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Simonetta Monechi

Simonetta Monechi

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Overview

Simonetta Monechi is affiliated with the University of Florence in Italy and has contributed to the field of Earth and Planetary Sciences with a specific focus on paleontology, atmospheric science, and geophysics. Their research encompasses diverse aspects of geology and paleoclimatology, with numerous publications addressing stratigraphy, fossil studies, and climate-related geological phenomena.

Monechi's research spans several main topics highlighted by their work, including:

  • Geology and Paleoclimatology Research
  • Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils
  • Geochemistry and Geologic Mapping
  • Geological and Geochemical Analysis
  • Geological Studies and Exploration
  • Archaeological and Geological Studies
  • Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology

Their scholarly output includes papers published in several venues, with frequent appearances in:

  • Newsletters on Stratigraphy
  • Palaeogeography Palaeoclimatology Palaeoecology
  • OPAL (Open@LaTrobe) (La Trobe University)
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Episodes

Among their recent papers are:

  • Proposal for the Global Boundary Stratotype Section and Point (GSSP) for the Priabonian Stage (Eocene) at the Alano section (Italy), 2020, Episodes
  • Orbital tuning for the middle Eocene to early Oligocene Monte Cagnero Section (Central Italy): Paleoenvironmental and paleoclimatic implications, 2021, Palaeogeography Palaeoclimatology Palaeoecology
  • High-resolution cyclochronology of the lowermost Ypresian Arnakatxa section (Basque-Cantabrian basin, western Pyrenees), 2022, Newsletters on Stratigraphy
  • Integrative stratigraphy and climatic events of a new lower Paleogene reference section from the Betic Cordillera: Río Gor, Granada province, SE Spain, 2020, Spanish Journal of Palaeontology
  • Reassessing the Bartonian unit stratotype at Alum Bay (Isle of Wight, UK): an integrated approach, 2020, Newsletters on Stratigraphy

Monechi has collaborated frequently with several researchers including:

  • Isabella Raffi
  • Dick Kroon
  • James C. Zachos
  • Peter Blum
  • J. A. Bowles

Their work has contributed to understanding stratigraphic boundaries, paleoclimatic reconstructions, and high-resolution chronologies for significant geological sections in Europe. This includes key analyses of Eocene and Paleogene stages through sedimentary records and cyclochronology.

Best Publications

  • Astronomical calibration of the Paleocene time

    Thomas Westerhold;Ursula Röhl;Isabella Raffi;Eliana Fornaciari

  • Calcareous nannofossil zonation of the Jurassic-Cretaceous boundary interval and correlation with the geomagnetic polarity timescale

    Timothy J. Bralower;Simonetta Monechi;Hans R. Thierstein

  • Late Cretaceous-Eocene nannofossil and magnetostratigraphic correlations near Gubbio, Italy

    Simonetta Monechi;Hans R. Thierstein

  • High-resolution iridium, δ13C, δ18O, foraminifera and nannofossil profiles across the latest Paleocene benthic extinction event at Zumaya, Spain

    Birger Schmitz;Frank Asaro;Eustoquio Molina;Simonetta Monechi

  • Orbital chronology of Early Eocene hyperthermals from the Contessa Road section, central Italy

    Simone Galeotti;Srinath Krishnan;Mark Pagani;Luca Lanci

  • The middle Eocene climatic optimum event in the Contessa Highway section, Umbrian Apennines, Italy

    Luigi Jovane;Fabio Florindo;Rodolfo Coccioni;Jaume Dinarès-Turell

  • The Global Stratotype Sections and Points for the bases of the Selandian (Middle Paleocene) and Thanetian (Upper Paleocene) stages at Zumaia, Spain

    Birger Schmitz;Victoriano Pujalte;Eustoquio Molina;Simonetta Monechi

  • Palaeoecological change in middle to low latitude calcareous nannoplankton at the Cretaceous/Tertiary boundary

    Silvia Gardin;Simonetta Monechi

  • The Paleocene–Eocene thermal maximum: New data on microfossil turnover at the Zumaia section, Spain

    Laia Alegret;Silvia Ortiz;Silvia Ortiz;Xabier Orue-Etxebarria;Gilen Bernaola

  • The Global Stratotype Section and Point (GSSP) for the base of the Lutetian Stage at the Gorrondatxe section, Spain

    Eustoquio Molina;Laia Alegret;Estibaliz Apellaniz;Gilen Bernaola

  • Stratigraphic development of southwestern Panama as determined from integration of marine seismic data and onshore geology

    Radim A. Kolarsky;Paul Mann;Simonetta Monechi;Donna Meyerhoff-Hull

  • Sedimentologic, stratigraphic, and tectonic synthesis of Eocene-Miocene sedimentary basins, Hispaniola and Puerto Rico

    James Dolan;Paul Mann;Ruurdjan de Zoeten;Christoph Heubeck

  • Calcareous nannofossil turnover around the Paleocene/Eocene transition at Alamedilla (southern Spain)

    Simonetta Monechi;Eugenia Angori;Katharina von Salis

  • The Eocene-Oligocene Boundary in the Umbrian Pelagic Sequences, Italy

    M. Nocchi;G. Parisi;P. Monaco;S. Monechi

  • Lower Cretaceous magnetic stratigraphy in Umbrian pelagic carbonate rocks

    William Lowrie;Walter Alvarez;Isabella Premoli Silva;Simonetta Monechi

  • Late Cretaceous flysch deposits of the Northern Apennines, Italy: age of inception of orogenesis-controlled sedimentation

    Michele Marroni;Simonetta Monechi;Nicola Perilli;Gianfranco Principi

  • Integrated stratigraphy of the Oligocene pelagic sequence in the Umbria-Marche basin (northeastern Apennines, Italy): A potential Global Stratotype Section and Point (GSSP) for the Rupelian/Chattian boundary

    Rodolfo Coccioni;Andrea Marsili;Alessandro Montanari;Adriana Bellanca

  • Calcareous nannofossil extinction and survivorship across the Cretaceous−Paleogene boundary at Walvis Ridge (ODP Hole 1262C, South Atlantic Ocean)

    Gilen Bernaola;Simonetta Monechi

  • The Danian/Selandian boundary at Site 1262 (South Atlantic) and in the Tethyan region: Biomagnetostratigraphy, evolutionary trends in fasciculiths and environmental effects of the Latest Danian Event

    Simonetta Monechi;Viviana Reale;Gilen Bernaola;Barbara Balestra

  • Biotic signals from nannoflora across the iridium anomaly in the upper Eocene of the Massignano section: evidence from statistical analysis

    S Monechi;A Buccianti;S Gardin

  • Bioturbational redistribution of Danian calcareous nannofossils in the uppermost Maastrichtian across the K-Pg boundary at Bidart, SW France

    Francisco J. Rodríguez-Tovar;Alfred Uchman;Eustoquio Molina;Simonetta Monechi

  • Large ecosystem perturbations : causes and consequences

    Simonetta Monechi;Rodolfo Coccioni;Michael R. Rampino

Frequent Co-Authors

Birger Schmitz
Birger Schmitz Lund University
Rodolfo Coccioni
Rodolfo Coccioni University of Urbino
Patrizia Ziveri
Patrizia Ziveri Autonomous University of Barcelona
Eustoquio Molina
Eustoquio Molina University of Zaragoza
Jaume Dinarès-Turell
Jaume Dinarès-Turell National Institute of Geophysics and Volcanology
Victoriano Pujalte
Victoriano Pujalte University of the Basque Country
Laia Alegret
Laia Alegret University of Zaragoza
Ellen Thomas
Ellen Thomas Yale University
Isabella Premoli Silva
Isabella Premoli Silva University of Milan
Isabella Raffi
Isabella Raffi University of Chieti-Pescara

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