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Mário Cachão is affiliated with the University of Lisbon in Portugal and has contributed extensively to the field of Earth and Planetary Sciences. Their research encompasses various subfields including Paleontology, Oceanography, Atmospheric Science, Ecology, and Archaeology. The focus of their work spans multiple main topics, such as Evolution and Paleontology Studies, Geology and Paleoclimatology Research, Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology, Paleontology and Evolutionary Biology, Marine and Coastal Ecosystems, Marine Biology and Ecology Research, and Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils.

Recent papers authored or co-authored by Mário Cachão include:

  • First tracks of newborn straight-tusked elephants (Palaeoloxodon antiquus), 2021, Scientific Reports
  • The earliest evidence of deep-sea vertebrates, 2023, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Environmental drivers of size changes in lower Jurassic Schizosphaerella spp, 2021, Marine Micropaleontology
  • Response of coccolithophore communities to oceanographic and atmospheric processes across the North- and Equatorial Atlantic, 2023, Frontiers in Marine Science
  • Aurochs roamed along the SW coast of Andalusia (Spain) during Late Pleistocene, 2022, Scientific Reports

Their collaborations include frequent co-authorship with the following researchers:

  • Carlos Neto de Carvalho
  • Zaín Belaústegui
  • Fernando Muñíz
  • Pedro P. Cunha
  • João Belo

Mário Cachão's work is regularly published in several scientific venues, including:

  • Scientific Reports
  • Journal of Iberian Geology
  • Journal of Nannoplankton Research
  • Frontiers in Marine Science
  • Quaternary Science Reviews

Best Publications

  • Coccolithus pelagicus, a productivity proxy related to moderate fronts off Western Iberia

    M Cachão;M.T Moita

  • Sediment sources and sedimentation processes of 2011 Tohoku-oki tsunami deposits on the Sendai Plain, Japan — Insights from diatoms, nannoliths and grain size distribution

    Witold Szczuciński;Mikołaj Kokociński;Michał Rzeszewski;Catherine Chagué-Goff;Catherine Chagué-Goff

  • Definition of the Portuguese frameworks with international relevance as an input for the European geological heritage characterisation

    J. B. Brilha;César Andrade;Ana Azerêdo;Fernando Barriga

  • THALASSINOIDES AND ITS PRODUCER: POPULATIONS OF MECOCHIRUS BURIED WITHIN THEIR BURROW SYSTEMS, BOCA DO CHAPIM FORMATION (LOWER CRETACEOUS), PORTUGAL

    Carlos Neto De Carvalho;Pedro Andrade Viegas;Mário Cachão

  • Morphometry of Coccolithus pelagicus s.l. (Coccolithophore, Haptophyta) from offshore Portugal, during the last 200 kyr.

    Aurea Parente;Mario Cachão;Karl-Heinz Baumann;Lucia de Abreu

  • On the presence of Allosaurus fragilis (Theropoda: Carnosauria) in the Upper Jurassic of Portugal: first evidence of an intercontinental dinosaur species

    B. P. Pérez-Moreno;D. J. Chure;C. Pires;C. Marques Da Silva

  • Pliocene and Quaternary depositional model of the Algarve margin contourite drifts Gulf of Cadiz, SW Iberia; seismic architecture, tectonic control and paleoceanographic insights

    C. Roque;H. Duarte;P. Terrinha;V. Valadares

  • Checklist of the Pleistocene marine molluscs of Praínha and Lagoínhas (Santa Maria Island, Azores).

    Sérgio P. Ávila;Rui G. Amen;José M. N. Azevedo;Mário Cachão

  • Mass extinctions in the Azores during the last glaciation: fact or myth

    Sérgio P. Ávila;Patrícia Madeira;Nuno Mendes;Ana Rebelo

  • Palaeoecology of the Pleistocene (MIS 5.5) outcrops of Santa Maria Island (Azores) in a complex oceanic tectonic setting

    Sérgio P. Ávila;Patricia Madeira;Caridad Zazo;Andreas Kroh

  • A Bacia do Algarve: estratigrafia, paleogeografia e tectónica

    P. Terrinha;R. Rocha;J. Rey;M. Cachão

  • The emergence of volcanic oceanic islands on a slow‐moving plate: The example of Madeira Island, NE Atlantic

    Ricardo S. Ramalho;Ricardo S. Ramalho;António Brum da Silveira;Paulo E. Fonseca;José Madeira

  • Micropalaeontological record of Holocene estuarine and marine stages in the Corgo do Porto rivulet (Mira River, SW Portugal)

    María Alday;Alejandro Cearreta;Mário Cachão;M. Conceição Freitas

  • Lateglacial and Holocene environmental changes in Portuguese coastal lagoons 2: microfossil multiproxy reconstruction of the Santo André coastal area

    Alejandro Cearreta;Mário Cachão;M. Cristina Cabral;Roberto Bao

  • Sediment and pollutant transport in the Northern Gulf of Cadiz: A multi-proxy approach

    R. Gonzalez;M.F. Araújo;D. Burdloff;M. Cachão

  • Late winter coccolithophore bloom off central Portugal in response to river discharge and upwelling

    Catarina Guerreiro;Anabela Oliveira;Henko de Stigter;Mário Cachão

  • Palaeoecology, taphonomy, and preservation of a lower Pliocene shell bed (coquina) from a volcanic oceanic island (Santa Maria Island, Azores)

    Sérgio P. Ávila;Ricardo S. Ramalho;Jörg M. Habermann;Rui Quartau;Rui Quartau

  • Local disappearance of bivalves in the Azores during the last glaciation

    Sérgio P. Ávila;Patrícia Madeira;C. Marques da Silva;Mário Cachão

  • Trypanites ichnofacies: Palaeoenvironmental and tectonic implications. A case study from the Miocene disconformity at Foz da Fonte (Lower Tagus Basin, Portugal)

    Ana Santos;Eduardo Mayoral;Carlos Marques da Silva;Mário Cachão

  • Nannofossils in 2011 El Hierro eruptive products reinstate plume model for Canary Islands

    Kirsten Zaczek;Valentin R. Troll;Mario Cachao;Jorge Ferreira

  • Nutrient-specific responses of a phytoplankton community: a case study of the North Atlantic Gyre, Azores

    J. Barcelos e Ramos;Kai G. Schulz;Maren Voss;Áurea Narciso

  • Coccolithus pelagicus subsp. pelagicus versus Coccolithus pelagicus subsp. braarudii (Coccolithophore, Haptophyta): A proxy for surface subarctic Atlantic waters off Iberia during the last 200 kyr

    Aurea Narciso;Mario Cachão;Lucia de Abreu

  • Rhodoliths, uniformitarianism, and Darwin: Pleistocene and Recent carbonate deposits in the Cape Verde and Canary archipelagos

    Markes E. Johnson;B. Gudveig Baarli;Mário Cachão;Carlos M. da Silva

Frequent Co-Authors

Markes E. Johnson
Markes E. Johnson Williams College
Pedro Terrinha
Pedro Terrinha Instituto Português do Mar e da Atmosfera
César Andrade
César Andrade University of Lisbon
José Madeira
José Madeira University of Lisbon
Pedro P. Cunha
Pedro P. Cunha University of Coimbra
Valentin R. Troll
Valentin R. Troll Uppsala University
Andreas Kroh
Andreas Kroh Natural History Museum Vienna
Nevio Zitellini
Nevio Zitellini Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche - CNR
Henko de Stigter
Henko de Stigter Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research
Ricardo M. Trigo
Ricardo M. Trigo University of Lisbon

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