RESEARCH GROUP ON TECTONICS, VOLCANISM
AND ASSOCIATED NATURAL RISK
Rey Juan Carlos University
VOLCANO DEFORMATION AND INSTABILITY
An aspect of special interest for us in volcanic evolution is the study of the deformation processes affecting volcanoes and compromising their structural stability. We approach this research with a multidisciplinary methodology integrating field geological data of both active and eroded volcanoes with information from remote sensing or petrology. In addition, we perform analogue models of intrusive and tectonics processes affecting volcanoes in our new laboratory at URJC (LabMoA). GIS (including 3D analysis) and image processing techniques (including InSAR) are also fundamental tools for our research, available at our Remote Sensing laboratory (LabTEP). Our current fieldwork is focussed in Canary Islands, mainly at volcanic edifices of Tenerife and La Gomera.
RELEVANT PUBLICATIONS
Rincón, M., Márquez, A., Herrera, R., Galland, O., Sánchez-Oro, J., Concha, D., Montemayor, A.S. (2022) Monitoring Volcanic and Tectonic Sandbox Analogue Models using the Kinect v2 Sensor. Earth and Space Science, 9(6). https://doi.org/10.1029/2020EA001368
Coello, J.J., Márquez, A, Herrera, R., Huertas, M.J., Ancochea, E. (2020) Multiple related flank collapses on volcanic oceanic islands: Evidence from the debris avalanche deposits in the Orotava Valley water galleries (Tenerife, Canary Islands). Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research Letters. 401. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jvolgeores.2020.106980
Rincón M., Márquez A., Herrera R., Alonso-Torres A., Granja-Bruña J.L., Van Wyk de Vries B. (2018) Contrasting catastrophic eruptions predicted by different intrusion and collapse scenarios. Scientific Reports, 8 (1), 6178. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-018-24623-5
van Wyk de Vries, B.; Márquez, A.; Herrera, R.; Granja, J.L.; Llanes, P.; Delcamp, A. (2014) Craters of Elevation Revisited: Forced-folds, Bulging and Uplift of Volcanoes. Bulletin of Volcanology. 76: 875. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00445-014-0875-x
Márquez, A., López, I., Herrera, R., Martín-González, F., Izquierdo, T., Carreño, F. (2008) Spreading and potential instability of Teide volcano, Tenerife, Canary Islands Geophysical Research Letters. https://doi.org/10.1029/2007GL032625
PROJECTS
Evaluación del riesgo de inestabilidad de la dorsal Cumbre Vieja (La Palma, Islas Canarias), mediante la integración de datos geológicos y de modelización análoga.
Founded: Rey Juan Carlos University
Pl: Marta Rincón Ramos
Los megadeslizamientos de la dorsal NE de Tenerife: edad, geometría y actividad volcánica asociada (Ref. CGL2017-86241-R)
Founded: Spanish government
PI: Eumenio Ancochea
Integración de datos geológicos y geodésicos para la interpretación de deformaciones magmáticas y riesgos asociados en las Islas Canarias. (Ref: CGL2014-58821-C2-1R-BTE).
Founded: Spanish government
PI: María Charco y Ana Negredo (IGEO)