Publications

Publications of Juan I. Soto

Journals Articles

Torne, M., Fernandez, M., Comas, M.C. and Soto, J.I., 2000. Lithospheric structure beneath the Alboran Basin: Results from 3D gravity modeling and tectonic relevance. Journal of Geophysical Research (Solid Earth)105/2, 3209-3228.

Soto, J.I. and Platt, J.P., 1999. Petrological and structural evolution of high-grade metamorphic rocks from the floor of the Alboran Sea basin, W. Mediterranean.Journal of Petrology 40, 21-60.

Platt, J.P., Soto, J.I., Whitehouse, M.J., Hurford, A.J. and Kelley, S.P., 1998. Thermal evolution, rate of exhumation, and tectonic significance of metamorphic rocks from the floor of the Alboran extensional Basin, Western Mediterranean.Tectonics 17, 671-689.

Soto, J.I., Platt, J.P., Sánchez-Gómez, M. and Azañón, J.M., 1999. P-T evolution of the metamorphic basement of the Alboran Sea (Site 976) based on thermobarometry and structural observations. Proceedings of the Ocean Drilling Program, Scientific Results 161, 263-279.

López Sánchez-Vizcaino, V. and Soto, J.I., 1999. Metamorphism of calc-silicate rocks from the Alborán basement (Site 976). Proceedings of the Ocean Drilling Program, Scientific Results 161, 251-261.

Comas, M.C. and Soto, J.I., 1999. Brittle deformation in the metamorphic basement at Site 976: Implications for Middle Miocene extensional tectonics in the West Alboran Basin. Proceedings of the Ocean Drilling Program, Scientific Results 161, 331-344.

Comas, M.C., Platt, J.P., Soto, J.I. and Watts, A.B., 1999. The origin and tectonic history of the Alboran Basin: Insights from ODP Leg 161 results. Proceedings of the Ocean Drilling Program, Scientific Results 161, 555-580.

Rodríguez-Fernández, J., Comas, M.C., Soria, J., Martín-Pérez, J.A. and Soto, J.I., 1999. The sedimentary record of the Alboran basin: An attempt at correlation and subsidence analysis. Proceedings of the Ocean Drilling Program, Scientific Results 161, 69-76.

Sánchez-Gómez, M., Azañón, J.M., García-Dueñas, V. and Soto, J.I., 1999. Correlation between the metamorphic rocks recovered from Site 976 and the Alpujarride rocks of the Western Betics. Proceedings of the Ocean Drilling Program, Scientific Results 161, 307-317.

Comas, M.C. and Soto, J.I., 1998. The Alboran Sea Basin: New insights from ODP drilling and geophysical data. Rapp. Comm. int. Mer Méditt. 35(1), 62-63.

Soto, J.I., 1997. A general deformation matrix for three dimensions. Mathematical Geology 29, 93-130.

Martínez-Martínez, J.M., Soto, J.I. and Balanyá, J.C., 1997. Crustal decoupling and intracrustal flow beneath domal exhumed core complexes, Betics (SE Spain). Terra Nova 9, 223-227.

Martínez-Martínez, J.M., Soto, J.I. and Balanyá, J.C., 1997. Large scale structures in the Nevado-Filábride Complex and crustal seismic fabrics of the deep reflection seismic profile ESCI-Béticas 2. Revista de la Sociedad Geológica de España 8, 477-489.

Comas, M.C., Dañobeitia, J.J., Alvarez-Marrón, J., and Soto, J.I., 1997. Crustal reflections and structure in the Alborán basin: preliminary results of the ESCI-Alborán survey. Revista de la Sociedad Geológica de España 8, 529-542.

Comas, M.C., Zahn, R., Klaus, A., Aubourg, C., Bernasconi, S.M., Belanger, P.E., Cornell, W., de Kaenel, E.P., de Larouzière, F.D., Doglioni, C., Doose, H., Fukusawa, H., Hobart, M., Iaccarino, S.M., Ippach, P., Marsaglia, K., Meyers, P., Murat, A., O'Sullivan, G.M., Platt, J.P., Prasad, M., Siesser, W.G., Skilbeck, C.G., Soto, J.I., Tandon, K., Torii, M., Tribble, J.S., and Wilkens, R.H., 1996. Proceedings of the Ocean Drilling Program, Initial Reports 161, Ocean Drilling Program, College Station, TX, USA.

Platt, J.P., Soto, J.I., Comas, M.C. and Leg 161 Shipboard Scientific Party, 1996, Decompression and high-temperature - low-pressure metamorphism in the exhumed floor of an extensional basin, Alboran Sea, western Mediterranean. Geology 24, 477-450.

Polyak, B.G., Fernàndez, M., Khutorskoy, M.D., Soto, J.I., Basov, I.A., Comas, M.C., Khain, V.Ye., Alonso, B., Agapova, G.V., Mazurova, I.S., Negredo, A., Tochitsky, V.O., Bogdanov, N.A. and Banda, E., 1996. Heat flow in the Alboran Sea (the Western Mediterranean). Tectonophysics 263, 191-218.

Oberti, R., Hawthorne, F.C., Zanetti, A., Ottolini, L. and Soto, J.I., 1996. Crystal-structure refinement of a highly ordered staurolite. Canadian Mineralogist 34, 1051-1057.

Soto, J.I., Comas, M.C. and de la Linde, J., 1996. Espesor de sedimentos en la cuenca de Alborán mediante una conversión sísmica corregida. Geogaceta (Soc. Geol. España) 20, 382-385.

de la Linde, J., Comas, M.C. and Soto, J.I., 1996. Morfología del basamento en el nor-oeste del Mar de Alborán. Geogaceta (Soc. Geol. España) 20, 355-358.

Soto, J.I. and Soto, V.M., 1995. PTMafic (v. 2.0): Software package for thermometry, barometry, and activity calculations in mafic rocks using an IBM or compatible computer. Computers & Geosciences 21, 619-652

Soto, J.I. and Azañón, J.M., 1994. Zincian staurolite in metabasites and metapelites from the Betic Cordillera (SE Spain). Neues Jahrbuch für Mineralogie Abh. 168, 109-126.

Soto, J.I., 1993. PTMAFIC: software for thermobarometry and activity calculations with mafic and ultramafic assemblages. American Mineralogist 78, 840-844.

Soto, J.I. and Azañón, J.M., 1993. The breakdown of Zn-rich staurolite in a metabasite from the Betic Cordillera (SE Spain). Mineralogical Magazine 57, 530-533.

Soto, J.I. and Muñoz, M., 1993. Presencia de mineralogías ricas en Zn como evidencias de la actividad hidrotermal en zonas de cizalla extensionales (Complejo Nevado-Filábride, Béticas). Geogaceta (Soc. Geol. España) 14, 146-149.

Soto, J.I., 1991. Strain analysis using the maximum frequency of unimodal deformed orientation distribution: applications to gneissic rocks. Journal of Structural Geology 13, 329-335.

Soto, J.I. and Gervilla, F., 1991. Los macizos ultramáficos de Sierra de las Aguas y Sierra de la Robla como una ventana extensional (Béticas occidentales). Geogaceta (Soc. Geol. España) 9, 21-23.

Soto, J.I.; García-Dueñas, V. and Martínez-Martínez, J.M., 1990. Valor de la deformación dúctil asimétrica en el Ortogneis de Lubrín (Manto de Bédar-Macael, Complejo Nevado-Filábride, Béticas). Geogaceta (Soc. Geol. España) 7, 92-94.

García-Dueñas, V.; Martínez-Martínez, J.M.; Orozco, M. and Soto, J.I. 1988. Plis-nappes, syn- à post-métamorphiques et cisaillements ductiles-fragiles en distension dans les Nevado-Filabrides (Cordillères bétiques, Espagne). C.R.Acad.Sc.Paris 307, 1389-1395.

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Abstracts

Comas, M.C. and Soto, J.I., 2000. Structure and related seafloor morphology of the Palomares and Mazarrón margins (western Mediterranean). European Geophysical Society, 25th General Assembly, Niza (France).
Soto, J.I., Comas, M.C., Azañón, J.M., Martínez Martínez, J.M., Sánchez Gómez, M. and BASACALB Cruise (TTR-9 Leg 3) Scientific Party, 2000. Structure of the Palomares and Mazarrñón Margins (SE Spain). Geological Processes on European Continental Margins, TTR-9 Post-Cruise Meeting, UNESCO, Granada (Spain).
Azañón, J.M., Martínez-Martínez, J.M., Rodriguez-Fernandez, J., Sánchez-Gómez, M., Soto, J.I., and BASACALB Cruise (TTR-9 Leg 3) Scientific Party, 2000. Extensional structures in the Mazarrón Margin and onshore area (Betics, SE Spain).Geological Processes on European Continental Margins, TTR-9 Post-Cruise Meeting, UNESCO, Granada (Spain).
Comas, M.C., Soto, J.I., and BASACALB Cruise (TTR-9 Leg 3) Scientific Party, 2000. A tectonic overview on the mud-diapiris and related mud-volcanoes in the Alboran Basin.Geological Processes on European Continental Margins, TTR-9 Post-Cruise Meeting, UNESCO, Granada (Spain).
Fernández-Soler, J.M., Azañón, J.M., Sánchez-Gómez, M., Soto, J.I., Martínez-Martínez, J.M., and BASACALB Cruise (TTR-9 Leg 3) Scientific Party, 2000. Major finding on the nature of the acoustic basement of the Alboran and South-Balearic Basins from the Basacalb Cruise (TTR-9, Leg 3). Geological Processes on European Continental Margins, TTR-9 Post-Cruise Meeting, UNESCO, Granada (Spain).
Sánchez-Gómez, M., Azañón, J.M., Soto, J.I., and Comas, M.C., 2000. Regional context of the metamorphic rocks sampled by the Basacalb Cruise (TTR-9, Leg 3). Geological Processes on European Continental Margins, TTR-9 Post-Cruise Meeting, UNESCO, Granada (Spain).
Talukder, A.R., Comas, M.C. and Soto, J.I., 2000. Diapris and related structures in the mud-volcano area of the West Alboran Basin. Geological Processes on European Continental Margins, TTR-9 Post-Cruise Meeting, UNESCO, Granada (Spain).
Platt, J.P. and Soto, J.I., 1999. Thermal modelling of decompressional PT paths as an analytic tool in geodynamics. Exhumation of Metamorphic Terranes, Metamorphic Studies Group, Geological Society of London, Rennes (France).
Soto, J.I. and Platt, J.P., 1999. Decompression with heating during the exhumation of high-grade rocks from the Alboran Sea. Exhumation of Metamorphic Terranes, Metamorphic Studies Group, Geological Society of London, Rennes (France).
Martínez-Martínez, J.M., Soto, J.I. and Balanyá, J.C., 1998. Crustal decoupling and doming during Miocene extension in the Alboran Domain (Betics, SE Spain). 8th International Symposium on Deep Seismic Profiling of the Continents and their Margins, Platja d’Aro, (Gerona, Spain).
Comas, M.C. and Soto, J.I., 1998. The Alboran Sea Basin: New insights from ODP drilling and geophysical data. CIESM Congress, Dubrounik.

Platt, J.P. and Soto, J.I., 1998. Driving forces for late orogenic extension. Geoscience 98, Geological Society of London, Keele (UK).

Platt, J.P., Soto, J.I., Whitehouse, M.J., Kelley, S.P. and Hurford, A.J., 1997. Thermal evolution of the Alboran Basin requires mantle delamination. AGU, Fall Meeting 1997, EOS, Transactions American Geophysical Union, F699.

Torné, M., Fernàndez, M., Comas, M.C. and Soto, J.I, 1997. Lithospheric structure of the Alboran basin (Westernmost Mediterranean): Results from 3D modelling of gravity, heat flow, and elevation data. AGU, Fall Meeting 1997, EOS, Transactions American Geophysical Union, F659.
Martínez-Martínez, J.M., Soto, J.I. and Balanyá, J.C., 1997. Exhumation and uplift of domal metamorphic complexes, Betics: Evidences from surface geology and seismic imaging. European Union of Geosciences 9. Strasbourg (Francia).

Skilbeck, C.G., Platt, J.P., Soto, J.I. and ODP Leg 161 Scientific Party, 1996. New insights into the tectonic evolution of the Alboran Basin (Western Mediterranean). Australia and the Ocean Drilling Program. Extended Abstracts from the 13th Australian Geological Convention, 4, 63-66.
Soto, J.I., Platt, J.P. and ODP Leg 161 Scientific Party, 1995. Decompression and low-P melting in the metamorphic basement of the Alboran Sea (W. Mediterranean). AGU, Fall Meeting 1995, EOS, Transactions American Geophysical Union, 76, 46, F623.
García-Dueñas, V., Azañón, J.M., Balanyá, J.C., Crespo, A., Martínez Martínez, J.M., Sánchez Gómez, M. and Soto, J.I., 1995. Miocene tectonics of the Gibraltar Arc and crustal structure of the Betic Chains. AGU, Fall Meeting 1995, EOS, Transactions American Geophysical Union, 76, 46, F624.
Dañobeitia, J.J., Alvarez Marrón, J. Comas, M.C. and Soto, J.I., 1995. Deep reflection seismic data from the Alboran Basin (Western Mediterranean). AGU, Fall Meeting 1995, EOS, Transactions American Geophysical Union, 76, 46, F636.
Comas, M.C., Zahn, R., Klaus, A. and 161 Shipboard Scientific Party, 1995. ODP Leg 161- Western Mediterranean: Overview and preliminary results. AGU, Fall Meeting 1995, EOS, Transactions American Geophysical Union, 76, 46, F620.
Soto, J.I., 1995. Fold orientation in extensional shear zones. (in Chinese). Earth Sciences Frontiers (China University of Geosciences, Beijing), 2, 77-78
Basov, I.A., Bogdanov, N.A., Comas, M.C., Polyak, B. G., Fernández, M., Khain, V. Ye., Khutorskoy, M.D., Agapova, G.V., Alonso, B., Mazurova, I.S., and Soto, J.I., 1994. Recent sediments, heat flow and gravity field in the Alboran Sea (Western Mediterranean). (in Russian). Compt. Rend. Acad. Sc. Moscow 338, 229-234.
Soto, J.I., 1993. Fold orientation in extensional shear zones. Late orogenic extension in mountain belts. Document du BRGM 219, 184-185.
Comas, M.C., García-Dueñas, V., Soto, J.I. and Campos, J., 1993. An extensional basin developed on a collisional orogen: the Alboran Sea. Late orogenic extension in mountain belts. Document du BRGM 219, 44-45.
García-Dueñas, V., Balanyá, J.C., Martínez-Martínez, J.M., Muñoz, M., Azañón, J.M., Crespo, A., Orozco, M., Soto, J.I., Alonso, F.M. and Sánchez Gómez, M., 1993. Kinematics of the miocene extension detachment faults and shear zones in the Betics and Rif chains. Late orogenic extension in mountain belts. Document du BRGM 219, 76-77.
García-Dueñas, V., Martínez-Martínez, J.M. and Soto, J.I., 1988. Los Nevado-Filábrides, una pila de pliegues-mantos separados por zonas de cizalla. Simposium Cinturones Orogénicos (II Congr. Esp. Geología) 1, 17-26.

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Field Guides

Azañón, J.M., Balanyá, J.C., Comas, M.C., García-Dueñas, V., Martínez Martínez, J.M., Sánchez Gómez, M. and Soto, J.I., 1992. Crustal thickening and thinning events in the Alboran Domain (Betic Chains). A field trip guide. 21 pp.
Comas, M.C., Martín, J.M., Fernández-Soler, J.M., Rodríguez-Fernández, J., Soto, J.I. and Barragán, G., 1996. The outcropping Alboran Basin: A field trip guide. ODP Leg 161 Post-Cruise Meeting, Mojacar (Spain).
Soto, J.I., Azañón, J.M., and Comas, M.C., 2000. Geology around the Western Sierra Nevada (Betic Cordillera). TTR-9 (UNESCO) Post-Cruise Meeting, Granada (Spain).

Thesis

Soto, J.I., 1991. Estructura y Evolución Metamórfica del Complejo Nevado-Filábride en la terminación oriental de la Sierra de los Filabres (Cordilleras Béticas). Ph. D. Dissertation, Granada University (Departamento de Geodinámica, ISBN: 84-600-8779-4).
Soto, J.I., 1986. Relaciones Estructurales entre Predorsal, Dorsal, Alpujárrides y Maláguides en la Sierra de Alcaparaín (Málaga). M. A. Dissertation, Granada University.

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