© All photos in this website belong to RF.
Welcome!
I have broad scientific interests including tectonics and paleomagnetism (MS-U. de Chile), glacial (marine) geology (PHD-Rice U.), and Geophysics (Post Doc.- UTIG), among other related and unrelated topics (earthquakes, particle physics, cosmology, cognitive science etc..). In recent years though, I have been mainly working on: glacial erosion and sedimentation processes at different time/spatial scales and their influence on tectonics and orogenic processes; glacial evolution in cold and temperate environments; geologic controls on ice-sheet stability; time dependence of sedimentary processes; fluvial and coastal source to sink flux of sediments; glacial geomorphology.
Latest Field Work
Piston Corer System
We own a (mini) piston corer system built by Mooring Systems (model PC-600), able to take sediment cores of up to 6m in length. The relatively small size of the corer allows it to be used in vessels either small or not usually suited for that purpose. We have succesfully used our system on the RV Manta.Sediment Cores Processing
I have built a splitting, a description and a photo/MS stations to work with sediment cores. Cores are cut to lengths of 1.5 m or less, split into a sample and an archive half, then photographed (Pentax K-50/ 18-135 mm lens for now), described, and scanned for magnetic susceptibility (Bartington MS3/MS2E). Afterwards, they are ready for sampling.Software and other semi-
random stuff
To look at my sediment samples I use an Amscope binocular microscope. Seismic data processing is done with the Echos suite, visualization is in Landmark. Bathymetry is worked out with Caris. Figures are embellesed with Illustrator and Photoshop. Matlab is used for general calculations and data analisis.
Areas of active research
Areas of proposed research
Basemap made with
Last
October
we
sailed
on
the
RV
Manta
to
the
Texas
outer
shelf
to
image
the
ancient
Rio
Grande
sedimentary
systems.
We
acquired
2D
high
resolution
seismic
with
the
portable
UTIG
100m/24
channels
streamer-GI
guns
system,
and
cored
several
of
the
mapped
seismic
facies
with
our mini piston corer (PC-600; max. 6m).
Texas outer shelf
Research Equipment
Geographic Areas of Research
© All photos in this website belong to RF.
Welcome!
I have broad scientific interests including tectonics and paleomagnetism (MS-U. de Chile), glacial (marine) geology (PHD-Rice U.), and Geophysics (Post Doc.- UTIG), among other related and unrelated topics (earthquakes, particle physics, cosmology, cognitive science etc..). In recent years though, I have been mainly working on: glacial erosion and sedimentation processes at different time/spatial scales and their influence on tectonics and orogenic processes; glacial evolution in cold and temperate environments; geologic controls on ice-sheet stability; time dependence of sedimentary processes; fluvial and coastal source to sink flux of sediments; glacial geomorphology.
Latest Field Work
Piston Corer System
We own a (mini) piston corer system built by Mooring Systems (model PC-600), able to take sediment cores of up to 6m in length. The relatively small size of the corer allows it to be used in vessels either small or not usually suited for that purpose. We have succesfully used our system on the RV Manta.Sediment Cores
Processing
I have built a splitting, a description and a photo/MS stations to work with sediment cores. Cores are cut to lengths of 1.5 m or less, split into a sample and an archive half, then photographed (Pentax K- 50/ 18-135 mm lens for now), described, and scanned for magnetic susceptibility (Bartington MS3/MS2E). Afterwards, they are ready for sampling.Software and other semi-
random stuff
To look at my sediment samples I use an Amscope binocular microscope. Seismic data processing is done with the Echos suite, visualization is in Landmark. Bathymetry is worked out with Caris. Figures are embellesed with Illustrator and Photoshop. Matlab is used for general calculations and data analisis.
“The noise resembles the roar of heavy, distant surf. Standing on
the stirring ice one can imagine it is disturbed by the breathing and
tossing of a mighty giant below.”
Ernest Shackleton
Welcome!
I have broad scientific interests including tectonics and paleomagnetism (MS-U. de Chile), glacial (marine) geology (PHD-Rice U.), and Geophysics (Post Doc.- UTIG), among other related and unrelated topics (earthquakes, particle physics, cosmology, cognitive science etc..). In recent years though, I have been mainly working on: glacial erosion and sedimentation processes at different time/spatial scales and their influence on tectonics and orogenic processes; glacial evolution in cold and temperate environments; geologic controls on ice- sheet stability; time dependence of sedimentary processes; fluvial and coastal source to sink flux of sediments; glacial geomorphology.
Latest Field Work
Piston Corer System
We own a (mini) piston corer system built by Mooring Systems (model PC-600), able to take sediment cores of up to 6m in length. The relatively small size of the corer allows it to be used in vessels either small or not usually suited for that purpose. We have succesfully used our system on the RV Manta.Sediment Cores Processing
I have built a splitting, a description and a photo/MS stations to work with sediment cores. Cores are cut to lengths of 1.5 m or less, split into a sample and an archive half, then photographed (Pentax K-50/ 18-135 mm lens for now), described, and scanned for magnetic susceptibility (Bartington MS3/MS2E). Afterwards, they are ready for sampling.Software and other semi-random stuff
To look at my sediment samples I use an Amscope binocular microscope. Seismic data processing is done with the Echos suite, visualization is in Landmark. Bathymetry is worked out with Caris. Figures are embellesed with Illustrator and Photoshop. Matlab is used for general calculations and data analisis.
“The noise resembles the roar of heavy, distant
surf. Standing on the stirring ice one can imagine
it is disturbed by the breathing and tossing of a
mighty giant below.”
Ernest Shackleton
© All photos in this website belong to RF.
Last
October
we
sailed
on
the
RV
Manta
to
the
Texas
outer
shelf
to
image
the
ancient
Rio
Grande
sedimentary
systems.
We
acquired
2D
high
resolution
seismic
with
the
portable
UTIG
100m/24
channels
streamer-GI
guns
system,
and
cored
several
of
the
mapped
seismic
facies
with
our
mini
piston
corer
(PC-
600; max. 6m).
Texas outer shelf
© All photos in this website belong to RF.
Currently
my
research
interest
focus
on
three
main
topics:
a)
understanding
the
geological
factors
that
control
the
stability
of
marine
ice
sheets
through
the
study
of
their
past
retreat
(East
Antarctica);
b)
how
glacial
erosion
has
shaped
marine
basins
and
landscapes,
as
well
as
its
influence
on
the
tectonic
evolution
orogenic
belts;
and
c)
The
evolution
of
Antarctic
and
Patagonian
glaciers
through
time,
particularly,
the
timing,
geographical
pattern
and
forcing
mechanisms
of
the
deglaciation
and
the
subsequent
Holocene
glacial
variations.
Since
March
2012
I
have
been
involved
in
the
project
“Collaborative
Research:
Totten
Glacier
System
and
the
Marine
Record
of
Cryosphere
–
Ocean
Dynamics”
funded
by
the
Office
of
Polar
Programs
(OPP)
of
the
National
Science
Foundation
(NSF)
(award
number
#
1143836).
As
part
of
the
multidisciplinary
research
team
of
this
project,
I
worked
in
the
geological
and
geophysical
survey
of
the
inner-
middle
continental
shelf
near
Totten
Glacier
(East
Antarctica).
In
this
area,
I
am
studying
the
seismic
architecture
of
submarine
glacial
features,
the
origin
of
the
remnants
of
subglacial
geomorphic
features
in
the
sea
floor,
and
the
significance
of
the
seismic
architecture
of
the
Eocene
to
Miocene
Antarctic
margin.
Before,
I
participated
in
a
marine
cruise
that
surveyed
the
middle
shelf
in
the
area
of
Pine
Island
Glacier
(West
Antarctica)
where
I
was
part
of
a
team
that
studied
the
Geomorphic
and
sedimentary
record
of
the
demise
of
the
ancient
Pine
Island
Ice
Stream
(Jakobsson
et
al.,
2011).
From
these
studies
we
conclude
that
the
deglaciation
of
the
Antarctic
continental
shelf
was
a
complex
process
driven
by
several
factors
acting
with
different
intensities in different glacial systems.
Respect
to
the
second
focus
of
my
current
research,
I
am
studying
the
processes
of
sediment
production
(bedrock
erosion)
and
accumulation
related
to
tide
water
glaciers
in
the
Antarctic
Peninsula
and
Patagonia,
and
how
these
processes
have
shaped
marine
basins
and
landscapes,
as
well
as
their
influence
on
the
tectonic
evolution
of
these
regions.
During
my
research,
I
have
found
that
glacial
erosion
rates
exhibit
distinctive
patterns
of
variations
and
magnitude
at
different
timescales
and
latitudes.
These
patterns
and
magnitudes
seem
to
be
related
with
the
different
dynamism
of
temperate
versus
cold
ice
masses
which
influence
sediment
production,
border
conditions
related
to
hypsometry
and
bedrock
lithology,
and
to
the
preservation
potential
within
depositional
basins
(Fernandez
et
al.,
2011b;
Fernandez
et
al.,
2016).
During
the
course
of
several
marine
geology
surveys
in
Patagonia
(3)
and
Antarctica
(5),
I
also
gained
interest
in
the
evolution
of
these
cold
regions
through
time,
particularly,
in
the
timing,
geographical
pattern
and
forcing
mechanisms
of
the
deglaciation
and
the
subsequent
Holocene
glacial
variations
of
these
regions
(3rd
research
focus).
In
this
line,
I
am
currently
collaborating
with
ongoing
research
on
the
Antarctic
Peninsula
Holocene
glacial
and
climate/ocean
variations
(Minzoni
et
al,
in
preparation;
Rice
University),
conducting
research
in
the
Magallanes
Region
of
southern
Chile
(Fernandez
et
al.,
2013).
I
have
contributed
to
this
field
by
studying
the
glacial
and
climate
fluctuations
in
North
Patagonia
(Fernandez
et
al.,
2011a)
and
in
the
Magallanes
Region
of
southern Chile (Boyd et al., 2008).
In
addition
to
the
three
main
research
focus
that
I
am
currently
developing,
I
am
also
interested
on
the
dynamics
of
sediment
on
deltaic
and
coastal
environments.
In
the
past
I
worked
with
colleagues
from
Rice
University
(Dr.
John
Anderson
and
Dr.
Davin
Wallace,
now
at
LSU)
to
estimate
sand
budgets
in
the
coast
of
Texas.
I
am
working
with
colleagues
from
UT
(Sean
Gulick,
Daniel
Stockli
and
David
Mohrig).
I
am
also
collaborating
with
colleagues
from
Chile
(Dr.
Francisco
Herve)
and
PhD
candidates
from
University
of
Rennes
(France)
and
the
Australian
National
University
to
study
the
paleo
position
and
paleo-
tectonic
environment
of
the
Ellsworth-
Whitmore
crustal
block
of
West
Antarctica.
“I seemed to vow to myself that some day I would go to the
region of ice and snow and go on and on till I came to one of
the poles of the earth, the end of the axis upon which this
great round ball turns.”
Ernest Shackleton
Research
Interests
Currently
my
research
interest
focus
on
three
main
topics:
a)
understanding
the
geological
factors
that
control
the
stability
of
marine
ice
sheets
through
the
study
of
their
past
retreat
(East
Antarctica);
b)
how
glacial
erosion
has
shaped
marine
basins
and
landscapes,
as
well
as
its
influence
on
the
tectonic
evolution
orogenic
belts;
and
c)
The
evolution
of
Antarctic
and
Patagonian
glaciers
through
time,
particularly,
the
timing,
geographical
pattern
and
forcing
mechanisms
of
the
deglaciation
and
the
subsequent
Holocene
glacial
variations.
Since
March
2012
I
have
been
involved
in
the
project
“Collaborative
Research:
Totten
Glacier
System
and
the
Marine
Record
of
Cryosphere
–
Ocean
Dynamics”
funded
by
the
Office
of
Polar
Programs
(OPP)
of
the
National
Science
Foundation
(NSF)
(award
number
#
1143836).
As
part
of
the
multidisciplinary
research
team
of
this
project,
I
worked
in
the
geological
and
geophysical
survey
of
the
inner-middle
continental
shelf
near
Totten
Glacier
(East
Antarctica).
In
this
area,
I
am
studying
the
seismic
architecture
of
submarine
glacial
features,
the
origin
of
the
remnants
of
subglacial
geomorphic
features
in
the
sea
floor,
and
the
significance
of
the
seismic
architecture
of
the
Eocene
to
Miocene
Antarctic
margin.
Before,
I
participated
in
a
marine
cruise
that
surveyed
the
middle
shelf
in
the
area
of
Pine
Island
Glacier
(West
Antarctica)
where
I
was
part
of
a
team
that
studied
the
Geomorphic
and
sedimentary
record
of
the
demise
of
the
ancient
Pine
Island
Ice
Stream
(Jakobsson
et
al.,
2011).
From
these
studies
we
conclude
that
the
deglaciation
of
the
Antarctic
continental
shelf
was
a
complex
process
driven
by
several
factors
acting
with
different
intensities in different glacial systems.
Respect
to
the
second
focus
of
my
current
research,
I
am
studying
the
processes
of
sediment
production
(bedrock
erosion)
and
accumulation
related
to
tide
water
glaciers
in
the
Antarctic
Peninsula
and
Patagonia,
and
how
these
processes
have
shaped
marine
basins
and
landscapes,
as
well
as
their
influence
on
the
tectonic
evolution
of
these
regions.
During
my
research,
I
have
found
that
glacial
erosion
rates
exhibit
distinctive
patterns
of
variations
and
magnitude
at
different
timescales
and
latitudes.
These
patterns
and
magnitudes
seem
to
be
related
with
the
different
dynamism
of
temperate
versus
cold
ice
masses
which
influence
sediment
production,
border
conditions
related
to
hypsometry
and
bedrock
lithology,
and
to
the
preservation
potential
within
depositional
basins
(Fernandez
et
al.,
2011b;
Fernandez
et
al., 2016).
During
the
course
of
several
marine
geology
surveys
in
Patagonia
(3)
and
Antarctica
(5),
I
also
gained
interest
in
the
evolution
of
these
cold
regions
through
time,
particularly,
in
the
timing,
geographical
pattern
and
forcing
mechanisms
of
the
deglaciation
and
the
subsequent
Holocene
glacial
variations
of
these
regions
(3rd
research
focus).
In
this
line,
I
am
currently
collaborating
with
ongoing
research
on
the
Antarctic
Peninsula
Holocene
glacial
and
climate/ocean
variations
(Minzoni
et
al,
in
preparation;
Rice
University),
conducting
research
in
the
Magallanes
Region
of
southern
Chile
(Fernandez
et
al.,
2013).
I
have
contributed
to
this
field
by
studying
the
glacial
and
climate
fluctuations
in
North
Patagonia
(Fernandez
et
al.,
2011a)
and
in
the
Magallanes
Region
of
southern
Chile
(Boyd et al., 2008).
In
addition
to
the
three
main
research
focus
that
I
am
currently
developing,
I
am
also
interested
on
the
dynamics
of
sediment
on
deltaic
and
coastal
environments.
In
the
past
I
worked
with
colleagues
from
Rice
University
(Dr.
John
Anderson
and
Dr.
Davin
Wallace,
now
at
LSU)
to
estimate
sand
budgets
in
the
coast
of
Texas.
I
am
working
with
colleagues
from
UT
(Sean
Gulick,
Daniel
Stockli
and
David
Mohrig).
I
am
also
collaborating
with
colleagues
from
Chile
(Dr.
Francisco
Herve)
and
PhD
candidates
from
University
of
Rennes
(France)
and
the
Australian
National
University
to
study
the
paleo
position
and
paleo-tectonic
environment
of
the
Ellsworth-Whitmore
crustal
block
of
West Antarctica.
“I seemed to vow to myself that some day I would go to
the region of ice and snow and go on and on till I came
to one of the poles of the earth, the end of the axis
upon which this great round ball turns.”
Ernest Shackleton
© All photos in this website belong to RF.
© All photos in this website belong to RF.
“I seemed to vow to myself that some
day I would go to the region of ice and
snow and go on and on till I came to one
of the poles of the earth, the end of the
axis upon which this great round ball
turns.”
Ernest Shackleton
Research
Interests
Currently
my
research
interest
focus
on
three
main
topics:
a)
understanding
the
geological
factors
that
control
the
stability
of
marine
ice
sheets
through
the
study
of
their
past
retreat
(East
Antarctica);
b)
how
glacial
erosion
has
shaped
marine
basins
and
landscapes,
as
well
as
its
influence
on
the
tectonic
evolution
orogenic
belts;
and
c)
The
evolution
of
Antarctic
and
Patagonian
glaciers
through
time,
particularly,
the
timing,
geographical
pattern
and
forcing
mechanisms
of
the
deglaciation
and
the
subsequent
Holocene
glacial
variations.
Since
March
2012
I
have
been
involved
in
the
project
“Collaborative
Research:
Totten
Glacier
System
and
the
Marine
Record
of
Cryosphere
–
Ocean
Dynamics”
funded
by
the
Office
of
Polar
Programs
(OPP)
of
the
National
Science
Foundation
(NSF)
(award
number
#
1143836).
As
part
of
the
multidisciplinary
research
team
of
this
project,
I
worked
in
the
geological
and
geophysical
survey
of
the
inner-middle
continental
shelf
near
Totten
Glacier
(East
Antarctica).
In
this
area,
I
am
studying
the
seismic
architecture
of
submarine
glacial
features,
the
origin
of
the
remnants
of
subglacial
geomorphic
features
in
the
sea
floor,
and
the
significance
of
the
seismic
architecture
of
the
Eocene
to
Miocene
Antarctic
margin.
Before,
I
participated
in
a
marine
cruise
that
surveyed
the
middle
shelf
in
the
area
of
Pine
Island
Glacier
(West
Antarctica)
where
I
was
part
of
a
team
that
studied
the
Geomorphic
and
sedimentary
record
of
the
demise
of
the
ancient
Pine
Island
Ice
Stream
(Jakobsson
et
al.,
2011).
From
these
studies
we
conclude
that
the
deglaciation
of
the
Antarctic
continental
shelf
was
a
complex
process
driven
by
several
factors
acting
with
different
intensities
in
different
glacial
systems.
Respect
to
the
second
focus
of
my
current
research,
I
am
studying
the
processes
of
sediment
production
(bedrock
erosion)
and
accumulation
related
to
tide
water
glaciers
in
the
Antarctic
Peninsula
and
Patagonia,
and
how
these
processes
have
shaped
marine
basins
and
landscapes,
as
well
as
their
influence
on
the
tectonic
evolution
of
these
regions.
During
my
research,
I
have
found
that
glacial
erosion
rates
exhibit
distinctive
patterns
of
variations
and
magnitude
at
different
timescales
and
latitudes.
These
patterns
and
magnitudes
seem
to
be
related
with
the
different
dynamism
of
temperate
versus
cold
ice
masses
which
influence
sediment
production,
border
conditions
related
to
hypsometry
and
bedrock
lithology,
and
to
the
preservation
potential
within
depositional
basins
(Fernandez
et
al., 2011b; Fernandez et al., 2016).
During
the
course
of
several
marine
geology
surveys
in
Patagonia
(3)
and
Antarctica
(5),
I
also
gained
interest
in
the
evolution
of
these
cold
regions
through
time,
particularly,
in
the
timing,
geographical
pattern
and
forcing
mechanisms
of
the
deglaciation
and
the
subsequent
Holocene
glacial
variations
of
these
regions
(3rd
research
focus).
In
this
line,
I
am
currently
collaborating
with
ongoing
research
on
the
Antarctic
Peninsula
Holocene
glacial
and
climate/ocean
variations
(Minzoni
et
al,
in
preparation;
Rice
University),
conducting
research
in
the
Magallanes
Region
of
southern
Chile
(Fernandez
et
al.,
2013).
I
have
contributed
to
this
field
by
studying
the
glacial
and
climate
fluctuations
in
North
Patagonia
(Fernandez
et
al.,
2011a)
and
in
the
Magallanes
Region
of
southern
Chile
(Boyd
et
al., 2008).
In
addition
to
the
three
main
research
focus
that
I
am
currently
developing,
I
am
also
interested
on
the
dynamics
of
sediment
on
deltaic
and
coastal
environments.
In
the
past
I
worked
with
colleagues
from
Rice
University
(Dr.
John
Anderson
and
Dr.
Davin
Wallace,
now
at
LSU)
to
estimate
sand
budgets
in
the
coast
of
Texas.
I
am
working
with
colleagues
from
UT
(Sean
Gulick,
Daniel
Stockli
and
David
Mohrig).
I
am
also
collaborating
with
colleagues
from
Chile
(Dr.
Francisco
Herve)
and
PhD
candidates
from
University
of
Rennes
(France)
and
the
Australian
National
University
to
study
the
paleo
position
and
paleo-tectonic
environment
of
the
Ellsworth-Whitmore
crustal
block
of West Antarctica.
© All photos in this website belong to RF.
Publications, conference abstracts, submitted etc..
Published-Peer Reviewed
Fernández R ., Anderson J. B., Wellner J. S., Minzoni R. L. and Hallet B., 2016. Latitudinal variation in glacial erosion rates from Patagonia and the Antarctic Peninsula (46°-65° S). GSA Bulletin, doi: 10.1130/B31321.1 . Minzoni R.L., Anderson J.B., Fernandez R. and Wellner J.S., 2015. Marine record of Holocene climate, ocean, and cryosphere interactions: Herbert Sound, James Ross Island, Antarctica.Quaternary Science Reviews, 129, p. 239-259, doi: 10.1016/j.quascirev.2015.09.009. Fernandez R. , Gulick S., Rodrigo C., Domack, E ., Leventer, A. & Saustrup, S. 2013. The seismic record of late glacial variations in the Strait of Magellan: new clues for the interpretation of the glacial history of Magallanes. Bollettino di Geofisica Teorica e Applicata, Suppl. 2 - Geosur, 54, 257-259. Fernandez R. , Anderson J. B., Bertrand S., and Wellner J. S., 2011. The Neoglacial Sedimentary Record of Climate Change from Gualas Glacier, Golfo Elefantes, Northern Patagonia (46.5°S). The Holocene, doi: 10.1177/0959683611425545. Weight R.W., Anderson J.B. and Fernández R. , 2011. Origin of the Holocene Texas Mud Blanket: Implications for Delivery and Re-Distribution of fine- grained sediment from source to Sink. Journal of Sedimentary Research, 81, 743-764, doi: 10.2011/jsr.2011.57. Fernández R. , Anderson J. B., Wellner J. S. and. Hallet B., 2011. Timescale dependence of erosion rates, a case study: Marinelli Glacier, Cordillera Darwin, southern Patagonia. Journal of Geophysical Research, 116, F01020, doi: 10.1029/2010JF001685 . Jakobsson M., Anderson J.B., Nitsche F., Dowdeswell J., Gyllencreutz R., Kirchner N., Mohammad R., O’Regan M., Anandakrishnan S., Alley R.B, Eriksson B., Kirshner A., Fernández R. , Stolldorf T. , Minzoni R., Majewski W., 2011. Geological Record of Ice Shelf Break-up and Grounding Line Retreat, Pine Island Bay, West Antarctica. Geology, 39, 691-694, doi: 10.1130/G32153.1. Wallace D.J. , Anderson J.B., and Fernández R. A. , 2010. Transgressive ravinement versus depth of closure: A geological perspective from the upper Texas coast. Journal of Coastal Research , Volume 26, 6, pp. 1057 – 1067. Boyd B. L., Anderson J. B., Wellner J. S. and Fernández R. , 2008. The Sedimentary Record of Glacial Retreat, Marinelli Fjord, Patagonia: Regional Correlations and Climate Ties. Marine Geology, 255, 165-178. Arriagada C., Roperch P., Mpodozis C. and Fernández R. , 2006. Paleomagnetism and tectonics of the southern Atacama Desert (25-28°S), northern Chile. Tectonics, 25, TC4001, doi: 10.1029/2005TC001923 .
Submitted
Minzoni R.L., Anderson J.B., Majewski W., Yokoyama Y., Fernandez R. and Jakobsson M., 2016. Amundsen Sea ice shelf behavior out of phase with Antarctic Peninsula ice shelves during the Holocene. The Holocene, submitted. Castillo P., Fanning M. Fernandez R. , Poblete F. and Hervé P., 2016. Provenance of the Palaeozoic siliciclastic rocks of the Ellsworth Mountains, West Antarctica, determined by detrital zircon geochronology. GSA Bulletin, submitted .
Conference Presentations (last 5 years)
Fernandez R. A. , Anderson J. B., Minzoni R. L.Wellner J. S. and Hallet B., 2016. The sedimentary record of glaciations and mountain denudation accumulated in the fjords of Patagonia and the Antarctic Peninsula. Southern Connections 2016 conference, Punta Arenas, Chile. Invited speaker. Fernández R., Gulick S., Rodrigo C., Domack E. and Laventer A., 2016. The marine record of late glacial variations in the Estrecho de Magallanes: new clues for the interpretation of the glacial history of the Magallanes Region. Southern Connections 2016 conference, Punta Arenas, Chile. Saustrup S., Marcy D., Duncan D., GoffJ., GulickS. and Fernandez-Vasquez R., 2015. Hands-on Marine Geology and Geophysics Field Instruction at the University of Texas. AGU 2015. Smith C., Domack E., Shevenell A., Leventer A., Gulick S., Frederick B. and Fernandez R., 2015. A new Eocene sedimentary sequence from Antarctica and its palynologic character. GSA 2015. Fernandez R. A. , Anderson J. B., Wellner J. S. and Minzoni R. L. , 2014. The seismic record of post-LGM glacial retreat from Patagonian and Antarctic Peninsula fjords. Geological Society of America Meeting, GSA-2014, Vancouver, British Columbia. Anderson J. B., Minzoni R. L., Yuan V., Fernandez R. A. and Wellner J. S., 2014. Spatial and Temporal Variability in Sediment Flux to Bays and Fjords Along a Broad Latitudinal Transect Spanning Central Patagonia to the Antarctic Peninsula. Geological Society of America Meeting, GSA-2014, Vancouver, British Columbia. Minzoni R. L., Anderson J. B., Wellner J. S. and Fernandez R. A. , 2014. The Antarctic Peninsula fjord sediment record: A regional evaluation of glacial response to Holocene climate events. Geological Society of America Meeting, GSA- 2014, Vancouver, British Columbia. Munoz Y., Wellner J. S., Anderson J. B., Minzoni R. L. and Fernandez R. A. , 2014. Holocene accumulation rates in Antarctic Peninsula fjords: from millennial to recent timescales. Geological Society of America Meeting, GSA- 2014, Vancouver, British Columbia. Fernandez R. A. , Anderson J. B., Wellner J. S. and Minzoni R. L., 2012. Latitudinal variation of sedimentation and erosion rates from Patagonia and Antarctic Peninsula tidewater glaciers (46°-65° S). AGU Fall Meeting 2012. Fernandez R. A. , Anderson J. B. , Wellner J. S. and Minzoni R. L., 2011. Spatial and temporal variability of glacial erosion rates in the Antarctic Peninsula. International Symposium on Antarctic earth Sciences ISAES 2011, Edinburgh, Scotland. Minzoni R.L., Anderson J.B., Fernandez R. and Wellner J.S., 2011. The glacial history and paleoclimatic significance of Herbert Sound, James Ross Island, NE Antarctic Peninsula. International Symposium on Antarctic earth Sciences ISAES 2011, Edinburgh, Scotland . Fernandez R. and Anderson J.B., 2011. Temporal and spatial variability in glacial erosion and deposition based on a study of Patagonian and Antarctic Peninsula tidewater glacier settings. AGU Chapman conference on Source to Sink. Fernandez R. , Anderson J.B., Bertrand S. and Wellner J.S., 2010. The Holocene sedimentary record of climate change from Gualas Glacier, Golfo Elefantes, Northern Patagonia (46.5°s) . AGU Fall Meeting 2010. Kirshner A.E., Anderson J.B., Jakobsson M., Majewski W., Minzoni R., Fernandez R. and Stoldorf T., 2010. The Deglaciation History of Pine Island Bay, West Antarctica . WAIS Meeting 2010. Minzoni R.L., Anderson J.B., Kirshner A.E., Wellner J.S., and Fernandez R. , 2010. Glacial Response to Holocene Climate Change: the Antarctic Peninsula. WAIS Meeting 2010. Minzoni R.L., Anderson J.B., Kirshner A.E., Wellner J.S., and Fernandez R. , 2010. The Marine Record of Holocene Deglaciation and Paleoclimate Change, Antarctic Peninsula. AGU Fall Meeting 2010. Bertrand S., Hughen K., Lamy F., Fernandez R. , Stuut J.B., Torrejón F. and Lange C., 2010. Precipitation control on North Patagonian glacier variability during the Late Holocene: Evidence from Chilean Fjord sediments . PAGES LOTRED-SA symposium in Valdivia, Chile.
In preparation
Fernández R. , Gulick S., Saustrup S., Domack E., Laventer A., Rodrigo C., 2016. The seismic record of Late glacial variations in the Strait of Magellan: new clues for the interpretation of glacial land forms, in preparation (to be submitted February-March to QSR). Minzoni R.L., Anderson J.B., Wellner J.S. and Fernandez R. , 2016. Increasing glacier sensitivity to climate change in the Antarctic Peninsula, in preparation (to be submitted February-March to Nature Geoscience).
Posters
I plan to have links to PDF versions of poster presentations…
Conference Presentations (last 5
years)
Fernandez R. A. , Anderson J. B., Minzoni R. L.Wellner J. S. and Hallet B., 2016. The sedimentary record of glaciations and mountain denudation accumulated in the fjords of Patagonia and the Antarctic Peninsula. Southern Connections 2016 conference, Punta Arenas, Chile. Invited speaker. Fernández R., Gulick S., Rodrigo C., Domack E. and Laventer A., 2016. The marine record of late glacial variations in the Estrecho de Magallanes: new clues for the interpretation of the glacial history of the Magallanes Region. Southern Connections 2016 conference, Punta Arenas, Chile. Saustrup S., Marcy D., Duncan D., GoffJ., GulickS. and Fernandez-Vasquez R., 2015. Hands-on Marine Geology and Geophysics Field Instruction at the University of Texas. AGU 2015. Smith C., Domack E., Shevenell A., Leventer A., Gulick S., Frederick B. and Fernandez R., 2015. A new Eocene sedimentary sequence from Antarctica and its palynologic character. GSA 2015. Fernandez R. A. , Anderson J. B., Wellner J. S. and Minzoni R. L. , 2014. The seismic record of post- LGM glacial retreat from Patagonian and Antarctic Peninsula fjords. Geological Society of America Meeting, GSA-2014, Vancouver, British Columbia. Anderson J. B., Minzoni R. L., Yuan V., Fernandez R. A. and Wellner J. S., 2014. Spatial and Temporal Variability in Sediment Flux to Bays and Fjords Along a Broad Latitudinal Transect Spanning Central Patagonia to the Antarctic Peninsula. Geological Society of America Meeting, GSA-2014, Vancouver, British Columbia. Minzoni R. L., Anderson J. B., Wellner J. S. and Fernandez R. A. , 2014. The Antarctic Peninsula fjord sediment record: A regional evaluation of glacial response to Holocene climate events. Geological Society of America Meeting, GSA- 2014, Vancouver, British Columbia. Munoz Y., Wellner J. S., Anderson J. B., Minzoni R. L. and Fernandez R. A. , 2014. Holocene accumulation rates in Antarctic Peninsula fjords: from millennial to recent timescales. Geological Society of America Meeting, GSA-2014, Vancouver, British Columbia. Fernandez R. A. , Anderson J. B., Wellner J. S. and Minzoni R. L., 2012. Latitudinal variation of sedimentation and erosion rates from Patagonia and Antarctic Peninsula tidewater glaciers (46°- 65° S). AGU Fall Meeting 2012. Fernandez R. A. , Anderson J. B. , Wellner J. S. and Minzoni R. L., 2011. Spatial and temporal variability of glacial erosion rates in the Antarctic Peninsula. International Symposium on Antarctic earth Sciences ISAES 2011, Edinburgh, Scotland. Minzoni R.L., Anderson J.B., Fernandez R. and Wellner J.S., 2011. The glacial history and paleoclimatic significance of Herbert Sound, James Ross Island, NE Antarctic Peninsula. International Symposium on Antarctic earth Sciences ISAES 2011, Edinburgh, Scotland . Fernandez R. and Anderson J.B., 2011. Temporal and spatial variability in glacial erosion and deposition based on a study of Patagonian and Antarctic Peninsula tidewater glacier settings. AGU Chapman conference on Source to Sink. Fernandez R. , Anderson J.B., Bertrand S. and Wellner J.S., 2010. The Holocene sedimentary record of climate change from Gualas Glacier, Golfo Elefantes, Northern Patagonia (46.5°s) . AGU Fall Meeting 2010. Kirshner A.E., Anderson J.B., Jakobsson M., Majewski W., Minzoni R., Fernandez R. and Stoldorf T., 2010. The Deglaciation History of Pine Island Bay, West Antarctica . WAIS Meeting 2010. Minzoni R.L., Anderson J.B., Kirshner A.E., Wellner J.S., and Fernandez R. , 2010. Glacial Response to Holocene Climate Change: the Antarctic Peninsula. WAIS Meeting 2010. Minzoni R.L., Anderson J.B., Kirshner A.E., Wellner J.S., and Fernandez R. , 2010. The Marine Record of Holocene Deglaciation and Paleoclimate Change, Antarctic Peninsula. AGU Fall Meeting 2010. Bertrand S., Hughen K., Lamy F., Fernandez R. , Stuut J.B., Torrejón F. and Lange C., 2010. Precipitation control on North Patagonian glacier variability during the Late Holocene: Evidence from Chilean Fjord sediments . PAGES LOTRED-SA symposium in Valdivia, Chile.
Publications, conference abstracts, submitted
etc..
Published-Peer Reviewed
Fernández R ., Anderson J. B., Wellner J. S., Minzoni R. L. and Hallet B., 2016. Latitudinal variation in glacial erosion rates from Patagonia and the Antarctic Peninsula (46°-65° S). GSA Bulletin, doi: 10.1130/B31321.1 . Minzoni R.L., Anderson J.B., Fernandez R. and Wellner J.S., 2015. Marine record of Holocene climate, ocean, and cryosphere interactions: Herbert Sound, James Ross Island, Antarctica.Quaternary Science Reviews, 129, p. 239-259, doi: 10.1016/j.quascirev.2015.09.009. Fernandez R. , Gulick S., Rodrigo C., Domack, E ., Leventer, A. & Saustrup, S. 2013. The seismic record of late glacial variations in the Strait of Magellan: new clues for the interpretation of the glacial history of Magallanes. Bollettino di Geofisica Teorica e Applicata, Suppl. 2 - Geosur, 54, 257-259. Fernandez R. , Anderson J. B., Bertrand S., and Wellner J. S., 2011. The Neoglacial Sedimentary Record of Climate Change from Gualas Glacier, Golfo Elefantes, Northern Patagonia (46.5°S). The Holocene, doi: 10.1177/0959683611425545. Weight R.W., Anderson J.B. and Fernández R. , 2011. Origin of the Holocene Texas Mud Blanket: Implications for Delivery and Re- Distribution of fine-grained sediment from source to Sink. Journal of Sedimentary Research, 81, 743-764, doi: 10.2011/jsr.2011.57. Fernández R. , Anderson J. B., Wellner J. S. and. Hallet B., 2011. Timescale dependence of erosion rates, a case study: Marinelli Glacier, Cordillera Darwin, southern Patagonia. Journal of Geophysical Research, 116, F01020, doi: 10.1029/2010JF001685 . Jakobsson M., Anderson J.B., Nitsche F., Dowdeswell J., Gyllencreutz R., Kirchner N., Mohammad R., O’Regan M., Anandakrishnan S., Alley R.B, Eriksson B., Kirshner A., Fernández R. , Stolldorf T. , Minzoni R., Majewski W., 2011. Geological Record of Ice Shelf Break-up and Grounding Line Retreat, Pine Island Bay, West Antarctica. Geology, 39, 691-694, doi: 10.1130/G32153.1. Wallace D.J. , Anderson J.B., and Fernández R. A. , 2010. Transgressive ravinement versus depth of closure: A geological perspective from the upper Texas coast. Journal of Coastal Research , Volume 26, 6, pp. 1057 – 1067. Boyd B. L., Anderson J. B., Wellner J. S. and Fernández R. , 2008. The Sedimentary Record of Glacial Retreat, Marinelli Fjord, Patagonia: Regional Correlations and Climate Ties. Marine Geology, 255, 165-178. Arriagada C., Roperch P., Mpodozis C. and Fernández R. , 2006. Paleomagnetism and tectonics of the southern Atacama Desert (25- 28°S), northern Chile. Tectonics, 25, TC4001, doi: 10.1029/2005TC001923 .
Submitted
Minzoni R.L., Anderson J.B., Majewski W., Yokoyama Y., Fernandez R. and Jakobsson M., 2016. Amundsen Sea ice shelf behavior out of phase with Antarctic Peninsula ice shelves during the Holocene. The Holocene, submitted. Castillo P., Fanning M. Fernandez R. , Poblete F. and Hervé P., 2016. Provenance of the Palaeozoic siliciclastic rocks of the Ellsworth Mountains, West Antarctica, determined by detrital zircon geochronology. GSA Bulletin, submitted .
Posters
I plan to have links to PDF versions of poster presentations…
© All photos in this website belong to RF.
Publications, conference abstracts,
submitted etc..
Published-Peer
Reviewed
Fernández R ., Anderson J. B., Wellner J. S., Minzoni R. L. and Hallet B., 2016. Latitudinal variation in glacial erosion rates from Patagonia and the Antarctic Peninsula (46°- 65° S). GSA Bulletin, doi: 10.1130/B31321.1 . Minzoni R.L., Anderson J.B., Fernandez R. and Wellner J.S., 2015. Marine record of Holocene climate, ocean, and cryosphere interactions: Herbert Sound, James Ross Island, A n t a r c t i c a . Q u a t e r n a r y Science Reviews, 129, p. 239-259, doi: 1 0 . 1 0 1 6 / j . q u a s c i r e v . 2 0 1 5 . 09.009. Fernandez R. , Gulick S., Rodrigo C., Domack, E ., Leventer, A. & Saustrup, S. 2013. The seismic record of late glacial variations in the Strait of Magellan: new clues for the interpretation of the glacial history of Magallanes. Bollettino di Geofisica Teorica e Applicata, Suppl. 2 - Geosur, 54, 257-259. Fernandez R. , Anderson J. B., Bertrand S., and Wellner J. S., 2011. The Neoglacial Sedimentary Record of Climate Change from Gualas Glacier, Golfo Elefantes, Northern Patagonia (46.5°S). The Holocene, doi: 1 0 . 1 1 7 7 / 0 9 5 9 6 8 3 6 1 1 4 2 5 5 45. Weight R.W., Anderson J.B. and Fernández R. , 2011. Origin of the Holocene Texas Mud Blanket: Implications for Delivery and Re-Distribution of fine-grained sediment from source to Sink. Journal of Sedimentary Research, 81, 743-764, doi: 10.2011/jsr.2011.57. Fernández R. , Anderson J. B., Wellner J. S. and. Hallet B., 2011. Timescale dependence of erosion rates, a case study: Marinelli Glacier, Cordillera Darwin, southern Patagonia. Journal of Geophysical Research, 116, F01020, d o i : 10.1029/2010JF001685 . Jakobsson M., Anderson J.B., Nitsche F., Dowdeswell J., Gyllencreutz R., Kirchner N., Mohammad R., O’Regan M., Anandakrishnan S., Alley R.B, Eriksson B., Kirshner A., Fernández R. , Stolldorf T. , Minzoni R., Majewski W., 2011. Geological Record of Ice Shelf Break-up and Grounding Line Retreat, Pine Island Bay, West Antarctica. Geology, 39, 691-694, doi: 10.1130/G32153.1. Wallace D.J. , Anderson J.B., and Fernández R. A. , 2010. Transgressive ravinement versus depth of closure: A geological perspective from the upper Texas coast. Journal of Coastal Research , Volume 26, 6, pp. 1057 – 1067. Boyd B. L., Anderson J. B., Wellner J. S. and Fernández R. , 2008. The Sedimentary Record of Glacial Retreat, Marinelli Fjord, Patagonia: Regional Correlations and Climate Ties. Marine Geology, 255, 165-178. Arriagada C., Roperch P., Mpodozis C. and Fernández R. , 2006. Paleomagnetism and tectonics of the southern Atacama Desert (25- 28°S), northern Chile. Tectonics, 25, TC4001, d o i : 10.1029/2005TC001923 .
Submitted
Minzoni R.L., Anderson J.B., Majewski W., Yokoyama Y., Fernandez R. and Jakobsson M., 2016. Amundsen Sea ice shelf behavior out of phase with Antarctic Peninsula ice shelves during the Holocene. The Holocene, submitted. Castillo P., Fanning M. Fernandez R. , Poblete F. and Hervé P., 2016. Provenance of the Palaeozoic siliciclastic rocks of the Ellsworth Mountains, West Antarctica, determined by detrital zircon geochronology. GSA Bulletin, submitted .
Conference
Presentations
(last 5 years)
Fernandez R. A. , Anderson J. B., Minzoni R. L.Wellner J. S. and Hallet B., 2016. The sedimentary record of glaciations and mountain denudation accumulated in the fjords of Patagonia and the Antarctic Peninsula. Southern Connections 2016 conference, Punta Arenas, Chile. Invited speaker. Fernández R., Gulick S., Rodrigo C., Domack E. and Laventer A., 2016. The marine record of late glacial variations in the Estrecho de Magallanes: new clues for the interpretation of the glacial history of the Magallanes Region. Southern Connections 2016 conference, Punta Arenas, Chile. Saustrup S., Marcy D., Duncan D., GoffJ., GulickS. and Fernandez-Vasquez R., 2015. Hands-on Marine Geology and Geophysics Field Instruction at the University of Texas. AGU 2015. Smith C., Domack E., Shevenell A., Leventer A., Gulick S., Frederick B. and Fernandez R., 2015. A new Eocene sedimentary sequence from Antarctica and its palynologic character. GSA 2015. Fernandez R. A. , Anderson J. B., Wellner J. S. and Minzoni R. L. , 2014. The seismic record of post-LGM glacial retreat from Patagonian and Antarctic Peninsula fjords. Geological Society of America Meeting, GSA- 2014, Vancouver, British Columbia. Anderson J. B., Minzoni R. L., Yuan V., Fernandez R. A. and Wellner J. S., 2014. Spatial and Temporal Variability in Sediment Flux to Bays and Fjords Along a Broad Latitudinal Transect Spanning Central Patagonia to the Antarctic Peninsula. Geological Society of America Meeting, GSA- 2014, Vancouver, British Columbia. Minzoni R. L., Anderson J. B., Wellner J. S. and Fernandez R. A. , 2014. The Antarctic Peninsula fjord sediment record: A regional evaluation of glacial response to Holocene climate events. Geological Society of America Meeting, GSA- 2014, Vancouver, British Columbia. Munoz Y., Wellner J. S., Anderson J. B., Minzoni R. L. and Fernandez R. A. , 2014. Holocene accumulation rates in Antarctic Peninsula fjords: from millennial to recent timescales. Geological Society of America Meeting, GSA-2014, Vancouver, British Columbia. Fernandez R. A. , Anderson J. B., Wellner J. S. and Minzoni R. L., 2012. Latitudinal variation of sedimentation and erosion rates from Patagonia and Antarctic Peninsula tidewater glaciers (46°-65° S). AGU Fall Meeting 2012. Fernandez R. A. , Anderson J. B. , Wellner J. S. and Minzoni R. L., 2011. Spatial and temporal variability of glacial erosion rates in the Antarctic Peninsula. International Symposium on Antarctic earth Sciences ISAES 2011, Edinburgh, Scotland. Minzoni R.L., Anderson J.B., Fernandez R. and Wellner J.S., 2011. The glacial history and paleoclimatic significance of Herbert Sound, James Ross Island, NE Antarctic Peninsula. International Symposium on Antarctic earth Sciences ISAES 2011, Edinburgh, Scotland . Fernandez R. and Anderson J.B., 2011. Temporal and spatial variability in glacial erosion and deposition based on a study of Patagonian and Antarctic Peninsula tidewater glacier settings. AGU Chapman conference on Source to Sink. Fernandez R. , Anderson J.B., Bertrand S. and Wellner J.S., 2010. The Holocene sedimentary record of climate change from Gualas Glacier, Golfo Elefantes, Northern Patagonia (46.5°s) . AGU Fall Meeting 2010. Kirshner A.E., Anderson J.B., Jakobsson M., Majewski W., Minzoni R., Fernandez R. and Stoldorf T., 2010. The Deglaciation History of Pine Island Bay, West Antarctica . WAIS Meeting 2010. Minzoni R.L., Anderson J.B., Kirshner A.E., Wellner J.S., and Fernandez R. , 2010. Glacial Response to Holocene Climate Change: the Antarctic Peninsula. WAIS Meeting 2010. Minzoni R.L., Anderson J.B., Kirshner A.E., Wellner J.S., and Fernandez R. , 2010. The Marine Record of Holocene Deglaciation and Paleoclimate Change, Antarctic Peninsula. AGU Fall Meeting 2010. Bertrand S., Hughen K., Lamy F., Fernandez R. , Stuut J.B., Torrejón F. and Lange C., 2010. Precipitation control on North Patagonian glacier variability during the Late Holocene: Evidence from Chilean Fjord sediments . PAGES LOTRED-SA symposium in Valdivia, Chile.
Posters
I plan to have links to PDF versions of poster presentations…
© All photos in this website belong to RF.
Current Projects
These are projects in which I am currently participating. I will be adding more information as progress, data moratorium and copyrights allows.
East Antarctica (offshore Sabrina Coast), glacial changes
This work is part of the NSF funded project “Collaborative Research: Totten Glacier System and the Marine Record of Cryosphere - Ocean Dynamics”. We sailed to the shelf area off the Sabrina Coast in East Antarctica in 2014 (cruise: NBP1402).Antarctic Peninsula, environmental changes
Since my time at Rice University I have been involved in glacial/environmental studies in the Antarctic Peninsula. Right now I am working with my friend Rebecca Minzoni and others analysing paleoenvironmental data and the glacial evolution of several fjords and Bays. Part of that work has been already published (see my CV section) and we will submit a manuscript summarizing and describing an interesting pattern that emerged from our data. Stay tunned!.Ellsworth Mountains, Pz Paleogeography
I have been working for several years with a group from Universidad de Chile (PI Teresa Torres) and Universidad Andres Bello (PI Francisco Herve), and INACH (Chilean Antarctic Institute), doing research in the Ellsworth Mountains. I participated in the first chilean geology expedition to the Patriot Hills area in 2002, and lead the first science-light weight-autonomous traverses to the Ellsworth Cordillera in 2004-2005 and 2013. With friends and colleagues we are submitting the results of our work during 2016. Estrecho de Magallanes, deglacial history I have done previous works in Patagonia but right now I am working with seismic data collected around the Esterecho de Magallanes area in 2012 (cruise NBP1208) and collaborating with Nicolas Waldman and his student Lior, studying the seismic record of Lago Fagnano in Argentina (Tierra del Fuego Island). Both works will be submitted for publication very soon!.Rio Grande, distal source to sink system
We sailed in October 2015 to image and sample the sedimentary path of sediment from the outer shelf to the slope. We acquired high resolution seismic with both our portable MCS system and our tow-CHIRP. After that, we collected sediment cores in channels and levees with our mini piston corer. We are still analysing the data.
Antarctica
Patagonia
Gulf of Mexico
Current Projects
These are projects in which I am currently participating. I will be adding more information as progress, data moratorium and copyrights allows.
East Antarctica (offshore
Sabrina Coast), glacial changes
This work is part of the NSF funded project “Collaborative Research: Totten Glacier System and the Marine Record of Cryosphere - Ocean Dynamics”. We sailed to the shelf area off the Sabrina Coast in East Antarctica in 2014 (cruise: NBP1402).Antarctic Peninsula,
environmental changes
Since my time at Rice University I have been involved in glacial/environmental studies in the Antarctic Peninsula. Right now I am working with my friend Rebecca Minzoni and others analysing paleoenvironmental data and the glacial evolution of several fjords and Bays. Part of that work has been already published (see my CV section) and we will submit a manuscript summarizing and describing an interesting pattern that emerged from our data. Stay tunned!.Ellsworth Mountains, Pz
Paleogeography
I have been working for several years with a group from Universidad de Chile (PI Teresa Torres) and Universidad Andres Bello (PI Francisco Herve), and INACH (Chilean Antarctic Institute), doing research in the Ellsworth Mountains. I participated in the first chilean geology expedition to the Patriot Hills area in 2002, and lead the first science-light weight-autonomous traverses to the Ellsworth Cordillera in 2004-2005 and 2013. With friends and colleagues we are submitting the results of our work during 2016. Estrecho de Magallanes, deglacial history I have done previous works in Patagonia but right now I am working with seismic data collected around the Esterecho de Magallanes area in 2012 (cruise NBP1208) and collaborating with Nicolas Waldman and his student Lior, studying the seismic record of Lago Fagnano in Argentina (Tierra del Fuego Island). Both works will be submitted for publication very soon!.Rio Grande, distal source
to sink system
We sailed in October 2015 to image and sample the sedimentary path of sediment from the outer shelf to the slope. We acquired high resolution seismic with both our portable MCS system and our tow-CHIRP. After that, we collected sediment cores in channels and levees with our mini piston corer. We are still analysing the data.
© All photos in this website belong to RF.
© All photos in this website belong to RF.
Current Projects
These are projects in which I am currently participating. I will be adding more information as progress, data moratorium and copyrights allows.
East Antarctica (offshore
Sabrina Coast), glacial changes
This work is part of the NSF funded project “Collaborative Research: Totten Glacier System and the Marine Record of Cryosphere - Ocean Dynamics”. We sailed to the shelf area off the Sabrina Coast in East Antarctica in 2014 (cruise: NBP1402).Antarctic Peninsula,
environmental changes
Since my time at Rice University I have been involved in glacial/environmental studies in the Antarctic Peninsula. Right now I am working with my friend Rebecca Minzoni and others analysing paleoenvironmental data and the glacial evolution of several fjords and Bays. Part of that work has been already published (see my CV section) and we will submit a manuscript summarizing and describing an interesting pattern that emerged from our data. Stay tunned!.Ellsworth Mountains, Pz
Paleogeography
I have been working for several years with a group from Universidad de Chile (PI Teresa Torres) and Universidad Andres Bello (PI Francisco Herve), and INACH (Chilean Antarctic Institute), doing research in the Ellsworth Mountains. I participated in the first chilean geology expedition to the Patriot Hills area in 2002, and lead the first science-light weight- autonomous traverses to the Ellsworth Cordillera in 2004-2005 and 2013. With friends and colleagues we are submitting the results of our work during 2016. Estrecho de Magallanes, deglacial history I have done previous works in Patagonia but right now I am working with seismic data collected around the Esterecho de Magallanes area in 2012 (cruise NBP1208) and collaborating with Nicolas Waldman and his student Lior, studying the seismic record of Lago Fagnano in Argentina (Tierra del Fuego Island). Both works will be submitted for publication very soon!.Rio Grande, distal source to
sink system
We sailed in October 2015 to image and sample the sedimentary path of sediment from the outer shelf to the slope. We acquired high resolution seismic with both our portable MCS system and our tow- CHIRP. After that, we collected sediment cores in channels and levees with our mini piston corer. We are still analysing the data.
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Blog
Random thoughts… xxxxxxx yyyyyyy zzzzzzzz No time for this yet…
In construction…
Have to figure out how to do this efficiently…
Blog
Random thoughts… xxxxxxx yyyyyyy zzzzzzzz No time for this yet…
In construction…
Have to figure out how to do this efficiently…
© All photos in this website belong to RF.
© All photos in this website belong to RF.
Blog
Random thoughts… xxxxxxx yyyyyyy zzzzzzzz No time for this yet…
In construction…
Have to figure out how to do this efficiently…
© All photos in this website belong to RF.
Field Gallery
Unorganized quick selection of photos from random places where I have done field work.
Field Work Experience (selected)
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October 2015
RV Manta, Seismic survey and coring near the shelf break off Texas coast.
Field Gallery
Unorganized quick selection of photos from random places where I have done field work.
© All photos in this website belong to RF.
Field Gallery
Unorganized quick selection of photos from random places where I have done field work.
© All photos in this website belong to RF.
Rodrigo A. Fernandez-Vasquez
Geologist PhD, MS
currently:
Research Associate at
U.T.I.G. - University of Texas
Institute for Geophysics
Find me @
Jackson School of Geosciences J.J. Pickle Research Campus, Bldg. 196 10100 Burnet Road (R2200) Austin TX 78758-4445 Office: 3.263 US phone: +1-512-471 8333 (office) Chile phone: +56-2-897 4880 (online) skype: rodrigokoan/ +1-512-9617075 Fax: 512-475 9568 e-mail: r.f@ig.utexas.edu http://ig.utexas.edu/
“We must always remember with gratitude and admiration
the first sailors who steered their vessels through storms and
mists, and increased our knowledge of the lands of ice in the
South.”
Roald Amundsen
“We must always remember with gratitude and
admiration the first sailors who steered their vessels
through storms and mists, and increased our
knowledge of the lands of ice in the South.”
Roald Amundsen
Rodrigo A. Fernandez-Vasquez
Geologist PhD, MS
currently:
Research Associate at
U.T.I.G. - University of Texas
Institute for Geophysics
Find me @
Jackson School of Geosciences J.J. Pickle Research Campus, Bldg. 196 10100 Burnet Road (R2200) Austin TX 78758-4445 Office: 3.263 US phone: +1-512-471 8333 (office) Chile phone: +56-2-897 4880 (online) skype: rodrigokoan/ +1-512-9617075 Fax: 512-475 9568 e-mail: r.f@ig.utexas.edu http://ig.utexas.edu/
© All photos in this website belong to RF.
© All photos in this website belong to RF.
“We must always remember with
gratitude and admiration the first sailors
who steered their vessels through
storms and mists, and increased our
knowledge of the lands of ice in the
South.”
Roald Amundsen
Rodrigo A. Fernandez-Vasquez
Geologist PhD, MS
currently:
Research Associate at
U.T.I.G. - University of Texas Institute for
Geophysics
Find me @
Jackson School of Geosciences J.J. Pickle Research Campus, Bldg. 196 10100 Burnet Road (R2200) Austin TX 78758-4445 Office: 3.263 US phone: +1-512-471 8333 (office) Chile phone: +56-2-897 4880 (online) skype: rodrigokoan/ +1-512-9617075 Fax: 512-475 9568 e-mail: r.f@ig.utexas.edu http://ig.utexas.edu/
