Enrique Gomez-Rivas
Sedimentary Petrology, Structural Geology, Geofluids, Energy Transition
Peer-reviewed publications
Manuscripts submitted, in review or revision:
Medina-Cascales, I., Carrazana, A., Gomez-Rivas, E., Bons, P.D., Martin-Rojas, I., García-Tortosa, F.J., and Alfaro, P. Fault-controlled gypsum vein networks: insights from the active Galera Fault, Southern Spain.
González-Esvertit, E., Fusswinkel. T., Canals, A., Casas, J.M., Neilson, J., Wagner, T., and Gomez-Rivas, E. Fluid evolution and halogen fractionation in orogenic belts: a comparative fluid inclusion appraisal in the Eastern Pyrenees.
González-Esvertit, E., Canals, A., Prieto-Torrell, C., Bons, P.D., Llorens, M.-G., Casas, J.M., Aguilar, C., Neilson, J., Elburg, M.A., and Gomez-Rivas, E. Granitoid metasomatism and giant quartz vein formation by mineral replacement: insights from the Canigó Massif, Eastern Pyrenees.
Hao, B., Llorens, M.-G., Griera, A., Bons, P.D., Lebensohn, R., Yu, Y., and Gomez-Rivas, E. The influence of kinematics of deformation on polycrystalline halite dynamic recrystallization: full-field simulation of simple shear versus pure shear.
González-Esvertit, E., Prieto-Torrell, C., Bons, P.D., Canals, A., Casas, J.-M., Elburg, M., and Gomez-Rivas, E. A review of the granite concept through time.
Hussein, H.S., Bábek, O., Mansurbeg, H., Martín-Martín, J.D., and Gomez-Rivas, E. Impact of stylolitization on porosity and permeability of carbonate rocks: the Upper Cretaceous Kometan Formation, Zagros Foreland Basin in Iraqi Kurdistan.
Huang, S., Liu, B., Fu, X., Gomez-Rivas, E., Griera, A., Gan, Q., Li, H., and Xing, Y. Crucial role of in-situ stress in identifying optimal prospective areas for continental shale oil: insights from the Southern Songliao Basin.
Publications indexed in Web of Science and/or Scopus. See Google Scholar, Scopus, Web of Science and ORCID profiles:
88. Sun, X., Liu, K., An, S., Cao, Y., Hellevang, H., Alcalde, J., Travé, A., Yuan, G., Deng, C., and Gomez-Rivas, E. 2025. A review of experimental investigations on salt precipitation during CO2 geological storage. Geoenergy Science and Engineering, 244, 213451. [link] [Postprint PDF]
87. Ehrenberg, S., Neilson, J., Gomez-Rivas, E., Oxtoby, N., Jayachandran, I., Qi, A. and Vahrenkamp, V. 2024. Stratigraphy and diagenesis of the Thamama-B reservoir zone and its surrounding dense zones in Abu Dhabi oilfields and equivalent Oman outcrops. Journal of Petroleum Geology, 47(4), 375-410. [link] (Open Access)
86. Yu, Y., Griera, A., Gomez-Rivas, E., Bons, P.D., García-Castellanos, D., Hao, B., Lebensohn, R. A., and Llorens, M.-G. 2024. Dynamic recrystallization of olivine during simple shear: evolution of microstructure and crystallographic preferred orientation from full-field numerical simulations. Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems, 25 (9), e2023GC011212. [link] (Open Access)
85. Hu, Y., Bons, P.D, de Riese, T., Liu, S., Llorens, M.-G., González-Esvertit, E., Gomez-Rivas, E., Li, D., Fu, Y., and Cai, X. 2024. Folding of a single layer in an anisotropic viscous matrix under layer-parallel shortening. Journal of Structural Geology, 188, 105246. [link] [Postprint PDF]
84. Cao, D., Zeng, L., Gomez-Rivas, E., Gong, L., Lui, G.,, Lu, G., Sachau, T., and Bons, P.D. 2024. Correction of linear fracture density and error analysis using underground borehole data. Journal of Structural Geology, 184, 105512. [link]
83. González-Esvertit, E., Canals, A., Bons, P.D., Casas, J.M., Nieto, F. and Gomez-Rivas, E. 2024. Chlorite chemical refinement during giant quartz vein formation. Geological Society of America Bulletin, 136 (11-12): 5208–5216. [link] [Postprint PDF]
82. Hao, B., Llorens, M.-G., Griera, A., Bons, P.D., Lebensohn, R., Yu, Y., and Gomez-Rivas, E. 2023. Full-field numerical simulation of halite dynamic recrystallization from subgrain rotation to grain boundary migration. Journal of Geophysical Research Solid Earth, 128, e2023JB027590. [link] (Open Access)
81. Mamtani, M.A., Wenzel, O., Kontny, A., Hilgers, C., Müller, E., Renjith, A.R., Llorens, M.-G., and Gomez-Rivas, E. 2023. “In-Plane” site-specific FIB lamella extraction from deformed magnetite and the investigation of low angle grain boundaries under TEM. Journal of Structural Geology, 104937. [link] [Postprint PDF]
80. Heeb, J., Healy, D., Timms, N.E., and Gomez-Rivas, E. 2023. Rapid hydration and weakening of anhydrite under stress: implications for natural hydration in the Earth’s crust and mantle. Solid Earth, 14(9), 985–1003. [link] (Open Access). Awarded the Ramsay Medal 2023 of the Tectonic Studies Group (Geological Society of London).
79. González-Esvertit, E., Alcalde, J. and Gomez-Rivas, E. 2023. IESDB – The Iberian Evaporite Structure Database. Earth System Science Data, 15:3131-3145. [link] (Open Access)
78. Centrella, S., Beaudoin, N.E., Trebucq, C. Hoareau, G., Gomez Rivas, E., Martín-Martín, J.D., and Callot, J.-P. 2023. Textural and chemical evolution during dedolomitization: a case study of the Benassal Formation, Maestrat Basin, Spain. Marine and Petroleum Geology, 153, 106290. [link] [Postprint PDF]
77. Heeb, J., Healy, D., Timms, N., and Gomez-Rivas, E. 2023. Grain boundary networks and shape preferred orientation – a fresh angle on pattern quantification with GBPaQ. Computers & Geosciences, 174, 105311. [link] (Open Access)
76. Torne, M., Jiménez-Munt, I., Negredo, A.M., Fullea, J., Vergés, J., Marzán, I., Alcalde, J., Gomez-Rivas, E., and García de la Noceda, C. 2023. Advances in the modeling of the Iberian thermal lithosphere and perspectives on deep geothermal studies. Geothermal Energy: Science, Society, and Technology, 11, 3. [link] (Open Access)
75. Centrella, S., Hoareau, G., Beaudoin, N.E., Motte, G., Lanari, P., Piccoli, F., Callot, J.-P., Gomez-Rivas, E., and Martín-Martín, J.D. 2023. Estimating the fluid composition after dolomitization using mass balance equation: comparison of examples from Spain, Canada and France. Global and Planetary Change, 220, 104016. [link] [Postprint PDF]
74. Sun, X., Cao, Y., Liu, K., Alcalde, J., Cabello, P., Travé, A., Yuan, G., Cruset, D., and Gomez-Rivas, E. 2023. Effects of fluvial sedimentary heterogeneity on CO2 geological storage: integrating storage capacity, injectivity, distribution and CO2 phases. Journal of Hydrology, 617(A), 128936. [link] [Postprint PDF]
73. Wu, J., Fan, T., Gomez-Rivas, E., Travé, A., Gao, Z., Kang, Z., Koehn, D., and Bons, P.D. 2023. Relationship between stylolite morphology and the sealing potential of stylolite-bearing carbonate cap rocks. GSA Bulletin, 135(3-4), 689-711. doi: https://doi.org/10.1130/B36297.1. [link]
72. Bons, P.D., Cao, D., de Riese, T., González-Esvertit, E., Koehn, D., Naaman, I., Sachau, T., Tian, H., and Gomez-Rivas, E. 2022. A review of natural hydrofractures in rocks. Geological Magazine, -1-26, doi:10.1017/S0016756822001042. [link] (Open Access)
71. González-Esvertit, E., Canals, A., Gomez-Rivas, E., Bons, P.D., Murta, H., and Casas, J.M. 2022. Geology of giant quartz veins and their host rocks from the Eastern Pyrenees (Southwest Europe). Journal of Maps, DOI: 10.1080/17445647.2022.2133642. [link] (Open Access)
70. Finch, M.A., Bons, P.D., Weinberg, R.F., Llorens, M.G., Griera, A., and Gomez-Rivas, E. 2022. A dynamic atlas of interference patterns in superimposed, opposite sense ductile shear zones. Journal of Structural Geology, 165, 104739. [link] [Postprint PDF]
69. González-Esvertit, E., Canals, A., Bons, P.D., Casas, J.M., and Gomez-Rivas, E. 2002. Compiling regional structures in geological databases: the Giant Quartz Veins of the Pyrenees as a case study. Journal of Structural Geology, 163, 104705. [link] (Open Access)
68. Sun, S., Huang, S., Gomez-Rivas, E., Griera, A. Liu, B., Xu, L., Wen, Y., Dong, D., Shi, Z., and Chang, Y. 2022. Characterization of natural fractures in deep-marine shales: a case study of the Wufeng and Longmaxi shale in the Luzhou Block Sichuan Basin, China. Frontiers of Earth Science, https://doi.org/10.1007/s11707-022-1021-2. [link]
67. Llorens, M.-G., Griera, A., Bons, P.D., Weikusat, I., Prior, D., Gomez-Rivas, E., de Riese, T., Jimenez-Munt, I., García-Castellanos, D., and Lebensohn, R.A. 2022. Can changes in deformation regimes be inferred from crystallographic preferred orientations in polar ice? The Cryosphere, 16(5), 2009–2024, 2022. [link] (Open Access).
66. Ran, H., Bons, P.D., Wang, G., Griera, A., de Riese, T., Gomez-Rivas, E., Llorens, M.-G., Ran, S., Wang, Y., and Wang, S. 2022. Folds inside pebbles: when do they form during conglomerate deformation? Numerical modelling and comparison with the Hutuo Group conglomerates, North China Craton. Journal of Structural Geology, 160, 104620. [link]
65. Drake, S.J., Gomez-Rivas, E., Ickert, R.B., and Macdonald, D.I.M. 2022. Temporal and spatial variations in calcium carbonate deposition in a mixed siliciclastic-carbonate deep marine system: the Ediacaran Deeside limestone formation; Aboyne, Scotland. Scottish Journal of Geology, 58. [link].
64. Sun, X., Gomez-Rivas, E., Cruset, D., Alcalde, J., Muñoz-López, D., Cantarero, I., Martín-Martín, J.D., John, C.M., and Travé, A. 2022. Origin and distribution of calcite cements in a folded fluvial succession: the Puig-reig anticline (SE Pyrenees). Sedimentology, 69(5), 2319-2347. [link] (Open Access).
63. Gomez-Rivas, E., Bons, P.D., Swennen, R., and Benedicto, A. 2022. Structural controls on basin- and crustal-scale fluid flow and resulting mineral reactions. Geofluids, 9786162. [link] (Open Access).
62. Humphrey, E., Gomez-Rivas, E., Martín-Martín, J.D., Neilson, J., Salas, R., and Guimerà, J. 2022. Depositional and structural controls on a fault-related dolostone formation (Maestrat Basin, E Spain). Basin Research, 34(2), 961-990. [link] (Open Access).
61. Gomez-Rivas, E., Martín-Martín, J.D., Bons, P.D., Koehn, D., Griera, A., Travé, A., Llorens, M.-G., Humphrey, E., and Neilson, J. 2022. Stylolites and stylolite networks as primary controls on the geometry and distribution of carbonate diagenetic alterations. Marine and Petroleum Geology, 136, 105444. [link] (Open Access).
60. Wu, J. Fan, T., Gomez-Rivas, E., Travé, A., Gao, Z., Cao, Q., and Kang, Z. 2022. Impact of diagenesis on the pore evolution and sealing capacity of carbonate cap rocks in the Tarim Basin, China. AAPG Bulletin, 106(12), 2471–2511. [link]
59. Travé, A., Rodríguez-Morillas, N., Baqués, V., Playà, E., Casas, L., Cantarero, I., Martín-Martín, J.D., Gomez-Rivas, E., Moragas, M., and Cruset, D. 2021. Origin of the coloured karst fills in the Neogene extensional system of NE Iberia (Spain). Minerals, 11(12), 1382. [link] (Open Access)
58. Piris, G., Herms, I., Griera, A., Colomer, M., Arnó, G., and Gomez-Rivas, E. 2021. 3DHIP-Calculator – a new tool to stochastically assess deep geothermal potential using the Heat-In-Place method from voxel-based 3D geological models. Energies, 14(21), 7338. [link] (Open Access).
57. Sun, X., Alcalde, J., Gomez-Rivas, E., Owen, A., Griera, A., Martín-Martín, J.D., Cruset, D., and Travé, A. 2021. Fluvial sedimentation of the Puig-reig anticline (South-eastern Pyrenees) and its reservoir potential. Sedimentary Geology, 424, 105993. [link] (Open Access).
56. Sun, X., Alcalde, J., Bakhtbidar, M., Elío, J., Vilarrasa, V., Canal, J., Ballesteros, J., Heinemann, N., Haszeldine, S., Cavanagh, A., Vega-Maza, D., Rubiera, F., Martínez-Orio, R., Johnson, G., Carbonell, R., Marzan, I., Travé, A., and Gomez-Rivas, E. 2021. Hubs and clusters approach to unlock the development of Carbon Capture and Storage – case study in Spain. Applied Energy, 300, 117418. [link] (Open Access)
55. Cruset, D., Vergés, J., Benedicto, A., Gomez-Rivas, E., Cantarero, I., John, C.M., and Travé, A. 2021. Multiple fluid flow events from salt-related rifting to basin inversion (Upper Pedraforca thrust sheet, SE Pyrenees). Basin Research, 33(6), 3102-3136. [link] (Open Access)
54. Sun, X., Gomez-Rivas, E., Alcalde, J., Martín-Martín, J.D., Ma, C., Muñoz-López, D., Cruset, D., Cantarero, I., Griera, A., and Travé, A. 2021. Fracture distribution in a folded fluvial succession: the Puig-reig anticline (South-eastern Pyrenees). Marine and Petroleum Geology, 132, 105169. [link] (Open Access).
53. Wu, J., Fan, T., Gomez-Rivas, E., Travé, A., Gao, Z., Wang, S., and Sun, X. 2021. Fractal characteristics of pore networks and sealing capacity of Ordovician carbonate cap rocks: a case study based on outcrop analogues from the Tarim Basin, China. AAPG Bulletin, 105(2), 437-479. DOI:10.1306/03172019022. [link] [PDF]
52. Llorens, M.-G., Griera, A., Bons, P.D., Gomez-Rivas, E., Weikusat, I., Prior, D., Kerch, J., and Lebensohn, R.A. 2020. Seismic anisotropy of temperate ice in polar ice sheets. Journal of Geophysical Research: Earth Surface, 125, e2020JF005714. [link]
51. de Riese, T., Bons, P.D., Gomez-Rivas, E., and Sachau. T. 2020. Interaction between crustal-scale Darcy and hydrofracture fluid transport: a numerical study. Geofluids, 8891801. [link]] (Open Access).
50. Finch, M.A., Bons, P.D., Steinbach, F., Griera, A., Llorens, M.-G., Gomez-Rivas, E., Ran, H., and de Riese, T. 2020. The ephemeral development of C’ shear bands: a numerical modelling approach. Journal of Structural Geology, 139, 104091. [link] [PDF]
49. Yao, S., Gomez-Rivas, E., Martín-Martín, J.D., Gómez-Gras, D., Travé, A., Griera, A., and Howell, J. 2020. Fault-controlled dolostone geometries in a transgressive–regressive sequence stratigraphic framework. Sedimentology, 67, 3290–3316. [link] [PDF]
48. Gomez-Rivas, E., Butler, R.W.H., Healy, D., and Alsop, G.I. 2020. From hot to cold – the temperature dependence on rock deformation processes: an introduction. Journal of Structural Geology, 132, 103977. [link] [PDF]
47. Bons, P.D., and Gomez-Rivas, E. 2020. Origin of meteoric fluids in extensional detachments. Geofluids, 2020, 7201545. [link] (Open Access).
46. Sun, X., Alcalde, J., Gomez-Rivas, E., Struth, L., Johnson, G., and Travé, A. 2020. Appraisal of CO2 storage potential in compressional basins: global assessment and case study in the Sichuan Basin (China). Geoscience Frontiers, 11, 2309-2321. [link] (Open Access).
45. Humphrey, E., Gomez-Rivas, E., Neilson, J., Martín-Martín, J.D., Healy, D., Yao S., and Bons, P.D. 2020. Quantitative analysis of stylolite networks in different platform carbonate facies. Marine and Petroleum Geology, 114, 104203. [link] [PDF]
44. Griera, A., Gomez-Rivas, E., and Llorens, M.-G. 2020. Influence of layer interface geometry on single-layer folding. Geological Society of London Special Publications (Special volume on Folding and Fracturing of Rocks: 50 Years of Research since the Seminal Text Book of J. G. Ramsay), 487. [link] [PDF]
43. Cantarero, I., Parcerisa, D., Plata, M.A., Gómez-Gras, D., Gomez-Rivas, E., Martín-Martín, J.D., and Travé, A. 2020. Fracturing and near-surface diagenesis of a silicified Miocene deltaic sequence: the Montjuïc Hill (Barcelona). Minerals, 10(2), 135. [link] (Open Access).
42. Humphrey, E., Gomez-Rivas, E., Koehn, D., Bons, P.D., Neilson, J., Martín-Martín, J.D., and Schoenherr, J. 2019. Stylolite-controlled diagenesis of a mudstone carbonate reservoir: a case study from the Zechstein-2-Carbonate (Central European Basin, NW Germany). Marine and Petroleum Geology, 109, 88-107. [link] [PDF]
41. de Riese, T., Evans, L.A., Gomez-Rivas, E., Griera, A., Lebensohn, R.A., Llorens, M.-G., Ran. H., Sachau, T., Weikusat, I., and Bons, P.D. 2019. Shear localisation in anisotropic, non-linear viscous materials that develop a CPO: a numerical study. Journal of Structural Geology, 124, 81-90. [link] [PDF]
40. Nardini, N., Muñoz-López, D., Cruset, D., Cantarero, I., Martín-Martín, J.D., Benedicto, A., Gomez-Rivas, E., John, C.M., and Travé, A. 2019. From early contraction to post-folding fluid evolution in the frontal part of the Bóixols thrust sheet (Southern Pyrenees) as revealed by the texture and geochemistry of calcite cement. Minerals, 9(2), 117. [link] (Open Access).
39. Wu, J., Fan, T., Gomez-Rivas, E., Gao, Z., Yao, S., Li, W., Zhang, C, Sun, Q, Gu, Y., and Xiang, M. 2019. Impact of pore structure and fractal characteristics on the sealing capacity of Ordovician carbonate cap rock in the Tarim Basin, China. Marine and Petroleum Geology, 102, 557-579. [link] [PDF]
38. Llorens, M.-G., Gomez-Rivas, E., Ganzhorn, A.-C., Griera, A., Steinbach, F., Roessiger, J., Labrousse, L., Walte, N., Weikusat, I., and Bons, P.D. 2019. The effect of dynamic recrystallisation on the rheology and microstructures of partially molten rocks. Journal of Structural Geology, 118, 224-235. [link] [PDF]
37. Piazolo, S., Bons, P.D., Griera, A., Llorens, Gomez-Rivas, E., Koehn, D., Wheeler, J., Gardner, R., Godinho, J.R.A., Evans, L., Lebensohn, R.A., and Jessell, M.W. 2019. A review of numerical modelling of the dynamics of microstructural development in rocks and ice: past, present and future. Journal of Structural Geology, 125, 111-123. [link] [PDF]
36. Ran, H., de Riese, T., Llorens, M.-G., Finch, M., Evans, L., Gomez-Rivas, E., Griera, A., Jessell, M., Lebensohn, R.A., Piazolo, S., and Bons, P.D. 2019. Time for anisotropy: The significance of mechanical anisotropy for the development of deformation structures. Journal of Structural Geology, 125, 41-47. [link] [PDF]
35. Piris, G., Griera, A., Gomez-Rivas, E., Herms, I., McClure, M.W., and Norbeck, J.H. 2018. Fluid pressure drops during stimulation of segmented faults in deep geothermal reservoirs. Geothermal Energy: Science, Society, and Technology, 6:24. [link] (Open Access).
34. Ran, H., Bons, P.D., Wang, G., Steinbach, F., Finch, M., Griera, A., Gomez-Rivas, E., Llorens, M.-G., Ran, S., Liang, X., and Zhou, J. 2018. High-strain deformation of conglomerates: numerical modelling, strain analysis, and an example from the Wutai Mountains, North China Craton. Journal of Structural Geology, 114, 222-234. [link] [PDF]
32. Martín-Martín, J.D., Gomez-Rivas, E., Gómez-Gras, D., Travé, A., Ameneiro, R., Koehn, D., and Bons, P.D. 2018. Activation of stylolites as conduits for overpressured fluid flow in dolomitized platform carbonates. Geological Society of London Special Publications (Special volume on subseismic-scale reservoir deformation), 459, 157-176. [link] [PDF]
32. Gomez-Rivas, E., Griera, A., Llorens, M.-G., Bons, P.D., Lebensohn, R., and Piazolo, S. 2017. Subgrain rotation recrystallization during shearing: insights from full-field numerical simulations of halite polycrystals. Journal of Geophysical Research Solid Earth, 122 (11), 8810–8827. [link] (Open Access).
31. Healy, D., Rizzo, R.E., Cornwell, D.G., Farrell, N.J.C., Watkins, H., Timms, N.E., Gomez-Rivas, E., and Smith, M. 2017. FracPaQ: a MATLAB toolbox for the quantification of fracture patterns. Journal of Structural Geology, 95, 1-16. [link] [PDF]
30. Llorens, M.-G., Griera, A., Steinbach, F., Bons, P.D., Gomez-Rivas, E., Jansen, D., Lebensohn, R., and Weikusat, I. 2017. Dynamic recrystallisation during deformation of polycrystalline ice: insights from numerical simulations. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A, 375:20150346. [link] (Open Access).
29. Koehn, D., Pataki-Rood, M., Beaudoin, N., Chung, P., Bons, P.D., and Gomez-Rivas, E. 2016. A new stylolite classification scheme to estimate compaction and local permeability variations. Sedimentary Geology, 346, 60–71. [link] [PDF]
28. Sachau, T., Bons, P.D., and Gomez-Rivas, E. 2015. Transport efficiency and dynamics of hydraulic fracture networks. Frontiers in Physics, 3:63. [link] (Open Access).
27. Gomez-Rivas, E., Griera, A., and Llorens, M.-G. 2015. Fracturing of ductile anisotropic multilayers: influence of material strength . Solid Earth, 6, 497–514. [link] (Open Access).
26. Martín-Martín, J.D., Travé, A., Gomez-Rivas, E., Salas, R., Sizun, J.-P., Vergés, J., Corbella, M., Stafford, S.L., and Alfonso, P. 2015. Fault-controlled and stratabound dolostones in the Late Aptian-earliest Albian Benassal Formation (Maestrat Basin, E Spain): petrology and geochemistry constrains. Marine and Petroleum Geology, 65, 83-102. [link] [PDF]
25. Gomez-Rivas, E., and Griera, A. 2015. On the material dependence of experimental shear fracture orientation. Science China Earth Sciences, 58, 2357-2362. [link]
24. Bons, P.D., Fusswinkel, T., Gomez-Rivas, E., Markl, G., Wagner, T., and Walter, B. 2014. Fluid mixing from below in unconformity-related hydrothermal ore deposits. Geology, 42 (12), 1035-1038. [link]
23. Gomez-Rivas, E., Bons, P.D., Koehn, D., Urai, J.L., Arndt, M., Virgo, S., Laurich, B., Zeeb, C., Stark, L., and Blum, P. 2014. The Jabal Akhdar Dome in the Oman Mountains: evolution of a dynamic fracture system. American Journal of Science, 314, 1104-1139. [link] [PDF]
22. Gomez-Rivas, E., Corbella, M., Martín-Martín, J.D., Stafford, S.L., Teixell, A., Bons, P.D., Griera, A., and Cardellach, E. 2014. Reactivity of dolomitizing fluids and Mg source evaluation of fault-controlled dolomitization at the Benicàssim outcrop analogue (Maestrat Basin, E Spain). Marine and Petroleum Geology, 55, 26-42. [link] [PDF]
21. Llorens, M-.G., Bons, P.D., Griera, A., and Gomez-Rivas, E. 2014. Mechanics of fold development in pure and simple shear. In: Pardo-Igúzquiza, E., Guardiola-Albert, C., Heredia, J., Moreno-Merino, L., Durán, J.J. and Vargas-Guzmán, J.A. (Eds). Mathematics of Planet Earth. Lecture Notes in Earth System Sciences, pp. 763-766. Springer. [link]
20. Corbella, M., Gomez-Rivas, E., Martín-Martín, J.D., Stafford, S.L., Teixell, A., Griera, A., Travé, A., Cardellach, E., and Salas, R. 2014. Insights to controls on dolomitization by means of reactive transport models applied to the Benicàssim case study (Maestrat basin, E Spain). Petroleum Geoscience, 20, 41-54. [link]
19. Garcia, R., Moreno-Bedmar, J.A., Bover-Arnal, T., Company, M., Salas, R., Latil, J.L., Martín-Martín, J.D., Gomez-Rivas, E., Bulot, L.G., Delanoy, G., Martínez, R., and Grauges, A. 2014. Lower Cretaceous (Hauterivian-Albian) ammonite biostratigraphy in the Maestrat Basin (E Spain). Journal of Iberian Geology, 40(1), 99-112. [link] [PDF]
18. Zeeb, C., Gomez-Rivas, E., Bons, P.D., and Blum, P. 2013. Evaluation of sampling methods for fracture network characterization using outcrops. American Association of Petroleum Geologists Bulletin, 97(9), 1545–1566. [link]
17. Zeeb, C., Gomez-Rivas, E., Bons, P.D., Virgo, S., and Blum, P. 2013. Fracture Network Evaluation Program (FraNEP): A software for analyzing 2D trace-line maps of fracture networks. Computers & Geosciences, 60, 11-22. [link]
16. Bons, P.D., and Gomez-Rivas, E. 2013. Gravitational fractionation of isotopes and dissolved components as a first-order process in crustal fluids. Economic Geology, 108 (5), 1195-1201 . [link]
15. Llorens, M-.G., Bons, P.D., Griera, A., and Gomez-Rivas, E. 2013. When do folds unfold during progressive shear?. Geology, 41, 563-566. [link]
14. Escorcia, L., Gomez-Rivas, E., Daniele, L., and Corbella, M. 2013. Dedolomitization and reservoir quality, insights from reactive transport modelling. Geofluids, 13(2), 221–231. [link].
13. Xiao, Y., Jones, G.D., Whitaker, F.F., Al-Helal, A.B., Stafford, S.L., Gomez-Rivas, E., and Guidry, S. 2013. Fundamental approaches to dolomitisation and carbonate diagenesis in different hydrogeological systems and the impact on reservoir quality distribution. 6th International Petroleum Technology Conference, 16579-MS. doi: 10.2523/16579-MS. [link].
12. Llorens, M-.G., Bons, P.D., Griera, A., Gomez-Rivas, E., and Evans, L.A. 2013. Single layer folding in simple shear. Journal of Structural Geology, 50, 209-220. [link]
11. Griera, A., Llorens, M-.G., Gomez-Rivas, E., Bons, P.D., Jessell, M.W., Evans, L.A., and Lebensohn, R. 2013. Numerical modelling of porphyroclast and porphyroblast rotation in anisotropic rocks. Tectonophysics, 587, 4-29. [link] [PDF]
10. Martín-Martín, J.D., Gomez-Rivas, E., Bover-Arnal, T., Travé, A., Salas, R., Moreno-Bedmar, J.A., Tomás, S., Corbella, M., Teixell, A., Vergés, J., and Stafford, S.L. 2013. The Upper Aptian to Lower Albian syn-rift carbonate succession of the southern Maestrat Basin (Spain): Facies architecture and fault-controlled stratabound dolostones. Cretaceous Research, 41, 217-236. [link]
9. Bons, P.D., Elburg, M.A., and Gomez-Rivas, E. 2012. A review of the formation of tectonic veins and their microstructures. Journal of Structural Geology, 43, 33-62. [link]
8. Gomez-Rivas, E., and Griera, A. 2012. Shear fractures in anisotropic ductile materials: an experimental approach. Journal of Structural Geology, 34, 61-76. [link] [PDF]
7. Gomez-Rivas, E., and Griera, A. 2011. Strain rate influence on fracture development in experimental ductile multilayers. Tectonophysics, 502, 345-357. [link]
6. Griera A., Bons P.D., Jessell M.W., Lebensohn R., Evans L., and Gomez-Rivas, E. 2011. Strain localization and porphyroclast rotation. Geology, 39, 275-278. [link]
5. Gomez-Rivas, E., Stafford, S.L., Lee, A.G.K., Corbella, M., Martín-Martín, J.D., and Teixell, A. 2010. Flow patterns of dolomitizing solutions in a buried carbonate ramp – the Benicassim case study (Maestrat Basin, NE Spain). Society of Petroleum Engineers – 72nd European Association of Geoscientists and Engineers Conference and Exhibition 2010 – Incorporating SPE EUROPEC 2010 4, 2954-2959.
4. Gomez-Rivas, E., Corbella, M., Martín-Martín, J.D., Teixell, A., and Cardellach, E. 2010. Reactivity of dolomitizing fluids and evaluation of Mg sources in the Benicassim area (Maestrat Basin, E Spain). Society of Petroleum Engineers – 72nd European Association of Geoscientists and Engineers Conference and Exhibition 2010 – Incorporating SPE EUROPEC 2010 4, 2831-2835.
3. Martín-Martín, J.D., Travé, A., Gomez-Rivas, E., Sizun, J.P. Salas, R., Gómez-Gras. D., and Vergés, J. 2010. Fault–associated dolomites in the Benicàssim area, Maestrat Basin, E. Spain – Macro– to micro–scale fluid flow in carbonates. Society of Petroleum Engineers – 72nd European Association of Geoscientists and Engineers Conference and Exhibition 2010 – Incorporating SPE EUROPEC 2010 4, 2980-2984.
2. Bover-Arnal, T., Martín-Martín, J.D., Gomez-Rivas, E., Travé, A., Salas, R., Moreno-Bedmar, J.A., and Tomás, S. 2009. Transgressive-regressive sequence analysis of the Upper Aptian carbonate succession of the south-eastern part of the Maestrat Basin (Iberian Chain, Spain). In: Amorosi, A. (Ed.). 27th IAS Meeting of Sedimentologists – Alghero (Italy), September 20-23, 2009. Medimond International Proceedings, 123-127.
1. Gomez-Rivas, E., Bons, P.D., Griera, A., Carreras, J., Druguet, E., and Evans, L. 2007. Strain and vorticity analysis using small-scale faults and associated drag folds. Journal of Structural Geology, 29, 1882-1899. [link] [PDF]
Publications in peer-reviewed journals or books not-indexed by Web of Science or Scopus:
Gomez-Rivas, E., Martín-Martín, J.D., Humphrey, E., Bons, P.D., Neilson, J., Griera, A., Travé, A., and Koehn, D. 2024. Stylolite networks: geometrical controls exerted by sedimentary facies and their effects on carbonate rock permeability and diagenesis. In: Çiner, A., Banerjee, S., Radwan, A.E., Hamimi, Z., Candeias, C., Meghraoui, M., and Laouar, R. (Eds.). Recent Research on Sedimentology, Stratigraphy, Paleontology, Geochemistry, Volcanology, Tectonics, and Petroleum Geology: Proceedings of the 3rd MedGU, Istanbul 2023 (Volume 2). Springer book series Advances in Science, Technology & Innovation. Springer Nature Switzerland.
González-Esvertit, E.; Alcalde, J., Gomez-Rivas, E. 2024. The Iberian Evaporite Structure Database (IESDB): An Evaporite Radar for Energy, Carbon, and Nuclear Waste Storage Facilities. In: Çiner, A., et al. Recent Research on Sedimentology, Stratigraphy, Paleontology, Geochemistry, Volcanology, Tectonics, and Petroleum Geology. MedGU 2022. Advances in Science, Technology & Innovation. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-48758-3_17
Gomez-Rivas, E., Griera, A., Playà, E., Gómez-Gras, D., Travé, A., and Llorens, MG. 2024. Fracturing and Sealing in a Subsurface Salt Body: The Súria Anticline (SE Pyrenees). In: Khomsi, S., et al. Selected Studies in Geophysics, Tectonics and Petroleum Geosciences. CAJG 2020. Advances in Science, Technology & Innovation. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-43807-3_23
Gomez-Rivas, E., Martín-Martín, J.D., Bons, P.D., Griera, A., Yao, S., Llorens, M.-G., and Travé, A. 2019. Controls on convective fluid flow systems that result in the formation of massive diagenetic alterations. In: Doronzo D., Schingaro E., Armstrong-Altrin J., Zoheir B. (eds) Petrogenesis and Exploration of the Earth’s Interior. Advances in Science, Technology & Innovation (IEREK Interdisciplinary Series for Sustainable Development). Springer. [link]
Humphrey, E., Gomez-Rivas, E., Martín-Martín, J.D., Neilson, J., Yao, S., and Bons, P.D. 2019. Characterization of stylolite networks in platform carbonates. Petrogenesis and Exploration of the Earth’s Interior. In: Rossetti F. et al. (eds) The Structural Geology Contribution to the Africa-Eurasia Geology: Basement and Reservoir Structure, Ore Mineralisation and Tectonic Modelling. Advances in Science, Technology & Innovation (IEREK Interdisciplinary Series for Sustainable Development). Springer. [link]
Yao, S., Gomez-Rivas, E., Martín-Martín, J.D., Gómez-Gras, D., Travé, A., Griera, A., and Howell, J. 2019. What factors determine the geometries of fault-associated dolomitization geometries in shallow-marine carbonates? In: Doronzo D., Schingaro E., Armstrong-Altrin J., Zoheir B. (eds) Petrogenesis and Exploration of the Earth’s Interior. Advances in Science, Technology & Innovation (IEREK Interdisciplinary Series for Sustainable Development). Springer. [link]
Travé, A., Nadal, J., Playà, E., Salas, R., Martín-Martín, J.D., and Gomez-Rivas, E. 2019. Fracture-related dolomitization affecting late Jurassic – lowermost Cretaceous syn-rift deposits (Maestat basin, Southern Iberian Chain, Eastern Spain). In: Doronzo D., Schingaro E., Armstrong-Altrin J., Zoheir B. (eds) Petrogenesis and Exploration of the Earth’s Interior. Advances in Science, Technology & Innovation (IEREK Interdisciplinary Series for Sustainable Development). Springer. [link]
Piris, G., Griera, A., Gomez-Rivas, E., Herms, I., and Goula, X. 2017. Induced seismicity in pressurised single fractures: a numerical approach. Geogaceta, 61, 95-98. [PDF].
Piris, G., Griera, A., Gomez-Rivas, E., Herms, I., and Goula, X. 2016. Induced seismicity in enhanced geothermal systems: a numerical investigation on the influence of the friction model. Geo-Temas, 16(1), 949-952. [PDF]
Martinez-Rodríguez, C., Playà, E., Griera, A., and Gomez-Rivas, E. 2016. The evolution of a gypsum vein network in compressive tectonic settings: the Montsant anticlinorium case (NE Spain). Geogaceta, 60, 15-18. [PDF]
Gomez-Rivas, E., Martín-Martín, J.D., Bons, P.D., and Koehn, D. 2015. Can stylolite networks control the geometry of hydrothermal alterations? Geotectonic Research, 97, 34-36. [link]
Griera, A., Gomez-Rivas, E., Llorens, M.-G., Bons, P.D., and Lebensohn, R. 2015. Microstructural evolution of polycrystalline materials in simple shear: insights from full-field numerical simulations. Geotectonic Research, 97, 37–39. [link]
Bons, P.D., Zhao, Z., Gomez-Rivas, E., Soesoo, A., Burov, E., and Wang, G. 2015. Amalgamation of the Qiangtang terranes, central Tibet, and new insights into the mechanism of exhumation of high-pressure rocks. Geotectonic Research, 97, 124. [link]
Corbella, M., Gómez-Gras, D., Cardellach, E., Griera, A., Daniele, L., Gomez-Rivas, E., and Vindel, V. 2012. Zn Mineralization and Associated Dolomitization in the Río Mundo Area (Albacete). Macla, 16, 208-209. [link]
Gomez-Rivas, E., Warber, K., Kulzer, F., Bons, P.D., Koehn, D., and Martín-Martín, J.D. 2012. Structural evolution of the Benicàssim area (Maestrat basin, NE Spain): insights from fracture and vein analysis. Geogaceta, 51, 79-82. [link]
Martín-Martín, J.D., Gomez-Rivas, E., Travé, A., Salas, R., and Vergés, J. 2012. Dolomías asociadas a fracturas en carbonatos aptienses de la zona de Benicàssim (cuenca del Maestrat, Castelló). Geogaceta, 51, 19-22. [link]
Gomez-Rivas, E., Corbella, M., Martín-Martín, J., Stafford, S., Griera, A., and Teixell, A. 2011. Origin and Timing of Stratabound Dolomitization in the Cretaceous Carbonate Ramp of Benicassim. Macla 15, 103-104. [link]
Corbella, M., Caribay Escorcia, L., and Gomez-Rivas, E. 2011. Impact of Dedolomitization on Reservoir Quality: Insights from Reactive Transport Simulations. Macla, 15, 65-66. [link]
Gomez-Rivas, E., and Griera, A. 2009. Influence of mechanical anisotropy on shear fracture development. Trabajos de Geología, 29, 337-343. [link]
Gomez-Rivas, E., and Griera, A. 2008. Simulación de la localización de la deformación en medios multicapa. Geotemas, 10, 353-356. [link]
Gomez-Rivas, E., Bons, P.D., Griera, A., Evans, L., Becker, J.K., and Peschler, A. 2007. Modelo analítico para estimar la deformación mediante el uso de shear bands. Geogaceta 41, 99-102. [link]
Griera, A., Takeda, Y-T., and Gomez-Rivas, E. 2007. Respuesta mecánica de medios bifásicos. Influencia de la disposición espacial de sus constituyentes. Geogaceta 41, 103-106. [link]
Gomez-Rivas, E., Griera, A., Carreras, J., and Druguet, E. 2006. Influencia de la orientación de la anisotropía en el desarrollo de shear bands: estudio experimental. Geogaceta 40, 47-50. [link]
Carreras, J., Druguet, E., Rahimi, A., Castaño, L.M., Griera, A., and Gomez-Rivas, E. 2006. Contribución del estudio del enjambre de diques básicos del Precámbrico del Anti-Atlas al conocimiento de su significación geotectónica en la orogenia panafricana. Geogaceta 40, 139-142. [link]
Gomez-Rivas, E., Druguet, E., and Carreras, J. 2004. Geometrical features of shear bands in foliated rocks. Geotemas 6(3), 57-60.
Theses:
Gomez-Rivas, E. 2013. Rock alteration by hydrothermal fluids: fracture formation, sealing and fault-controlled dolomitization. Habilitation thesis (for venia legendi). Universität Tübingen. 305 pp.
Gomez-Rivas, E. 2008. Localización de deformación en medios dúctiles y anisótropos: estudio de campo, experimental y numérico. PhD thesis. Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. 247 pp. (downloadable here).