José Mangas Viñuela


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BSc in Geological Sciences, Universidad of Salamanca (Spain) 1980, with distinction (1981) and Special Award in 1982. PhD in Sciences-Geology, University of Salamanca (1987). Lecturer in the University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria (Spain) from 1988 to 1996, and Full Professor in the same University from 1996 to present. My research fields are the Geology of the Canary Islands (ocean intraplate volcanic islands); Economic Geology-Mineral Resources (Mineralogy, Petrology and geochemistry); Geological Heritage and Geo-archeology.

Research interests: 
  • Geology of intraplate volcanic islands and seamounts (Canary Islands).
  • Geological characterization of rocky and sandy Canary coasts.

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

Galindo, I., Vegas, J., Romero, C., Llorente, M., Martín-González, E., Rubio, J.C., Díaz, G.A., Mangas, J., Mateo, E., Sánchez, N., 2019. Chapter: Geoheritage Inventory of the Lanzarote and Chinijo Islands UNESCO Global Geopark. In: Mateo, E., Martínez-Frías, J., Vegas, J. (eds) Lanzarote and Chinijo islands Geopark: From Earth to Space. (pp. 31-45). Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-13130-2_3

Galindo, I., Romero, C., Llorente, M., Rubio, J.C., Díaz, G.A., Sánchez, N., Martín-González, E., Mangas, J., Vegas, J., 2019. Chapter: Geoheritage in the Shallow Submarine Slopes of an oceanic volcanic Edifice: A New Option for Diving Geotourism. In: Mateo, E., Martínez-Frías, J., Vegas, J. (eds) Lanzarote and Chinijo islands Geopark: From Earth to Space. (pp. 85-98). Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-13130-2_6

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., 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

Campeny, M., Melgarejo, J. C., Mangas, J., Manuel, J., Gonçalves, A. O., 2016. Recent carbonatitic magmatism in Angola: the dykes of the Chiva lagoon maar. BOL. SOC. GEOL. MEX. 2017 VOL. 69 NO. 1, P. 209 ‒ 222. http://boletinsgm.igeolcu.unam.mx/bsgm/vols/epoca04/6901/(10)Campeny.pdf

Del Pino Curbelo, M., Rodríguez Rodríguez, A., Buxeda i Garrigós, J., Mangas Viñuela, J., Day, P. M., González Quintero, P., Moreno Benítez, M. A., 2016. Understanding the aboriginal ceramics of Gran Canaria (Canary Islands) through the archaeological site of La Cerera: Raw materials, Technology and function. Trabajos de prehistoria, 73(1), 90-114. http://dx.doi.org/10.3989/tp.2016.12165

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

Agudo-Bravo, L.M., Mangas, J., 2015. Main geomorphologic features in the Canary Current Large Marine Ecosystem. In: Oceanographic and biological features in the Canary Current Large Marine Ecosystem. Valdés, L. and Déniz-González, I (eds). IOC-UNESCO, Paris. IOC Technical Series, No. 115, 23-38. http://hdl.handle.net/1834/9174

Campeny, M., Kamenetsky, V. S., Melgarejo J. C., Mangas, J., Manuel, J., Alfonso, P., Kamenetsky, M. B., Bambi, A. C. J. M., Gonçalves, A. O., 2015. Carbonatitic lavas in Catanda (Kwanza Sul, Angola): Mineralogical and geochemical constraints on the parental melt. Lithos, 232, 1-11. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.lithos.2015.06.016

Mangas, J., Quevedo-González, L.A., Déniz-González, I., 2015. Oceanic intraplate volcanic islands and seamounts in the Canary Current Large Marine Ecosystem. In: Oceanographic and biological features in the Canary Current Large Marine Ecosystem. Valdés, L. and Déniz-González, I (eds). IOC-UNESCO, Paris. IOC Technical Series, No. 115, 39-51. http://hdl.handle.net/1834/9175

Campeny, M., Mangas, J., Melgarejo, J. C., Bambi, A., Alfonso, P., Gernon, T., Manuel, J., 2014. The Catanda extrusive carbonatites (Kwanza Sul, Angola): an example of explosive carbonatitic volcanism. Bull Volcanol, 76:818. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00445-014-0818-6

Fernández-Negrín, E., Cruz, N., Fernández-Cabrera, E., Peña, C., Hernández-Cordero, A. I., Pérez-Chacón, E., Hernández-Calvento, L., Mangas, J., Sánchez, I., 2011. Caracterización de Procesos Sedimentarios en la Isla de la Graciosa (Islas Canarias) mediante el seguimiento de una parcela con estación total. Avances en Geomorfología Litoral. In: I. Montoya, I. Rodríguez Santalla & M.J. Sánchez García. 23-26. http://www.urjc.es/geomorfologialitoral2011/index_archivos/libro_actas.pdf

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., 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