Palaeobiogeography of NE Atlantic archipelagos during the last Interglacial (MIS 5e): A molluscan approach to the conundrum of Macaronesia as a marine …

CS Melo, CM da Silva, D Scarponi… - Quaternary Science …, 2023‏ - Elsevier
In order to understand the complex evolutionary processes and patterns that explain current
island biodiversity, large datasets and long-term analysis are required. The Last Interglacial …

Emergence and evolution of Santa Maria Island (Azores)—The conundrum of uplifted islands revisited

RS Ramalho, G Helffrich, J Madeira, M Cosca… - …, 2017‏ - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
The growth and decay of ocean-island volcanoes are intrinsically linked to vertical
movements. While the causes for subsidence are better understood, uplift mechanisms …

[HTML][HTML] Ecology of Intertidal Rocky Shores Related to Examples of Coastal Geology across Phanerozoic Time

ME Johnson - Journal of Marine Science and Engineering, 2024‏ - mdpi.com
The boundary between land and sea is among the most extensive and extreme ecological
barriers on planet Earth. Intertidal organisms living at this junction are subject to potentially …

FEEDING TRACES OF RECENT RAY FISH AND OCCURRENCES OF THE TRACE FOSSIL PISCICHNUS WAITEMATA FROM THE PLIOCENE OF SANTA MARIA …

A Uchman, P Torres, ME Johnson, B Berning… - …, 2018‏ - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
The bowl-shaped trace fossil Piscichnus waitemata appears in Pliocene sandstones from
Santa Maria Island (Azores Archipelago), extensively excavated during a stage of island …

[HTML][HTML] The Lower Pliocene marine gastropods of Santa Maria Island, Azores: Taxonomy and palaeobiogeographic implications

C Sacchetti, B Landau, SP Avila - Zootaxa, 2023‏ - mapress.com
In this work, all the Lower Pliocene gastropod assemblages of Santa Maria Island are
revised. These all form part of the Touril Complex. Seventy-seven species are identified …

Cheilostomatida (Bryozoa) from settlement panels deployed in the Azores (central North Atlantic)

B Berning, M Wisshak - Marine Biodiversity, 2024‏ - Springer
The cheilostome Bryozoa encrusting settlement panels deployed in the Azores between 0
and 500 m, which were retrieved after a time span of 1 and 2 years, are here described and …

The marine fossil record at Santa Maria Island (Azores)

SP Ávila, RS Ramalho, JM Habermann… - Volcanoes of the Azores …, 2018‏ - Springer
Santa Maria is the oldest island of the Azores Archipelago and is remarkably rich in exposed
marine fossiliferous sediments and submarine volcanic sequences. This chapter …

Rhodolith beds and their onshore transport in Fuerteventura Island (Canary Archipelago, Spain)

AC Rebelo, E Martín-González, CS Melo… - Frontiers in Marine …, 2022‏ - frontiersin.org
Rhodoliths occur extensively around the shores of Fuerteventura Island in the Canary
Archipelago, with Lithothamnion cf. corallioides being the most prominent species. A large …

Wave‐influenced deposition of carbonate‐rich sediment on the insular shelf of Santa Maria Island, Azores

Z Zhao, NC Mitchell, R Quartau, S Moreira… - …, 2022‏ - Wiley Online Library
Formulae for sediment thresholds of motion are commonly based on flume experiments on
rounded quartz particles and it is unclear how well they predict thresholds in natural settings …

The Quaternary plant fossil record from the volcanic Azores Archipelago (Portugal, North Atlantic Ocean): a review

CA Góis-Marques, L De Nascimento… - Historical …, 2019‏ - Taylor & Francis
Plant fossils are known from the Azores Islands, yet poorly studied. We present a
comprehensive bibliographical review for the archipelago. A first pre-scientific reference …