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Muñoz Martín, Alfonso

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Alfonso
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Muñoz Martín
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https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/75220
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Universidad Complutense de Madrid
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Ciencias Geológicas
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Geodinámica, Estratigrafía y Paleontología
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Geodinámica Interna
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Author: Muñoz Martín, Alfonso × End date: 2020 × Start date: 2010 × Subject: 550.34 ×

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    3D Spatial Distribution of Arsenic in an Abandoned Mining Area: A Combined Geophysical and Geochemical Approach
    (Minerals, 2020) Ruiz Roso, Jesús; García Lorenzo, Mari Luz; Castiñeiras García, Pedro; Muñoz Martín, Alfonso; Crespo Feo, Elena
    Abandoned mine wastes, containing high sulfide contents, are of particular concern because of the formation of acid mine drainage (AMD), becoming an active and harmful point source of potentially toxic elements (PTEs) to the environment. A detailed evaluation of the chemical and mineralogical composition of mining wastes is necessary to determine effective remediation actions. Due to the high amount of generated wastes as a result of mining and processing activities, the cost and time consumed for this characterization are limiting. Hence, efficient tools could be applied to predict the composition of these wastes and their spatial distribution. This study aims to determine the physico-chemical characterization of wastes from mining activities using geochemical and geophysical techniques. The obtained results, both geochemical and geophysical, allow us to locate areas with a high potential risk of contamination by As in an economic and simple way, and enable us to design detailed geochemical sampling campaigns. In addition, the fact that there are conductive fractures in depth suggests the possible circulation of contaminants through them as well as the preferential lines of circulation.
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    Integrated perspective of the present–day stress and strain regime in Colombia from analysis of earthquake focal mechanisms and geodetic data
    (The Geology of Colombia, 2020) Arcila, M.M.; Muñoz Martín, Alfonso; Gómez Tapias, Jorge; Pinilla-Pachón, Ana Oliva
    Focal mechanism analysis is a powerful tool for analyzing the geodynamic context of broad and complex regions, such as northwestern South America. In this zone, a complex tectonic convergence occurs among the Caribbean, Nazca, and South American Plates. The orientations of the maximum horizontal shortening and the values of the brittle strain/stress regime (k’ ratio) are obtained based on the analysis of 617 centroid–moment tensors reported from 1976 to 2017 in the Global Centroid–Moment–Tensor Project. These results are complemented with an analysis of GPS velocities, which can be used to determine the surficial deformation and to compare it with the crustal deformation to define the stress field in Colombia, and to formulate a seismotectonic model. This model is characterized by the slow southeastwards displacement of the Caribbean Plate, the convergence of the Andean, Coiba, and Panamá Blocks in northwestern Colombia, and the westwards convergence of the Nazca Plate below the South American overriding Plate. The strain/stress regime maps also show different tectonic environments and large–scale geological heterogeneities.
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    Comparison among SASW, ReMi and PS-logging techniques: Application to a railway embankment
    (Journal of applied geophysics, 2011) Pérez Santisteban , Itziar; García Mayordomo, Julián; Muñoz Martín, Alfonso; Carbó Gorosabel, Andrés
    Results obtained by SASW and PS-logging (in-hole) seismic techniques are compared with the relatively new ReMi (Refraction microtremor) method at a common site with a well-known soil profile: a recently constructed high-speed railway embankment. PS-logging is the most accurate technique in identifying the soil profile of the embankment followed by Re-Mi and SASW. Mean shear wave velocity estimations are also higher for PS-logging, followed by SASW and ReMi, while mean deviation is similar in each technique. The ReMi technique has provided very accurate results in the study of the embankment profile, which in addition to its high operability and its fast data processing, makes it a very convenient technique for extensive geotechnical surveys