List of works - Alejandro Cearreta

A 130 year record of pollution in the Suances estuary (southern Bay of Biscay): implications for environmental management

scientific article published on 28 August 2008

A 700 year record of combustion-derived pollution in northern Spain: tools to identify the Holocene/Anthropocene transition in coastal environments

scientific article published on 15 October 2013

A foraminifera-based transfer function as a tool for sea-level reconstructions in the southern Bay of Biscay

scientific article published in 2008

Accretion rates in coastal wetlands of the southeastern Gulf of California and their relationship with sea-level rise

scholarly article by Ana Carolina Ruiz-Fernández et al published 4 March 2016 in The Holocene

Agricultural fingerprints in salt-marsh sediments and adaptation to sea-level rise in the eastern Cantabrian coast (N. Spain)

article

An evaluation of the Rouse theory for sand transport in the Oka estuary, Spain

Analisis micropaleontológico e interpretación paleoecológica del relleno sedimentario holoceno en el estuario del Bidasoa (Golfo de Bizkaia)

scientific article published in 1994

Anthropogenic disruptions of the sedimentary record in coastal marshes: Examples from the southern Bay of Biscay (N. Spain)

article

Anthropogenic impacts on Iberoamerican coastal areas: Historical processes, present challenges, and consequences for coastal zone management

Assessing the performance of a foraminifera-based transfer function to estimate sea-level changes in northern Portugal

article

Author Correction: Extraordinary human energy consumption and resultant geological impacts beginning around 1950 CE initiated the proposed Anthropocene Epoch

correction of a scholarly article

Benthic foraminifera as indicators of habitat change in anthropogenically impacted coastal wetlands of the Ebro Delta (NE Iberian Peninsula).

scientific article

Benthic foraminifera as indicators of habitat in a Mediterranean delta: implications for ecological and palaeoenvironmental studies

scientific article published in October 2016

Can nuclear weapons fallout mark the beginning of the Anthropocene Epoch?

article published in 2015

Chemostratigraphic and lithostratigraphic signatures of the Anthropocene in estuarine areas from the eastern Cantabrian coast (N. Spain)

article

Colonization of the Americas, ‘Little Ice Age’ climate, and bomb-produced carbon: Their role in defining the Anthropocene

Development of a foraminifera-based transfer function in the Basque marshes, N. Spain: Implications for sea-level studies in the Bay of Biscay

article

Distribution of foraminifera in salt marshes along the Atlantic coast of SW Europe: Tools to reconstruct past sea-level variations

scientific article

Environmental regeneration processes in the Anthropocene: The Bilbao estuary case (northern Spain)

scholarly article by María Jesús Irabien published in October 2018

Environmental transformation of the Bilbao estuary, N. Spain: microfaunal and geochemical proxies in the recent sedimentary record.

scientific article published in June 2002

Extraordinary human energy consumption and resultant geological impacts beginning around 1950 CE initiated the proposed Anthropocene Epoch

scholarly article

Field observations and modelling of Holocene sea-level changes in the southern Bay of Biscay: implication for understanding current rates of relative sea-level change and vertical land motion along the Atlantic coast of SW Europe

article by Eduardo Leorri et al published May 2012 in Quaternary Science Reviews

Geochemical and microfaunal proxies to assess environmental quality conditions during the recovery process of a heavily polluted estuary: the Bilbao estuary case (N. Spain).

scientific article published on 8 April 2008

Geological record of extreme floods and anthropogenic impacts on an industrialised bay: The inner Abra of Bilbao (northern Spain)

scientific article published on 15 August 2019

Geology and Palaeoceanography

scientific article published in 2004

Historical signature of Roman mining activities in the Bidasoa estuary (Basque Country, northern Spain): an integrated micropalaeontological, geochemical and archaeological approach

article

Holocene environmental development of the Bilbao estuary, northern Spain: sequence stratigraphy and foraminiferal interpretation

article

Holocene environmental evolution and relative sea-level change in the Oka estuary (Urdaibai Biosphere Reserve, northern Spain)

scientific article published in 2023

Human activities along the Basque coast during the last two centuries: geological perspective of recent anthropogenic impact on the coast and its environmental consequences

scientific article published in 2004

Lateglacial and Holocene coastal evolution in the Minho estuary (N Portugal): Implications for understanding sea-level changes in Atlantic Iberia

article

Lateglacial and Holocene environmental changes in Portuguese coastal lagoons 2: microfossil multiproxy reconstruction of the Santo André coastal area

article

Making the case for a formal Anthropocene Epoch: an analysis of ongoing critiques

Micropalaeontological record of Holocene estuarine and marine stages in the Corgo do Porto rivulet (Mira River, SW Portugal)

article

Morphodynamic consequences of dredging and dumping activities along the lower Oka estuary (Urdaibai Biosphere Reserve, southeastern Bay of Biscay, Spain)

article

POSTGLACIAL FORAMINIFERA AND PALEOENVIRONMENTS OF THE MELIDES LAGOON (SW PORTUGAL): TOWARDS A REGIONAL MODEL OF COASTAL EVOLUTION

article

Palaeoenvironmental interpretation of Holocene coastal sequences in the southern bay of Biscay

scientific article published in 1993

Planetary‐scale change to the biosphere signalled by global species translocations can be used to identify the Anthropocene

scientific article published in 2022

Quantitative assessment of the salinity gradient within the estuarine systems in the southern Bay of Biscay using benthic foraminifera

Quaternary of the Western Pyrenean region: Multidisciplinary Research

scholarly article

Recent Anthropogenic Impacts on the Bilbao Estuary, Northern Spain: Geochemical and Microfaunal Evidence

article

Recent Salt Marsh Development and Natural Regeneration of Reclaimed Areas in the Plentzia Estuary, N. Spain

article

Recent environmental evolution of regenerated salt marshes in the southern Bay of Biscay: Anthropogenic evidences in their sedimentary record

scholarly article by Alejandro Cearreta et al published January 2013 in Journal of Marine Systems

Recent sea-level changes in the southern Bay of Biscay: transfer function reconstructions from salt-marshes compared with instrumental data

scholarly article by Eduardo Leorri & Alejandro Cearreta published 16 March 2009 in Scientia Marina

Reconstructing historical trends in metal input in heavily-disturbed, contaminated estuaries: studies from Bilbao, Southampton Water and Sicily

article published in 2003

Record of anthropogenic activities on the coastal environments of Iberoamerica (Antropicosta)

Relative sea-level changes in the Basque coast (northern Spain, Bay of Biscay) during the Holocene and Anthropocene: The Urdaibai estuary case

article

Relative sea-level rise in the Basque coast (N Spain): Different environmental consequences on the coastal area

article

Sand-spit accumulations at the mouths of the eastern Cantabrian estuaries: The example of the Oka estuary (Urdaibai Biosphere Reserve)

scholarly article

Sediment supply, transport and deposition: contemporary and Late Quaternary evolution

scientific article published in 2004

Stratigraphic and Earth System approaches to defining the Anthropocene ⬇️

scientific article published in August 2016

The Anthropocene is functionally and stratigraphically distinct from the Holocene

scientific article

The Anthropocene: Comparing Its Meaning in Geology (Chronostratigraphy) with Conceptual Approaches Arising in Other Disciplines

scientific article

The Anthropocene: a conspicuous stratigraphical signal of anthropogenic changes in production and consumption across the biosphere

article

The Mendieta site (Sopelana, Biscay province, northern Spain): Palaeoenvironment and formation processes of a Lower Palaeolithic open-air archaeological deposit

article

The Oyambre coastal terrace: a detailed sedimentary record of the Last Interglacial Stage in northern Iberia (Cantabrian coast, Spain)

scientific article

The Working Group on the Anthropocene: Summary of evidence and interim recommendations

Scholarly article, 2017

The geological cycle of plastics and their use as a stratigraphic indicator of the Anthropocene

Tribute to Lydia Zapata

scientific article

When did the Anthropocene begin? A mid-twentieth century boundary level is stratigraphically optimal

scientific article (publication date: October 2015)

List of works by Alejandro Cearreta

A 130 year record of pollution in the Suances estuary (southern Bay of Biscay): implications for environmental management

A 700 year record of combustion-derived pollution in northern Spain: tools to identify the Holocene/Anthropocene transition in coastal environments

A foraminifera-based transfer function as a tool for sea-level reconstructions in the southern Bay of Biscay

Accretion rates in coastal wetlands of the southeastern Gulf of California and their relationship with sea-level rise

Agricultural fingerprints in salt-marsh sediments and adaptation to sea-level rise in the eastern Cantabrian coast (N. Spain)

An evaluation of the Rouse theory for sand transport in the Oka estuary, Spain

Analisis micropaleontológico e interpretación paleoecológica del relleno sedimentario holoceno en el estuario del Bidasoa (Golfo de Bizkaia)

Anthropogenic disruptions of the sedimentary record in coastal marshes: Examples from the southern Bay of Biscay (N. Spain)

Anthropogenic impacts on Iberoamerican coastal areas: Historical processes, present challenges, and consequences for coastal zone management

Assessing the performance of a foraminifera-based transfer function to estimate sea-level changes in northern Portugal

Author Correction: Extraordinary human energy consumption and resultant geological impacts beginning around 1950 CE initiated the proposed Anthropocene Epoch

Benthic foraminifera as indicators of habitat change in anthropogenically impacted coastal wetlands of the Ebro Delta (NE Iberian Peninsula).

Benthic foraminifera as indicators of habitat in a Mediterranean delta: implications for ecological and palaeoenvironmental studies

Can nuclear weapons fallout mark the beginning of the Anthropocene Epoch?

Chemostratigraphic and lithostratigraphic signatures of the Anthropocene in estuarine areas from the eastern Cantabrian coast (N. Spain)

Colonization of the Americas, ‘Little Ice Age’ climate, and bomb-produced carbon: Their role in defining the Anthropocene

Development of a foraminifera-based transfer function in the Basque marshes, N. Spain: Implications for sea-level studies in the Bay of Biscay

Distribution of foraminifera in salt marshes along the Atlantic coast of SW Europe: Tools to reconstruct past sea-level variations

Environmental regeneration processes in the Anthropocene: The Bilbao estuary case (northern Spain)

Environmental transformation of the Bilbao estuary, N. Spain: microfaunal and geochemical proxies in the recent sedimentary record.

Extraordinary human energy consumption and resultant geological impacts beginning around 1950 CE initiated the proposed Anthropocene Epoch

Field observations and modelling of Holocene sea-level changes in the southern Bay of Biscay: implication for understanding current rates of relative sea-level change and vertical land motion along the Atlantic coast of SW Europe

Geochemical and microfaunal proxies to assess environmental quality conditions during the recovery process of a heavily polluted estuary: the Bilbao estuary case (N. Spain).

Geological record of extreme floods and anthropogenic impacts on an industrialised bay: The inner Abra of Bilbao (northern Spain)

Geology and Palaeoceanography

Historical signature of Roman mining activities in the Bidasoa estuary (Basque Country, northern Spain): an integrated micropalaeontological, geochemical and archaeological approach

Holocene environmental development of the Bilbao estuary, northern Spain: sequence stratigraphy and foraminiferal interpretation

Holocene environmental evolution and relative sea-level change in the Oka estuary (Urdaibai Biosphere Reserve, northern Spain)

Human activities along the Basque coast during the last two centuries: geological perspective of recent anthropogenic impact on the coast and its environmental consequences

Lateglacial and Holocene coastal evolution in the Minho estuary (N Portugal): Implications for understanding sea-level changes in Atlantic Iberia

Lateglacial and Holocene environmental changes in Portuguese coastal lagoons 2: microfossil multiproxy reconstruction of the Santo André coastal area

Making the case for a formal Anthropocene Epoch: an analysis of ongoing critiques

Micropalaeontological record of Holocene estuarine and marine stages in the Corgo do Porto rivulet (Mira River, SW Portugal)

Morphodynamic consequences of dredging and dumping activities along the lower Oka estuary (Urdaibai Biosphere Reserve, southeastern Bay of Biscay, Spain)

POSTGLACIAL FORAMINIFERA AND PALEOENVIRONMENTS OF THE MELIDES LAGOON (SW PORTUGAL): TOWARDS A REGIONAL MODEL OF COASTAL EVOLUTION

Palaeoenvironmental interpretation of Holocene coastal sequences in the southern bay of Biscay

Planetary‐scale change to the biosphere signalled by global species translocations can be used to identify the Anthropocene

Quantitative assessment of the salinity gradient within the estuarine systems in the southern Bay of Biscay using benthic foraminifera

Quaternary of the Western Pyrenean region: Multidisciplinary Research

Recent Anthropogenic Impacts on the Bilbao Estuary, Northern Spain: Geochemical and Microfaunal Evidence

Recent Salt Marsh Development and Natural Regeneration of Reclaimed Areas in the Plentzia Estuary, N. Spain

Recent environmental evolution of regenerated salt marshes in the southern Bay of Biscay: Anthropogenic evidences in their sedimentary record

Recent sea-level changes in the southern Bay of Biscay: transfer function reconstructions from salt-marshes compared with instrumental data

Reconstructing historical trends in metal input in heavily-disturbed, contaminated estuaries: studies from Bilbao, Southampton Water and Sicily

Record of anthropogenic activities on the coastal environments of Iberoamerica (Antropicosta)

Relative sea-level changes in the Basque coast (northern Spain, Bay of Biscay) during the Holocene and Anthropocene: The Urdaibai estuary case

Relative sea-level rise in the Basque coast (N Spain): Different environmental consequences on the coastal area

Sand-spit accumulations at the mouths of the eastern Cantabrian estuaries: The example of the Oka estuary (Urdaibai Biosphere Reserve)

Sediment supply, transport and deposition: contemporary and Late Quaternary evolution

Stratigraphic and Earth System approaches to defining the Anthropocene ⬇️

The Anthropocene is functionally and stratigraphically distinct from the Holocene

The Anthropocene: Comparing Its Meaning in Geology (Chronostratigraphy) with Conceptual Approaches Arising in Other Disciplines

The Anthropocene: a conspicuous stratigraphical signal of anthropogenic changes in production and consumption across the biosphere

The Mendieta site (Sopelana, Biscay province, northern Spain): Palaeoenvironment and formation processes of a Lower Palaeolithic open-air archaeological deposit

The Oyambre coastal terrace: a detailed sedimentary record of the Last Interglacial Stage in northern Iberia (Cantabrian coast, Spain)

The Working Group on the Anthropocene: Summary of evidence and interim recommendations

The geological cycle of plastics and their use as a stratigraphic indicator of the Anthropocene

Tribute to Lydia Zapata

When did the Anthropocene begin? A mid-twentieth century boundary level is stratigraphically optimal