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Mario Pino is affiliated with the Austral University of Chile in Chile and specializes in Earth and Planetary Sciences with an emphasis on Paleontology, Atmospheric Science, Anthropology, Earth-Surface Processes, and Geophysics. Their research contributions extend broadly across geological and paleoenvironmental topics, with a particular focus on the Pleistocene era and ancient human-environment interactions.

The scientist's research topics include:

  • Geology and Paleoclimatology Research
  • Archaeology and ancient environmental studies
  • Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology
  • Geological formations and processes
  • Earthquake and tectonic studies
  • Scarabaeidae Beetle Taxonomy and Biogeography
  • Coastal wetland ecosystem dynamics

Mario Pino has been involved in a range of published works covering these topics. Selected recent papers include:

  • "24.0 kyr cal BP stone artefact from Vale da Pedra Furada, Piauí, Brazil: Techno-functional analysis" (2021, PLoS ONE)
  • "What controls the remobilization and deformation of surficial sediment by seismic shaking? Linking lacustrine slope stratigraphy to great earthquakes in South-Central Chile" (2021, Sedimentology)
  • "Paleotsunami record of the past 4300 years in the complex coastal lake system of Lake Cucao, Chiloé Island, south central Chile" (2020, Sedimentary Geology)
  • "Disentangling factors controlling earthquake-triggered soft-sediment deformation in lakes" (2022, Sedimentary Geology)
  • "Comments on Archaeological Remains at the Monte Verde Site Complex, Chile" (2020, PaleoAmerica)

Their frequent collaborators reflect interdisciplinary approaches and include:

  • Marc De Batist
  • Maarten Van Daele
  • Roberto Urrutia
  • Jasper Moernaut
  • Antonio Pérez-Balarezo

Mario Pino's work appears regularly in several scientific venues, notably:

  • PaleoAmerica
  • Publishing Network for Geoscientific and Environmental Data (PANGAEA) (Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research)
  • Sedimentary Geology
  • Latin American Journal of Aquatic Research
  • Antiquity

Best Publications

  • Monte Verde: Seaweed, Food, Medicine, and the Peopling of South America

    Tom D. Dillehay;C. Ramírez;M. Pino;M. B. Collins

  • New Archaeological Evidence for an Early Human Presence at Monte Verde, Chile

    Tom D. Dillehay;Tom D. Dillehay;Tom D. Dillehay;Carlos Ocampo;José Saavedra;Andre Oliveira Sawakuchi

  • Assessment of ecosystem services as an opportunity for the conservation and management of native forests in Chile

    A. Lara;C. Little;R. Urrutia;J. McPhee

  • Lacustrine turbidites as a tool for quantitative earthquake reconstruction: New evidence for a variable rupture mode in south central Chile

    Jasper Moernaut;Jasper Moernaut;Maarten Van Daele;Katrien Heirman;Karen Fontijn

  • Giant earthquakes in South-Central Chile revealed by Holocene mass-wasting events in Lake Puyehue

    Jasper Moernaut;Marc De Batist;Francois Charlet;Katrien Heirman

  • A new late Pleistocene archaeological sequence in South America: the Vale da Pedra Furada (Piauí, Brazil)

    Eric Boëda;Ignacio Clemente-Conte;Michel Fontugne;Christelle Lahaye

  • A comparison of the sedimentary records of the 1960 and 2010 great Chilean earthquakes in 17 lakes: Implications for quantitative lacustrine palaeoseismology

    Maarten Van Daele;Jasper Moernaut;Jasper Moernaut;Lindsey Doom;Evelien Boes

  • Lacustrine turbidites produced by surficial slope sediment remobilization: A mechanism for continuous and sensitive turbidite paleoseismic records

    Jasper Moernaut;Jasper Moernaut;Maarten Van Daele;Michael Strasser;Michael Strasser;Michael A. Clare

  • The 600 yr eruptive history of Villarrica Volcano (Chile) revealed by annually laminated lake sediments

    M. Van Daele;J. Moernaut;J. Moernaut;G. Silversmit;S. Schmidt

  • Simple technologies and diverse food strategies of the Late Pleistocene and Early Holocene at Huaca Prieta, Coastal Peru

    Tom D. Dillehay;Steve Goodbred;Mario Pino;Víctor F. Vásquez Sánchez

  • Impact of the 1960 major subduction earthquake in Northern Patagonia (Chile, Argentina)

    Emmanuel Chapron;Daniel Ariztegui;Sandor Mulsow;Gustavo Villarosa

  • Coastal lake sediments reveal 5500 years of tsunami history in south central Chile

    Philipp Kempf;Jasper Moernaut;Jasper Moernaut;Maarten Van Daele;Willem Vandoorne

  • A late Pleistocene human presence at Huaca Prieta, Peru, and early Pacific Coastal adaptations

    Tom D. Dillehay;Tom D. Dillehay;Duccio Bonavia;Steve L. Goodbred;Mario Pino

  • Larger earthquakes recur more periodically: New insights in the megathrust earthquake cycle from lacustrine turbidite records in south-central Chile

    J. Moernaut;J. Moernaut;M. Van Daele;K. Fontijn;K. Heirman

  • Fluidization of buried mass-wasting deposits in lake sediments and its relevance for paleoseismology: Results from a reflection seismic study of lakes Villarrica and Calafquén (South-Central Chile)

    Jasper Moernaut;Marc De Batist;Katrien Heirman;Maarten Van Daele

  • Sedimentary record from Patagonia, southern Chile supports cosmic-impact triggering of biomass burning, climate change, and megafaunal extinctions at 12.8 ka

    Mario Pino;Ana M. Abarzúa;Giselle Astorga;Alejandra Martel-Cea

  • Chronology, mound-building and environment at Huaca Prieta, coastal Peru, from 13 700 to 4000 years ago

    Tom D. Dillehay;Duccio Bonavia;Steven Goodbred;Mario Pino

  • Late Quaternary environments and palaeoclimate

    Claudio Latorre;Patricio I. Moreno;Gabriel Vargas;Antonio Maldonado

  • Longshore distribution of Mesodesma donacium (Bivalvia: Mesodesmatidae) on a sandy beach of the south of Chile

    Eduardo Jaramillo;Mario Pino;Luis Filun;Marcia Gonzales

  • New Data on a Pleistocene Archaeological Sequence in South America: Toca do Sítio do Meio, Piauí, Brazil

    Éric Boëda;Roxane Rocca;Amélie da Costa;Michel Fontugne

  • Correction: New Archaeological Evidence for an Early Human Presence at Monte Verde, Chile

    Tom D. Dillehay;Carlos Ocampo;José Saavedra;Andre Oliveira Sawakuchi

Frequent Co-Authors

Roberto Urrutia
Roberto Urrutia University of Concepción
Marc De Batist
Marc De Batist Ghent University
Emmanuel Chapron
Emmanuel Chapron University of Toulouse-Jean Jaurès
Tom D. Dillehay
Tom D. Dillehay Vanderbilt University
Sebastien Bertrand
Sebastien Bertrand Ghent University
Michael Strasser
Michael Strasser University of Innsbruck
Michel Fontugne
Michel Fontugne Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines University
Nathalie Fagel
Nathalie Fagel University of Liège
Fabien Arnaud
Fabien Arnaud Université Savoie Mont Blanc
Antonio Lara
Antonio Lara Austral University of Chile

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