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Alonso Martinez, Belén

Direct Ph.: 932309534
Ext.: 445616
Office: B-49
• Ph.D (1986). Barcelona University
• Specialism: Marine Sedimentology
• Research topics: Deep-water sedimentary processes and deposits and stratigraphic record of the sedimentary systems with special interest in turbidite systems, contourite depositional systems, and sedimentary instabilities.
• Experience: 30 years experience in marine geology of the continental margins and basins (sediment analysis and high resolution stratigraphy). Leader of 29 projects (Plan Nacional I+D-I EU and private companies). Leader of 7 scientific cruises and participant in 35 others cruises.
Selected and/or Characteristic Publications:
B. Alonso, G. Ercilla, D. Casas, D.A.V. Stow, F.J. Rodríguez-Tovar, J. Dorador, F.J. Hernández-Molina. Contourite vs gravity-flow deposits of the Pleistocene Faro Drift (Gulf of Cadiz): Sedimentological and mineralogical approaches. 2016. Marine Geology.
M. García, F.J. Hernández-Molina, B. Alonso, J.T. Vázquez, G. Ercilla, E. Llave, D. Casas. Erosive sub-circular depressions on the Guadalquivir Bank (Gulf of Cadiz): Interaction between bottom current, mass-wasting and tectonic processes. 2016. Marine Geology.
C. Juan, G. Ercilla, F.J. Hernández-Molina, F. Estrada, B. Alonso, D. Casas, M. García, M. Farran, E. Llave, D. Palomino, J.-T. Vázquez, T. Medialdea, C. Gorini, E. D'Acremont, B. El Moumni, A. Ammar. Seismic evidence of current-controlled sedimentation in the Alboran Sea during the Pliocene and Quaternary: Palaeoceanographic implications. 2016. Marine Geology.
B. Ausín, I. Hernández-Almeida, J.-A. Flores, F.-J. Sierro, M. Grosjean, G. Francés, B. Alonso. Development of coccolithophore-based transfer functions in the western Mediterranean sea: a sea surface salinity reconstruction for the last 15.5 kyr. 2015. Climate of the Past.
G. Ercilla, C. Juan, F.J. Hernández-Molina, M. Bruno, F. Estrada, B. Alonso, D. Casas, M. Farran, E. Llave, M. García, J.T. Vázquez, E. D'Acremont, C. Gorini, D. Palomino, J. Valencia, B. El Moumni, A. Ammar. Significance of bottom currents in deep-sea morphodynamics: An example from the Alboran Sea. 2015. Marine Geology.
M. García, G. Ercilla, B. Alonso, F. Estrada, G. Jané, A. Mena, T. Alvés, C. Juan. Deep-water turbidite systems: a review of their elements, sedimentary processes and depositional models. Their characteristics on the Iberian margins. 2015. Boletín Geológico y Minero.
J. Macías, J.T. Vázquez, L.M. Fernández-Salas, J.M. González-Vida, P. Bárcenas, M.J. Castro, V. Díaz-del-Río, B. Alonso. The Al-Borani submarine landslide and associated tsunami. A modelling approach. 2015. Marine Geology.
J.T. Vázquez, B. Alonso, M.C. Fernández-Puga, M. Gómez-Ballesteros, J. Iglesias, D. Palomino, C. Roque, G. Ercilla,V. Díaz-del-Río. Seamounts along the Iberian Continental Margins. 2015. Boletín Geológico y Minero.