Researcher Profile

Paleomagnetism, Tectonics, Stratigraphy, Geophysical Exploration, Geochemistry, Paleoclimates, Impact Craters, Mass Extinctions, Chicxulub Crater

• 1980 PhD School of Physics, University of Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom
• 1976 MSc Faculty of Sciences, Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico
• 1975 BSc Faculty of Engineering, Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico

• 2019 Member Academia Europaea
• 2018 Honorary Fellow Royal Astronomical Society
• 2018 Member International Silk Road Academy of Sciences
• 2018 Emeritus Researcher National Research System
• 2018 National Journalism Prize (Science Outreach)
• 2013 American Geophysical Union International Award
• 2013 D A Valencio Prize
• 2010 Fellow Geological Society of America
• 2010 Potosi Science Prize
• 2010 M Barcena Medal Mexican Geophysical Union
• 2009 National Science and Arts Prize
• 2007 National University Science Prize
• 2004 Fellow TWAS Academy of Sciences
• 1998 Fellow Mexican Academy of Sciences
• 1989 Fellow Mexican Academy of Engineering
• 1992 M Noriega Science Award, Organization of American States Washington DC
• 1991 Mexican Academy of Sciences Young Scientist Award

• Associate Editor Quaternary Research (2005-);
• History of Geo- and Space Sciences (2012-);
• Bulletin Geological Society of America (1999-2001);
• Journal of Geophysical Research (1993-1995);
• Geofisica Internacional (1994-);
• Geofisica (1999-);
• Boletin Sociedad Geologica Mexicana (2003-2005);
• Revista Mexicana Ciencias Geologicas (2003-);
• Geologica Acta (2003-);
• Open Journal Mineral Processing (2003-);
• Boletin Asociacion Mexicana Geofisicos Exploracion (2001-2003);
• Ingenieria (1997-);
• Geos Bulletin Mexican Geophysical Union (1985-1987),
• Ingenieria Petrolera (2012-2014)
• Co-Editor Extreme Natural Hazards, Disaster Risks and Societal Implications, Cambridge University Press (2014)
• Extreme Events American Geophysical Union-Wiley (2016)
• Guest Editor: Special volumes Geofísica Internacional (1981, 1983, 1986, 1986, 1988, 1989, 1992, 1993, 1994)
• Physics Earth Planetary Interiors (1990)
• Quaternary International (1997)
• Tectonophysics (2000)
• Meteoritics Planetary Sciences (2004)
• Revista M Ciencias Geologicas (2016)
• History of Geo- and Space Sciences (2016-2017)
• Editor Memoir Series Mexican Geophysical Union (1984, 1985, 1986),
• Mexican Union Quaternary Studies (1990)

• President Mexican Academy of Sciences (2014-2017),
• International Secretary American Geophysical Union (2006-2008, 2008-2010),
• Member IAC Inter-Academy Council, Member Inter-American Network of Academies of Science, President Federation Scientific Societies of Mexico (2016-2020),
• President Mexican Physics Society (2013-2015),
• Member Governing Board American Institute of Physics (2008-2012),
• Member Board of Directors International Year of Planet Earth (2008-2010),
• President TWAS Academy Mexico-Chapter (2009-2011),
• Secretary-Treasurer Mexican Academy of Sciences (2004-2006),
• President Mexican Union for Quaternary Studies (2003-2006, 2006-2009),
• President of the College of Geophysical Engineers (2002-2005, 2005-2008),
• President Mexican Geophysical Union 1985-(1987),
• Secretary-General Mexican Geophysical Union (1999-2001, 2003-2005),
• Vice-President Mexican Geophysical Union (1984-1985),
• Mexican Academy Engineering president Geophysics Chapter (1993-1995),
• Chair National Committee for International Lithosphere Program (1984-1990, 1998-2002, 2005-2009),
• Chairman National Committee International Year of Planet Earth (2006-2009),
• Chair Latin America Regional Committee of American Geophysical Union (1991-1995),
• President Latin-American Group of Paleomagnetism (1985-1987, 1988-1990),
• Member Executive Committee of Tephrachronology INQUA (1989-1991, 1992-1993),
• Member Earth and Marine Sciences Committee National Council of Science and Technology, Mexico CONACYT (1991-1992, 1992-1993),
• Member Science Advisory Group International Continental Scientific Drilling Program ICDP (1997-1999, 2000-2002),
• Member ICDP Executive Committee International Scientific Drilling Program (2000-2003, 2003-2006),
• Member ICDP Board of Governors International Scientific Drilling Program (2003-2006),
• Vice-President National Committee International Union of Geodesy and Geophysics IUGG (1985- 1989, 1997-2005),
• Member Board of Governors National Center for Disaster Prevention CENAPRED Federal Government Mexico (2000-2005),
• Member Governing Board CICESE Research Center (2010-2012),
• Advisory Board UNAM Open University System (2007-2009),
• Advisory Board Popocatepetl CENAPRED (1994-2001)
• AGU Council International Secretary (2006-2010),
• Governance Committee (2010-2014),
• Committee member of Meetings and Publications, Chair Latin American Regional Advisory Committee (1991-1995),
• Member Future Task Force,
• Member Bowie Medal Committee

Network of Laboratory Facilities and Research Groups

• Laboratories for Paleomagnetism (1980),
• Isotope Geochemistry (1990),
• Archaeomagnetism (1999);
• Natural Radioactivity (1997);
• Core Analyses (2003),
• Core Repository, UNAM Drilling Program on Continents and Oceans (2003),
• Seismic Processing (2000), and
• Radiocarbon Dating (2004)

Principal and co-principal investigator

National Science Foundation, CONACYT Mexican Council, DGAPA-UNAM, NASA, UC-MEXUS Program, UNAM COPO Program, VW Scientific Foundation, Science Foundation Zevada, National Research Council, United Kingdom, Ministry of Education Mombusho, Japan, Japan International Cooperation Agency JICA, International Continental Scientific Drilling Program (ICDP), European Community, France-Mexico Cooperation Program, Pan-American Institute Geography History PAIGH, National Geographics, Integrated Ocean Drilling IODP Program, ConTex Research Program, International Ocean Discovery Program

Selected Bibliography

(>260 papers in peer-reviewed journals; 25 edited special volumes and books; 60 in proceedings; 50 notes on science policy and meeting reports).

• Urrutia Fucugauchi, J., Pal, S., 1977. Paleomagnetic data from Tertiary igneous rocks, northeast Jalisco, Mexico. Earth Planetary Science Letters, 36(1), 202-206.
• Urrutia Fucugauchi, J., 1979. Preliminary apparent polar wander path for Mexico. Geophysical Journal of the Royal Astronomical Society, 56(1), 227-235.
• Urrutia Fucugauchi, J., 1979. Further reliability tests for determination of palaeointensities of the Earth’s magnetic field. Geophysical Journal of the Royal Astronomical Society, 61, 243-251.
• Urrutia Fucugauchi, J., 1980. On the relationship between the magnetic and strain fabric in slates and possible effects of consistent instrumental discrepancies. Tectonophysics, 69, T15-T23.
• Urrutia Fucugauchi, J., 1981. Paleomagnetic evidence for tectonic rotation of northern Mexico and the continuity of the Cordilleran orogenic belt between Nevada and Chihuahua, Geology, 9(2), 178-183.
• Urrutia Fucugauchi, J., 1981. Paleomagnetism of the Jantetalco granodiorites and Tepexco volcanic group and references for crustal block rotations in central Mexico. Tectonophysics, 76 (1) 149-168.
• Urrutia Fucugauchi, J., 1981 Some observations on short-term magnetic viscosity behaviour at room temperature. Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors, 26(3), 1-5.
• Urrutia Fucugauchi, J., Tarling, D.H., 1983. Palaeomagnetic properties of Eocambrian sediments in northwestern Scotland: Implications for world-wide glaciation in the Late Precambrian. Palaeogeography Palaeoclimatology Palaeoecolcology, 41, 325-334.
• Urrutia Fucugauchi, J., Radhakrishnamurthy, C., Negendank, J.F.W., 1984. Magnetic properties of columnar basalt from central Mexico. Geophysical Research Letters, 11, 110-113.
• Urrutia Fucugauchi, J., 1986. Crustal thickness, heat flow, arc magmatism, and tectonics of Mexico-preliminary report. Geofísica Internacional, 25(4), 559-573.
• McCabe, C., Van der Voo, R., Urrutia Fucugauchi, J., 1988. Late Paleozoic or early Mesozoic magnetizations in remagnetized Paleozoic rocks, State of Oaxaca, Mexico. Earth Planetary Science Letters, 91, 205-213.
• Urrutia Fucugauchi, J., 1988. Paleomagnetic study of the Cretaceous Morelos Formation, Guerrero State, southern Mexico. Tectonophysics, 147, 121-125.
• Urrutia Fucugauchi, J., Böhnel, H., 1988. Tectonics along the Trans-Mexican volcanic belt according to palaeomagnetic data. Physics Earth Planetary Interiors, 52, 320-329.
• McCabe, C., Van der Voo, R. Urrutia-Fucugauchi, J., 1988. Late Paleozoic or early Mesozoic magnetizations in remagnetized Paleozoic rocks, State of Oaxaca, México. Earth Planetary Science Letters, 91, 205-213
• Ballard, M., Van der Voo, R., Urrutia Fucugauchi, J., 1989. Paleomagnetic results from Grevillian-aged rocks from Oaxaca, Mexico: Evidence for a displaced terrane. Precambrian Research, 42, 343-352.
• Campos-Enriquez, J. O., Arroyo-Esquivel, M. A., Urrutia Fucugauchi, J., 1990. Basement, Curie isotherm and shallow-crustal structure of the Trans-Mexican Volcanic Belt, from aeromagnetic data. Tectonophysics, 172, 77-90.
• Urrutia Fucugauchi, J., Böhnel, H. Valencio, D. A., 1990. Magnetostratigraphy of a Middle Jurassic red bed sequence from southern Mexico. Physics Earth Planetary Interiors, 64, 237-246.
• Urrutia Fucugauchi, J., Böhnel, H. Negendank, J.F.W., 1991. Magnetic properties and domain state of titanomagnetites in a columnar basalt from Mexico. Journal of Geoelectricity and Geomagnetism, 43, 189-205.
• Sharpton, V.L., Dalrymple, G.B., Marin, L., Ryder, G., Schuraytz, B.C. Urrutia-Fucugauchi, J., 1992. New Links between the Chicxulub impact structure and the Cretaceous/Tertiary boundary. Nature, 359, 819-821.
• Molina-Garza, R., Van der Voo, R. Urrutia Fucugauchi, J., 1992. Paleomagnetism of the Chiapas Massif, southern Mexico: Evidence for rotation of the Maya Block and implications for the opening of the Gulf of Mexico. Geological Society of America Bulletin, 104, 1156-1168.
• Sager, W.W., Mortera, C. Urrutia Fucugauchi, J., 1992. Paleomagnetic evidence for Tertiary tectonic rotation in west Texas. Geology, 20, 935-938.
• Sharpton, V.L., Burke, K., Camargo, A., Hall, S., Lee, D., Marin, L., Suárez-Reynoso, G., Quezada J.M, Spudis, P. Urrutia Fucugauchi, J., 1993. Chicxulub multiring impact basin: Size and other characteristics derived from gravity analysis. Science 261, 1564-1567.
• Urrutia Fucugauchi, J. Campos, J.O., 1993. Geomagnetic secular variation in central Mexico since 1923 AD and comparison with 1945-1990 IGRF models. J Geomag Geoelec, 45, 243-249.
• Urrutia-Fucugauchi, J., Marín, L. Sharpton, V.L., 1994. Reverse polarity magnetized melt rocks from the Cretaceous/Tertiary Chicxulub structure, Yucatan peninsula, Mexico. Tectonophysics, 237 105-112.
• Urrutia Fucugauchi, J. Rosas-Elguera, J., 1994. Paleomagnetic study of the eastern sector of Chapala Lake and implications for the tectonics of west-central Mexico. Tectonophysics, 239 61-71.
• Bandy, W.L., Mortera, C., Urrutia Fucugauchi, J. Hilde, T.W.C., 1995. The subducted Rivera-Cocos plate boundary: Where is it, what is it, and what is its relationship to the Colima rift? Geophysical Research Letters, 22 3075-3078.
• Alva, L., Dunlop, D.J. Urrutia Fucugauchi, J., 1996. Rock magnetic properties of iron ores and host rocks from the Peña Colorada mining district, western Mexico. J Appl Geoph, 36, 105-122.
• Rosas-Elguera, J., Ferrari, L., Garduño, V. Urrutia Fucugauchi, J., 1996. The continental boundaries of the Jalisco block and their influence in the Pliocene-Quaternary kinematics of western Mexico. Geology, 24, 921-924.
• Urrutia Fucugauchi, J., 1996. Paleomagnetic study of the Xitle-Pedregal de San Angel lava flow, southern Basin of Mexico. Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors, 97, 177-196.
• Urrutia Fucugauchi, J., Marín, L. Trejo-García, A. 1996. UNAM Scientific drilling program of Chicxulub impact structure – Evidence for a 300 km crater diameter. Geophysical Research Letters, 23, 1565-1568.
• Urrutia Fucugauchi, J., Flores-Ruiz, J.H., 1996. Bouguer gravity anomalies and regional crustal structure in central Mexico. International Geology Review, 38, 176-194.
• Urrutia Fucugauchi, J., Torres, V., González, E., 1997. Magnetostratigraphy of the Ahuachapán-Chilapa geothermal field, El Salvador. Geothermics, 26, 577-588.
• Ramírez-Herrera, M.T. Urrutia Fucugauchi, J., 1999. Morphotectonic zones along the coast of the Pacific continental margin, southern Mexico. Geomorphology, 28, 237-250.
• Urrutia Fucugauchi, J. Uribe, R.M., 1999. Granulitic xenoliths from the Valle de Santiago maar field, Michoacan-Guanajuato volcanic field, central Mexico. Int Geol Rev, 41, 1067-1081.
• Goguitchaichvili, A., Alva, L., Urrutia-Fucugauchi J., Morales, J. Ferreira-Lopes, O., On the reliability of Mesozoic Dipole Low: New absolute paleointensity results from Paraná Flood Basalts (Brazil). Geophysical Research Letters, 29, 10.1029/2002GL015242.
• Benammi, M., Urrutia Fucugauchi, , Alva, L.M., Chaimanee, Y., Triamwichanon, S. Jaeger, J.J. 2002. Magnetostratigraphy of the Middle Miocene continental sedimentary sequences of the Mae Moh Basin in northern Thailand: evidence for counterclockwise block rotation. Earth Planetary Science Letters, 204, 373-383.
• Gelinas, A., Kring, D.A., Zurcher, L., Urrutia Fucugauchi, J., Morton, O., Walker, R.J., 2004. Osmium isotope constraints on the proportion of bolide component in Chicxulub impact melts. Meteoritics Planetary Science, 39, 1003-1008.
• Goguitchaichvili, A., Alva, L.M., Rosas Elguera, J., Urrutia Fucugauchi, J. Sole, J. 2004. Absolute geomagnetic paleointensity after the Cretaceous Normal Superchron and just prior to the Cretaceous-Tertiary transition. Journal of Geophysical Research, 109 (B01105) 1-8.
• Urrutia Fucugauchi, J., Alva, L., Goguitchaichvili, A., Rivas, M.L. Morales, J. 2004. Paleomagnetic, rock magnetic and microscopy studies of historic lava flows from the Paricutin volcano, Mexico: implications for the deflection of paleomagnetic directions. Geophysical Journal International, 156, 431-442.
• Goguitchaichvili, A., Soler, A.M., Zanella, E., Chiari, G., Lanza, R., Urrutia-Fucugauchi, J. 2004. Pre-Columbian mural paintings from Mesoamerica as geomagnetic field recorders. Geophysical Research Letters, 31 L12607, 10.1029/2004GL020065.
• Kring, D.A., Hörz, F., Zurcher, L. Urrutia Fucugauchi, J., 2004. Impact lithologies and their emplacement in the Chicxulub impact crater: Initial results from the Chicxulub scientific drilling project, Mexico. Meteoritics Planetary Science, 39, 879-898.
• Urrutia Fucugauchi, J., Soler, A, Rebolledo Vieyra, M. Vera, P., 2004. Paleomagnetic and rock magnetic study of the Yaxcopoil-1 impact breccia sequence, Chicxulub impact crater, Mexico. Meteoritics Planetary Science, 39, 843-856.
• Rebolledo Vieyra, M. Urrutia Fucugauchi, J., 2004. Magnetostratigraphy of the impact breccias and post-impact carbonates from borehole Yaxcopoil-1, Chicxulub impact crater, Yucatan, Mexico. Meteoritics Planetary Sciences, 39, 821-830.
• Urrutia Fucugauchi, J., Gonzalez, T., 2006. Structural pattern at the northwestern sector of the Tepic-Zacoalco rift and tectonic implications for the Jalisco block, western Mexico. Earth Planets Space, 58, 1303-1308.
• Conte, G., Urrutia Fucugauchi, J., Goguitchaichvili, A., Incoronato, A., Tiano, P., 2006. Lava identification by paleomagnetism: a case study and some problems surrounding the 1631 eruption of Mount Vesuvius, Italy. Earth Planets Space, 58, 1061-1069
• Hurtado, M., Urrutia Fucugauchi, J, 2006. Data reduction and tying in regional gravity surveys – results from a new gravity base station network and the Bouguer gravity anomaly map for northeastern Mexico. Journal Geophysics Engineering, 3, 329-337.
• Villasante, V. F. Martinez, M. L. Osete, J. Urrutia Fucugauchi, 2007. Magnetic characterization of Cretaceous-Tertiary boundary sediments. Meteoritics Planetary Science, 42, 1495-1504.
• Gulick, S., Barton, P., Christeson, G., Morgan, J., McDonald, M., Mendoza, K., Pearson, Z., Surendra, A., Urrutia Fucugauchi, J., Vermeesch, P., Warner, M., 2008. Importance of pre-impact crustal structure for the asymmetry of the Chicxulub impact crater. Nature Geoscience, 1 doi:10.1038/ngeo103
• Urrutia Fucugauchi, J., Perez Cruz, L., Morales, P., Escobar, E., 2008. Stratigraphy of the basal Paleocene carbonate sequence and the impact breccia–carbonate contact in the Chicxulub Crater: Stable isotope study of the Santa Elena borehole rocks. Intern. Geol Rev, 50, 75-83.
• Collins, G.S., J. Morgan, P. Barton, G.L. Christeson, S. Gulick, J. Urrutia Fucugauchi, M. Warner, K. Wünnemann, 2008. Dynamic modeling suggests terrace zone asymmetry in the Chicxulub crater is caused by target heterogeneity. Earth Planet Science Letters, 270, 221-230.
• Urrutia Fucugauchi, J., Chavez, J.M., Perez Cruz, L., de la Rosa, J.L., Impact ejecta and carbonate sequence in the eastern sector of Chicxulub crater. Comptes Rendus Geosciences, 341, 801-810 doi:10.1016 /j.crte.2008.09.001.
• Urrutia Fucugauchi, J., Perez Cruz, L., 2009. Multiring-forming large bolide impacts and evolution of planetary surfaces, International Geology Review, 51, 1079-1102.
• Gogichaishvili, A., R. C. Ruiz, L. Sanchez, B. Reyes, L. A. Valdivia, J. Urrutia Fucugauchi, 2008,New absolute paleointensity results from the Parana magmatic province (Uruguay) and the early Cretaceous geomagnetic paleofield,Geochem Geophys Geosystdoi:10.1029/2008GC002102.
• Ruiz, V.C., Urrutia Fucugauchi, J., Osete, M., 2010. Paleomagnetism of the western and central sectors of the Trans-Mexican volcanic belt-implications for tectonic rotations and paleosecular variation in the past 11 Ma. Geophys J Inter, doi: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2009.04447.x
• Schulte, P., Alegret, L., Arz, J., ….Morgan, J., …Urrutia Fucugauchi, J., …Willumsen, P., 2010. The Chicxulub asteroid impact and mass extinction at the Cretaceous-Paleogene boundary. Science (Review Paper, press release March 5^th, 2010) doi 10.1126/science.1177265
• Perez Cruz, L, Urrutia Fucugauchi, J., 2010. Holocene laminated sediments from the southern Gulf of California: geochemical, mineral magnetic and microfossil study. Journal Quaternary Science, 25, 989-1000. doi 10.1002/jqs.1386
• Ortiz Aleman, C., Urrutia Fucugauchi, J., 2010. Aeromagnetic anomaly modeling of central zone structure and magnetic sources in the Chicxulub crater. Physics Earth Planetary Interiors, doi:10.1016/j.pepi.2010.01.007
• Urrutia Fucugauchi, J., Camargo Zanoguera, A. Perez Cruz, L Perez, G 2011. The Chicxulub multiring impact crater, Yucatan carbonate platform, Mexico. Geofisica Internacional 50, 99-127 (review paper, commemorative issue 50^th year anniversary)
• Gulick, S., Morgan, J.V., Grieve, R., Urrutia Fucugauchi, J., 2013. Geophysical characterization of the Chicxulub impact crater. Rev Geophys, 51 2012RG000413
• Urrutia Fucugauchi, J., Perez Cruz, L., 2016. Chicxulub asteroid impact: An extreme event at the Cretaceous/Paleogene boundary. AGU Monograph, 214, 93-111.
• Morgan, J., Gulick, S., ….Urrutia Fucugauchi, J.,.., 2016. The formation of peak rings in large impact craters. Science, 354, 878-882.
• Pérez-Cruz, L., Urrutia-Fucugauchi, J. 2018. Magnetic mineral diagenesis in anoxic laminated sediments from the southern Gulf of California. Studia Geophysica et Geodaetica, 62(1), 115-138. DOI: 10.1007/s11200-016-0443-2. ISSN 1573-1626.
• Christeson, G.L. et al. 2018. Extraordinary rocks from the peak ring of the Chicxulub impact crater: P-wave velocity, density, and porosity measurements from IODP/ICDP Expedition 364. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 495, 1-11. DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2018.05.013.
• Lowery, C. et al. 2018. Rapid recovery of life at ground zero of the end-Cretaceous mass extiction. Nature, 58, 288–29. DOI:10.1038/s41586-018-0163-6. ISSN 0028-0836.
• Riller, U. et al. 2018. Rock fluidization during peak-ring formation of large impact structures. Nature, 562 (7728), 511-518. DOI: 10.1038/s41586-018-0607-z.
• Canales-García, I., Urrutia-Fucugauchi, J., Aguayo-Camargo, E. 2018. Seismic imaging and attribute analysis of chicxulub crater central sector, Yucatán platform, Gulf of Mexico. Geologica Acta, 16 (2), 215–235. DOI:10.1344/Geologica Acta2018.16.2.6
• Goguitchaichvili, A., Ruiz, R.G., Pavón, F.J., Contreras, J.J.M., Arechalde, A, Urrutia-Fucugauchi, J. 2018. Last three millennia Earth’s Magnetic field strength in Mesoamerica and southern United States: Implications in geomagnetism and archaeology. Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors, 279, 79 – 91. DOI: 10.1016/j.pepi.2018.04.003
• Goguitchaichvili, A., Cervantes M., Lazcano J.C., Serra, M.C., Morales, J., Soler, A, Urrutia-Fucugauchi, J. 2018. Archaeomagnetic evidence of pre-Hispanic origin of Mezcal. Journal of Archaeological Science, 21, 504 -511. DOI: 10.1016/j.jasrep.2018.08.022

Notes science policy issues

• Urrutia Fucugauchi, J., 1982. Solid Earth Geophysics in Latin America – An Analysis from Inside: EOS (Trans American Geophysical Union), 63(23), 529.
• Urrutia Fucugauchi, J., 1988. Local Journals for International Research? E0S (Trans American Geophysical Union), v. 69(21), 450.
• Urrutia Fucugauchi, J., 1988. Use of ‘Foreign Language” Literature in International Research. EOS (Trans American Geophysical. Union), 69(51), 1652-1652.
• Urrutia Fucugauchi, J., 2003. Cooperación e Integración Científica en Latinoamérica. Boletin GEOS, 23, 42-46.
• Bates, J., Urrutia Fucugauchi, J., 2008. The Meeting of the Americas. EOS (Trans American Geophysical. Union), 89(19), 156.

Edited volumes

• Ismail-Zadeh, I., Urrutia Fucugauchi, J., Kijko, A., Takeuchi, K, Zaliapin, I., 2014. Extreme Natural Hazards, Disaster Risks and Societal Implications. Cambridge University Press, 402 p.
• Urrutia Fucugauchi, J., Morgan, J., Stoeffler, D. Claeys, P. 2004. The Chicxulub Scientific Drilling Project. Meteoritics Planetary Science 39(6&7), 787-1016, 1019-1247
• Ferrari, L., Stock, J., Urrutia Fucugauchi, J. 2000. The influence of Plate Interactions on Post-Laramide Magmatism and Tectonics of Mexico. Tectonophysics, 318, 1-302
• Urrutia Fucugauchi, J., Metcalfe, S., Caballero, M. 1997. Climate Change in Mexico, Quaternary International, 43/44, 1-190
• Urrutia Fucugauchi, J. 1993. Tectonics, Magmatism and Crustal Structure of Mexico. Geofísica Internacional, International Lithosphere Program Contribution 218, 32(3), 393-533.
• Urrutia Fucugauchi, J. 1981. Palaeomagnetism and Tectonics of Middle America and Adjacent Regions- Part I. Geofísica Internacional, 20, 1-270.

Invited Lectures

• (2010) Inaugural Lecture, Mexican Society of Physics Meeting, Veracruz; Invited Presentation Global Geosciences Initiative Town Hall, Iguassu, Brazil Meeting of the Americas; Invited Lecture SIIDETEY Conference Yucatan Science and Technology System, Merida; 40th Anniversary Geophysical Engineering in Mexico Inaugural Conference UNAM
• (2009) 40th International Physics Olympiad, Yucatan Invited Conference; Casa TELMEX Foundation Anniversary, Invited Conference; AGU Meeting of the Americas, Toronto Canada Invited talk Paleointensity and Rock Magnetic Study of Lavas From the Galapagos Islands
• (2008) Fall Meeting Invited talk Chicxulub crater and K/T boundary-Drilling; Special Session on Large Igneous Provinces, Mass Extinctions, Impacts, and Global Environmental Change; General Assembly European Geosciences Union, Vienna, Austria Invited Talk Future Integrated ICDP-IODP Drilling of the Chicxulub Impact Crater: Scientific Targets European Geosciences Union; Meeting of the Americas, Ft Lauderdale, Florida Invited talk Oblique Plate Convergence, Margin Truncation and Deformation, and Block Rotation in the Pacific Margin and Magmatic Arc of Mexico” Special Session …Tectonic Processes and Geodynamics; Mexican Geophysical Union meeting Invited lecture Planet Earth; National Week Science Technology Conacyt, invited lectures, International Year Planet Earth Mexico City, Saltillo, Torreon, San Luis Potosi; TWAS 25^th Silver Anniversary General Assembly, Invited talk Geosciences in Mexico; International Year of Planet Earth Meeting Invited talk Megacities, Palace of Congress Brasilia, Brazil
• (2007) Fall Meeting Invited talk Imaging the Asymmetric Chicxulub Impact Crater and Plans for Drilling, Union Session; AGU Joint Assembly Meeting of the Americas, Acapulco Invited talk Paleomagnetism and Tectonic Evolution of Mexico: Precambrian to Recent

Organization of Conferences, Meetings, Symposia

• International Conference on Climatic Change in Mexico (1993)
• Meeting American Quaternary Association AMQUA Guadalajara (1997)
• 19th International Congress Mathematical Geophysics International Union Geodesy Geophysics IUGG (1992)
• Special Session AGU Fall Meeting Tectonics Western Mexico (1997)
• Special Session Global Change Congress National Academy Engineering (1992)
• Special Session AGU Fall Meeting Evolution Gulf Mexico Caribbean (1994);
• VI International Symposium Paleopedology (2001)
• Meeting Program Chair AGU Joint Assembly Acapulco (May 2007)
• Union Session Geosciences Research Education Developing Countries – Strengthening and Promoting International Collaboration Fall Meeting (2007);
• Union Session Strengthening and Promoting International Collaboration in the Geosciences AGU Western Pacific Geophysical Meeting Cairns, Australia (2008)
• Special Union Session on International Collaboration AGU Joint Assembly (2008)
• Special Sessions AGU Fall Meeting (2008)
• TWAS Symposia Megacities (2008)
• Special Union Sessions AGU Meeting of the Americas Toronto, Canada (2009)
• Special Union Sessions Fall Meeting (2009)
• Special Sessions Haiti Earthquake and Planetary Magnetism, AGU Meeting of the Americas Town Hall Global Geosciences Initiative, Iguassu Brazil (2010)
• Natural Hazards Iguassu Brazil (2010)
• EGU Humboldt Conference Yucatan (2010)
• EGU GIFT Workshop for Teachers (2010)
• AGU Joint Assembly Meeting Americas (2013)
• National Congress of Physics (2013, 2014)
• European Geosciences Union GIFT Workshop for Science Teachers (2016)
• Academy Sciences Meeting (2016)

Student Thesis Advisor

• PhD Students:

Martín AL; Alva L; Moran Zenteno D; Ortega B; Caballero Miranda CI; Flores J.H.; Soler AM.; Anguiano R; Rosas Elguera, J; Tolson Jones G; Ortíz Alemán C; Delgado O; Lopez Loera H; Rebolledo Vieyra M; Ortiz G; Hurtado M; Ramírez Cruz LC; Conte G; Uribe RM; Fuentes A; Salguero E; Velasco Villarreal M; Escobar E; Canales, I.

• MSc Students:

Treviño AF; Arroyo MA; Alva L; Bocanegra MG; Moran DJ; Caballero C; Ortega B; Sánchez R; Soler A; Caballero Miranda CI; Cantero P; Flores JH; Ramírez LC; Rosas J; Uribe Cifuentes RM; García Frank; Hurtado M; Vera P; Aquino A; Ornelas R; Escobar JE; Martinez Susano O; Olvera D; Velasco M; Mendoza, K; Mendoza, F; Delgadillo M; Ortega Nieto A.

• PostDoc Researchers:

Mauricio Nava (2020-2021), Md Arif (2015-2016); Loic Barbara (2014-2016); F Sanchez (2013-2014), Julieta Torreblanca (2007-2010); Laura Beramendi (2004-2006); G Ortiz (2003-2005); M Benammi (2000-2003); J-M Maillol (1993-1995); W Bandy (1992-1994).