Germán Flor-Blanco

Germán Flor-Blanco is a Professor at the Department of Geology, University of Oviedo, Spain. His research focuses on coastal geomorphology, sedimentology, and environmental dynamics along the Cantabrian Sea (Bay of Biscay) and Atlantic Morocco.

• Key affiliations:
  • University of Oviedo (since 2000)
  • UNESCO IGCP 725 "Forecasting coastal change"
  • GEOTECANTÁBRICA research group (FECYT funding)

Research priorities include:

• Morphosedimentary patterns in estuaries and rocky coasts
• Anthropogenic impacts on coastal sediment budgets
• Wave-cliff interactions and slope instability
• Heavy metal pollution in estuarine sediments
• Aeolian dune field evolution
• GIS-based coastal management systems

Recent publications (2020-2025) demonstrate expertise in:

• Trace element dynamics in industrialized coasts
• Potentially toxic elements (PTEs) in Bay of Biscay
• Coastal erosion patterns under extreme storms
• Estuarine functionality assessment frameworks
• Beach-dune system interactions
• Marine sediment geochemical baselines

Technical strengths: field-based sediment analysis, ground penetrating radar (GPR) applications, multivariate statistical methods, and historical morphodynamic reconstruction.