Full Member
Gloria I. López
Membership since:
2025
Field of activity:
Degrees:
2007
Doctorate Astronomy, Space and Earth Sciences
Ph.D. in Geology, in the discipline of Geochronology, with expertise in Luminescence Dating
2002
Master Astronomy, Space and Earth Sciences
M.Sc. in Geology in the field of Palaeoseismology & Paleolimnology, with expertise in Tsunami Geology
1993
Undergraduate Astronomy, Space and Earth Sciences
Undergraduate degree with honours (mandatory research thesis)
Publications resulting from Research
REFEREED ARTICLES IN SCHOLARLY JOURNALS
Mahan, S., Rittenour, T., Nelson, M.S., Ataee, N., Brown, N., DeWitt, R., Durcan, J., Evans, M., Feathers, J., Frouin, M., Heidari, M., Huot, S., Jain, M., Keen-Zebert, A., Li, B., López, G.I., Neudorf, C., Porat, N., Rodrigues, K., Sakai, S., Sawakuchi, A., Spencer, J., Thomsen, K., 2022. Guide for interpreting & reporting luminescence dating results. GSA Bulletin – Special Issue “Reporting & Interpretation of Geochronologic Data”. DOI: 10.1130/B36404.1
Giaime, M., Jol, H.M., Salmon, Y., López, G.I., Abu Hamid, A., Bergevin, L., Bauman, P., McClymont, A., Sailer-Haugland, E., Artzy, M., 2021. Using a multi-proxy approach to locate the elusive Phoenician/Persian anchorage of Tel Akko (Israel). Quaternary International 602, 66-81. DOI: 10.1016/j.quaint.2021.06.008.
Moreno, D., Gutiérrez, F., del Val, M., Carbonelll, D., Jiménez, F., Alonso, M.J., Martínez-Pillado, V., Guzmán, O., Martínez, D., López, G.I., 2021. A multi-method dating approach to reassess the geochronology of faulted Quaternary deposits in the central sector of the Iberian Chain (NE Spain). Quaternary Geochronology 65, 101185. DOI: 10.1016/j.quageo.2021.101185.
Gutiérrez, F., Moreno, D., López, G.I., Jiménez, F., del Val, M., Alonso, M.J., Martínez-Pillado, V., Guzmán, O., Martínez, D., Carbonell, D., 2020. Revisiting the slip rate of Quaternary faults in the Iberian Chain, NE Spain. Geomorphic & seismic-hazard implications. Geomorphology 363, 107-233. DOI:10.1016/j.geomorph.2020.107233.
López, G.I., Goodman-Tchernov, B.N., Porat, N., 2018. OSL Over-Dispersion: a pilot study for the characterisation of extreme events in the shallow marine realm. Sedimentary Geology 378, 35-51. DOI: 10.1016/j.sedgeo.2018.09.002 (Special Issue Sedimentary Evidence of Geohazards: Challenges & Advances).
Porat, N., López, G.I., Lensky, N., Elinson, R., Avni, Y., Elgart-Sharon, Y., Faershtein, G., Gadot, Y., 2018. Using portable OSL to obtain a time scale for soil accumulation & erosion in archaeological terraces, the Judean Mountains, Israel. Quaternary Geochronology 49, 65-70. DOI: 10.1016/j.quageo.2018.04.001
Velasco, E.R., López, G.I., 2016. Marco Conceptual para Investigaciones Tsunamigénicas: Caso Litoral Pacífico Colombiano. Boletín de Geología 38, 79-106.
Rodrigues, K., Rink, W.J., Collins, M.B., Williams, T.J., Keen-Zebert, A., López, G.I., 2016. OSL ages of the Clovis, Late Paleoindian & Archaic Components at Area 15 of the Gault Site, Central Texas, U.S.A. Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports 7, 94-103. DOI: 10.1016/j.jasrep.2016.03.014
López, G.I., Thompson, J.W. 2012. OSL & sediment accumulation rate models: understanding the history of sediment deposition. Quaternary Geochronology 10, 175-179. DOI: 10.1016/j.quageo.2012.02.026
Ramírez-Herrera, M.T., Lagos, M., Hutchinson, I., Kostoglogodv, V., Machain, M.L., Caballero, M., Gogichaisvili, A., Aguilar, B., Chague-Goff, C., Goff, J., Ruiz-Fernández, A-C., Ortiz, M., Nava, H., Bautista, F., López, G.I., Quintana, P. 2012. Extreme wave deposits on the Pacific coast of Mexico: tsunamis or storms? A multi-proxy approach. Geomorphology 139-140, 360-371. DOI: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2011.11.002
López, G.I., 2011. Evidence for Mid to Late Holocene Palaeotsunami Deposits, Kakawis Lake, Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada. Natural Hazards, 60, 43-68 (Invited contribution to Special Publication “Tsunami Risk & Impacts on Coastlines”). DOI: 10.1007/s11069-011-9952-z
Mahan, S., Rittenour, T., Nelson, M.S., Ataee, N., Brown, N., DeWitt, R., Durcan, J., Evans, M., Feathers, J., Frouin, M., Heidari, M., Huot, S., Jain, M., Keen-Zebert, A., Li, B., López, G.I., Neudorf, C., Porat, N., Rodrigues, K., Sakai, S., Sawakuchi, A., Spencer, J., Thomsen, K., 2022. Guide for interpreting & reporting luminescence dating results. GSA Bulletin – Special Issue “Reporting & Interpretation of Geochronologic Data”. DOI: 10.1130/B36404.1
Giaime, M., Jol, H.M., Salmon, Y., López, G.I., Abu Hamid, A., Bergevin, L., Bauman, P., McClymont, A., Sailer-Haugland, E., Artzy, M., 2021. Using a multi-proxy approach to locate the elusive Phoenician/Persian anchorage of Tel Akko (Israel). Quaternary International 602, 66-81. DOI: 10.1016/j.quaint.2021.06.008.
Moreno, D., Gutiérrez, F., del Val, M., Carbonelll, D., Jiménez, F., Alonso, M.J., Martínez-Pillado, V., Guzmán, O., Martínez, D., López, G.I., 2021. A multi-method dating approach to reassess the geochronology of faulted Quaternary deposits in the central sector of the Iberian Chain (NE Spain). Quaternary Geochronology 65, 101185. DOI: 10.1016/j.quageo.2021.101185.
Gutiérrez, F., Moreno, D., López, G.I., Jiménez, F., del Val, M., Alonso, M.J., Martínez-Pillado, V., Guzmán, O., Martínez, D., Carbonell, D., 2020. Revisiting the slip rate of Quaternary faults in the Iberian Chain, NE Spain. Geomorphic & seismic-hazard implications. Geomorphology 363, 107-233. DOI:10.1016/j.geomorph.2020.107233.
López, G.I., Goodman-Tchernov, B.N., Porat, N., 2018. OSL Over-Dispersion: a pilot study for the characterisation of extreme events in the shallow marine realm. Sedimentary Geology 378, 35-51. DOI: 10.1016/j.sedgeo.2018.09.002 (Special Issue Sedimentary Evidence of Geohazards: Challenges & Advances).
Porat, N., López, G.I., Lensky, N., Elinson, R., Avni, Y., Elgart-Sharon, Y., Faershtein, G., Gadot, Y., 2018. Using portable OSL to obtain a time scale for soil accumulation & erosion in archaeological terraces, the Judean Mountains, Israel. Quaternary Geochronology 49, 65-70. DOI: 10.1016/j.quageo.2018.04.001
Velasco, E.R., López, G.I., 2016. Marco Conceptual para Investigaciones Tsunamigénicas: Caso Litoral Pacífico Colombiano. Boletín de Geología 38, 79-106.
Rodrigues, K., Rink, W.J., Collins, M.B., Williams, T.J., Keen-Zebert, A., López, G.I., 2016. OSL ages of the Clovis, Late Paleoindian & Archaic Components at Area 15 of the Gault Site, Central Texas, U.S.A. Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports 7, 94-103. DOI: 10.1016/j.jasrep.2016.03.014
López, G.I., Thompson, J.W. 2012. OSL & sediment accumulation rate models: understanding the history of sediment deposition. Quaternary Geochronology 10, 175-179. DOI: 10.1016/j.quageo.2012.02.026
Ramírez-Herrera, M.T., Lagos, M., Hutchinson, I., Kostoglogodv, V., Machain, M.L., Caballero, M., Gogichaisvili, A., Aguilar, B., Chague-Goff, C., Goff, J., Ruiz-Fernández, A-C., Ortiz, M., Nava, H., Bautista, F., López, G.I., Quintana, P. 2012. Extreme wave deposits on the Pacific coast of Mexico: tsunamis or storms? A multi-proxy approach. Geomorphology 139-140, 360-371. DOI: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2011.11.002
López, G.I., 2011. Evidence for Mid to Late Holocene Palaeotsunami Deposits, Kakawis Lake, Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada. Natural Hazards, 60, 43-68 (Invited contribution to Special Publication “Tsunami Risk & Impacts on Coastlines”). DOI: 10.1007/s11069-011-9952-z
EDITORSHIP OF SPECIAL ISSUES IN SCHOLARLY JOURNALS
Preusser, F., Porat, N., Arnold, L., de Witt, R., Duval, M., Falguères, C., López, G., Reimann, T., Liping, Z., 2022. 16th International Conference on Luminescence & Electron Spin Resonance Dating, 13-17 September 2021. Editorial to Special Issue under the same title. Quaternary Geochronology 73, 101404. DOI: 10.1016/j.quageo.2022.101404.
EDITORSHIP OF BOOKS & EDITED VOLUMES
López, G.I. (Editor), 2012. Tsunami – Analysis of a Hazard: from geological interpretation to human impact. Open Access InTech, Rijeka (ISBN: 979-953-307-835-8) (DOI: 10.5772/2614).
ENCYCLOPAEDIA ENTRIES
López, G.I., 2016. Grain Size Analysis. In: Goldberg, P. & Gilbert, A. (Eds.) Encyclopaedia of Geoarchaeology. Series Title: Encyclopaedia of Earth Science Series, Springer, The Netherlands, pp. 341-348.
López, G.I., 2015. Tsunamigenic Sediments. In: Rink, W.J. & Thompson, J.W. (Eds.) Encyclopaedia of Scientific Dating Methods. Series Title: Encyclopaedia of Earth Science Series, Springer, The Netherlands, pp. 827-832 (DOI: 10.1007/978-94-007-6304-3_199).
López, G.I., 2015. Walther’s Law of Facies. In: Rink, W.J. & Thompson, J.W. (Eds.) Encyclopaedia of Scientific Dating Methods. Series Title: Encyclopaedia of Earth Science Series, Springer, The Netherlands, pp. 957-958 (DOI: 10.1007/978-94-007-6304-3_30).
Preusser, F., Porat, N., Arnold, L., de Witt, R., Duval, M., Falguères, C., López, G., Reimann, T., Liping, Z., 2022. 16th International Conference on Luminescence & Electron Spin Resonance Dating, 13-17 September 2021. Editorial to Special Issue under the same title. Quaternary Geochronology 73, 101404. DOI: 10.1016/j.quageo.2022.101404.
EDITORSHIP OF BOOKS & EDITED VOLUMES
López, G.I. (Editor), 2012. Tsunami – Analysis of a Hazard: from geological interpretation to human impact. Open Access InTech, Rijeka (ISBN: 979-953-307-835-8) (DOI: 10.5772/2614).
ENCYCLOPAEDIA ENTRIES
López, G.I., 2016. Grain Size Analysis. In: Goldberg, P. & Gilbert, A. (Eds.) Encyclopaedia of Geoarchaeology. Series Title: Encyclopaedia of Earth Science Series, Springer, The Netherlands, pp. 341-348.
López, G.I., 2015. Tsunamigenic Sediments. In: Rink, W.J. & Thompson, J.W. (Eds.) Encyclopaedia of Scientific Dating Methods. Series Title: Encyclopaedia of Earth Science Series, Springer, The Netherlands, pp. 827-832 (DOI: 10.1007/978-94-007-6304-3_199).
López, G.I., 2015. Walther’s Law of Facies. In: Rink, W.J. & Thompson, J.W. (Eds.) Encyclopaedia of Scientific Dating Methods. Series Title: Encyclopaedia of Earth Science Series, Springer, The Netherlands, pp. 957-958 (DOI: 10.1007/978-94-007-6304-3_30).