Ignacio Moreno Baños, Ldo.
Ignacio Moreno Baños, Ldo.
Fluvalps Project, PhD student
Department of Physical and Regional Geography
University of Barcelona
C/Montalegre, 6-8
E-08001 Barcelona
Spain
Phone: +34 676 521 540
E-mail: natxo.moreno@gmail.com
Ignacio Moreno Baños, Ldo.
| 2002 - 2007 | 2002 - 2007 Graduate in Geography by the University of Barcelona |
Research Interests
Quaternary landscape and geomorphology, climate variability, climatic and geological hazards, GIS.
Research areas
Swiss Alps, Pyrenees.
PhD Project
Temporal variability and geomorphic coupling of Holocene sedimentary records in alpine valleys of the Bernese Alps.
The aim of the project is the determination of the source area, sediment flux and sediment storage in alpine valleys of the Bernese Alps. The project is centred in the Lütschine basin and the temporal scale is going to be the Holocene. The Lauterbrunnen valley has a typical glacial morphology with steep walls surrounding the flat valley floor, several high waterfalls results from Pleistocene hanging valleys. The local climate is characterized by a high annual precipitation and a mean temperature typical of glacial-periglacial environments. Human activity and occupation is present in most of the area. The valley floor is cultivated for agriculture and cattle purposes.
River dynamics in the study area may strongly triggered by climate, glaciers outburst floods in the upper catchment and land uses during historical times. As the glaciers, active slope processes (debris flows, snow avalanches, rock fall, etc.) are an important source of sediment supply for the valley system.
The variability of all these factors are considered to be basic if we want to study sediment storage and flux vs. time.
Furthermore, the lithological pattern of the catchment is a keypoint to detect geomorphic processes and timing. Determining the physical and chemical properties of fan delta sediments may be useful to reconstruct the source area of the sediments.
The studies include the following activities.
- Geomorphic survey based field work on aerial photography, orthophotomaps, specialized software as ArcPad.
- Coring, sampling, geochemistry and geochronoloy.
- Determination of the subsoil lithostratigraphy and the mass accumulation rate and volume from geophysics. The use of Geographic Information Systems, combined with geophysics, permit to estimate the volume of sediments storage in the valley floors.
Schulte, L., Julià, R., Oliva, M., Burjachs, F., Veit, H., & Carvalho, F. 2008.
Sensitivity of Alpine fluvial environments in the Swiss Alps to climate forcing during the Late Holocene.
