Dr Ismael Himar Falcon Suarez

Biography

I am an experimental geoscientist with wide-ranging experience in hydro(geo)mechanical, geophysical and geochemical techniques and proven skills in water-engineering. I use these skills to expand the OBG - Marine Geosystems subgroup research expertise into climate change mitigation and cleaner energy strategies, including CO2- and H2-seawater-rock interactions underground during CO2 and H2 storage, reservoirs characterisation/monitoring during production/injection activities and seafloor minerals and energy resources quantification.

Projects

Current projects:

FAPESP-EHMPRES (NE/X003248/1; ~£99k) - PI

CHORUS (NE/X012751/1; ~£95k) - PI

FOCUS (NE/X006271/1; ~£5.9M) – Co-I

MOET (NE/W005026/1) – R-Co-I

Pūhiko Nukutū (PROP-83782-ENDRP-UOC; AU$13,612,653.50) – R-collaborator

 

Projects completed from October 2013 (in NOC):

2019 - 2022 OASIS (CLIMIT/RCN-280472) – Co-I; 2018 – 2021 GASRIP (NE/R013535/1; £327,975) - PI; 2016 – 2020 EU STEMM-CCS: (H2020-LCE-2015-1; 15,900,000€) – Co-I; 2016 – 2020 NERC CHIMNEY (NE/N016130/1; £613,314) – Co-I; 2013 – 2016 EPSRC DiSECCS (EP/K035878/1; £893,883) – R-Post-doc

 

Participation in other projects before 2013:

2013, 10REM003CT (€104k); 2010, 2007/000131-0 (€210k); 2009, PSE120000-2008-6 (€127k); 2008, 2007/000131-0 (€140k); 2008, PSE120000-2007-6 (€31,8k); 2008 PGIDT06PXIC176002PN (€26k); 2008 BIA2005-07916-C02 (€137k), and over 13 research contracts with private industry including: REPSOL-YPF, CIUDEN Foundation, ENDESA and Lignite of Meirama.

 

(Note: PI, principal investigator; Co-I, co-investigator; R, researcher)

Roles Provided

I lead and develop an interdisciplinary research strategy that includes designing multisensory experimental setups, generating comprehensive datasets and coding novel software for data interpretation, to generate cutting-edge outcomes for multiple projects funded by EPSRC, NERC, EU and Research Council of Norway (see projects section).

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Publications

Publication year

2025

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Article

Publication year

2024

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Article

Authors

Khan, Shadman H.; Sahoo, Sourav Kumar ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9644-8878; Falcon-Suarez, Ismael Himar ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8576-5165; Marin-Moreno, Hector; Sutiyoso, Hanif; Madhusudhan, B. N.; Majumder, C. B.; Arora, Amit; Best, Angus I. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9558-4261. 2024 Investigation of methane gas bubble dynamics and hydrate film growth during hydrate formation using 4-D time-lapse synchrotron X-ray computed tomography. Frontiers in Earth Science, 12. 10.3389/feart.2024.1438185

Publication year

2024

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Article

Authors

Falcon-Suarez, I. H. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8576-5165; Mangriotis, M.‐D.; Papageorgiou, G.; Mondol, N. H.. 2024 Impact of fluid distribution and petrophysics on geophysical signatures of CO2 storage sandstone reservoirs. Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth, 129 (5). 10.1029/2024jb029027

Publication year

2024

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Article

Authors

Falcon-Suarez, Ismael Himar ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8576-5165; Adam, Ludmila; Marin‐Moreno, Hector; Papageorgiou, Giorgos; Pimienta, Lucas. 2024 Introduction to special section on the rock physics contribution to the energy transition challenge. Geophysical Prospecting, 72 (5). 2013-2014. 10.1111/1365-2478.13521

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2024

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Article

Authors

Falcon-Suarez, Ismael Himar ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8576-5165; Dale, Michael; Marin‐Moreno, Hector. 2024 Experimental study of geophysical and transport properties of salt rocks in the context of underground energy storage. Geophysical Prospecting, 72 (5). 2032-2048. 10.1111/1365-2478.13516

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2024

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Article

Publication year

2023

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Article

Authors

Yilo, Naima K; Weitemeyer, Karen; Minshull, Timothy A; Attias, Eric; Marin-Moreno, Hector; Falcon-Suarez, Ismael ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8576-5165; Gehrmann, Romina; Bull, Jonathan. 2023 Marine CSEM synthetic study to assess the detection of CO2 escape and saturation changes within a submarine chimney connected to a CO2 storage site. Geophysical Journal International. 10.1093/gji/ggad366

Publication year

2023

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Article

Authors

Connelly, D.P.; Bull, J.M.; Flohr, A. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5018-5379; Schaap, A. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5391-0516; Koopmans, D.; Blackford, J.C.; White, P.R.; James, R.H.; Pearce, C. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4382-2341; Lichtschlag, A. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8281-2165; Achterberg, E.P.; de Beer, D.; Roche, B.; Li, J.; Saw, K.; Alendal, G.; Avlesen, H.; Brown, R.; Borisov, S.M.; Böttner, C.; Cazenave, P.W.; Chen, B.; Dale, A.W.; Dean, M.; Dewar, M.; Esposito, M.; Gros, J.; Hanz, R. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2123-1599; Haeckel, M.; Hosking, B.; Huvenne, V. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7135-6360; Karstens, J.; Le Bas, T. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2545-782X; Leighton, T.G.; Linke, P.; Loucaides, S.; Matter, J.M.; Monk, S.; Mowlem, M.C.; Oleynik, A.; Omar, A.M.; Peel, K.; Provenzano, G.; Saleem, U.; Schmidt, M.; Schramm, B.; Sommer, S.; Strong, J. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8603-097X; Falcon Suarez, I. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8576-5165; Ungerboeck, B.; Widdicombe, S.; Wright, H.; Yakushev, E.. 2022 Assuring the integrity of offshore carbon dioxide storage. Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 166, 112670. 10.1016/j.rser.2022.112670

Publication year

2022

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Article

Authors

Callow, Ben; Falcon Suarez, Ismael ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8576-5165; Bull, Jonathan M.; Gernon, Thomas M.; Ruffell, Sean; Grippa, Antonio; Hurst, Andrew; Taylor, Kevin. 2022 Permeability heterogeneity of sandstone intrusion fluid‐escape systems, Panoche Hills, California: Implications for sedimentary basins globally. Sedimentology. 10.1111/sed.12997

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2022

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Article

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Callow, Ben; Bull, Jonathan M.; Provenzano, Giuseppe; Böttner, Christoph; Birinci, Hamza; Robinson, Adam H.; Henstock, Timothy J.; Minshull, Timothy A.; Bayrakci, Gaye; Lichtschlag, Anna ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8281-2165; Roche, Ben; Yilo, Naima; Gehrmann, Romina; Karstens, Jens; Falcon-Suarez, Ismael H. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8576-5165; Berndt, Christian. 2021 Seismic chimney characterisation in the North Sea – implications for pockmark formation and shallow gas migration. Marine and Petroleum Geology, 133, 105301. 10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2021.105301

Publication year

2021

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Article

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Dale, Michael Stanley; Marin-Moreno, Héctor ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3412-1359; Falcon-Suarez, Ismael Himar ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8576-5165; Grattoni, Carlos; Bull, Jonathan M.; McNeill, Lisa C.. 2021 The Messinian Salinity Crisis as a trigger for high pore pressure development in the Western Mediterranean. Basin Research. 10.1111/bre.12554

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2021

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Article

Authors

Evans, Aled D.; Teagle, Damon A. H.; Craw, Dave; Henstock, Timothy J.; Falcon-Suarez, Ismael Himar ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8576-5165. 2021 Uplift and exposure of serpentinized massifs: Modeling differential serpentinite diapirism and exhumation of the Troodos Mantle Sequence, Cyprus. Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth, 126 (6). 10.1029/2020JB021079

Publication year

2021

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Article

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Roche, Ben; Bull, Jonathan M.; Marin-Moreno, Hector ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3412-1359; Leighton, Timothy G.; Falcon-Suarez, Ismael H. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8576-5165; Tholen, Madeleine; White, Paul R.; Provenzano, Giuseppe; Lichtschlag, Anna ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8281-2165; Li, Jianghui; Faggetter, Michael. 2021 Time-lapse imaging of CO2 migration within near-surface sediments during a controlled sub-seabed release experiment. International Journal of Greenhouse Gas Control, 109, 103363. 10.1016/j.ijggc.2021.103363

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2021

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Article

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Kamali-Asl, Arash; KC, Bijay; Ghazanfari, Ehsan; Falcon-Suarez, Ismael Himar ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8576-5165. 2021 Alteration of ultrasonic signatures by stress-induced changes in hydro-mechanical properties of fractured rocks. International Journal of Rock Mechanics and Mining Sciences, 142. 104705. 10.1016/j.ijrmms.2021.104705

Publication year

2021

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Article

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Falcon-Suarez, Ismael Himar ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8576-5165; Lichtschlag, Anna ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8281-2165; Marin-Moreno, Hector ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3412-1359; Papageorgiou, Giorgos; Sahoo, Sourav K. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9644-8878; Roche, Ben; Callow, Ben; Gehrmann, Romina A.S.; Chapman, Mark; North, Laurence. 2021 Core-scale geophysical and hydromechanical analysis of seabed sediments affected by CO2 venting. International Journal of Greenhouse Gas Control, 108, 103332. 10.1016/j.ijggc.2021.103332

Publication year

2021

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Article

Publication year

2021

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Article

Authors

Dale, Michael Stanley; Falcon Suarez, Ismael ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8576-5165; Marin Moreno, Hector ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3412-1359. 2021 Geophysical response to dissolution of undisturbed and fractured evaporite rock during brine flow. In: EGU General Assembly 2021, Online, 19-30 April 2021.

Publication year

2021

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Conference item

Publication year

2021

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Conference item

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Robinson, Adam H.; Callow, Ben; Böttner, Christoph; Yilo, Naima; Provenzano, Giuseppe; Falcon Suarez, Ismael H. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8576-5165; Marin Moreno, Hector ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3412-1359; Lichtschlag, Anna ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8281-2165; Bayrakci, Gaye; Gehrmann, Romina; Parkes, Lou; Roche, Ben; Saleem, Umer; Schramm, Bettina; Waage, Malin; Lavayssière, Aude; Li, Jianghui; Jedari-Eyvazi, Farid; Sahoo, Sourav ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9644-8878; Deusner, Christian; Kossel, Elke; Minshull, Timothy A.; Berndt, Christian; Bull, Jonathan M.; Dean, Marcella; James, Rachael H.; Chapman, Mark; Best, Angus I. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9558-4261; Bünz, Stefan; Chen, Baixin; Connelly, Douglas P.; Elger, Judith; Haeckel, Matthias; Henstock, Timothy J.; Karstens, Jens; Macdonald, Calum; Matter, Juerg M.; North, Laurence; Reinardy, Benedict. 2021 Multiscale characterisation of chimneys/pipes: fluid escape structures within sedimentary basins. International Journal of Greenhouse Gas Control, 106, 103245. 10.1016/j.ijggc.2020.103245

Publication year

2021

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Article

Authors

Amalokwu, Kelvin; Falcon Suarez, Ismael Himar ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8576-5165. 2021 Effective medium modeling of pressure effects on the joint elastic and electrical properties of sandstones. Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering, 202, 108540. 10.1016/j.petrol.2021.108540

Publication year

2021

Publication type

Article

Authors

Callow, Ben; Falcon-Suarez, Ismael ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8576-5165; Marin-Moreno, Hector ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3412-1359; Bull, Jonathan M; Ahmed, Sharif. 2020 Optimal X-ray micro-CT image based methods for porosity and permeability quantification in heterogeneous sandstones. Geophysical Journal International, 223 (2), ggaa321. 1210-1229. 10.1093/gji/ggaa321

Publication year

2020

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Article

Authors

Falcon Suarez, Ismael Himar ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8576-5165; Livo, Kurt; Callow, Ben; Marin-Moreno, Hector; Prasad, Manika; Best, Angus Ian ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9558-4261. 2020 Geophysical early warning of salt precipitation during geological carbon sequestration. Scientific Reports, 10 (1), 16472. 10.1038/s41598-020-73091-3

Publication year

2020

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Article

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Falcon-Suarez, Ismael Himar ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8576-5165; Papageorgiou, Giorgos; Jin, Zhaoyu; Muñoz‐Ibáñez, Andrea; Chapman, Mark; Best, Angus I. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9558-4261. 2020 CO2‐Brine substitution effects on ultrasonic wave propagation through sandstone with oblique fractures. Geophysical Research Letters, 47 (16), e2020GL088439. 10.1029/2020GL088439

Publication year

2020

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Article

Publication year

2020

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Article

Authors

Attias, Eric; Amalokwu, Kelvin; Watts, Millie; Falcon-Suarez, Ismael Himar ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8576-5165; North, Laurence; Hu, Gao Wei; Best, Angus I. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9558-4261; Weitemeyer, Karen; Minshull, Tim A.. 2019 Gas hydrate quantification at a pockmark offshore Norway from joint effective medium modelling of resistivity and seismic velocity. Marine and Petroleum Geology, 113. 104151. 10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2019.104151

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2019

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Article

Publication year

2019

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Article

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Muñoz-Ibáñez, Andrea; Falcon-Suarez, Ismael Himar ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8576-5165; Marín-Moreno, Héctor ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3412-1359; Delgado-Martín, Jordi; Mackin, Peter. 2019 Transport properties of saline CO2 storage reservoirs with unconnected fractures from brine-CO2 flow-through tests. Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering. 106551. 10.1016/j.petrol.2019.106551 (In Press)

Publication year

2019

Publication type

Article

Authors

Falcon Suarez, Ismael ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8576-5165; Papageorgiou, Georgios; Chadwick, Andy; North, Laurence J.; Best, Angus I. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9558-4261; Chapman, Mark. 2018 CO2-brine flow-through on an Utsira Sand core sample: experimental and modelling. implications for the Sleipner storage field. International Journal of Greenhouse Gas Control, 68. 236-246. 10.1016/j.ijggc.2017.11.019

Publication year

2018

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Article

Authors

Bayrakci, G.; Falcon Suarez, I. H. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8576-5165; Minshull, T.A.; North, L.; Barker, A.; Zihlmann, B.; Rouméjon, S.; Best, A.I. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9558-4261. 2018 Anisotropic Physical Properties of Mafic and Ultramafic Rocks From an Oceanic Core Complex. Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems, 19 (11). 4366-4384. 10.1029/2018GC007738

Publication year

2018

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Article

Authors

Callow, Ben; Falcon Suarez, Ismael ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8576-5165; Ahmed, Sharif; Matter, Juerg. 2018 Assessing the carbon sequestration potential of basalt using X-ray micro-CT and rock mechanics. International Journal of Greenhouse Gas Control, 70. 146-156. 10.1016/j.ijggc.2017.12.008

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2018

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Article

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2018

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Article

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Papageorgiou, Giorgos; Falcon Suarez, Ismael ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8576-5165; Chapman, Mark; Best, Angus ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9558-4261. 2018 Pressure-varying CO 2 distribution affects the ultrasonic velocities of synthetic sandstones. International Journal of Greenhouse Gas Control, 74. 1-8. 10.1016/j.ijggc.2018.03.022

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2018

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Article

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2018

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Article

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Sahoo, Sourav K. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9644-8878; Marin Moreno, Héctor ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3412-1359; North, Laurence J.; Falcon Suarez, Ismael ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8576-5165; Madhusudhan, Bangalore N.; Best, Angus I. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9558-4261; Minshull, Tim A.. 2018 Presence and consequences of coexisting methane gas with hydrate under two phase water-hydrate stability conditions. Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth, 123 (5). 3377-3390. 10.1029/2018JB015598

Publication year

2018

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Article

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Falcon Suarez, Ismael ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8576-5165; Bayrakci, Gaye; Minshull, Tim A.; North, Laurence J.; Best, Angus I. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9558-4261; Rouméjon, Stéphane; IODP Expedition 357 Science Party, .. 2017 Elastic and electrical properties and permeability of serpentinites from Atlantis Massif, Mid-Atlantic Ridge. Geophysical Journal International, 211 (2). 686-699. 10.1093/gji/ggx341

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2017

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Article

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Falcon-Suarez, Ismael ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8576-5165; Canal-Vila, Jacobo; Delgado-Martin, Jordi; North, Laurence; Best, Angus ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9558-4261. 2017 Characterisation and multifaceted anisotropy assessment of Corvio sandstone for geological CO2 storage studies. Geophysical Prospecting, 65 (5). 1293-1311. 10.1111/1365-2478.12469

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2017

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Article

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2017

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Article

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2016

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Article

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Falcon-Suarez, Ismael ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8576-5165; Juncosa-Rivera, Ricardo; Vardon, Phil; Rammlmair, Dieter; Günter, Thomas; Noell, Ulla; Delgado-Martín, Jordi. 2016 Hydrodynamic behaviour of compacted granite sawdust from the dimension stone industry of Pontevedra (Spain): experimental and modelling. Environmental Earth Sciences, 75 (5), 421. 10.1007/s12665-015-5112-1

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2016

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Article

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Falcon-Suarez, I. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8576-5165; Sanchez-Tembleque, F.; Rivera-Sar, J.M.; Juncosa-Rivera, R.; Delgado-Martin, J.. 2015 Feasibility of laser scanning to determine volumetric properties of grained fine soils. Soils and Rocks, 39 (1). 59-66.

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2015

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Article

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2014

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Article

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Falcon-Suarez, Ismael ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8576-5165; Rammlmair, Dieter; Juncosa-Rivera, Ricardo; Delgado-Martin, Jordi. 2014 Application of Rhizon SMS for the assessment of the hydrodynamic properties of unconsolidated fine grained materials. Engineering Geology, 172. 69-76. 10.1016/j.enggeo.2014.02.001

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2014

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Article

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Delgado-Martin, J.; Juncosa-Rivera, R.; Falcon Suarez, I. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8576-5165; Canal-Vila, J.. 2013 Four years of continuous monitoring of the Meirama end-pit lake and its impact in the definition of future uses. Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 20 (11). 7520-7533. 10.1007/s11356-013-1618-9

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2013

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Article

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Canal, J.; Delgado, J.; Falcon, I. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8576-5165; Yang, Q.; Juncosa, R.; Barrientos, V.. 2013 Injection of CO2-saturated water through a siliceous sandstone plug from the Hontomin Test Site (Spain): experiment and modeling. Environmental Science & Technology, 47 (1). 159-167. 10.1021/es3012222

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2013

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Article

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2011

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Article

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Barrientos, V.; Delgado, J.; Navarro, V.; Juncosa, R.; Falcon, I. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8576-5165; Vazquez, A.. 2010 Characterization and geochemical-geotechnical properties of granite sawdust produced by the dimension stone industry of O Porrino (Pontevedra, Spain). Quarterly Journal of Engineering Geology and Hydrogeology, 43 (2). 141-155. 10.1144/1470-9236/08-098

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2010

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Article

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Delgado, J.; Juncosa, R.; Vazquez, A.; Falcon, I. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8576-5165; Canal, J.; Hernández, H.; Padilla, F.; Rodríguez-Vellando, P.; Delgado, J. L.. 2008 Hydrochemical characteristics of the natural waters associated with the flooding of the Meirama open pit (A Coruña, NW Spain). Mineralogical Magazine, 72 (1). 399-403. 10.1180/minmag.2008.072.1.399

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2008

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Article