Person: Canales Fernández, María Luisa
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First Name
María Luisa
Last Name
Canales Fernández
Affiliation
Universidad Complutense de Madrid
Faculty / Institute
Ciencias Geológicas
Department
Geodinámica, Estratigrafía y Paleontología
Area
Paleontología
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Item Accessible Geoparks in Iberia: a Challenge to Promote Geotourism and Education for Sustainable Development(Geoheritage, 2019) Henriques, María Helena Paiva; Canales Fernández, María Luisa; García Frank, Alejandra; Gómez Heras, MiguelThis work aims at providing an overview regarding accessibility conditions for people with functional diversity among the 15 UNESCO Global Geoparks (UGGs) located in the Iberian Peninsula—4 in Portugal and 11 in Spain—from the point of view of a disabled user wishing to visit a geopark. Website information and a questionnaire composed of closed and multiple choice questions directly administrated to the geopark managers were used aiming at inquiring about facilities provided to people requiring adapted access conditions, including mobility, vision, hearing and cognitive dimensions of access both under the aim of geotourism activities or in the frame of educational programmes. Results show that Iberian UGGs display several facilities for the development of geotourism and education that meet the needs of people with functional diversity. Accessibility facilities to receive people with physical impairments are common, but sensory and communication access facilities are scarce. Geoparks’ websites generally lack information concerning facilities for special groups, and the web design does not meet the needs of people that have difficulties with written word and speech. The constraints on implementation of programmes aimed at disabled visitors can be partially overcome if geoparks’ leaders seek to integrate partners that currently develop activities for persons with disabilities. Geodivulgar (an innovation project from the Complutense University) and Science without Barriers (an association; Ciencia sin Barreras in Spanish) are pioneer initiatives for the outreach of geology among people with functional diversity in Spain, which currently develops activities and resources that can be of great help to enlarge the geoparks’ offer about geotouristic tours and/or educational programmes for disabled visitors. The acquired experience at the Basque Coast UGG can be of great help for other partners of the UGG Network to fully fulfil their roles as agents of sustainable development through geotourism and education for all.Item Foraminifera from the Aalenian and the Bajocian GSSP (Middle Jurassic) of Murtinheira section (Cabo Mondego, West Portugal): Biostratigraphy and paleoenvironmental implications(Marine micropaleontology, 2008) Canales Fernández, María Luisa; Henriques, María Helena PaivaThe detailed study of benthic foraminifera in 28 samples from Late Toarcian–Aalenian–Early Bajocian hemipelagic sediments of the Murtinheira section (Cabo Mondego, Lusitanian Basin, West Portugal), has permitted the recognition of the assemblage composition and the analysis of their evolution throughout this time interval. The representatives of the Suborder Lagenina dominate all the assemblages and, in the majority of them, the most abundant species is Lenticulina münsteri. The Late Toarcian and Early Aalenian assemblages are very similar. From the Comptum Subzone, a gradual replacement of the Early Jurassic forms by characteristic Middle Jurassic taxa takes place. During the Late Aalenian–Early Bajocian interval, a significant number of last occurrences (LOs) of taxa are recorded. The assemblages composition, the estimation of the relative taxa abundances and the data obtained from the calculation of several diversity indexes, together with the previous sedimentological and paleontological works in this area, indicate that these assemblages were developed in a shelfal basin environment. This platform showed normal marine salinity values, good oxygenation and was always located above calcite compensation depth (CCD). However, the environmental conditions were not always the best for the development of rich and diverse foraminiferal assemblages. These conditions were probably unstable during the Late Toarcian (Aalensis Subzone)–Early Aalenian (lower part of the Comptum Subzone). From the Comptum Subzone to the lower part of the Limitatum Subzone (Late Aalenian), conditions were more stable and more favourable for the development of foraminiferal communities. However, in the Aalenian–Bajocian transition the environmental conditions changed again and affected the development of this group. In the Limitatum Subzone a decrease in the diversity of the assemblages was recorded. This fact seems to be related to a global perturbation in the carbon-cycle that could have affected the foraminifera, together with other marine and continental organism groups.Item Response of benthic foraminiferal assemblages to contrasting environments during the Aalenian–Bajocian in the Iberia: a case study from the Talveila section (Iberian Range) and Murtinheira section (Lusitanian Basin)(Journal of Iberian Geology, 2018) Hernández, L.; Canales Fernández, María Luisa; Henriques, María Helena PaivaThis paper analyses the composition of the foraminiferal assemblages recorded in two different depositional contexts located in Iberia for the lower Aalenian–lower Bajocian stratigraphical interval: the Talveila section, corresponding to proximal facies within the Iberian Basin (NE Spain), and the Murtinheira section representing distal facies within the Lusitanian Basin (Western Portugal). The obtained specimens (10,736 in total) correspond to 6 suborders, 10 superfamilies, 16 families and 30 genera in Talveila, and 6 suborders, 9 superfamilies, 14 families and 26 genera in Murtinheira. Several biostratigraphic units based on the foraminiferal record and accurately calibrated with the ammonite record were recognized in both sections. Moreover, bioevents based on the first or last appearances of a taxon, significant changes in the abundance of one or several taxa or noticeable changes in diversity of the assemblages were also identified. The palaeoecological analysis shows that the foraminiferal assemblages from both sections were developed in a well-oxygenated and normal salinity shelf environment. The application of diversity indexes indicates that the paleoenvironmental conditions did not remain constant throughout the studied stratigraphic interval; changes recognized in both sections are similar, coeval and correspond to three intervals representing paleoenvironmental conditions more or less favourable for the development of the foraminiferal assemblages. As so, despite the different paleogeographical locations, the development of the assemblages in both sections during the Early Aalenian–Early Bajocian seem to have been conditioned by environmental changes of regional scale, which affected at the same time both the Iberian and the Lusitanian basins.Item Benthic foraminiferal assemblages across the Aalenian–Bajocian boundary in the Iberian and Basque-Cantabrian basins (North Spain)(Palaeobiodiversity and Palaeoenvironments, 2019) Silva, Silvia; Canales Fernández, María Luisa; Henriques, María Helena Paiva; Ureta Gil, María SoledadThe aim of this work is to describe the benthic foraminiferal assemblages recorded across the Aalenian–Bajocian boundary (Middle Jurassic) in two sections of the Iberian and Basque-Cantabrian basins (North Spain), well calibrated with the standard ammonite zonation, in order to establish a biostratigraphic scale based on the foraminiferal record, and to infer the palaeoecological conditions that affected their development. A total of 29 samples were collected in the studied sections, and the composition of the foraminiferal assemblages recorded throughout the studied stratigraphic interval was analysed using the stratigraphic distribution of the identified species, the quantitative data obtained through the estimation of relative abundances and the calculation of several diversity indexes. The studied assemblages are moderately abundant and diverse, and they are constituted by a total of 5435 specimens, corresponding to 5 suborders, 13 families, 25 genera and 51 species. Their composition displays close similarities to those already described for the Jurassic carbonate platforms of the Boreal Realm (Type-A), Boreal Atlantic subdivision. For the studied stratigraphic interval, it was recognised the Lenticulina quenstedti Foraminiferal Zone, in which the recorded assemblages developed in intermediate part of a marine platform environmental conditions, well oxygenated and with normal salinity. In the Aalenian–Bajocian transition, it was possible to identify a sharp decrease in the abundance and diversity of the foraminiferal assemblages that has also been recognised in other coeval basins of the Iberian Plate palaeomargin, thus representing a bioevent of the Northern Hemisphere.- Project number: 83
Item GEODIVULGAR: Geología y Sociedad(2021) García Frank, Alejandra; Canales Fernández, María Luisa; Muñoz García, María Belén; González Acebrón, Laura; Rodríguez García, Sergio; Alonso Zarza, Ana María; Martínez Gutiérrez, Gemma; Herrero Domínguez, Santiago; Cózar Maldonado, Pedro; Calonge García, María Amelia; Gómez Heras, Miguel; Fraguas Herráez, Ángela Raquel; Henriques, María Helena Paiva; Coronado Vila, Ismael; Díaz Megías, Isabel; Alonso Recio, Carlos; Navarro Terrón, Esther; Alonso García, Rocío; Sánchez Fontela, Noelia; Gamarra González, Jesus; Mateos Carralafuente, José Ricardo; Acedo Peñato, Abel; García Peco, Víctor; Ozkaya de Juanas, Senay Amalia; Sanz Pérez, Danae; Cambronero García-Miguel, Irene; Galán Casado, José Miguel; Chiri Pérez, Oliver; Gómez-Escalonilla Canales, Víctor; Oliete Puertas, Elena; García Osuna, David; Vega Carricondo, Alejandro; Martín Aguilar, Lourdes; Carvajal de Lago, Alba María; Corbalán García, Judit; Portales Núñez, Killian; Montesinos del Valle, Mercedes; Gamallo Paz, Isabel; Armendáriz Sanz, Andrés; Vitón García, Íñigo; Salas Herrera, Javier; Cervilla Muros, Miguel Ángel; Iglesias Álvarez, Núria; Hontecillas Tamayo, Daniel; Pérez Garrido, Carlos; Fesharaki, Omid; Díez García, Irene Pilar; Rodrigo Sanz, Ana; del Moral González, Begoña; Mediato Arribas, José Francisco; Pérez Martín del Campo, Daniel; Chicote Alvira, Gabriel; López Martín, Valle; Campos Millán, Eduardo; Fajardo Portera, Pilar; Nacenta Torres, Pablo; Rodríguez García de Castro, Isabel; Salazar Ramirez, Roselis Waikiria