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Nannoplankton Congress (INA 19) in Llandudno (Wales)
The 19 International Nannoplankton Association Congress took place on the coastal city of Llandudno (Wales) from September 9 until 13, 2024. The Ceratoliths are a type of calcareous nannoplankton which allow to subdivided the Messinian and the Pliocene stages. A series of works by Carlos Lancis, José Enrique Tent-Manclús and José-Abel Flores, comparing Light Microscope […]
Evolution of Amaurolithus: Amaurolithus delicatus marking the Messinian bottom
After a complete study of the sediment samples from Ocean Drilling Program (ODP) Sites 999 and 1237 in the Caribbean Sea and Eastern Pacific Ocean in order to monitor the evolution of ceratoliths. The First Occurrence of Amaurolithus delicatus marks the bottom of the Messinian Stage. The first ceratholith, A. primus, has two arms and a horseshoe […]
Origin of the ceratolith genus Amaurolithus
Sediment samples from Ocean Drilling Program (ODP) Sites 999 and 1237 in the Caribbean Sea and Eastern Pacific Ocean were studied to monitor the evolution of ceratoliths from 7.4 Ma to 6 Ma. Orthorhabdus rugosus shows high variability at the end of the Tortonian to the Early Messinian (7.35 Ma to 6.91 Ma), resulting in […]
Marine Geology field trip to Nijar and Sorbas
As the last year, students of the third course of Marine sciences of the Alicante University visit the Sorbas basin, Cabo de Gata, Hoyazo de Nijar, and Cerro del Espíritu Santo of Vera. The visit took place on 7 and 8 of November of 2019. The visit was organized by Antonio Estévez, Santiago Moliner, and […]
Alicante Messinian Group LOGO
The logo was made by Jesús M. Soria based in an eroded mediterranean margin resembling the M of Messinian. The “Paleoenviromental changes” logo is for the Research Group of the Alicante University. The Alicante Messinian Group was granted by the Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación Research Project CGL 2007 -6583 .
Members of the Alicante Messinian Group
The team leader is the Professor Jesús M. Soria of the Alicante University. Jesús Soria (in the 90’s) pointing to a palm-tree-gypsum near Benejúzar (Alicante). Team Members: Antonio Estévez Alfonso Yébenes José Antonio Pina José Enrique Tent-Manclús Ignacio Fierro José Francisco Baeza-Carratalá Alice Giannetti Hugo A. Corbi Juan J. Peral https://dctma.ua.es https://imem.ua.es
Alicante Messinian Group
This blog is the continuation of the web page of the Alicante Messinian Group. www.messinianalicante.com
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