Dr. Ramón Salas Roig

Dr. Ramon Salas Roig

Degree in Geological Sciences (1977), Associate Professor of Baccalaureate in Natural Sciences (1980), Assistant Professor of University (1982), Doctor in Geological Sciences (1987). Ramon Bataller Award for the best Doctoral Thesis in Geology written in Catalan, Institut d’Estudis Catalans (1988). University Professor (1988). Professor Emeritus of the University of Barcelona (2015). Full member of the Royal European Academy of Doctors (2015).

Secretary (1989-1991) and President (1991-1993) of the Spanish Group for the Study of the Mesozoic of the Geological Society of Spain. Member of the Spanish Committee of the International Geological Correlation Programme, UNESCO (1994-1998). Principal Investigator of eight research projects of R + D + i of the National Plan (1990-2012), to study the NE of Iberia on topics of basin analysis (interaction between tectonics, changes in sea level, climate and sedimentation) and structure of the earth’s crust. During this stage he led a working group that brought together researchers from the universities of Zaragoza, Complutense and Barcelona. Coordinator of the Consolidated Research Group of Sedimentary Geology [SGR 1451] (2009-2014). Leader of the Iberia and Western Mediterranean Working Group of the international project: IGCP 369 on Comparative Evolution of Perithetyan Rift Basins (1994-1998). He has participated in more than thirty national and international research projects and collaboration with hydrocarbon companies on topics of his specialty, giving seminars and training courses (1980-2015).

He has published two hundred and four articles (204) and book chapters, mostly in international scientific journals (SCI). Editor of several monographic issues of international scientific journals. Member of the Scientific Committee of various international congresses and meetings: American Association of Petroleum Geologists (2003, 2015), The International Association of Sedimentologists (2010, 2011).

Outstanding publications of the last ten years:

• Humphrey, E., Gomez‐Rivas, E., Martín‐Martín, J. D., Neilson, J., Salas, R., & Guimerà, J. (2022). Depositional and structural controls on a fault‐related dolostone formation (Maestrat Basin, E Spain). Basin Research, 34(2), 961-990.

• Bover-Arnal, T., Salas, R., Guimerà, J., & Moreno-Bedmar, J. A. (2022). Eustasy in the Aptian world: A vision from the eastern margin of the Iberian Plate. Global and Planetary Change, 103849.
• Salas, R., Guimerà, J., Bover-Arnal, T. y Nebot, M. (2019). The Iberian-Catalan Linkage: The Maestrat and Garraf Basins. In: C. Quesada and J. T. Oliveira (eds.), The Geology of Iberia: A Geodynamic Approach, Regional Geology Reviews, volume 3: The Alpine Cycle, The Late Jurassic–Early Cretaceous Rifting, p. 228-231.
• Mercedes-Martín, R. and Salas, R. (2019). Ladinian Rifting Accommodation and Microbialite Development in the Catalan Basin. In: C. Quesada and J. T. Oliveira (eds.), The Geology of Iberia: A Geodynamic Approach, Regional Geology Reviews, volume 3: The Alpine Cycle, Permian-Triassic Rifting Stage, p. 56-58.
• Travé, A., Nadal, J., Playà, E., Salas, R., Martín-Martín, J. D., & Gomez-Rivas, E. (2018). Fracture-Related Dolomitization Affecting Late Jurassic—Lowermost Cretaceous Syn-rift Deposits (Maestrat Basin, Southern Iberian Chain, Eastern Spain). In Conference of the Arabian Journal of Geosciences (pp. 163-165). Springer, Cham.
• Tavani S., Bertok, C., Granado, P., Piana, F., Salas, R., Vigna, B., Muñoz, J.A. (2018). The Iberia-Eurasia plate boundary east of the Pyrenees. Earth-Science Reviews 187, 314–337.
• Bover-Arnal, T., Moreno-Bedmar, J.A., Frijia, G., Pascual-Cebrian, E. y Salas, R. (2016). Chronostratigraphy of the Barremian – Early Albian of the Maestrat Basin (E Iberian Peninsula): integrating strontium-isotope stratigraphy and ammonoid biostratigraphy. Newsletters on Stratigraphy 49(1), 41-68.
• Pascual-Cebrian, E., Götz, S., Bover-Arnal, T., Skelton, P. W., Gili, E., Salas, R., & Stinnesbeck, W. (2016). Calcite/aragonite ratio fluctuations in Aptian rudist bivalves: Correlation with changing temperatures. Geology 44(2), 135-138.
• Guimerà, J., Rivero, L., Salas, R., & Casas, A. (2016). Moho depth inferred from gravity and topography in an intraplate area (Iberian Chain). Tectonophysics, 666, 134-143.
• Albert‐Villanueva, E., Permanyer, A., Tritlla, J., Levresse, G., & Salas, R. (2016). Solid hydrocarbons in Proterozoic dolomites, Taoudeni basin, Mauritania. Journal of Petroleum Geology, 39(1), 5-27.
• Gili, E., Skelton, P. W., Bover-Arnal, T., Salas, R., Obrador, A., & Fenerci-Masse, M. (2016). Depositional biofacies model for post-OAE1a Aptian carbonate platforms of the western Maestrat Basin (Iberian Chain, Spain). Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, 453, 101-114.
• Bover-Arnal, T., Moreno-Bedmar, J. A., Frijia, G., Pascual-Cebrian, E., & Salas, R. (2016). Chronostratigraphy of the Barremian–Early Albian of the Maestrat Basin (E Iberian Peninsula): integrating strontium-isotope stratigraphy and ammonoid biostratigraphy. Newsletters on Stratigraphy, 49(1), 41-68.
• Pascual-Cebrian, E., Götz, S., Bover-Arnal, T., Skelton, P. W., Gili, E., Salas, R., & Stinnesbeck, W. (2016). Calcite/aragonite ratio fluctuations in Aptian rudist bivalves: Correlation with changing temperatures. Geology, 44(2), 135-138.
• Omodeo-Salé, S., Salas, R., Guimerà, J., Ondrak, R., Suarez-Ruiz, I., Martinez, L., Mas, R., Arribas, J. (2015) Subsidence and thermal history of an inverted Late Jurassic-Early Cretaceous extensional basin (Cameros, North-central Spain) affected by very low- to low-grade metamorphism. Basin Research. 1-19. doi: 10.1111/bre.12142
• Bover-Arnal, T., Pascual-Cebrian, E., Skelton, P.W., Gili, E., Salas, R. (2015). Patterns in the distribution of Aptian rudists and corals within a sequence-stratigraphic framework (Maestrat Basin, E Spain). Sedimentary Geology, 321, 86-104.
• Seillé, H., Salas, R., Pous, J., Guimerà, J., Gallart, J., Torne, M., Romero-Ruiz, I., Diaz, J., Ruiz, M., Carbonell, R., Mas, R. (2015). Crustal structure of an intraplate thrust belt: The Iberian Chain revealed by wide-angle seismic, magnetotelluric soundings and gravity data. Tectonophysics 663, 339-353.
• Martín-Martín, J.D., Travé, A., Gomez-Rivas, E., Salas, R., Sizun, J.-P., Vergés, J., Corbella, M., Stafford, S.L., Alfonso, P. (2015). Fault-controlled and stratabound dolostones in the Late Aptianeearliest Albian Benassal Formation (Maestrat Basin, E Spain): Petrology and geochemistry constrains. Journal of Marine and Petroleum Geology, 65, 83-102.
• Mercedes-Martín, R., Arenas, C., and Salas, R. (2014). Diversity and factors controlling widespread occurrence of syn-rift Ladinian microbialites in the western Tethys (Triassic Catalan Basin, NE Spain). Sedimentary Geology, 313, 68-90.
• Bover-Arnal, T., Salas, R., Guimerà, J., Moreno-Bedmar, J.A. (2014). Deep incision in an Aptian carbonate succession indicates major sea-level fall in the Cretaceous. Sedimentology, doi: 10.1111/sed.12105
• Mercedes-Martín R., Salas R., Arenas C. (2013) Microbial-dominated carbonate platforms during the Ladinian rifting: sequence stratigraphy and evolution of accommodation in a fault-controlled setting (Catalan Coastal Ranges, NE Spain). Basin Research, 25, 1-28.
• Mercedes-Martín R., Salas R., Arenas C. (2013) Facies heterogeneity and depositional models of a Ladinian (Middle Triassic) microbial-dominated carbonate ramp system (Catalan Coastal Ranges, NE Spain). Journal of Marine and Petroleum Geology, 46, 107-128.
• Bover-Arnal, T., Löser, H., Moreno-Bedmar, J. A., Salas, R., & Strasser, A. (2012). Corals on the slope (Aptian, Maestrat Basin, Spain). Cretaceous Research, 37, 43-64.
• Moreno-Bedmar, J.A., Sandoval, J., Tavera, J. M., Bover-Arnal, T., Salas, R., Delanoy, G., Maurrasse, J.F.-M.R. & Martínez, R. (2012). Lower Aptian ammonite and carbon isotope stratigraphy in the eastern Prebetic Domain (Betic Cordillera, southeastern Spain). Geologica Acta, 10(4), 333-354.
• Moreno‐Bedmar, J. A., Bover‐Arnal, T., Barragan, R., & Salas, R. (2012). Uppermost Lower Aptian transgressive records in Mexico and Spain: chronostratigraphic implications for the Tethyan sequences. Terra Nova, 24(4), 333-338

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