Jesús Alcalá

Dr. Jesús Alcalá


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Academic Career Length

9Years (2018-Present)

(Calculated once Scilit publication data is synced: current year − year of first publication + 1)

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25 April 2021 in The Holocene
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NCNéstor Campos
Néstor Campos
JAJesús Alcalá
Jesús Alcalá
SWScott C Watson
Scott C Watson
IKIoannis Kougkoulos
Ioannis Kougkoulos
Adolfo Quesada-RománAdolfo Quesada-Román
Adolfo Quesada-Román
NGNelson Grima
Nelson Grima
The Aneto, located on the Maladeta Massif (Central Pyrenees), is the largest glacier of the Pyrenees. The glacier is 675 m long, occupies an area of 48.64 ha and has a maximum altitude of 3269 m. In this study, we present a detailed area, volume, ice thickness, and Equilibrium Line Altitude reconstruction of the glacier for different periods (LIA, 1957, 1983, 2000, 2006, 2015, and 2017) and analyze its retreat. To estimate the glacier extent during the LIA, the moraines were mapped by using photo interpretation techniques whereas for the recent stages digital satellite images and aerial photographs were used. Moreover, we estimated the topography of the glacier using a simple steady-state model that assumes a perfectly plastic ice rheology, which allowed reconstructing the theoretical ice profiles of the glacier. To reconstruct the ice surface, a digital elevation model was created and combined with the bedrock topography in order to obtain the ice thickness of each stage. The results of the study reveal a considerable retreat of the Aneto Glacier since the LIA. The length of the glacier has reduced from 1970 to 675 m from LIA to2017, and its tongue has retreated from 2385 to 3029 m a.s.l. Furthermore, the glaciated area has been reduced from 245 to 48.64 ha from LIA to 2017 and the ELA has risen from 2919 to 3139 m a.s.l. The data obtained indicates that in the LIA–2017 period the glacier volume has been reduced from 82.57 m × 106 m3 to 3.48 m × 106 m3 and the maximum ice thickness from 95 to 27m. We also reconstructed the climatic conditions, showing an increase in temperature of ~1.14°C from LIA to 2017. These data reveal a vast retreat of the glacier since the LIA, which has accelerated since the 1980’s and even more since the year 2000.

12 October 2018 in Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research
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JAJesús Alcalá
Jesús Alcalá
JAJosé Luis Arce
José Luis Arce
ISIrene Schimmelpfennig
Irene Schimmelpfennig
ESEsperanza Muñoz Salinas
Esperanza Muñoz Salinas
MRMiguel Castillo Rodríguez
Miguel Castillo Rodríguez
KKKarim Keddadouche
Karim Keddadouche

1 December 2020 in Journal of South American Earth Sciences
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MGMatías Barrera González
Matías Barrera González
DRDelia Rodríguez-Oroz
Delia Rodríguez-Oroz
JAJesús Alcalá
Jesús Alcalá
NCNéstor Campos
Néstor Campos

15 December 2022 in Cuaternario y Geomorfología
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JAJesús Alcalá
Jesús Alcalá
JMJose Luis Macías
Jose Luis Macías
JAJose Luis Arce
Jose Luis Arce
En este trabajo se evalúa la aplicación de los isótopos cosmogénicos terrestres 10Be y 36Cl producidos in situ en dos centros eruptivos mexicanos, el volcán Jumento y el Complejo Volcánico Tacaná, para llevar a cabo la datación de relieves volcánicos y demostrar su edad holocénica. Su uso ha permitido mejorar la historia volcánica de ambos centros eruptivos, pero también ha puesto de manifiesto incertidumbres que deben ser solventadas para la obtención de edades más precisas. Así, si tenemos xenocristales de cuarzo en los relieves volcánicos, como por ejemplo en lavas, se puede aplicar 10Be pero es necesario tomar una cantidad suficiente de muestra para llevar a cabo los análisis en el Acelerador Espectrómetro de Masas (AMS) de forma adecuada, mientras que si aplicamos el 36Cl conviene realizar un análisis geoquímico previo de las rocas para estimar la cantidad de 35Cl y recolectar las muestras en superficies con un aspecto regular y en buen estado de conservación. Ambos aspectos son esenciales dado que la producción de 36Cl a partir de la captura de neutrones de baja energía (termales y epitermales) por el 35Cl todavía no está definida con precisión.

29 May 2023 in Investigaciones Geográficas
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KZKaren Jazmín Barrientos Zavala
Karen Jazmín Barrientos Zavala
BCBoris Chako-Tchamabé
Boris Chako-Tchamabé
JEJhoanna Silis Esquivel
Jhoanna Silis Esquivel
JAJesús Alcalá
Jesús Alcalá
GMGonzalo Fernández De Castro Martinez
Gonzalo Fernández De Castro Martinez
AOAlejandro Montes de Oca
Alejandro Montes de Oca
El Geoparque Mundial UNESCO Mixteca Alta (GMUMA), localizado en la porción occidente del estado de Oaxaca, al sur de México, se destaca por una variedad de rasgos geológicos y geomorfológicos, algunos representados por cuerpos ígneos intrusivos. Entre ellos están los diques expuestos en las localidades de Santo Domingo Tonaltepec, Santo Domingo Yanhuitlán y San Pedro Añañé. Estos cuerpos tabulares cortan discordantemente las rocas del subsuelo, y suelen desarrollarse en enjambres de diques individuales con orientaciones paralelas, lineares o radiales bajo la influencia de otros eventos tectónicos o estructura geológicas. En este trabajo se identifican y cartografían los diques del GMUMA a través del análisis de imágenes satelitales, complementado con observaciones en campo donde se cotejó su presencia y se identificaron los rasgos geológico-estructurales asociados. Así mismo, con ayuda del programa Stereo32 1.0.1, se graficaron un total de 66 rumbos de los diques y se elaboraron diagramas de rosas para visualizar la dirección preferencial de los diques y relacionarlo con el régimen tectónico de la región. Se identificaron 3 grupos de diques con trazas longitudinales que varían desde unos pocos metros hasta 1 km y con grosores aproximados de entre 4 y 5 m, con una dirección preferencial hacia el noroeste. Los diques exhiben tres tipos de morfologías: planares, escalonados y trenzados, cuyas interpretaciones y direcciones permitieron establecer que los diques están asociados a un evento tectono-magmático de tipo extensivo que se mantuvo activo durante el Eoceno, con una dirección preferencial hacia el noroeste-sureste, similar a la orientación de las fallas Tamazulapan y Cieneguilla.

23 March 2020
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JAJesús Alcalá
Jesús Alcalá
NCNéstor Campos
Néstor Campos
MRMelaine Le Roy
Melaine Le Roy
BVBijeesh Veettil
Bijeesh Veettil
Adam EmmerAdam Emmer
Adam Emmer
The Little Ice Age (LIA) occurred between CE 1250 and 1850 and is considered a period of moderate cold conditions, especially recorded in the northern hemisphere. Numerous recent studies provide robust evidence of glacier advances worldwide during the LIA and a dramatic retreat since then. These studies combined investigation of moraine records, paintings, topographical and glaciological measurements as well as multitemporal aerial and terrestrial photographs and satellite images. For instance, post-LIA glaciers retreat amounts ~60 % in the Alps (Paul et al., 2020), ~88 % in the Pyrenees (Rico et al., 2016) and 89 % in the Bolivian Andes (Ramírez et al., 2001). However, there is scarce knowledge in Mexico about the glacier changes since the LIA. The reconstructions are limited to the Iztaccíhualt volcano where Schneider et al. (2008) established a glacier retreat of 95 %.Here, we reconstruct the glacier evolution since the LIA to CE 2015 of the Mexican highest ice-capped volcano: Pico de Orizaba (19° 01´ N, 97° 16´W, 5,675 m a.s.l.). Due to Pico de Orizaba is in the outer Tropic, the most plausible scenario is a glacier evolution similar to the Bolivian Andes and especially to the Iztaccíhualt volcano. To carry out this research, we mapped the glacier area during the LIA, based on moraine record, and the area during 1945, 1958, 1971, 1988, 1994, 2003 and 2015 using a previous map elaborated by Palacios and Vázquez-Selem (1996), aerial orthophotographs and satellite images. The geographical mapping and the calculus of area, minimum altitude and volume of the glacier were generated with the software ArcGIS 10.2.2. The results show that glacier area retreated 92% between the LIA (8.8 km2) and 2015 (0.67 km2), being a drastic glacier loss in agreement with the Bolivian Andes and Iztaccíhualt. Therefore, mexican glaciers have experienced the major shrunk since LIA that implies a highly sensitive reaction to global warming.This research was supported by the Project UNAM-DGAPA-PAPIIT grant IA105318.ReferencesPalacios, D., Vázquez-Selem, L. 1996. Geomorphic effects of the retreat of Jamapa glacier, Pico de Orizaba volcano (Mexico). Geografiska Annaler, Series A, Physical Geography 78, 19-34.Paul F., Rastner P., Azzoni R.S., Diolaiuti G., Fugazza D., Le Bris R., Nemec J., Rabatel A., Ramusovic M., Schwaizer G., and Smiraglia C. 2020. Glacier shrinkage in the Alps continues unabated as revealed by a new glacier inventory from Sentinel-2 https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-2019-213.Ramírez, E., Francou, B., Ribstein, P., Descloitres, M., Guérin, R., Mendoza, J., Gallaire, R., Pouyaud, B., Jordan, E. 2001. Small glaciers disappearing in the tropical Andes: a case study in Bolivia: Glaciar Chacaltaya (16° S). Journal of Glaciology 47 (157), 187-194.Rico I., Izagirre E., Serrano E., López-Moreno J.I., 2016. Current glacier area in the Pyrenees : an updated assessment 2016. Pirineos 172, doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.3989/Pirineos.2017.172004.Schneider, D., Delgado-Granados, H., Huggel, C., Kääb, A. 2008. Assessing lahars from ice-capped volcanoes using ASTER satellite data, the SRTM DTM and two different flow models: case study on Iztaccíhuatl (Central Mexico). Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences 8, 559-571.