A5009873042- Coastal and Marine Dynamics
- Aeolian processes and effects
- Geology and Paleoclimatology Research
- Coastal wetland ecosystem dynamics
- Geological formations and processes
- Tropical and Extratropical Cyclones Research
- Flood Risk Assessment and Management
- Soil erosion and sediment transport
- Geological and Geophysical Studies Worldwide
- Archaeological and Historical Studies
- Coastal and Marine Management
- earthquake and tectonic studies
- Maritime and Coastal Archaeology
- Disaster Management and Resilience
- Archaeological and Geological Studies
- Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena
- Satellite Image Processing and Photogrammetry
- Aquatic Ecosystems and Biodiversity
- Marine and environmental studies
- Inertial Sensor and Navigation
- UAV Applications and Optimization
- Remote Sensing in Agriculture
- Urbanism, Landscape, and Tourism Studies
- Biocrusts and Microbial Ecology
- Remote Sensing and LiDAR Applications
University of Algarve
2015-2024
KLE Society Hospital
2018
Sir Ganga Ram Hospital
2018
National Laboratory of Energy and Geology
2009-2016
Universidade de Vigo
2005-2011
Boston University
2011
Birkbeck, University of London
2010
In the context of global climate change and sea-level rise, coastal dunes are often important elements in response to storm wave surge impacts on lowlands. Vegetation cover, turn, has profound dune morphology storm-buffering function; it binds existing sediment, promotes fresh sediment accumulation thereby increases volume crest elevation where a sediment-plant interaction plays out with vegetation growth attempting out-pace vertical accumulation. A analysis shows that cover increased...
Abstract The uncertainties surrounding present and future sea-level rise have revived the debate around changes through deglaciation mid- to late Holocene, from which arises a need for high-quality reconstructions of regional sea level. Here, we explore stratigraphy sandy barrier identify best indicators provide new reconstruction central Portuguese coast over past 6.5 ka. selected represent morphological features extracted coastal stratigraphy, beach berm dune-beach contact. These were...
The Little Ice Age is the most noted climatological event in recent history with dramatic consequences for a large part of western European coastal landscape. A major morphological feature associated this presence large-scale transgressive dune fields that actively advanced inland, encroaching, some cases, human settlements and directly affecting communities. Several hypotheses exist to explain formation such features, which purport increased storminess, sea-level changes, or activities as...
Coastal dunes result from complex interactions between sand transport, topography and vegetation. However, uncertainty still persists due to limited quantitative analyses, integrating plant distribution morphologic changes. This study aims assess the initiation maintenance of feedback processes by analysing early development stages incipient foredunes, combining data on evolution cover communities dune morphology. Over three years, monitoring a newly formed (1 ha plot) reveals progressive...
Standardizing the signature of tsunami deposits has been identified as a major limitation for identification paleo-tsunami deposits. This mostly arises from strongly source-dependent nature these deposits, which in turn determines their composition and depositional architecture, effect local morphology corresponding environment. Here, we provide new high-resolution mineralogical, geochemical micro/macrofauna data 1755 layer Boca do Rio estuary (Algarve, Portugal) with aim unraveling...
Coastal dunes, formed and shaped by aeolian sediment transport, play a crucial role in ecosystem services act as natural flood coastal erosion defenses. This paper delves into theoretical equations numerical models predicting transport. Numerical like cellular automata, XBeach-DUNA, the dune model, others are analyzed for their ability to simulate morphology, processes, vegetation impacts accurately. Evaluated field observation measurement techniques, such sand traps, impact sensors, optical...
Understanding the spatial and temporal variation of shoreline position is key to both research engineering projects contributing an efficient management coast. Accelerated climate change its related impacts can further destabilize coastal systems, highlighting need for studies that quantify evolution,  while discussing application satellite remote sensing datasets GIS methods coastline extraction, mapping, analysis along regional coasts.The Gulf Cadiz brimming with human...
Increasing pressure on the coastal zone, driven by urbanization and related adoption of hard engineering protection structures, has frequently contributed to a gradual amplification beach erosion. This is case Vale do Lobo (Algarve, Portugal), where sand retention caused Quarteira groin field Vilamoura jetties led soft cliff recession reduction width downdrift (Teixeira, 2019). To mitigate these effects, an artificial nourishment program along with monitoring plan have been implemented...
Short-term beach morphodynamics are typically modelled solely through storm-induced erosion, disregarding post-storm recovery. Yet, the full cycle of profile response is critical to simulating and understanding over longer temporal scales. The XBeach model calibrated using topographic profiles from a reflective (Faro Beach, in S. Portugal) during after incidence fierce storm (Emma) that impacted area early 2018. Recovery all three showed rapid steepening beachface significant recovery eroded...
Research Article| October 01, 2004 DISTRIBUTION OF BENTHIC FORAMINIFERA IN COARSE SEDIMENTS, RÍA DE VIGO, NW IBERIAN MARGIN Paula Diz; Diz * 1Departamento de Xeociencias Mariñas e Ordenación do Territorio *E-mail: pauladiz@uvigo.es Search for other works by this author on: GSW Google Scholar Guillermo Francés; Francés Susana Costas; Costas Carlos Souto; Souto 2Departamento Física da Terra, Universidad Vigo. Facultad Ciencias. Campus Lagoas-Marcosende, 36200 Vigo, Spain. Irene Alejo...