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Claudio Riccomini is affiliated with Universidade de São Paulo in Brazil and conducts research primarily within Earth and Planetary Sciences. Their scholarly work concentrates on several subfields, including Paleontology, Geophysics, Earth-Surface Processes, Atmospheric Science, and Geochemistry and Petrology.

The main topics addressed in their research include:

  • Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils
  • Geological and Geochemical Analysis
  • Geological formations and processes
  • Geology and Paleoclimatology Research
  • Geochemistry and Elemental Analysis
  • Geochemistry and Geologic Mapping
  • Aquatic Ecosystems and Biodiversity

Riccomini has published several recent papers, prominently featuring studies on paleoenvironmental reconstructions, microbialites, and geological provinces. Notable works include:

  • "Towards an actualistic view of the Crato Konservat-Lagerstätte paleoenvironment: A new hypothesis as an Early Cretaceous (Aptian) equatorial and semi-arid wetland" (2021, Earth-Science Reviews)
  • "Microbially induced pseudotraces from a Pantanal soda lake, Brazil: Alternative interpretations for Ediacaran simple trails and their limits" (2020, Geology)
  • "Ediacaran-Cambrian microbialites of the Southern Amazon Craton: relation with the metazoan rise, sea-level changes, and global tectonics" (2022, Brazilian Journal of Geology)
  • "Evolutionary, paleoecological, and biostratigraphic implications of the Ediacaran-Cambrian interval in West Gondwana" (2023, Geological Society of America Bulletin)
  • "The Alto Paraguay alkaline province at the border of Brazil and Paraguay: General features" (2023, Journal of South American Earth Sciences)

The primary publication venues for Riccomini's research include:

  • Journal of South American Earth Sciences
  • Brazilian Journal of Geology
  • Derbyana
  • Earth-Science Reviews
  • Geology

Collaborations have been an integral part of Riccomini's work, with frequent co-authors including Marcello Guimarães Simões, Lucas V. Warren, Rodrigo Irineu Cerri, Luís A. Buatois, and M. Gabriela Mángano. These partnerships have contributed to multiple publications, reflecting a network of active research cooperation.

Best Publications

  • O Rift Continental do Sudeste do Brasil

    Claudio Riccomini

  • Multiscale Analysis of Topographic Surface Roughness in the Midland Valley, Scotland

    C H Grohmann;M J Smith;C Riccomini

  • 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

  • SRTM-based morphotectonic analysis of the Poços de Caldas Alkaline Massif, southeastern Brazil

    Carlos Henrique Grohmann;Claudio Riccomini;Fernando Machado Alves

  • Low‐latitude and multiple geomagnetic reversals in the Neoproterozoic Puga cap carbonate, Amazon craton

    R. I. F. Trindade;E. Font;M. S. D'Agrella-Filho;A. C. R. Nogueira;A. C. R. Nogueira

  • A Complete Skull of an Early Cretaceous Sauropod and the Evolution of Advanced Titanosaurians

    Hussam Zaher;Diego Pol;Alberto B. Carvalho;Paulo M. Nascimento

  • Paleoclimate changes during the last 100,000 yr from a record in the Brazilian Atlantic rainforest region and interhemispheric comparison

    M.-P. Ledru;M.-P. Ledru;D.-D. Rousseau;F.W. Cruz;F.W. Cruz;C. Riccomini

  • The puzzle assembled: Ediacaran guide fossil Cloudina reveals an old proto-Gondwana seaway

    Lucas V. Warren;Fernanda Quaglio;Claudio Riccomini;Marcelo Simoes

  • Tectonic controls of the mesozoic and cenozoic alkaline magmatism in central-southeastern Brazilian platform

    Claudio Riccomini;Victor Velázquez Fernandez;Celso B. Gomes

  • Related changes in biodiversity, insolation and climate in the Atlantic rainforest since the last interglacial

    Marie-Pierre Ledru;Philippe Mourguiart;Claudio Riccomini

  • Post-breakup tectonics in southeast Brazil from thermochronological data and combined inverse-forward thermal history modeling

    Nathan Cogné;Nathan Cogné;Kerry Gallagher;Peter R. Cobbold;Claudio Riccomini

  • Closing the Clymene ocean and bending a Brasiliano belt: Evidence for the Cambrian formation of Gondwana, southeast Amazon craton

    E. Tohver;R.I.F. Trindade;J.G. Solum;C.M. Hall

  • Quaternary tectonics in Brazil

    Claudio Riccomini;Marcelo Assumpção

  • 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

  • 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

  • Neotectonic activity in the Serra do Mar rift system (southeastern Brazil)

    C. Riccomini;A.U.G. Peloggia;J.C.L. Saloni;M.W. Kohnke

  • Denudation history of the Bocaina Plateau, Serra do Mar, southeastern Brazil: Relationships to Gondwana breakup and passive margin development

    Silvio T. Hiruma;Claudio Riccomini;May C. Modenesi-Gauttieri;Peter Christian Hackspacher

  • ARCABOUÇO ESTRUTURAL E ASPECTOS DO TECTONISMO GERADOR E DEFORMADOR DA BACIA BAURU NO ESTADO DE SÃO PAULO

    Claudio Riccomini

  • GEOLOGIA E EVOLUÇÃO DO SISTEMA DE BACIAS TAFROGÊNICAS CONTINENTAIS DO SUDESTE DO BRASIL

    Mário Sérgio De Melo;Cláudio Riccomini;Yociteru Hasui;Fernando Flávio Marques De Almeida

  • Tectonismo gerador e deformador dos depósitos sedimentares pós-gondvânicos da porção centro-oriental do Estado de São Paulo e áreas vizinhas

    Claudio Riccomini

Frequent Co-Authors

Alcides N. Sial
Alcides N. Sial Federal University of Pernambuco
Marcello Guimarães Simões
Marcello Guimarães Simões Sao Paulo State University
Ricardo I.F. Trindade
Ricardo I.F. Trindade Universidade de São Paulo
Eric Tohver
Eric Tohver Universidade de São Paulo
Mario Luis Assine
Mario Luis Assine Sao Paulo State University
Paulo M. Vasconcelos
Paulo M. Vasconcelos University of Queensland
Bruno Turcq
Bruno Turcq Laboratoire d'Océanographie et du Climat : Expérimentations et Approches Numériques
Marie-Pierre Ledru
Marie-Pierre Ledru Institut de Recherche pour le Développement
Daniel Gustavo Poiré
Daniel Gustavo Poiré National Scientific and Technical Research Council
Umberto G. Cordani
Umberto G. Cordani Universidade de São Paulo

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