Curriculum Vitae

Family names: Urgeles Esclasans

Name: Roger

Birth date: August 7^th, 1972

Curriculum Vitae

Last updated September 25, 2008

1-PRESENT OCCUPATION
2-EDUCATION
3-MENTIONS AND AWARDS
4-LANGUAGES
5-SCHOLARSHIPS AND EMPLOYMENT HISTORY
6-TRAINING AND RESEARCH SOJOURNS
7- MAIN RESEARCH LINES
8-PUBLICATIONS
9- MAIN RESEARCH PROJECTS
10- CONGRESS ORGANIZATION ACTIVITIES
11-ABSTRACTS AND PARTICIPATION IN CONFERENCES
12-IMPARTED SEMINARS
13-TEACHING EXPERIENCE
14- MAJOR TOOLS AND EQUIPMENTS USED
15-MARINE FIELDWORK
16-OTHER MERITS

17-MY BIG PASSION

18-MY OTHER BIG PASSION
VISIT MY OLD WEB PAGES

1-PRESENT OCCUPATION:

Senior lecturer (professor agregat), “Departament d’Estratigrafia, Paleontologia i Geociències Marines”, University of Barcelona, Spain.

Present work address: GRC Geociències Marines, Dept. d’Estratigrafia, Paleontologia i Geociències Marines, University of Barcelona, c/ Martí i Franquès s/n, 08028 Barcelona

Phone: +34 93 4021375 Fax: +34 93 4021340

2-EDUCATION:

2000-2001. Postdoctoral fellow at “Département de géologie et génie géologique”, Université Laval, Canada.

1996-1999. PhD in Geology, University of Barcelona (European doctor award).
Thesis title: “Giant landslides in the Canary Islands; El Hierro and La Palma”. Dept. of Stratigraphy and Palaeontology of the University of Barcelona, directed by Drs. Miquel Canals (U.B.) and Belén Alonso (C.S.I.C.).

1990-1995. Degree in Geology, University of Barcelona (UB)

3-MENTIONS AND AWARDS:

2008. Research Intensification Award from the University of Barcelona (Ajuts del Programa General d’Intensificació de la recerca a les Universitats del Sistema Universitari de Catalunya)

2005. I3 Award (Incentivación de la Incorporación e Intensificación de la Actividad Investigadora) of the Spanish Ministry for Education and Science

2004. Research accreditation in the sciences domain of the Agency for the Quality of the Universitary System of Catalonia (Acreditació de Recerca de l’Àmbit de Ciències de l’Agència per a la Qualitat del Sistema Universitari de Catalunya - AQU).

1999. Mention of European Doctor. University of Barcelona.

4-LANGUAGES:

	Speak	Read	Write
Catalan	Fluent	Fluent	Fluent
English	Fluent	Fluent	Fluent
French	Fluent	Fluent	Good
Spanish	Fluent	Fluent	Fluent

5-SCHOLARSHIPS AND EMPLOYMENT HISTORY:

2005-Present. Aggregate lecturer. University of Barcelona, Spain.

2001-2005. “Ramón y Cajal” grant of the Spanish Ministry for Science and Education. University of Barcelona, Spain.

2000-2001. Assistant lecturer. University of Barcelona, Spain.

2000-2001. “Bourse d’excellence postdoctorale du ministère de l’Éducation du Québec”. Université Laval, Quebec, Canada.

1999 (November-December). Substitute associate lecturer (professor associat substitut). University of Barcelona, Spain.

1996-1999. F.P. Scholarship of the Catalan Government to do a thesis in the field of marine geosciences in the Department of Stratigraphy and Palaeontology of the University of Barcelona, Spain.

1995. 6 month contract of the "Fundació Bosch i Gimpera" to work in geophysical data from the Canaries. University of Barcelona”, Spain.

1993-1994. “Beca de colaboración” of the Spanish Ministry for Education and Science, Department of Dynamic Geology, Geophysics and Palaeontology. University of Barcelona, Spain.

1993. Erasmus (B-1095) Scholarship of the European Union to complete the second cycle of the degree in Geology in the field of Marine Geosciences. Christian Albrechts Univerität, Kiel, Germany.

6-TRAINING AND RESEARCH SOJOURNS:

	29 August - 02 October 2006. Geotechnical analysis on IODP Expedition 308 sediment samples from the Gulf of Mexico. Département de géologie et génie géologique, Université Laval, Quebec, Quebec (Canada).
	03-07 July 2006. Intensive course: “Introduction to EarthVision and the WorkFlow Manager' by Dynamic Graphics, Inc. of Alameda, California (USA). Department of Stratigraphy, Palaeontology and Marine Geosciences, University of Barcelona,Barcelona (Spain).
	01-12 November 2004. Geotechnical analyses on a sediment core from the Adriatic Sea. Département Géosciences Marines, Institut Français pour l’Explotation de la Mer, Brest (France).
	01-04 June 2004. Intensive course “Deep-Sea Sedimentary Processes and Products: Submarine Slope Instability II” by Prof. Jacques Locat of Laval University, Quebec (Canada). Department of Stratigraphy, Palaeontology and Marine Geosciences, University of Barcelona,Barcelona (Spain).
	08-31 March 2003. Multibeam data processing of the Catalano-Balearic Sea and Antarctic Peninsula margin. Ocean mapping Group, Department of Geodesy and Geomatics Engineering, University of New Brunswick, Fredericton, New Brunswick (Canada).
	10-12 April 2002. Intensive course: “Margins: Source to Sink Sediment Transport and Stratigraphic Modeling”, by Prof. James P.M. Syvitski of the INSTAAR, Boulder, Colorado (USA). Department of Stratigraphy, Palaeontology and Marine Geosciences, University of Barcelona,Barcelona (Spain).
	03 January 2000 – 28 February 2001. Submarine slope stability under seismic acceleration, determination of the causes of spatial and temporal acoustic backscatter variations derived from multibeam echosounders. Département de géologie et génie géologique, Université Laval, Quebec, Quebec (Canada).
	17 June -17 September 1998. Morphology of ocean island flanks and volcano collapses. Southampton Oceanography Centre,Southampton (United Kingdom).
	16-20 March 1998. Intensive course: “Introduction to Geospatial Modelling and the Geologic Structure Builder' by Dynamic Graphics, Inc. of Alameda, California (USA). Department of Stratigraphy, Palaeontology and Marine Geosciences, University of Barcelona,Barcelona (Spain).
	11-13 June 1995. 4th RIDGE Theoretical Institute on tectonics and magmatism at mid-ocean ridges. Received travel grant from InterRIDGE for travel to the US. INTERIDGE, Tahoe City, California (USA).*
	01 July – 31 September 1993. Morphology and structural control on intraplate volcanism. Institut für Geowissenschaften,Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel,Kiel (Germany).

7- MAIN RESEARCH LINES

Submarine slope stability and submarine landslides
Centre: University of Barcelona Period: 1996 - Present
and Université Laval (CAN)

Submarine engineering technology
Centre: University of Barcelona Period: 2000 – Present

Canyon and continental margin evolution
Centre: University of Barcelona Period: 1998 - Present

Glacio-marine depositional systems and climate change
Centre: University of Barcelona Period: 1997 – Present

Processes of volcano flank collapse: The Canary Islands
Centre: University of Barcelona Period: 1996 – 2002

8-PUBLICATIONS:

-Peer-reviewed (SCI) journals:

	Yang, S.L., Solheim, A., Forsberg, C.F., Kvalstad, T.J., Feng, X.L., Li, A.L. and Urgeles, R. (2008). Geotechnical properties of river- fed sediments compared with glacier-fed sediments. Marine Geology (in press).
	Binh, N.T.T., Tokunaga, T., Nakamura, T., Kozumi K., Nakazima, M., Koizumi, K., Kubota, M., Kameya, H., Taniue, M., Flemings, P.B., John, C., Urgeles, R., and IODP Expedition 308 Scientific Party (2008): Physical properties of the shallow sediments in the late Pleistocene Formations, the Ursa Basin, Gulf of Mexico, and their implications for generation and preservation of shallow overpressures. Marine and Petroleum Geology (in press).
	Sultan, N., Cattaneo, A., Urgeles, R., Trincardi, F., Berne, S., Canals, M. and Lafuerza, S. (2008): A geomechanical approach for the genesis of sediment undulations on the Adriatic Shelf. Geochemistry Geophysics Geosystems, 9: Art. No. Q04R03.
	Flemings, P.B., Long, H., Dugan, B., Germaine, J., John, C., Behrmann, J., Sawyer, D. and Expedition 308 Scientists (incl. Urgeles, R.) (2008): Overpressures in the Ursa Basin, Deepwater Gulf of Mexico: Results from IODP Expedition 308. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 269: 309-325.
	Lastras, G., Canals, M., Urgeles, R., Amblas, D., Ivanov, M., Droz, L., Dennielou, B., Fabrés, J., Schoolmeester, T., Akhmetzhanov, A., Orange, D. and García-García, A. (2007): A walk down the Cap de Creus canyon, northwestern Mediterranean Sea: Recent processes inferred from morphology and sediment bedforms. Marine Geology, 246: 176-192.
	Lastras, G., Canals, M., Amblas, D., Frigola, J., Urgeles, R., Calafat, A.M. and Acosta, J. (2007): Slope instability along the northeastern Iberian and Balearic continental margins. Geologica Acta, 5: 35-47.
	Liquete, C., Canals, M., Lastras, G., Amblàs, D., Urgeles, R., De Mol, B., De Batist, M. and Hughes-Clarke, J.E. (2007): Long-term development and current status of the Barcelona continental shelf: A source-to-sink approach. Continental Shelf Research, 27: 1779-1800.
	Sultan, N., Gaudin, M., Berné, S., Baztán, J., Canals, M., Urgeles, R. and Lafuerza, S. (2005): Slope failures in canyon heads, Journal of Geophysical Research, 112(F1): Art. No. F01009.
	Urgeles, R., De Mol, B., Liquete, C., Canals, M., De Batist, M., Hughes-Clarke, J.E., Amblàs, D., Arnau, P.A., Calafat, A.M., Casamor, J.L., Centella, V., De Rycker, K., Fabrés, J., Frigola, J., Lafuerza, S., Lastras, G., Sànchez, A., Zuñiga, D., Versteeg, W. and Willmott, V. (2007): Sediment undulations on the Llobregat prodelta: Signs of early slope instability or bottom current activity?, Journal of Geophysical Research, 112(B5): Art. No. B05102.
	Domack, E., Amblàs, D., Gilbert, R., Brachfeld, S., Camerlenghi, A., Rebesco, M., Canals, M., Urgeles, R. (2006): Subglacial morphology and glacial evolution of the Palmer Deep Outlet System, Antarctic Peninsula, Geomorphology, 75: 125-142.
	Urgeles, R., Leynaud, D., Lastras, G., Canals, M., Mienert, J. (2006): Back-analysis and failure mechanisms of a large submarine slide on the Ebro continental slope, NW Mediterranean, Marine Geology, 226: 185-206.
	Amblàs, D., Canals, M., Urgeles, R., Lastras, G., Liquete, C., Hughes-Clarke, J.E., Casamor, J.L. and Calafat, A.M. (2006). Morphogenetic mesoscale analysis of the northeastern Iberian margin, NW Mediterranean Basin. Marine Geology, 234: 3-20.
	Amblàs, D., Urgeles, R., Canals, M., Hughes-Clarke, J.E., Calafat, A., De Batist, M. and Camerlenghi, A. (2006): The role of glacial dynamics on the development of continental rise deposits: the north Antarctic Peninsula Pacific margin, Quaternary Science Reviews, 25: 933-944.
	Canals, M., Lastras, G., Urgeles, R., Casamor, J.L., Mienert, J., Cattaneo, A., De Batist, M., Haflidason, H., Imbo, Y., Laberg, J.S., Locat, J., Long, D., Longva, O., Masson, D.G., Sultan, N., Trincardi, F. and Bryn, P. (2004): Slope failure dynamics and impacts from seafloor and shallow sub-seafloor geophysical data: An overview, Marine Geology, 213: 9-72.
	Sultan, N., Cochonat, P., Canals, M., Cattaneo, A., Dennielou, B., Haflidason, H., Laberg, J.S., Long, D., Mienert, J., Urgeles, R., Vorren, T. and Wilson, C. (2004): Triggering mechanisms of slope instability processes and sediment failures on continental margins: a geotechnical approach, Marine Geology, 213: 291-321.
	Lastras, G., Canals, M., Urgeles, R., De Batist, M., Calafat, A.M. and Casamor, J.L. (2004): Characterisation of a recent debris flow deposit after a variety of seismic reflection data, Ebro margin, western Mediterranean, Marine Geology, 213: 235-255.
	Hühnerbach, V., Masson D.G. and partners of the COSTA-Project (incl. Urgeles R.) (2004): Landslides in the North Atlantic and its adjacent seas: an analysis of their morphology, setting and behaviour, Marine Geology, 213: 343-362.
	Acosta, J., Canals, M., Carbó A., Muñoz, A., Urgeles, R., Muñoz-Martín, A. and Uchupi, E. (2004): Sea floor morphology and Plio-Quaternary sedimentary cover of the Mallorca Channel, Balearic Islands, Western Mediterranean, Marine Geology, 206: 165-179.
	Lastras, G., Urgeles, R. and Canals, M. (2004): Comments on 'Recent mass-movement processes on the Ebro continental slope (NW Mediterranean)' by D. Casas, G. Ercilla, J. Baraza, B. Alonso and A. Maldonado, Marine and Petroleum Geology, 21: 131-133.
	Lastras, G., Canals, M., Urgeles, R., Hughes-Clarke, J.E. and Acosta, J. (2004): Shallow slides and pockmark swarms in the Eivissa Channel, Western Mediterranean Sea, Sedimentology, 51: 1-14.
	Duchesne, M. J., Long, B. F., Urgeles R. and Locat, J. (2003): New evidence of slope instability in the Outardes Bay delta area, Quebec, Canada, Geo-Marine Letters, 22: 233-242.
	Acosta, J., Canals, M., López-Martínez, J., Muñoz, A., Herranz, P., Urgeles, R., Palomo, C. and Casamor, J.L. (2002): The Balearic Promontory geomorphology (western Mediterranean): morphostructure and active processes, Geomorphology, 49: 177-204.
	Canals, M., Casamor, J.L., Urgeles, R., Calafat, A.M., Domack, E.W., Baraza, J., Farran, M. and De Batist, M. (2002): Seafloor evidence of a subglacial sedimentary system off the northern Antarctic Peninsula, Geology, 30: 603-606.
	Mitchell, N.C., Masson, D.G., Watts, A.B., Gee, M.J.R. and Urgeles, R. (2002): Submarine slopes of volcanoes; examples from the Canary Islands, Hawaii and seamounts, Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research, 115:83-107.
	Urgeles, R., Locat, J., Lee, H. and Martin, F. (2002): The Saguenay Fjord, Québec, Canada: Integrating marine geotechnical and geophysical data for spatial seismic slope stability and hazard assessment, Marine Geology, 185:319-340.
	Urgeles, R., Locat, J., Schmitt, T. and Hughes-Clarcke, J. (2002): Spatial and temporal backscatter variations in the Saguenay Fjord: causes and relation with the July, 1996 Saguenay flood, Marine Geology, 184: 41-60.
	Masson, D.G., Watts, A.B., Gee, M.J.R., Urgeles, R., Mitchell,N.C., Le Bas, T.P. and Canals, M. (2002): Slope failures on the flanks of the western Canary Islands, Earth Science Reviews, 57: 1-35.
	Urgeles, R., Canals, M. and Masson, D.G. (2001): Flank stability and processes off the western Canary Islands: A review, Scientia Marina, 65 (Suppl. 1): 21-32.
	Canals, M., Urgeles, R. and Calafat, A.M. (2000): A Last Glacial Maximum giant paleo-ice stream off the northern Antarctic Peninsula; Geology, 28: 31-34.
	Urgeles, R., Canals, M., Roberts, J. and SNV "Las Palmas" Shipboard Party (1999): Fluid flow from pore pressure measurements. Implications for sediment and volcano flank stability off La Palma, Canary Islands; Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research, 94: 305-321.
	Urgeles, R., Masson, D.G., Canals, M., Watts, A. B. and Le Bas, T. (1999): Recurrent giant landslides on the west flank of La Palma, Canary Islands, Journal of Geophysical Research, 104: 25331-25348.
	Canals, M., Estrada, F., Urgeles, R. and Gebrap 96/97 Team (1998): Very high resolution seismic definition of glacial and postglacial sediment bodies in the continental shelves of the Northern Trinity Peninsula region. Annals of Glaciology, 27: 260-264.
	Canals, M., Urgeles, R., Estrada, F. and Gebrap 96/97 Team (1998): Internal structure and seismic facies of the deep water sediment drifts off the Northern Graham Land: Results from a very high resolution survey, Annals of Glaciology, 27: 265-267.
	Ercilla, G., Alonso, B., Baraza, J., Casas, D., Chiocci, F.L., Estrada, F., Farran, M., Gonthier, E., Pérez-Belzuz, F., Pirmez, C., Reeder, M.S., Torres, J. and Urgeles, R. (1998): New high resolution acoustic data from the "braided system" of the Orinoco deep sea fan, Marine Geology, 146:242-246.
	Masson, D.G., Canals, M., Alonso, B., Urgeles, R. and Hühnerbach, V. (1998): The Canary Debris Flow: source area, morphology and failure mechanisms; Sedimentology, 45: 411-432.
	Urgeles, R., Canals, M., Baraza, J. and Alonso, B. (1998): Seismostratigraphy of the western flanks of Hierro and La Palma (Canary Islands): A record of the Canary volcanism, Marine Geology, 146: 225-241.
	Urgeles, R., Canals, M., Baraza, J., Alonso, B. and Masson, D.G. (1997): The last major megalandslides in the Canary Islands: The El Golfo debris avalanche and the Canary debris flow, west Hierro Island, Journal of Geophysical Research, 102: 20305-20323.

-Non-SCI journals:

	Urgeles, R., Camerlenghi, A., Ercilla, G., Anselmetti, F., Brückmann, W., Canals, M., Gràcia, E., Locat, J., Krastel, S. and Solheim, A. (2007): Scientific Ocean Drilling Behind the Assessment of Geo-hazards From Submarine Slides. EOS Trans. Am. Geoph. Union, 88(17): 192-192.
	Camerlenghi, A., Urgeles, R., Ercilla, G. and Brückmann, W. (2007): Scientific Ocean Drilling Behind the Assessment of Geo-Hazards from Submarine Slides. Scientific Drilling, 4: 45-47.
	Behrmann, J.H., Flemings, P.B., John, C.M. and IODP Expedition 308 Scientists (incl. Urgeles, R.) (2006): Superfast sedimentation, overpressures and focused fluid flow, Gulf of Mexico continental margin. Scientific Drilling, 3: 12-17.
	Zampetti, V. and Expedition 308 Scientists (incl. Urgeles, R.) (2005). IODP Expedition 308: Gulf of Mexico hydrogeology, overpressure and fluid flow processes in the deepwater Gulf of Mexico: slope stability, seeps, and shallow-water flow. IODP-UK newsletter, 31: 15-17.
	Flemings, P. and IODP Expedition 308 Scientific Party (incl. Urgeles, R.) (2005). Expedition 308 Gulf of Mexico hydrogeology. JOI News, Fall/Winter, 8-9.
	Urgeles, R., Canals, M., Calafat, A. and Amblàs, D. (2005): L'emprempta del clima a l'Antàrtida: Dinàmica Glacial i extensió del gel durant el Darrer Màxim Glacial, L’Atzavara, 12: 25-34.
	Liquete, C., Canals, M., Arnau, M., Urgeles, R. and Durrieu-Demadron Xavier (2004): The impacts of humans on strata formation along the Mediterranean Margins, Oceanography, 17: 42-51.
	Canals, M., Calafat, A., Camerlenghi, A., De Batist, M., Urgeles, R., Farran, M., Geletti, R., Versteeg, W., Amblas, D., Rebesco, M., Casamor, J.L., Sanchez, A., Willmott, V., Lastras, G. and Imbo, Y. (2003): Uncovering the footprint of former ice streams off Antarctica, EOS Trans. Am. Geoph. Union, 84: 97-103.
	Lastras, G., Canals, M., Urgeles, R. and Hughes-Clarke, J.E. (2001): Morfología y dinámica del debris flow submarino BIG’95. Geotemas, 3(1): 191-194.
	Canals, M., Urgeles, R., Masson, D.G. and Casamor, J.L. (2000): Los deslizamientos submarinos de las Islas Canarias. Makaronesia, 2: 57-69.
	Urgeles, R., Canals, M., Baraza, J. and Alonso, B. (1996): The submarine "El Golfo" debris avalanche and the Canary debris flow, West Hierro Island: The last major slides in the Canary archipelago, Geogaceta, 20: 390-393.

-Book chapters:

Cochonat, P., Masson, D., Armigliato, A., Bornhold, B., Camerlenghi, A., Cagatay, N., Favali, P., Kvalstad, T., Kopf, A., Lykousis, V., Miranda, J.M. and Urgeles R. (2007): History, monitoring and prediction of geohazards. In P. Cochonat, S. Dürr, V. Gunn, P. Herzig, C. Mevel, J. Mienert, R. Schneider, P.P.E. Weaver and A. (Eds,), Winkler, The Deep-Sea Frontier, Science challenges for a sustainable future, European Comission, Office for Official Publications of the European Communities, Luxembourg, Luxembourg, pp. 9-15.

Long, H. , Flemings, P.B., Germaine, J., Dugan, B., Sawyer, D. and Shipboard Scientific Party IODP Expedition 308 (incl Urgeles, R.) (2007): In Situ Pore Pressure at IODP Site U1324, Ursa Basin, Gulf of Mexico. In: Proceedings Offshore Technology Conference 2007, Offshore Technology Conference, Richardson, TX (USA), Paper OTC18772.

Dugan, B., Felmings, P.B., Urgeles, R., Sawyer, D., Iturrino, G.J., Moore, J.C. and Schneider, J. (2007): Physical Properties of Mass Transport Complexes in the Ursa Region, Northern Gulf of Mexico (IODP Expedition 308) determined from log, core and seismic data.In: Proceedings Offshore Technology Conference 2007, Offshore Technology Conference, Richardson, TX (USA), Paper OTC18704.

Urgeles, R., Locat, J. and Dugan, B. (2007): Recursive failure of the Gulf of Mexico continental slope: timing and causes. In Lykoussis, V.; Sakellariou, D.; Locat, J. (Eds.), Submarine Mass Movemens and their Consequences - II, Springer Dordrecht (The Netherlands),pp. 209-219.

Flemings, P.B., Behrmann, J.H., John, C.M. and Expedition 308 Scientists (incl. Urgeles, R.) (2006). Proceedings of the Integrated Ocean Drilling Program 308. In: Proceedings of the Integrated Ocean Drilling Program, 308, College Station TX (USA).

Expedition 308 Scientists (incl. Urgeles, R.) (2005). Gulf of Mexico hydrogeology—overpressure and fluid flow processes in the deepwater Gulf of Mexico: slope stability, seeps, and shallow-water flow. In IODP Preliminary Reports, 308, College Station TX (USA), pp. 1 - 109.

Lastras. G., Canals, M. and Urgeles, R. (2003): Lessons from sea-floor and subsea-floor imagery of the BIG'95 debris flow scar and deposit, In: J. Locat and J. Mienert Eds., Submarine Mass Movements and their Consequences, Kluwer Academic Publishers, Dordrecht (The Netherlands), pp. 425-431.

Levesque, C., Locat, J., Leroueil, S., Urgeles, R., (2004): Preliminary overview of the morphology in the Saguenay Fjord with a particular look at mass movements, In: Proceedings of the 55^th Canadian Geotechnical Conference, Canadian Geotechnical Society, Quebec (Canada), pp. 23-30.

Urgeles, R., Lastras. G., Canals, M., Willmott, V., Moreno, A., Casas, D., Baraza, J. and Berné, S. (2003): The BIG'95 debris flow and adjacent unfailed sediments in the NW Mediterranean Sea: geotechnical-sedimentological properties and dating, In: J. Locat and J. Mienert Eds., Submarine Mass Movements and their Consequences, Kluwer Academic Publishers, Dordrecht (The Netherlands), pp. 479-487.

Locat, J., Martin, F., Levesque, C., Locat, P., Leroueil, S., Konrad, J.-M., Urgeles, R., Canals, M. and Duchesne, M.J. (2003): Submarine mass movements in the Upper Saguenay Fjord, (Québec, Canada), triggered by the 1663 earthquake, In: J. Locat and J. Mienert Eds., Submarine Mass Movements and their Consequences, Kluwer Academic Publishers, Dordrecht (The Netherlands), pp. 509-519.

Urgeles, R. and Locat, J. (2003): Results from Multibeam, Sedimentological and Geotechnical Data of the 'Saguenay Project', In: H. Tremblay, J. Locat and R. Galvez-Cloutier Eds., Transactions of the 2nd International Symposium on Contaminated Sediments, Laval University, Quebec (Canada), pp. 83-89.

Urgeles, R., Canals, M., Masson, D.G. and Gee, M.J.R. (2003): El Hierro: shaping of an oceanic island by mass wasting, In: J. Mienert y P.P.E. Weaver Eds., Atlas of Side-Scan Sonar and Seismic Images of European Margin Sediment Dynamics, Springer-Verlag (Germany), pp. 297-300.

Urgeles, R., Masson, D.G., Canals, M., Watts, A.B., Le Bas, T.P. and Mitchell, N.C. (2003): Giant landslides in La Palma Island, In: J. Mienert y P.P.E. Weaver Eds., Atlas of Side-Scan Sonar and Seismic Images of European Margin Sediment Dynamics, Springer-Verlag (Germany), pp. 301-304.

Tremblay, H., Locat, J., Urgeles, R. (2001): Géodynamique littorale de la couche diluvienne de 1996, Baie des Ha! Ha!, fjord du Saguenay, Québec, Canada, In: Long, B. Ed., Proceedings of the Canadian Coastal Conference, Canadian Coastal Science and Engineering Association, Quebec (Canada), pp. 507-522

Duchesne, M. J., Urgeles, R., Long, B. F. and Locat, J. (2001): Geomorphology and slope instability features in the Outardes delta area, Quebec, Canada, In: Proceedings of the 54^th Canadian Geotechnical Conference, Canadian Geotechnical Society, Calgary (Canada), pp. 371-378.

Locat, P., Locat, J., Leroueil, S., Urgeles, R., Hart, B. and Long, B. (2001): Caractérisation préliminaire du glissement sous-marin de la Pointe-du-Fort, Fjord du Saguenay, Québec, Canada, In: Proceedings of the 54^th Canadian Geotechnical Conference, Canadian Geotechnical Society, Calgary (Canada), pp. 752-759.

Martin, F., Konrad, J.-M., Locat, J., Locat, P., Urgeles R. and Lee, H. J. (2001): Caracteristiques geotechniques et analyse du potentiel de liquefaction des sediments recents et post-glaciaires du fjord du Saguenay, Québec (Canada), In: Proceedings of the 54^th Canadian Geotechnical Conference, Canadian Geotechnical Society, Calgary (Canada), pp. 776-783.

Urgeles, R., Locat, J., Lee, H. J., Martin, F. and Konrad J.-M. (2001): The Saguenay Fjord: Integrating marine geotechnical and geophysical data for spatial slope stability hazard analysis, In: Proceedings of the 54^th Canadian Geotechnical Conference, Canadian Geotechnical Society, Calgary (Canada), pp. 768-775.

Canals, M., Casamor, J.L., Urgeles, R., Lastras, G., Calafat, A.M., De Batist, M., Masson, D.G., Berné, S., Alonso B. and Hughes Clarke, J.E. (2000): The Ebro continental margin, Western Mediterranean Sea: Interplay between canyon-channel systems and mass wasting processes, In: Proceedings of the 20^th Annual Bob F. Perkins Research Conference, Deep-Water Reservoirs of the World, Society for Sedimentary Geology, Houston, Texas (USA), CD-ROM, 8pp.

Locat, J., Urgeles, R., Schmitt, T., Houareau, L., Martin, F., Hill, P., Long, B., Simpkin, P., Kammerer, E. and Sanfaçon, R. (2000): The morphological signature of natural disasters in the Upper Saguenay Fjord area, Québec, Canada. In: Proceedings of the 53^rd Canadian Geotechnical Conference, Canadian Geotechnical Society, Montreal (Canada), pp. 109-116.

Schmitt, T., Locat, J., Kammerer, E., Hill, P., Long, B., Clarke J.H. and Urgeles R. (2000): Analysis of the evolution of the reflectivity of sediments settled during the 1996 flood in the Saguenay Fjord, using the SIMRAD EM1000 multibeam sonar, Proceedings of the Canadian Hydrographic Conference 2000, Canadian Hydrographic Service, Montreal (Canada), CD-ROM 8 pp.

-Maps:

Canals, M., Casamor, J.L., Urgeles, R., Farrán, M., Estrada, F., Amblàs, D., Arnau, P., Calafat, A.M., Colàs, S., Lastras, G., Sànchez, A. and Willmott, V. (2004): Mapa del relleu submarí de Catalunya 1:200.000, Institut Cartogràfic de Catalunya.

9- MAIN RESEARCH PROJECTS:

	Project name and acronym: Multidisciplinary Research Consortium on Gradual and Abrupt Climate Changes and their Impacts on the Environment (GRACCIE). Ref. number: CSD2007-00067 Period: 2007-2012 Financing Institution: Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación Program: Programa Nacional de Ciencia y Tecnología Marinas Principal Investigator: Joan Grimalt Obrador (CSIC) Partners: Institute of Chemical and Environmental Research of Barcelona - CSIC (E), Pyrenaic Institute of Ecology - CSIC (E), Center for Advanced Studies of Balnes - CSIC (E), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (F), Energy, environmental and Technological Research Centre (E), Bosch i Gimpera Foundation (Universitey of Barcelona) (E), Foundation Center for Environmental Studies of the Mediterranean (E), Catalan Institution for Research and Advanced Studies (E), Andalusian Institute for Earth Sciences (CSIC - University of Granada) (E), Institute of Earth Sciences 'Jaume Almera' - CSIC (E), National Museum for Natural Sciiences - CSIC (E), Atmospheric Observatory of Izaña (E), Scientific Park of Barcelona (E), The JRC Institute for Environment and Sustainability (I), Unite Mixte de Recherche CEA-CNRS (F), Autonmous University of Barcelona (E), Complutense University of Madrid (E), University of A Coruña(E), University of Alcalá de Henares (E), University of Alicante (E), University of Barcelona (E), Bern University (CH), University of Cádiz (E), University of Cantabria (E), University of Granada (E), University of Huelva (E), University of Oviedo (E), University of Salamanca (E), University of Vigo (E), Miguel Hernández University (E), Plitechnical University of Catalonia (E).	5.413.000,00 €
	Project name and acronym: TSUMOSLIDE—submarine landSLIDEs and TSUnami MOdeling on the margins of the Mediterranean Sea Marie Curie Actions—Intra-European Fellowships (IEF) Ref. number: PIEF-GA-2008-219188 Period: 2009-2010 Financing Institution: European Union Program: Human Capital and Mobility Principal Investigator: Roger Urgeles Esclasans (University of Barcelona) Partners: University of Barcelona (E).	150.235,05 €
	Project name and acronym: Evolución de la DINámica SEDimentaria en márgenes continentales durante cambios de régimen climático. (EDINSED3D). Ref. number: Ref. CTM2007-64880/MAR Period: 2007-2009 Financing Institution: Ministerio de Educación y Ciencia Program: Programa Nacional de Ciencia y Tecnología Marinas Principal Investigator: Roger Urgeles Esclasans (University of Barcelona) Partners: University of Barcelona (E), University of Aberdeen (UK), National Oceanography Centre-Southampton (UK).	58.000,00 €
	Project name and acronym: Tsunami Risk ANd Strategies For the European Region (TRANSFER). Ref. number: FP6-SUSTDEV-037058 Period: 2006-2009 Financing Institution: European Union Program: Sustainable development, global change and ecosystems Principal Investigator: Stefano Tinti (University of Bologna) Partners: Alma Mater Studiorum-Università di Bologna (I), Universidad de Cantabria (E), Statens Kartverk (N), World Agency of Planetary Monitoring and Earthquake Risk Reduction (CH), Orta Dogu Teknik Universitesi (TR), Universitat de Barcelona (E), D'Appolonia S.p.A. (I), Foundation for Research and Technology Hellas (GR), Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia (I), University of Pau (F), Commission of the European Communities - Directorate General Joint Research Centre (I), GeoForschungsZentrum Potsdam (D), Università degli Studi di Roma "La Sapienza" (I), University of Istanbul (TR), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (F), The Geophysical Institute of Israel (IL), Hellenic Centre for Marine Research (GR), Norges Geotekniske Institutt (N), Fundação da Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa (P), United Nations University Institute for Environment and Human Security (D), Centro Nacional de Informacion Geografica (E), National Observatory of Athens (GR), Puertos del Estado (E), AMRA Scarl (I), Commissariat à l'Energie Atomique (F), Natural Environment Research Council (UK), Icelandic Meteorological Office (IC), Bogazici Universitesi (TR), Eidgenoessische Technische Hochschule Zuerich (CH)	96.960,00 €.
	Project name and acronym: Registro Sedimentario de la Evolución del Casquete Antártico Oriental y del Cambio Paleoceanográfico Durante el Cenozoico: Estudio del Cambio Climático en la Antártida Mediante un Esfuerzo Integrado Nacional e Internacional en el Contexto del Año Internacional Polar (SEDCLIM). Ref. number: POL2006-07266 Period: 2006-2008 Financing Institution: Ministerio de Educación y Ciencia Program: Programa Nacional de Biodiversidad, ciencias de la tierra y cambio global Principal Investigator: Carlota Escutia Dotti (University of Granada) Partners: University of Granada (E), University of Barcelona (E), Autonomous University of Barcelona (E), Salamanca University (E), Institut de Ciencies del Mar-CSIC (E), University of Bourdeaux (F), Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia (I), Istituto Nazionale di Oceanografia e di Geofisica Sperimentale (I), University of Nebraska-Lincoln (USA), Queens College-New York (USA), Lamont Doherty Earth Observatory (USA) Wesleyan University, Middletown (USA)	40.000,00 €
	Project name and acronym: Desarrollo de un Sistema Sedimentario Dominado por Corrientes de Hielo: El Margen Continental Meridional de las Islas Svalbard (Oceano Ártico) (SVAIS). Ref. number: POL2006-07390 Period: 2006-2008 Financing Institution: Ministerio de Educación y Ciencia Program: Programa Nacional de Biodiversidad, ciencias de la tierra y cambio global Principal Investigator: Angelo Camerlenghi (ICREA-University of Barcelona) Partners: University of Barcelona (E), Institut de Ciencies del Mar-CSIC (E), Salamanca University (E), Istituto Nazionale di Oceanografia e di Geofisica Sperimentale (I), University of Tromsø (N).	225.000,00 €
	Project name and acronym: Estudio integrado de cañones y taludes profundos del Mediterráneo Occidental: Un hábitat esencial - GEO. Ref. number: CTM2006-13798-C02-01 Period: 2006-2007 Financing Institution: Ministerio de Educación y Ciencia Program: Programa Nacional de Ciencia y Tecnología Marinas Principal Investigator: Miquel Canals Artigas (University of Barcelona) Partners: University of Barcelona (E).	6.000,00 €
	Project name and acronym: 2006 - 2007. Assessorament i investigació aplicada en el camp de la geologia. Ref. number: FBG304096 Period: 2006-2007 Financing Institution: CSIC Principal Investigator: Roger Urgeles Esclasans (University of Barcelona) Partners: University of Barcelona (E)	5.000,00 €
	Project name and acronym: Perforación científica oceánica aplicada al riesgo de deslizamientos submarinos. Ref. number: CTM2006-27150-E Period: 2006 Financing Institution: Ministerio de Educación y Ciencia Program: Programa Nacional de Ciencia y Tecnología Marinas Principal Investigator: Angelo Camerlenghi (ICREA-University of Barcelona) Partners: University of Barcelona (E), Institut de Ciencies del Mar-CSIC (E).	3.000,00 €
	Project name and acronym: Mass-wasting processes along the Ebro margin: Integration of academic and industrial data. Financing Institution: British Gas BV Principal Investigator: Roger Urgeles Esclasans (University of Barcelona) Partners: University of Barcelona (E)	-- €
	Project name and acronym: EOLICAT Ref. number: 303682 Period: 2005-2006 Financing Institution: Departament de Treball i Indústria de la Generalitat de Catalunya Principal Investigator: Miquel Canals Artigas (University of Barcelona) Partners: University of Barcelona (E), STARLAB (E), Institut de Navegació de Barcelona (E), GTD (E).	111.736,61 €
	Project name and acronym: Participación en el Integrated Ocean Drilling Program Leg 308: Procesos de sobrepresión, flujo de fluidos e inestabilidad del talud continental en el Golfo de Méjico. Ref. number: CGL2005-24154-E Period: 2005-2006 Financing Institution: Ministerio de Educación y Ciencia Program: Programa Nacional de Biodiversidad, ciencias de la tierra y cambio global Principal Investigator: Roger Urgeles Esclasans (University of Barcelona) Partners: University of Barcelona (E).	11.000,00 €
	Project name and acronym: Participacion en Integrated Ocean Drilling Program Leg 307: Perforacion del Monticulos Carbonate de Porcupine Seabight. Ref. number: CGL2005-23744-E Period: 2005-2006 Financing Institution: Ministerio de Educación y Ciencia Program: Programa Nacional de Biodiversidad, ciencias de la tierra y cambio global Principal Investigator: Ben De Mol(University of Barcelona) Partners: University of Barcelona (E), Centre d'Investigació i Desenvolupament-CSIC (E).	10.000,00 €
	Project name and acronym: Submarine Mass Movements and Their Consequences Ref. number: IGCP-511 Period: 2005-2009 Financing Institution: UNESCO Program: International Geological Correlation Program Principal Investigator: Jacques Locat (Laval University), Jürgen Mienert (University of Tromsø), Roger Urgeles (University of Barcelona) Partners: ~100 researchears from ~20 countries	18.900,00 €
	Project name and acronym: Hot Spot Ecosystem Research on the Margins of the European Seas (HERMES) Ref. number: GOCE-CT-2005-511234-1 Period: 2005-2008 Financing Institution: EU Program: Sustainable development, Global Ghange and Ecosystems Principal Investigator: P.P.E. Weaver (National Oceanography Centre) Partners: NERC/National Oceanography Centre Southampton (UK), IFREMER (F),Royal NIOZ (NL), University of Barcelona (E), Hellenic Centre for Marine Research (GR), IFM-GEOMAR (D), CNR-ISMAR (I), Alfred Wegner Institute (D), University of Tromsø (N), National University of Ireland Galway (EI), University of Erlangen (D), University of Gent (B), CSIC (E), CoNISMa (I), Max Planck Institute (D), CNRS-CEFREM (F), Instituto Hidrografico (P), International University Bremen (D), University of Bremen (D), University of Wales (UK), Institute of Marine Research (N), University of Goteborg (S), University of Southampton (UK), OGS (I), University of Birmingham (UK), Netherlands Institute for Ecology (NL), University of Aberdeen (UK), University of Liverpool (UK), DEU Institute of Marine Science and Technology (TK), Scottish Association for Marine Science (UK), University of Aveiro (P), GeoEcoMar (RO), Intergovermental Oceanographic Commision/UNESCO, University of Pierre and Marie Curie (F), University Bretagne Occidentale (F), Institut Scientifique Rabat (MO), Challenger Oceanic (UK), Volcanic Basin Petroleum Research (N), Praesentis (E), Median (E), MMCD (D), Olex AS (N), ArchimediX (D), Proteus (F), Jobin Yvon (E)	815.000,00 €
	Project name and acronym: Management of the Italian participation in the Integrated Ocean Drilling Program (IODP). Ref. number: 303698 Period: 2005-2006 Financing Institution: Istituto Nazionale di Oceanografia e di Geofisica Sperimentale Principal Investigator: Angelo Camerlenghi (ICREA-University of Barcelona) Partners: University of Barcelona (E)	10.500,00 €
	Project name and acronym: Localización de depósitos arenosos en el fondo marino de la plataforma continental de Barcelona y zonas próximas. Ref. number: 303367 Period: 2005 Financing Institution: Autoritat Portuària de Barcelona Principal Investigator: M. Canals Artigas (University of Barcelona) Partners: University of Barcelona (E)	58.824,00 €
	Project name and acronym: 2005 - 2005. Asesoramiento para el reconocimiento estratégico complementario de los fondos marinos entre Mallorca e Ibiza, y entre Ibiza y Formentera. Ref. number: 303242 Period: 2005 Financing Institution: Endesa Distribución Eléctrica, S.L. Principal Investigator: M. Canals Artigas (University of Barcelona) Partners: University of Barcelona (E)	37.931,00 €
	Project name and acronym: Batimetria y geologia de los fondos marinos situados entre Ibiza y Mallorca. Ref. number: 303040 Period: 2004 Financing Institution: Mantenimientos, ayuda a la explotación y servicios, S.A. (MAESSA) Principal Investigator: M. Canals Artigas (University of Barcelona) Partners: University of Barcelona (E)	68.966,00 €
	Project name and acronym: Research Training Network on EUROpean Deep Ocean Margins (EURODOM) Ref. number: RTN2-2001-00281 Period: 2002-2006 Financing Institution: EU Program: Human capital and mobility Principal Investigator: M. Canals Artigas (University of Barcelona) Partners: University of Barcelona (E), Institut Français de Recherche pour l'Exploitation de la Mer (F), Friedrich Alexander Universitaet Erlangen (D), National Centre for Marine Research (GR), University of Tromsoe (N) Istituto Nazionale di Oceanografia e di Geofisica Sperimentale (I),University of Gent (B), Southampton Oceanography Centre (UK).	1.451.552,00 €
	Project name and acronym: Estabilidad del Talud Continental en los Margenes Pasivos de Europa (SPACOMA). Programa EUROCORES-EUROMARGINS de la ESF SPACOMA, ref. 01-LEC-EMA14F Ref. number: REN2002-11217-E MAR Period: 2003-2006 Financing Institution: Comisión Interministerial de Ciencia y Tecnología (CICYT) Program: Programa Nacional de Recursos Naturales Principal Investigator: M. Canals Artigas (University of Barcelona) Partners: University of Barcelona (E), University of Tromsoe (N), University of Bergen (N), University of Oslo (N), Norwegian Geotechnical Institute (N), Scott Polar Research Institute - University of Cambridge (UK), Alfred Wegener Institut fuer Polar und Meeresforschung (D), Instituto Español de Oceanografía (E).	75.000,00 €
	Project name and acronym: Los Margenes del Mediterraneo Occidental: Interaccion entre Procesos Someros y Profundos. Procesos y Productos Sedimentarios Recientes y Subrecientes a lo largo de un Transecto Meridiano desde el Sur de Baleares a Argelia (WEST-MED). Programa EUROCORES-EUROMARGINS de la ESF WEST-MED, ref. 01-LEC-EMA22F Ref. number: REN2002-11216-E MAR Period: 2003-2006 Financing Institution: Comisión Interministerial de Ciencia y Tecnología (CICYT) Program: Programa Nacional de Recursos Naturales Principal Investigator: M. Canals Artigas (University of Barcelona) Partners: University of Barcelona (E), Institut de Ciències de la Terra - Centre Mediterrani d’ Inv. Marines i Ambientals - CSIC (E), Instituto Andaluz de Ciencias dde la Tierra – CSIC (E), Geosciences Azur (F), University Pierre et Marie Curie (F), Utrecht University (N), Vrije University (NL), GEOMAR (D), University of Rome (I), Institute of Geosciences and Georesources (I).	47.000,00 €
	Project name and acronym: Field trip to Teide and El Hierro. Ref. number: 302618 Period: 2003 Financing Institution: Statoil Principal Investigator: M. Canals Artigas (University of Barcelona) Partners: University of Barcelona (E), Southampton Oceanography Centre (UK)	30.000,00 €
	Project name and acronym: Profiles across Mediterranean Sedimentary systems. Part 1 (PROMESS-1) Ref. number: EVR1-CT-2002-40024 Period: 2002-2006 Financing Institution: EU Program: Energy, Environment and Sustainable Development Principal Investigator: S. Berné (IFREMER) Partners: Institut Française de Recherche pour l'Exploitation de la Mer – IFREMER (F), Istituto di Geologia Marina - CNR (I), Istituto di Biologia del Mare – CNR (I), British Geological Survey (UK), Institut für Geowissenschaftliche Gemeinschaftsaufgaben (D), University of Salamanca (E), Université de Bretagne Occidentale (F), University of Bremen (D), University of Barcelona (E), Institute of Arctic and Alpine Research (USA), University of Colorado (USA), Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory (USA), Columbia University (USA), University of Lyon 1 -CNRS JRU 2158 (F), Centre d’Investigació i Desenvolupament – CSIC (E).	1.548.773,00 €
	Project name and acronym: European Margin Strata Formation (EUROSTRATAFORM) Ref. number: EVK3-CT-2002-00079 Period: 2002-2005 Financing Institution: EU Program: Energy, Environment and Sustainable Development Principal Investigator: P.P.E. Weaver (Southampton Oceanography Centre) Partners: Southampton Oceanography Centre (UK), University of Southampton (UK), University of Leeds (UK), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (F), Universite de Droit, d'Economie et des Sciences d'Aix Marseille III (F), Institut de Radioprotection et de Surete Nucleaire (F), Stichting Nederlands Instituut voor Onderzoekder Zee (NL), Delft University of Technology (NL), University of Barcelona (E), Institut de Ciencies del Mar-CSIC (E), Consiglio Nazional delle Recherche – CNR (I),University of Tromsoe (N), University of Bergen (N), Institut Francais de Recherche pour l'Exploitation de la Mer – IFREMER (F), Universite de Bretagne Occidentale (F), Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland (DK), International University Bremen (D), Instituto Superior Tecnico (P), Instituto Hidrografico (P)
	Project name and acronym: Prodeltas del Mediterráneo español: estudio integrado (PRODELTA) Ref. number: REN2002-02323 Period: 2002-2005 Financing Institution: Comisión Interministerial de Ciencia y Tecnología (CICYT) Program: Programa Nacional de Recursos Naturales Principal Investigator: M. Canals Artigas (University of Barcelona) Partners: University of Barcelona (E).	105.200,00 €
	Project name and acronym: TRANSecto CLIMático Interhemisférico: Compresión de los Cambios Oceanográficos y Climáticos Rápidos en Iberia durante los Dos Últimos Ciclos Glaciales-Interglaciales. Ref. number: REN2002-01958 Period: 2002-2005 Financing Institution: Comisión Interministerial de Ciencia y Tecnología (CICYT) Program: Programa Nacional de Recursos Naturales Principal Investigator: Rainer Zahn (University of Barcelona) Partners: University of Barcelona (E), Centre d'Investigació i Desenvolupament-CSIC (E).	98.000,00 €
	Project name and acronym: European coordination on Mediterranean and Black Sea prodeltas (EURODELTA) Ref. number: EVK3-CT-2001-20001 Period: 2001-2004 Financing Institution: EU Program: Energy, Environment and Sustainable Development Principal Investigator: F. Trincardi (Istituto di Geologia Marina, Bologna) Partners: Consiglio Nazionale delle Richerche - Istituto di Geologia Marina (I), Southampton Oceanography Centre (GB), University of Barcelona (E),University of Perpignan (F), University of Gent (B), University of Utrecht (NL), University of Bremen (D), University of Tromso (N), University of Aix-Marseille (F), Royal Holloway and Bedford New College (GB), National Centre for Marine Research (GR) University of Delft (N), Institut Française de Recherche pour l'Exploitation de la Mer (IFREMER) (F), National Institute of Marine Geology and Geo-ecology (RO).	100.982,00 €
	Project name and acronym: Advanced mapping with sonar and video (AMASON) Ref. number: EVK3-CT-2001-00059 Period: 2002-2004 Financing Institution: EU Program: Energy, Environment and Sustainable Development Principal Investigator: D. Lane (Heriott Watt University) Partners: Heriott-Watt University (UK), Institut Française de Recherche pour l'Exploitation de la Mer (IFREMER) (F), University of Barcelona (E), Institute of Marine Biology of Crete (GR), National University of Ireland (IR), System Technologies (UK), TRITECH (UK), Informatic Management International Ltd. (IR).	149.869,00 €
	Project name and acronym: Corrientes de hielo y sistemas sedimentarios glacio-marinos del margen pacífico de la Península Antártica (COHIMAR) Ref. number: REN2000-0896 ANT Period: 2000-2003 Financing Institution: Secretaría de Estado de Educación, Universidades, Investigación y Desarrollo Program: Programa Nacional de Recursos Naturales Principal Investigator: A. M. Calafat Frau (University of Barcelona) Partners: University of Barcelona (E).	74.765,91 €
	Project name and acronym: A Canadian Contribution to the study of Continental Slope Stability Canada (COSTA-Canada) Ref. number: CRO-234277-00 Period: 2001-2004 Financing Institution: NSRC - Natural Science and Engineering Research Council of Canada Program: Research grant Principal Investigator: Jacques Locat (Laval University) Partners: Université Laval (CAN), University of Victoria (CAN), University of British Columbia (CAN), McGill University (CAN), University of New Brunswick (CAN), United States Geological Survey (USA), INRS-Géoressources (CAN), Geological Survey of Canada-Atlantic (CAN), Dalhousie University (CAN), Memorial University of Newfoundland (CAN).	1.055.256,54 €
	Project name and acronym: Continental slope stability (COSTA) Ref. number: EVK3-CT-1999-00006 Period: 2000-2002 Financing Institution: EU Program: Energy, Environment and Sustainable Development Principal Investigator: Jürgen Mienert (Tromsoe University) Partners: University of Tromsoe (N), Institut Française de Recherche pour l'Exploitation de la Mer (IFREMER) (F), Southampton Oceanography Centre (UK), Istituto di Geologia Marina (I), University of Barcelona (E), British Geological Survey (UK), University of Bergen (N), and University of Oslo (N).	360.000,00 €
	Project name and acronym: Saguenay post-déluge Ref. number: STP201981 Period: 1998-2001 Financing Institution: NSRC - Natural Science and Engineering Research Council of Canada Program: Research grant Principal Investigator: Jacques Locat (Laval University) Partners: Université Laval (CAN), McGill University (CAN), Université du Québec (CAN), Institut National de la Recherche Scientifique (CAN).	92.315,45 €
	Project name and acronym: Procesos de inestabilidad sedimentaria en márgenes continentales e insulares españoles: Los megadeslizamientos del Ebro y de Canarias (GRANDES). Ref. number: MAR98-0347 Period: 1998-2001 Financing Institution: Comisión Interministerial de Ciencia y Tecnología (CICYT) Program: Programa Nacional de Ciencia y Tecnología Marinas Principal Investigator: M. Canals Artigas (University of Barcelona) Partners: University of Barcelona (E).	92.315,46 €
	Project name and acronym: Obtención de testigos de roca y sedimento en los mares septentrionales de la Península Antártica: Contribuciones al conocimiento de la evolución geológica regional (COREBRAP). Participación en una campaña del BAS con el RRS 'James Clark Ross'. Ref. number: ANT97-1958-E Period: 1997-1998 Financing Institution: Comisión Interministerial de Ciencia y Tecnología (CICYT) Program: Programa Nacional de Investigación en la Antártida Principal Investigator: M. Canals Artigas (University of Barcelona) Partners: University of Barcelona (E), British Antarctic Survey (UK).	10.036,90 €
	Project name and acronym: Evolución geológica del margen pacífico de la Antártida Occidental: Expansión del fondo oceánico y Tectónica de Placas Ref. number: ANT95-0889-C02-01 Period: 1995-1996 Financing Institution: Comisión Interministerial de Ciencia y Tecnología (CICYT) Program: Programa Nacional de Investigación en la Antártida Principal Investigator: M. Canals Artigas (University of Barcelona) Partners: University of Barcelona (E).	99.768,01 €
	Project name and acronym: Márgenes continentales y cuencas profundas: registro sedimentario de la variabilidad paleoambiental y paleoclimática (MAYC) Ref. number: AMB95-0196 Period: 1995-1997 Financing Institution: Comisión Interministerial de Ciencia y Tecnología (CICYT) Program: Programa Nacional de Medio Ambiente y Recursos Naturales Principal Investigator: B. Alonso (C.S.I.C.) Partners: Institut de Ciencies del Mar-CSIC (E), University of Barcelona (E).	259.949,75 €
	Project name and acronym: Sediment transport on European atlantic margins (STEAM) Ref. number: MAS2-CT94-0083 Period: 1993-1995 Financing Institution: EU Program: Specific programme for research and technological developement in the field of marine science and technology. MAST. Principal Investigator: D. G. Masson (Institute of Oceanographic Sciences) Partners: Institute of Oceanographic Sciences (UK), University of Barcelona (E), University of Wales (UK), The Netherlands Geological Survey (NL) and the Geological Survey of Portugal (P).	158.235,91 €
	Project name and acronym: Flujos biogeoquímicos y evolución climático-ambiental del Mar Balear-2 Ref. number: AMB94-0706-C02-02 Period: 1994-1995 Financing Institution: Comisión Interministerial de Ciencia y Tecnología (CICYT) Program: Programa Nacional de Medio Ambiente y Recursos Naturales Principal Investigator: M. Canals Artigas (University of Barcelona) Partners: Institut de Ciencies del Mar-CSIC (E), University of Barcelona (E).	28.548,07 €
	Project name and acronym: Registro sedimentario y paleoceanográfico en el Atlántico centro-oriental (CRESCENT) Ref. number: AMB94-0323-CO2-02 Period: 1994-1995 Financing Institution: Comisión Interministerial de Ciencia y Tecnología (CICYT) Program: Programa Nacional de Medio Ambiente y Recursos Naturales Principal Investigator: M. Canals Artigas (University of Barcelona) Partners: Institut de Ciencies del Mar-CSIC (E), University of Barcelona (E),	7.933,35 €
	Project name and acronym: EUROMARGE-Northwestern Mediterranean Ref. number: MAS2-CT93-0053 Period: 1993-1995 Financing Institution: EU Program: Specific programme for research and technological developement in the field of marine science and technology. MAST Principal Investigator: M. Canals Artigas (University of Barcelona) Partners: University of Barcelona (E), Laboratoire de Sédimetologie et Géochimie Marines-CNRS (F), Observatoire Océanologique de Banyuls (F), Institut de Ciéncies del Mar-CSIC in Barcelona (E), Centre d'Estudis Avançats de Blanes (E), University of Edinburgh (UK), Laboratoire de Géosciences de l'Environement-CNRS (F), Universitá di Bologna (I), University College Galway (Ir), Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (E), Université de Neuchâtel (CH).	251.912,66 €

10- CONGRESS ORGANIZATION ACTIVITIES:

	4th Intenational Symposium on Submarine Mass Movements and Their Consequences, Austin TX (USA), 8-11 October/09. Advisory comitte (with J. Locat and J. Mienert)
	International Conference on Seafloor Mapping for Geohazard Assessment, Ischia (Italy), 11-13 May/09. Convenor of session on ·Relationship between geomorphic features and mass wasting processes·
	33rd International Geological Congress, Oslo (Norway), 6-14 August/08 Co-convenor and chairman of session OSP-03 "Ocean margin and ocean island sediment mass movements and their consequences: Where? When? Why?" with Locat, J., Mienert, J., Solheim, A., Lykousis, V.
	3rd Intenational Symposium on Submarine Mass Movements and Their Consequences, Santorini (Greece), 1-3 October/07. Advisory comitte (with J. Locat and J. Mienert)
	European Geosciences Union 2007, Viena (Austria), 15-20 April/07. Convenor and co-chairman of session SSP06 "Submarine Mass Movements and their Consequences" with Locat, J., Mienert, J., Solheim, A., Krastel, S.
	Scientific Ocean Drilling Behind the Assessment from Submarine Slides 2006, Barcelona (Spain), 25-27 October/06 Organizing (with Camerlenghi, A. and Ercilla, G.) and scientific (with Andreassen, K., Anselmetti, F., Brückmann,W, Camerlenghi, A., Gràcia, E., Sultan, N., Terrinha, P., Weaver, P.P.E.) comitees
	European Geosciences Union 2006, Viena (Austria), 2-7 April/06. Convenor and co-chairman of session SSP19 "Submarine Mass Movements and their Consequences" with Locat, J., Mienert, J., Solheim, A., Krastel, S.
	European Geosciences Union 2005, Viena (Austria), 24-29 April/05. Co-chairman of session GM-9 "Submarine Erosion" with Mitchell N.C.
	32nd International Geological Congress, Florence (Italy), 20-28 August/04 Co-chairman of session T25.02 "Seafloor Imaging" with Cormier, M. H.

11-ABSTRACTS AND PARTICIPATION IN CONFERENCES:

Urgeles, R.; Fantoni, L.; Camerlenghi, A. (2008): A data base on submarine landslides of the Mediterranean Sea, 33rd International Geological Congress, Abstract OSP03321P, Oslo, NORWAY

Urgeles, R.; Locat, J.; Flemings, P.B.; Dugan, B.; Binh, N.T.T.; Sawyer, D.E. (2008): Factors leading to slope instability in the Ursa Basin, gulf of Mexico continental slope, 33rd International Geological Congress, Abstract OSP03416L, Oslo, NORWAY

Urgeles, R.; De Mol, B.; Camerlenghi, A. (2008): Controls on canyon formation and evolution: The Ebro margin, 33rd International Geological Congress, Abstract EUR15811P, Oslo, NORWAY

Camerlenghi, A.; Amblas , D.; Cacho, I.; Calafat , T.; Canals , M.; Casamor , J.L.; Costa , S.; De Mol , B.; Frigola , J.; Iglesias , O.; Lafuerza, S.; Lastras, G.; Lavoie , C.; Liquete , C.; Lucchi , R.G.; Pedrosa, M.; Urgeles , R.; Grimalt , J.; Bárcena , M.Á.; Colmenero , E.; Flores, J.A.; Sierro, F.J.; Caburlotto , A.; Grossi, M.; Michele, R.; Winsborrow, M.; Andreassen, K.; Mienert, J. (2008): Preliminary report of the SVAIS Cruise 2007. Marine sedimentary record of the Storfjiorden paleo ice stream, 33rd International Geological Congress, Abstract HPQ04805P, Oslo, NORWAY

Schneider, J.; Flemings, P.; Long, H.; Dugan, B.; Germaine, J.; Saffer, D.; IODP Expedition 308 Shipboard Scientific Party (incl. Urgeles, R.) (2008). Pore pressure prediction near the seafloor in the Brazos-Trinity Basin, Gulf of Mexico, Overpressure 2008: Present and Future Challenges – A Research Conference, Dueham, UNITED KINGDOM.

Binh, N.T.T.; Tokunaga, T.; Flemings, P .; Sawyer, D.; Urgeles, R.; IODP Expedition 308 Shipboard Scientific Party (2008). A study on the evolution of shallow overpressure in the Ursa Basin, deepwater Gulf of Mexico by 3D basin modelling. Overpressure 2008: Present and Future Challenges – A Research Conference, Dueham, UNITED KINGDOM.

Dugan, B.; Felmings, P.B.; Urgeles, R.; Sawyer, D.; Iturrino, G.J.; Moore, J.C.; Schneider, J. (2007): Physical Properties of Mass Transport Complexes in the Ursa Region, Northern Gulf of Mexico (IODP Expedition 308) determined from log, core and seismic data, Offshore Technology Conference 2007, Houston, TX, UNITED STATES

Long, H.; Flemings, P.B.; Germaine, J.; Dugan, B.; Sawyer, D.; Shipboard Scientific Party, IODP Expedition 308 (incl Urgeles, R.): In Situ Pore Pressure at IODP Site U1324, Ursa Basin, Gulf of Mexico
Offshore Technology Conference 2007, Houston, TX, UNITED STATES

Camerlenghi, A.; Urgeles, R.; Ercilla, G.; Participants to the ESF Magellan Workshop (2007). Scientific ocean drilling behind the assessment of geo-hazards from submarine slides. Presentation of comunication, GeoItalia 2007 - VI Forum Italiano di Scienze della Terra, Rimini, ITALY.

Urgeles, R. (2007). Recurrence of Slope Instability Phenomena on Continental Margins. Invited conference, Addressing Geologic Hazards Through Ocean Drilling Workshop: An IODP International Workshop, Portland, OR, UNITED STATES.

Urgeles, R.; Locat, J.; Dugan, B. (2007). Recursive failure of the Gulf of Mexico continental slope: timing and causes. Presentation of comunication, 3rd Intenational Symposium on Submarine Mass Movements and Their Consequences, Santorini, GREECE.

Saito, H.; Takano, Y.; Suzuki, N.; IODP Expedition 308 Scientists (incl. Urgeles, R.) (2007). Distribution of bacteriohopanetetrol and fluid circulation in slope sediments, Gulf of Mexico, IODP Exp. 308. Presentation of comunication, 23rd International Meeting on Organic Geochemistry, Torquay, UNITED KINGDOM.

Urgeles, R.; Locat, J.; Flemings, P.B.; Behrmann, J.; John, C.M.; Expedition 308 Shipboard Scientific Party (2007). Mechanisms leading to overpressure and slope instability in the Gulf of Mexico continental slope. Presentation of comunication, 2007 European Geoscience Union General Assembly. Geophysical Research Abstracts, Vol. 9, EGU2007-A-00457, 2007 , Viena, AUSTRIA.

Amblas, D.; Gerber, T.; Canals, M.; Urgeles, R.; Lastras, G.; Calafat, A.M. (2007). Controls on submarine erosion in the Valencia Channel Turbiditic System, NW Mediterranean Basin. Poster, 2007 European Geoscience Union General Assembly. Geophysical Research Abstracts, Vol. 9, EGU2007-A-08138, 2007 , Viena, AUSTRIA.

Urgeles, R.; Camerlenghi, A.; Ercilla, G. (2007). Scientific ocean drilling behind the assessment of geo-hazards from submarine slides. Poster, 2007 European Geoscience Union General Assembly. Geophysical Research Abstracts, Vol. 9, EGU2007-A-08916, 2007 , Viena, AUSTRIA.

Amblas, D.; Gerber, T.; Canals, M.; Urgeles, R.; Lastras, G.; Pratson, L.F. (2006). Margin shape response to changes in submarine turbiditic systems, the case of the NE Iberian margin, NW Mediterranean Basin. Poster, American Geophysical Union (AGU) Fall meeting . Eos Trans. AGU, 87(52), Fall Meet. Suppl., Abstract OS23A-1636, San Francisco, California, UNITED STATES.

Volpi, V.; Amblas, D.; Canals, M.; Camerlenghi, A.; Rebesco, M.; Urgeles, R. (2006). Recent To Late Neogene Instabilities On The Deep Pacific Margin Of The Antarctic Peninsula. Poster, American Geophysical Union 2006 Fall meeting. Eos Trans. AGU, 87(52), Fall Meet. Suppl., Abstract OS34C-07, San Francisco, CA, UNITED STATES.

Shumnyk, A.; Flemings, P.B.; Behrmann, J.; John, C.; IODP Expedition 308 Shipboard Scientific Party (incl. Urgeles, R.) (2006). High-resolution calcareous nannofossil biostratigraphy of high-energy sediments from the Ursa and Brazos-Trinity minibasins (Gulf of Mexico) during the latest Quaternary: preliminary results from IODP Expedition 308. Presentation of comunication, American Association of Petroleum Geologists 2006 Annual Convention, Houston, TX, UNITED STATES.

Sawyer, D.E.; Shipp, C.; Flemings, P.B.; Behrmann, J.H.; John, C.M.; IODP Expedition 308 Shipboard Scientific Party (incl. Urgeles, R.) (2006). Lateral variations in log, core, and seismic attributes of a mass transport deposit in the Mars-Ursa region, Mississippi Canyon, northern Gulf of Mexico. Presentation of comunication, American Association of Petroleum Geologists 2006 Annual Convention, Houston, TX, UNITED STATES.

Prather, B.E.; Pirmez, C.; O’Byrne, C.J.; Winker, C.D.; Mallarino, G.; Droxler, A.W.; and the IODP Expedition 308 Shipboard Scientific Party (incl. Urgeles, R.) (2006). Stratigraphic evolution of linked basins within the Brazos-Trinity slope system: western Gulf of Mexico. Presentation of comunication, American Association of Petroleum Geologists 2006 Annual Convention, Houston, TX, UNITED STATES.

Sultan, N.; Cattaneo, A.; Urgeles, R.; Trincardi, F.; Berné, S.; Canals, M.; Lafuerza, S. (2006). A geomechanical approach for the genesis of sediment features on the adriatic shelf. Poster, 2006 European Geoscience Union
General Assembly. Geophysical Research Abstracts, Vol. 8, EGU06-A-01549, 2006, Viena, AUSTRIA.

Cattaneo, A.; Dennielou, B.; Sultan, N.; Asioli, A.; Ridente, D.; Trincardi, F.; Vigliotti, L.; Canals, M.; Urgeles, R.; Gelfort, R. (2006). EC-PROMESS1 project: Stratigraphic synthesis and geotechnical characterisation of borehole PRAD2 (Lateglacial-Holocene on the western Adriatic shelf). Poster, 2006 European Geoscience Union General Assembly. Geophysical Research Abstracts, Vol. 8, EGU06-A-07807, 2006, Viena, AUSTRIA.

Pirmez, C.; Prather, B.; O’Byrne, C.; Droxler, A.; Behrmann, J.; Flemings, P.; John, C.; and IODP Expedition 308 Shipboard Scientific Party (incl. Urgeles, R.) (2006). Stratigraphic evolution of Brazos-Trinity Basin IV, Western Gulf of Mexico. Presentation of comunication, 17th International Sedimentological Congress, Fukuoka, JAPAN.

Shumnyk, A.; Flemings, P.B.; Behrmann, J.; John, C.M.; Expedition 308 Shipboard Scientific Party (incl. Urgeles, R.) (2006). Latest quaternary high-resolution nannofossil biostratigraphy from the Ursa and Brazos-Trinity minibasins, Gulf of Mexico: preliminary results from IODP Expedition 308. Presentation of comunication, 11th International Nannoplankton Association Conference, Lincoln, Nebraska, UNITED STATES.

Canals, M.; Lastras. G.; Amblas, D.; Urgeles, R.; Acosta, J.; Casamor, J.L. (2005). Slope Instabilities On The Northeastern Iberian And Balearic Continental Margins: An Overview. Presentation of comunication, Second International Symposium On Submarine Mass Movements And Their Consequences, ISSN 82-92394-22-2; Abstracts and Proceedings of the Geological Society of Norway, 2: 23-24, Oslo, NORWAY.

Urgeles, R.; Leynaud, D.; Lastras, G.; Canals, M.; Mienert, J. (2005). Back-Analysis And Failure Mechanisms Of A Large Submarine Slide On The Ebro Slope, Nw Mediterranean. Presentation of comunication, Second International Symposium On Submarine Mass Movements And Their Consequences. ISSN 82-92394-22-2; Abstracts and Proceedings of the Geological Society of Norway, 2: 88, Oslo, NORWAY.

Lafuerza, S; Canals, M; Sultan, N; Urgeles, R; Frigola, J; Berné, S; Shipboard Scientific Party ( B. Dennielou, A. Cattaneo, E. Colmenero-Hidalgo, J. Gravalosa, D. Ridente, G. Folch, G. Tulloch, H.J. Wallrabe-Adams, R. Gelfort, T. Schoolmeester). (2005). Results from CPTU profiles and core-log data within PROMESS 1: Preliminary multiparameter correlations. Poster, European Geosciences Union (EGU) General Assembly 2005, Vienna, AUSTRIA.

Adatte, T.; John, C.M.; Flemings, P.B.; Behrmann, J.; Expedition 308 Scientific Party (incl. Urgeles, R.) (2005). Overview of the evolution of clay mineralogy in the Gulf of Mexico: implications for regional climate and drainage history of the Mississippi and Brazos-Trinity Rivers. Presentation of comunication, American Geophysical Union 2005 Fall meeting. Eos Trans. AGU, 86(52), Fall Meet. Suppl., Abstract OS21A-1513, San Francisco, CA, UNITED STATES.

Gilhooly, W.P.; Macko, S.A.; Flemings, P.B.; IODP Expedition 308 Scientific Party (incl. Urgeles, R.) (2005). Application of Rhizon Porewater Samplers to Shipboard Operations, IODP Expedition 308, Northeast Gulf of Mexico. Presentation of comunication, American Geophysical Union 2005 Fall meeting. Eos Trans. AGU, 86(52), Fall Meet. Suppl., Abstract OS21A-1512, San Francisco, CA, UNITED STATES.

Pirmez, C.; Behrmann, J.; Flemings, P.B.; John, C.M.; IODP Expedition 308 Shipboard Scientific Party (incl. Urgeles, R.) (2005). Stratigraphic Evolution of Brazos-Trinity Basin IV, Western Gulf of Mexico: Preliminary Results of IODP Expedition 308. Presentation of comunication, American Geophysical Union 2005 Fall meeting. Eos Trans. AGU, 86(52), Fall Meet. Suppl., Abstract OS24A-07, San Francisco, CA, UNITED STATES.

Urgeles, R.; Locat, J.; Flemings, P.; Behrmann, J.; John, C.; Expedition 308 Scientific Party (2005). Triggering Mechanisms of Slope Instability Processes on the Gulf of Mexico Continental Slope: Preliminary Results From IODP Expedition 308. Presentation of comunication, American Geophysical Union 2005 Fall meeting. Eos Trans. AGU, 86(52), Fall Meet. Suppl., Abstract OS24A-06, San Francisco, CA, UNITED STATES.

Gutierrez-Pastor, J.; Pirmez, C.; Flemings, P.B.; Behrmann, J.; John, C.M.; Expedition 308 Scientific Party (incl. Urgeles, R.) (2005). Sedimentologic and Geometric Characterization of Turbidites of Brazos-Trinity Basin IV in the Gulf of Mexico: Preliminary Results of IODP Expedition 308. Poster, American Geophysical Union 2005 Fall meeting. Eos Trans. AGU, 86(52), Fall Meet. Suppl., Abstract OS21A-1517, San Francisco, CA, UNITED STATES.

Iturrino, G.J.; Pirmez, C.; Moore, J.C.; Reichow, M.K.; Dugan, B.E.; Sawyer, D.E.; Flemings, P.B.; Shipboard Scientific Party (incl. Urgeles, R.) (2005). Deformation Analyses and Lithologic Characterization in Overpressured Basins Based on Logging While Drilling and Wireline Results from the Gulf of Mexico. Poster, American Geophysical Union 2005 Fall meeting. Eos Trans. AGU, 86(52), Fall Meet. Suppl., Abstract OS21A-1509, San Francisco, CA, UNITED STATES.

Schneider, J.; Moerz, T.; Bartetzko, A.; Iturrino, G.J.; Edeskar, T.M.; Flemings, P.B.; John, C.M.; Behrmann, J.; Expedition 308 Shipboard Scientific Party (incl. Urgeles, R.) (2005). Examples of Mass Wasting and Hemipelagic Sedimentation of Brazos-Trinity Basin #4 and Ursa Basin, Northern Gulf of Mexico. Poster, American Geophysical Union 2005 Fall meeting. Eos Trans. AGU, 86(52), Fall Meet. Suppl., Abstract OS21A-1516, San Francisco, CA, UNITED STATES.

Franke, C.; Heslop, D.; Fu, Y.; Flemings, P.B.; John, C.M.; Behrmann, J.; Expedition 308 Shipboard Scientific Party (incl. Urgeles, R.) (2005). Towards a Precise Age Model of IODP Holes U1319B and U1320B (Leg 308, Brazos-Trinity Basin IV, Gulf of Mexico) with Paleo- and Rock Magnetic Methods. Poster, American Geophysical Union 2005 Fall meeting. Eos Trans. AGU, 86(52), Fall Meet. Suppl., Abstract OS21A-1515, San Francisco, CA, UNITED STATES.

Jiang, S.; Gilhooly, W.; Takano, Y.; Flemings, P.B.; Behrmann, J.; John, C.M.; Expedition 308 Shipboard Scientific Party (incl. Urgeles, R.) (2005). Pore Water Chemistry as Sensitive Indicators for Fluid Flow in Brazos-Trinity Basin #4 and Ursa Basin, Northeast Gulf of Mexico (IODP Expedition 308). Poster, American Geophysical Union 2005 Fall meeting. Eos Trans. AGU, 86(52), Fall Meet. Suppl., Abstract OS21A-1511, San Francisco, CA, UNITED STATES.

Domack, E.; Canals, M.; Camerlenghi, A.; Gilbert,R.; Amblàs, D.; Calafat, A.M.; Urgeles, R.; De Batist, M.; Casamor J.L.; Rebesco, M. (2004). Complete swath map coverage of the Gerlache-Boyd Strait paleo ice stream: an example of collaborative seafloor mapping in the Antarctic Peninsula. Poster, XXVIII Scientific Comitee on Antarctic research (SCAR) Open Science Conference. Abstract: S11/P08 , Bremen, GERMANY.

Sultan, N.; Berné, S.; Canals, M.; Cattaneo, A.; Frigola, J.; Lafuerza, S.; Trincardi, F.; Urgeles, R. (2005). Experimental study on deformation and strength behaviour of marine sediments from the Adriatic shelf: first results from the PROMESS1 drilling project. Poster, 2005 European Geoscience Union General Assembly. Geophysical Research Abstracts, Vol. 7, EGU05-A-05192, 2005 , Viena, AUSTRIA.

Amblas, D.; Urgeles, R.; Canals, M.; Lastras, G.; Hughes-Clarke, J.E. (2005). Morphogenetic meso-scale analysis of the northeastern Iberian continental margin. Poster, 2005 European Geoscience Union General Assembly. Geophysical Research Abstracts, Vol. 7, EGU05-A-06413, 2005 , Viena, AUSTRIA.

Urgeles, R.; Amblàs, D.; Lastras, D; Canals, M.; Loubrieu, B.; Hughes-Clarke, J.E. (2005). Submarine erosion: Insights from the Eastern Iberian margin. Presentation of comunication, 2005 European Geoscience Union General Assembly. Geophysical Research Abstracts, Vol. 7, EGU05-A-01540, 2005, Viena, AUSTRIA.

Lastras, G.; De Blasio, F.V.; Canals, M.; Elverhøi, A.; Urgeles, R. (2005). Conceptual and numerical modeling of the BIG’95 debris ﬂow, Western Mediterranean Sea. Poster, 2nd International Conference on Submarine Mass Movements and Their Consequences. Norsk Geologisk Forening Abstracts and Proceedings, 2: 52-53, Oslo, NORWAY.

Urgeles, R.; Canals, M.; Masson, D.G.; Carracedo, J.C. (2005). Evolution of the western Canary Islands and adjacent basin from major ﬂank collapses. Poster, 2nd International Conference on Submarine Mass Movements and Their Consequences. Norsk Geologisk Forening Abstracts and Proceedings, 2: 89, Oslo, NORWAY.

Urgeles, R.; De Mol, B.; Liquete, C.; De Batist, M.; Canals, M.; Hughes-Clarke, J.E. (2005). Sediment undulations oﬀ Barcelona’s new port: Signs of early slope instability or bottom current sediment waves?. Poster, 2nd International Conference on Submarine Mass Movements and Their Consequences. Norsk Geologisk Forening Abstracts and Proceedings, 2: 90, Oslo, NORWAY.

Volpi, V.; Rebesco, M.; Amblas, D.; Accettella, D.; Calafat, A.; Camerlenghi, A.; Canals, M.; Diviacco, P.; Farran, M.; Geletti, R.; Lucchi, R.G.; Neagu, C.; Tinivella, U.; Urgeles, R. (2005). Recent to Late Neogene seaﬂoor instabilities on the deep Paciﬁc margin of the Antarctic Peninsula. Poster, 2nd International Conference on Submarine Mass Movements and Their Consequences. Norsk Geologisk Forening Abstracts and Proceedings, 2: 94-95, Oslo, NORWAY.

Sultan, N.; Gaudin, M.; Berné, S.; Baztan, J.; Canals, M.; Urgeles, R.; Lafuerza, S. (2005). Slope failures in submarine canyon heads: example from the Gulf of Lions. Presentation of comunication, 2nd International Conference on Submarine Mass Movements and Their Consequences. Norsk Geologisk Forening Abstracts and Proceedings, 2: 85, Oslo, NORWAY.

Amblas, D.; Canals, M.; Urgeles, R.; Lastras, G.; Hughes-Clarke, J.E. (2005). Morphogenetic Mesoscale Analysis of the Northeastern Iberian Margin, NW Mediterranean. Poster, AGU Fall Meeting, 5-9 December 2005, San Francisco, California, EUA. Eos Trans. AGU, 86(52), Fall Meet. Suppl., Abstract H51C-0392 , San Francisco, UNITED STATES.

Dugan, B.; Flemings, P.B.; Behrmann, J.; John, C.M.; Expedition 308 Shipboard Scientific Party (incl. Urgeles, R.) (2005). Hydrogeology of the Ursa Region, Northern Gulf of Mexico, IODP Expedition 308 Sites U1322 and U1324. Invited talk, American Geophysical Union 2005 Fall meeting. Eos Trans. AGU, 86(52), Fall Meet. Suppl., Abstract OS24A-05, San Francisco, CA, UNITED STATES.

Moore, C.; Dugan, B.; Flemings, P.B.; Iturrino, G.; Sawyer, D.; John, C.M.; Behrmann, J.; Expedition 308 Shipboard Scientific Party (incl. Urgeles, R.) (2005). Geological Consequences of Unequal Loading of Sedimentary Units, at Passive, Transform, and Convergent Margins. Invited talk, American Geophysical Union 2005 Fall meeting. Eos Trans. AGU, 86(52), Fall Meet. Suppl., Abstract OS24A-01, San Francisco, CA, UNITED STATES.

Sawyer, D.E.; Shipp, C.; Flemings, P.B.; Behrmann, J.; John, C.M.; Expedition 308 Scientific Party (incl. Urgeles, R.) (2005). Slope Failure Geometry and Physical Properties at IODP Sites U1322, U1323, and U1324, Ursa Basin, Northeast Gulf of Mexico. Poster, American Geophysical Union 2005 Fall meeting. Eos Trans. AGU, 86(52), Fall Meet. Suppl., Abstract OS21A-1510, San Francisco, CA, UNITED STATES.

Yamamoto, Y.; Sawyer, D.E.; Flemings, P.B.; Behrmann, J.; John, C.M.; Expedition 308 Shipboard Scientific Party (incl. Urgeles, R.) (2005). Fabric contribution to sediment physical properties in Gulf of Mexico: Preliminary Results of IODP Expedition 308. Poster, American Geophysical Union 2005 Fall meeting. Eos Trans. AGU, 86(52), Fall Meet. Suppl., Abstract OS21A-1514, San Francisco, CA, UNITED STATES.

Capus, C.; Coiras, E.; Lane, D.; Lebart, K.; Petillot, Y.; Tena Ruiz, I.; Banks, A.; Smith, C.; Grehan, A.; Canals, M.; Urgeles, R.; Cardew, M.; Jaffray, M.; Wallace, J.; Allais, A.-G.; Rigaud, V. (2004). Automatic evaluation of trawling impacts, sediment stability and coral carbonate mounds using UUVs (AMASON). Presentation of comunication, European Conference on Marine Science and Ocean Technology. European Conference on Marine Science and Ocean Technology, abstract book, 137-138., Galway, IRELAND.

Urgeles, R.; Lastras, G.; Canals, M.; Leynaud, D.; Sultan, N. (2004). Triggering mechanisms of a major debris flow off the Ebro Margin, NW Mediterranean: the BIG’95. Presentation of comunication, 37th Comission Internationale pour l'Exploration de la Mer Méditerranée (CIESM) Congress 7-11 June 2004. . 3th CIESM Congress Proceedings, 71, Barcelona, SPAIN.

Amblas, D.; Canals, M.; Urgeles, R.; Lastras, G.; Hughes-Clarke, J.E. (2004). Sediment drainage pattern in the Catalan Margin, Western Mediterranean Sea: A view from multibeam and high-resolution seismic reflection data. Presentation of comunication, 37th Comission Internationale pour l'Exploration de la Mer Méditerranée (CIESM) Congress. 3th CIESM Congress Proceedings, 4, Barcelona, SPAIN.

Liquete, C.; Urgeles, R.; Canals, M.; Hughes-Clarke, J.E. (2004). Morphologic features of the Maresme continental shelf (NE Barcelona) and their causal sedimentary processes. Presentation of comunication, 37th Comission Internationale pour l'Exploration de la Mer Méditerranée (CIESM) Congress. 3th CIESM Congress Proceedings, 45, Barcelona, SPAIN.

Urgeles, R.; Canals, M.; Locat, J.; Lastras, G.; Hughes-Clarke, J.E.; Amblàs, D. (2004). Multibeam surveys for sedimentary, environmental and hazard assessment. Presentation of comunication, 32nd International Geological Congress. , Florencia, ITALY.

Liquete, C.; Urgeles, R.; Canals, M.; Clarke, J.-H. (2003). High-resolution seafloor morphology and upper sediment cover of the Maresme continental shelf, north of Barcelona. Presentation of comunication, Open Conference on Comparing Mediterranean and Black Sea prodeltas (COMDELTA) , Aix-en-Provence, FRANCE.

Urgeles, R.; Canals, M.; Sultan, N.; Berne, S.; Lastras, G.; Leynaud, D.; Mienert, J. (2003). Shaping of the Ebro Margin by mass wasting. Poster, Ocean Margin Research Conference, 15-17 September. Abstract volume, p. 160, Paris, FRANCE.

Canals, M.; Urgeles, R.; et al. (2003). The European Deep Ocean Margin Research Training Network (EURODOM). Presentation of comunication, Ocean Margin Research Conference , Paris, FRANCE.

Domack, E.; Canals, M.; Camerlenghi, A.; Gilbert,R.; Amblàs, D.; Calafat, A.M.; Urgeles, R.; De Batist, M.; Casamor J.L.; Rebesco, M. (2003). Complete swath map coverage of the Gerlache-Boyd Strait paleo ice stream: an example of collaborative seafloor mapping in the Antarctic Peninsula. Poster, IX International Symposium on Antarctic Earth Sciences, Potsdam, GERMANY.

Geletti, R.; Camerlenghi, A.; Rebesco, M.; Canals, M.; Calafat, A.M.; De Batist, M.; Urgeles, R. (2003). The development of the continental margin of the northern Antarctic Peninsula from high resolution multichannel seismic reflection profiles. Poster, IX International Symposium on Antarctic Earth Sciences, Potsdam, GERMANY.

Lastras. G.; Canals, M.; Urgeles, R. (2003). Lessons from sea-floor and subsea-floor imagery of the BIG'95 debris flow scar and deposit. Poster, First Internacional Symposium on Submarine Mass Movements and Their Consequences; EGS-AGU-EUG Joint Assembly. Geophysical Research Abstracts, V: 5, Nice, FRANCE.

Locat, J.; Martin, F.; Levesque, C.; Locat, P.; Leroueil, S.; Konrad, J.M.; Urgeles, R.; Canals, M.; Duchesne, M.J. (2003). Submarine mass movements in the Upper Saguenay Fjord, (Québec, Canada), triggered by the 1663 earthquake. Presentation of comunication, EGS-AGU-EUG Joint Assembly. Geophysical Research Abstracts, V: 5, Nice, FRANCE.

Urgeles, R.; Lastras, G.; Canals, M.; Willmott, V.; Moreno, A.; Casas, D.; Baraza, J.; Berné, S. (2003). The BIG'95 debris flow and adjacent unfailed sediments in the NW Mediterranean Sea: geotechnical-sedimentological properties and dating. Presentation of comunication, EGS-AGU-EUG Joint Assembly. Geophysical Research Abstracts, V: 5, Nice, FRANCE.

Amblas, D.; Canals, M.; Urgeles, R. (2003). Establishing the links between continental shelf glacial troughs and continental rise development west of the north Antarctic Peninsula. Presentation of comunication, COHIMAR Post-cruise meeting. V: Abstr., Trieste, ITALY.

Amblàs, D.; Canals, M.; Calafat, A.M.; Urgeles, R.; Camerlenghi, A.; De Batist, M.; Domack, E.; Casamor, J.L.; Rebesco, M. (2003). Establishing the links between continental shelf glacial troughs and continental rise development west of the north Antarctic Peninsula. Presentation of comunication, 9th International Symposium on Antarctic Earth Sciences, Potsdam, GERMANY.

Canals, M.; De Mol, B.; Urgeles, R.; Centella, V.; EURODOM partners (2003). EURODOM: A research training network on european ocean margins relevant to the study of deep. Presentation of comunication, 2nd International Symposium on Deep Sea Corals. V: Abstr., Erlangen, GERMANY.

Urgeles, R.; Locat, J. (2003). Results from Multibeam, Sedimentological and Geotechnical Data of the 'Saguenay Project'. Presentation of comunication, 2nd International Symposium on Contaminated Sediments : Characterization, Evaluation, Mitigation/Restoration, Management Strategy Performance . Transactions of the 2nd International Symposium on Contaminated Sediments, 83-89., Quebec, CANADA.

Urgeles, R.; Canals, M. (2002). AMASON: Specific requirements for slope stability analysis. Presentation of comunication, AMASON kick off meeting, Edimburgo , SCOTLAND.

Urgeles, R.; Casas, D.; Lastras, G.; Willmott, V.; Moreno, A.; Canals, M.; Baraza, J.; Berné, S. (2002). The BIG’95 sediment landslide in the NW Mediterranean Sea: First geotechnical and sedimentological data. Presentation of comunication, 3rd COSTA Workshop, 18-20 March 2002. . abstr. vol. p. 15, Barcelona, SPAIN.

Lastras, G.; Urgeles, R.; Canals, M. (2002). Imaging the BIG-95 debris flow, Ebro continental margin, from different geophysical methods and scales. Presentation of comunication, 3rd COSTA Workshop. V: Abstr., pp: 14-14, Barcelona, SPAIN.

Urgeles, R.; Canals, M. (2002). AMASON: Activities carried so far and work plan. Presentation of comunication, 1st AMASON meeting, París, FRANCE.

Lastras, G.; Canals, M.; Urgeles, R.; Hughes-Clarke, J.E. (2001). Morfología y dinámica del debris flow submarino BIG’95. Presentation of comunication, XIV Congreso Nacional de Sedimentología. Geotemas, Vol. 3 Nº 1, Pag. 191-194, Jaén, SPAIN.

Canals, M.; Clark, C.D.; Casamor, J.L.; Urgeles, R.; Willmott, V. (2001). Multiple implications for an ice stream flowing off the Gerlache Strait, Northern AntarcticPeninsula. Presentation of comunication, Workshop Antarctic Peninsula Climate Variability: A Historical and Paleoenvironmental Perspective / Hamilton College, Clinton, UNITED STATES.

Canals, M.; Casamor, J.L.; Urgeles, R.; Farran, M. (2001). Numerous bundle structures off the northern Antarctic Peninsula. Presentation of comunication, Glacier-influenced sedimentation on high latitude continental margins: modern and ancient. V: Abstr., Bristol, ENGLAND.

Canals, M.; Lastras. G.; Casamor, J.L.; Urgeles, R. (2001). Slope failure dynamics and impacts: geophysical determinations. The BIG'95 case study. Presentation of comunication, First Continental Slope Stability Workshop, 13-14 January. V: Abstr., pp: 2-2, Oslo, NORWAY.

Masson D.G.; Watts, A.B.; Gee, M.J.R.; Urgeles, R.; Mitchell, N. C.; Le Bas, T.L.; Canals, M. (2001). Slope Failures on the Flanks of the Western Canary Islands. Presentation of comunication, European Union of Geosciences XI Meeting . Journal of Conference Abstracts, V: 6, N: 1, pp: 735-735, Strasbourg, FRANCE.

Mitchell, N.C.; Masson, D.G.; Watts, A.B.; Gee, M.J.; Urgeles, R (2001). Contrasting Submarine Slopes of the Canary and Hawaiian Hotspot Islands. Presentation of comunication, European Union of Geosciences XI Meeting . Journal of Conference Abstracts, V: 6, N: 1, pp: 802-802, Strasbourg, FRANCE.

Urgeles, R.; Canals, M.; Masson, D.G.; Watts, A.B.; Gee, M.J.R. (2001). Giant landslides in the flanks of volcanic ocean islands and overall significance in their evolution, the Canary Islands. Presentation of comunication, European Union of Geosciences XI Meeting . Journal of Conference Abstracts, pp: 803-803, Estrasburgo, FRANCE.

Urgeles, R.; Canals, M.; Roberts, J.; Schultheiss, P. (2001). Estimates of fluid flow from in situ pore pressure measurements in the continental rise west of the Canary Islands. Poster, European Union of Geosciences XI Meeting . Journal of Conference Abstracts, pp: 243-243, Estrasburgo, FRANCE.

Urgeles, R.; Locat, J.; Lee, H.; Martin, F.; Konrad, J.-M. (2001). The Saguenay Fjord: Integrating marine geophysical and geotechnical data for spatial slope stability analysis. Presentation of comunication, European Union of Geosciences XI Meeting. Journal of Conference Abstracts, V: 6, N: 1, pp: 739-739, Strasbourg, FRANCE.

Urgeles, R.; Locat, J.; Lee, H. J.; Martin, F.; Konrad J.-M. (2001). The Saguenay Fjord: Integrating marine geotechnical and geophysical data for spatial slope stability hazard analysis. Poster, 54th Canadian Geotechnical Conference . Proceedings of the 54th Canadian Geotechnical Conference, pp: 768-775, Calgary, CANADA.

Martin, F.; Konrad, J.-M.; Locat, J.; Locat, P.; Urgeles R.; Lee, H. J. (2001). Caracteristiques geotechniques et analyse du potentiel de liquefaction des sediments recents et post-glaciaires du fjord du Saguenay, Québec (Canada). Presentation of comunication, 54th Canadian Geotechnical Conference. Proceedings of the 54th Canadian Geotechnical Conference, pp: 776-783, Calgary, CANADA.

Locat, P.; Locat, J.; Leroueil, S.; Urgeles, R.; Hart, B. (2001). Caractérisation préliminaire du glissement sous-marin de la Pointe-du-Fort,Fjord du Saguenay, Québec, Canada. Presentation of comunication, 54th Canadian Geotechnical Conference. Proceedings of the 54th Canadian Geotechnical Conference, pp: 752-759, Calgary, CANADA.

Duchesne, M. J.; Urgeles, R.; Long, B. F.; Locat, J. (2001). Geomorphology and slope instability features in the Outardes delta area, Quebec, Canada. Poster, 54th Canadian Geotechnical Conference. Proceedings of the 54th Canadian Geotechnical Conference, pp: 371-378, Calgary, CANADA.

Tremblay, H.; Locat, J.; Urgeles, R. (2001). Géodynamique littorale de la couche diluvienne de 1996, Baie des Ha! Ha!, fjord du Saguenay, Québec, Canada. Presentation of comunication, 2001 Canadian Coastal Conference, Québec, CANADA.

Lastras, G.; Canals, M.; Urgeles, R. (2000). BIG'95 - A recent debris flow in the Ebro continental slope, Northwestern Mediterranean. Poster, Geology and Petroleum Geology of the Mediterranean and Circum-Mediterranean Basins . V: Ext. Abstr., N: P34, pp: 4 p., St. Julians, MALTA.

Canals, M.; Casamor, J.L.; Urgeles, R.; Lastras, G.; Calafat, A.M.; Masson, D.; Berné, S.; Alonso, B.; De Batist, M. (2000). The Ebro continental margin, Western Mediterranean Sea: Interplay between canyon-channel systems and mass wasting processes. Presentation of comunication, GCS SEPM, Deep Water Reservoirs of the World Conf.. V: Abstracts, pp: 11, Houston, UNITED STATES.

Schmitt, T.; Locat, J.; Kammerer, E.; Hill, P.; Long, B.; Clarke J.H.; Urgeles, R. (2000). Analysis of the evolution of the reflectivity of sediments settled during the 1996 flood in the Saguenay Fjord, using the SIMRAD EM1000 multibeam sonar. Presentation of comunication, Canadian Hydrographic Conference 2000 . Canadian Hydrographic Conference 2000 Proceedings CD, 8pp, Montreal, CANADA.

Wright, W.; Domack, E.; Canals, M.; Urgeles, R.; Leventer, A.; Marchand, C. (2000). Glacial marine drifts: Archives for ultra high resolution paleoenvironmental records in the Gerlache Strait, Antarctica. Presentation of comunication, AGU 2000 Ocean Sciences Meeting . Eos, Transactions, American Geophysical Union, V: 80, N: 49, pp: OS50-OS50, San Antonio, UNITED STATES.

Locat, J.; Urgeles, R.; Schmitt, T.; Houareau, L.; Martin, F.; Hill, P.; Long, B.; Simpkin, P.; Kammerer, E.; Sanfaçon, R. (2000). The morphological signature of natural disasters in the Upper Saguenay Fjord area, Québec, Canada. Presentation of comunication, 53rd Canadian Geotechnical Conference . 53rd Canadian Geotechnical Conference Proceedings, V: 1, pp: 109-116, Montreal, CANADA.

Gee, M.; Watts, A.B.; Masson, D.G.; Urgeles, R. (1999). Large-scale slope failures on the flanks of El Hierro, Canary Islands. Presentation of comunication, XXIV General Assembly of the European Geophysical Society . Geophysical Research Abstracts, V: 1, La Haya, NETHERLANDS.

Canals, M.; Urgeles, R. (1999). Contributions to the Tenerife Drilling Project: Submarine landslides. Presentation of comunication, Tenerife Drilling Project Workshop, Sitges, SPAIN.

Canals, M.; Lastras, G.; Casamor, J.L.; Urgeles, R. (1999). Instability events in the Mediterranean Sea: A review. Presentation of comunication, Joint Europe - USA STRATAFORM Meeting, 2-7 November, Paris, France, Paris, FRANCE.

Canals, M.; Casamor, J.L.; Urgeles, R.; Alibés, B.; Alonso, B. (1999). Small size canyon-channel systems and landslides on the Ebro continental slope, Northwestern Mediterranean Sea. Presentation of comunication, Challenges for academia and oil industry in deepwater margin studies, Tromso, NORWAY.

Canals, M.; Urgeles, R.; Calafat, A. (1999). A subglacial, streamlined depositional body offshore the northern tip of the Antarctic Peninsula. Presentation of comunication, Challenges for academia and oil industry in deepwater margin studies, Tromso, NORWAY.

Urgeles, R.; Masson, D.G.; Canals, M.; Watts, A.B. (1999). Giant landslide controls on channelised submarine sediment pathways; a case study off the Canary Islands. Poster, Challenges for academia and oil industry in deepwater margin studies, Tromso, NORWAY.

Font, L.; Gimeno, D.; Canals, M.; Urgeles, R. (1999). Calc-alkaline, transitional and alkaline volcanism in the Central Bransfield Basin seamounts, Western Antarctica. Presentation of comunication, 8th Int. Symposium on Antartic Earth Sciencies. Programme and Abstracts of the 8th Int. Symposium on Antartic Earth Sciencies, pp: 114-114, Wellington, NEW ZEALAND.

Canals, M.; Urgeles, R.; Calafat, A.M. (1999). Evidence of a Last Glacial Maximum giant paleo-ice stream on the Western Bransfield Basin, north Antarctic Peninsula. Presentation of comunication, 8th Int. Symposium on Antartic Earth Sciencies. Programme and Abstracts of the 8th Int. Symposium on Antartic Earth Sciencies, pp: 61-61, Wellington, NEW ZEALAND.

Mitchell, N.C.; Masson, D.G.; Watts, A.B.; Gee, M.J.; Urgeles, R. (1999). Slopes of Giant Debris Avalanches and Constructional Sectors of the Canary Islands. Presentation of comunication, 1999 AGU Fall Meeting . Eos, Transactions, American Geophysical Union, V: 80, N: 46, pp: OS21A-13-OS21A-13, San Francisco, UNITED STATES.

Urgeles, R.; Canals, M.; Alonso, B. (1998). Enormous single-event volcanoclastic deposits at the foot of the island of El Hierro. Presentation of comunication, XV Symposium of the International Association of Sedimentologists. Abstractsof the XV Symposium of the International Association of Sedimentologists, pp: 779, Alicante, SPAIN.

Ercilla, G.; Alonso, B.; Baraza, J.; Casas, D.; Chiocci, F. L.; Estrada, F.; Farrán, M.; Gonthier, E.; Pérez-Belzuz, F.; Pirmez, C.; Reeder, M. S.; Torres, J.; Urgeles, R. (1998). New high-resolution acoustic data from the 'braided system' of the Orinoco Deep Sea Fan. Presentation of comunication, XV Symposium of the International Association of Sedimentologists. Abstractsof the XV Symposium of the International Association of Sedimentologists, pp: 317-317, Alicante, SPAIN.

Masson, D.G.; Watts, A.B.; Urgeles, R. et al. (1998). New Sonar Evidence for Large-Scale Slope Failures on the Flanks of the Canary Islands. Poster, 1998 AGU Spring Meeting . Eos, Transactions, American Geophysical Union, V: 79, N: 17, pp: S339-S339, Boston, UNITED STATES.

Canals, M.; Alibés, B.; Urgelés, R.; Alonso, B. (1997). Landsliding on the Canary Islands: The missing submarine sediment record. Presentation of comunication, Int. Workshop Volcanism & Volcanic Hazards in Inmature Intraplate Oceanic Islands. Abstracts of the Int. Workshop Volcanism & Volcanic Hazards in Inmature Intraplate Oceanic Islands, pp: 106-109, La Palma (Canarias), SPAIN.

Canals, M.; Urgeles, R.; Estrada, F.; GEBRAP 96/97 Team (1997). Internal structure and seismic facies of the deep sediment drifts off the Northern Trinity Peninsula: results from a very high resolution survey. Presentation of comunication, Int. Symposium on Antarctica and Global Change: Interactions and impacts, Hobart, AUSTRALIA.

Canals, M.; Estrada, F.; Urgeles, R.; GEBRAP 96/97 Team (1997). Very high resolution seismic definition of glacial and postglacial sediment bodies in the continental shelves of the Northern Trinity Peninsula region. Presentation of comunication, Int. Symposium on Antarctica and Global Change: Interactions and Impacts, Hobart, AUSTRALIA.

Alonso, B.; Ercilla, G.; Baraza, J.; Casas, D.; Chiocci, F. L.; Estrada, F.; Farrán, M.; Gonthier, E.; Pérez-Belzuz, F.; Pirmez, C.; Reeder, M. S.; Torres, J.; Urgeles, R. (1997). Morphology and high-resolution seismic features of the Magdalena turbidite system: preliminary results of the Magdalena'97 Hespérides cruise. Presentation of comunication, 18th International Association of Sedimentologists Regional European Meeting . GAEA Heidelbergensis, V: 3, pp: 43-43, Heidelberg, GERMANY.

Urgeles, R.; Canals, M.; Baraza, J.; Alonso, B. (1996). El Golfo debris avalanche in the island of Hierro: the youngest event in the longtime lasting history of mass-wasting in the Canaries. Poster, XXV General Assembly of the European Seismological Comission, Reykjvik, ICELAND.

Urgeles, R.; Canals, M.; Baraza, J.; Alonso, B. (1996). The submarine El Golfo debris avalanche and the Canary debris flow, West Hierro Island: The last major slides in the Canary archipelago. Presentation of comunication, IV Congreso Nac. Geología. Geogaceta, 20, 2, 390-393, Alcalà de Henares, SPAIN.

Pérez, F.; Alonso, B.; Ercilla, G.; Grupo CRESCENT (1995). Estratigrafía sísmica del márgen continental distal de Agadir y llanura abisal de Agadir: Retrogradación de un sistema turbidítico activo. Presentation of comunication, XIII Congreso Español de Sedimentología. Comunicaciones. Volumen: Com. ; 97-98, Teruel, SPAIN.

Alonso, B.; Canals, M.; Casamor, J.; Ercilla, G.; Farran, M.; Sorribas, J.;Alibes, B.; Evans, J.; Masson, D.; Pérez, F.; Urgeles, R. (1995). Controls of the Agadir Basin and lower canyon sedimentary environments (NW Africa). Presentation of comunication, European Geophysical Society. XX General Assembly . Annales Geophysicae, V: 13, N: Suppl. 1, pp: C123-C123, Hamburg, GERMANY.

Gràcia, E.; Lagabrielle, Y.; Ondréas, H.; Auzende, J.M.; Canals, M.; Ruellán, E.; Urgeles, R. (1995). Faulting and magmatism in back-arc basins: Mutual control at various spreading centers. Poster, 4th RIDGE Theoretical Institute . Course Notes, N: C, pp: 27-27, Lago Tahoe (California), UNITED STATES.

Alonso, B.; Canals, M.; Casamor, J.L.; Ercilla, G.; Urgeles, R. et al. (1995). Sedimentary Environments of the Agadir Canyon, NW African Margin. Presentation of comunication, 2nd EU Workshop. Exchange Processes at the Continent /Ocean Margins in the North Atlantic. Programme and Abstracts, V: 1, pp: 50-50, Knookke, BELGIUM.

12-IMPARTED SEMINARS

“L'emprempta del Clima a l'antàrtida: dinàmica glacial i processos sedimentaris durant els darrers 15.000 anys”, Mataró (Spain) 29 April/04.
Seminar: “L'Antàrtida, molt més que gel”. Organized by Mataró’s museum and the Culture Department of the city of Mataró; held in the public library “Pompeu Fabra” of Mataró.

Analyzing the stability of a submarine slope with an example of the NW Mediterranean Sea: the BIG’95, Barcelona (Spain), 01 April/04
Seminar: EURODOM Submarine Slope Stability Intensive Course, organized by the Marine Geosciences Group of the University of Barcelona and held at the “Palau de les Heures” in Barcelona.

“Els esllavissaments. Quina importància tenen com a factor de control en l'evolució de les illes oceàniques?”, Barcelona (Spain), 13 January/00
Seminar: Seminaris de l'Institut de Ciències de la Terra - "Jaume Almera", and organized by and held at the Institute of Earth Sciences (C.S.I.C.) in Barcelona.

13-TEACHING EXPERIENCE (COURSE, CENTRE, HOURS LECTURED):

Supervion of master and PhD students

- David Amblàs Novellas, PhD Thesis, Morphogenetic mesoscale analysis of the northeastern Iberian margin, NW Mediterranean Basin, in progress.
- Mayte Pedrosa González, PhD Thesis, Desarrollo de un sistema sedimentario dominado por corrientes de hielo: el margen continental meridional de las Islas Svalbard (océano Ártico), in progress
- Gemma Gerbolés Iglesias, MSc Thesis, Caracterització geotécnica i estat de consolidació dels sediments de la conca d’Ursa (Golf de Mèxic), 2008.
- Carolina Sánchez Algora, BSc Thesis (TFC), Montícles carbonatats profunds de la badia marina de Procupine: sedimentaologia i condicions ambientals de formació, in progress

Geology syllabus

-Energy Resources, Faculty of Geology, University of Barcelona
1998-1999; 33h
2001-2002; 26h

-Marine geology, Faculty of Geology, University of Barcelona
1997-1998; 11h
1998-1999; 12h
2001-2002; 12h
2002-2003; 10h
2003-2004; 17h
2004-2005; 17h
2005-2006; 12h

-Geological mapping, Faculty of Geology, University of Barcelona
1997-1998; 16 h
1998-1999; 17h
2001-2002; 96h
2002-2003; 20h
2004-2005; 17h
2005-2006; 50h
2006-2007; 92h
2007-2008; 52h

-Stratigraphy, Faculty of Geology, University of Barcelona
1998-1999; 16h
1999-2000; 17h
2000-2001; 54h
2006-2007; 14h

-Multidisciplinary field course, Faculty of Geology, University of Barcelona
2000-2001; 56h

Geological Engineering syllabus (joint UB-UPC)

-Energy Resources, Faculty of Geology, University of Barcelona
2001-2002; 10h

-Geological mapping, Faculty of Geology, University of Barcelona
2000-2001; 32h
2001-2001; 16h
2005-2006; 29h

-Marine Sedimentary Dynamics, Faculty of Geology, University of Barcelona
2006-2007; 15h
2007-2008; 15h

Biology syllabus

-The natural environment, Faculty of Biology, University of Barcelona
1997-1998; 16h
2004-2005; 22h
2005-2006; 22h
2006-2007; 55h
2007-2008; 44h

Environmental Sciences syllabus

-Geological Processes, Faculty of Biology, University of Barcelona

2006-2007; 20h
2007-2008; 20h

MSc Marine Sciences: Oceanography and Management of the marine environment (joint UB-CSIC-UPC)

-Marine Geohazards and Geotechnics, Faculty of Geology, University of Barcelona
2007-2008; 21h

-Geophysical techniques, Faculty of Geology, University of Barcelona
2007-2008; 40h

PhD in Geology, Doctoral Courses

-Geometry and architecture of deep depositional systems, Faculty of Geology, University of Barcelona
2000-2001; 10h
2002-2003; 10h
2003-2004; 20h
2004-2005; 10h
2005-2006; 20h
2006-2007; 20h

-Instrumentation and methods in Marine Geology, Faculty of Geology, University of Barcelona
2002-2003; 10h

PhD in Marine Sciences (joint UB-CSIC-UPC), Doctoral Courses

-Advanced issues in littoral sedimentary processes, Faculty of Geology, University of Barcelona
2002-2003; 10h

-Geometry and architecture of deep depositional systems, Faculty of Geology, University of Barcelona
2002-2003; 10h
2004-2005; 10h
2005-2006; 20h
2006-2007; 20h

-Applied Marine Geology, Faculty of Geology, University of Barcelona
2003-2004; 20h

14- MAJOR TOOLS AND EQUIPMENTS USED:

Bottom Parametric Source SIMRAD TOPAS (ultra high-resolution seismic profiler). Advanced experience in data acquisition and processing.

Acquisition and processing of multibeam bathymetry with the systems: SIMRAD EM-12S, EM-1002 and EM-3000 dual

Reflection Seismics. Some experience on data acquisition with a DELPH-2, from “Triton-Elics”

Proficient with triaxial and oedometer testing, including Constant Rate of Strain and Constant Rate of Stress Tests

User of the following software tools:

The “Swathed Tools” from the Ocean Mapping Group of the University of New Brunswick (Multibeam processing)

CARAIBES (CARtographie Appliquée à l'Imagerie et la BathymétriE des Sonars et sondeurs multifaisceaux) from IFREMER (Multibeam processing)

“Earth Vision” from Dynamic Graphics (3-D Modelling)

ERDAS’ Imagine 8.3 (Image analysis)

Generic Mapping Tools (GMT-3) (Mapping)

“Kingdom Suite 7.4” from “Seismic Micro-Technology” (Seismic data interpretation)

“Gigaviz” from “Schlumberger” (Seismic data interpretation)

urGLE 2.8. Developed Fortran program for analyzing slope stability problems using limit equilibrium equations for both force and moment equilibrium.

C-shell scripting and Fortran programming

Unix system administration (Linux, SunOS, Irix)

Advanced Windows user

RV Joides Resolution

Arraix

NOCI Le Suroit

CCGS Frederick G. Creed

CCGS Denis Riverin

RRS James C. Ross

RRS Charles Darwin

Las palmas

NOCI L’Europe

BIO Hespérides

RRS Discovery

RV Prof. Logachev

15-MARINE FIELDWORK:

1-18 August, 2007.
Cruise: SVAIS
Chief scientist: Dr. A. Camerlenghi, ICREA and University of Barcelona (E)
Vessel: B.I.O. Hespérides (E)
Topic: Geological and geophysical investigations of the Storfjorden margin (Off SW Svalbard).
Used methods: Simrad EM12S and EM1002 swath bathymetry, single-channel seismic reflection, TOPAS parametric source, gravimetry, magnetometry, coring.

4-12 April, 2006.
Cruise: CD178
Chief scientist: Dr. C. Berndt, National Oceanography Centre Southampton (UK);
Vessel: R.R.S. Charles Darwin (UK)
Topic: Geological and geophysical investigations of the Alboran and Balearic marins, NW Mediterranean.
Used methods: 3D high-resolution single channel seismic reflection profiling, multibeam bathymetry, chirp profiling, deep-towed camera.

30 May - 12 July, 2005.
Cruise: IODP Leg 308, Gulf of Mexico Overpressures
Chief scientist: Dr. Peter Flemmings, Pennsylvania State University (USA); Jan Behrmann, Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg (D)
Vessel: Joides Resolution (USA)
Topic: Overpressure and fluid flow processes in the deepwater Gulf of Mexico: slope stability, seeps, and shallow-water flow
Used methods: continuous APC and XCB coring, wireline logging, pore pressure and temperature in situ measurements, logging while drilling (LWD) and measurement-while-drilling (MWD)

February-August 2004 (various weeks).
Cruise:
Chief scientist: Dr. R. Urgeles, University of Barcelona (E)
Vessel: Arraix (E)
Topic: Multibeam mapping of the Catalan Continental shelf.
Used methods: Simrad EM3000 dual multibeam bathymetry

19 September – 10 November, 2002.
Cruise: GMO2-CARNAC
Chief scientist: Dr. N. Sultan, IFREMER (F); Dr. M. Voisset, IFREMER (F)
Vessel: N.O.C.I. Le Suroit (F)
Topic: Geological geotechnical and geophysical investigations of the Rhone and Ebro margins (NW Mediterranean).
Used methods: Simrad EM300 swath bathymetry, chirp sonar seismic reflection, in situ CPT, P-wave velocity and gamma densitometry measurements, bottom video and photography with SCAMPI, Kullenberg and Ronanberg interface coring.

3-31 August, 2002.
Cruise: He83 (MARINADA)
Chief scientist: Dr. M. Canals, University of Barcelona (E)
Vessel: B.I.O. Hespérides (E)
Topic: Geological and geophysical investigations of the Catalan margin (Iberian Peninsula).
Used methods: Simrad EM12S and EM1002 swath bathymetry, single-channel seismic reflection, TOPAS parametric source, gravimetry, magnetometry.

28 November, 2001 – 11 January, 2002.
Cruise: He78 (COHIMAR)
Chief scientist: Dr. A. Calafat, University of Barcelona (E)
Vessel: B.I.O. Hespérides (E)
Topic: Geological and geophysical investigations of the Pacific Antarctic Peninsula margin.
Used methods: Simrad EM12 swath bathymetry, single-channel and multi-channel seismic reflection, TOPAS parametric source, gravimetry, magnetometry.

16-20 August, 2001.
Cruise: TTR-11 Leg2b BIGIMAGE
Chief scientist: Dr. R. Urgeles, University of Barcelona (E); Dr. N. Keyon, Southampton Oceanography Centre (UK); M. Ivanov, Moscow State University (RU)
Vessel: R.V. Professor Logachev (RU)
Topic: Geological and geophysical investigations of the Ebro slope and base-of-slope.
Used methods: MAK-1M deep towed side-scan sonar, deep towed camera system, gravity corer.

31 August – 5 September, 2000.
Cruise:
Chief scientist: Dr. R. Urgeles, Laval University (CAN) – University of Barcelona (E)
Vessel: C.C.G.S. F.G. Creed (CAN)
Topic: Multibeam mapping cruise of the Saguenay Fjord and the deltas of the Outardes and Betsiamites rivers (Canada)
Used methods: Simrad EM1000

31 July – 5 August, 2000.
Cruise:
Chief scientist: T. Schmitt, Laval University (CAN)
Vessel: C.C.G.S Dennis Riverain (CAN)
Topic: Geophysiscal studies of the Saguenay Fjord (Canada).
Used methods: Sidescan sonar Simrad MS992, mud penentrator X-Star (EG&G).

5-12 September, 1999.
Cruise: He57 (MATTER II, Leg 1)
Chief scientist: Dr. A.M. Calafat, University of Barcelona (E)
Vessel: B.I.O. Hespérides (E)
Topic: Geological and geophysical investigations of the Ebro shelf and slope.
Used methods: Simrad EM12 and Em1002 swath bathymetry, single-channel seismic reflection, TOPAS parametric source, gravimetry.

4 February – 8 March, 1998.
Cruise: JR29
Chief scientist: Dr. R. V. Dingle, British Antarctic Survey (UK)
Vessel: R.R.S. James Clarck Ross (UK)
Topic: Geological and geophysical investigations in the Antarctic Peninsula shelves.
Used methods: Rock-drill and vibrocorer, sparker, sidescan sonar and magnetometry.

15 September – 16 October, 1997.
Cruise: CD108
Chief scientist: Dr. D. G. Masson, Institute of Oceanographic Sciences (UK); Dr. A. B. Watts, Oxford University (UK)
Vessel: R.R.S. Charles Darwin (UK)
Topic: Geological and geophysical investigations off Tenerife, La Palma and El Hierro (Canary Islands).
Used methods: Simrad EM12 swath bathymetry, deep-towed side-scan sonar (TOBI), 3.5 kHz mud penetrator, and dredging.

April, 1997.
Cruise: MAYC-97
Chief scientist: Dr. G. Ercilla, Institut de Ciències del Mar of Barcelona (E)
Vessel: B.I.O. Hespérides (E)
Topic: Bathymetric mapping and geophysical investigations of Magdalena fan and Orinoco channel (Caribean South America).
Used methods: Multibeam bathymetry SIMRAD EM-12, airgun, TOPAS parametric source, magnetometry, gravimetry and coring.

28 November, 1996 – 10 January, 1997.
Cruise: GEBRAP
Chief scientist: Dr. M. Canals, University of Barcelona (E)
Vessel: B.I.O. Hespérides (E)
Topic: Geophysical investigations of the Antarctic Peninsula and Bransfield Basin.
Used methods: Multibeam bathymetry SIMRAD EM-12, airgun, TOPAS parametric source, magnetometry, gravimetry, coring and dredging.

23 May – 4 June, 1996.
Cruise: PUPPI
Chief scientist: Dr. M. Canals, University of Barcelona (E)
Vessel: S.N.V. Las Palmas (E)
Topic: Pore pressure measurements using PUPPI west of the island of La Palma (Canary Islands).
Used methods: PUPPI (Pop Up Pore Pressure Instrument) from GEOTEK.

23-28 November, 1995.
Cruise: BASAR2
Chief scientist: Dr. S. Berné, IFREMER (F)
Vessel: N.O.C.I. L’Europe (F)
Topic: Geophysical investigations in the platform zone of the Gulf of Lion (Western Mediterranean).
Used methods: Multibeam bathymetry SIMRAD EM-950, side-scan sonar, 2.5 kHz mud penetrator and sparker.

3-16 October, 1995.
Cruise: MAYC-95
Chief scientist: Dr. B. Alonso, Institut de Ciències del Mar of Barcelona (E)
Vessel: B.I.O. Hespérides (E)
Topic: Geophysical investigations of the Agadir Canyon (NW African margin).
Used methods: Multibeam bathymetry SIMRAD EM-12, airgun, TOPAS parametric source, magnetometry and gravimetry.

30 September – 9 October, 1994.
Cruise: CRESCENT-94 (II)
Chief scientist: Dr. B. Alonso, Institut de Ciències del Mar of Barcelona (E)
Vessel: B.I.O. Hespérides (E)
Topic: Bathymetric mapping and geophysical investigations west of the Canaries.
Used methods: Multibeam bathymetry SIMRAD EM-12, airgun, TOPAS parametric source, magnetometry and gravimetry.

4-11 December, 1994.
Cruise: CRESCENT-94 (I)
Chief scientist: Dr. B. Alonso, Institut de Ciències del Mar of Barcelona (E)
Vessel: B.I.O. Hespérides (E)
Topic: Bathymetric mapping and geophysical investigations of the Agadir Canyon (NW African margin).
Used methods: Multibeam bathymetry SIMRAD EM-12, airgun, TOPAS parametric source , magnetometry and gravimetry.

10 November – 7 December, 1993.
Cruise: Dis-205
Chief scientist: Dr. D. G. Masson, Institute of Oceanographic Sciences (UK)
Vessel: R.R.S. Discovery (UK)
Topic: Geological and geophysical investigations West of the Canaries.
Used methods: piston corer, deep-towed side-scan sonar (TOBI) and 3.5 kHz mud penetrator.

30 August – 17 September, 1993.
Cruise: Logachev-09
Chief scientist: Dr. H. J. Wallrabe-Adams, GEOMAR (D)
Vessel: R. V. Professor Logachev (RU).
Topic: Geological and geophysical investigations in the Reykjanes Ridge (South Iceland).
Used methods: Box corer, gravity corer and Kasten corer, mud penetrator SEL-90.

16-OTHER MERITS:

-Manuscript reviewing for the journals:
Basin Research
Earth and Planetary Science Letters
Geo-Marine Letters
Geophysical Research Letters
Journal of Geophysical Research – Earth Surface
Journal of Geophysical Research – Solid Earth
Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research
Marine Geology
Natural Hazards
Norwegian Journal of Geology
Ocean Engineering
Sedimentology
Special Publications of the Geological Society of London.

-Project reviewing for:
Hawaii Undersea Research Laboratory
U.S. National Science Foundation

-Survival at Sea course, module of the maritime safety course homologated by the Spanish “Dirección General de la Marina Mercante”.

-First Aid course, module of the maritime safety course homologated by the Spanish “Dirección General de la Marina Mercante”.

17-MY BIG PASSION:

Enjoying life with Agnès, Oleguer and Ita!!

18-MY OTHER BIG PASSION:

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