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Physical and geological description of the Nanchititla dyke-swarm. Chávez J, Cerca M, Ferrari L. Revista Mexicana de Ciencias Geológicas, in press.

The dynamic history of the Trans-Mexican Volcanic Belt and the Mexico subduction zone. Ferrari L, Orozco-Esquivel MT, Manea V, Manea M. Tectonophysics, Invited review paper, doi:10.1016/j.tecto.2011.09.018.

Crisis energética mundial: diagnóstico y alternativas. Ferrari L, Estrada Gasca C, En: J.L. Calva (Coord.), "Crisis energética mundial y futuro de la energía en México". Serie "Análisis Estratégico para el Desarrollo", Consejo Nacional de Universitarios 8, 19-39.

Style and chronology of the Late Cretaceous shortening in the Zihuatanejo area (south-western Mexico): implications for the timing of the Mexican Laramide deformation. Martini M, Ferrari L. Geosphere 7, 1469-1479, doi: 10.1130/GES00743.1.

An integrative geologic, geochronologic and geochemical study of Gorgona Island, Colombia: Implications for the formation of the Caribbean Large Igneous Province. Serrano L, Ferrari L, López Martínez M, Petrone CM, Jaramillo CM. Earth and Planetary Science Letters 309,324-336, doi:10.1016/j.epsl.2011.07.011.

Self-similar clustering of cinder cones and crust thickness in the Michoacan- Guanajuato and Sierra de Chichinautzin volcanic fields, Mazzarini F, Ferrari L, Isola I. Trans-Mexican Volcanic Belt, Tectonophysics 486, :55-64.

Analogue model of inversion tectonics explaining the structural diversity of Late Cretaceous shortening in southwestern Mexico, Cerca M, Ferrari L, Corti G, Bonini M, Manetti P. Lithosphere 2, 3:172-187; DOI: 10.1130/L48.1.

Analogue models of an early Cenozoic transpressive regime in southern Mexico: implications on the evolution of the Xolapa complex and the North AmericanCaribbean Plate boundary, Cerca, M, Ferrari, L, Tolson G, Corti G, Bonini M, Manetti P. Geological Society London Special Publication, The Origin and Evolution of the Caribbean, 328, 105-130

Quaternary adakite—Nb-enriched basalt association in the western Trans-Mexican Volcanic Belt: is there any slab melt evidence? Petrone C, Ferrari L. Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology 156, 1:73-89.

Quaternary adakite—Nb-enriched basalt association in the western Trans-Mexican Volcanic Belt: is there any slab melt evidence? Petrone C, Ferrari L. Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology 156, :73-89.

New insights into large volume rhyolite generation at the mid-Tertiary Sierra Madre Occidental Province, Mexico, revealed by U-Pb geochronology. Bryan S, Ferrari L, Allen C, Petrone C, Ramos-Rosique A, Campbell I. Journal of Petrology 49, :47-77.

Development and implementation of an electronic journal for publishing peer-reviewed GIS-based maps on the Web. Origel G, Blanco J, Ferrari L. In: Peterson M. (ed.), “International Perspective on Maps and the Internet”, Lecture Notes in Geoinformation and Cartography. Springer, ISBN: 978-3-540-72028-7. Pag. 359-376.

 Late Cretaceous shortening and early Tertiary shearing in the central Sierra Madre del Sur, southern Mexico: insights into the evolution of the Caribbean-North America plate interaction. Cerca-Martínez M, Ferrari L, López-Martínez M, Martiny B, Iriondo A, .Tectonics, vol. 26, No. 3, TC3007, 10.1029/2006TC001981.

Ferrari L, Morán D, González E. Actualización de Mapa Geológico de México escala 1:4,000,000. Nuevo Atlas Nacional de México, Instituto de Geografía, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México.

Ferrari L, Valencia-Moreno M, and Bryan S. Magmatism and tectonics of the Sierra Madre Occidental and its relation with the evolution of western margin of North America. GSA Special Paper 442, p. 1-39.

Gómez-Tuena A, Orozco-Esquivel M.T, Ferrari L. Igneous petrogenesis of the Trans-Mexican Volcanic Belt. GSA Special Paper 442, p. 129-181. This paper contains supplementary material (TMVB database).

Orozco-Esquivel M.T, Petrone C.M, Ferrari L, Tagami T, Manetti P. Geochemical and isotopic variability controlled by slab detachment in a subduction zone with varying dip: The eastern Trans-Mexican Volcanic Belt. Lithos, v. 93, p.149-174.

Jödicke H, Jording A, Ferrari L, Arzate J, Mezger K, Rüpke L. Fluids release from the subducted Cocos plate and partial melting of the crust deduced from magnetotelluric studies in Southern Mexico: Implications for the generation of volcanism and subduction dynamics. Journal of Geophysical Research, v. 111, B08102, doi:10.1029/2005JB003739.
    Petrone C.M, Francalanci L, Ferrari L, Schaaf P, and Conticelli S. The San Pedro-Cerro Grande Volcanic Complex (Nayarit, Mexico): inferences on volcanology and magmatological evolution. GSA Special Paper 402, p. 65-98.

Ferrari L, Valencia-Moreno M, Bryan S, . Magmatismo y tectónica en la Sierra Madre Occidental y su relación con la evolución de la margen occidental de Norteamérica. Boletin de la Sociedad Geológica Mexicana, Tomo LVII, n. 3.
    Gómez-Tuena A, Orozco-Esquivel M.T, Ferrari L. Petrogenesis ignea de la Faja Volcánica Trans-Mexicana. Boletin de la Sociedad Geológica Mexicana, Tomo LVII, n. 3.
    Manea, M, Manea, V.C, Ferrari, L, Kostoglodov, V. and Bandy W. Structure and origin of the Tehuantepec Ridge. Earth and Planetary Science Letteres, v. 238, p. 64-77.
    Ferrari L, Tagami T, Eguchi M, Orozco-Esquivel M.T, Petrone C.M, Jacobo-Albarrán J, López-Martínez M. Geology, geochronology and tectonic setting of late cenozoic volcanism along the Southwestern Gulf of Mexico: The eastern alkaline province revised. Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research, v. 146, p. 284-306.

Ferrari L. Slab detachment control on volcanic pulse and mantle heterogeneity in Central Mexico. Geology, v. 32, p. 77-80.
    Cerca M, Ferrari L, Bonini M, Corti G, and Manetti P. The role of crustal heterogeneity in controlling vertical coupling during Laramide shortening and the development of the Caribbean-North America transform boundary in southern Mexico: insights from analogue models. Special Publication of the Geological Society, London, n. 227, p. 117-140.
   

Ferrari L, Petrone C.M, Francalanci L, Tagami T, Eguchi M, Conticelli S, Manetti P, Venegas-Salgado S, . Geology of the San Pedro-Ceboruco graben, western Trans-Mexican Volcanic Belt. Revista Mexicana de Ciencias Geológicas, v. 20, p. 165-181.

Camprubi A, Ferrari L, Cosca M, Cardellach E, and Canals A. Ages of epithermal deposits in Mexico: Regional significance and links with the evolution of Tertiary volcanism. Economic Geology, v. 98, p. 1029-1037.
    Petrone C.M, Francalanci L, Carlson R.W, Ferrari L, Conticelli S. Unusual coexistence of subduction-related and intraplate-type magmatism: Sr, Nd and Pb isotope and trace elements data from the magmatism of the San Pedro-Ceboruco graben (Nayarit, Mexico). Chemical Geology, v. 193, p. 1-15.

Ferrari L, Petrone C.M, Francalanci L. Generation of OIB-type volcanism in the western Trans-Mexican Volcanic Belt by slab rollback, astenosphere infiltration and variable flux-melting. Reply to a comment by Torres Alvarado et al, Geology, v. 30, p. 858-859.
    Ferrari L, López-Martínez M, Rosas-Elguera J. Ignimbrite flare up and deformation in the southern Sierra Madre Occidental, western Mexico: implications for the late subduction history of the Farallon plate. Tectonics, v.21, n. 4, 17-1/24.
    Chesley K, Ruiz J, Righter K, Ferrari L, and Gómez-Tuena A. Source Contamination versus Assimilation: An example from the Trans-Mexican Volcanic Arc. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, v. 195, p. 211-221.   
    Rossotti A, Ferrari L, López-Martínez M, and Rosas Elguera J. Geology of the boundary between the Sierra Madre Occidental and the Trans-Mexican Volcanic Belt in the Guadalajara region, western Mexico. Revista Mexicana de Ciencias Geológicas, v. 19, p. 1-15.

Ferrari L, Petrone C.M, Francalanci L, . Generation of OIB-type volcanism in the western Trans-Mexican Volcanic Belt by slab rollback, astenosphere infiltration and variable flux-melting. Geology, v. 29, p. 507-510. This paper includes additional material in the GSA Data Repository

Jording A, Ferrari L, Arzate J, Jödicke H, . Crustal variations and terranes boundaries in southern Mexico as imaged by magnetotelluric transfer functions. Tectonophysics, v. 327, p. 1-13.
    Ferrari L, Conticelli S, Vaggelli C, Petrone C, and Manetti P. Late Miocene mafic volcanism and intra-arc tectonics during the early development of the Trans-Mexican Volcanic Belt. Tectonophysics, 318, 161-185.
    Ferrari L. and Rosas-Elguera J. Late Miocene to Quaternary extension at the northern boundary of the Jalisco block, western Mexico: the Tepic-Zacoalco rift revised. Geological Society of America Special Paper #334, chapter 03, p 42-64.
    Ferrari L, Pasquaré G, Venegas S. and Romero F. Geology of the western Mexican Volcanic Belt and adjacent Sierra Madre Occidental and Jalisco block. Geological Society of America Special Paper #334, chapter 04, p. 65-84.
    Ferrari L. Avances en el conocimiento de la Faja Volcánica Transmexicana durante la última década. Boletín de la Sociedad Geologica Mexicana, Tomo LIII, No. 1, p. 84-92.

Ferrari L, Lopez-Martinez M, Aguirre-Diaz G. and Carrasco-Nuñez G, . Space-time patterns of Cenozoic arc volcanism in central Mexico: from the Sierra Madre Occidental to the Mexican Volcanic Belt. Geology, 27, 303-306. This paper includes additional material in the GSA Data Repository
    Alaniz-Alvarez S, Nieto-Samaniego A.F, and Ferrari L. Effect of the Strain Rate in the Distribution of Monogenetic and Polygenetic Volcanism in the Transmexican Volcanic Belt. Reply to three comment by M. Suter; Contreras and Gomez-Tuena; Siebe et al, Geology, 27, 571-575.
    Ferrari L, and Rosas-Elguera, J. Alkalic (OIB type) and calc-alkalic volcanism in the Mexican Volcanic Belt: a case for plume-related magmatism and propagating rifting at an active margin? Comment to the article by Marquez, A, Oyarzun, R, Doblas, M, Verma, S. P, Geology, v. 27, p 1055-1056.
    Nieto-Samaniego A, Ferrari L, Alaniz-Alvarez S, Labarthe-Hernandez G, y Rosas-Elguera J. Variation of Cenozoic extension and volcanism accross the southern Sierra Madre Occidental volcanic province, Mexico. Geological Society of America Bulletin, 111, 347-363.

    Rosas J, Ferrari L, Urrutia-Fucugauchi J. and Garduño V.H, . The continental boundaries of the Jalisco block and their influence in the Neogene kinematics of western Mexico. Geology, v. 24, p. 921-924.

Ferrari L, Conticelli S, Burlamacchi L. and Manetti P, 1996. Volcanological evolution of the Mt. Amiata volcano, Southern Tuscany: new geological and petrochemical data. Acta Vulcanologica, v. 8 (1), p. 48-56

Ferrari L, . Miocene shearing along the northern boundary of the Jalisco block and the opening of the southern Gulf of California. Geology, v. 23, p. 751-754.
    Tibaldi A, Ferrari L. and Pasquarè G, 1995. Landslide triggered by earthquakes and their relations with faults and mountain slope geometry: an example from Ecuador. Geomorphology, v. 11, p. 215-226.

Ferrari L, Garduño V.H, Innocenti F, Manetti P, Pasquarè G. and Vaggelli G, . A widespread mafic volcanic unit at the base of the Mexican Volcanic Belt between Guadalajara and Queretaro. Geofìsica Internacional, v. 33, p. 107-124.
    Ferrari L, Garduño V.H, Pasquarè G. and Tibaldi A, 1994. Volcanic and tectonic evolution of Central Mexico: Oligocene to Present. Geofìsica Internacional, v. 33, p. 91-105.

 Ferrari L, Pasquarè G, Venegas S, Castillo D. and Romero F, 1994. Regional tectonics of western Mexico and its implications for the northern boundary of the Jalisco Block. Geofìsica Internacional, v. 33, p. 139-151.

    Ferrari L, Garduño V.H, Pasquarè G. and Tibaldi A, . The Los Azufres caldera, Mexico: the result of multiple nested collapses. Reply to a comment by C. Robin and E. Pradal. Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research, 56, 345-349.
    Ferrari L. and Manetti P, 1993. Geodynamic framework of the Tyrrhenian volcanism: a review. Acta Vulcanologica, v. 3, p. 1-10.

Borgia A,  Ferrari L. and Pasquarè G, . Importance of gravitational spreading in the tectonic and volcanic evolution of Mount Etna. Nature, v. 357, p. 231-235.
    Tibaldi A. and Ferrari L, 1992. Latest Pleistocene-Holocene tectonics of the Ecuadorian Andes. Tectonophysics, v. 205, p. 109-125.

    Pasquarè G, Ferrari L, Garduño V.H, Tibaldi A. and Vezzoli L, . Geology of the central sector of Mexican Volcanic Belt, States of Guanajuato and Michoacan. Geological Society of America Map and Chart series, MCH 072, con texto explicativo de 20 pp.
    Tibaldi A. and Ferrari L, 1991. From latest Miocene thrusting to Quaternary transpression and transtension in the Interandean Valley, Ecuador. Journal of Geodynamics, v. 15, p. 59-84.
    Ferrari L. and Tibaldi A, 1991. Recent and active tectonics of the North-eastern Ecuadorian Andes. Journal of Geodynamics, v. 15, p. 39-48.
    Tibaldi A. and Ferrari L, 1991. Multisource remotely-sensed data, field checks and seismology for the definition of active tectonics in the Ecuadorian Andes. International Journal Remote Sensing, v. 12, p. 2343-2358.
    Ferrari L, Garduño V. H, Pasquarè G. and Tibaldi A, 1991. Geology of Los Azufres caldera, Mexico, and its relations with regional tectonics. Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research, v. 47, p. 129-148.

 
    Ferrari L, Tibaldi A, Brizzolara L. and Maffioli A, . Eocene simple shear and Pliocene pure shear folding in the central-eastern Algerian Atlas. Terra Nova, p. 653-660.
    Pasquarè G, Tibaldi A. and Ferrari L, 1990. Relationships between plate convergence and tectonic evolution in the Ecuadorian active thrust belt. In: Critical Aspects of Plate Tectonic Theory, S.S. Augusthitis (Ed.), Theophrastus Publications, Grecia, p. 365-387.