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”.