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Nereo Preto is affiliated with the University of Padua in Italy and has a significant research presence in Earth and Planetary Sciences. Their scholarly work primarily spans the fields of Paleontology, Geophysics, Geology, Atmospheric Science, and Geochemistry and Petrology.

The scientist's work addresses a broad set of topics including Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils, Geology and Paleoclimatology Research, Geochemistry and Elemental Analysis, Hydrocarbon exploration and reservoir analysis, as well as Geological and Geophysical Studies both regionally and worldwide.

Frequent research collaborations include partnerships with Xin Jin, Marco Franceschi, Jacopo Dal Corso, Evelyn Kustatscher, and Zhiqiang Shi.

Publications have appeared regularly in several key venues, with multiple contributions to:

  • Global and Planetary Change (5 publications)
  • Palaeogeography Palaeoclimatology Palaeoecology (4 publications)
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research) (4 publications)
  • SSRN Electronic Journal (3 publications)
  • Geological Society of America Bulletin (2 publications)

Recent papers include:

  • "Extinction and dawn of the modern world in the Carnian (Late Triassic)" (2020), published in Science Advances
  • "The Jenkyns Event (early Toarcian OAE) in the Ordos Basin, North China" (2020), published in Global and Planetary Change
  • "Technological transfers in the Mediterranean on the verge of Romanization: Insights from the waterproofing renders of Nora (Sardinia, Italy)" (2020), published in Journal of Cultural Heritage
  • "Middle Triassic lake deepening in the Ordos Basin of North China linked with global sea-level rise" (2021), published in Global and Planetary Change
  • "Rise of calcispheres during the Carnian Pluvial Episode (Late Triassic)" (2021), published in Global and Planetary Change

Best Publications

  • Triassic climates — State of the art and perspectives

    Nereo Preto;Nereo Preto;Evelyn Kustatscher;Paul B. Wignall

  • 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

  • Late Holocene annual growth in three Alpine stalagmites records the influence of solar activity and the North Atlantic Oscillation on winter climate

    Silvia Frisia;Andrea Borsato;Nereo Preto;Frank McDermott

  • Discovery of a major negative δ13C spike in the Carnian (Late Triassic) linked to the eruption of Wrangellia flood basalts

    Jacopo Dal Corso;Paolo Mietto;Robert J. Newton;Richard D. Pancost

  • 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

  • Palynological correlation of Carnian humid pulses throughout western Tethys.

    G Roghi;P Gianolla;L Minarelli;C Pilati

  • Extinction and dawn of the modern world in the Carnian (Late Triassic).

    Jacopo Dal Corso;Jacopo Dal Corso;Massimo Bernardi;Massimo Bernardi;Yadong Sun;Haijun Song

  • Discrimination between marls and limestones using intensity data from terrestrial laser scanner

    Marco Franceschi;Giordano Teza;Nereo Preto;Arianna Pesci

  • Carbon isotope records reveal synchronicity between carbon cycle perturbation and the "Carnian Pluvial Event" in the Tethys realm (Late Triassic)

    Jacopo Dal Corso;Piero Gianolla;Robert J. Newton;Marco Franceschi

  • 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

  • Middle Triassic orbital signature recorded in the shallow-marine Latemar carbonate buildup (Dolomites, Italy)

    Nereo Preto;Linda A. Hinnov;Lawrence A. Hardie;Vittorio De Zanche

  • The Carnian Pluvial Event in the Tofane area (Cortina d‘Ampezzo, Dolomites, Italy)

    A. Breda;N. Preto;G. Roghi;Stefano Furin

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

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

  • Unraveling the Origin of Carbonate Platform Cyclothems in the Upper Triassic Dürrenstein Formation (Dolomites, Italy)

    Nereo Preto;Linda A. Hinnov

  • 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 Latemar: A flat-topped, steep fronted platform dominated by microbialites and synsedimentary cements

    Alessandro Marangon;Giovanni Gattolin;G. Della Porta;Nereo Preto

  • The Jenkyns Event (early Toarcian OAE) in the Ordos Basin, North China

    Xin Jin;Zhiqiang Shi;Viktória Baranyi;David B. Kemp

  • Primary dolomite in the Late Triassic Travenanzes Formation, Dolomites, Northern Italy: Facies control and possible bacterial influence

    Nereo Preto;Anna Breda;Jacopo Dal Corso;Christoph Spötl

  • Anatomy of an Upper Triassic continental to marginal-marine system: the mixed siliciclastic-carbonate Travenanzes Formation (Dolomites, Northern Italy)

    Anna Breda;Nereo Preto

  • Sequence stratigraphy after the demise of a high-relief carbonate platform (Carnian of the Dolomites): Sea-level and climate disentangled

    G. Gattolin;N. Preto;A. Breda;M. Franceschi

Frequent Co-Authors

Manuel Rigo
Manuel Rigo University of Padua
Hildegard Westphal
Hildegard Westphal Leibniz Center for Tropical Marine Ecology
Giovanni Muttoni
Giovanni Muttoni University of Milan
Christoph Spötl
Christoph Spötl University of Innsbruck
Urs Klötzli
Urs Klötzli University of Vienna
Linda A. Hinnov
Linda A. Hinnov George Mason University
Jörn Peckmann
Jörn Peckmann Universität Hamburg
James G. Ogg
James G. Ogg Chengdu University of Technology
Silvia Frisia
Silvia Frisia University of Newcastle Australia

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