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Overview

Manuel Rigo is affiliated with the University of Padua in Italy and specializes in Earth and Planetary Sciences, with a considerable focus on the subfields of Paleontology, Geophysics, Geochemistry and Petrology, Mechanics of Materials, and Atmospheric Science.

Their research covers a range of topics including Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils, Geological and Geochemical Analysis, Geochemistry and Elemental Analysis, Hydrocarbon exploration and reservoir analysis, Geology and Paleoclimatology Research, Paleontology and Evolutionary Biology, and Geological and Geophysical Studies.

Recent papers authored or co-authored by Manuel Rigo include:

  • The Late Triassic Extinction at the Norian/Rhaetian boundary: Biotic evidence and geochemical signature, 2020, Earth-Science Reviews
  • An enormous sulfur isotope excursion indicates marine anoxia during the end-Triassic mass extinction, 2020, Science Advances
  • Marine osmium isotope record during the Carnian "pluvial episode" (Late Triassic) in the pelagic Panthalassa Ocean, 2020, Global and Planetary Change
  • Mercury contents and isotope ratios from diverse depositional environments across the Triassic-Jurassic Boundary: Towards a more robust mercury proxy for large igneous province magmatism, 2021, Earth-Science Reviews
  • The asynchronous disappearance of conodonts: New constraints from Triassic-Jurassic boundary sections in the Tethys and Panthalassa, 2020, Earth-Science Reviews

Frequent co-authors in research projects include:

  • Tetsuji Onoue
  • Yixing Du
  • Yuki Tomimatsu
  • Qiangwang Wu
  • Angela Bertinelli

Manuel Rigo's work is published predominantly in the following journals:

  • Global and Planetary Change
  • Palaeogeography Palaeoclimatology Palaeoecology
  • Scientific Reports
  • Journal of Earth Science
  • Earth-Science Reviews

Best Publications

  • High-precision U-Pb zircon age from the Triassic of Italy: Implications for the Triassic time scale and the Carnian origin of calcareous nannoplankton and dinosaurs

    Stefano Furin;Nereo Preto;Manuel Rigo;Guido Roghi

  • Long-term cycles of Triassic climate change: a new δ18O record from conodont apatite

    Julie A. Trotter;Ian S. Williams;Alda Nicora;Michele Mazza

  • A rise in the Carbonate Compensation Depth of western Tethys in the Carnian (Late Triassic): Deep-water evidence for the Carnian Pluvial Event

    Manuel Rigo;Nereo Preto;Guido Roghi;Guido Roghi;Fabio Tateo;Fabio Tateo

  • Rhaetian magneto-biostratigraphy from the Southern Alps (Italy): Constraints on Triassic chronology

    Giovanni Muttoni;Dennis V. Kent;Dennis V. Kent;Flavio Jadoul;Paul E. Olsen

  • The Global Boundary Stratotype Section and Point (GSSP) of the Carnian Stage (Late Triassic) at Prati di Stuores/Stuores Wiesen Section (Southern Alps, NE Italy)

    Paolo Mietto;Stefano Manfrin;Nereo Preto;Manuel Rigo

  • Multiple negative carbon-isotope excursions during the Carnian Pluvial Episode (Late Triassic)

    Jacopo Dal Corso;Piero Gianolla;Manuel Rigo;Marco Franceschi

  • TAXONOMY AND BIOSTRATIGRAPHIC RECORD OF THE UPPER TRIASSIC CONODONTS OF THE PIZZO MONDELLO SECTION (WESTERN SICILY, ITALY), GSSP CANDIDATE FOR THE BASE OF THE NORIAN

    Michele Mazza;Manuel Rigo;Maria Gullo

  • An enormous sulfur isotope excursion indicates marine anoxia during the end-Triassic mass extinction

    Tianchen He;Jacopo Dal Corso;Jacopo Dal Corso;Robert J. Newton;Paul B. Wignall

  • Oxygen isotopic evidence for Late Triassic monsoonal upwelling in the northwestern Tethys

    Manuel Rigo;J. A. Trotter;N. Preto;I. S. Williams

  • Palaeoecology of Late Triassic conodonts: Constraints from oxygen isotopes in biogenic apatite

    Manuel Rigo;Michael M. Joachimski

  • Generic turnovers of Carnian/Norian conodonts: Climatic control or competition?

    Michele Mazza;Stefano Furin;Christoph Spötl;Manuel Rigo

  • Magnetostratigraphy, biostratigraphy, and chemostratigraphy of the Pignola-Abriola section: New constraints for the Norian-Rhaetian boundary

    Matteo Maron;Manuel Rigo;Angela Bertinelli;Miriam E. Katz

  • New biostratigraphical constraints for the Norian/Rhaetian boundary: data from Lagonegro Basin, Southern Apennines, Italy

    Nicola Giordano;Manuel Rigo;Gloria Ciarapica;Angela Bertinelli

  • The Carnian/Norian boundary interval at Pizzo Mondello (Sicani Mountains, Sicily) and its bearing for the definition of the GSSP of the Norian Stage

    A. Nicora;M. Balini;A. Bellanca;A. Bertinelli

  • The Pignola‐Abriola section (southern Apennines, Italy): a new GSSP candidate for the base of the Rhaetian Stage

    Manuel Rigo;Angela Bertinelli;Giuseppe Concheri;Giovanni Gattolin;Giovanni Gattolin

  • Geomorphology and age of the Marocche di Dro rock avalanches (Trentino, Italy)

    Susan Ivy-Ochs;Silvana Martin;Paolo Campedel;Kristina Hippe

  • The Late Triassic Extinction at the Norian/Rhaetian boundary: Biotic evidence and geochemical signature

    Manuel Rigo;Manuel Rigo;Tetsuji Onoue;Lawrence H. Tanner;Spencer G. Lucas

  • New Upper Triassic Conodont Biozonation of the Tethyan Realm

    Manuel Rigo;Michele Mazza;Viktor Karádi;Alda Nicora

  • Latest Triassic marine Sr isotopic variations, possible causes and implications

    Sara Callegaro;Manuel Rigo;Massimo Chiaradia;Andrea Marzoli

  • New magnetobiostratigraphic results from the Ladinian of the Dolomites and implications for the Triassic geomagnetic polarity timescale

    Matteo Maron;Giovanni Muttoni;Manuel Rigo;Piero Gianolla

Frequent Co-Authors

Nereo Preto
Nereo Preto University of Padua
Giovanni Muttoni
Giovanni Muttoni University of Milan
Susan Ivy-Ochs
Susan Ivy-Ochs ETH Zurich
Linda Godfrey
Linda Godfrey Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
Miriam E. Katz
Miriam E. Katz Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Dennis V. Kent
Dennis V. Kent Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory
Simonetta Cirilli
Simonetta Cirilli University of Perugia
Nicola Surian
Nicola Surian University of Padua
Ian S. Williams
Ian S. Williams Australian National University

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