Dr. Carrasco González, Rosa María

Professor
Department of Geological and Mining Engineering
Castilla La Mancha University
Spain

Biography

Rosa M. Carrasco holds a PhD in Geology from the Universidad Complutense de Madrid. Her Researcher began in 1989 in the Department of Geodynamics of Faculty of Geology (UCM), combining it with its stay in other Centers: Department of Projects and Rural Planning (ETSI de Montes, UPM), Area of ​​Techniques Geological and Geophysical Research (IGME), and the Department of Soil Conservation of the Environmental Sciences (CSIC). In 1997 she began her teaching as a Full Professor In the Department of Environment (Faculty of Sciences, UEM). In the year 2000, Incorporates the University of Castilla-La Mancha, where she alternates her work Professor with research studies and publications related to Geomorphology, Geological Risks, Physical Planning and Environmental Impact Assessment, and Restoration Of altered areas.

Research Intrest

Glacier geomorphology of mountain areas. Reconstruction of the ice masses and Estimation of paleo-ELAs, mass balances and paleotemperatures. Chronology, Morphostratigraphy and evolutionary sequence of glaciers.

List of Publications
Domínguez-Villar D, Razola L, Carrasco RM, Jennings CE, Pedraza J. Weathering phases recorded by gnammas developed since last glaciation at Serra da Estrela, Portugal. Quaternary Research. 2009 Sep 30;72(2):218-28.
David DV, Javier P, Andy B. The effect of visitors in a touristic cave and the resulting constraints on natural thermal conditions for palaeoclimate studies (Eagle cave, central Spain). Acta carsologica. 2010 Jan 1;39(3):491-502.
Domínguez-Villar D, Vázquez-Navarro JA, Carrasco RM. Mid-Holocene erosive episodes in tufa deposits from Trabaque Canyon, central Spain, as a result of abrupt arid climate transitions. Geomorphology. 2012 Aug 1;161:15-25.
Carrasco RM, Pedraza J, Domínguez-Villar D, Villa J, Willenbring JK. The plateau glacier in the Sierra de Béjar (Iberian Central System) during its maximum extent. Reconstruction and chronology. Geomorphology. 2013 Aug 15;196:83-93.