Peer-reviewed (ISI) journals

Wu, X., Feng, Y., Yang, X., Urgeles, R., Morley, C.K. (2024): Three-dimensional seismic evidence for depositional undulations nucleated around pre-existing relief, South China Sea. Journal of Asian Earth Sciences, 259: 105917. 

Sawyer, D.E., Urgeles, R., Lo Iacono, C. (2023); 50,000 yr of recurrent volcaniclastic megabed deposition in the Marsili Basin, Tyrrhenian Sea. Geology, 51: 1001–1006. 

Horozal, S., Bahk, J.-J., Cukur, D., Urgeles, R., Buchs, D., Lee, S.H., Um, I.-K., Kim, S.-P. (2023):  Factors for pre-conditioning and post-failure behaviour of submarine landslides in the margins of Ulleung Basin, East Sea (Japan Sea). Marine Geology, 106956. 

Jeong, S.W., Urgeles, R., Bahk, J.J., Yoo, D.G:, Lee, G.S. (2022): Rheological characteristics of marine sediments from the Ulleung Basin, East Sea to estimate the mobility of submarine landslides. Marine Geophysical Research, 43: 16.

Zengaffinen-Morris, T., Urgeles, R., Løvholt, F. (2022): On the inference of tsunami uncertainties from landslide run-out observations. Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans, n/a, e2021JC018033.

S. Serra, C., Martínez-Loriente, S., Gràcia, E., Urgeles, R.,  Gómez de La Peña, L., Maesano, F.E., Basili, R., Volpe, M., Romano, F., Scala, A., Piatanesi, A., Lorito, S. (2021): Sensitivity of Tsunami Scenarios to Complex Fault Geometry and Heterogeneous Slip Distribution: Case‐Studies for SW Iberia and NW Morocco, Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth, 126 (10): e2021JB022127.

Llopart, J., Lafuerza, S., Le Friant A, Urgeles, R., Watremez, L. (2021): Long-term and long-distance deformation in submarine volcanoclastic sediments: coupling of hydrogeology and debris avalanche emplacement off W Martinique Island. Basin Research, 33 (4): 2179-2201.

Mencaroni, D., Urgeles, R., Camerlenghi, A., Llopart, J., Ford, J., Serra, C.S., Meservy, W., Gràcia, E., Rebesco, M., Zitellini, N. (2021): A mixed turbidite - contourite system related to a major submarine canyon: the Marquês de Pombal Drift (SW Iberian margin), Sedimentology, 68 (5): 2069-2096.

Ford, J., Urgeles, R., Camerlenghi, A., Gràcia, E. (2021): Seismic diffraction imaging to characterise mass-transport  complexes: examples from the Gulf of Cadiz, south west Iberian Margin, Journal of Geophysical Research, 126 (3): e2020JB021474.

Lee, S.-H., Jou, H.-T., Bahk, J.-J., Jun, H., Moon, S.-H., Kim, H.-J., Horozal, S., Cukur, D., Um, I.-K., Yoo, D.-G., Urgeles, R. (2021): Latest Quaternary mass-transport processes of fan-shaped body in the western margin of the Ulleung Basin, East Sea (Japan Sea). Geosciences Journal, 25: 93-105.

Collico, S., Arroyo; M., Urgeles, R., Gràcia E:, De Vincenzi, M., Peréz, N. (2020): Probabilistic mapping of earthquake-induced submarine landslide susceptibility in the South-West Iberian margin. Marine Geology, 429: 106296.

Cukur, D., Um, I.-K., Chun, J.-H., Lee, G.-S., Kim, S.-R., Bahk, J.-J., Urgeles, R., Horozal, S. (2020): Factors leading to slope failure on a sediment-starved margin: the southwestern continental margin of the East Sea, Korea, Marine Geology, 428: 106282.

S. Serra, C., Martínez-Loriente, S., Gràcia, E., Urgeles, R., Vizcaino, A., Perea, H., Bartolome, R., Pallàs, R., Lo Iacono, C., Diez, S., Dañobeitia, J., Terrinha, P., Zitellini, N. (2020): Tectonic evolution, geomorphology and influence of bottom currents along a large submarine canyon system: The São Vicente Canyon (SW Iberian margin). Marine Geology, 426: 106219.

Tommasi, P., Avalle, A., Budillon, F., Romeo, R., Caburlotto, A., Conforti, A., Di Martino, G., Pagliaroli, A., Magagnoli, M., Urgeles, R., Llopart, J., Camerlenghi, A. (2019): Evaluation of disturbance induced on soft offshore sediments by two types of gravity piston coring techniques. Marine Geology, 417: 106005.

Llopart, J., Urgeles, R., Forsberg, C.F., Camerlenghi, A., Vanneste, M., Rebesco, M., Lucchi, R.G., Rüther, D.C., Lantzsch, H. (2019): Fluid flow and pore pressure development throughout the evolution of a trough mouth fan, western Barents Sea. Basin Research, 31: 487-513.

Urgeles, R., Bahk, J.J., Lee, S.H., Horozal, S., Cukur, D., Kim, S.-P., Kim, G.-Y., Jeong, S.-W., Um, I.-K..(2019): Tsunami hazard from submarine landslides: scenario-based assessment in the Ulleung Basin, East Sea (Japan Sea). Geosciences Journal, 23: 439-460.

Madrussani, G., Rossi, G., Rebesco, M., Picotti, S., Urgeles, R., Llopart, J. (2018): Sediment properties in submarine mass-transport deposits using seismic and rock-physics off NW Barents Sea. Marine Geology, 402: 264-278.

Guerrero, Q., Guillén, J., Durán, R., Urgeles, R. (2018):  Contemporary genesis of sand ridges in a tideless erosional shoreface. Marine Geology, 395: 219-233.

Bahk, J.J., Kang, N.K., Yi, B.-Y., Lee, S.H., Jeong, S.-W., Urgeles, R., Yoo, D.-G.(2017): Sedimentary characteristics and processes of submarine mass-transport deposits in the Ulleung Basin and their relations to seismic and sediment physical properties. Marine Geology, 393: 124-140.

León, R., Somoza, L., Urgeles, R., Medialdea, T., Ferrer, M., Biain, A., García-Crespo, J., Mediato F., Galindo, I., Yepes, J., González, F.J., Giménez-Moreno, I. (2017): Multi-event ocean island collapses: new insights from El Hierro Island, Canary Archipelago. Marine Geology, 393: 156-175.

Mauffrey, M.A., Urgeles R., Berné, S., Canning, J. (2017): The role of fluvial connections in the Plio-Quaternary development of submarine canyons revealed by 3D seismic data: the Ebro Margin, NW Mediterranean. Quaternary Science Reviews, 158: 77-93.

Cameselle, A.L., Urgeles, R.  (2017): Large-scale margin collapse during Messinian early sealevel drawdown: The SW Valencia Trough, NW Mediterranean. Basin Research, 29: 576–595.

Horozal, S., Bahk, J.J., Urgeles, R.,  Kim, G.Y., Cukur, D., Kim, S.P., Lee, G.H., Lee, S.H., Ryu, B.J., Kim, J.H. (2017): Mapping gas hydrate and fluid flow indicators and modeling gas hydrate stability zone (GHSZ) in the Ulleung Basin, East (Japan) Sea: Potential linkage between the occurrence of mass failures and gas hydrate dissociation. Marine and Petroleum Geology, 80: 171-191.

Granado, P., Urgeles, R., Sàbat, F., Albert-Villanueva, E., Roca, E., Muñoz, J.A., Mazzuca, N., Gambini, R. (2016): Geodynamical framework of a salt giant: the North Western Mediterranean Basin. Petroleum Geoscience, 22: 309-321.

Rebesco, M., Özmaral A., Urgeles R., Accettella D., Lucchi R., Rüther D., Winsborrow M., Llopart J., Caburlotto A., Lantzsch H., Hanebuth T.J. (2016): Evolution of a high-latitude sediment drift inside a glacially-carved trough based on high-resolution seismic stratigraphy (Kveithola, NW Barents Sea). Quaternary Science Reviews, 147: 178-193.

Ribó, M., Puig, P., Urgeles, R., Van Rooij, D., Muñoz, A. (2016): Spatio-temporal evolution of the sediment waves developed on the Gulf of Valencia margin (NW Mediterranean) during the Plio-Quaternary. Marine Geology, 378: 276-291.

Horozal, S., Bahk, J.J., Lee, S.H., Urgeles, R., Kim, S.P., Kim, G.Y., Cukur, D., Lee, G.H., Ryu, B.J., Kim, J.H. (2016): Late Neogene–Quaternary submarine mass wasting along the margins of the Ulleung Basin, East Sea: Geomorphologic controls and geohazard potential. Quaternary International, 392: 69-98.

Llopart, J., Urgeles, R., Camerlenghi, A., Lucchi, R.G., Rebesco, M., De Mol, B. (2015): Late Quaternary development of the Storfjorden and Kveithola Trough Mouth Fans, northwestern Barents Sea. Quaternary Science Reviews, 129, 68–84.

Papadopoulos, G.A., Gràcia, E., Urgeles, R., Sallares, V., De Martini, P.M., Pantosti, D., González, M., Yalciner, A.C., Mascle, J., Sakellariou, D., Salamon, A., Tinti, S., Karastathis, V., Fokaefs, A., Camerlenghi, A., Novikova, T., Papageorgiou, A. (2014): Historical and pre-historical tsunamis in the Mediterranean and its connected seas: Geological signatures, generation mechanisms and coastal impacts. Marine Geology, 354: 81-109.

Cameselle, A.L., Urgeles, R., De Mol, B., Camerlenghi, A., Canning, J.C. (2014): Late Miocene sedimentary architecture of the Ebro Continental Margin (Western Mediterranean): implications to the Messinian Salinity Crisis. International Journal of Earth Sciences, 103: 423-440.

Urgeles, R., Camerlenghi, A. (2013): Submarine landslides of the Mediterranean Sea: trigger mechanisms, dynamics and frequency‐magnitude distribution, Journal of Geophysical Research Earth Surface, 118: 2600-2618.

Lucchi, R.G., Camerlenghi, A., Rebesco, M., Colmenero-Hidalgo, E., Sierro, F.J., Sagnotti, L., Urgeles, R., Melis, R., Morigi, C., Bárcena, M.-A., Giorgetti, G., Villa, G., Persico, D., Flores, J.-A., Rigual-Hernández, A.S., Pedrosa, M.T., Macri, P., Caburlotto, A. (2013): Postglacial sedimentary processes on the Storfjorden and Kveithola trough mouth fans: Significance of extreme glacimarine sedimentation, Global and Planetary Change, 111: 309-326.

Amblàs, D., Gerber, T.P., De Mol, B., Urgeles, R., Garcia-Castellanos, D, Canals, M., Pratson, L.F., Robb, N., Canning, J. (2012): The survival of a submarine canyon during long-term outbuilding of a continental margin, Geology, 40: 543-546.

Pedrosa, M.T., Camerlenghi, A. De Mol, B., Urgeles, R., Rebesco, M., Lucchi, R.G. and shipboard participants of the SVAIS EGLACOM Cruises (2011): Seabed morphology and shallow sedimentary structure of the Storfjorden and Kveithola trough-mouth fans (North West Barents Sea). Marine Geology, 286: 65-81.

Amblàs, D., Gerber, T.P., Canals, M., Pratson, L.F., Urgeles, R., Lastras, G., Calafat, A.M. (2011):  Transient erosion in the Valencia Trough turbidite systems, NW Mediterranean Basin. Geomorphology, 130: 173-184.

Moore, J.C., Urgeles, R., Conin, M., Flemings, P.B., Iturrino, G.J. (2011):  Threshold of breakout formation: Stress orientations and the mechanics borehole failure, Mississippi Fan, Gulf of Mexico. Geosphere, 7: 684-693.

Chiocci, F.L., Cattaneo, A., Urgeles, R. (2011):  Seafloor mapping for geohazard assessment: State of the art. Marine Geophysical Research, 32: 1-11.

Urgeles, R., Cattaneo, A., Puig, P., Liquete, C., De Mol, B., Sultan, N., Trincari, F., Amblàs, D. (2011):  A review of undulated sediment features on Mediterranean prodeltas: distinguishing sediment transport structures from sediment deformation. Marine Geophysical Research, 32: 49-69.

Urgeles, R., Camerlenghi, A., Garcia-Castellanos, D., De Mol, B., Garcés, M., Vergés, J., Haslam, I., Hardman, M. (2011):  New constraints on the Messinian sealevel drawdown from 3D seismic data of the Ebro Margin, western Mediterranean. Basin Research, 23: 123-145.

Yang, S.L., Solheim, A., Forsberg, C.F., Kvalstad, T.J., Feng, X.L., Li, A.L. and Urgeles, R. (2009):  Geotechnical properties of river- fed sediments compared with glacier-fed sediments. Marine Georesources and Geotechnology, 27: 281-295.

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., Canals, M., Urgeles, R. and Lafuerza, S. (2007): Analysis of slope failures in submarine canyon heads: An example from the Gulf of Lions, 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 most recent megalandslides of the Canary Islands: El Golfo debris avalanche and Canary debris flow, west El Hierro Island , Journal of Geophysical Research, 102: 20305-20323.