Yolanda Sánchez-Moya
Senior Lecturer
basin analysis; global change; paleohidrology; sedimentology; stratrigraphy
0000-0002-1966-3838
BSc (1986) and PhD (1991) (Universidad Complutense de Madrid). Doctoral research addressed the sedimentological and structural controls of the Northwest Iberian Triassic basin edge, followed by postdoctoral collaborations with the Institut Français du Pétrole (France) and the Spanish Oceanographic Institute.
Senior Lecturer in Sedimentology and Stratigraphy at the Universidad Complutense de Madrid (UCM) since 1998.
Research expertise spans fluvial sedimentology, tectonics-sedimentation relationships, and palaeohydrology, with special emphasis on slackwater flood deposits as records of past hydrological change and Global Change. I have worked on the reconstruction of long-term flood histories of major Iberian rivers, integrating sedimentary analysis, geochronology, hydraulic modelling, and historical documentary sources, with direct applications to flood risk assessment and dam safety.
Current research focuses on the response of Mediterranean river systems to climate variability and land use change, informing adaptation strategies in water resource management
Publications
Benito G, Ballesteros-Cánovas JA, Bartolomé M, Corella JP, Grodek T, Machado MJ, Medialdea A, Muñoz-Torrero A, Sánchez-Moya Y, Tejedor E. 2025. Cambios en los peligros de inundación: aportaciones de los estudios de paleocrecidas. Estudios Geológicos 81(2), 1135. https://doi.org/10.3989/egeol.45727.1135
2025
2023
Benito G, Greenbaum N, Medialdea A, Calle M, Sánchez-Moya Y, Machado M, Ballesteros-Cánovas JA, Corella JP. 2023. Late Pleistocene–Holocene multi-decadal patterns of extreme floods in NW Iberia: The Duero River palaeoflood record. Quaternary Science Reviews 321, 108356. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.quascirev.2023.108356
2022
Benito G, Beneyto C, Aranda JA, Machado MJ, Francés F, Sánchez-Moya Y. 2022. Inundaciones y cambio climático: certezas e incertidumbres en el camino a la adaptación. Cuadernos de Geografía de la Universitat de València, 107: 191-216. https://doi.org/10.7203/CGUV.107.21424
2020
Benito G, Sánchez-Moya Y, Medialdea A, Barriendos M, Calle M, Rico M, Sopeña A, Machado MJ. 2020. Extreme floods in small Mediterranean catchments: Long-term response to climate variability and change. Water 12(4), 1008. https://doi.org/10.3390/w12041008
Rodríguez-Lloveras X, Machado MJ, Sánchez-Moya Y, Calle M, Medialdea A, Sopeña A, Benito G. 2020. Impacts of sediment connectivity on Holocene alluvial records across a Mediterranean basin (Guadalentín River, SE-Spain). Catena, 187, 104321. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.catena.2019.104321
2018
Machado MJ, Castillo O, Barriendos M, Calle M, Greenbaum N, Medialdea A, Sánchez-Moya Y, Benito G. 2018. Evaluación de la peligrosidad de las crecidas extraordinarias del río Duero en Zamora. In: Geomorfología del Antropoceno. García, C. et al. (eds). UIB, SEG, Palma. 355-358. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/327916613
Benito G, Aranda JA, Beneyto C, Iturbide M, Machado MJ, Calle M, Francés F, Gutiérrez JM, Medialdea A, Sánchez-Moya Y. 2018. Aproximación multidisciplinar al estudio del impacto del cambio climático en las inundaciones para la adaptación del diseño y análisis de seguridad de presas. In: Geomorfología del Antropoceno. García, C. et al. (eds). UIB, SEG, Palma. 303-306. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/328080104
2017
Machado MJ, Medialdea A, Calle M, Rico MT, Sánchez-Moya Y, Sopeña A, Benito G. 2017. Historical palaeohydrology and landscape resilience of a Mediterranean rambla (Castellón, NE Spain): Floods and people. Quaternary Science Reviews, 171: 182-198. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.quascirev.2017.07.014