Inmaculada Menéndez González
Universidad de Las Palmas de Gran Canaria
Campus Universitario de Tafira
Edificio de Ciencias Básicas
35017 Las Palmas de Gran Canaria
Spain
Inmaculada Menéndez is an accomplished Earth scientist currently placing her research on the mineralogy and geochemistry of wind-blown natural dust, specifically in Saharan dust plumes, and its potential impact on human health.
- Recognition of the soils and the edaphic processes developed in volcanic and sediments substrates of the island of Gran Canaria.
- Impact of the Saharan dust in the soils of Gran Canaria.
- Study of the possible atmospheric dust deposits, defined as loess.
- Impact of the Saharan dust in the Ocean.
Recent publications
Alonso-Zarza, A.M., Rodríguez-Berriguete, A., Martín-Pérez, A., Martín-García, R., Menéndez, I., Mangas, J., 2020. Unravelling calcrete environmental controls in volcanic islands, Gran Canaria Island, Spain. Palaeogeography Palaeoclimatology Palaeoecology, 554, 109797. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.palaeo.2020.109797
Menéndez, I., Herrera-Holguín, C., Mangas, J., 2020. Upper Quaternary coastal palaeoenvironments and palaeosea levels in Las Canteras beach, Gran Canaria (Canary Islands, Spain). Marine Geology, 106322.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.margeo.2020.106322
Báez-Hernández, M., García, N., Menéndez, I., Jaramillo, A., Sánchez-Pérez, I., Santana, A., Alonso, I., Mangas, J., Hernández-León, S., 2019. Interaction of sinking behaviour of Saharan dust and lithogenic and biogenic fluxes in the Canary Basin. Scientia Marina 83:2. https://doi.org/10.3989/scimar.04877.19
Menéndez, I., Campeny, M., Quevedo-González, L., Mangas, J., Llovet, X., Tauler, E., Barrón, V., Torrent, J., Méndez-Ramos, J., 2019. Distribution of REE-bearing minerals in felsic magmatic rocks and paleosols from Gran Canaria, Spain: Intraplate oceanic islands as a new example of potential, non-conventional sources of rare-earth elements. Journal of Geochemical Exploration, 204, 270-288. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gexplo.2019.06.007
Menéndez, I., Mangas, J., Tauler, E., Barrón, V., Torrent, J., Betancort, J. F., Santana, A., Recio, J. M., Quevedo-González, L. A., Alonso, I., Méndez-Ramos, J., 2019. Aeolian influx and related environmental conditions on Gran Canaria during the early Pleistocene–ERRATUM. Quaternary Research, 91 (1), 35-50. https://doi.org/10.1017/qua.2018.64
Menéndez, I., Mangas, J., Tauler, E., Barrón, V., Torrent, J., Betancort, J.F., Santana, A., Recio, J.M. Quevedo-González, L.A., Alonso, I., Méndez-Ramos, J. 2018. Aeolian influx and related environmental conditions on Gran Canaria during the early Pleistocene. Quaternary Research, 1-16. https://doi.org/10.1017/qua.2018.64
Menéndez, I., Derbyshire, E., Carrillo, T., Caballero, E., Engelbrecht, J. P., Romero, L. E., Mayer, P. L., Rodríguez de Castro, F., Mangas, J., 2017. Saharan dust and the impact on adult and elderly allergic patients: the effect of threshold values in the northern sector of Gran Canaria, Spain. International Journal of Environmental Health Research, 27:2, 144-160. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/09603123.2017.1292496
Jaramillo-Vélez, A., Inmaculada Menéndez, I., Alonso, I., Mangas, J., Hernández-León, S., 2016. Grain size, morphometry and mineralogy of airborne input in the Canary basin: evidence of iron particle retention in the mixed layer. Sci. Mar. 80(3): 395-408. http://dx.doi.org/10.3989/scimar.04344.27A
Menendez, I., Pérez-Chacón, E., Mangas, J., Tauler, E., Engelbrecht, J. P., Derbyshire, E., Cana, L., Alonso, I., 2014. Dust deposits on La Graciosa Island (Canary Islands, Spain): texture, mineralogy and a case study of recent dust plume transport. Catena. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.catena.2013.05.007
Engelbrecht, J. P., Menendez, I., Derbyshire, E., 2013. Sources of PM2.5 impacting on Gran Canaria, Spain. Catena, 117, 119-132. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.catena.2013.06.017
Hernández-León, S., Franchy, G., Moyano, M., Menéndez, I., Schmoker, C., Putzeys, S., 2010. Carbon sequestration and zooplankton lunar cycles: Could we be missing a major component of the biological pump? Limnology and Oceanography, 55, 2503-2512. http://dx.doi.org/10.4319/lo.2010.55.6.2503
Menéndez, I., Cabrera, L., Sánchez-Pérez, I., Mangas, J., Alonso, I., 2009. Characterisation of two fluvio-lacustrine loessoid deposits on the island of Gran Canaria, Canary Islands. Quaternary International, 196 (1-2), 36-43. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.quaint.2008.05.011
Menéndez, I., Silva, P. G., Martín-Betancor, M., Pérez-Torrado, F. J., Guillou, H., Scaillet, S., 2008. Fluvial dissection, isostatic uplift, and geomorphological evolution of volcanic islands (Gran Canaria, Canary Islands, Spain). Geomorphology, 102, 189-203. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.geomorph.2007.06.022
Menéndez, I., Moreno, G., Gallardo, J. F., Saavedra, J., 2007. Hydrogeochemical balance of forest umbrisol profiles (‘Sierra de Gata’, central western Spain). Hydrological Processes, 21, 1949–1956. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/hyp.6406
Menéndez, I., Díaz-Hernández, J. L., Mangas, J., Alonso, I., Sánchez-Soto, P. J., 2007. Airborne dust accumulation and soil development in the North-East sector of Gran Canaria (Canary Islands, Spain). Journal of Arid Environments, 71, 57-81. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jaridenv.2007.03.011
Menéndez, I., Caniego, J., Gallardo, J. F., Olechko, K., 2005.Use of fractal scaling to discriminate between and macro- and meso-pore sizes in forest soils. Ecological Modelling, 182, 323-335. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2004.04.009
Menéndez, I., Gallardo, J. F., Vicente, M. A., 2003. Functional and Chemical Calibrates of Ceramic Cup Water Samplers in Forest Soils. Communications in Soil Science and Plant Analysis, 34, 1153-1175. http://dx.doi.org/10.1081/CSS-120019116
Menéndez, I., Moreno, G., Gallardo, J. F., Saavedra, J., 1995. Soil solution composition in forest soils of sierra de gata mountains, Central?Western Spain: Relationship with soil water content. Arid Soil Research and Rehabilitation, 9, 495-502. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/15324989509385915