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Antonio Gonzalez-Fernandez

Ph.D. in Physics, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Spain, 1996.
S.N.I. level I
E-mail: mindundi@cicese.mx

Mail to mindundi@cicese.mx
Work interests:

  • MCS and wide-angle seismics, applied to tectonic problems.

  • Gravity, Magnetometry and Bathymetry.

  • Marine Geophysics.

  • Iberian Peninsula Atlantic Margins, Gulf of California, Baja California, Chile.

Last papers:

  • González, A., Torné, M., Córdoba, D., Vidal, N., Matias, L.M. and Díaz, J., 1996. Crustal Thinning in the southwestern Iberia margin. Geophys. Res. Lett., vol. 23-18, 2477-2480.

  • Cárdenas, M., Núñez-Cornú, F., Lermo, J., Córdoba, D. and González, A., 1997. Seismic energy attenuation in the region between the coast of Guerrero and Mexico City: differences between paths along and perpendicular to the coast. Phys. Earth Planet. Int., vol. 105, 47-57.

  • González, A., Córdoba, D., Vegas, R. and Matias, L.M., 1998. Seismic crustal structure in the southwest of the Iberian Peninsula and the Gulf of Cádiz. Tectonophysics, 296: 317-331.

  • Fabriol, H., Delgado-Argote, L.A., Dañobeitia, J.J., Córdoba, D., González, A., García-Abdeslem, J., Bartolomé, R., Martín-Atienza, B. and Frias-Camacho, V., 1999. Backscattering and geophysical features of volcanic rifts offshore Santa Rosalía, Baja California Sur, Gulf of California, México. Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research, 93: 75-92.

  • González, A., Córdoba, D. and Vales, D., 1999. Seismic crustal structure of Galicia continental margin, NW Iberian Peninsula. Geoph. Res. Lett. 26, 8: 1061-1064.

  • González, A., Martín-Atienza, B. and Paz-López, A., 2000. Identificación de fallamiento en la península de Punta Banda, B.C., a partir de datos de topografía, magnetometría y gravimetría. GEOS Unión Geofísica Mexicana, vol. 20, 4: 98-106.

  • González-Fernández, A., Córdoba, D., Matias, L.M. and Torné, M., 2001. Seismic crustal structure in the Gulf of Cadiz (SW Iberian Peninsula). Mar. Geophys. Res., 22-3: 207-223.

  • Persaud, P., Stock, J.M., Steckler, M.S., Martín-Barajas, A., Diebold, J.B., González-Fernández, A. and Mountain, G., 2003. Active deformation and shallow structure of the Wagner, Consag and Delfín basins, northern Gulf of California, Mexico. J. Geophys. Res., 108 (B7): 2355-2377.

  • Flores-Pérez, M.A., Suárez-Vidal, F., Gallardo-Delgado, L.A., González-Fernández, A. and Vázquez-González, R., 2004. Structural pattern of the Todos Santos coastal plain based upon geophysical data. Ciencias Marinas, 30-2, 349-364.

  • González-Fernández, A., Dañobeitia, J.J., Delgado-Argote, L.A., Michaud, F., Córdoba, D. and Bartolomé, R., 2003. Mode of extensión and rifting history of Upper Tiburón and Upper Delfín basins, northern Gulf of California. J. Geophys. Res., 110, B1, B01313, doi: 10.1029/2003JB002941.

  • Aragón-Arreola M.J., Morandi-Soana, M.T., Martín-Barajas., J.A., Delgado-Argote, L.A. and González-Fernández, A., 2004. Kinematics of oblique rifting in the central Gulf of California. Tectonophysics, 409, 1-4: 19-38. doi:10.1016/j.tecto.2005.08.002.

Projects underway:

  • Reflection seismics in the northern Gulf of California: Lower Delfín and San Pedro Mártir basins, CONACYT- 44820-F. 2003-2007.

  • Structure of the Lithosphere in the Gulf of California and the Baja California Peninsula, CICESE-644115. 2005-2007.

Thesis:

  • Sergio Paz López. "Processing and interpretation of seismic and gravity data in the northern Gulf of California". Master thesis, August 2000.

  • Cristián Rodrigo Ramírez. "Crustal structure in the Pascua Island area, by the interpretation of bathymetric and potential data". Master thesis, August 2000.

  • Angel David Hurtado Artunduaga. "Structural model of the Wagner basin in the Gulf of California, based on MCS". Master thesis, October 2002. Co-director Carlos A. Mortera-Gutiérrez, UNAM.

  • Luis Nabor Robles Vázquez. "Seismic structure of the Lithosphere of southern Baja California Sur, from Magdalena microplate to Farallón basin", Master thesis, October 2005.

  • Neptalí Alberto Requena González. "Crustal structure in the Southern Baja California Pacific margin, using 2D deep MCS". Master thesis, August 2006.

  • Carlos Iván Pérez Tinajero. "Reflection seismics in the Altar dessert, Sonora". Master thesis, March 2007. Co-director Mario González Escobar.

  • Cristián Ricardo Rodrigo Ramírez. "Structural variability and the bottom-simulator reflector (BSR) in the convergen margin of Chile, between 37o and 40o S". Ph.D. Thesis, underway. Co-director Emilio Vera Sommer.

  • Doris Piñero Lajas. "Marine basement identification based on reflection seismic processing and interpretation and surface geocronology, in the southern Gulf of California". Master thesis, underway. Co-director Margarita López Martínez.



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Mail to mindundi@cicese.mx
mindundi@cicese.mx


International postal address:
Antonio González-Fernández
CICESE-Geología
P.O. Box 434843
San Diego, CA 92143-4843
USA

National postal address:
Antonio González Fernández
CICESE-Departamento de Geología
Carr. Tijuana-Ensenada, km 107
C.P. 22830 Ensenada, B.C.
México

National phone: (01-646) 175 0500 Extension 26048
International phone: (52-646) 175 0500 Extension 26048
National fax: (01-646) 175 0557 & (01-646) 175 0559
International fax: (52-646) 175 0557 & (52-646) 175 0559


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Version June 5, 2007