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Argentina
2023

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Citations
4118
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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2023 - Research.com Earth Science in Argentina Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Earth Science in Argentina Leader Award

Overview

Sergio A. Marenssi is affiliated with the University of Buenos Aires in Argentina and specializes in Earth and Planetary Sciences. Their research encompasses a range of subfields including Earth-Surface Processes, Paleontology, Geophysics, Atmospheric Science, and Mechanics of Materials. The scientist's work spans various topics such as geological formations and processes, geological and geochemical analyses, paleontology and fossil stratigraphy, geology and paleoclimatology, hydrocarbon exploration, reservoir analysis, geochemistry, geologic mapping, and plant diversity and evolution.

The scientist has contributed to several frequent publication venues, with the highest number of papers appearing in the Journal of South American Earth Sciences, followed by the Journal of Sedimentary Research. Other venues include Cretaceous Research, Palynology, and Ameghiniana.

  • Journal of South American Earth Sciences
  • Journal of Sedimentary Research
  • Cretaceous Research
  • Palynology
  • Ameghiniana

Among recent publications, the scientist has authored works covering topics from fossil woods to paleoclimate and tectonic controls in geological basins. Some notable recent papers are:

  • Brachyoxylon fossil woods with traumatic resin canals from the Upper Cretaceous Cerro Fortaleza Formation, southern Patagonia (Santa Cruz Province, Argentina), 2021, Cretaceous Research
  • Late Paleozoic coal beds and coaly mudstones in northwestern basins of Argentina: Paleoenvironmental context and paleoclimatic significance, 2020, Journal of South American Earth Sciences
  • Tectonic and geomorphic controls on the lacustrine deposits of the Neogene Vinchina basin, northwestern Argentina, 2020, Journal of Sedimentary Research
  • U-PB ages and environmental evolution of the De La Cuesta Formation (late Paleozoic): Record of the Choiyoi Volcanism in the retroarc area of the Paganzo Basin, Western Gondwana, 2021, Journal of South American Earth Sciences
  • Mammalian diversity and age of the Salicas Formation (Late Miocene-Early Pleistocene), Northwestern Argentina: State of knowledge and new contributions, 2023, Journal of South American Earth Sciences

The scientist frequently collaborates with other researchers. Notable co-authors include:

  • Carlos O. Limarino
  • Patricia L. Ciccioli
  • Silvia N. Césari
  • Marianela Díaz
  • Luís Afonso de Alencar Ferreira

Best Publications

  • High-Precision U-Pb Calibration of Carboniferous Glaciation and Climate History, Paganzo Group, NW Argentina

    Erik L. Gulbranson;Isabel P. Montañez;M. D. Schmitz;Carlos Oscar Limarino;Carlos Oscar Limarino

  • A roadmap for Antarctic and Southern Ocean science for the next two decades and beyond

    M.C. Kennicutt;S.L. Chown;J.J. Cassano;D. Liggett

  • Tectonic, sea-level, and climatic controls on Late Paleozoic sedimentation in the western basins of Argentina

    Carlos Limarino;Alfonsina Tripaldi;Sergio Marenssi;Sergio Marenssi;Luis Fauqué

  • Antarctic Peninsula and South America (Patagonia) Paleogene terrestrial faunas and environments: biogeographic relationships

    Marcelo A. Reguero;Sergio A. Marenssi;Sergio N. Santillana

  • STRATIGRAPHY OF THE LA MESETA FORMATION (EOCENE), MARAMBIO (SEYMOUR) ISLAND, ANTARCTICA

    Sergio A. Marenssi;Sergio N. Santillana;Carlos A. Rinaldi

  • The Upper Carboniferous postglacial transgression in the Paganzo and Rı́o Blanco basins (northwestern Argentina): facies and stratigraphic significance

    Carlos O Limarino;Silvia N Césari;Silvia N Césari;Laura I Net;Sergio A Marenssi;Sergio A Marenssi;Sergio A Marenssi

  • The influence of temperature and seawater carbonate saturation state on 13C–18O bond ordering in bivalve mollusks

    R A Eagle;R A Eagle;J M Eiler;Aradhna K Tripati;Justin B Ries

  • The first duck-billed dinosaur (Family Hadrosauridae) from Antarctica

    Judd A. Case;James E. Martin;Dan S. Chaney;Marcelo Alfredo Reguero

  • Crossvallia unienwillia, a new Spheniscidae (Sphenisciformes, Aves) from the Late Paleocene of Antarctica

    Claudia P. Tambussi;Marcelo A. Reguero;Sergio A. Marenssi;Sergio A. Marenssi;Sergio N. Santillana

  • Final Gondwana breakup: The Paleogene South American native ungulates and the demise of the South America–Antarctica land connection

    Marcelo A. Reguero;Marcelo A. Reguero;Javier N. Gelfo;Guillermo M. López;Mariano Bond

  • Provenance, environmental and paleogeographic controls on sandstone composition in an incised-valley system: the Eocene La Meseta Formation, Seymour Island, Antarctica

    Sergio A Marenssi;Sergio A Marenssi;Sergio A Marenssi;Laura I Net;Laura I Net;Sergio N Santillana;Sergio N Santillana

  • High latitude Eocene climate deterioration: evidence from the northern Antarctic Peninsula

    R.V Dingle;R.V Dingle;S.A Marenssi;M Lavelle;M Lavelle

  • Palynological record of the Paleogene Río Leona Formation (southernmost South America): Stratigraphical and paleoenvironmental implications

    Viviana Barreda;Luis Palazzesi;Sergio Marenssi

  • From greenhouse to icehouse – the Eocene/Oligocene in Antarctica

    J E Francis;S Marenssi;R Levy;M Hambrey

  • Correlation of Marine Beds Based on Sr- and Ar-date Determinations and Faunal Affinities across the Paleogene/Neogene Boundary in Southern Patagonia, Argentina

    Ana Maria Parras;Ana Maria Parras;Miguel Griffin;Miguel Griffin;Rodney Feldmann;Silvio Alberto Casadio;Silvio Alberto Casadio

  • Tectonic control on the evolution of the fluvial systems of the Vinchina Formation (Miocene), northwestern Argentina

    C. Limarino;C. Limarino;A. Tripaldi;A. Tripaldi;S. Marenssi;S. Marenssi;S. Marenssi;L. Net;L. Net

  • Eocene land mammals from Seymour Island, Antarctica: palaeobiogeographical implications

    S. A. Marenssi;M. A. Reguero;S. N. Santillana;S. F. Vizcaino

  • Conifer fossil woods from the La Meseta Formation (Eocene of Western Antarctica): Evidence of Podocarpaceae-dominated forests

    Roberto Roman Pujana;Sergio Santillana;Sergio Alfredo Marenssi;Sergio Alfredo Marenssi;Sergio Alfredo Marenssi

  • Late Cretaceous/Paleogene West Antarctica Terrestrial Biota and its Intercontinental Affinities

    Marcelo Reguero;Francisco Goin;Carolina Acosta Hospitaleche;Tania Dutra

  • Vegasaurus molyi, gen. et sp. nov. (Plesiosauria, Elasmosauridae), from the Cape Lamb Member (lower maastrichtian) of the Snow Hill Island Formation, Vega Island, Antarctica, and remarks on Wedellian Elasmosauridae

    Jose Patricio O'gorman;Leonardo Salgado;Eduardo Bernardo Olivero;Sergio Alfredo Marenssi

  • Late Eocene penguins from West Antarctica: systematics and biostratigraphy

    C. P. Tambussi;C. I. Acosta Hospitaleche;M. A. Reguero;S. A. Marenssi

  • Eustatically controlled sedimentation recorded by Eocene strata of the James Ross Basin, Antarctica

    Sergio A. Marenssi

  • Chapter 8 From Greenhouse to Icehouse – The Eocene/Oligocene in Antarctica

    J.E. Francis;S. Marenssi;R. Levy;M. Hambrey

Frequent Co-Authors

Marcelo Reguero
Marcelo Reguero National University of La Plata
Carlos O. Limarino
Carlos O. Limarino University of Buenos Aires
Jane E. Francis
Jane E. Francis Charles Darwin University
Isabel P. Montañez
Isabel P. Montañez University of California, Davis
Rodney M. Feldmann
Rodney M. Feldmann Kent State University
Robert M. DeConto
Robert M. DeConto University of Massachusetts Amherst
Carrie E. Schweitzer
Carrie E. Schweitzer Kent State University at Stark
Sergio F. Vizcaíno
Sergio F. Vizcaíno National University of La Plata
Maria A. Gandolfo
Maria A. Gandolfo Cornell University

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