Laufende Projekte

My field of work are goniatite-bearing nodular and wavy-bedded limestones of a Mississippian condensed sequence (Genicera Formation) of the Cantabrian Mountains, northwest Spain. I elaborated an overview of the lateral variations of the carbonate microlithofacies within single, mainly by conodont zones biostratigraphically delimited strata of this widespread lithostratigraphic unit. For this I sampled several outcrops of the formation all over the Cantabrian Zone and analyzed the faunistic content of each characteristic microlithofacies with special focus on agglutinating foraminifers.

Currently, as the main field work is done and the laboratory works nearly finished, I am working on the final aim to get microlithofacial patterns for the different palaeogeographical environments of the palaeozoic basin. This would eventually lead to the attainment of a corresponding model for Carboniferous pelagic limestones.