Fernando Ornelas Marques

Highlights

Guest Professor at ETH-Zürich in 2008

Top Reviewer Award in Journal of Structural Geology, Elsevier, in 2008

Organiser of GeoMod2010, Modelling in Geosciences, University of Lisbon, Lisbon, Portugal

Managing Guest Editor of Tectonophysics Special Volume 526-529, 2012

Guest Professor at Université Paris-Saclay in July and September 2017

Honourable Mention University of Lisbon/CGD prize 2017 for Geosciences

Outstanding Reviewer, December 2017, Journal of Structural Geology, Elsevier

Managing Guest Editor of Tectonophysics Special Issue "Solid Earth Processes" in honour of E. Burov, Volume 746, 2018

PI of 5 research projects since 2000 with a total funding of 620 k€

Retired from the University of Lisbon as of 1st May 2021

Honoured as an Exceptional Reviewer for his work in 2022 by the Geosphere science editors.

Orcid ID:   https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9163-6084

ISI ResearcherID: B-7120-2008

Scopus Author ID: 7102759947

Google Scholar: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=cU8NUqoAAAAJ

Personal information

Name: Fernando Manuel Ornelas Guerreiro Marques

Place and date of birth: Lourenço Marques (currently Maputo), Mozambique, 22.10.1954

Nationality: Portuguese

Mobile:  +351 962838150

E-mail: fomarques@fc.ul.pt   and   fomarques@gmail.com

Facebook: Fernando Ornelas Marques

Instagram: fmogmarques

Main scientific areas of research

Structural Geology, Tectonics, Experimental and Numerical Modelling, Tectonophysics, Geodynamics

Academic degrees

Habilitation – Lisbon University, 2003

Ph.D. in Geology, Internal Geodynamics, Summa Cum Laude  –  Lisbon University, 1994

M.Sc. in Geology – Lisbon University, 1989

Graduation in Geology, with final average mark of 17 out of 20  –  Lisbon University, 1985

Academic career

Assistant Professor  –  from April 1994 to April 2021

Assistant  –  1989 to 1994

Assistant in training  –  1986 to 1989

Geology student  –  5 years course completed in 5 years, from 1980/81 to 1984/85, with an average mark of 17 out of 20.

Present position

Retired from the University of Lisbon as Assistant Professor with Habilitation

Recent and current activity

2025

Fieldwork in the Azores with French colleagues.

2024

26th September to 12th October - visit to China: Wuhan (China University of Geosciences - CUG, for post-Doc seminars and discussions of future cooperation), Longmen Shan (fieldwork), Sichuan Basin (fieldwork), Zunyi (Normal College of Engineering, for post-Doc seminars and discussions of future cooperation), Wuhan (CUG).

2022

October 2022 - one month of fieldwork in NE Brazil with colleagues from UFRN and UFCG.

Site of my house in Santa Maria Island now online:  https://www.nandoshome.com/

20 to 29 May fieldwork in Central Azores (Faial, Pico and S. Jorge islands) with French colleagues from Paris-Saclay and Strasbourg, and a PhD student from Chile.

2021

1st May - retired from the University of Lisbon, and I will start a new life, which includes a new venture in Santa Maria Island, Azores. I will be there the first two weeks of June to complete the renovation of the house, so that it is ready to receive the first guests.

29th September to 6th October - in La Palma to study the volcanic eruption in Cumbre Vieja

2nd to 11th November - in La Palma to study the volcanic eruption in Cumbre Vieja

Officially retired from the University of Lisbon in 2021!

Today is the first day of the rest of my life!

My house in Santa Maria Island, Azores, where I will start a new adventure (see it here:   https://www.nandoshome.com/)

Sunrise in December viewed from the main bedroom

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ISI Publications

2025

[124] Tavares, A.C., Vasconcelos, D.L., Marques, F.O., Medeiros, W.E., Palhano, L.C., Nogueira, F.C.C., Fuck, R.A., Sousa, M.O.L., Dantas, R.R.S., Oliveira, R.G., Bezerra, F.H.R., 2025. Failed rift propagation at a lithospheric-scale shear zone: implications for continental breakup in the South Atlantic. Gondwana Research, in the press.

[123] He, W.G., Marques, F.O., Duarte, J.C., 2025. Experimental modelling of en masse translation of long brittle blocks over a viscous layer: application to the Sichuan Basin, China. Tectonics 44, e2024TC008526.

[122] Vasconcelos, D.L., Balsamo, F., Palhano, L.C., Nogueira, F.C.C., Bezerra, F.H., Marques, F.O., Oliveira, R.G., Medeiros, W.E., Fuck, R.A., Tavares, A.C., Dantas, R.R.S., 2025. Influence of Tectonic Regime Superposition on Damage Zone Structures in a Basin-Boundary Fault, Jatobá Basin, NE Brazil. Journal of Structural Geology 201, 105552. Free download of PDF here:   https://authors.elsevier.com/c/1lnMchdGqo9uZ 

[121] Marques, F.O. , Catita, C.S., Hildenbrand, A., Victória, S.S., 2025. Restoring volcanic ocean island palaeotopography to uncover island-scale buried sector collapses. Geomorphology 486, 109900. Free download here:   https://authors.elsevier.com/a/1lNaP,3sl42tTT 

[120] Hevia-Cruz, F., Hildenbrand, A., Sheldon, N.D., Chabaux, F., Marques, F.O., Carlut, J., 2025. Fast CO2 uptake by intense weathering of volcanic islands during interglacial stages. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 401, 62-76. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gca.2025.05.035

[119] Marques, F.O., Balázs, A., Gerya, T.V., Hildenbrand, A. 2025. Dynamics and evolution of the Azores Triple Junction and its relation to pre-existing major tectonic structures. Nature Commun Earth Environ 6, 303. https://doi.org/10.1038/s43247-025-02255-8

[118] Marques, F.O., Ribeiro, L.P., Hübscher, C., Costa, A.C.G., Hildenbrand, A., 2025. How and why small volcanic ocean islands collapse and move vertically up and down. Nature Scientific Reports 15, 3835. PDF aqui:  https://rdcu.be/d76fG 

[117] He, W.G., Marques,  F.O., 2025. Effects of backstop vertical position on the evolution of a backthrust dominated fold-and-thrust belt: insights from viscous/brittle analogue models and comparison with Cascadia. Journal of Structural Geology 191, 105333.

2024

[116] Marques, F. O., Palhano, L. C., Vasconcelos, D. L., Nogueira, F. C. C., Tavares, A. C., Bezerra, F. H., et al., 2024. Tectonic inversion of intracontinental basins and the conundrum of plate‐scale stress propagation: The case of the Jatobá Basin, NE Brazil. Tectonics 43, e2024TC008298. https://doi.org/10.1029/2024TC008298

[115] Hildenbrand, A. , Marques, F.O., Pereira, A.., Nomade, S., Hevia-Cruz, F., 2024. Precise dating of large flank collapses by single-grain 40Ar/39Ar on pyroclastic deposits, from the example of Flores Island (Azores). Nature Scientific Reports 14, 11905.

[114] Hevia-Cruz, F., Sheldon, N.D., Hildenbrand, A., Hren, M.T., Marques, F.O., Carlut, J., Chabaux, F., 2024. Regional variations of the Azores High across glacial-interglacial timescales. Paleoceanography and Paleoclimatology 39, e2023PA004810.

[113] Hevia-Cruz, F., Hildenbrand, A., Sheldon, N.D., Hren, M.T., Zanon, V., Marques, F.O., Carlut, J., Chabaux, F., Haurine, F., 2024. Weathering pulses during glacial-interglacial transitions: insights from well-dated paleosols in the Azores volcanic province (Central North Atlantic). Quaternary Science Reviews 324, 108438. 

2023

[112] Hildenbrand, A., Zeyen, H., Schmidt, F., Bouley, S., Costard, F., Gillot, P.Y., Marques, F.O., Quidelleur, X., 2023. A giant volcanic island in an early Martian Ocean? Earth and Planetary Science Letters 619, 118302. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.epsl.2023.118302 

[111] Bezerra, F.H., Marques, F.O., Vasconcelos, D.L., Rossetti, D.F., Tavares, A.C., Maia, R.P., de Castro, D.L., Nogueira, F.C.C., Fuck, R.A., Medeiros, W.E., 2023. Review of tectonic inversion of sedimentary basins in NE and N Brazil: analysis of mechanisms, timing and effects on structures and relief. Journal of South American Earth Sciences 126, 104356,  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jsames.2023.104356.

[110] Palhano, L.C., Nogueira, F.C.C., Marques, F.O., Vasconcelos, D.L., Bezerra, F.H.R., de Souza, J.A.B., Nicchio, M.A., Perez, Y.A.R., Balsamo, F., 2023. Influence of hydrothermal silicification on the physical properties of a basin-boundary fault affecting arkosic porous sandstones, Rio do Peixe Basin, Brazil. Marine and Petroleum Geology 148, 106062, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2022.106062.

2022

[109] Marques, F.O., 2022. SARS-CoV-2, Alcohol Consumption, Poor Social Behavior, and the COVID-19 Pandemic. Archives of Internal Medicine Research 5, 182-191.

[108] Ramos, G.V., Vasconcelos, D.L., Marques, F.O., Castro, D.L., Nogueira, F.C.C., Bezerra, F.H.R., Perez, Y.A.R., Souza, J.A.B., Medeiros, V.C., 2022. Relations between inherited basement fabric and fault nucleation in a continental setting: the Rio do Peixe Basin, NE Brazil. Marine and Petroleum Geology 139, 105635.  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2022.105635 

2021

[107] Barbarand, J., Marques, F. O., Hildenbrand, A., Pinna Jamme, R., Nogueira, C.R., 2021. Thermal evolution of onshore west Iberia: a better understanding of the ages of breakup and rift-to-drift in the Iberia-Newfoundland Rift. Tectonophysics 813, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tecto.2021.228926.

[106] Hildenbrand, A., Marques, F.O., Quidelleur, X., Noronha, F., 2021. Exhumation history of the Variscan orogen in western Iberia as inferred from new K-Ar and 40Ar/39Ar data on granites from Portugal. Tectonophysics 812, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tecto.2021.228863 .

[105] Marques, F.O., Catalão, J., Hübscher, C., Costa, A.C.G., Hildenbrand, A., Zeyen, H., Nomikou, P., Lebas, E., Zanon, V., 2021.  The shaping of a volcanic ridge in a tectonically active setting: The Pico-Faial Ridge in the Azores Triple Junction. Geomorphology 378, 107612. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geomorph.2021.107612

[104] Vasconcelos, D.L., Marques, F.O., Nogueira, F.C.C., Perez, Y.A.R., Bezerra, F.H.R., Stohler, R.C., Souza, J.A.B., 2021. Tectonic inversion assessed by integration of geological and geophysical data: the intracontinental Rio do Peixe Basin, NE Brazil. Basin Research 33, 705-728.  10.1111/bre.12491.

2020

[103] Akker, I.V., Tajčmanová, L.​, Marques, F.O., Burg, J.-P., 2020. U-Pb zircon geochronology and phase equilibria modelling of HP-LT rocks in the Ossa-Morena Zone, Portugal. International Journal of Earth Sciences 109, 2719–2738. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00531-020-01921-w

[102] Ricci, J., Carlut, J., Marques, F.O., Hildenbrand, A., Valet, J.-P., 2020. Volcanic record of the last geomagnetic reversal in a lava flow sequence from the Azores. Frontiers in Earth Science 8. DOI: 10.3389/feart.2020.00165.

[101] Marques, F.O., Hildenbrand, A., Costa, A.C.G., Sibrant, A.L.R., 2020. The evolution of Santa Maria Island in the context of the Azores Triple Junction. Bulletin of Volcanology  82, 39 https://doi.org/10.1007/s00445-020-01378-4.

[100] Marques, F.O. , Hildenbrand, A., Zeyen, H., Cunha, C., Victória, S.S., 2020. The complex vertical motion of intraplate oceanic islands assessed in Santiago Island, Cape Verde. Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems 21, e2019GC008754.  https://doi.org/10.1029/2019GC008754

2019

[99] Marques, F.O., Hildenbrand, A., Victória, S.S., Cunha, C., Dias, P., 2019. Caldera or flank collapse in the Fogo volcano? What age? Consequences for risk assessment in volcanic islands. Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research 388, 106686 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jvolgeores.2019.106686

[98] Marques, F.O., Mandal, N., Barbosa, J., 2019.  Basin development by relaxation of a buckled elastic layer: insights from laboratory experiments. Journal of Structural Geology  128, DOI: 10.1016/j.jsg.2019.103885

2018

[97] Hildenbrand, A., Marques, F.O., Catalão, J., 2018. Large-scale mass wasting on small volcanic islands revealed by the study of Flores Island (Azores). Nature Scientific Reports 8, 13898; DOI:10.1038/s41598-018-32253-0

[96] Marques, F.O., Mandal, N., Ghosh, S., Ranalli, G., Bose, S., 2018. Channel flow, tectonic overpressure, and exhumation of high-pressure rocks in the Greater Himalayas. Solid Earth 9, 1061-1078, https://doi.org/10.5194/se-9-1061-2018

[95] Marques, F.O., Hildenbrand, A., Hübscher, C., 2018. Evolution of a volcanic island on the shoulder of an oceanic rift and geodynamic implications: S. Jorge Island on the Terceira Rift, Azores Triple Junction. Tectonophysics 738-739, 41-50.

[94] Marques, F.O., Ranalli, G., Mandal, N., 2018. Tectonic overpressure at shallow depth in the lithosphere: The effects of boundary conditions. Tectonophysics 746, 702-715. 

[93] Silva, P., Henry, B., Marques, F.O., Hildenbrand, A., Lopes, A., Madureira, P., Madeira, J., Nunes, J., Roxerová, Z., 2018. Volcano-tectonic evolution of a linear volcanic ridge (Pico-Faial Ridge, Azores Triple Junction) assessed by paleomagnetic studies. Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research 352, 78-91.

2017

        I decided not to write any paper myself in 2017.

      I concentrated on managing the 44 papers accepted for the Tectonophysics SI in honour of E. Burov

2016

[92] Mourgues, R., Costa, A.C.G., Marques, F.O., Lacoste, A., Hildenbrand, A., 2016. Structural consequences of cohesion in gravitational instabilities triggered by fluid overpressure: analytical derivation and experimental testing. Journal of Structural Geology 87, 134-143.

[91]  Marques, F.O., Hildenbrand, A., Zanon, V., Boulesteix, T., 2016. Comment on "The insular shelves of the Faial-Pico Ridge (Azores archipelago): a morphological record of its evolution" by Quartau et al. (2015). Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems 17, 625-632.

[90]  Sibrant, A.L.R., Marques, F.O., Hildenbrand, A., Boulesteix, T., Costa, A.C.G., Catalão J., 2016. Deformation in a hyper-slow oceanic rift: insights from the tectonics of the S. Miguel Island (Terceira Rift, Azores). Tectonics 35, 425–446  DOI:10.1002/2015TC003886.

[89] Marques, F.O., 2016. Mineral lineation produced by 3-D rotation of rigid inclusions in confined viscous simple shear. Tectonophysics 684, 92-99.

[88] Marques, F.O., Mandal, N., 2016. Post-buckling relaxation of an elastic layer and its geological relevance: Insights from analogue experiments in pure shear. Tectonophysics 668-669, 82–91.

[87] Marques, F.O., Kaus, B.J.P., 2016. Speculations on the impact of catastrophic subduction initiation on the Earth System. Journal of Geodynamics 93, 1–16.

2015

[86] Sibrant, A.L.R., Marques, F.O., Hildenbrand, A., 2015. Reply to the comment by Quartau et al. on "Construction and destruction of a volcanic island developed inside an oceanic rift: Graciosa Island, Terceira Rift, Azores", J. Volcanol. Geotherm. Res. 284, 32-45, by Sibrant et al. (2014). Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research 303, 193-198.

[85] Costa, A.C.G., Hildenbrand, A., Marques, F.O., Sibrant, A.L.R., Santos de Campos, A., 2015. Catastrophic flank collapses and slumping in Pico Island during the last 130 kyr (Pico-Faial ridge, Azores Triple Junction). Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research 302, 33-46.

[84] Marques, F.O., Machek, M., Roxerová, Z., Burg, J.-P., Almqvist, B.S.G., 2015. Mechanics, microstructure and AMS evolution of a synthetic porphyritic calcite aggregate deformed in torsion. Tectonophysics 655, 41-57.

[83] Sibrant, A.L.R., Hildenbrand, A., Marques, F.O., Weiss, B., Boulesteix, T., Hübscher, C.. Lüdmann, T., Costa, A.C.G., Catalão, J.C., 2015. Morpho-structural evolution of a volcanic island developed inside an active oceanic rift: S. Miguel Island (Terceira Rift, Azores). Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research 301, 90-106.

[82] Marques, F.O., Catalão, J., Hildenbrand, A., Madureira, P., 2015. Ground motion and tectonics in the Terceira Island: tectonomagmatic interactions in an oceanic rift (Terceira Rift, Azores Triple Junction). Tectonophysics 651-652, 19-34.

[81] Nogueira, F.C.C., Marques, F.O., Bezerra, F.H.R., de Castro, D.L., Fuck,  R.A.,  2015. Cretaceous intracontinental rifting and post-rift inversion in NE Brazil: insights from the Rio do Peixe Basin. Tectonophysics 644-645, 92-107.

[80] Sibrant, A.L.R., Hildenbrand, A., Marques, F.O., Costa, A.C.G., 2015. Volcano-tectonic evolution of the Santa Maria Island (Azores): implications for palaeostress evolution at the western Eurasia-Nubia plate boundary. Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research 291, 49-62.

2014

[79] Hildenbrand, A, Weis, D., Madureira, P., Marques, F.O., 2014. Recent plate re-organization at the Azores Triple Junction: evidence from combined geochemical and geochronological data on Faial, S. Jorge and Terceira volcanic islands. Lithos 210-211, 27-39.

[78] Sibrant, A.L.R., Marques, F.O., Hildenbrand, A., 2014. Construction and destruction of a volcanic island developed inside an oceanic rift: Graciosa Island, Terceira Rift, Azores. Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research 284, 32-45.

[77] Marques, F.O., Catalão, J., Hildenbrand, A., Costa, A.C.G., Dias, N.A., 2014. The 1998 Faial earthquake, Azores: Evidence for a transform fault associated with the Nubia-Eurasia plate boundary? Tectonophysics 633, 115-125.

[76] Marques, F.O., Nogueira, F.C.C., Bezerra, F.H.R., de Castro, D.L., 2014. The Araripe Basin in NE Brazil: An intracontinental graben inverted to a high-standing horst. Tectonophysics 630, 251-264.

[75] Machek, M., Roxerová, Z., Závada, P., Silva, P.F., Henry, B., Dědeček, P., Petrovský, E., Marques, F.O., 2014. Intrusion of lamprophyre dyke and related deformation effects in the host rock salt: a case study from the Loulé diapir, Portugal. Tectonophysics 629, 165-178.

[74] Silva, P.F., Marques, F.O., Machek, M., Henry, B., Hirt, A.M., Roxerová, Z., Madureira, P., Vratislav, S., 2014. Evidence for non-coaxiality of ferrimagnetic and paramagnetic fabrics, developed during magma flow and cooling in a thick mafic dyke. Tectonophysics 629, 155-164.

[73] Marques, F.O., Mandal, N., Taborda, R., Antunes, J., Bose, S., 2014. The behaviour of deformable and non-deformable inclusions in viscous flow. Earth Science Reviews 134, 16-69.

[72] Marques, F.O., Cabral, F.R., Gerya, T.V., Zhu, G., May, D.A., 2014. Subduction initiates at straight passive margins. Geology 42, 331-334.

[71] Costa, A.C.G., Marques, F.O., Hildenbrand, A., Sibrant, A.L.R., Catita, C.M.S., 2014. Large-scale flank collapses in a steep volcanic ridge: Pico-Faial Ridge, Azores Triple Junction. Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research 272, 111–125.

[70] Marques, F.O., 2014. Comment on: "Are subduction zones invading the Atlantic? Evidence from the southwest Iberia margin", by Duarte et al., Geology doi:10.1130/G34100.1. Geology 42, e327.

[69] Métrich, N., Zanon, V., Créon, L., Hildenbrand, A., Moreira, M., Marques, F.O., 2014. Is the “Azores hotspot” a wetspot? Insights from the geochemistry of fluid and melt inclusions in olivine of Pico basalts. Journal of Petrology 55, 377-393.

[68] Marques, F.O., Catalão, J.C., DeMets,  C., Costa, A.C.G., Hildenbrand, A., 2014. Corrigendum to "GPS and tectonic evidence for a diffuse plate boundary at the Azores Triple Junction" [Earth and Planetary Science Letters 381 (2013), 177-187]. Earth and Planetary Science Letters 387, 1-3.

2013

[67] Marques, F.O., Catalão, J.C., DeMets,  C., Costa, A.C.G., Hildenbrand, A., 2013. GPS and tectonic evidence for a diffuse plate boundary at the Azores Triple Junction. Earth and Planetary Science Letters 381, 177-187.

[66] Marques, F.O., Nikolaeva, K., Assumpção, M., Gerya, T.V., Bezerra, F.H.R., Nascimento, A.F. do, Ferreira, J.M., 2013. Testing the influence of far-field topographic forcing on subduction initiation at a passive margin. Tectonophysics 608, 517-524.

[65] Hildenbrand, A., Marques, F.O., Catalão, J., Catita, C.M.S., Costa, A.C.G., 2013. Large-scale active slump of the southeastern flank of Pico Island, Azores: REPLY. Geology 41, e302, doi:10.1130/G34879Y.1.

[64] Ribeiro, P., Silva, P.F., Moita, P., Kratinová, Z., Marques, F.O., Henry, B., 2013. Palaeomagnetism in the Sines massif (SW Iberia) revisited: Evidences for Late Cretaceous hydrothermal alteration and associated partial remagnetization. Geophysical Journal International 195, 176-191.

[63] Hildenbrand, A., Marques, F.O., Costa, A.C.G., Sibrant, A.L.R., Silva, P.F., Henry, B., Miranda, J.M., Madureira, P., 2013. Reply to the comment by Quartau and Mitchell on "Reconstructing the architectural evolution of volcanic islands from combined K/Ar, morphologic, tectonic, and magnetic data: The Faial Island example (Azores)", J. Volcanol. Geotherm. Res. 241-242, 39-48, by Hildenbrand et al. (2012). Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research 255, 127-130.

[62] Gurgel, S.P.P., Bezerra, F.H.R., Corrêa, A.C.B., Marques, F.O., Maia, R.P., 2013. Cenozoic uplift and erosion of structural landforms in NE Brazil. Geomorphology 186, 68-84.

[61] Marques, F.O., Burg, J.-P., Armann, M., Martinho, E., 2013. Rheology of synthetic polycrystalline halite in torsion. Tectonophysics 583, 124-130.

2012

[60] Marques, F.O., Marques, M.T., 2012. No problem? No research, little learning ... big problem!. Journal of Systemics, Cybernetics and Informatics 10, 60-62.

[59] Hildenbrand, A., Marques, F.O., Costa, A.C.G., Sibrant, A.L.R., Silva, P.F., Henry, B., Miranda, J.M., Madureira, P., 2012. Reconstructing the architectural evolution of volcanic islands from combined K/Ar, morphologic, tectonic, and magnetic data: the Faial Island example (Azores). Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research 241-242, 39-48.

[58] Hildenbrand, A., Marques, F.O., Catalão, J., Catita, C.M.S., Costa, A.C.G., 2012. Large-scale active slump of the SE flank of Pico Island (Azores). Geology 40, 939-942.

[57] Marques, F.O., 2012. Comment on "Eye and sheath folds in turbidite convolute lamination: Aberystwyth Grits Group, Wales", by H.L.O. McClelland, N.H. Woodcock, C. Gladstone, Journal of Structural Geology 33 (2011) 1140-1147. Journal of Structural Geology 37, 248-250.

[56] Silva, P.F., Henry, B., Marques, F.O., et al., 2012. Palaeomagnetic study of a sub-aerial volcanic ridge (São Jorge Island, Azores) for the past 1.3 Myr: evidence for the Cobb Mountain Subchron, volcano flank instability and tectono-magmatic implications. Geophysical Journal International 188, 959-978, DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2011.05320.x.

[55] Marques, F.O., 2012. Transform faults orthogonal to rifts: Insights from fully gravitational physical experiments.  Tectonophysics  526-529, 42-47.

[54] Marques, F.O., Fonseca, P.D., Lechmann, S., Burg, J.-P., Marques, A.S., Andrade, A.J.M., Alves, C., 2012. Boudinage in nature and experiment. Tectonophysics 526-529, 88-96.

2011

[53] Marques, F.O., Burlini, L., Burg, J.-P., 2011. Microstructural and mechanical effects of strong fine-grained muscovite in soft halite matrix: shear strain localization in torsion. Journal of Geophysical Research, 116, B08213, doi:10.1029/2010JB008080.

[52] Marques, F.O., Burlini, L., Burg, J.-P., 2011. Microstructure and mechanical properties of halite/coarse muscovite synthetic aggregates deformed in torsion. Journal of Structural Geology 33, 624-632.

[51] Nikolaeva, K., Gerya, T., Marques, F.O., 2011. Numerical analysis of subduction initiation risk along the Atlantic American passive margins. Geology 39, 463-466.

2010

[50] Lechmann, S.M., Schmalholz, S.M., Burg, J.-P., Marques, F.O., 2010. Dynamic unfolding of multilayers: 2D numerical approach and application to turbidites in SW Portugal. Tectonophysics 494, 64-74.

[49] Silva, P.F., Marques, F.O., Henry, B., Madureira, P., Hirt, A.M., Font, E., Lourenço, N., 2010. Thick dyke emplacement and internal flow: A structural and magnetic fabric study of the deep-seated dolerite dyke of Foum Zguid (Southern Morocco). Journal of Geophysical Research 115, B12108, doi:10.1029/2010JB007638.

[48] Marques, F.O., Burlini, L., Armann, M., 2010. Technical note on the strength of copper versus polymer jackets in torsion tests on halite up to 300 ºC. Tectonophysics 490, 55-59.

[47] Marques, F.O., 2010. Comment on "Deep structure, recent deformation and analog modeling of the Gulf of Cadiz accretionary wedge: Implications for the 1755 Lisbon earthquake", by Gutscher et al. 2009. Tectonophysics 485, 327-329.

[46] Marques, F.O., Burlini, L., Burg, J.-P., 2010. Rheology and microstructure of synthetic halite/calcite porphyritic aggregates in torsion. Journal of Structural Geology 32, 342-349.

[45] Nikolaeva, K., Gerya, T., Marques, F.O., 2010. Subduction initiation at passive margins: numerical modelling. Journal of Geophysical Research 115, B03406, doi:10.1029/2009JB006549.

[44] Marques, F.O., Burg, J.-P., Lechmann, S. M., Schmalholz, S. M., 2010. Fluid-assisted particulate flow of turbidites at very low temperature: A key to tight folding in a submarine Variscan foreland basin of SW Europe. Tectonics 29, TC2005, doi:10.1029/2008TC002439.

2009

[43] Figueiras, J., Gonçalves, M.A., Mateus, A., Marques, F.O., Monteiro Santos, F., Mota, R., 2009. Initial stages of pollutants dispersion around municipal waste disposal facilities; a case study in northern Portugal. International Journal of Environment and Waste Management 4, 341-365.

[42] Marques, F.O., 2009. Reply to Discussion by G.I. Alsop and R.E. Holdsworth of “Sheath fold development with viscosity contrast: Analogue experiments in bulk simple shear” by Marques et al.. Journal of Structural Geology 31, 218-219.

[41] Marques, F.O., Podladchikov, Y.Y., 2009. A thin elastic core can control large-scale patterns of lithosphere shortening. Earth and Planetary Science Letters 277, 80-85.

2008

[40] Rosas, F.M., Marques, F.O., Ballèvre, M., Tassinari, C., 2008. Geodynamic evolution of the SW Variscides: orogenic collapse shown by new tectonometamorphic and isotopic data from western Ossa-Morena Zone, SW Iberia. Tectonics 27, TC6008, doi:10.1029/2008TC002333.

[39] Marques, F.O., Burlini, L., 2008. Rigid inclusions rotate in geologic materials as shown by torsion experiments. Journal of Structural Geology 30, 1368-1371.

[38] Marques, F.O., Guerreiro, S.M., Fernandes, A.R., 2008. Sheath fold development with viscosity contrast: analogue experiments in bulk simple shear. Journal of Structural Geology 30, 1348-1353.

[37] Silva, P.F., Henry, B., Marques, F.O., Font, E., Mateus, A., Vegas, R., Miranda, J.M., Palomino, R., Palencia-Ortas, A., 2008. Magma flow, exsolution processes and rock metasomatism in the Great Messejana-Plasencia dyke (Iberian Peninsula). Geophysical Journal International 175, 806-824.

[36] Hildenbrand, A., Madureira, P., Marques, F.O., Cruz, I., Henry, B., Silva, P., 2008. Multi-stage evolution of a sub-aerial volcanic ridge over the last 1.3 Myr: S. Jorge Island, Azores Triple Junction. Earth and Planetary Science Letters 273, 289-298.

[35] Marques, F.O., Nogueira, C., 2008. Normal fault inversion by orthogonal compression: Sandbox experiments with weak faults. Journal of Structural Geology 30, 761-766.

[34] Marques, F.O., 2008. Thrust initiation and propagation during shortening of a 2-layer model lithosphere. Journal of Structural Geology 30, 29-38.

2007

[33] Marques, F.O., Cobbold, P.R., Lourenço, N., 2007. Physical models of rifting and transform faulting, due to ridge push in a wedge-shaped oceanic lithosphere. Tectonophysics  443, 37–52, doi:10.1016/ j.tecto.2007.07.002.

[32] Marques, F.O., Schmid, D.W., Andersen, T.B., 2007. Applications of inclusion behaviour models to a major shear zone system: The Nordfjord-Sogn Detachment Zone in Western Norway. Journal of Structural Geology 29, 1622-1631.

2006

[31] Silva, P.F., Henry, B., Marques, F.O., Madureira, P., Miranda, J.M., 2006. Paleomagnetic study of the Great Foum Zguid Dyke (southern Morocco): A positive contact test related to metasomatic processes. Geophysical Research Letters 33, L21301, doi:10.1029/2006GL027498.

[30] Coelho, S., Passchier, C., Marques, F.O., 2006. Riedel-shears control on the development of pennant veins: field example and analogue modelling. Journal of Structural Geology 28, 1658-1669.

[29] Marques, F.O., Taborda, R., Bose, S., 2006. A Discussion of "Numerical models of flow patterns around a rigid inclusion in a viscous matrix undergoing simple shear: implications of model parameters and boundary conditions" by N. Mandal, S.K. Samanta and C. Chakraborty, Journal of Structural Geology 27 (2005) 1599 - 1609. Journal of Structural Geology 28, 1371-1374.

[28] Marques, F.O. and Cobbold, P.R., 2006. Effects of topography on the curvature of fold-and-thrust belts during shortening of a 2-layer model of continental lithosphere. Tectonophysics 415, 65-80.

[27] Silva, P.F., Henry, B., Marques, F.O., Mateus, A., Madureira, P., Lourenço, N. and Miranda, J.M., 2006. Variation of magnetic properties in sedimentary rocks hosting the Foum Zguid dyke (Southern Morocco): combined effects of re-crystallization and Fe-metasomatism. Earth and Planetary Science Letters 241, 978-992.

2005

[26] Marques, F.O., Taborda, R. and Antunes, J., 2005. 2-D rotation of rigid inclusions in confined bulk simple shear flow: a numerical study. Journal of Structural Geology 27, 2171-2180.

[25] Marques, F.O., Taborda, R. and Antunes, J., 2005. Influence of a low-viscosity layer between rigid inclusion and viscous matrix on inclusion rotation and matrix flow: a numerical study. Tectonophysics 407, 101-115.

[24] Marques, F.O., Marques, F.M.S.F., Mateus, A., Figueiras, J., Santos, F.M., Mota, R., Amaral, H., 2005. The effectiveness of “clay” liners as basal isolation of landfills: A case study. Environmental Geology  47, 1128 - 1137.

[23] Marques, F.O., Taborda, R., Bose, S., Antunes, J., 2005. Effects of confinement on matrix flow around a rigid inclusion in viscous simple shear: insights from analogue and numerical modelling. Journal of Structural Geology 27, 379-396.

2004

[22] Mota, R., Monteiro Santos, F.A., Mateus, A., Marques, F.O., Gonçalves, M.A., Figueiras, J., Amaral, H., 2004. Granite fracturing and incipient pollution beneath a recent landfill facility as detected by geoelectrical surveys. Journal of Applied Geophysics 57, 11-22.

[21] Bose, S., Marques, F.O., 2004. Controls on the geometry of tails around rigid circular inclusions: insights from analogue modelling in simple shear. Journal of Structural Geology 26, 2145-2156.

[20] Silva, P. F., Marques, F. O., Henry, B., Mateus, A., Lourenço, N., Miranda, J. M., 2004. Preliminary results of a study of magnetic properties in the Foum-Zguid dyke (Morocco). Physics and Chemistry of the Earth 29, 909-920.

[19] Marques, F.O., Bose, S., 2004. Influence of a permanent low-friction boundary on rotation and flow in rigid inclusion/viscous-matrix systems from an analogue perspective. Tectonophysics 382, 229-245.

[18] Schmid, D.W., Podladchikov, Y.Yu., Marques, F.O., 2004. Folding of a finite length power-law layer. Journal of Geophysical Research 109, B3, B03407, doi:10.1029/2003JB002421.

[17] Taborda, R., Antunes, J., Marques, F. O., 2004. 2-D Rotation behavior of a rigid ellipse in confined viscous simple shear: numerical experiments using FEM. Tectonophysics 379, 127-137.

2003

[16] Marques, F.O., Coelho, S., 2003. 2-D shape preferred orientations of rigid particles in transtensional viscous flow. Journal of Structural Geology 25, 841-854.

2002

[15] Marques, F.O., Mateus, A., Tassinari, C., 2002. The Late-Variscan fault network in central-northern Portugal (NW Iberia): a re-evaluation. Tectonophysics 359, 255-270.

[14] Marques, F.O., Cobbold, P.R., 2002. Topography as a major factor in the development of arcuate thrust belts: Insights from sandbox experiments. Tectonophysics 348, 247-268.

[13] Marques, F.O., 2002. Reconstruction/Interpretation of macroscopic structures from discontinuous mesoscopic observations: a major task of field/structural geologists. Journal of Geoscience Education 50, 247-265.

[12] Rosas, F.M., Marques, F.O., Luz, A., Coelho, S., 2002. Sheath folds formed by drag induced by rotation of rigid inclusions in viscous simple shear flow: nature and experiment. Journal of Structural Geology 24, 45-55.

2001

[11] Silva, P. F., Marques, F. O., Miranda, J. M., Henry, B., Mateus, A., 2001. Anisotropy of magnetic susceptibility (AMS) constraints on Variscan obduction processes in the Bragança Massif (NE Portugal). Tectonophysics 341, 95-119.

[10] Sautter, V., Duchene, S., Marques, F.O., 2001. New analytical and numerical geospeedometers tested on garnet pyroxenites from the Braganca Nappe Complex (NE-Portugal). Tectonophysics 342, 39-59.

[9] Rosas, F.M., Marques, F.O., Coelho, S., Fonseca, P., 2001. Sheath fold development in bulk simple shear: analogue modelling of natural examples from the Southern Iberian Variscan Fold Belt. In: Koyi, H.A. and Mancktelow, N.S. (Eds.), Tectonic Modeling: a Volume in Honor of Hans Ramberg. Geological Society of America Memoir 193, 101-110.

[8] Marques, F.O., 2001. Flow and fracturing of clay: analogue experiments in bulk pure shear. In: Koyi, H.A. and Mancktelow, N.S. (Eds.), Tectonic Modeling: a Volume in Honor of Hans Ramberg. Geological Society of America Memoir 193, 261-270.

[7] Marques, F.O., Coelho, S., 2001. Rotation of rigid elliptical cylinders in viscous simple shear flow: analogue experiments. Journal of Structural Geology 23, 609-617.

1998

[6] Voegelé, V., Cordier, P., Sautter, V., Sharp, T.G., Lardeaux, J.M., Marques, F.O., 1998. Plastic deformation of silicate garnets: II. Deformation microstructures in natural samples. Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors 108, 319-338.

1996

[5] Marques, F.O., Ribeiro, A., Munhá, J.M., 1996. Geodynamic evolution of the Continental Allochthonous Terrane (CAT) of the Bragança Nappe Complex, NE Portugal. Tectonics 15, 747-762.

1995

[4] Marques, F.G., Cobbold, P.R., 1995. Development of highly non-cylindrical folds around rigid ellipsoidal inclusions in bulk simple shear regimes: natural examples and experimental modelling. Journal of Structural Geology 17, 589-602.

1993

[3] Ribeiro, A., Pereira, E., Marques, F., 1993. A discussion of Dallmeyer, R.D. and Tucker, R.D. 1993. U-Pb zircon age for the Lagoa augengneiss, Morais complex, Portugal: tectonic implications. Journal of the Geological Society of London 150, 405-410.

1992

[2] Marques, F.G., Ribeiro, A., Pereira, E., 1992. Tectonic evolution of the deep crust: Variscan reactivation by extension and thrusting of Precambrian basement in the Bragança and Morais Massifs (Trás-os-Montes, NE Portugal). Geodinamica Acta 5, 135-151.

1991

[1] Dallmeyer, R.D., Ribeiro, A., Marques, F., 1991. Polyphase Variscan emplacement of exotic terranes (Morais and Bragança Massifs) onto Iberian successions: Evidence from 40Ar/39Ar mineral ages. Lithos 27, 133-144.