geoffrey ruiz
Geologist, geochemist and sedimentologist with experience in many continents in the quantification of vertical processes for academia and oil industry
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Publications
`Crack–seal', slip: a new fault valve mechanism?
Journal of Structural Geology / Aug 01, 1999
Petit, J.-P., Wibberley, C. A. J., & Ruiz, G. (1999). `Crack–seal’, slip: a new fault valve mechanism? Journal of Structural Geology, 21(8–9), 1199–1207. https://doi.org/10.1016/s0191-8141(99)00038-3
On track, the newsletter of the international fission-track community
Nuclear Tracks and Radiation Measurements / Oct 01, 1993
On track, the newsletter of the international fission-track community. (1993). Nuclear Tracks and Radiation Measurements, 21(4), 606. https://doi.org/10.1016/1359-0189(93)90246-6
Low‐temperature thermochronology of the northern Cordillera Real, Ecuador: Tectonic insights from zircon and apatite fission track analysis
Tectonics / Aug 01, 2000
Spikings, R. A., Seward, D., Winkler, W., & Ruiz, G. M. (2000). Low‐temperature thermochronology of the northern Cordillera Real, Ecuador: Tectonic insights from zircon and apatite fission track analysis. Tectonics, 19(4), 649–668. Portico. https://doi.org/10.1029/2000tc900010
Detrital thermochronology – a new perspective on hinterland tectonics, an example from the Andean Amazon Basin, Ecuador
Basin Research / Aug 23, 2004
Ruiz, G. M. H., Seward, D., & Winkler, W. (2004). Detrital thermochronology – a new perspective on hinterland tectonics, an example from the Andean Amazon Basin, Ecuador. Basin Research, 16(3), 413–430. Portico. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2117.2004.00239.x
The Punjab foreland basin of Pakistan: a reinterpretation of zircon fission‐track data in the light of Miocene hinterland dynamics
Terra Nova / Jun 01, 2006
Ruiz, G., & Seward, D. (2006). The Punjab foreland basin of Pakistan: a reinterpretation of zircon fission‐track data in the light of Miocene hinterland dynamics. Terra Nova, 18(4), 248–256. Portico. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-3121.2006.00686.x
Chapter 36 Evolution of the Amazon Basin in Ecuador with Special Reference to Hinterland Tectonics: Data from Zircon Fission-Track and Heavy Mineral Analysis
Developments in Sedimentology / Jan 01, 2007
Ruiz, G. M. H., Seward, D., & Winkler, W. (2007). Chapter 36 Evolution of the Amazon Basin in Ecuador with Special Reference to Hinterland Tectonics: Data from Zircon Fission-Track and Heavy Mineral Analysis. In Heavy Minerals in Use (pp. 907–934). Elsevier. https://doi.org/10.1016/s0070-4571(07)58036-2
How does the Nazca Ridge subduction influence the modern Amazonian foreland basin?: COMMENT and REPLY: COMMENT
Geology / Jan 01, 2007
Clift, P. D., & Ruiz, G. M. H. (2007). How does the Nazca Ridge subduction influence the modern Amazonian foreland basin?: COMMENT and REPLY: COMMENT. Geology, 35(1), e162–e162. https://doi.org/10.1130/g24355c.1
Cenozoic denudation in the Marrakech High Atlas, Morocco: insight from apatite fission‐track thermochronology
Terra Nova / May 26, 2008
Missenard, Y., Saddiqi, O., Barbarand, J., Leturmy, P., Ruiz, G., El Haimer, F., & Frizon de Lamotte, D. (2008). Cenozoic denudation in the Marrakech High Atlas, Morocco: insight from apatite fission‐track thermochronology. Terra Nova, 20(3), 221–228. Portico. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-3121.2008.00810.x
Illite crystallinity patterns in the Anti-Atlas of Morocco
Swiss Journal of Geosciences / Jul 25, 2008
Ruiz, G. M. H., Helg, U., Negro, F., Adatte, T., & Burkhard, M. (2008). Illite crystallinity patterns in the Anti-Atlas of Morocco. Swiss Journal of Geosciences, 101(2), 387–395. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00015-008-1267-z
A comment on ‘Late‐ to post‐orogenic exhumation of the Central Pyrenees revealed through combined thermochronological data and modelling’ by M. Gibson, H. D. Sinclair, G. J. Lynn and F. M. Stuart
Basin Research / Jan 23, 2009
Babault, J., Bonnet, S., Ruiz, G., & Van Den Driessche, J. (2009). A comment on ‘Late‐ to post‐orogenic exhumation of the Central Pyrenees revealed through combined thermochronological data and modelling’ by M. Gibson, H. D. Sinclair, G. J. Lynn and F. M. Stuart. Basin Research, 21(1), 139–141. Portico. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2117.2008.00377.x
Mesozoic and Cenozoic vertical movements in the Atlas system (Algeria, Morocco, Tunisia): An overview
Tectonophysics / Sep 01, 2009
de Lamotte, D. F., Leturmy, P., Missenard, Y., Khomsi, S., Ruiz, G., Saddiqi, O., Guillocheau, F., & Michard, A. (2009). Mesozoic and Cenozoic vertical movements in the Atlas system (Algeria, Morocco, Tunisia): An overview. Tectonophysics, 475(1), 9–28. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tecto.2008.10.024
Apatite fission-track analyses on basement granites from south-western Meseta, Morocco: Paleogeographic implications and interpretation of AFT age discrepancies
Tectonophysics / Sep 01, 2009
Saddiqi, O., El Haimer, F.-Z., Michard, A., Barbarand, J., Ruiz, G. M. H., Mansour, E. M., Leturmy, P., & Frizon de Lamotte, D. (2009). Apatite fission-track analyses on basement granites from south-western Meseta, Morocco: Paleogeographic implications and interpretation of AFT age discrepancies. Tectonophysics, 475(1), 29–37. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tecto.2009.01.007
Vertical movements at the fringe of the West African Craton: First zircon fission track datings from the Anti-Atlas Precambrian basement, Morocco
Comptes Rendus. Géoscience / Jan 01, 2009
Sebti, S., Saddiqi, O., El Haimer, F. Z., Michard, A., Ruiz, G., Bousquet, R., Baidder, L., & Frizon de Lamotte, D. (2009). Vertical movements at the fringe of the West African Craton: First zircon fission track datings from the Anti-Atlas Precambrian basement, Morocco. Comptes Rendus. Géoscience, 341(1), 71–77. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.crte.2008.11.006
Steady-state exhumation pattern in the Central Andes – SE Peru
Geological Society, London, Special Publications / Jan 01, 2009
Ruiz, G. M. H., Carlotto, V., Van Heiningen, P. V., & Andriessen, P. A. M. (2009). Steady-state exhumation pattern in the Central Andes – SE Peru. Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 324(1), 307–316. https://doi.org/10.1144/sp324.20
Evidence for Mantle Exhumation Along the Arabian Margin in the Zagros (Kermanshah Area, Iran)
Lithosphere Dynamics and Sedimentary Basins: The Arabian Plate and Analogues / Sep 14, 2012
Wrobel-Daveau, J.-C., Ringenbach, J.-C., Tavakoli, S., Ruiz, G. M. H., Masse, P., & de Lamotte, D. F. (2012). Evidence for Mantle Exhumation Along the Arabian Margin in the Zagros (Kermanshah Area, Iran). In Frontiers in Earth Sciences (pp. 223–237). Springer Berlin Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-30609-9_11
Late Triassic–early Jurassic block tilting along E–W faults, in southern Tunisia: New interpretation of the Tebaga of Medenine
Journal of African Earth Sciences / Aug 01, 2011
Raulin, C., Lamotte, D. F. de, Bouaziz, S., Khomsi, S., Mouchot, N., Ruiz, G., & Guillocheau, F. (2011). Late Triassic–early Jurassic block tilting along E–W faults, in southern Tunisia: New interpretation of the Tebaga of Medenine. Journal of African Earth Sciences, 61(1), 94–104. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jafrearsci.2011.05.007
From central Atlantic continental rift to Neogene uplift – western Anti‐Atlas (Morocco)
Terra Nova / Dec 29, 2010
Ruiz, G. M. H., Sebti, S., Negro, F., Saddiqi, O., Frizon de Lamotte, D., Stockli, D., Foeken, J., Stuart, F., Barbarand, J., & Schaer, J. ‐P. (2010). From central Atlantic continental rift to Neogene uplift – western Anti‐Atlas (Morocco). Terra Nova, 23(1), 35–41. Portico. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-3121.2010.00980.x
Education
ETH Zurich
Ph.D, Geology / November, 2002
Master, Tectonics structural geology micro tectonics / June, 1997
Bachelor, Geology geochemistry geophysics / June, 1995
Experience
GeoLogin 3G
CEO / April, 2015 — Present
Low temperature thermochronology, geology sedimentology
University Lausanne
Assistant professor / April, 2010 — March, 2014
Cauca-Lift, quantification of vertical movements in the Caucasus
University Neuchatel
Assistant professor / September, 2006 — August, 2009
Topo-Atlas: past and present uplift in the Atlas Mountains
Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
Post-doc / February, 2003 — January, 2005
Landscape evolution in the SE Andes of Peru
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