Elena (Date of defense: 2009-05-22)
Gas hydrates have been recently recognized as a key factor affecting a number of global processes such as the climatic change, sea floor stability, etc. In this thesis we present the multidisciplinary ...
Heida, Hanneke (Date of defense: 2022-12-01)
[eng] During the Messinian Salinity Crisis (MSC, 5.97 – 5.33 Ma), an environmental crisis unparalleled in recent geological history, thick evaporites were deposited in the Mediterranean Basin associated ...
Gil-Ortiz, Marc (Date of defense: 2022-10-14)
[eng] The Hawaz Formation is a Middle Ordovician siliciclastic succession which extends for hundreds of kilometres across North Africa. This thesis uses a subsurface-based approach, mainly utilizing ...
Noriega Salmón, Raquel (Date of defense: 2016-09-16)
In this thesis I have carried out a comprehensive study of the attenuation properties of the Earth´s crust of the Iberia-Morocco region (IMR). I have investigated the crustal attenuation by means of the ...
Gómez Novell, Octavi (Date of defense: 2021-10-25)
The Eastern Betics Shear Zone (EBSZ) is one of the most active fault systems in SE Spain. It has caused damaging earthquakes in historical times, including the 2011 Lorca earthquake, which evidenced ...
Carola i Molas, Eloi (Date of defense: 2014-07-02)
This PhD Thesis describes the kinematics of the Burgalesa Platform in the Basque-Cantabrian Pyrenees by the integration of i) surface geology; ii) seismic and well data; and iii) vertical axis rotation ...
Camanni, Giovanni (Date of defense: 2014-10-20)
The Taiwan thrust belt is generally thought to develop above a shallow, through-going basal detachment confined to within the sedimentary cover of the Eurasian continental margin. A number of data sets, ...
Benages Vilau, Raúl (Date of defense: 2013-05-22)
This PhD thesis is focused in structural aspects of alkali nitrates. In the first chapter, we recollected the most important advancement in this field in alkali nitrates compounds published since 1970. ...
Mitjanas Colls, Gemma (Date of defense: 2023-01-20)
[eng] Geothermal energy is a renewable source of energy that harnesses heat from the Earth's interior. Temperature increases with depth, defining the geothermal gradient, which can be variable depending ...