Peer-reviewed publications
(see Publons, Scopus and Google Scholar profiles):
44. Stoll, N., Weikusat, I., Jansen, D., Bons, P., Darányi, K., Westhoff, J., Llorens, M.-G., Wallis, D., Eichler, J., Saruya, T., Homma, T., Rasmussen, S. O., Sinnl, G., Svensson, A., Drury, M., Wilhelms, F., Kipfstuhl, S., Dahl-Jensen, D., and Kerch, J. 2025. Linking crystallographic orientation and ice stream dynamics: evidence from the EastGRIP ice core. The Cryosphere, 19, 3805–3830. [link]
43. Yu, Y., Griera, A., Gomez-Rivas, E., Bons, P.D., García-Castellanos, D. Hao, B., Lebensohn, R.A., Seltzer, C., and Llorens, M.-G. 2025. Microstructure and CPO evolution of olivine dynamic recrystallization during complex deformation conditions: a full-field numerical modeling approach. Journal of Structural Geology, 199, 105500. [link]
42. Hao, B., Llorens, M.-G., Griera, A., Bons, P.D., Lebensohn, R., Yu, Y., and Gomez-Rivas, E. 2025. The influence of kinematics of deformation on polycrystalline halite dynamic recrystallization: full-field simulation of simple shear versus pure shear. Journal of Structural Geology, 197, 105424. [link]
41. 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. 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]
40. Jansen, D., Franke, S-. Bauer, C.C., Binder, T., Dahl-Jensen, D., Eichler, J., Eisen, O., Hu, Y., Kerch, J., Llorens, M.-G., Miller, H., Neckel, M., Paden, J., de Riese, T., Sachau, T., Stoll, N., Weikusat, I., Wilhelms, F., Zhang, Y., and Bons, P.D. 2024. Shear margins in upper half of Northeast Greenland Ice Stream were established two millennia ago. Nature Communications, 15, 1193. [link]
39. 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]
38. Seltzer, C., Llorens, M.-G. and Cross, A. 2024. Meltwater orientations modify seismic anisotropy in temperate ice. Geophysical Research Letters, 51(13). [link]
37. 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]
36. Gomez-Rivas, E., Griera, A., Playà, E., Gómez-Gras, D., Travé, A. and Llorens, M.-G. Fracturing and sealing in a subsurface salt body: the Súria anticline (SE Pyrenees). 2024. In: Khomsi, S., et al. Selected Studies in Geophysics, Tectonics and Petroleum Geosciences. CAJG 2020. Advances in Science, Technology & Innovation. Springer, Cham. [link]
35. 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]
34. 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, 174, 104937. [link]
33. 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]
32. 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, p104620. [link]
31. 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]
30. Llorens M-G, Griera A, Bons PD, Weikusat I, Prior DJ, Gomez-Rivas E, de Riese T, Jimenez-Munt I, García-Castellanos D, Lebensohn RA. 2022. Can changes in deformation regimes be inferred from crystallographic preferred orientations in polar ice? The Cryosphere. May 25;16(5):2009-24 [link]
29. DeFelipe, I., Alcalde, J., Baykiev, E., Bernal, I., Boonma, K., Carbonell, R., Flude, S., Folch, a., Fullea, J., García-Castellanos D., Geyer, A., Giralt, A., Hernández, A., Jiménez-Munt, I., Kumar, A., Llorens, M.G., Martí, J., Molina, C., Olivar-Castaño, A., Parnell, A., Schimmel, M., Torné, M., and Ventosa, S. 2021. Towards a digital twin of the Earth system: Geo-Soft-CoRe, a Geoscientific Software & Code Repository. Frontiers in Earth Science, 509. [link]
28. Prieto Ballesteros, O., Ceballos Cáceres, J., Domenech, J.L., García-Castellanos, D., García-Guinea, J., González-Galindo, F., Gómez Elvira, J., Gómez, F., Gómez Martín, J.C., Gutiérrez, P.J. and Llorens, M-G. 2021. Future Voyages to the solar system. Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, Libro Blanco CSIC 12 [link]
27. Charco, M., Martí-Molist, J., Garrido, C.-J., González, P.-J., Tornos, F., Carbonell, R., Geyer, A., García-Fernández, M., Moreno-Caballud, A., Giralt, S., Viana, M., Gallart-Gallego, F., Llorens, M.-G., García-Castellanos, D. and García-Guinea, J. Dynamic Earth: Probing the past, assessing the present, preparing for the future. 2020. Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, Libro Blanco CSIC 14 [link]
26. Bons, P.D., de Riese T., Franke, S., Llorens, M.-G., Sachau, T., Stoll, N., Weikusat, I. and Zhang, Yu. Comment on «Exceptionally high geat flux needed to sustain the Northeast Greenalnd Ice Stream» by S. Smith-Johnson et al., 2020. The Cryosphere, 14, 842-854. [link] https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-2020-339
25. Llorens, M.-G., Griera, A., Bons, P.D., Gomez-Rivas, E., Weikusat, I., Prior, D., Kerch, J. and Lebensohn, R.A. Seismic anisotropy of temperate ice in polar ice sheets. 2020. Journal of Geophysical Research: Earth Surface, 125 e2020JF005714. [link]
24. Finch, M., Bons, P.D., Steinbach, F., Griera, A., Llorens, M.G., Gomez-Rivas, E., Ran, H., de Riese, T. 2020. The ephemeral development of C’ shear bands: a numerical modelling approach. Journal of Structural Geology, 139, 104091. [link]
23. Griera, A., Gomez-Rivas, E. and Llorens, M.-G. 2020. Influence of layer interface geometry on folding of single layers . 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]
22. Llorens, M.-G. 2019. Stress and strain evolution during single-layer folding under pure and simple shear. Journal of Structural Geology, 126, 245-257.[link]
21. de Riese, T., Evans, L., Gomez-Rivas, E., Griera, A., Lebensohn, R.A., Llorens, M.-G., Ran, H., Sachau, T., Weikusat, I. and Bons, P. 2019. Shear localisation in anisotropic, non-linear viscous materials that develop a CPO: a numerical study. Journal of Structural Geology, 124, 81-90. [link]
20. 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]
19. Qi, C., Prior, D.J., Craw, L., Fan, S., Llorens, M.-G., Griera, A., Negrini, M., Bons, P.D. and Goldsby, D.L. 2019. Crystallographic preferred orientations of ice deformed in direct-shear experiments at low temperatures. The Cryosphere, 13, 351-371. [link]
18 Gomez-Rivas, E., Martín-Martín, J.D., Bons, P.D., Griera, A., Yao, S., Llorens, M.-G. and Travé, A. 2019. Controls on convective 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.
17. Bons, P.D., Kleiner, T., Llorens, M.-G., Prior, D.J., Sachau, T., Weikusat, I., Jansen. D. 2018. Greenland Ice Sheet – Higher non-linearity of ice flow significantly reduces estimated basal motion. Geophysical Research Letters, 45, 6542-6548. [link] [PDF]
16. 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. 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]
15. Piazolo, S., Bons, P.D., Griera, A., Llorens, M.-G., Gomez-Rivas, E., Kowhn D., Wheeler, J., Gardner, R., Godinho, J. R. A., Evans, L., Lebensohn, R.A., Jessell, M.W. 2018. A review of numerical modelling of the dynamics of microstructural development in rocks and ice: Past, present and future. Journal of Structural Geology, in press. [link]
14. Ran, H., de Riese, T., Llorens, M.-G., Finch, M., Evans, L., Gomez-Rivas, E. , Griera, A., Jessell, M.W., Lebensohn, R.A., Piazolo, S., Bons, P.D. 2018. Time for anisotropy: The significance of mechanical anisotropy for the development of deformation structures. Journal of Structural Geology, in press. [link]
13. Gomez-Rivas, E., Griera, A., Llorens, M.-G., Bons, P.D., Lebensohn, R. 2017. Subgrain rotation recrystallization during shearing: insights from full-field numerical simulations of halite polycrystals, Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth 122.11 (2017): 8810-8827. [link] [PDF]
12. 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]
11. Steinbach, F., Bons, P.D., Griera, A., Jansen, D., Llorens, M.-G., Roessiger, J. and Weikusat, I. 2016. Strain localization and dynamic recrystallization in the ice-air aggregate: A numerical approach, The Cryosphere, 10, 3071–3089. [link]
10. Llorens, M.-G., Griera, A., Bons, P.D., Lebensohn, R., Jansen, D., Evans, L.A. and Weikusat, I. 2016. Full-field predictions of ice dynamic recrystallisation under simple shear conditions, Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 450, 233-242. DOI:10.1016/j.epsl.2016.06.045.[link]
9. Bons, P.D., Jansen, D., Mündel, F., Bauer, C. C., Binder, T., Eisen, O., Jessell, M.W., 2016. Llorens, M.-G., Steinbach, F., Steinhage, D. and Weikusat, I. 2016. Converging flow and anisotropy cause large-scale folding in Greenland’s ice sheet. Nature Communications 7, 11427. DOI:10.1038/ncomms11427. [link]
8. Jansen, D., Llorens, M.-G., Westhoff, J., Steinbach, F., Kipfstuhl, S., Bons, P.D., Griera, A. and Weikusat, I. 2016. Small-scale disturbances in the stratigraphy of the NEEM ice core: observations and numerical model simulations. The Cryosphere, 10, 359-370. [link]
7. Llorens, M.-G., Griera, A., Bons, P.D., Roessiger, J., Lebensohn, R., Evans, L.A. and Weikusat, I. 2016. Dynamic recrystallisation of ice aggregates during co-axial viscoplastic deformation: a numerical approach. Journal of Glaciology, 62(232), 359-377. DOI: 10.1017/jog.2016.28. [link]
6. 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]
5. 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]
4. 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]
3. 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]
2. 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]
1. 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]