Maria Conceição Freitas
Profile
Research Group: RG2 – Ocean, coastal and land surface processes
Position at IDL: Researcher
Job: Full Professor
Email: cfreitas@fc.ul.pt
Telephone Number: (351) 93-626-4758
Extension: 26347
Room: 6.3.47
Academic Degree and field of specialization:
BSc – 1984; MSc – 1991; PhD – 1996; “Agregação” – 2005
Field of specialization – Coastal Geology
Scientific Informations
ORCID: http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2616-6637
Researcher ID: http://www.researcherid.com/rid/E-4762-2010
Google Scholar: https://scholar.google.pt/citations?user=UGUHMXwAAAAJ&hl=pt-PT
Scientific Interests
Main Interests:
Coastal Geology, Geomorphology, Sedimentology, Quaternary Geology, Paleoenvironmental Reconstruction, Estuaries and lagoons,
Management and Environmental studies, Impact of Climate Change
Top 10 Publications:
Ruiz-Fernández, J.; Oliva, M.; Cruces, A.; Lopes, V.; Freitas, M.C.; Andrade, C.; García-Hernández, C.; López-Sáez, J.A.; Geraldes, M. (2016) – Environmental evolution in the Picos de Europa (Cantabrian Mountains, SW Europe) since the Last Glaciation. Quaternary Science Reviews, 138: 87-104. DOI: 10.1016/j.quascirev.2016.03.002
Moreira, S.; Costa, P.J. M.; Andrade, C.; Lira, C.P.; Freitas, M.C.; Oliveira, M.A. & Reichart, G.-J. (2017) – High resolution geochemical and grain-size analysis of the AD 1755 tsunami deposit: insights into the inland extent and inundation phases. Marine Geology, 390: 94-105. DOI:10.1016/j.margeo.2017.04.007
Moreno, J.; Fatela, F.; Leorri, E.; Moreno, F.; Gonçalves, M.A.; Gómez-Navarro, J-J.; M.F. Araújo; M.F., Freitas, M.C.; R.M. Trigo R.M. & Blake, W.H. (2019) – Foraminiferal evidence of major environmental changes driven by the sun-climate coupling in the western Portuguese coast (14th century to present). Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science, 218: 106-118 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecss.2018.11.030
Leira, M.; Freitas, M.C.; Ferreira, T.; Cruces, A.; Connor, S.; Andrade, C.; Lopes, V. & Bao, R. (2019) – Holocene sea level and climate interactions on wet dune slack evolution in SW Portugal. A model for future scenarios? The Holocene, 29(1), 26-44. doi:10.1177/0959683618804633
Vigliotti, L.; Andrade, C.; Freitas, M.C.; Capotondi, L.; Gallerani, A. & Bellucci, L. (2019) – Paleomagnetic, rock magnetic and geochemical study of the 1755 tsunami deposit at Boca do Rio (Algarve, Portugal). Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, 514, 550–566. doi: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2018.10.030.
Costa, A.M.; Freitas, M.C.; Leira, M.; Costas, S.; Costa, P.J.M.; Andrade, C.; Bao, R.; Duarte, J.; Rodrigues, A.; Cachão, M.; Araújo, A.C.; Diniz, M. & Arias, P. (2019) – The role of climate, marine influence and sedimentation rates in Late Holocene estuarine evolution (SW Portugal). The Holocene. doi: 10.1177/0959683618824768
Moreira, S.; Freitas, M.C.; Andrade, C. & Bertin, X. (2019) – Processes controlling morphodynamics of artificially breached barriers. Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science, 225. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecss.2019.05.013
Santos; A.I.; Oliveira, A.; Carinhas, D.; Pinto, J.P.; Zacarias, N. & Freitas, M.C. (2020) – The acoustic properties of in-situ measured suspended sediments and their implications on concurrent ADCP response – Case studies of the Portuguese inner shelf. Marine Geology, 419. doi.org/10.1016/j.margeo.2019.106079
Masqué, P.; Russo, A.; Cunha, A.; Inácio, M. & Blake, W.H. (2023) - Dating recent tidal marsh sediments using windborne giant particles of green petcoke – an example from the southwest coast of Portugal. Continental Shelf Research, 262. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.csr.2023.105026
Projects (10 most relevant):
CLIMARES – “Long-term assessment of climate induced regime shifts in Coastal Areas” FCT Project (PTDC/CTA – GEO/28412/2017). October 2018 – September 2021.
UNTIeD: UNlocking the megaTsunamI Deadlock: using the near-source impacts to constrain tsunami generation by volcanic flank collapses. FCT- Project. August 2018 – July 2021.
– AQUASado – Sustainable aquaculture in the Sado estuary. Project Mar2020 – 1 September 2017 – 31 August 2020.
– Protectinvad – Protection against invasive species in coastal lagoons. Project Mar2020 – January 2019- December 2021.
– PaleoNaz – Paleoenvironmental Evolution of the Nazaré coastal plain since the Lateglacial. 2007–2010, Contract PTDC/CTE-GEX/65789/2006, FCT.
– DETI – Dynamics of ephemeral tidal inlets. 2008–2011, Contract PTDC/MAR/65585/2006, FCT.
– MorFeed – Morphodynamic feedback of estuarine margins to climate change. Contract PTDC/AACAMB/100092/2008, FCT.
NEAREST – Integrated Observations from Nearshore Sources of Tsunamis: towards an Early Warning System. Financed by European Union (2006 -2009). Responsible – Nevio Zittellini, University of Bologna; national participation: FFCUL.
Local versus global forcing and evolution of coastal lagoons and estuaries of SW Portugal since the Lateglacial, 2000/2003, Contract PRAXIS/PDTCM/P/MAR/15231/99, FCT.
Reconstructing the holocene evolution of lagoonal systems of the SW Portugal. 1997/2000. PRAXIS/PCNA/P/CTE/12/96. FCT
Books & Chapters (up to 10):
Zourarah, B.; Andrade, C.; Maanan, M.; Freitas, M.C.; Alaoui, A.M.; Taborda, R.; Mehdi, K. & Robin, M. (2015) – Tidal Inlet Dynamics and Relocation in Response to Artificial Breaching. M. Maanan, M. Robin (eds.), Sediment Fluxes on Coastal Areas, Coastal Research Library 10, Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht, 167-189. DOI 10.1007/978-94-017-9260-8_8
Andrade, C.; Freitas, M.C.; Oliveira, M. A. & Costa, P. J. M. (2016) – On the sedimentological and historical evidences of seismic-triggered tsunamis on the Algarve coast of Portugal. AGU Books, Plate boundaries and natural hazards. American Geophysical Union & Wiley: 219-238. ISBN: 978-1-119-05397-2
Costa, P. J. M.; Oliveira, M. A.; González-Villanueva, R.; Andrade, C. & Freitas, M.C. (2016) – Imprints of the AD 1755 tsunami in Algarve (South Portugal) lowlands and post-impact recovery. In: Tsunami and Earthquakes in Coastal Environments Significance and Restoration. Edited by Vicente Santiago-Fandino, H. Tanaka and Michaela Spiske, Springer. Coastal Research Library 14, 17-30. DOI 10.1007/978-3-319-28528-3_2; E.book: ISBN 978-3-319-28528-3; harcopy: ISBN 978-3-319-28526-9
Costa, A.M.; Freitas, M.C.; Lopes, V.; Bugalhão, J.; Cascalho, J.; Andrade, C. & Rocha, A. (2018) – As praias fluvio-estuarinas da Idade do Ferro e Período Romano da Baixa de Lisboa, Portugal, in Bernardes, J.P., Etchvarne, C., Lopes, M.C. & Costa, C., (Eds.) – Arqueologia Urbana em Centros Históricos. Universidade do Algarve – Centro de Estudos em Arqueologia, Artes e Ciências do Património, 256-273.
Costa, P.J. M.; Gelfenbaum, G.; Dawson, S.; La Selle, S.; Milne, F.; Cascalho, J.; Lira, C.P.; Andrade, C.; Freitas, M.C. & Jaffe, B. (2018) – The application of microtextural and heavy mineral analysis to discriminate storm and tsunami deposits. Scourse, E. M., Chapman, N. A., Tappin, D. R. &Wallis, S. R. (eds) 2018. Tsunamis: Geology, Hazards and Risks. Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 456, 167–190. doi:10.1144/SP456.7
Dinis, P.; Freitas, M.C. & Santos, P.P. (2019) – Sedimentos. Capítulo 3. Rios de Portugal – Comunidades, processos e alterações. Feio, M. J. & Ferreira, V. (Eds), Imprensa da Universidade de Coimbra, pp. 51-73. doi:10.14195/978-989-26-1624-7. ISBN 978-989-26-1623-0
Costa, A.M; Freitas, M.C.; Mota, R.; Leira, M.; Andrade, C.; Pimentel, N.; Araújo, A.C.; Bao, R.; Diniz, M. & Arias, P. (2019) – Sado palaeovalley configuration: implications for the Mesolithic settlement during the Holocene sea-level rise. In Roque, A., Brito, C., and Veracini, C. (Eds.): People, Nature and Environments: Learning to live together. Part 4 – Landscape and Heritage, Chapter thirteen. Cambridge Schoolar Publishing, 176-194.
Conferences (last 15 presentations):
International Union for Quaternary Research (INQUA), Dublin, July 2019 “Late Mesolithic occupation in a Holocene changing landscape: a multi-proxy analysis of sediments from the Sado alluvial plain, SW Portugal”.
“Evolution of Lisbon riverine area (Portugal) using multi-proxy analysis on sediments collected on the northern margin of the Tagus estuary” 8th European Coastal Lagoons Symposium, 20-23 March 2018, Athens, Greece
“Impact of myticulture in a small partly closed lagoon – the case of Lagoa de Albufeira (Portugal)”.
“The role of the barrier efficiency in the Holocene sedimentation of the Santo André lagoon (SW Portugal)”.
“Lagoonal water exchange as consequence of artificial opening of tidal inlets: twenty years of monitorization in three Portuguese lagoons (ALbufeira, Melides and SAnto André)”.
IX Reunion of Iberian Quaternary, 19 – 23 October 2017, Faro
“Evolution of the Sado estuary limit over the last 8400 years: implications for the Mesolithic communities”. General Assembly of the European Geosciences Union, EGU2015 – A voyage through scales, Viena (Áustria) -12 to 17 April 2015
“Contamination of sediments and water of a wet dune slack (SW Portugal)”. ECSA54 – Coastal Systems under change: tunning assessment and management tools, Sesimbra 2014
“Morphosedimentary changes in intertidal estuarine environments at different timescales”.