RESEARCH GROUP ON TECTONICS, VOLCANISM
AND ASSOCIATED NATURAL RISK
Rey Juan Carlos University
ALBERTO JIMÉNEZ DÍAZ
I am a planetary geologist with expertise in the study of the thermal and mechanical structure and evolution of terrestrial planets, and Assistant Professor of geology in the Department of Biology and Geology, Physics and Inorganic Chemistry at Universidad Rey Juan Carlos. My research focuses on the structure and rheology of the lithosphere (crust and upper mantle) of the Earth and terrestrial planets. In particular, I am interested in the crustal thickness, and the effective elastic thickness and rheology of planetary lithospheres. My research has included investigations on the Earth, Venus, Mars, and Ceres.
RELEVANT PUBLICATIONS
Jiménez-Díaz, A., Negredo, A.M., Kirby, J.F., Sánchez-Pastor, P., Fullea, J., Ruiz, J., Pérez-Gussinyé, M., Yu, C., (2023) The mechanical nature of the lithosphere beneath the Eastern Central Atlantic hotspots. Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems 24, e2022GC010608. https://doi.org/10.1029/2022GC010608
Egea-González, I., Lois, P.C., Jiménez-Díaz, A., Bramson, A.M., Sori, M.M., Tendero-Ventanas, J.-A., Ruiz, J. (2022) The stability of a liquid-water body below the South Polar Cap of Mars. Icarus 383, 115073. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.icarus.2022.115073
Jiménez-Díaz, A., Egea-Gonzalez, I., Parro, L.M., Tasaka, M., Ruiz, J. (2021) The thermal structure and mechanical behavior of the Martian lithosphere. Icarus 353, 113635. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.icarus.2020.113635
Ruiz, J., Jiménez-Díaz, A., Mansilla, F., Parro, L.M., Egea-González, I., Küppers, M. (2019) Evidence of thrust faulting and widespread contraction of Ceres. Nature Astronomy 3, 916–921. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41550-019-0803-2
Parro, L.M., Jiménez-Díaz, A., Mansilla, F., Ruiz, J. (2017) Present-day heat flow model of Mars. Scientific Reports 7, 45629. https://doi.org/10.1038/srep45629
Shi, X., Kirby, J.F., Yu, C., Jiménez-Díaz, A., Zhao, J. (2017) Spatial variations in the effective elastic thickness of the lithosphere in Southeast Asia. Gondwana Research 42, 49–62. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gr.2016.10.005
Jiménez-Díaz, A., Ruiz, J., Kirby, J.F., Romeo, I., Tejero, R., Capote, R. (2015) Lithospheric structure of Venus from gravity and topography. Icarus 260, 215–231. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.icarus.2015.07.020
Jiménez-Díaz, A., Ruiz, J., Pérez-Gussinyé, M., Kirby, J.F., Álvarez-Gómez, J.A., Tejero, R., Capote, R. (2014) Spatial variations of effective elastic thickness of the lithosphere in Central America and surrounding regions. Earth and Planetary Science Letters 391, 55–66. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.epsl.2014.01.042
Jiménez-Díaz, A., Ruiz, J., Villaseca, C., Tejero, R., Capote, R. (2012) The thermal state and strength of the lithosphere in the Spanish Central System and Tajo Basin from crustal heat production and thermal isostasy. Journal of Geodynamics 58, 29–37. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jog.2012.01.005
Ruiz, J., McGovern, P.J., Jiménez-Díaz, A., López, V., Williams, J-P., Hahn, B.C., Tejero, R. (2011) The thermal evolution of Mars as constrained by paleo-heat flows. Icarus 215, 508–517. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.icarus.2011.07.029