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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, J. Geophys. Res., 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.