Selected Papers
Pérez-Cruz, L. and Urrutia-Fucugauchi, J. 2024. Chicxulub´s Legacy: Breakthroughs from scientific drilling, tsunamis, global climate upheaval and mass extinction. Pages Magazine, 32 (2): 80-81. DOI: 10.22498/pages.32.2.80
Austin, J.A. Jr., Lowery, C., Pérez-Cruz, L., Urrutia-Fucugauchi, J., and Knap A.H. 2025. Ocean Current Affairs in the Gulf of Mexico. https://eos.org/science-updates/ocean-current-affairs-in-the-gulf-of-mexico.
Publications
Pérez-Cruz, L., Urrutia-Fucugauchi, J., and Velasco-Herrera, V. 2025. Scaling properties of Chicxulub impact breccias – Magnetic susceptibility log from Santa Elena borehole. Journal of South American Earth Sciences, 164. ISSN 0895-9811. doi.org/10.1016/j.jsames.2025.105669. .
Urrutia-Fucugauchi, J., Fernández-Martínez, I., Lara-Omaña, A., Rosales-Armendariz, Cavazos, T., Pérez-Cruz, L. and Zapotitla-Roman, J. 2025. LiDAR and photogrammetric study of the Acapulco bay after the October 2023 Otis hurricane in southern Mexico. Nat Hazards. doi.org/10.1007/s11069-025-07411-z
Aldama-Cervantes, A., Pérez-Cruz, L.*, Urrutia-Fucugauchi, J., Monreal-Gómez, M.A., Merino-Ibarra, M., Velázquez-Aguilar, M., Venegas-Ferrer, R., Sánchez-Cabeza, J.A., Siffeddine, A., and Höfig, T.W. 2025. Advancing knowledge on the paleoproductivity and climate in the Guaymas Basin, Gulf of California, over the past 31,200 years: geochemical proxies in IODP expedition 385 sediments. Frontiers in Earth Science, 13: 1-14. Impact Factor: 2.9. ISNN: 2296-6463. https://doi.org/10.3389/feart.2025.1568130. *corresponding author.
Urrutia-Fucugauchi, J., Pérez-Cruz, L., Wittman, A., Arz, J. A., Arenillas, I., Xiao, L., Zhao, J., Gilabert, V., and Salguero-Hernández, E. 2025. Chicxulub central zone structure and stratigraphy – PEMEX exploration drilling program. Frontiers in Earth Science, 13: 1-23. https://doi.org/10.3389/feart.2025.1550746. Impact factor: 2.9. ISSN: 2296-6463.
Monreal-Gómez, M., Pérez-Cruz, L., Durán-Campos, E., Salas-de-León, D., Torres-Martínez, C., and Coria-Montier, E. 2025. Phytoplankton Communities in the Eastern Tropical Pacific Ocean off Mexico and the Southern Gulf of California during the Strong El Niño of 2023/24. Plants, 14 (9): 1 – 14. Impact factor: 4.0 ISSN: 2223-7747. doi.org/10.3390/plants14091375.
Peng, H., Zheng, Y., Zhou, M., Wang, Y., Ran, L., Jiang, H., Pérez-Cruz, L., Venegas, R., Höfig, Teske, A., Lizarralde, D., Marsagalia, K., and the IODP Expedition 385 Scientist, Cui, Y. Jiang, S. 2025. Climate change regulated carbonate production and accumulation in the Guaymas Basin over the past ca. 450,000 years. Paleogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, 266. Impact factor: 2.6 ISSN: 0031-0182. doi.org/10.1016/j.palaeo.2025.112864.
Velasco-Villareal, M., Pérez-Cruz, L., and Urrutia-Fucugauchi, J. 2024. Paleomagnetic study of the Chicxulub impact breccia sequence in the Santa Elena borehole – evidence of reverse polarity remanent magnetizations. Boletín de la Sociedad Mexicana, 76 (3), A130224. Impact factor: 1.043 ISSN: 1405-3322. doi: 10.18268/BSGM2024v76n3a130224.
Pérez-Cruz, L., Salomón-Dávila, J.D., Vázquez-Sánchez, C., Ortega-Nieto, A., Escobar-Sánchez, E., Valdez-Hernández, M., Venegas-Ferrer, R., and Urrutia-Fucugauchi, J. 2024. Magnetic and geochemical characterization of the Paleogene carbonate sequence in the Tekax borehole, Yucatan, México. Boletín de la Sociedad Mexicana, 76 (3). A010324. Impact factor: 1.043 ISNN: 1405-3322. doi.org/10.18268/BSGM2024v76n3a010324.
Valdez-Castillo, D., Urrutia-Fucugauchi, J., Pérez-Cruz, L., Pérez-Cruz, G., Unda-López, J., Valdez-Hernández, M., Díaz-Flores, M.A. 2024. Gravity and magnetic study of the Xitle volcanic field, Basin of Mexico – Inferences on the pre-eruptive topography. Journal of South American Earth Science, 148: 1 – 11. Impact factor: 1.7 ISSN: 0895-9811. doi.org/10.1016/j.jsames.2024.105193.
Aiello, I.W., Höfig, T.W., Riboulleau, A., Teske, A.P., Lizarralde, D., Ash, J.L., Bojanova, D.P., Buatier, M.D., Edgcomb, V.P., Galerne, C.Y., Gontharet S., Heuer, V.B., Jiang, S., Kars, M. A. C., Kim, J., Koornneef, L.M.T., Marsaglia, K.M., Meyer, N.R., Morono, Y., Negrete-Aranda, R., Neumann, F., Pastor, L.C., Peña-Salinas, M.E., Pérez-Cruz, L., Ran, L., Sarao, J.A., Chubert, F., Stock, J.M., Toffin, L., Xie, W., Yamanaka, T. and Zhuang, G. 2024. Mineralization kinetics of biosiliceous sediments in hot subseafloors. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 380: 71-82 Impact factor: 4.5 ISSN: 0016-7037. doi.org/10.1016/j.gca.2024.07.005.
Zhao, J., Zhang, X., Xiao, L., Cavosie, A.J., Timms, N.E., Nemchin, A., Xiao, Z., Hu, W., Chang, Y., Shu, J., He, Q., Zhao, S., Wang, J., Artemieva, N., Morgan, J., Expedition 364 Science Party (Gulick, S., Chenot, E., Christeson, G., Claeys, P., Cockell, C., Coolen, M.L., Ferriere, L., Gebhardt, C., Goto, K., Green, S., Jones, H., Kring, D., Lofi, J., Lowery, C., Ocampo-Torres, R., Pérez-Cruz, L., Pickersgill, A., Poelchau, M., Rae, A., Rasmussen, C., Rebolledo-Vieyra, M., Riller, U., Sato, H., Smit, J., Tikoo, S.M., Urrutia-Fucugauchi, J., Whalen, M., Wittmann, A., Xiao, L., Yamaguchi, K., Zylberman, W., Collins, G., Bralower, TJ.). 2024. Nanoscale constraints on the nucleation and evolution of granular zircon from reidite in impactites at the Chicxulub impact structure. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 626: 1-17. Impact Factor: 5.255 ISSN: 0012-821X. doi.org/10.1016/j.epsl.2023.118507.
Lowery, C.M., Pérez-Cruz, L., Urrutia-Fucugauchi, J., Wei, J., Autin Jr., J.A., and Standring, P. 2024. Seismic Stratigraphy of Contourite Drift Deposits Associated with the Loop Current on the Eastern Campeche Bank, Gulf of Mexico. Paleoceanography and Paleoclimatology, 39 (3): 1-28. Impact Factor: 3.277 ISSN: 2572-4525. doi.org/10.1029/2023PA004701.
Velázquez-Aguilar, M., Pérez-Cruz, L.*, Urrutia-Fucugauchi, J., Marsaglia, K.M., Coria-Montier, E., Monreal-Gómez, M.A., Teske, A., Höfig, T.W., Aldama-Cervantes, A. and Jiang, D. 2024. Evolution of ocean circulation and water masses in the Guaymas Basin (Gulf of California) during the last 31,000 years revealed by radiolarians and silicoflagellates in IODP expedition 385 sediment cores. Frontiers in Earth Science, 12: 1-21. Impact Factor: 2.9 ISNN: 2296-6463. doi.org/10.3389/feart.2024.1301999*corresponding author.
Neumann, F., Negrete-Aranda, R., Harris, R. N., Contreras, J., Galerne, C. Y., Peña-Salinas, M.S., Spelz, R.M., Teske, A., Lizarralde, D., Höfig, T.W. and Expedition 385 Scientists (González-Fernández, A., Aiello, I.W., Ash, J.L., Bojanova, D.P., Buatier, M.D., Edgcomb, V.P., Gontharet, S., Heuer, V.B., Jiang, S., Kars, M.A.C., Khogenkumar Singh, S., Kim. J.H., Koornnef, L.M.T., Marsaglia, K.M., Meyer, N.R., Morono, Y., Pastor, L.C., Pérez-Cruz, L., Ran, L., Riboulleau, A., Sarao, J.M., Schubert, F., Stock, J.M., Toffin, L., Xie, W., Yamanaka, T., and Zhuang, G). 2023. Heat Flow and Thermal Regime in the Guaymas Basin, Gulf of California: Estimates of Conductive and Advective Heat Transport. Basin Research, 00: 1-21. Impact Factor: 3.2 ISSN: 0950-091X, ISSN-e: 1365-2117. doi.org/10.1111/bre.12755.
Lizarralde, D., Teske, A., Höfig, T.W., González-Fernández, A. Aiello, I.W., Ash, J.L., Bojanova, D.P., Buatier, M.D., Edgcomb, V.P., Galerne, C.Y., Gontharet, S., Heuer, V.B., Jiang, S., Kars, M.A.C., Khogenkumar Singh, S., Kim, J.H., Koornneef, L.M.T., Marsaglia, K.M., Meyer, N.R., Morono, Y., Negrete-Aranda, R., Neumann, F., Pastor, L.C., Peña-Salinas, M.E., Pérez-Cruz, L., Ran, L., Riboulleau, A., Sarao, J.M., Schubert, F., Stock, J.M., Toffin, L., Xie, W., Yamanaka, T. and Zhuang, G. 2023. Carbon released by sill intrusion into young sediments measured through scientific drilling. Geology, 20: 1-5. Impact Factor: 6.324. ISSN: 0025-3227. doi.org/10.1130/G50665.1
Le Ber, E., Loggia, D., Denchik, N., Lofi, J., Kring, D.A., Sardini, P., Siitari-Kauppi, M., Pezard, P., Olivier, G., Gulick, S.P.S., Morgan, J.V., Bralower, T.J., Chenot, E., Christeson, G.L., Claeys, P., Cockell, C.S., Coolen, M.J.L., Ferrière, L., Gebhardt, C., Goto, K., Green, S., Jones, H., Kring, D.A., Lowery, C.M., Ocampo-Torres, R., Pérez-Cruz, L., Pickersgill, A.E., Poelchau, M.H., Rae, A.S.P., Rasmussen, C., Rebolledo-Vieyra, M., Riller, U., Sato, H., Smit, J., Tikoo, S.M., Tikoo, S.M., Tomioka, N., Urrutia-Fucugauchi, J., Whalen, M.T., Wittmann, A., Xiao, L. and Yamaguchi, K.E. 2022. Petrophysics of Chicxulub Impact Crater’s Peak Ring. Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth, 127 (5): 1-24. Impact Factor: 4.39. ISSN: 2169-9313, ISSN-e: 2169-9356. DOI: 10.1029/2021JB023801.
Urrutia-Fucugauchi, J., Goguitchaichvili, A., Pérez-Cruz, L. and Valdez-Hernández, M. 2022. Magnetic dating of Volcanic eruptions: Case study of Xalnene tuff and Toluquilla Volcano in Central Mexico. Arqueología Iberoamericana, 50: 37-43. Impact Factor: 0.414. ISSN: 1989-4104. DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.7033765.
Urrutia-Fucugauchi, J., Arellano-Catalán, O., Pérez-Cruz, L., and Romero-Galindo, I. 2022. Chicxulub crater joint gravity and magnetic anomaly analysis: structure, asymmetries, impact trajectory, and target structures. Pure and Applied Geophysics, 179: 2735 – 2756. Impact Factor: 2.335. ISSN: 1420-9136. DOI: 10.1007/s00024-022-03074-0.
Nagakura, T., Schuber, F., Wagner, D., Kallmeyer, J., Teske, A., Lizarralde, D., Höfig, T.W., Aiello, I.W., Ash, J.L., Bojanova, D.P., Buatier, M.D., Edgcomb, V.P., Galerne, C.Y., Gontharet, S., Heuer, V.B., Jiang, S., Kars, M.A.C., Khogenkumar Singh, S., Kim, J.H., Koornneef, L.M.T., Marsaglia, K.M., Meyer, N.R., Morono, Y., Negrete-Aranda, R., Neumann, F., Pastor, L.C., Peña-Salinas, M.E., Pérez Cruz, L., Ran, L., Riboulleau, A., Sarao, J.A., Stock, J.M., Toffin, L.M.A.A., Xie, W., Yamanaka, T., and Zhuang, G. 2022. Biological Sulfate Reduction in Deep Subseafloor Sediment of Guaymas Basin. Frontiers in Microbiology, 13: 1 – 12. Impact Factor: 5.640. ISSN: 1664-302X. DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2022.845250.
García-Garnica, E. M. and Pérez-Cruz, L.* 2021. Hyperthermal events recorded in the Paleogene carbonate sequence of the Southern Gulf of Mexico – Santa Elena Borehole, Yucatán Peninsula. Geological Journal, 57 (1): 99 – 113. Impact Factor: 2.44. ISSN-e: 1099 – 1034, ISSN: 0072 – 1050. *corresponding author. DOI: 10.1002/gj.4285.
Lowery, C.M., Jones, H.L., Bralower, T.J., Pérez-Cruz, L., Gebhardt, C., Whalen, M.T., Chenot, E., Smit, J., Phillips, M.P., Choumiline, K., Arenillas, I., Arz, J.A., Garcia, F., Ferrand, M., Gulick, S.P.S. and IODP – ICDP Expedition 364 Science Party (Claeys, P., Cockell, C., Coolen, M., Ferriére, L., Goto, K., Green, S., Kring, D.A., Lofi, Mellett, C., Morgan, J., Ocampo-Torres, R., Pickersgill, A., Poelchau, M., Rae, A., Rasmussen, C., Rebolledo-Vieyra, M., Riller, U., Sato, H., Tikoo, S., Tomioka, N., Urrutia-Fucugauchi, J., Wittmann, A., Xiao, L. and Yamaguchi, K.). 2021. Early Paleocene Paleoceanography and Export productivity in the Chicxulub crater. Paleoceanography and Paleoclimatology, 36: 1 – 21. Impact Factor: 2.89. ISSN: 2572-4525. DOI: 10.1029/2021PA004241.
Guzmán-Hidalgo, E., Grajales-Nishimura, J.M., Eberli, G.P., Aguayo-Camargo, J.E., Urrutia-Fucugauchi, J. and Pérez-Cruz, L. 2021. Seismic stratigraphic evidence of a pre-impact basin in the Yucatán Platform: morphology of the Chicxulub crater and K/Pg boundary deposits. Marine Geology, 441: 1-20. Impact Factor: 3.32. ISSN: 0025-3227. DOI: 10.1016/j.margeo.2021.106594.
Wittmann, A., Cavosie, A.J., Timms, N., Ferriére, L., Rae, A., Rasmussen, C., Ross, C., Stockli, D., Schmieder, M., Kring, D. A., Zhao, J., Xiao, L., Morgan, J.V., Gulick, S.P.S. and Expedition 364 Scientists (Bralower, T., Chenot, E., Christeson, G., Claeys, P., Cockell, C., Coolen, M., Gebhardt, C., Goto, K., Green, S., Jones, H., Lofi, J., Lowery, C., Mellett, C., Ocampo-Torres, R., Pérez-Cruz, L., Pickersgill, A., Poelchau, M., Rebolledo-Vieyra, M., Riller, U., Sato, H., Smit, J., Tikoo, S., Tomioka, N., Urrutia-Fucugauchi, J., Whalen, M. and Yamaguchi, K.). 2021. Shock impedance amplified impact deformation of zircon in granitic rocks from the Chicxulub impact crater. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 575: 1-13. Impact Factor: 5.255. ISSN: 0012-821X. DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2021.117201.
Navarro, F. K., Urrutia-Fucugauchi, J., Villagran-Muniz, M., Sánchez-Aké, C., Pérez-Cruz, L. and Navarro-González, R. 2021. Physical characterization of a simulated impact-vapor plume using laser ablation of Chicxulub sediments. Planetary and Space Science, 206: 1-12. Impact Factor: 2.03. ISSN: 0032-0633. DOI: 10.1016/j.pss.2021.105311.
Cockell, C., Schaefer, B., Wuchter, C., Coolen, M.L., Grice, K., Schnieders, L., Morgan, J., Gulick, S., Wittmann, A., Lofi, J., Christeson, G., Kring, D., Whalen, M., Bralower, T., Osinski, G., Claeys, P., Kaskes, P., de Graaff, S., Déhais, T., Goderis, S., Hernández-Becerra, N. and IODP – ICDP Expedition 364 Science Party (Chenot, E., Ferrieré, L., Gebhardt, C., Goto, K., Green, S., Jones, H., Lowery, C., Ocampo-Torres, R., Pérez-Cruz, L., Pickersgill, A., Poelchau, M., Rae, A., Rasmussen, C., Rebolledo-Vieyra, M., Sato, H., Smit, J., Tikoo, S.M., Urrutia-Fucugauchi, J., Xiao, L., Yamaguchi, K.). 2021. Shaping of the Present-Day Deep Biosphere at Chicxulub by the impact catastrophe that ended the Cretaceous. Frontiers in Microbiology, 12: 1-16. Impact Factor: 5.640. ISSN: 1664-302X. DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2021.668240.
Pérez-Cruz, L. and Urrutia-Fucugauchi, J. 2021. Rock magnetic evidence for a middle Holocene transition in marine sediments from La Paz basin, southern Gulf of California. Journal of South American Earth Sciences, 109: 1 – 12. Impact Factor: 2.093. ISSN: 0895-9811.DOI: 10.1016/j.jsames.2021.103173.
Schulte, F.M., Wittmann, A., Jung, S., Morgan, J., Gulick, S.P.S, Kring, D.A., Grieve, R.A.F., Osinski, G.R., Riller, U. and the IODP – ICDP Expedition 364 Science Party (Chenot, E., Christeson, G., Claeys, P., Cockell, C., Coolen, M.L., Ferrière, L., Gebhardt, C., Goto, K., Green, S., Jones, H., Lofi, J., Lowery, C., Ocampo-Torres, R., Pérez-Cruz, L., Pickersgill, A., Poelchau, M., Rae, A., Rasmussen, C., Rebolledo-Vieyra, M., Sato, H., Smit, J., Tikoo, S.M., Urrutia-Fucugauchi, J., Whalen, M., Xiao, L., Yamaguchi, K.). 2021. Ocean resurge-induced impact melt dynamics on the peak–ring of the Chicxulub impact structure, Mexico. International Journal of the Earth Science, 110: 2619 – 2636. Impact Factor: 2.523. ISNN: 1437-3262. DOI: 10.1007/s00531-021-02008-w.
Goderis, S., Sato, H., Ferrière, L., Schmitz, B., Burney, D., Kaskes, P., Vellekoop, J., Wittmann, A., Schulz, T., Chernonozhkin, S., Claeys, P., de Graaff, S. J., Déhais, T., de Winter, N., Elfman, M., Feignon, J. G., Ishikawa, A., Koeberl, C., Kristiansson, P., Neal, C. R., Owens, J. D., Schmieder, M., Sinnesael, M., Vanhaecke, F., Van Malderen, S.J.M., Bralower, T., Gulick, S.P.S., Kring, D.A., Lowery, C.M., Morgan, J.V., Smit, J., Whalen, M.T. and the IODP – ICDP Expedition 364 Science Party (Bralower, T., Chenot, E., Christeson, G., Cockell, C., Coolen, M.L., Gebhardt, C., Goto, K., Green, S., Jones, H., Lofi, J., Ocampo-Torres, R., Pérez-Cruz, L., Pickersgill, A., Poelchau, M., Rae, A., Rasmussen, C., Rebolledo-Vieyra, M., Sato, H., Tikoo, S.M., Urrutia-Fucugauchi, J., Xiao, L., Yamaguchi, K.). 2021. Globally distributed iridium layer preserved within the Chicxulub impact structure. Science Advances, 7 (9): 1 – 13. Impact Factor: 14.136. ISSN: 2375-2548. DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.abe3647.
Zhao, J., Xiao, L., Xiao, Z., Morgan, J.V., Osinski, G. R., Neal., C.R., Gulick, S.P.S., Riller, U., Claeys, P., Zhao, S., Prieur, N. C., Nemchin, A., Yu, S. and the IODP – ICDP Expedition 364 Science Party (Bralower, T., Chenot, E., Christeson, G., Cockell, C., Coolen, M., Ferriére, L., Gebhardt, C., Goto, K., Green, S., Jones, H., Kring, D.A., Lofi, J., Lowery, C., Mellett, C., Ocampo-Torres, R., Pérez-Cruz, L., Pickersgill, A., Poelchau, M., Rae, A., Rasmussen, C., Rebolledo-Vieyra, M., Sato, H., Smit, J., Tikoo, S., Tomioka, N., Urrutia-Fucugauchi, J., Whalen, M., Wittmann, A. and Yamaguchi, K.). 2021. Shock-deformed zircon from the Chicxulub impact crater and implications for the cratering process. Geology, 49: 1-6. Impact Factor: 5.399 ISSN: 0091-7613. DOI: 10.1130/G48278.1.
Whalen, M. T., Gulick, S.P.S., Lowery, C. M., Bralower, T., Morgan, J. V., Grice, K., Schaefer, B., Smit, J., Ormö J., Wittmann, A., Kring, D. A., Lyons, S., Goderis, S. and the IODP – ICDP Expedition 364 Science Party (Chenot, E., Christeson, G., Claeys, P., Cockell, C., Coolen, M., Ferriére, L., Gebhardt, C., Goto, K., Green, S., Jones, H., Lofi, J., Mellett, C., Ocampo-Torres, R., Pérez-Cruz, L., Pickersgill, A., Poelchau, M., Rae, A., Rasmussen, C., Rebolledo-Vieyra, M., Riller, U., Sato, H., Tikoo, S., Tomioka, N., Urrutia-Fucugauchi, J., Xiao, L. and Yamaguchi, K.). 2020. Winding down the Chicxulub impact: The transition between impact and normal marine sedimentation near ground zero. Marine Geology, 43: 1 – 18. Impact Factor: 3.32. ISSN: 0025-3227. DOI: 10.1016/j.margeo.2020.106368.
Smith, V., Warny, S., Grice, K., Schaefer, B., Whalen, M. T., Vellekoop, J., Chenot, E., Gulick, S.P.S., Arenillas, I., Arz, J., Bauersachs, T., Bralower, T., Demory, F., Gattacceca, J., Jones, H., Lofi, J., Lowery, C.M., Morgan, J., Nuñez-Otaño, N., O´Keefe, J. M. K., O´Malley, K., Rodríguez-Tovar, F. J., Schwark, L. and the IODP – ICDP Expedition 364 Science Party (Christeson, G., Claeys, P., Cockell, C., Coolen, M., Ferriére, L., Gebhardt, C., Goto, K., Green, S., Kring, D.A., Mellett, C., Ocampo-Torres, R., Pérez-Cruz, L., Pickersgill, A., Poelchau, M., Rasmussen, C., Rebolledo-Vieyra, M., Riller, U., Sato, H., Smit, J., Tikoo, S., Tomioka, N., Urrutia-Fucugauchi, J., Wittmann, A., Xiao, L. and Yamaguchi, K.). 2020. Life and death in the Chicxulub impact crater: a record of the Paleocene-Eocene Thermal Maximum. Climate of the Past, 16: 1889 – 1899. Impact Factor: 3.536. ISSN: 1814-9324. DOI: 10.5194/cp-16-1889-2020.
Collins, G.S., Patel, N., Davison, T. M., Rae, A.S.P., Morgan, J. V., Gulick, S.P.S. and the IODP – ICDP Expedition 364 Science Party (Bralower, T., Chenot, E., Christeson, G., Claeys, P., Cockell, C., Coolen, M., Ferriére, L., Gebhardt, C., Goto, K., Green, S., Jones, H., Kring, D.A., Lofi, J., Lowery, C., Mellett, C., Ocampo-Torres, R., Pérez-Cruz, L., Pickersgill, A., Poelchau, M., Rasmussen, C., Rebolledo-Vieyra, M., Riller, U., Sato, H., Smit, J., Tikoo, S., Tomioka, N., Urrutia-Fucugauchi, J., Whalen, M., Wittmann, A., Xiao, L. and Yamaguchi, K. 2020. A steeply inclined trajectory for the Chicxulub impact. Nature Communications, 11 (1480): 1 – 10. Impact Factor: 14.919. ISSN: 2041-1723. DOI: 10.1038/s414670-020-15269-x.
Kring, D. A., Tikoo, S. M., Schmieder, M., Riller, U., Rebolledo-Vieyra, M., Simpson, S. L., Osinnski, G.R., Gattacceca, J., Wittmann, A., Verhagen, C. M., Cockell, C. S., Coolen, M., Longstaffe, F. J., Gulick, S., Morgan, J., Bralower, T., Chenot, E., Christeson, G., Claeys, P., Ferriére, L., Gebhardt, C., Goto, K., Green, S., Gulick, S., Jones, H., Lofi, J., Lowery, C., Ocampo-Torres, R., Pérez-Cruz, L., Pickersgill, A., Poelchau, M., Rae, A., Rasmussen, C., Sato, H., Smit, J., Tomioka, N., Urrutia-Fucugauchi, J., Whalen, M., Xiao, L., and Yamaguchi, K. 2020. Probing the hydrothermal system of the Chicxulub impact crater. Science Advances, 6 (22): 1 – 9. Impact Factor: 14.136. ISSN: 2375-2548. DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.aaz3053.
Cox, M. A., Erickson, T. M., Schmieder, M., Christoffersen, R., Ross, D. K., Cavosie, A. J., Bland, P. A., Kring, D. A. and the IODP-ICDP Expedition 364 Scientist (Bralower, T., Chenot, E., Christeson, G., Claeys, P., Cockell, C., Coolen, M., Ferriére, L., Gebhardt, C., Goto, K., Green, S., Gulick, S., Jones, H., Lofi, J., Lowery, C., Mellett, C., Morgan, J., Ocampo-Torres, R., Pérez-Cruz, L., Pickersgill, A., Poelchau, M., Rae, A., Rasmussen, C., Rebolledo-Vieyra, M., Riller, U., Sato, H., Smit, J., Tikoo, S., Tomioka, N., Urrutia-Fucugauchi, J., Whalen, M., Wittmann, A., Xiao, L. and Yamaguchi, K.). 2020. High-resolution microstructural analysis of shock deformation in apatite from the peak ring of the Chicxulub impact crater. Meteoritics and Planetary Science, 55 (8): 1715 – 1733. Impact factor: 2.487. ISSN: 1945-5100. DOI: 10.1111/maps.13541.
Salguero-Hernández, E., Pérez-Cruz, L. and, Urrutia-Fucugauchi, J. 2020. Seismic attribute analysis of Chicxulub impact crater. Acta Geophysica, 68: 627-640. Impact Factor: 2.058. ISSN-e: 1895-7455. DOI: org/10.1007/s11600-020-00442-z.
Navarro, K.F., Urrutia-Fucugauchi, J., Villagrán, M., Sánchez-Aké, C., Pérez-Cruz, L., Navarro-González, R. 2020. Emission spectra of a simulated Chicxulub impact vapor plume at the Cretaceous Paleogene boundary. Icarus, 346: 3 – 15. Impact Factor: 3.508. ISSN: 0019-1035. DOI: org/10.1016/j.icarus.2020.113813.
Books
Pérez-Cruz, L. 2012. La Vida a través del Tiempo Geológico (Life through the Geological Time). Secretaria de Educación Pública, Gobierno del Estado de Yucatán. Fondo Mixto Conacyt-Gobierno del Estado de Yucatán. ISBN: 978-607-9060-03-9, 73 pp. Issue of 1000 copies.
Pérez-Cruz, L., Villagrán de la Cruz, G.E., Gómez-Lizárraga, L.E. 2009. Radiolarios en Sedimentos Marinos del Holoceno del Golfo de California – Paleoceanografía y Paleoclimas. (Radiolarians in the Holocene Marines Sediments in the Gulf of California- Paleoceanography and Paleoclimates). Monography of the Institute of Geophysics. ISBN: 978-607-02-0671-9, 76 pp. Issue of 200 copies.
Chapters in Books
Martínez-López, A., Flores-Castillo, OA., Saldívar-Lucio, R., Escobedo-Urías, D.C., Verdugo-Díaz, G., Pérez-Cruz, L., Albañez-Lucero, M., and Acevedo-Acosta, JD. 2019. Paleoclimate of the Gulf of California (Northwestern Mexico) During the Last 2000 Years. Torrescano-Valle et al. (eds.), The Holocene and Anthropocene Environmental History of Mexico, Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2019 7 N. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-31719-5_2
Urrutia-Fucugauchi, J., Pérez-Cruz, L. 2018. Geophysical Studies, Natural Hazards, and Climate Change. In T. Beer, J. Li, K. Alverson (eds.), Global Change and Future Earth: The Geoscience Perspective, Cambridge University Press, pp. 313-327. doi: 10.1017/9781316761489.039.
Urrutia-Fucugauchi, J., Pérez-Cruz, L. 2016. Geofísica –Retos y Perspectivas, En: Lizano, S., Ramos, F., Urrutia-Fucugauchi, J. (eds). La Física en México. Ciudad de México, UNAM: 133-154 pp. ISBN: 978-607-97455-0-9.
Islebe, G.A., Domínguez-Vazquez, G., Espadas-Manrique, V., Figueroa-Rangel, B., González-Yajimovich, O., Hernández-Arana, H., Lozano-García, S., Martínez-López, A., Olvera-Vargas, M., Orellana-Lanza, R., Pérez-Cruz, L., Ramírez-Barajas, P. Ror, P.D., Torrescano-Valle, N. 2016. Cambio Climático: contexto histórico, paleoecológico y paleoclimático – Tendencias actuales y perspectivas, En: Balvanera, P., Arias-González, E., Rodríguez-Estrella, R., Almeida-Leñero, L., Schmitter, J.J., (eds). Ecosistemas de México: una mirada a su conocimiento. Ciudad de México, UNAM: 25-56 pp. ISBN: 978-607-02-8015-3.
Pérez-Cruz, L., Urrutia-Fucugauchi, J. 2016. Los museos como espacios de experimentación, exploración y entretenimiento. En: Lara, F., Novaro, O., Xirau, R. (eds.). Memoria de El Colegio Nacional 2015. El Colegio Nacional. ISSN -0185-0539. México.
Urrutia-Fucugauchi, J., Pérez-Cruz, L. 2016. Chicxulub Asteroid Impact: An Extream Event at the Cretaceous/Paleogene Boundary. En: Chávez, M., Ghil, M., Urrutia-Fucugauchi (eds). Extreme Events: Observations, Modeling, and Economics. Geophysical Monograph 214. First Edition. John Wiley & Sons, Inc. 93-111, ISBN-13: 978-1119157014
Urrutia-Fucugauchi, J., Pérez-Cruz, L. 2015. Estructura interna y composición de la Tierra. In: Juaristi, E., Manzanilla Naim, L. R., (Coord). La química: el funcionamiento del universo, los seres vivos y las actividades humanas. El Colegio Nacional, 35-56. ISBN: 978-607-724-137-9. México.
Gomess Passos N.Z., Pérez-Cruz, L., Portilla-Eilert, V., Mendonça-Filho, G. 2011. Radiolários (polycictina) Holocênicos da Bacia de Paz, Golfo da Califórnia (Mar de Cortez), México. En: de Souza Carvalho I., Kumar Srivastava, N., Cunha Lana, C. (eds.) Paleontologia: Cenários de Vida. Volumen 3. 417-428. 1 ed.- Rio de Janeiro: Interciencia, Brasil. ISBN: 978-85-7193-273-9.
Pérez-Cruz, L., Herguera-García, J.C. 2011. Génesis de los sedimentos marinos en el Golfo de California: implicaciones climáticas y oceanográficas. En: Caballero M. y Ortega B. compiladoras. Escenarios de Cambio Climático: Registros del Cuaternario en América Latina vol. I: 24-46 UNAM. ISBN 978-607-02-2432-7 (obra completa) 978-607-02-2432-4 (volumen I).
Álvarez, C., Pérez-Cruz, L., 2010. Análisis de la microflora (cocolitóforos) de una secuencia de sedimentos laminados de la cuenca de La Paz, México. En: Chávez Comparan J.C. & J. Mimbela López (eds.). Avances sobre investigaciones marinas y acuícolas del Pacifico Tropical Mexicano. Facultad de Ciencias Marinas, Universidad de Colima: 58-69. ISBN: 978-970-9022-83-4.
Choumiline, K., Rodríguez-Castañeda, A.P., Silverberg, N., Choumilin, E., Aguirre-Bahena, F., Sapozhnikov, D., Pérez-Cruz, L., 2010. Arsenic and uranium in the settling particulate matter and sediments of Alfonso Basin, La Paz Bay. In: Birkle, P. & I. Torres-Alvarado (eds). Water Rock Interaction. Taylor and Francis Group, London, 333- 336. ISBN 978-0-415-60426-0.
Pérez-Cruz, L., Garza-Pérez, J.R., Renán-Galindo, X. 2010. El legado de la humanidad a los océanos. En: Rodríguez, R. & J. Martínez (eds.). Antropoceno: Relaciones Tierra Humanidad. IYPE-UNAM: 72-84 (versión digital).
Garza-Pérez. J.R., Renán-Galindo, X., Pérez-Cruz, L. 2010. Arrecifes coralinos y el hombre: Una relación en riesgo. En: Rodríguez, R. y J. Martínez (eds.). Antropoceno: Relaciones Tierra Humanidad. IYPE-UNAM: 34-54 (version digital).
Technical Reports
Gulick, S., Morgan, J., Mellett, C. L. and IODP Expedition 364 Scientists (Chenot, E., Christeson, G., Claeys, P., Cockell, C., Coolen, M.L., Ferriere, L., Gebhardt, C., Goto, K., Green, S., Jones, H., Kring, D., Lofi, J., Lowery, C., Ocampo-Torres, R., Perez-Cruz, L., Pickersgill, A., Poelchau, M., Rae, A., Rasmussen, C., Rebolledo, M., Riller, U., Sato, H., Smit, J., Tikoo, S. M., Urrutia-Fucugauchi, J., Whalen, M., Wittmann, A., Xiao, L., Yamaguchi, K., Zylberman, W., Collins, G., Bralower, T.J.) 2017. Expedition 364 Preliminary Report: Chicxulub: Drilling the K-Pg Impact Crater. International Ocean Discovery Program, doi: 10.14379/iodp.pr.364.2017
Martínez-Urtaza, J., Pérez-Cruz, L. 2017. Analysis of ancient DNA in marine sediments as a novel window into past marine ecosystems and environmental changes. Newton Fund.
Morgan, J., Gulick, S., Mellett, C. L., Green, S. L. and the Expedition 364 Scientists Chicxulub. 2017. Drilling the K-Pg Impact Crater Expedition 364 of the mission-specific drilling platform from and to Progreso, Mexico Site M0077. International Ocean Discovery Program, Tipo de trabajo: Reportes técnicos. doi: 10.14379/iodp.proc.364.201.
