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  • 2009 - Fellow, The World Academy of Sciences
  • Lisbon Academy of Sciences (Academia das Ciências de Lisboa)
  • Fellow of the Geological Society of America
  • Lisbon Academy of Sciences (Academia das Ciências de Lisboa)
  • Fellow of the Geological Society of America

Overview

Alcides N. Sial is affiliated with the Federal University of Pernambuco in Brazil and has an extensive publication record primarily in the field of Earth and Planetary Sciences, with a total of 145 publications in this domain. Their research encompasses several subfields including Geophysics, Paleontology, Geochemistry and Petrology, Artificial Intelligence, and Ecology.

The scientist's main research topics cover a broad range of geological and geochemical subjects. These include:

  • Geological and Geochemical Analysis
  • Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils
  • Geochemistry and Elemental Analysis
  • Geochemistry and Geologic Mapping
  • Geology and Paleoclimatology Research
  • Earthquake and Tectonic Studies
  • Isotope Analysis in Ecology

Alcides N. Sial has contributed to multiple journals with a notable frequency. The preferred publication venues include:

  • Journal of South American Earth Sciences
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Lithos
  • International Journal of Earth Sciences
  • Goldschmidt2021 abstracts

The scientist has worked alongside frequent coauthors, such as Valderez P. Ferreira, Luiz Drude de Lacerda, Natan Silva Pereira, Claudio Gaucher, and Mariucha Maria C. Lima.

Some of their recent published papers are:

  • Goldilocks at the dawn of complex life: mountains might have damaged Ediacaran-Cambrian ecosystems and prompted an early Cambrian greenhouse world, 2021, Scientific Reports
  • Late Pleistocene meso-megaherbivores from Brazilian Intertropical Region: isotopic diet (δ 13 C), niche differentiation, guilds and paleoenvironmental reconstruction (δ 13 C, δ 18 O), 2020, Historical Biology
  • Isotopic paleoecology (δ13C, δ18O) of a late Pleistocene vertebrate community from the Brazilian Intertropical Region, 2020, Revista Brasileira de Paleontologia
  • Population structure of the chub mackerel (Scomber colias) in the NE Atlantic inferred from otolith elemental and isotopic signatures, 2020, Fisheries Research
  • Hg Isotopes and Enhanced Hg Concentration in the Meishan and Guryul Ravine Successions: Proxies for Volcanism Across the Permian-Triassic Boundary, 2021, Frontiers in Earth Science

Alcides N. Sial has been recognized with several distinctions including being named a Fellow of The World Academy of Sciences in 2009. Additional honors include membership in the Lisbon Academy of Sciences and fellowship in the Geological Society of America.

Best Publications

  • 4.4 billion years of crustal maturation: oxygen isotope ratios of magmatic zircon

    J. W. Valley;J. S. Lackey;J. S. Lackey;A. J. Cavosie;A. J. Cavosie;C. C. Clechenko

  • Soft-sediment deformation at the base of the Neoproterozoic Puga cap carbonate (southwestern Amazon craton, Brazil): Confirmation of rapid icehouse to greenhouse transition in snowball Earth

    Afonso César Rodrigues Nogueira;Claudio Riccomini;Alcides Nóbrega Sial;Candido Augusto Veloso Moura

  • Integrated correlation of the Vendian to Cambrian Arroyo del Soldado and Corumbá Groups (Uruguay and Brazil): palaeogeographic, palaeoclimatic and palaeobiologic implications

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  • Geochemistry and genesis of the banded iron formations of the Cauê Formation, Quadrilátero Ferrífero, Minas Gerais, Brazil

    Carlos A. Spier;Sonia M.B. de Oliveira;Alcides N. Sial;Francisco J. Rios

  • Crustal Evolution and the Brasiliano Orogeny in Northeast Brazil

    R. Caby;A. N. Sial;M. Arthaud;A. Vauchez

  • Mercury anomaly, Deccan volcanism, and the end-Cretaceous mass extinction

    Eric Font;Thierry Adatte;Alcides Nobrega Sial;Luiz Drude de Lacerda

  • Stable isotope study of cave percolation waters in subtropical Brazil: Implications for paleoclimate inferences from speleothems

    Francisco W. Cruz;Francisco W. Cruz;Ivo Karmann;Oduvaldo Viana;Stephen J. Burns

  • Magma flow within the Tavares pluton, northeastern Brazil: Compositional and thermal convection

    Roberto Ferrez Weinberg;Roberto Ferrez Weinberg;Alcides Sial;R R Pessoa

  • Close spatial relationship between plutons and shear zones

    Roberto Ferrez Weinberg;Alcides Sial;Gorki Mariano

  • Geochemical and isotopic signatures of Proterozoic granitoids in terranes of the Borborema structural province, northeastern Brazil

    V.P. Ferreira;A.N. Sial;E.F. Jardim de Sá

  • GRANITE-TYPES IN NORTHEAST BRAZIL: CURRENT KNOWLEDGE

    Alcides N. Sial

  • Chromium isotopes in carbonates — A tracer for climate change and for reconstructing the redox state of ancient seawater

    R. Frei;C. Gaucher;L.N. Døssing;A.N. Sial

  • Carbon and oxygen isotope profiles across Meso-Neoproterozoic limestones from central Brazil: Bambuı́ and Paranoá groups

    R.V. Santos;C.J.S. de Alvarenga;M.A. Dardenne;A.N. Sial

  • Carbon and strontium isotope fluctuations and paleoceanographic changes in the late Neoproterozoic Araras carbonate platform, southern Amazon craton, Brazil

    Afonso C.R. Nogueira;Claudio Riccomini;Alcides N. Sial;Candido A.V. Moura

  • Mercury enrichment and Hg isotopes in Cretaceous–Paleogene boundary successions: Links to volcanism and palaeoenvironmental impacts

    A.N. Sial;Jiubin Chen;L.D. Lacerda;R. Frei

  • Chemostratigraphy of the Tamengo Formation (Corumbá Group, Brazil): A contribution to the calibration of the Ediacaran carbon-isotope curve

    Paulo C. Boggiani;Claudio Gaucher;Alcides N. Sial;Marly Babinski

  • Mercury as a proxy for volcanic activity during extreme environmental turnover: The Cretaceous–Paleogene transition

    A.N. Sial;L.D. Lacerda;V.P. Ferreira;R. Frei

  • A complete Wilson Cycle recorded within the Riacho do Pontal Orogen, NE Brazil: Implications for the Neoproterozoic evolution of the Borborema Province at the heart of West Gondwana

    Fabrício A. Caxito;Alexandre Uhlein;Elton Luiz Dantas;Ross Stevenson

  • Chemostratigraphy of the Lower Arroyo del Soldado Group (Vendian, Uruguay) and Palaeoclimatic Implications

    Claudio Gaucher;Alcides Nóbrega Sial;Gonzalo Blanco;Peter Sprechmann

  • Occurrence and Origin of Andalusite in Peraluminous Felsic Igneous Rocks

    DB Clarke;M. Dorais;B. Barbarin;D. Barker

  • Carbon and oxygen isotope geochemistry of Neoproterozoic limestones of the Shahabad Formation, Bhima basin, Karnataka, southern India

    Ramasamy Nagarajan;Alcides N. Sial;John S. Armstrong-Altrin;Jayagopal Madhavaraju

  • Granite-related ore deposits

    A. N. Sial;J. S. Bettencourt;C. P. De Campos;V. P. Ferreira

Frequent Co-Authors

Valderez P. Ferreira
Valderez P. Ferreira Federal University of Pernambuco
Márcio Martins Pimentel
Márcio Martins Pimentel University of Brasília
Robert Frei
Robert Frei University of Copenhagen
Claudio Riccomini
Claudio Riccomini Universidade de São Paulo
Marly Babinski
Marly Babinski Universidade de São Paulo
Roberto Ventura Santos
Roberto Ventura Santos University of Brasília
Manoj K. Pandit
Manoj K. Pandit University of Rajasthan
Luiz Drude de Lacerda
Luiz Drude de Lacerda Universidade Federal do Ceará
Daniel Gustavo Poiré
Daniel Gustavo Poiré National Scientific and Technical Research Council
Christoph Korte
Christoph Korte University of Copenhagen

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