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Geological and Tectonic Studies in Latin America

Last updated July 7, 2026

Rising Stars

New and hot

Rising Stars Researchers

1
Matthew Pankhurst
Instituto Volcanológico de Canarias
2
Benedikt Braszus
Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
3
Sergio A. Celis
University of Caldas
4
Amed Bonilla
Universidad Distrital Francisco José de Caldas
5
David Cruset
Geociencias Barcelona
6
Christian Narvaez-Montoya
Tecnológico de Monterrey
7
Michelle Del Pilar Villalta Echeverria
Escuela Superior Politecnica del Litoral
8
María Helena Cendales
National University of Mar del Plata
9
Juan Sebastian Gomez-Neita
Khalifa University of Science and Technology
10
Gaia Siravo
Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia

Rising Stars Papers

1
GEOMORFOLOGIA Y UNIDADES ECOLOGICAS DEL COMPLEJO DE ARRECIFES DE LAS ISLAS DEL ROSARIO E ISLA BARÚ (MAR CARIBE, COLOMBIA)
Revista de la Academia Colombiana de Ciencias Exactas Físicas y Naturales|2024
35 cit.
2
Toward a near real-time magma ascent monitoring by combined fluid inclusion barometry and ongoing seismicity
Science Advances|2024
22 cit.
3
Groundwater salinization patterns in the Yucatan Peninsula reveal contamination and vulnerability of the karst aquifer
Communications Earth & Environment|2025
11 cit.
4
Paleoenvironmental reconstruction of coal deposition during the Cretaceous-Paleogene transition in the Eastern Cordillera Basin, Colombian Andes
International Journal of Coal Geology|2024
9 cit.
5
FTIR spectral signatures of Cretaceous-Paleogene sub-bituminous and bituminous coal: Insights into molecular structure evolution during coalification in the Eastern Cordillera Basin, Colombian Andes
International Journal of Coal Geology|2025
8 cit.
6
AI based 1-D <i>P-</i> and <i>S</i>-wave velocity models for the greater alpine region from local earthquake data
Geophysical Journal International|2024
6 cit.
7
FlowSOM clustering – A novel pattern recognition approach for water research: Application to a hyper-arid coastal aquifer system
The Science of The Total Environment|2024
5 cit.
8
Ichnological indicators of physico-chemical stresses in wave- to tide-dominated Miocene shallow marine environments (Argentine Patagonia)
Sedimentary Geology|2024
4 cit.
9
Coalification patterns and thermal-depositional history of the Upper Cretaceous-Paleogene coal in the Eastern Cordillera Basin, Colombian Andes
Marine and Petroleum Geology|2025
4 cit.
10
Paleomagnetism of the Peloritan Terrane (NE Sicily): From Greater Iberia to the Neo Apennine‐Maghrebide Arc
Tectonics|2024
3 cit.

Emerging Leaders

Gaining momentum

Emerging Leaders Researchers

1
Yuli Corchuelo‐Cuervo
Colombian Geological Survey
2
David A. Cisneros
Queen's University Belfast
3
Argelia Silva-Fragoso
University of Insubria
4
Barbara J. MacGregor
University of Minnesota
5
Juan C. Ibáñez-Mejía
University of Cologne
6
Francisco Velandia
Colombian Geological Survey
7
Sebastián Echeverri
Universidad Nacional de Colombia
8
J.P. Castañeda
Universidad Nacional de Colombia
9
Lina Serna
Universidad Nacional de Colombia
10
Hermann León
UNSW Sydney

Emerging Leaders Papers

1
Current motion and deformation of the Nazca Plate: new constraints from GPS measurements
Geophysical Journal International|2022
32 cit.
2
Gravity versus Magnetic Fields in Forming Molecular Clouds
The Astrophysical Journal|2022
25 cit.
3
Continental block motion in the Northern Andes from GPS measurements
Geophysical Journal International|2023
22 cit.
4
Improving the Accuracy of Digital Terrain Models Using Drone-Based LiDAR for the Morpho-Structural Analysis of Active Calderas: The Case of Ischia Island, Italy
Remote Sensing|2024
12 cit.
5
Polar mutagenesis of polycistronic bacterial transcriptional units using Cas12a
Microbial Cell Factories|2022
7 cit.
6
CRISPR-Cas-Guided Mutagenesis of Chromosome and Virulence Plasmid in Shigella flexneri by Cytosine Base Editing
mSystems|2022
6 cit.
7
Internal deformation of the North Andean Sliver in Ecuador-southern Colombia observed by InSAR
Geophysical Journal International|2024
6 cit.
8
How erosional efficiency modulates landscape response to drainage reorganization: New empirical evidence from the Andes
Geomorphology|2023
5 cit.
9
Deep-seated crustal faults and their role in the thermo-tectonic evolution of an active mountain belt: New evidence from the Northern Andes
Journal of Structural Geology|2024
5 cit.
10
Mantellic degassing of helium in an extensional active tectonic setting at the front of a magmatic arc (central Mexico)
Geosphere|2022
4 cit.

Current Senior Leaders

Established & currently active

Current Senior Leaders Researchers

1
Ursula Röhl
University of Bremen
2
Paul Mann
Northumbria University
3
Víctor A. Ramos
Fundación Ciencias Exactas y Naturales
4
H. Hooghiemstra
University of Amsterdam
5
Donald W. Forsyth
John Brown University
6
V. Valencia
Washington State University
7
Andrés Folguera
Universidad de Buenos Aires
8
Péter Molnár
Public Limited Company for Radioactive Waste Management
9
Andrés Mora
Ecopetrol (Colombia)
10
María Antonieta Lorente
United States Geological Survey

Current Senior Leaders Papers

1
Cenozoic Tectonics of Asia: Effects of a Continental Collision: Features of recent continental tectonics in Asia can be interpreted as results of the India-Eurasia collision
Science|1975
4.5k cit.
2
Southward Migration of the Intertropical Convergence Zone Through the Holocene
Science|2001
2.4k cit.
3
Mantle dynamics, uplift of the Tibetan Plateau, and the Indian Monsoon
Reviews of Geophysics|1993
2k cit.
4
On the Relative Importance of the Driving Forces of Plate Motion
Geophysical Journal International|1975
1.7k cit.
5
Late Cenozoic uplift of mountain ranges and global climate change: chicken or egg?
Nature|1990
1.5k cit.
6
An improved method for determining the regional stress tensor using earthquake focal mechanism data: Application to the San Fernando Earthquake Sequence
Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres|1984
1.2k cit.
7
Active faulting and tectonics in China
Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres|1977
1.2k cit.
8
Focal depths of intracontinental and intraplate earthquakes and their implications for the thermal and mechanical properties of the lithosphere
Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres|1983
1.1k cit.
9
Convective instability of a thickened boundary layer and its relevance for the thermal evolution of continental convergent belts
Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres|1981
1.1k cit.
10
Distribution of stresses in the descending lithosphere from a global survey of focal‐mechanism solutions of mantle earthquakes
Reviews of Geophysics|1971
1k cit.

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