• Isola, José
  • Position: Postdoctoral Associate
  • Office: Wright Labs Room 239B
  • Research Interests: Deep-sea Sedimentary Processes, Seismic Interpretation, Sedimentology
  • CV_JoseIsola.pdf

Research Interest Statement

My research interest is focused on the processes that control seafloor morphology and sediment distribution along continental slopes through the analysis of seismo-acoustic data and sediment cores, with special emphasis in contouritic processes. The objective of my research is to generate more accurate models for the sedimentary dynamics of deep and ultra-deep settings to improve paleo-environmental reconstructions. The research questions I’ve been trying to address are:

  • How does the interaction between the seafloor morphology and bottom currents impact on the distribution of sediments on continental slopes?
  • How does the seafloor expressions of fluid expulsions (i.e., pockmarks) influence the deposition of contourite drifts?
  • What is the outcome of the interaction between steady bottom currents and episodic downslope turbidity currents transported through submarine canyon valleys?
  • How are glacial-interglacial cycles and past oceanographic configurations represented in the sedimentary record?

Publications

Isola J.I., Bravo M.E., Bozzano G., Palma F.I., Ormazabal J.P., Principi S., Spoltore D., Martin R., Esteban F.D., Tassone A.A. 2021. The Late Quaternary Deposits of the Piedra Buena Terrace (Western South Atlantic): an example of interaction between bottom currents and seafloor morphology. Marine Geology. doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.margeo.2021.106459.

Palma F.I., Bozzano G., Principi S., Isola, J.I., Ormazabal J.P., EstebaN F.D., & Tassone A.A. 2021. Geomorphology and sedimentary processes on the Sloggett Canyon, Northwestern Scotia Sea, Argentina. Journal of South American Earth Sciences. doi : https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jsames.2020.103136.

Isola J.I, Ormazabal J.P., Flores G., Arismendi S., Druet M., Muñoz A., del Río J.L., Etienot S.A.D, Gómez Ballesteros M.P., Principi S., Bolatti N.D., Tassone A.A. 2020. Tectonic and Structural Control son Neogene Fluid reléase in the Patagonian Continental Margin. Marine and Petroleum Geology.https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2020.104246.

 

Ivanova E.V, Murdmaa I.O., Borisov D.G., Simagin N.V., Ovsepyan E.A., Libina E.A., Isola J.I., Bulycheva E.V., Shulga N.A., Krek A.V., Lobus N.V. and Lapidus L.V. 2018. Geological and Geophysical Investigation of Contourite Systems from the Central and Southern Atlantic during Cruise 52 of the R/V Akademik Ioffe. Oceanology. http://dx.doi.org/10.1134/S0001437018020054

Isola J.I., A.A. Tassone, F.D. Esteban, R.A. Violante, M.J.F Haller, y G. St-Onge. 2017. Sismoetratigrafía y evolución cenozoica de un sector de las terrazas Nágera y Perito Moreno, margen continental patagónico. Latin American Journal of Sedimentology and Basin Analysis 24: 45-59.

CONFERENCES AND WORKSHOPS

Isola J.I., Bravo M.E., Bozzano G., Palma F.I., Ormazabal J.P., Principi S., Spoltore D., Martin R., Esteban F.D., Tassone A.A. 2021. The Late-Quaternary deposits of the Piedra Buena Terrace (Patagonian continental slope, SW Atlantic): An example of interaction between bottom currents and seafloor morphology. The drifters virtual Get-Together (VGT) sharing series

Principi S., Tassone A.A., Isola J.I., Ormazabal J.P., Palma F.I., Artunduaga C., Bozzano G., Spoltore D. 2019. Geological and Geophysical Investigations of the main Morphosedimentary Features of the Patagonian Continental Margin: New data acquired on Board of the Austral R/V. Regional Conference on Geomorphology: Geomorphology of Climatically and Tectonically Sensitive Areas. Atenas, Grecia.

Palma F.I., Esteban F.D., Isola J.I., Principi S., Ormazabal J.P. Bozzano G., Spoltore D., Bravo M.E., Artunduaga C., Tassone A.A. 2019. Morphosedimentary Analysis of the Sloggett Submarine Canyons and its Regional Implications. Regional Conference on Geomorphology: Geomorphology of Climatically and Tectonically Sensitive Areas. Atenas, Grecia

Bravo M.E., Ormazabal J.P., Palma F.I., Esteban F.D., Isola J.I., Principi S., Artunduaga C.,Tassone A.A., Levin L.A. 2019. Surface and sub-surface features o fan active gas seep in Malvinas Basin (SW Atlantic Ocean). Regional Conference on Geomorphology: Geomorphology of Climatically and Tectonically Sensitive Areas. Atenas, Grecia 

Isola J.I., Ormazabal J.P., Flores. G., Arismendi S., Druet M., Muñoz A., Gómez Ballesteros M., Del Río J.L., Etiento S.A.D., Bolatti N. D., Tassone A.A. 2019. Ellipticity of Mega-Pockmarks in the Patagonian Continental Margin: an Interplay between Tectonics and Ocean Currents. Regional Conference on Geomorphology: Geomorphology of Climatically and Tectonically Sensitive Areas. Atenas, Grecia 

Isola J.I. & Tassone A.A. 2017. Evidencias acústicas de gas y clatratos en los sedimentos del margen continental patagónico: controles estructurales y oceanográficos. XX Congreso Geológico Argentino. San Miguel de Tucumán, Argentina. 

Isola J.I., Tassone A.A., Violante R.A., Haller M.J.F., St-Onge Guillaume. 2016. Estudio geofísico de un sector del margen continental patagónico argentino. Implicancias geomorfológicas y características sedimentarias de fondo oceánico. Libro de resúmenes Congreso Latinoamericano de sedimentología – XV Reunión Argentina de Sedimentología. Santa Rosa, La Pampa, Argentina.