Micropaleontología marina. Paleoceanografía. Paleoclimatología.

Sierro, F.J., Flores, J.A., Civis, J., González Delgado, J.A. y Francés, G. 1993. Late Miocene globorotaliid event-stratigraphy and biogeography in the NE-Atlantic and Mediterranean. Marine Micropaleontology, 21: 143-167.

Gràcia, E., Canals, M., Farrán, M., Prieto, M.J., Sorribas, J., Acosta, J., Baraza, J., Bart, P., Calafat, A.M., Casamor, J.L., De Batist, M., Ercilla, G., Francés, G., Ramos, E., Sanz, J.L., y Tassone, A. 1996. Morphostructure and evolution of the Central and Eastern Bransfield Basins (NW Antarctic Peninsula). Marine Geophysical Researches, 18: 429-448.

Flores, J.A., Sierro, F.J., Francés, G., Vázquez, A. y Zamarreño, I. 1996. The last 100,000 years in the western Mediterranean: sea surface water and frontal dynamics as revealed by coccolithophores. Marine Micropaleontology, 29: 351-366.

Sierro, F.J., Flores, J.A., Zamarreño, I., Vázquez, A., Utrilla, R., Francés, G., Hilgen, F. y Krijgsman. W. 1999. Messinian pre-evaporite sapropels and precession-induced oscillations in western Mediterranean climate. Marine Geology, 153: 137-146.

Alejo, I., Austin, W.E.N., Francés, G. y Vilas, F. 1999. Preliminary investigations of the Recent Foraminifera of Baiona Bay, N.W. Spain. Journal of Coastal Research, 15: 413-427.

Vázquez, A., Utrilla, R., Zamarreño, I., Sierro, F.J., Flores, J.A., Francés, G. y Bárcena, M.A. 2000. Precession-related sapropelites of the Messinian Sorbas basin (South Spain). Paleoenvironmental significance. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, 158: 353-370.

Diz, P., Francés, G., Pelejero, C., Grimalt, J.O. y Vilas, F. 2002. The last 3000 years in the ria de Vigo (NW Iberian Margin): climatic and hydrographic signals. The Holocene, 12: 459-468.

Sierro, F.J., Flores, J.A., Francés, G. y Vázquez, A., Utrilla, R., Zamarreño, I., Erlenkeuser, H., & Bárcena, M.A. 2003. Orbitally-controlled oscillations in planktic communities and cyclic changes in western Mediterranean hydrography during the Messinian. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, 190: 289-316.

Diz, P., Francés, G., Costas, S., Souto, C. & Alejo, I. 2004. Distribution of benthic foraminifera in coarse sediments, Ría de Vigo, NW Iberian margin. Journal of Foraminiferal Research, 34: 258-275.

Álvarez, C., Flores, J.A., Sierro, F.J., Diz, P., Francés, G., Pelejero, C. & Grimalt, J. 2005. Millennial surface water dynamics in the Ria de Vigo during the last 3000 years as revealed by coccoliths and molecular biomarkers. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, 218: 1-13.

González Álvarez, R., Bernárdez, P., Pena, L.D., Francés, G., Prego, R., Diz, P., & Vilas, F. 2005. Paleoclimatic evolution of the Galician continental shelf (NW of Spain) during the last 3,000 years: from a storm regime to present conditions. Journal of Marine Systems, 54: 245-260.

Bernárdez, P., Prego, R., Francés, G. & González-Álvarez, R. 2005. Opal content in the Ría de Vigo and Galician continental shelf: biogenic silica in the muddy fraction as an accurated paleoproductivity proxy. Continental Shelf Research, 25: 1249-1264.

Diz, P., Francés, G. & Rosón, G. 2006. Effects of contrasting upwellling-downwelling scenarios on benthic foraminiferal distribution in the Ría de Vigo (NW Spain). Journal of Marine Systems, 60: 1-18.

Bernárdez, P., Francés, G., & Prego, R. 2006. Benthic-pelagic coupling and postdepositional processes as revealed by the distribution of opal in sediments: The case of the Ría de Vigo (NW Iberian Peninsula). Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science, 68: 271-281.

Lebreiro, S.M., Francés, G., Abrantes, F.F.G., Diz, P., Bartels-Jonsdottir, H.B., Stroynowski, Z., Gil, I.M., Pena, L.D., Rodrigues, T., Jones, P., Nombela, M.A., Alejo, I., Briffa, K.R., Harris, I & Grimalt, J.O. 2006. Climate change and coastal hydrographic response along the Atlantic Iberian margin (Tagus Prodelta and Muros Ría) during the last two millennia. The Holocene, 16: 1003-1015.

Pena, L.D., Francés, G., Diz, P., Nombela, M.A. & Alejo, I. 2007. Climate fluctuations during the Holocene in NW Iberia: High and low latitude linkages. Climate of the Past Discussions, 3: 1283–1309.

Diz, P. & Francés, G. 2008. Distribution of live benthic foraminifera in the Ría de Vigo (NW Spain). Marine Micropaleontology, 66: 165-191.

Bernárdez, P., González-Álvarez, R., Francés, G., Prego, R., Bárcena, M.A., Romero, O.E. 2008. Late Holocene history of the rainfall in the NW Iberian Peninsula—Evidence from a marine record. Journal of Marine Systems, 72: 366-382.

Bernárdez, P., Prego, R., Varela, M. & Francés, G. 2008. Diatom Thanatocoenosis in a middle Galician Ría. Spatial patterns and their relationship to the seasonal diatom Cycle in the water column and hydrographic conditions. Continental Shelf Research, 28: 2496-2508.

Bernárdez, P., González-Álvarez, R., Francés, G., Prego, R., Bárcena, M.A. & Romero, O.E. 2008. Paleoproductivity changes and upwelling variability in the Galicia Mud Patch during the last 5000 years: geochemical and microfloral evidences. The Holocene, 18: 1207-1218.

Diz, P. & Francés, G. 2009. Post-mortem processes affecting benthic foraminiferal assemblages in the Ría de Vigo, SPAIN: Implications for paleoenvironmental studies. Journal of Foraminiferal Research, 39: