Multidisciplinary group devoted to investigate the processes that govern the dynamics of the current and recent marine sedimentary systems using observational and modelling techniques. We address the causes and effects of natural sedimentary processes and anthropic actions in the marine environment through a multidisciplinary approach, investigating the interactions they have with biological, geochemical and physical processes. We analyze their effects on the ecosystem, their implications for the management of the marine environment and natural resources and their consequences for society. The main topics of our current research cover the morphodynamic evolution of the coast and the continental margins, and the processes of sediment erosion, transport and accumulation, both those current and those that have generated the recent sedimentary record, to contribute to improve the scientific knowledge of current global changes in marine ecosystems and their future evolution.
Research group
Ocean and Littoral Sedimentary Processes
Group members
Senior Researcher
- Research group leader
- Head of Department
Most relevant information
Destacats
Time Series of Hydrochange. Catalán continental rise. Currents, temperature, salinity, turbidity.
Time Series of the Coastal Ocean Observatory, Barcelona, Castelldefels, Vilanova I la Geltrú. Video monitoring, temperature, salinity, currents, turbidity, water samples, sediment samples, sediment grain size, nutrients, chlorophyll.
Oceanographic chuises: Abides1, Abides, 2, Abides ROV, Abides 3. Chief SAcientist: Pere Puig
Publicacions
- 2021
Evidence of large increases in sedimentation rates due to fish trawling in submarine canyons of the Gulf of Palermo (SW Mediterranean)
- 2021
Antarctic ecosystems in transition - life between stresses and opportunities
- 2021
Persistence of Biogeochemical Alterations of Deep‐Sea Sediments by Bottom Trawling
- 2021
The role of bathymetry and directional wave conditions on observed crescentic bar dynamics
- 2021
Biogenic matter content in marine sediments in the vicinity of the Antarctic Peninsula: Recent sedimentary conditions under a diverse environment of production, transport, selective preservation and accumulation
Projectes
Eco-hydrodynamics of cold water coral habitats across integrated spatial scales
Period: from 2020 to 2023Funding entity:H2020-MSCA-IF-2019Ref.:H2020-MSCA-IF-EF-CAR/0669Amount awarded:259398.72€Hydraulic Collector for Polymetallic Nodules from the Deepsea
Period: from 2019 to 2022Funding entity:H2020-EIT-RawMaterials-Kava5-2019Ref.:H2020-EIT/0530Amount awarded:452105.00€MORFODINAMICA DE PLAYAS PROTEGIDAS EN EL MEDITERRANEO FRENTE AL CAMBIO CLIMATICO OBSERVACIONES
Period: from 2019 to 2022Funding entity:PN2018 - PROY I+D+I - PROGRAMA ESTATAL DE I+D+I ORIENTADA A LOS RETOS DE LA SOCIEDAD - PLAN ESTATAL DE INVESTIGACIÓN CIENTÍFICA Y TÉCNICA Y DE INNOVACIÓN 2017-2020Principal Investigator:Guillén Aranda, Jorge B., Ocean and Littoral Sedimentary ProcessesRef.:RTI2018-093941-B-C32Amount awarded:122000.00€
Contractes
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Asesoría e interpretación de los datos de geofísica y geomorfología marinos
Period: from 2021 to 2023Funding company:Person in charge:Guillén Aranda, Jorge B., Ocean and Littoral Sedimentary ProcessesAmount:60500 € -
Manteniment, gestió i processament de les imatges de cinc càmeres de video instal-lades al terrat de la torre Mapfre de Barcelona propietat de Parcs i Jardins de Barcelona, Institut Municipal
Period: from 2020 to 2023Funding company:Person in charge:Guillén Aranda, Jorge B., Ocean and Littoral Sedimentary ProcessesAmount:68404.81 €