Born December 13, 1962 (Quintana de la Serena, Badajoz, Spain, a hot-nice-place with a lot of granite quarries!).
I like the stones (The Rolling
Stones, of course!
).
Antonio Garcia-Casco
(http://www.ugr.es/~agcasco/personal/)
Professor of Petrology and Geochemistry, Dept. of Mineralogy and Petrology, Univ Granada
(http://www.ugr.es/~minpet/)
Coordinator, Ph. D. Program in "Earth Sciences", Univ Granada
(http://www.ugr.es/~agcasco/gaia/)
Researcher, Research Group "Petrogenesis and modeling of lithospheric processes" (RNM302), Junta de Andalucía
(http://www.ugr.es/~rnm302/rnm302/)
Research Associate, Andalusian Institute of Earth Sciences, CSIC-Univ Granada
(http://www.iact.csic.es/)
Research Associate, Dept. of Earth and Planetary Sciences, American Museum of Natural History, NY
(http://research.amnh.org/eps/)
Leader, IGCP 546 project "Subduction Zones of the Caribbean"
(http://www.ugr.es/~agcasco/igcp546/)Address: Faculty of Sciences, Avda. Fuentenueva sn, 18002 Granada, Spain
Tel: + 34 958 246613, Fax: + 34 958 243368
E-mail: agcasco@ugr.es
This document was last modified on 15-may-2013
Born December 13, 1962 (Quintana de la Serena, Badajoz, Spain, a hot-nice-place with a lot of granite quarries!).
I like the stones (The Rolling Stones, of course!
DEGREES AND POSITIONS
15/June/1993, PhD Geology. "Metamorphic Evolution of the Torrox Gneiss Complex and Adjoining Series (Central Alujárrides)". Two volumes. Vol 1, 456 pg. Vol II: Annexes. Advisor: Rafael Torres Roldán. (awarded with the "Doctorate Extraordinary Prize 1991/93" University of Granada).
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1986, MSc Geology. "Petrología, geoquímica y mineralizaciones de W asociadas del Plutón de Santa Eufemia (Batolito de Los Pedroches, Córdoba)" Tesis de Licenciatura. University of Granada. 2 Volumes. 343 pg. Advisors: Emilio Pascual Martínez and Purificación Fenoll Hach-Alí.
1985 Graduate, Geology. University of Granada.
Since November 27, 2010, Full Professor of Petrology and Geochemistry. Department of Mineralogy and Petrology, University of Granada.
Since March 31, 2008, Research Associate, Andalusian Institute of Earth Sciences (CSIC-University of Granada).
July 2010 - June 2013, Research Associate, Dept. of Earth and Planetary Sciences, American Museum of Natural History, NY
Awarded research, teaching and management "steps"
Research "steps" (CNEAI): 3
Teaching "steps" (UGR): 5
Research, teaching and academic management "steps" (Andalusian Government): 5Former positions
16/03/1995-26/10/2010, Profesor Titular de Universidad, University of Granada
01/10/1993-15/03/1995, Profesor Titular de Universidad (interino), University of Granada
01/10/1989-30/9/1993, Profesor Titular de Escuela Universitaria (interino), University of Granada
07/1987-09/1989, Becario de Investigación F.P.I, CSIC-University of Granada
10/10/1985-30/6/1987, Profesor Ayudante, University of Seville (Geology Section, La Rábida, Huelva)
2009-present. Member of the Advisory Council of Posgraduate School, University of Granada.
2005-2009. Commissioner of the Doctoral Commission (in charge of Geology, Chemistry, and Environmental Sciences), University of Granada.
1995-1999. Member of the Doctoral Commission Assembly, University of Granada.
2010-. Doctoral School of Earth Sciences. University of Granada (http://www.ugr.es/~agcasco/gaia/).
2007-2010. Master "Geology·". University of Granada-CSIC-IGME. (http://www.ugr.es/~agcasco/tierra/ > Master "Geología").
1999-. Doctoral School “Earth Sciences”. University of Granada-CSIC-IGME. Since 2006, awarded with the "Quality Grant" of the Spanish Ministry of Education and Science. (http://www.ugr.es/~agcasco/tierra/)
1997-1999. Doctoral School “Basis and Applications of the methods and techniques in Mineralogy and Petrology”. University of Granada.
1995-1999. Doctoral School “Crystallography-Mineralogy-Petrology-Geochemistry”. University of Granada.
Since 1993 Member of the Mineralogical Society of America.
Since 2002 Member of the Cuban Geological Society.
Since 2010 Member of the Mineralogical Society of Spain.
TEACHING
Since 1985, graduate courses on Mineralogy, Igneous and Metamorphic Petrology, Geochemistry, and Decay and Restoration of Building Stone (Universities of Seville - Section of La Rábida, Huelva - and Granada).
Since 1993, master and doctorate courses on Phase Equilibria and Thermobaromentry, Igneous, Metamorphic and Sedimentary Petrology.
Resources:
http://www.ugr.es/~agcasco/personal/
> Curso Pet. Metamórfica
> Geotermobarometría
> Análisis de Sistemas Hetrogéneos
> Propiedades Fisicoquímicas de los Magmas
> Restauración de MonumentosTrabajo de Campo de Petrología (http://www.ugr.es/~agcasco/campopetro/)
Master Enseñanza Secundaria, University of Granada (http://www.ugr.es/~agcasco/msecgeol/)
Since 2005, Coordinator of “Lectures and Seminars on Earth Sciences”, University of Granada
Resources:
http://www.ugr.es/~agcasco/gaia/
> Conferencias
> Seminarios
2010. Seminar "Petrología y Arqueología (Caribe precolombino)", Granada, 19 March 2010
http://www.ugr.es/~agcasco/tierra/ > Seminarios > Petrología y Arqueología (Caribe precolombino) (2010)2009. Post-Conference Course "Tools for tectonic analysis in the Caribbean margin". Sogamozo, Colombia. Organized by IGCP 546 Subduction Zones of the Caribbean. XII Colombian Geological Congress (September 12-13, 2009). http://www.ugr.es/~agcasco/igcp546/ >> Activities >> Colombia 2009 >> Course
2009. Pre-Congress Course "Petrogénesis Metamórfica como herramienta Geodinámica: El ejemplo de Cuba". La Habana, Cuba, March 13-14, 2009. Organized by Sociedad Cubana de Geología and IGCP 546 Subduction Zones of the Caribbean. III Cuban Convention in Earth Sciences. http://www.ugr.es/~agcasco/igcp546/ >> Activities >> Cuba 2009 >> Pre-Congress Course
2008. Workshop: "Numerical Modeling of Igneous and Metamorphic Processes". By T. Gerya (ETH Zurich), S. Chakraborty (Bochum), F. Bea (Granada), A. Castro (Huelva) and A. García Casco (Granada). October 21-23, 2008, Faculty of Sciences, University of Granada.
http://www.ugr.es/~agcasco/tierra/ > Seminarios > Workshop Numerical Petrology (2008)2008. Workshop on "Thermobarometry and P-T-t paths". For Latin American Students. By Antonio García-Casco. Activity of IGCP 546 project Subduction Zones of the Caribbean. May 5-16, 2008. Faculty of Sciences, University of Granada.
http://www.ugr.es/~agcasco/igcp546/ > Activities > Granada 2008.
PhD
In progress. Thaís Nogueira Hyppolito Meira. Metamorphism and tectonic evolution of paired metamorphic belt of Tanumé and Pichilemu regions, Chilean Coastal Cordillera, VI region. Universidade de São Paulo, Instituto de Geociências. Brasil. Co-advisor: Caetano Juliani (USP)
In progress. José Antonio Lozano Rodríguez. Estudio petrológico geoquímico y geocronológico comparado de las ofiolitas de Sierra de Baza con otras ofiolitas Béticas. Instituto Andaluz de Ciencias de la Tierra, CSIC-UGR.
In progress. Juan Cárdenas Párraga, "Petrología y geoquímica de un nuevo yacimiento de jade (mélange de la Sierra del Covento, E Cuba)". University of Granada.
In progress. Kenya Elvira Nuñez Cambra. "Estructura y metamorfismo del complejo del Purial y complejos adyacentes". University of Pinar del Río, Cuba.
In progress. Sandra Carrasquilla Ortíz. "Petrología y Geoquímica del complejo de Mabujina (Cuba Central): Evolución de la raiz de un arco volcánico oceánico". University of Granada.
2010 (September 20). Idael Francisco Blanco Quintero, "Metamorphic and magmatic consequences of subduction of young oceanic lithosphere and exhumation in a serpentinite subduction channel. Eastern Cuba". University of Granada.
Full text (2009 (December 19). Ana Ibis Despaigne, "Estructura y metamorfismo de la Cúpula de Trinidad, Escambray, Cuba Central". University of Pinar del Río, Cuba.
2007 (November 16). Concepción Lázaro Calisalvo, "Petrological and Geochemical Study of a Subduction Mélange (Sierra del Convento, eastern Cuba). A Case of Partially Melted Slab", University of Granada.
Full text (2001 (November 9). Faouziya Haissen, "Etude expérimentale de la fusion saturée et sou-saturée en H2O des metapèlites de l’île des Pins (W Cuba)", University of El Jadida (Morocco).
1995 (June 30). Jorge A. Durán Suárez, "Estudio de consolidantes y protectivos para restauración material pétreo", Universitry of Granada.
MSc, DEA
2011 (December 19). Estudio petrológico de artefactos arqueológicos de jade de culturas precolombinas (Guadalupe y St. Eustatius, Antillas Menores), University of Granada.
2011 (June 17). Juan Cárdenas Párraga, "Jadeitite jade from the Sierra del Convento subduction mélange (eastern Cuba)", University of Granada.
2010 (June 18). Aratz Beranoaguirre "Petrology of subduction-related high-pressure migmatites within granulites of the Cabo Ortegal complex (NW Iberian Massif)", University of Granada.
2010 (May 25). Juan Diego Soriano Barabino, "Guía de Petrología de la Ciudad de Granada", University of Granada.
2009 (September 23). Sandra Carrasquilla Ortiz, "Geología y geoquímica del complejo Mabujina y su relación con el arco volcánico del Caribe (Cuba Central)", University of Granada.
2008 (September). Mónica Lobón Mazo "Contribución a las trayectorias presión-temperatura para las rocas de alta presión de la Serranía de Jarara, Península de la Guajira, Colombia", Universidad Nacional de Colombia.
2006. (September 22). Idael Francisco Blanco Quintero, "Caracterización litológica y geoquímica de la mélange de La Corea, E Cuba". University of Barcelona.
2004 (September 08). Concepción Lázaro Calisalvo, "Caracterización litológica y geoquímica de la mélange de la Sierra del Convento, E Cuba". University of Granada.
1995 (April 15). Faouziya Haissen, "Granulites mafiques des unités du groupe “Casares-Los Reales” des deux côtes du Détroit de Gibraltar (Rif Interne et Zone Betique Occidentale)", University of Tetuan, Morocco.
2010 (April 29). Estibalitz Ukar. The Jackson School of Geosciences, University of Texas at Austin (USA). PhD "P-T-t paths and deformation of blueschist and associated graphite-schist blocks from the Franciscan Mélange, San Simeon, California."
2010 (March 24). Jose Alberto Padrón Navarta. Department Mineralogy and Petrology, University of Granada (Spain). PhD. Geology "A coupled petrological and petrophysical study of high pressure dehydration reactions in subduction settings: Insights from the Betic Cordillera and the Kohistan Paleo-Arc".
2006 (December 5). Claudio Marchesi. Department Mineralogy and Petrology, University of Granada (Spain). PhD. Geology "Petrogénesis de las rocas ultramáficas y máficas del cinturón ofiolítico Mayarí-Baracoa y del volcanismo asociado (Cuba oriental)".
2003. Susana López Aparicio. University of Huelva (Spain), PhD. Geology "Procesos de generación de magmas graniticos en la corteza arcaica. Aproximación mediante el estudio experimental de las relaciones de fases y composición de los fundidos".
2001 (November 9). Faouziya Haissen. University of El Jadida (Morocco). PhD Geology "Etude expérimentale de la fusion saturée et sou-saturée en H2O des metapèlites de l’île des Pins (W Cuba)".
1999 Hassan El Hmidi. University of Huelva (Spain), PhD. Geology "Petrología y Geoquímica de los sistemas andesíticos ricos en Mg: Estudio Petrológico y Experimental de las noritas de la banda metamórfica de Aracena. SO España".
1999 Mohamed El Biad. University of Huelva (Spain), PhD. Geology "Generación de granitoides en ambientes geológicamente contrastados del Macizo Ibérico. Limitaciones experimentales en el rango de 2 a 15 kbar."
1995 (December). Fernando Cámara Artigas. Ph.D. Geology, Department Mineralogy and Petrology, University of Granada (Spain). Thesis: “Crystal-chemical study of metamorphic minerals in mafic rocks from the Nevado- Filábride Complex (Betic Cordilleras)".
RESEARCH
Petrology. Geochemistry. Metamorphic Petrology. Phase Equilibrium. Thermodynamics. Experimental Petrology. Electron Microscopy. P-T-t paths. Orogenic Evolution.
Metamorphism of pelites, basic and ultrabasic rocks in convergent plate margins. Partial melting of metapelites and metabasites. Development of petrologic software (algebraic analysis of phase assemblages, multispectral analysis of XR images). Field work: Spanish Variscan, Betic and Caribbean belts.
2000-. Researcher of the Junta de Andalucía Research Group "Petrology and modeling of Lithospheric Processes", nº RNM-302, Leader: Fernando Bea Barredo.
2011-. Member of Fundación El Caño (Dir. Julia Mayo, Panama), for the development of archeological studies in Panama.
1994-2000. Researcher of the Junta de Andalucía Research Group "Metamorphism and Reaction Processes ", nº 1351, Leader: Rafael L. Torres Roldán.
1989-1993. Researcher of the Junta de Andalucía Research Group "Geochemistry and Petrology of the Lithosphere", nº 4072, Leader: Encarnación Puga Rodríguez.
2010-2012. Metamorphic evolution in convergent plate margins: From onset of subduction to arc-continent collision in the margins of the Caribbean plate (CGL2009-12446) Ministry of Science and Innovation (MICINN), Spain.
2007-2011. IGCP 546 Subduction zones of the Caribbean. Co-Leadership: Uwe Martens (Stanford University). IGCP-IUGS-UNESCO.
2007-2009. Metamorphic evolution in convergent plate margins: From onset of subduction to arc-continent collision in the northern margin of the Caribbean plate, Cuba (CGL2006-08527/BTE) Ministry of Education and Science (MEC), Spain.
1997-2000 Metamorphic evolution and P-T-t paths in accreted terranes (Central Cuba), (PB96-1426) Ministry of Education and Science (MEC), Spain.
2013-2015. Ultramafic oceanic complexes in convergent plate margins: A petrological, geochemical and metallogenic record of global tectonics (Caribbean region). Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad. IP: Joaquín A. Proenza Fernández (U. Barcelona).
2013-2016. On the problem of zircon inheritance in juvenile lithosphere (oceanic arcs and ridges) and subcontinental mantle. DFG - Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft. IP: Yamirka Rojas Agramonte (U. Mainz).
2012- Evolution of the paired metamorphic belt in the Coastal Cordillera of Central Chile: Metamorphism and tectonics of the Proto-Andean margin in South American continent. FAPESP - Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo. Processo 2012/01191-1. Leader: Caetano Juliani (USP).
2013-14 Neoproterozoic orogenesis on Sao Roque/Serra do Itaberaba, Embu and Costeiro domains, and the crustal and tectonic evolution of Southeastern Sao Paulo State. FAPESP - Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo. Processo 2012/15462-7. Leader: Caetano Juliani (USP).
2010-2014. International Lithosphere Program (ILP) Task Force IX "Deep Into the Subduction Channel (DISC)". International Council of Scientific Unions (ICSU). Project leaders: P. Agard (U. P.M. Curie, Paris VI), A. Okay (Istanbul Technical University), B. Hacker (U. California, Santa Barbara), T.Gerya (ETH Zurich).
2009-2013. Magmatismo de márgenes de placa convergentes: subductivos y colisionales. Junta de Andalucía. Plan Andaluz de Investigación. Proyecto de Excelencia: P09-RNM5378. Leader: Antonio Castro Dorado (Universidad de Huelva).
2008-2009. Análisis de trayectorias Presión-Temperatura-tiempo para las rocas de alta presión de la Serranía de Jarara, Península de la Guajira, Colombia. Leader: Marion Beatriz Weber Scharff, Universidad Nacional de Colombia.
2006. Petrogenetic characterization of a new type of magmatism in the Betic Cordilleras. Ministerio de Educación y Ciencia. Leader: Encarnación Puga Rodríguez.
2005-2009. Geology and Paleogeography of Cuba. Ministry of Science Technology and Environment, Rep. de Cuba. Leader: Manuel Iturralde Vinent (Cuba)
2002-2005. Metamorphic terranes in the northern margin of the Caribbean plate (Cuba) (BTE2002-01011) Ministry of Science and Technology, Spain, Leader: Rafael L. Torres Roldán (U. Granada).
2000-2004. IGCP proyect nº 433 “Caribbean Plate Tectonics”, Leaders: Manuel Iturralde Vinent (Cuba) and Edward Lidiak (USA)
1995-1997. P-T-t paths in the Internal Zone of the Betic Cordillera (Spain). Application of the laser probe 40Ar/39Ar dating technique to the problem of exhumation of a high pressure mountain belt. S.G.C.I. (MEC) Programa bilateral “Picasso”, Acciones Integradas hispano-francesas HF228B y HF336B. Leaders: Rafael L. Torres Roldán (Granada) y Dr. P. Monié (Montpellier).
1995-1996. The metamorphic complex of the Isle of Youth (Cuba): Petrology, P-T-t paths and implications for the tectonic history of Cuba and the northern margin of the Caribbean Plate. Plan Propio de la Universidad de Granada. Leader: Rafael L. Torres Roldán.
1993-1996. Disequilibrium associations in metamorphic rocks: reaction modeling, processes and geologic implications. DGICYT. nº PB92-0931 (MEC), Leader: Rafael L. Torres Roldán.
1990-1992. Geochronologic 40Ar/39Ar study of the alpine tectono-metamorphic evolution in the Betic Cordilleras. S.G.C.I. (MEC) Programa bilateral “Picasso”, Acciones Integradas hispano-francesas nº HF 034 y HF322. Leaders: Rafael L. Torres Roldán (Granada) y Dr. Philippe Matte (Montpellier).
1987-1988. The high temperature peridotite complexes and the orogenic evolution of the Betic Cordilleras. NATO. nº Grant RG85/0691. Leaders: Rafael L. Torres Roldán (Granada) y Hubert Zeck (Copenhague).
1989-1992. Metamorphism, magmatism and lithospheric evolution in the western end of the Alpine Chain. D.G.I.C.Y.T. nº PB88-0017 (MEC), Leader Encarnación Puga Rodríguez.
1987-1989. Metamorphsim and mafic-ultramafic complexes in the Alboran Sea region. C.A.I.C.Y.T. nº PB85-0408 (MEC, Spain), Leader: Rafael L. Torres Roldán.
RESEARCH MANAGEMENT
2008-2013. Member of Panel PE10 “Earth System Science” for the Advanced Investigators Grants, European Research Council, IDEAS programme, FP7, European Commission.
2008. Expert of the Commission of “Plan Nacional de Proyectos de Investigación Fundamental” Área de Gestión de Ciencias de la Tierra (CGL-BTE) y Recursos Hídricos (CGL-HID), Call 2008, of the Spanish Ministry of Science and Innovation (MCI, former MEC).
Since May 2011, Associate Editor "Revista Ciencias de la Tierra y el Espacio" (Instituto de Geofísica y Astronomía, Cuba).
Since October 2008, Management Editor "Geologica Acta", Institut de Ciències de la Terra "Jaume Almera" (C.S.I.C.) & Facultat de Geologia Universitat de Barcelona. ISI Journal Citation Reports® Ranking: 2007: 14/40 (category "Geology"). Impact Factor: 1.19.
Since January 2007, Associate Editor “Terra Nova”, Blackwell Publishing. ISI Journal Citation Reports® Ranking: 2007: 30/137 (category "Geosciences, Multidisciplinary"). Impact Factor: 2.065.
Reviewer for Andean Geology, Boletín Geológico y Minero de España, Chemical Geology, ESRJ-Earth Sciences Research Journal, Estudios Geológicos, European Journal of Mineralogy, Geologica Acta, Journal of Asian Earth Sciences, Journal of Metamorphic Geology, Journal of Petrology, Journal of Structural Geology, Mineralogical Magazine, Revista Geológica de América Central, Revista Geológica de Chile, Revista Mexicana de Ciencias Geológicas, Revista de la Sociedad Geológica de España.
2011. Special Session "Crustal growth and modification at the Caribbean plate margins". Medellín, Colombia 31 August 2011, in the XIV Latin-American Geological and XIII Colombian Geological Congresses (29 August - 2 September, 2011). Co-conveners Agustin Cardona (Smithsonian Institution, STRI, Panama), Marion Weber (Universidad Nacional de Colombia, sede Medellin)
http://www.14clg.com/simposios/1.-Crecimiento-y-modificacion-de-la-corteza-en-los-bordes-de-la-Placa-Caribe
http://www.ugr.es/~agcasco/igcp546/ >> Activities >> Colombia 112011. Seventh Hutton Symposium on Granites and Related Rocks. Avila, Spain, July 4-9 2011. Coordinator in charge of Scientific Sessions (Chairman: Fernando Bea, Univ. Granada).
http://www.seventh-hutton.org/meeting/Welcome.html2010. Course "Diamond, jade and other Gems". Granada, 16-17 March 2010. Chairman.
http://www.ugr.es/~agcasco/tierra/ > Seminarios > Diamond, jade and other Gems (2010)2010. Workshop "Subduction Zones and Bent Orogenic Belts of the Caribbean" and associated Field Trip "From arc growth to orocline formation: The record from the Panama Canal and East Panama". Joint meeting of IGCP projects 546 "Subduction Zones of the Caribbean" and 574 "Bending and Bent Orogens, and Continental Ribbons" Panama, February 8-11, 2010. Chairman.
http://www.ugr.es/~agcasco/igcp546/ > Activities > Panama 2010
2009. Session T22: "Evolution of the Caribbean Plate: Linking its Tectonic, Magmatic, Metamorphic and Stratigraphic Records" AGU Fall Meeting, San Francisco, 14-18 December 2009. Chairman (co-leader: Uwe Martens, Univ. Stanford).
http://www.agu.org/meetings/fm09/program/scientific_session_search.php?show=detail&sessid=448
http://www.ugr.es/~agcasco/igcp546/ > Activities > San Francisco 20092009. Workshop "Subduction Zones of the Caribbean". Third Cuban Convention of Earth Sciences, Organized by Sociedad Cubana de Geología and IGCP 546 Subduction Zones of the Caribbean. Havana, Cuba, 16-20 March 2009. Chairman (Co-leader: M.A. Iturralde-Vinent - Museo Nacional de Historia Natural, Cuba).
http://www.ugr.es/~agcasco/igcp546/ >> Activities >> Cuba 2009.
http://www.cubacienciasdelatierra.com/index.php?module=general22009. Field Trip "Subduction and arc complexes of central Cuba". Third Cuban Convention of Earth Sciences, Organized by Sociedad Cubana de Geología and IGCP 546 Subduction Zones of the Caribbean. Havana, Cuba, 21-25 March 2009. Chairman (Co-leaders: M.A. Iturralde-Vinent - Museo Nacional de Historia Natural, Cuba - and L. Bernal Rodríguez - Instituto de Geología y Paleontología, Cuba).
http://www.ugr.es/~agcasco/igcp546/ >> Activities >> Cuba 2009 >> Field Trip
http://www.cubacienciasdelatierra.com/index.php?module=general2
2008. Symposium "Caribbean Subduction in time and space: An integrated petrological, geochemical, tectonic, and geophysical approach". 18th Caribbean Geological Conference, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic 24–29 March 2008. Chairman (Co-convener: Uwe Martens).
http://www.ugr.es/~agcasco/igcp546/ > Activities > Dominican Rep. 2008.2007. Session T29 “Caribbean Subduction Zones - Past and Present”. AGU Fall Meeting. San Francisco, 10-14 December 2007. Chairman (co-leader: Uwe Martens, Univ. Stanford)
http://www.agu.org/meetings/fm07/?content=search&show=detail&sessid=387
http://www.ugr.es/~agcasco/igcp546/ > Activities > San Francisco 2007
Abstracts Oral Session: T11D, MW:3018, Monday. "Caribbean Subduction Zones: Past and Present I", or: Session Information.
Abstracts Poster Session: T13C, MS:Exh Hall B, Monday. "Caribbean Subduction Zones: Past and Present II", or: Session Information.2007. Workshop “High-pressure belts of Central Guatemala: The Motagua Suture and the Chuacús Complex”. IGCP 546 Subduction Zones of the Caribbean Guatemala, 03 - 09 December 2007. Chairman (Co-leader: Uwe Martens, Univ. Stanford).
http://www.ugr.es/~agcasco/igcp546/ > Activities > Guatemala 2007.
Field Trip Guide (By U. Martens et al).2007. Workshop “Caribbean Geology” and associated Field Trip "The Geology of Western Cuba". Second Cuban Convention of Earth Sciences, Geological Society of Cuba Havana, Cuba, March 2007. Chairman (Co-leader: M.A. Iturralde-Vinent - Museo Nacional de Historia Natural, Cuba).
http://www.ugr.es/~agcasco/igcp546/ >> Activities >> Cuba 2007
Field Trip Guide (by Manuel Iturralde)2006. Session G10 "Composition, structure and evolution of the Caribbean lithosphere", EGU General Assembly, Viena, Austria, 02 – 07 April 2006. Chairman (co-leaders: Yamirka Rojas Agramonte - Univ. Mainz - and Andrés Pérez Estaún - Instituto Jaume Almera, CSIC).
http://www.cosis.net/members/meetings/sessions/information.php?p_id=193&s_id=34302003. "Meeting of the Working Group of Petrology, Geochemistry and Geochronology of Igneous and Metamorphic Rocks in the Caribbean Realm (Carib-WGPGG)", IGCP Project 433 “Caribbean Plate Tectonics”. University of Granada Spain. September 30 –October 3, 2003. Chairman.
http://www.ig.utexas.edu/CaribPlate/news/granada_2003.htm
SCIENTIFIC PRODUCTION
In press. VERA TORRES, J.A. (Coordinator) términos del Área: Geología (excluida Paleontología). Volúmen de Ciencias Geológicas y Medioambientales. Vocabulario científico y Técnicio. Real Academia de Ciencias Exactas, Físicas y Naturales, 4.ª edición. Madrid.
On line early version:
http://www.ugr.es/~agcasco/personal/rac_geologia/0_rac.htm
Castro, A., Carrasquilla S., Bellos L., García-Casco, A., Paterson, A. Basification of Cordilleran granitic magmas. Geology (submitted)
2009. Castro, A., Gerya, T., Garcia-Casco, A. Melting of subducted mélanges in mantle wedge plumes: Eutectic-like behaviour in the generation of batholiths. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 73, p.A199. (Abstract).
1988. GARCÍA CASCO, A., PASCUAL, E., FENOLL HACH-ALI, P., HIGUERAS, P. Mineralizaciones filonianas asociadas al plutón de Santa Eufemia (batolito de Los Pedroches, Córdoba). Boletín Sociedad Española de Mineralogía 11, 113-124.
2000. RODRÍGUEZ GORDILLO, J., DURÁN SUÁREZ, J.A., GARCÍA CASCO, A. Evaluation of the penetration of restoration materials in stone. A new method. Materiales de Construcción 50, nº 260, 15-26.
1998. DURAN SUAREZ, J.A.., GARCÍA CASCO, A., RODRIGUEZ GORDILLO, J. Evaluación de compuestos protectores para el material pétreo poroso. Aplicación a calcarenitas. Boletín de la Sociedad Española de Mineralogía 21, 61-75
2001. HAISSEN, F., GARCÍA CASCO, A., TORRES ROLDAN, R.L., AGHZER, A.M. Trajectoire P-T des granulites mafiques des unites Casares-Los Reales Betico-Rifaines. Notes et Mémoires du Service Géologique du Maroc 408, 277-284.
1991. GALINDO ZALDÍVAR, J., GARCÍA CASCO, A., GERVILLA, F., GÓMEZ PUGNAIRE, M.T., GONZÁLEZ LODEIRO, F., JABALOY, A., JULIVERT, M. Field trip of the Nevado-Filabride, Alpujarride and Malaguide Complexes (Betic Cordillera). IGCP Project nº 276 "Paleozoic Geodynamic Domains and their Alpidic Evolution in the Tethys" Field trip Guidebook, 43-62, Granada.
Cruz-Gámez, E.M., Despaigne-Díaz, A-I., Lastra Rivero, J.F., García-Casco, A., Cáceres-Govea, D., Iturralde-Vinent M.A. Magmatitas mesozoicas de margen continental en Cuba suroccidental: una revisión de sus rasgos petroquímicos. Revista Mexicana de Ciencias Geológicas. (submitted).
2012. ITURRALDE-VINENT, M.A., GARCÍA-CASCO, A., MARTENS, U., and LIDIAK, E.D. Deep Earth: how it controls our environment. IGCP 433: Caribbean Plate Tectonics and IGCP 546: Subduction Zones of the Caribbean. In Derbyshire E., Editor. Tales Set in Stone – 40 Years of the International Geoscience Programme (IGCP), UNESCO Paris, France. 140 pp. UNESCO-IUGS, 111-117. ISBN: 978-92-3-001036-2.
2011. BLANCO-QUINTERO, I.F., GARCÍA-CASCO, A., GERYA, T. Tectonic blocks in serpentinite melange (eastern Cuba) reveal large-scale convective flow of the subduction channel. Geology, 39, 79-82
DOI 10.1130/G31494.1
Toll-free link: http://geology.geoscienceworld.org/cgi/content/full/39/1/79?ijkey=wIxqn7r0Jdysc&keytype=ref&siteid=gsgeology2010. Cardona, A., Valencia, V., Bustamante, C., García-Casco, A., Ojeda, G., Ruiz, J., Saldarriaga, M., Weber, M. Tectonomagmatic setting and provenance of the Santa Marta schists, northern Colombia: insights on the growth and approach of Cretaceous Caribbean oceanic terranes to the South American continent. Journal of South American Earth Sciences, 29, 784-804.
DOI 10.1016/j.jsames.2009.08.0122008. GARCÍA-CASCO, A., LÁZARO, C., ROJAS-AGRAMONTE, Y., KRÖNER, A., TORRES ROLDÁN, R. L., NUÑEZ, K., MILLÁN, G., NEUBAURER, F., QUINTERO, I. Partial melting and counterclockwise P-T path of subducted oceanic crust (Sierra del Convento, E Cuba). Journal of Petrology 49, 129-161.
doi:10.1093/petrology/egm074;2007. ITURRALDE-VINENT, M., GARCÍA-CASCO, A. Caribeana, a possible solution to a long standing puzzle: The Caribbean latest Cretaceous tectonic event. VII CONGRESO DE GEOLOGÍA (GEOLOGIA´2007). Taller Geología del Caribe. La Habana, Cuba, March 2007.
Yamirka Rojas-Agramonte, Daniel Herwartz, Antonio García-Casco, Alfred Kröner, Dmitriy V. Alexeiev, Reiner Klemd, Stephan Buhre, Matthias Barth. EARLY PALAEOZOIC DEEP SUBDUCTION OF CONTINENTAL CRUST IN THE KYRGYZ NORTH TIANSHAN: EVIDENCE FROM LU-HF GARNET GEOCHRONOLOGY AND PETROLOGY OF MAFIC DYKES. Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology
2012. Gázquez, F., Calaforra, J.M., García-Casco, A., Sanna, L., Forti, P., 2012. Relaciones isotópicas de estroncio (87Sr/86Sr) en espeleotemas yesíferos de las cuevas de Naica (Chihuahua, México): Implicaciones genéticas. En: Resúmenes extendidos del VIII Congreso Geológico de España. CD anexo a Geo-Temas 13 (Fernández, L.P., Fernández, A., Cuesta, A. y Bahamonde, J.R., eds). , p. 874-877.
2009. PROENZA, J. A., GARCÍA-CASCO, A., LEWIS, J.F., GALÍ, S., TAULER, E., LABRADOR M., LONGO F.: Textural Relations and Minerals Compositions of Garnierite Ores Using X-Ray Images. Macla 11, p. 155-156
TORRES-ROLDÁN, R.L., GARCÍA-CASCO, A. Cspace (software for the algebraic and graphical analysis of phase assemblages), + Tutorial, + Examples + Documentation + Bibliography. Website: http://www.ugr.es/~cspace/.
TORRES-ROLDÁN, R.L., GARCÍA-CASCO, A. DWImager (software for the analysis of X-Ray images, unpublished).
2012. García-Casco, A. (Ed.) "Las rocas hacen ciudad". Una excursión por el centro de Granada para el reconocimiento de rocas y minerales en edificios históricos, recientes, esculturas, calles, aceras, jardines, mobiliario urbano.... Desde Bibrrambla pasando por Zacatín, Capilla Real, Plaza del Carmen, Fuente de las Batallas, Plaza del Campillo y Plaza Nueva. Dirigida al gran público y explicada por profesores e investigadores de la Universidad de Granada.
http://www.ugr.es/~agcasco/geolodiagranada2012/2009. GARCÍA-CASCO, A., ITURRALDE-VINENT, M.A., BERNAL, L. "Field trip to the subduction and arc complexes of central Cuba". IGCP 546 Subduction Zones of the Caribbean. Field trip Guidebook, 38 p.
1991. GALINDO ZALDÍVAR, J., GARCÍA CASCO, A., GERVILLA, F., GÓMEZ PUGNAIRE, M.T., GONZÁLEZ LODEIRO, F., JABALOY, A., JULIVERT, M. Field trip of the Nevado-Filabride, Alpujarride and Malaguide Complexes (Betic Cordillera). IGCP Project nº 276 "Paleozoic Geodynamic Domains and their Alpidic Evolution in the Tethys" Field trip Guidebook, 43-62, Granada.
2013 Unveiling pre Columbian Caribbean jade routes: A case study in forensic geology with geological and anthropological implications. OPENING CONFERENCE, V Convención Cubana de Ciencias de la Tierra (GEOCIENCIAS´2013), 1-5 de Abril, 2013, Palacio de las Convenciones, Ciudad de La Habana, Cuba. http://www.cubacienciasdelatierra.com/
2013. 140 million years of subduction and terrane collision and accretion in the leading edge of the Caribbean plate (with emphasis in Cuba). A metamorphic perspective. SPECIAL CONFERENCE, X Congreso de Geología, Sociedad Cubana de Geologia, 1-5 de Abril, 2013, Palacio de las Convenciones, Ciudad de La Habana, Cuba. http://www.cubacienciasdelatierra.com/ http://www.cubacienciasdelatierra.com/index.php?module=general4
2011. Petrological and geochemical characterization of pre-Columbian jadeitite artifacts from Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico, Guadalupe, and St. Eustatius. Implications for potential source regions and pan-regional trade dynamics in the Caribbean-Meso America-Northern South America region. Seminar "The Pan-Caribbean Distribution of Jadeitite: New Sources, Old Problems, Alternative Solutions". Faculty of Archaeology, Univ Leiden, October 5 2011, http://www.archaeology.leiden.edu/
2010. Melanges and melange formation in the Caribbean. ILP Subduction Channel Processes, Université Pierre and Marie Curie, Paris, 29-30 Nov 2010.
2010. Thermal evolution of subducted oceanic slabs. A metamorphic perspective with examples from the northern edge of the Caribbean Plate. Institut für Geowissenschaften, Johannes Gutenberg University, Mainz, 2 Dec., 2010.
2010. Thermal Evolution of Subducted Slabs: A Metamorphic Perspective with Examples from the Northern Edge of the Caribbean Plate. Seminars of the American Museum of Natural History, New York. Earth and Planetary Sciences. Thursday, April 1 2010.
2009. Cretaceous-Tertiary subduction and arc-platform collision on the northern edge of the Caribbean plate. Paipa, Colombia. XII Colombian Geological Congress (September 7-11, 2009), Thematic Session "Advances in the tectonic evolution of the Caribbean". Organized by IGCP 546 Subduction Zones of the Caribbean.
2009. Thermal evolution of slabs (from the onset to the demise of subduction)- a metamorphic perspective with examples. EURopean Intensive Seminars of Petrology -EURISPET- A Marie Curie Series of Events funded by the EU FP6. Granada 2009, June 27-July 5. Faculty of Sciences, University of Granada, Granada, Spain. Coordinator: Bernardo Cesare (University of Padova).
2005. Magister Speech: “Metamorphism of ophiolitic material in Cuba and its geodynamic significance”. First Cuban Convention of Earth Sciences, Geological Society of Cuba, Convention Palace, La Habana, Cuba, April 2005. (URL not available).
2005. Keynote Address: “Partial melting and counter-clockwise P-T path of subducted oceanic crust: a case study of hot subduction in the northern Caribbean (E Cuba)”. Metamorphic Studies Group Research In Progress and Annual General Meeting, The Geological Society of London, Burlington House, London, March 2005. Keynote address, 1-2.
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1990-91, 1991-92 and 1992-93. Sculptures. Archaeological Museum, Granada.
1993-94. Columns of the Colegiata del Salvador (medieval mosque of the Albaycin), Granada
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Report 21996-97, 1997-98, 1998-99. Columns of the Royal Hospital (s. XVI), Granada,
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2011. Exposition. "LA PASIÓN POR EL VERDE (artefactos de jade y otras piedras verdes)". 2000 years of precolonial cultures of the Caribbean (c. III BC – c. XVI AD). Materials provided by Reniel Rodríguez Ramos (Univ. Puerto Rico) and Sebastiaan Knippenberg (Univ Leiden). Proyect CGL2009-12446 (MICINN), Research Group RNM -302 (J.A.).
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