Isabel Montoya Montes
Universidad de Las Palmas de Gran Canaria
Campus Universitario de Tafira
Edificio de Ciencias Básicas
35017 Las Palmas de Gran Canaria
Spain
Isabel Montoya Montes, geologist (Univ. Complutense de Madrid), completed her MSc in marine geomorphology, at Univ. Complutense de Madrid in collaboration with the Spanish Institute of Oceanography, and her PhD in coastal geology and littoral risk assessment, at Univ. Rey Juan Carlos (Madrid, Spain), where she became Lecturer. In 2014, she moved to São Paulo (Brazil), and obtained a permanent position as Assistant Professor at Oceanographic Institute (University of São Paulo). From the second half of 2016 she is part of the teaching team in the Marine Sciences Faculty at Univ. de Las Palmas de Gran Canaria. Isabel has led research projects related to marine geomorphology and sedimentary processes on the continental shelf using geophysical techniques and collecting sediment cores. Moreover, she has participated in several projects analysing the geomorphological evolution of coastal sedimentary systems (dunes and beaches), through GPS-D topographic surveys and GIS geospatial analysis.
- Coastal processes and coastal geomorphology
- Marine geomorphology and marine sedimentation
- Geographic Information Systems in coastal and marine environments
Recent publications
Rodríguez-Santalla, I., Gomez-Ortiz, D., Martín-Crespo, T., Sánchez, M.J., Montoya-Montes, I., Martín-Velázquez, S., Barrio, F., Serra, J., Ramírez-Cuesta, J. M., Gracia, F. J., 2021. Study and Evolution of the Dune Field of La Banya Spit in Ebro Delta (Spain) Using LiDAR Data and GPR. Remote Sens, 13, 802. https://doi.org/10.3390/rs13040802
de Mahiques, M.M., Lobo, F.J., Schattner, U., López-Quirós, A., Rocha, C.B., .Dias, R.J.S., Montoya-Montes. I., Vieira, A.C.B. 2021. Geomorphological imprint of opposing ocean bottom currents, a case study from the southeastern Brazilian Atlantic margin a https://doi.org/10.1016/j.margeo.2021.106715
Montoya-Montes, I., Sánchez-García, M. J., Alonso, I., Casamayor, M., Rodríguez Santalla, I., 2019. Rocky Coast in Catalonia. The Spanish Coastal Systems, 93-113. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-93169-2_5
Sánchez-García, M. J., Montoya-Montes, I., Casamayor, M., Alonso, I., Rodríguez-Santalla, I., 2019. Coastal Dunes in the Ebro Delta. The Spanish Coastal Systems, 611-630. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-93169-2_26
Alonso, I., Casamayor, M., Sánchez García, M. J., Montoya-Montes, I., 2019. Classification and Characteristics of Beaches at Tenerife and Gran Canaria Islands. The Spanish Coastal Systems, 361-383. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-93169-2_16
Alonso I., Casamayor M., Sánchez-García M.J., Montoya-Montes I., 2019. Chapter 16 - Classification and Characteristics of Beaches at Tenerife and Gran Canaria Islands. In: Morales J. (eds) The Spanish Coastal Systems. (pp. 361-383). Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-93169-2_16
Montoya-Montes I., Sánchez-García M.J., Alonso I., Casamayor M., Santalla I.R., 2019. Chapter 5 - Rocky Coast in Catalonia. In: Morales J. (Ed.) The Spanish Coastal Systems. (pp. 93-113). Springer, Cham https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-93169-2_5
Sánchez-García M.J., Montoya-Montes I., Casamayor M., Alonso I., Rodríguez-Santalla I., 2019. Chapter 26 - Coastal Dunes in the Ebro Delta. In: Morales J. (Ed.) The Spanish Coastal Systems. (pp.611-630). Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-93169-2_26
Vieira, I., Lobo, F.J., Montoya Montes, I., Siegle, E., Passos, J.L., Michaelovitch, M., 2017. A non-deltaic clinoform wedge fed by multiple sources off São Sebastião Island, southeastern Brazilian Shelf. Geo-Marine Letters (2017), 1-19. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00367-017-0516-4
Mahiques, M.M., Hanebuth, T.J.J., Martins, C.C., Montoya-Montes, I., Alcántara-Carrió, J., Figueira, R.C.L, Bícego, M.C., 2016. Mud depocentres on the continental shelf: a neglected sink for anthropogenic contaminants from the coastal zone. Environmental Earth Sciences, 75: 44 (1-12).
https://doi.org/10.1007/s12665-015-4782-z
Weschenfelder, J.,Klein, A. H. F., Green, A. N., Aliotta, S., Mahiques, M. M., Neto, A.A., Terra, L. C., Montoya-Montes, I., Ginsberg, S. S., Griep, G. H., 2016. The control of palaeo-topography in the preservation of shallow gas accumulation: examples from Brazil, Argentina and South Africa. Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science,172: 93-107. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecss.2016.02.005
Yamashita, C., Nagai, R.H., Martins, M.V.A., Vicente, T.M., Sousa, S.H.M., Frontalini, F., Palóczy, A., Mahiques, M.M., Godoi, S.S., Montoya-Montes, I., Figueira, R.C.L., 2016. On the interplay between hydrodynamics, bottom morphology, sedimentary processes and benthic foraminifera assemblages in the São Paulo Bight (Brazil, SW Atlantic). Journal of Sedimentary Environments, 1: 334-355. http://dx.doi.org/10.12957/jse.2016.25990
Martín Crespo, T., Gomez Ortiz, D., Martín Velázquez, S., Escribí, J. M., de Ignacio San José, C., Sánchez García, M. J., Montoya Montes, I., Martín, F., 2015. Abandoned mine tailings in cultural itineraries: Don Quixote Route (Spain). Engineering Geology, 197, 82-93. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.enggeo.2015.08.008
Albarracín, S., Alcántara-Carrió, J., Montoya-Montes, I., Fontán-Bouzas, A., Somoza, L., Amos, C.L., Rey Salgado, J., 2014. Relict sand waves in the continental shelf of the Gulf of Valencia (Western Mediterranean). Journal of Sea Research, 93, 33-46. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.seares.2013.12.014
Alcantara-Carrio, J., Fontán Bouzas, A., Albarracín, S., Correa, I., Montoya-Montes, I., Mahiques, M., 2014. Geomorphological coastal classifications after natural processes and human disturbance. Oceanography: Open Access Journal, 2: 1000e108. http://dx.doi.org/10.4172/2332-2632.1000e108
Alcántara-Carrió, J., Albarracín, S., Montoya-Montes, I., Flor-Blanco, G., Fontán, A., Rey, J., 2013. An indurated Pleistocene coastal barrier on the inner shelf of the Gulf of Valencia (western Mediterranean): evidence for a prolonged relative sea-level stillstand. Geo-Marine Letters, 33, 209-216. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00367-012-0316-9
Fontán, A., Alcántara-Carrió, J., Barranco, A., Rey, J., Montoya-Montes, I., Albarracín, S., Díaz de Rada, J.R., Rey-Salgado, J., 2013. Distribution and thickness of sedimentary facies in the coastal dune, beach and nearshore sedimentary system at Maspalomas, Canary Islands. Geo-Marine Letters, 33, 117-127. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00367-012-0313-z
Montoya-Montes, I., Rodríguez-Santalla, I., Sánchez-García, M.J., Alcántara-Carrió, J., Martín-Velazquez, S., Gómez-Ortiz, D., Martín-Crespo, T., 2012. Mapping of landslide susceptibility of coastal cliffs: the Mont-Roig del Camp case study. Geologica Acta, 10(4), 439-455. http://dx.doi.org/10.1344/105.000001776
Gómez-Ortiz, D., Martín-Crespo, T., Rodríguez, I., Sánchez-García, M.J., Montoya-Montes, I., 2009. The internal structure of modern barchan dunes of the Ebro River Delta (Spain) from ground penetrating radar. Journal of Applied Geophysics, 68(2), 159-170. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jappgeo.2008.11.007
Rodríguez, I., Montoya-Montes, I. Sánchez-García, M.J., Carreño, F., 2009. Geographic Information Systems applied to Integrated Coastal Zone Management. Geomorphology, 107, 100-105 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geomorph.2007.05.023
Rodríguez, I., Sánchez-García, M.J., Montoya-Montes, I., Gómez-Ortiz, D., Martín-Crespo, T., Serra, J., 2009. Internal structure of the aeolian sand dunes of El Fangar spit, Ebro Delta (Tarragona, Spain). Geomorphology, 104, 238-252. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geomorph.2008.08.017
Muñoz, A., Ballesteros, M., Montoya-Montes, I., Rivera, J., Acosta, J., Uchupi, E., 2008. Alboran Basin, Southern Spain. Part I: Geomorphology. Marine and Petroleum Geology, 25(1), 59-73. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2007.05.003