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Dr João Trabucho-Alexandre, B.Sc. (hons), M.Sc., Ph.D.

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Education

1998–2003 B.Sc. (hons) Geology, Universidade de Lisboa

2004–2007 M.Sc. Geology (with distinction), Universiteit Utrecht

2007–2011 Ph.D. Sedimentology (cum laude), Universiteit Utrecht

Research Interests

• Black shales
• Chemostratigraphy
• Fine-grained sedimentary rocks
• Granulometry of marine sedimentary rocks
• Marine geology
• Mesozoic palaeoceanography
• Mud sedimentology
• Ocean circulation in a greenhouse world
• Oceanic anoxic events
• Petroleum source rocks
• Physical sedimentology
• Quartz surface microtextures (SEM)
• Sedimentary petrography
• Sedimentary structures in black shales
• Stratigraphic completeness of marine successions
• X-ray diffraction analysis of clay minerals

Selected Publications

Books: online

• Trabucho Alexandre da Fonseca Quintas, J. P. (2011). Mesozoic sedimentation in the North Atlantic and Western Tethys; global forcing mechanisms and local sedimentary processes. Universiteit Utrecht.

Edited works: journals

• Trabucho-Alexandre, J., Gröcke, D. R. & de Boer, P. L. (2012). Phanerozoic black shales and oceanic anoxic events: geochemistry, sedimentology and stratigraphy. Solid Earth.

Journal papers: academic

• Trabucho-Alexandre, J., Hay, W. W. & de Boer, P. L. (2012). Phanerozoic environments of black shale deposition and the Wilson Cycle. Solid Earth 3(1): 29-42.
• Trabucho-Alexandre, J., Dirkx, R., Veld, H., Klaver, G. & de Boer, P. L. (2012). Toarcian Black Shales In the Dutch Central Graben: Record of Energetic, Variable Depositional Conditions During An Oceanic Anoxic Event. Journal of Sedimentary Research 82(2): 104-120.
• Topper, R. P. M., Trabucho Alexandre, J., Tuenter, E. & Meijer, P. Th. (2011). A regional ocean circulation model for the mid-Cretaceous North Atlantic Basin: implications for black shale formation. Climate of the Past 7(1): 277-297.
• Trabucho-Alexandre, J., Negri, A. & de Boer, P. L. (2011). Early Turonian pelagic sedimentation at Moria (Umbria-Marche, Italy): Primary and diagenetic controls on lithological oscillations. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 311(3-4): 200-214.
• de Boer, P. L. & Trabucho Alexandre, J. (2011). Orbitally forced sedimentary rhythms in the stratigraphic record: is there room for tidal forcing?. Sedimentology 59(2): 379-392.
• Trabucho Alexandre, J., van Gilst, R. I., Rodríguez-López, J. P. & de Boer, P. L. (2011). The sedimentary expression of oceanic anoxic event 1b in the North Atlantic. Sedimentology 58(5): 1217-1246.
• Trabucho Alexandre, J., Tuenter, E., Henstra, G. A., van der Zwan, K. J., van de Wal, R. S. W., Dijkstra, H. A. & de Boer, P. L. (2010). The mid-Cretaceous North Atlantic nutrient trap: Black shales and OAEs. Paleoceanography 25(4): PA4201.

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