Contributions

Featured publications

Mush system heterogeneities control magma composition and eruptive style

Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology

Integrated approach to unravel the dynamics of magmatic plumbing systems through detailed spatial, petrological, and geochemical characterisation of volcanic products

A review of the granite concept through time

Earth-Science Reviews

Chronological review of how granites have been defined and interpreted in the context of the major theories that have successively governed the history of Earth Science.

Fluid evolution and halogen fractionation in orogenic belts

Chemical Geology

Multi-method fluid inclusion investigation to unravel halogen fractionation processes in basement and cover enviornments of fold and thrust belts

Full record of publications

16. Casas, J.M., González-Esvertit, E., Beranoaguirre, A., Domínguez-Carretero, D., Canals, À., Gomez-Rivas, E., Margalef, A., Figueras, F., Gerdes, A. (under review). New geochronological constrains on the Variscan orogeny in the Pyrenees: U-Pb-age from granite pebbles in Carboniferous Culm conglomerates. Submitted May 2025

15. Prieto-Torrell, C., Albert, H., Aulinas, M., González-Esvertit, E., Arienzo, I., Gisbert, G., Troll, V.R., Fernandez-Turiel, J.L., Rodriguez-Gonzalez, A., Perez-Torrado, F.J. (2025). Mush system heterogeneities control magma composition and eruptive style on the Ocean Island of El Hierro, Canary Islands. Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology, 180, 32. [link]

14. González-Esvertit, E., Canals, A., Prieto-Torrell, C, Bons, P.D., Llorens, M.-G., Casas, J.M., Aguilar, C., Neilson J., Elburg, M.A., Gomez-Rivas, E.(2025). Granitoid metasomatism and giant quartz vein formation by mineral replacement: insights from the Canigó Massif, Eastern Pyrenees. Journal of Petrology, 66(2), egaf007. [link]

13. González-Esvertit, E., Fusswinkel, T., Canals, A., Casas, J.M., Neilson J., Wagner, T. & Gomez-Rivas, E. (2025). Fluid evolution and halogen fractionation in orogenic belts: a comparative fluid inclusion appraisal in the Eastern Pyrenees. Chemical Geology, 674, 122578. [link]

12. González-Esvertit, E., Prieto-Torrell, C., Bons, P.D., Canals, A., Casas, J. M., Elburg, M. A., & Gomez-Rivas E. (2025). A review of the granite concept through time. Earth-Science Reviews, 261, 105008. [link]

11. Hu, Y., Bons, P.D., de Riese, T., Liu, S., Llorens, M.-G., González-Esvertit, E., Gómez-Rivas, E., Li, D., Fu, Y., Cai, X. (2024). Folding of a single layer in an anisotropic viscous matrix under layer-parallel shortening. Journal of Structural Geology, 188, 105246. [link]

10. González-Esvertit, E., Canals, A., Bons, P.D., Casas, J. M., Nieto, F., & Gomez-Rivas, E. (2024). Chlorite chemical refinement during giant quartz vein formation. Geological Society of America Bulletin, 136 (11-12), 5208–5216. [link]

9. 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. [link]

8. González-Esvertit, E., Casas, J. M., Canals, A., Bons, Paul D., Prieto-Torrell, C., Cofrade, G., Gomez-Rivas, E. (2024). Multi-scale Analysis of the Mylonitized Giant Quartz Veins of the Cap de Creus and Canigó Massifs (Pyrenees). 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. [link]

7. González-Esvertit, E., Alcalde, J., Gomez-Rivas, E. (2023). IESDB – The Iberian Evaporite Structure Database. Earth System Science Data, 15, 3131–3145. [link]

6. González-Esvertit, E., Molins-Vigatà, J., Canals, A., & Casas, J. M. (2023). The geology of the Gréixer area (La Cerdanya, Eastern Pyrenees): Sardic, Variscan, and Alpine imprints. Trabajos de Geología, 37, 81-95. [link]

5. González-Esvertit, E., Canals, A., Bons, Paul D., Murta, H., Casas, J. M., Gómez-Rivas, E. (2022). Geology of giant quartz veins and their host rocks from the Eastern Pyrenees (Southwest Europe). Journal of Maps, 19(1), 2133642. [link]

4. 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, 159, 1952-1977. [link]

3. González-Esvertit, E., Canals, A., Bons, Paul D., Casas, J. M., Gomez-Rivas, E. (2022). Compiling regional structures in geological databases: the Giant Quartz Veins of the Pyrenees as a case study. Journal of Structural Geology, 104705. [link]

2. González-Esvertit, E., Canals, A., Casas, J. M., & Nieto, F. (2021). Chlorite chemical adjustment in the Gréixer vein: effects on thermometry. Macla, 24, 32-33. [link]

1. González-Esvertit, E., Canals, A., Casas, J. M., & Nieto, F. (2020). Insights into the structural evolution of the pre-Variscan rocks of the Eastern Pyrenees from La Molina quartz veins; constraints on chlorite and fluid inclusion thermometry. Geologica Acta, 18(1), 1-20, I-XVIII. [link]

Communications at conferences

26. González-Esvertit, E. (2025). A Global Evaporite Database for Science and Society. Invited keynote, SaltAGES Annual meeting (Cost Action CA23124). [Lecture]. Krakow, Poland

25. González-Esvertit, E. (2025). Historic development of Granite Science: A Two-Century Journey Through Competing Paradigms. Invited keynote, Royal Academy of Exact, Physical and Natural Sciences of Spain. [Lecture]. Granada, Spain.

24. González-Esvertit, E., Casas, J. M., Canals, À., Gomez-Rivas, E., Elburg, M.A., Fusswinkel, T., Wagner, T., Prieto-Torrell, C., Nieto, F., Neilson, J., Beranoaguirre, A., Konrad, K., Llorens, M.-G., Bons, P. D. (2025). Sheared rocks, silica stocks: rethinking giant quartz vein formation. GAC MAC IAH-CNC 2025. [Poster Presentation]. Ottawa, Canada.

23. Prieto-Torrell, C., Albert, H., Aulinas, M., González-Esvertit, E., Arienzo, I.,Gisbert, G., Troll, V.R., Rodriguez-Gonzalez, A., Fernandez-Turiel, J.L., Perez-Torrado, F.J. (2025). Mush system dynamics and architecture on the Ocean Island of El Hierro, Canary Islands. IAVCEI General Assembly 2025. [Poster Presentation]. Geneve, Switzerland.

22. Llorens, M.-G., González-Esvertit, E., Qi, C., Prieto-Torrell, C., Gomez-Rivas, E., Yu, Y., Lebensohn, R. (2025). Anisotropy development during dynamic recrystallisation of partially molten olivine. EGU General Assembly 2025. [Oral Presentation]. Vienna, Austria.

21. González-Esvertit, E., Prieto-Torrell, C., Bons, P.D., Canals, A., Casas, J. M., Elburg, M. A., Gomez-Rivas E. (2024). Rising and falling paradigms through Earth Science history: assortative mating and refuges over two centuries of granite science. GEOMARE Speeches 2024. Oral communication. Barcelona, Spain.

20. Prieto-Torrell, C., Aulinas, M., Albert, H., Rodriguez-Gonzalez, A., Arienzo, I.,Gisbert, G., González-Esvertit, E., Troll, V.R., Fernandez-Turiel, J.L., Perez-Torrado, F.J. (2024). Magma composition and eruptive style heterogeneities in a mush-dominated system (El Hierro, Canary Islands). GEOMARE Speeches 2024. Poster communication. Catania, Italy.

19. González-Esvertit, E., Alcalde, J., Gomez-Rivas, E. (2024).. Unlocking Evaporite Data: The FAIR Approach of the Iberian Evaporite Structure Database (IESDB). GEOMARE Speeches 2024. Poster communication. Barcelona, Spain.

18. Prieto-Torrell, C., Aulinas, M., Albert, H., Rodriguez-Gonzalez, A., Arienzo, I.,Gisbert, G., González-Esvertit, E., Troll, V.R., Fernandez-Turiel, J.L., Perez-Torrado, F.J. (2024). Deciphering the Holocene magmatic plumbing system dynamics beneath El Hierro (Canary Islands). Conferenza A. Rittmann 2024. Poster communication. Catania, Italy.

17. González-Esvertit E., Canals A., Prieto-Torrell, C, Bons, P.D., Llorens, M.-G., Casas, J.M., Aguilar, C., Neilson J., Elburg M.A., Gomez-Rivas E. (2024). Coupled mylonitization and giant quartz vein formation in the basement of the Pyrenees. Deformation mechanisms, Rehology and Tectonics (DRT) Meeting. Oral communication. Barcelona, Spain.

16. González-Esvertit, E., Alcalde, J., Gomez-Rivas, E. (2024). Evaporites for the sustainable exploration and appraisal of mineral resources and Geo-Energy applications: the Iberian Evaporite Structure Database (IESDB). Deformation mechanisms, Rehology and Tectonics (DRT) Meeting. Poster communication. Barcelona, Spain.

15. González-Esvertit, E., Alcalde, J., Gomez-Rivas, E. (2024). Making evaporite data FAIR – The Iberian Evaporite Structure Database (IESDB). International Association of Sedimentology (IAS) Conference. Oral communication. Aberdeen, United Kingdom.

14. González-Esvertit, E., Canals, A., Prieto-Torrell, C., Bons, P.D., Llorens, M.-G., Casas, J. M., Aguilar, C., Neilson, J., Elburg, M. A., Gomez-Rivas E. (2024). Interplay between metasomatism and mylonitization in the basement rocks of the Pyrenees: coupled formation and deformation of Giant Quartz Veins? International Association for Structural Geology and Tectonics (IASGT) Workshop and Conference 2024. Poster communication and extended abstract publication. Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur, India.

13. González-Esvertit, E., Canals, A., Casas, J.M., Bons, P.D., Fusswinkel, T., Wagner, T., Gomez-Rivas, E. (2023). Basement- and cover-hosted Giant Quartz Veins: a comparative fluid inclusion appraisal in the Eastern Pyrenees. European Current Research on Fluid and Melt Inclusions (ECROFI-2023). Oral communication. Reykjavík, Iceland.

12. Alcalde, J., González-Esvertit, E., Gomez-Rivas, E. (2023). IESDB – A comprehensive database of evaporite structures in Iberia. EGU General Assembly 2023. Poster communication. Vienna, Austria.

11. González-Esvertit, E., Alcalde, J., Gomez-Rivas, E. The Iberian Evaporite Structure Database (IESDB) – an evaporite radar for energy, carbon, and nuclear waste storage facilities. Mediterranean Geoscience Union Annual Meeting (MedGU-2022). Oral communication. Marrakech, Morocco.

10. González-Esvertit, E., Casas, J. M., Canals, A., Bons, Paul D., Prieto-Torrell, C., Cofrade, G., Gomez-Rivas, E. Multi-scale analysis of the mylonitized giant quartz veins of the Cap de Creus and Canigó Massifs (Pyrenees). Mediterranean Geoscience Union Annual Meeting (MedGU-2022). Oral communication, Marrakech, Morocco.

9. González-Esvertit, E., Alcalde, J. & Gomez-Rivas, E. (2022). Introducing the Iberian Evaporite Structure Database (IESDB). Deformation mechanisms, Rehology and Tectonics (DRT) Meeting. Poster communication. Catania, Italy.

8. González-Esvertit, E., Casas, J. M., Gomez-Rivas, E. & Canals, A. (2022). Structural analysis of giant quartz veins from the Eastern Pyrenees (SW Europe). Deformation mechanisms, Rehology and Tectonics (DRT) Meeting. Poster communication. Catania, Italy.

7. González-Esvertit, E., Gomez-Rivas, E., Canals, A., Llorens, M-G., Margalef, A. & Casas, J. M. (2022). Indexation, evaluation and interpretation of regional geological structures using Geographic Information Systems: The giant quartz veins of the Pyrenees (SW Europe) as a case study. XXI Congreso Geológico Argentino. Oral communication. Chubut, Argentina. Online.

6. González-Esvertit, E. (2021). Giant quartz veins: kilometres of geological information. Invited keynote at Expominer – MinerMat 2021: Minerales, materiales, medio ambiente y desarrollo sostenible. Oral communication. Barcelona, Spain.

5. González-Esvertit, E., Gomez-Rivas, E., Canals, A. & Casas, J. M. (2021). Building an orogen-scale databse of giant quartz veins: the GIVEPY (Giant Quartz Veins of the Pyrenees) database. Waiting for Yorgset meeting. Poster communication. Online.

4. González-Esvertit, E., Canals, A., Gomez-Rivas, E. & Casas, J. M. (2021). Giant quartz veins in the Eastern Pyrenees: a GIS-based macrostructural approach. X Congreso Geológico de España de la Sociedad Geológica de España. Poster communication. Vitoria, Spain.

3. González-Esvertit, E., Canals, A., Casas, J. M., & Nieto, F. (2020). Chlorite chemical adjustment in the Gréixer vein: effects on thermometry. II Young Researchers Meeting, Spanish Mineralogical Society (SEM-CAT). Oral communication. Barcelona, Spain.

2. González-Esvertit, E., Canals, A., Casas, J. M., & Nieto, F. (2020). Chlorite and fluid inclusion thermometry as a tool to inquire into the tectono-thermal evolution of orogens: an example from the La Molina V1 (Late Ordovician) and V2 (Alpine) quarz veins. Geological Society of America Annual Meeting. Oral communication. Online.

1. González-Esvertit, E., Canals, A., & Casas, J. M. (2019). The Upper Ordovician Unconformity in La Molina area (Axial Pyrenees); deformation study and formation condititions of the associated quartz veins. Basins and Resources (40th anniversary of CREGU). Poster communication. Nancy, France.