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Kombiadou, K., Matias, A., Costas, S., Carrasco, R., Plomaritis, T., Ferreira, O. 2020. Barrier island resilience assessment: Applying the ecological principles to geomorphological data. CATENA, 194, 104755. doi.org/10.1016/j.catena.2020.104755
Herrero, X., Costas, S., Kombiadou, K. 2020. Coastal ridge constructive processes at a multi-decadal scale in Barreta Island (southern Portugal). Earth Surface Processes and Landforms, 45: 411– 423. doi.org/10.1002/esp.4742
Cabezas-Rabadán, C., Pardo-Pascual, J.E., Palomar-Vázquez, J., Ferreira, O., Costas, S. 2020. Satellite Derived Shorelines at an Exposed Meso-tidal Beach. Journal of Coastal Research, 95(sp1):1027-1031. doi.org/10.2112/SI95-200.1
Kupfer, S., Ferreira, Ó., Costas, S. 2020. Assessment of Overwash-induced Flooding at Two Beaches along the Southwest Algarve, Portugal. Journal of Coastal Research, 95(sp1):484-489. doi.org/10.2112/SI95-094.1
Roelvink, D.,Costas, S. 2019. Coupling nearshore and aeolian processes: XBeach and duna process-based models. Environmental Modelling & Software, 115, 98-112. doi.org/10.1016/j.envsoft.2019.02.010
Jackson, D.W.T., Costas, S., González-Villanueva, R., Cooper, A. 2019. A global ‘greening’ of coastal dunes: An integrated consequence of climate change?, Global and Planetary Change, 182, 103026. doi.org/10.1016/j.gloplacha.2019.103026
Kombiadou, K., Costas, S., Carrasco, R., Plomaritis, T., Ferreira, O., Matias, A. 2019. Bridging the gap between resilience and geomorphology of complex coastal systems, Earth-Science Reviews, 198,102934. doi.org/10.1016/j.earscirev.2019.102934
Jackson, D.W.T., Costas, S., Guisado-Pintado, E. 2019. Large-scale transgressive coastal dune behaviour in Europe during the Little Ice Age, Global and Planetary Change, 175, 82-91. doi.org/10.1016/j.gloplacha.2019.02.003
Naughton, F., Costas, S., Gomes, S.D., Desprat, S., Rodrigues, T., Sanchez Goñi, M.F., Renssen, H., Trigo, R., Bronk-Ramsey, C., Oliveira, D., Salgueiro, E., Voelker, A.H.L., Abrantes, F. 2019. Coupled ocean and atmospheric changes during Greenland stadial 1 in southwestern Europe, Quaternary Science Reviews, 212, 108-120. doi.org/10.1016/j.quascirev.2019.03.033
Kombiadou, K., Matias, A., Ferreira, O., Carrasco, A.R. , Costas, S., Plomaritis, T.A. 2019. Impacts of human interventions on the evolution of the Ria Formosa barrier island system (S. Portugal). Geomorphology, 343, 129-144. doi.org/10.1016/j.geomorph.2019.07.006
Ferreira, Ó., Plomaritis, T.A., Costas, S. 2019. Effectiveness assessment of risk reduction measures at coastal areas using a decision support system: Findings from Emma storm, Science of the Total Environment, 657, 124-135. doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2018.11.478
Costa, A. M., Freitas, M. da C., Leira, M., Costas, S., Costa, P. J., Andrade, C., Arias, P. 2019. The role of climate, marine influence and sedimentation rates in late-Holocene estuarine evolution (SW Portugal). The Holocene, 29(4), 622–632. doi.org/10.1177/0959683618824768
Costas, S., Ramires, M., De Sousa, L.B., Mendes, I., Ferreira, O. 2018. Surficial sediment texture database for the south-western Iberian Atlantic margin, Earth System Science Data, 10, 1185–1195. doi.org/10.5194/essd-10-1185-2018
Martinez, G., Armaroli, C., Costas, S., Harley, M. D., and Paolisso, M. 2018. Experiences and results from interdisciplinary collaboration: Utilizing qualitative information to formulate disaster risk reduction measures for coastal regions, Coastal Engineering, 134, 62-72. doi.org/10.1016/j.coastaleng.2017.09.010
Plomaritis, T. A., Costas, S., and Ferreira, Ó. 2018. Use of a Bayesian Network for coastal hazards, impact and disaster risk reduction assessment at a coastal barrier (Ria Formosa, Portugal), Coastal Engineering, 134, 134-147. doi.org/10.1016/j.coastaleng.2017.07.003
Plomaritis, T. A., Ferreira, Ó., and Costas, S. 2018. Regional assessment of storm related overwash and breaching hazards on coastal barriers, Coastal Engineering, 134, 124-133. doi.org/10.1016/j.coastaleng.2017.09.003
Kombiadou, K., Matias, A., Carrasco, R., Ferreira, Ó., Costas, S. and Vieira, G. 2018. Towards Assessing the Resilience of Complex Coastal Systems: Examples from Ria Formosa (South Portugal), Journal of Coastal Research, SI85, 646-650. doi.org/10.2112/SI85-130.1
Cumiskey, L., Priest, S., Valchev, N., Viavattene, C., Costas, S., and Clarke, J. 2018. A framework to include the (inter)dependencies of Disaster Risk Reduction measures in coastal risk assessment, Coastal Engineering, 134, 81-92. doi.org/10.1016/j.coastaleng.2017.08.009
Domingues, R. B., Costas, S., Jesus, S. N., and Ferreira, Ó.2017. Sense of place, risk perceptions and preparedness of a coastal population at risk: the case of Faro Beach, Journal of Spatial and Organizational Dynamics, 5, 163-175. http://hdl.handle.net/10400.1/10346
González-Villanueva, R., Pérez-Arlucea, M., Costas, S. 2017. Lagoon water-level oscillations driven by rainfall and wave climate. Coastal Engineering, 130, 34-45. doi.org/10.1016/j.coastaleng.2017.09.013
Ferreira, Ó., Plomaritis, T.A., Costas, S. 2017: Process-based indicators to assess storm induced coastal hazards, Earth-Science Reviews, 173, pp. 159-167. doi.org/10.1016/j.earscirev.2017.07.010
Costas, S., et al. 2016. Coastal barrier stratigraphy for Holocene high-resolution sea-level reconstruction. Scientific Reports 6: 38726. doi:10.1038/srep38726
Costas, S., Naughton, F., Goble, R., Renssen, H., 2016. Windiness spells in SW Europe since the last glacial maximum. Earth and Planetary Science Letters 436, 82-92. doi:10.1016/j.epsl.2015.12.023
Costa, P.J.M., Costas, S., González-Villanueva, R., Oliveira, M.A., Roelvink, D., Andrade, C., Freitas, M.C., Cunha, P.P., Martins, A., Buylaert, J.P. and Murray, A., 2016. How did the AD 1755 tsunami impact on sand barriers across the southern coast of Portugal? Geomorphology, 268: 296-311. doi.org/10.1016/j.geomorph.2016.06.019
Costas, S., Ferreira, O. and Martinez, G., Why do we decide to live with risk at the coast? Ocean & Coastal Management. doi: 10.1016/j.ocecoaman.2015.05.015
González-Villanueva, R., Pérez-Arlucea, M., Costas, S., Bao, R., Otero, X.L., and Goble, R., 2015, 8000 years of environmental evolution of barrier–lagoon systems emplaced in coastal embayments (NW Iberia): The Holocene. doi: 10.1177/0959683615591351
Naughton, F., Sanchez Goñi, M. F., Rodrigues, T., Salgueiro, E., Costas, S., Desprat, S., Duprat, J., Michel, E., Rossignol, L., Zaragosi, S., Voelker, A. H. L., and Abrantes, F., Climate variability across the last deglaciation in NW Iberia and its margin: Quaternary International. doi:10.1016/j.quaint.2015.08.073
Naughton, F., Keigwin, L., Peteet, D., Costas, S., Desprat, S., Oliveira, D., de Vernal, A., Voelker, A., and Abrantes, F., 2015, A 12,000-yr pollen record off Cape Hatteras — Pollen sources and mechanisms of pollen dispersion: Marine Geology, v. 367, p. 118-129. doi: 10.1016/j.margeo.2015.06.003
Costas S, Brito P, Fitzgerald D, Goble R. 2013. Climate-driven episodes of dune mobilization and barrier growth along the central coast of Portugal. In: Martini IP and Wanless, H. R. (eds) Sedimentary Coastal Zones from High to Low Latitudes: Similarities and Differences. Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 388. doi.org/10.1144/SP388.6
Font, E., Veiga-Pires, C., Pozo, M., Nave, S., Costas, S., Ruiz Muñoz, F., Abade, M., Simões, N., Duarte, S. 2013. Benchmarks and sediment source(s) of the 1755 Lisbon tsunami deposit at Boca do Rio Estuary. Marine Geology, 343(0): 1-14. doi: 10.1016/j.margeo.2013.06.008
González-Villanueva, R., Costas, S., Pérez-Arlucea, M., Jerez, S. and R. M. Trigo. 2013. Impact of Atmospheric Circulation Patterns on Coastal Dune Dynamics, NW Spain. Geomorphology, 185, 96-109. doi:10.1016/j.geomorph.2012.12.019
Rebêlo, L., Costas, S., Brito, P., Ferraz, M., Prudêncio, M. I. and Burbidge, C., 2013. Imprints of the 1755 tsunami in the Tróia Peninsula shoreline, Portugal In: Conley, D.C., Masselink, G., Russell, P.E. and O’Hare, T.J. (eds.), Proceedings 12th International Coastal Symposium (Plymouth, England), Journal of Coastal Research, Special Issue No. 65, pp. 814-819.
Costas, S., Jerez, S., Trigo, R.M., Goble, R.,Rebêlo, L. 2012. Sand invasion along the Portuguese coast forced by westerly shifts during cold climate events. Quaternary Science Reviews, 42, 15-28. doi:10.1016/j.quascirev.2012.03.008
Costas, S. and FitzGerald, D. 2011. Sedimentary architecture of a spit-end (Salisbury Beach, Massachusetts): the imprints of sea-level rise and inlet-dynamics. Marine Geology, 284, 203-216. doi:10.1016/j.margeo.2011.04.002
González-Villanueva, R., S. Costas, H. Duarte, M. Pérez-Arlucea and I. Alejo, 2011. Blowout evolution in a coastal dune: using GPR, aerial imagery and core records. Journal of Coastal Research, SI64, 278-282.
Costas, S., Muñoz Sobrino, C., Alejo, I. and Pérez-Arlucea, M. 2009. Holocene evolution of a rock-bounded barrier-lagoon system, Cíes Islands, NW Iberia. Earth Surface Processes and Landforms, 34, 1575–1586. DOI: 10.1002/esp.1849
Costas, S. and Alejo, I. 2007. Local and global influences on the evolution of a transgressive sand barrier: Cíes Barrier, Northwest Spain. Journal of Coastal Research, SI 50, p. 1121-1125.
González-Villanueva, R., Costas, S., Alejo, I. and Pérez-Arlucea, M. 2007. Morphological changes forced by the tidal cycle in a low energy estuarine beach. Journal of Coastal Research, SI 50, p. 1010-1014.
Costas, S., Alejo, I., Rial, F., Lorenzo, H. and Nombela, M.A., 2006, Cyclical evolution of a modern transgressive sand barrier in nw-spain elucidated by GPR and aerial photo. Journal of Sedimentary Research, v. 76, p. 1077-1092.
Costas, S., Alejo, I., and Nombela, M.A., 2006, Sand barrier behavior under man-induced inlet relocation. Journal of Coastal Research, SI 39, p. 428-432.
Costas, S., Alejo, I., and Nombela, M.A., 2006, The role of sediment source in beach management. A case study from Cíes Islands (NW Spain). Journal of Coastal Research, SI 39, p. 1389 – 1394.
Costas, S., Alejo, I., Vila-Concejo, A., and Nombela, M.A., 2005, Persistence of storm-induced morphology on a modal low-energy beach: A case study from NW-Iberian Peninsula. Marine Geology, v. 224, p. 43-56. doi:10.1016/j.margeo.2005.08.003
Alejo, I; Costas, S. and Vila-Concejo, A. 2005. Littoral evolution as a response to human activity: the case of two sedimentary systems in a Galician Ría. Journal of Coastal Research, SI 49 (Proceedings of the 2nd Meeting in Marine Sciences), 64–69. Valencia -– Spain, ISSN 0749-0208.
Diz, P., Frances, G., Costas, S., Souto C., and Alejo, I., 2004. Distribution of benthic foraminifera in coarse sediments, Ria de Vigo, NW Iberian margin. Journal of Foraminiferal Research, v. 34, p. 258-275.
Costas, S. et al., 2015. The Joint History of Tróia Peninsula and Sado Ebb-Delta. In: G. Randazzo, D.W.T. Jackson and J.A.G. Cooper (Editors), Sand and Gravel Spits. Coastal Research Library. Springer International Publishing, pp. 79-102. doi: 10.1007/978-3-319-13716-2_6
Costas, S., 2007. Origen y evolución del conjunto playa-duna-lagoon de Cíes (Parque Nacional Marítimo-Terrestre de las Islas Atlánticas de Galicia). Naturaleza y Parques Nacionales. Ministerio de Medio Ambiente, Madrid, 191 pp. ISBN/ISSN: 978-84-8014-724-8
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