Institut für Geowissenschaften - Allgemeine Geologie

Dr. Yamirka Rojas-Agramonte

 

 

 

 

Forschungsinteressen:

 

 

 

 

Manuscripts accepted for publication in international journals:

 

Rojas-Agramonte, Y. , Neubauer, F., Kröner, A., Wan, Y. S., Liu, D. Y., García-Delgado, D. E., Handler, R., 2004. Geochemistry and age of late orogenic island arc granitoids in the Sierra Maestra, Cuba: evidence for subduction magmatism in the early Palaeogene. Chemical Geology, v. 213, p. 307-324.

 

Y. Rojas-Agramonte , F. Neubauer, R. Handler, D. E. García-Delgado, G. Friedl, R. Delgado-Damas, 2005. Variation of palaeostress patterns along the Oriente Transform Fault, Cuba: Significance for Neogene-Quaternary tectonics of the Caribbean Realm. Tectonophysics, v. 396, p. 161-180.

 

Y. Rojas-Agramonte , F. Neubauer, A.V. Bojar, E. Hejl, R. Handler, D. E. García-Delgado, 2006. Geology, age and tectonic evolution of the Sierra Maestra Mountains, southeastern Cuba: a review. In: E. Lidiak & M. Iturralde-Vinent (eds.) Geodynamic evolution of the Caribbean region. Geologica Acta: Spec. Vol. 4, 1-2, p. 123-150.

 

A. Garcia-Casco, C. Lázaro, Y. Rojas-Agramonte , A. Kröner, R. Luis Torres-Roldan, K. Nunez, F. Neubauer, G. Millan, I. Blanco-Quintero. 2007. Partial Melting and Counterclockwise P/T Path of Subducted Oceanic Crust (Sierra del Convento Melange, Cuba). Journal of Petrology. doi:10.1093/petrology/egm074

 

Y. Rojas-Agramonte , A. Kröner, J. Pindell, A. García-Casco, D. García-Delgado, D. Liu, Y. Wang, 2008. Detrital zircon geochronology of Jurassic sandstones of western Cuba (San Cayetano Formation): Implications for the Jurassic paleogeography of the NW Proto-Caribbean. American Journal of Science. Vol. 308, p. 639-656, DOI10.2475/04.2008.09.

 

Y. Rojas-Agramonte , F. Neubauer, D.E. Garcia-Delgado, R. Handler, G. Friedl, R. Delgado-Damas, 2008. Tectonic evolution of the Sierra Maestra Mountains, SE Cuba, during Tertiary times: From arc-continent collision to transform motion. Journal of South American Earth Science. doi:10.1016/j.jsames.2008.05.005.

 

 

Manuscripts submitted to international journals:

 

Y. Rojas-Agramonte , A. Kröner, M. Somin, A. García-Casco, J.M. Mattinson, G. Millán Trujillo, K. Sukar, M. Pérez Rodríguez, M.T.D. Wingate. 2008. Timing of Cretaceous Island Arc Granitoid Magmatism in Cuba as Revealed by U-Pb SHRIMP Zircon Dating: Significance for Arc Magmatism in the Caribbean. Journal of Geology.

 

J.A. Tait, Y. Rojas-Agramonte , D. García-Delgado, A. Kröner, R. Pérez-Aragón . 2008. Palaeomagnetism of the Central Cuban Cretaceous Arc Sequences and Geodynamic Implications. Tectonophysics.

 

C. Lázaro, A. García-Casco, Y. Rojas-Agramonte , A. Kröner, F. Neubauer, M. Iturralde-Vinent. 2008. 55-million-year history of oceanic subduction and exhumation in the northern edge of the Caribbean plate (Sierra del Convento mélange, Cuba). Journal of Metamorphic Geology.

 

A. García-Casco, A. Rodríguez Vega, J. Cárdenas Párraga, M. Iturralde-Vinent, C. Lázaro, I. Blanco Quintero, Y. Rojas-Agramonte , A. Kröner, K. Núñez, G. Millán, R. L. Torres-Roldán. 2008. A new jadeitite jade locality (Sierra del Convento, Cuba): First report and some petrological and archaeological implications. Contribution to Mineralogy.

 

 

Reports, National Publications and Meeting Contributions (Abstracts):

 

García Delgado, D., Delgado Damas, R., Millán Trujillo, G., Díaz de Villalvilla, L., Sukar Sastroputro, K., Llanes, I., Bernal, L., Rojas, Y., Pérez Pérez, C., Díaz Otero, D., Furrazola Bermúdez, G., Peñalver, L., García Cádiz, I., Pardo, M., Suárez, V., Rojas, R., 1998. Mapa Geológico de Cuba central (Provincias Cienfuegos, Villa Clara y Sancti Spiritus) a escala 1:100 000. Memorias del III Congreso Cubano de Geología. Vol. I, 263-266.

 

Pérez Pérez, C., Rojas, Y., 1998. Interpretación tectónica de imágenes espaciales en Cuba Central. Memorias del III Congreso Cubano de Geología. Vol. II, 156-159.

 

Rojas-Agramonte, Y., Torres, A.I., 1999. Litoestratigrafía, Bioestratigrafía y propuesta de hipoestratotipo de la Formación San Luis, Informe Final Proyecto Estratigrafía de Cuba Oriental. Instituto de Geología y Paleontología. In: Final report, Project 210: Stratigraphy of eastern Cuba, 11 pp.

 

Rojas-Agramonte, Y. , Torres, A.I., 1999. Nuevos datos sobre la Formación Yateras. Informe Final Proyecto Estratigrafía de Cuba Oriental. Instituto de Geología y Paleontología. In: Final report, Project 210: Stratigraphy of eastern Cuba, 6 pp.

 

Torres, A.I., Rojas-Agramonte, Y., 1999. Sedimentos carbonatados del Eoceno Medio-Superior al Este de las provincias orientales. In: Final report, Project 210: Stratigraphy of eastern Cuba, 11 pp.

 

García Delgado, D.E., Delgado Damas, R., Rojas-Agramonte, Y., Duany Venero, E., 1999. Analisis bibliografico de la estratigrafia de las provincias orientales. In: Final report, Project 210: Stratigraphy of eastern Cuba, 6 pp.

 

Rojas-Agramonte, Y., F. Neubauer, R. Handler, D. E. Garcia-Delgado, R. Delgado-Damas, 2000. Tectonic evolution of the Oriente fault seen trough deformation of the Sierra Maestra, Cuba. Oral presentation at Geology 2000, Vienna, Austria

 

Rojas-Agramonte, Y., 2000. Panorama de la geología en Cuba, antecedentes y perspectivas para la investigación. Oral presentation at 17. Geowissenschaftliches Lateinamerika-Kolloquium, Stuttgart, Germany

 

García D. E., Rojas-Agramonte, Y., Díaz, C., 2000. Estratigrafía del arco volcánico paleógeno en la región occidental de La Sierra Maestra, Cuba. Poster presentation at 17. Geowissenschaftliches Lateinamerika-Kolloquium, Stuttgart, Germany.

 

García Delgado, D.E., Díaz Otero, C., Méndez Calderón, I., Rojas-Agramonte, Y., Delgado Damas, R., 2000. Petrología y bioestratigrafía del arco volcánico paleógenico en la región meridional y oriental de la Sierra Maestra, Cuba. Poster presentation, 17. Geowissenschaftliches Lateinamerika-Kolloquium, Stuttgart, Germany.

 

Rojas-Agramonte, Y., Neubauer, F., Handler, R., Garcia-Delgado, D.E., Delgado-Damas, R., 2000. Tectonic evolution of the Oriente fault seen trough deformation of the Sierra Maestra, Cuba. Oral presentation, 17. Geowissenschaftliches Lateinamerika-Kolloquium, Stuttgart, Germany.

 

D. E. Garcia Delgado, I. Mendez Calderon, C. Diaz Otero, Y. Rojas Agramonte, G. Furrazola-Bermudez, and R. Delgado Damas: Petrology and biostratigraphy of the Paleogene volcanic arc in the La Sierra Maestra, Cuba (in Brazil 2000; 31st international geological congress; abstracts volume, G0105009.PDF)

 

Rojas-Agramonte, Y., Neubauer, F., Handler, R., Garcia-Delgado, D.E., Delgado-Damas, R., 2001. Evolución tectónica de la falla Oriente vista a través de las deformaciones ocurridas en la Sierra Maestra. Oral presentation, IV Geological Congress, Havana, Cuba.

 

Millán-Trujillo G., Bernal-Rodriguez, L., Perez-Perez, C., García-Delgado, D., Rojas-Agramonte, Y., Las Villas-Nuevita F., 2001. Importante transcurrencia siniestra en el norte de Cuba Central. Oral presentation, IV Geological Congress, Havana, Cuba.

 

Rojas-Agramonte, Yamirka, Neubauer, Franz, Handler, Robert, Hejl, Ewald, Bojar, Ana-Voica, Garcia-Delgado, Dora E., 2002. Thermochronological evolution of the Sierra Maestra, Cuba: Significance for Caribbean tectonics. Oral presentation, Pangeo 2002, Salzburg, Austria.

 

Rojas-Agramonte, Yamirka, Neubauer, Franz, Handler, Robert, Hejl, Ewald, Bojar, Ana-Voica, Garcia-Delgado, Dora E., 2002. Thermochronological evolution of the Sierra Maestra, Cuba: Significance for Caribbean tectonics. Abstract, EOS, Trans. Am. Geophys. Union, AGU Fall Meeting 2002.

 

Rojas-Agramonte, Y., Neubauer, F., Handler, R., Garcia-Delgado, D.E., Delgado-Damas, R., 2003. Neogene-quaternary tectonics along the North Caribbean transform fault, Cuba. Poster presentation, EUG-EGS-AGU joint assembly, Nice, France.

 

Rojas-Agramonte, Y., Neubauer, F., Handler, R., Garcia-Delgado, D.E., Delgado-Damas, R., 2003. Neogene to Recent stress and strain variations along the active North Carribean Transform Fault, southeastern Cuba: From transtension to transpression. Oral presentation, 21. Tektonomechanik-Kolloquium, Graz, Austria.

 

Cabrera-Castellanos, M., García-Delgado, D., Rojas-Agramonte, Y., Reyes-Pérez, C., Rivera-Alvarez, Z., 2003. Depósitos Cuaternarios al sur de la Sierra Maestra. Abstract, V Congreso de Geología y Minería, Havana, Cuba, CD-ROM.

 

García-Delgado, D. E., Delgado-Damas, R., Rojas-Agramonte, Y., Millán-Trujillo, G., Peñalver, L. L., Cabrera, M., Padilla, I., Díaz-Otero, C., Torres-Silva, A. I., Furrazola-Bermúdez, G., Llanes, A. I., Torres, M., Pérez-Aragón, R., Bernal, L., Morales, R., 2003. Mapa geológico de la región Habana-Matanzas a escala 1:100 000 en base digital. Abstract, V Congreso de Geología y Minería, Havana, Cuba, CD-ROM.

 

Kröner, A., Rojas-Agramonte, Y., Wingate, M., Liu, D.Y., 2004, The Epupa Complex of northwestern Namibia: Late Palaeo-proterozoic to Mesoproterozoic granitoid magmatism along the southwestern margin of the Congo craton. Abstract volume, 20th Colloquium of African Geology, Orleans, France, p. 240.

 

Rojas-Agramonte, Y., Kröner, A., Somin, M., Millán Trujillo, G., 2005, Detrital zircon ages from clastic metasediments of the Escambray Massif, Cuba: Is a Mexican origin likely? Abstract Volume 19. Geowissenschaftliches Lateinamerika-Kolloquium: Terra Nostra (05/1), p. 100-101.

 

Rojas-Agramonte, Y., Kröner, A., Sukar, K., Somin, M, Wingate, M.T.D., 2005. Cretaceous island arc magmatism in Cuba as revealed by U-Pb SHRIMP zircon dating. Abstract Volume 19. Geowissenschaftliches Lateinamerika-Kolloquium: Terra Nostra (05/1), p. 101-102.

 

Rojas-Agramonte, Y. ; Kröner, A.; Sukar, K.; Somin, M. ; Wingate, M.T.D. 2005. Timing of Cretaceous island arc magmatism in Cuba as revealed by U-Pb SHRIMP zircon dating: European Geosciences Union (EGU) General Assembly 2005. 24-29 April 2005 Vienna, Austria. EGU05-A-05965.

 

Rojas-Agramonte, Y. ; Kröner, A.; Sukar, K.; Mattinson, J., Somin, M. ; Wingate, M.T.D. Millan, G., 2005. U-Pb SHRIMP zircon dating in Cretaceous island arc granitoid in central Cuba: implication   for arc magmatism in th e greater Antilles 2005: Meeting of the IGCP project 480 in Irkutsk, Russia. Structural and tectonic correlation across the Central Asia Orogenic Collage : North-Eastern segment. Workshop and field excursion July 25 - August 5, 2005. p. 247-251.

 

Rojas-Agramonte, Y.; Kröner, A.; García-Casco, A.; Iturralde-Vinent, M.A.; Wingate, M.T.D; Liu, D.Y. 2006. Geodynamic implications of zircon ages from Cuba: Meeting of the European Geosciences Union (EGU) General Assembly, 02 - 07 April 2006. Vienna, Austria. EGU06-A-04943; Co-conveener of the session: Composition, structure and evolution of the Caribbean lithosphere and surrounding areas.

 

Rojas-Agramonte, Y., Kröner, A., Badarch G., Liu, D. Y., Condie, K. C., Donskaya, T., Demoux, A., Wingate, M. T. D. 2006. Detrital and xenocrystic zircon geochronology from the Central Asian Orogenic Belt of Mongolia: Comparison with the Siberian craton and Gondwana. Meeting of the IGCP project 480 in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia. Abstract and excursion guidebook, p. 58-59.

 

Kröner, A., Windley, B. F., Badarch, G., Demoux, A., Rojas-Agramonte, Y., D.Y. Liu, M.T.D. Wingate. 2006. Crustal growth in the Central Asian Orogenic Belt. GV International conference 2006 and 96th annual meeting of the Geologische Vereinigung e. V. Postdam, Germany. Shaping the Earth surface: Dynamics and changing environments. September 25-29. p. 60.

 

Rojas-Agramonte, Y., Kröner, A., Badarch G., Liu, D. Y., Condie, K. C., Donskaya, T., Demoux, A., Wingate, M. T. D. 2006. Detrital and xenocrystic zircon geochronology from the Central Asian Orogenic Belt of Mongolia: Comparison with the Siberian craton and Gondwana 2006: Annual convention and International symposium of the International Association for Gondwana Research (IAGR), Hong Kong, China. December 11-12. p-81-82.

 

Rojas-Agramonte, Y., Kröner, A., García-Casco, A., Iturralde-Vinent, M. A., Somin, M., Millán, G., Blanco-Moreno, J., Rodriguez-Vega, A., Blanco-Quintero, I., Diaz-Martinez, R., Batista Crúz, Y. 2007. Implicaciones geodinámicas sobre las edades existentes de zircones en Cuba. II Convención cubana de ciencias de la tierra: VII Congreso de Geología (GEOLOGÍA'2007), Ciudad de la Habana, Cuba. March 19-23.

 

 

 

 

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