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Domenico Chiarella

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Sedimentologist @CSI_RHUL Royal Holloway, University of London | Co-founder @sedimentologika | Mediterraneus ๐Ÿ•ธ๏ธ Views are my own

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๐Ÿšจ New Paper ๐Ÿšจ

MacDonald et al. investigate passive CO2 mineralisation in anthropogenic carbonate deposits through isotopic geochemical analysis of different samples collected across Scotland and Northern England.

Read the full publication here: oap.unige.ch/journals/sdk...

16.09.2025 08:23 ๐Ÿ‘ 5 ๐Ÿ” 3 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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๐Ÿšจ New Paper ๐Ÿšจ

Nworie & Jobe investigate measurement techniques of biogenic carbonate grains morphologies and evaluate their advantages and limitations when compared to micro-computed tomography analysis.

Read the full publication here: oap.unige.ch/journals/sdk...

31.10.2025 09:40 ๐Ÿ‘ 7 ๐Ÿ” 3 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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๐Ÿšจ New Paper ๐Ÿšจ

LaGrange et al. utilise a combinaison of geochemical, mineralogical and sedimentological data sets to examine the sequence stratigraphic framework of the marine Horn River Group succession (Middle to Late Devonian), Canada.

Full publication: oap.unige.ch/journals/sdk...

03.11.2025 08:39 ๐Ÿ‘ 4 ๐Ÿ” 1 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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๐Ÿšจ New Paper ๐Ÿšจ

Sabatier et al. investigate the Holocene record of snow avalanches in modern lakes sediments (Corsica) through sedimentological and geochemical analysis.

Read the full publication here: oap.unige.ch/journals/sdk...

05.11.2025 09:11 ๐Ÿ‘ 8 ๐Ÿ” 3 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 1

Never used it (yet!) but your posts on the topic make me suspicious ๐Ÿคจ๐Ÿ˜‚

23.09.2025 12:35 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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๐Ÿšจ New Paper ๐Ÿšจ

Tournier et al. assess the potential seismicity hazard of the Poso depression, Sulawesi island, through a paleoseismological analysis of mass transport deposits preserved in lake sediments archive.

Read the full publication here: oap.unige.ch/journals/sdk...

03.09.2025 07:52 ๐Ÿ‘ 5 ๐Ÿ” 3 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Blog | Pochi iscritti a Scienze Geologiche: invece di pensare ai disastri, si punti alla loro mitigazione Il futuro della disciplina โ€” e, in parte, del pianeta โ€” dipende dalla capacitร  di trasmettere questa visione coraggiosa, aperta e inclusiva

Contribution on the decline in enrolment in #Geology courses, prepared with colleagues Marco Petitta and Giulio Viola, published in #IlFattoQuotidiano (in Italian ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡น)

#university #enrolment #geology #society

www.ilfattoquotidiano.it/2025/08/10/i...

10.08.2025 14:40 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Expanding the Ichnofacies Model to Tidal Straits: Testing Predictions and Assessing Anomalies Trace fossils are instrumental in facies analysis, but some depositional environments remain underexplored. Cenozoic deposits in Italy have been studied to evaluate the ichnology of tidal straits. Th....

New paper on #ichnofacies in #tidal #strait deposits published in TerraNova journal.
#OpenAccess version available here: doi.org/10.1111/ter....

05.08.2025 16:10 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Frontiers | Continental hydroclimate during the late Paleocene-early Eocene in the central Rockies: insights from sedimentological and geochemical records preserved in the greater Green River Basin, s... The late Paleocene to early Eocene (LPEE, โˆผ59โ€“50 Ma) greenhouse condition is the most recent geologic analogue for future climate change induced by increased...

Congratulations to Min Gao for publishing her paper on continental hydroclimate during the late Paleocene-early Eocene in the central Rockies (Green River Basin, southwestern Wyoming, U.S.A.)

The paper is #openaccess and available at this link: doi.org/10.3389/fear...

02.08.2025 07:50 ๐Ÿ‘ 3 ๐Ÿ” 1 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Blog | Rubble Not Opportunity: Let's Sound the Alarm Against the Dismantling of Scientific Research! - Il Fatto Quotidiano The arts and scientific research shall be free of constraint. Academic freedom shall be respected (Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union, 2009). In the current political scenario of cont...

โ€˜โ€ฆhatred for universities and their autonomy is usually part of a larger hatred. That of democracy.โ€™

www.ilfattoquotidiano.it/2025/05/23/t...

28.06.2025 21:03 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Blog | Rubble Not Opportunity: Let's Sound the Alarm Against the Dismantling of Scientific Research! - Il Fatto Quotidiano The arts and scientific research shall be free of constraint. Academic freedom shall be respected (Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union, 2009). In the current political scenario of cont...

Contribution on the current attack on research and universities www.ilfattoquotidiano.it/2025/05/23/t...

23.05.2025 14:32 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Bernie Sanders and AOCโ€™s Rallies Can Become a Mass Movement The โ€œFighting Oligarchy Tourโ€ rallies headlined by Bernie Sanders and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez can become something much bigger โ€” if Bernie and AOC direct their rally attendees into sustained organizi...

#FightingOligarchyTour

jacobin.com/2025/03/bern...

26.03.2025 05:12 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 1 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Modern and ancient tidal sedimentary systems in the era of energy transition: Introduction to the special volume of The Depositional Record This volume examines tidal sedimentary systems through 11 articles, spanning ancient and modern tidalites, technological advances and implications for human management. Highlighting contributions fro...

Editorial for #TheDepositionalRecord special issue on 'Modern and ancient tidal sedimentary systems in the era of energy transition' #research #tidal #sedimentology #energy
doi.org/10.1002/dep2...

17.03.2025 08:19 ๐Ÿ‘ 2 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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๐Ÿšจ New Review Paper ๐Ÿšจ

Biddle et al. (2025) investigates new insights into mudstone grain components origins and compositions by reviewing modern concepts and understandings behind their deposition and their interpretation.

Read the full publication here: oap.unige.ch/journals/sdk...

06.03.2025 10:51 ๐Ÿ‘ 10 ๐Ÿ” 3 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Blog | Lettera aperta alla Royal Society inglese per espellere Elon Musk: ho firmato anche io - Il Fatto Quotidiano "In attesa che la Royal Society si pronunci, come comunitร  accademica possiamo solo continuare a tenere alta lโ€™attenzione"

My article published on the Italian newspapers #IlFattoQuotidiano about @scurry.bsky.social open letter to the @royalsociety.org

Make United states Science Kaput

www.ilfattoquotidiano.it/2025/02/22/l...

22.02.2025 16:53 ๐Ÿ‘ 14 ๐Ÿ” 5 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
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๐Ÿšจ New Opinion Paper ๐Ÿšจ

Chiarella (2025) discusses the use of mixed siliciclastic-bioclastic sediments as an analogue for plastic-rich systems in natural environments.

Read the full publication here: oap.unige.ch/journals/sdk...

#Plastics #Sediments #Geology #Sedimentology #OpenAccess

20.02.2025 09:54 ๐Ÿ‘ 6 ๐Ÿ” 3 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
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๐Ÿšจ New Paper ๐Ÿšจ

Hudson et al. apply integrated sequence stratigraphy and astrochronology technics to document palaeoclimatic changes at the Sinemurian-Pliensbachian boundary recorded in the Early Jurassic Redcar Mudstone Fm, UK.

Read the full publication here: oap.unige.ch/journals/sdk...

17.02.2025 08:56 ๐Ÿ‘ 5 ๐Ÿ” 5 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Blog | Il delta del Po e 'Gli uomini pesce' di Wu Ming 1: unโ€™operazione dal valore letterario e divulgativo - Il Fatto Quotidiano "Lavori come Gli uomini pesce sono importanti per portare al centro delle discussioni, in ambienti anche non scientifici, i rischi che i delta attuali stanno correndo"

Articolo pubblicato su #IlFattoQuotidiano relativo ai delta, al Delta del Po e Gli uomini pesce di Wu MIng 1 #Einaudi, e all'importanza di dialogare con altre discipline per portare fuori dal nostro ambito (ora piu che mai) temi di interesse sociale

www.ilfattoquotidiano.it/2025/01/30/d...

31.01.2025 14:36 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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The world of scientific publishing is changing fast, and Sedimentologika is part of that change!
To accommodate our community needs, weโ€™re glad to communicate that our journal is currently undergoing editorial structure changes, in addition to our current open call for Associate Editors.

28.01.2025 08:34 ๐Ÿ‘ 9 ๐Ÿ” 6 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 2
Construction of Process-Response Models for Ancient Epicontinental Seaway Depositional Systems Using Partial Analogs | AAPG Bulletin | GeoScienceWorld Abstract. Epicontinental seaways, such as those that existed during the Jurassic through the Cretaceous in North America, do not have modern counterparts.

Does anyone have access to this paper? Thanks pubs.geoscienceworld.org/aapg/aapgbul...

28.01.2025 11:37 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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๐Ÿšจ New Paper ๐Ÿšจ

Okwara et al. discuss the downstream grain-size evolution and spatial facies partitioning of the Middle Jurassic wave-influenced Brent Group deltaic succession through subsurface data analysis.

Read the full publication here: oap.unige.ch/journals/sdk...

22.01.2025 09:55 ๐Ÿ‘ 5 ๐Ÿ” 4 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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๐ŸŒ Sedimentologika Vol. 2 Issue 2 is now complete!

You can find out more about our latest Open Access articles here: oap.unige.ch/journals/sdk...

Thanks to all the people who contributed to this issue!

19.12.2024 17:05 ๐Ÿ‘ 13 ๐Ÿ” 8 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 2
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๐ŸŒŸ Exciting Volunteer Opportunity! ๐ŸŒŸ
Curious about joining our Production Team? Check out the full position details on our website:ย bit.ly/SedkVProdTeam
If you're interested, send your application to: contact@sedimentologika.orgย 
Weโ€™d love to hear from you! โœ‰๏ธ

09.01.2025 05:09 ๐Ÿ‘ 4 ๐Ÿ” 6 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 1

Latin word for โ€˜faceโ€™

07.01.2025 20:41 ๐Ÿ‘ 2 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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The SedK team extends its best wishes for the New Year 2025 to the entire Sedimentology community! ๐ŸŽ†
๐Ÿ’ŽThank you to all our contributors, readers and supporters!

05.01.2025 16:31 ๐Ÿ‘ 10 ๐Ÿ” 4 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
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๐ŸšจNew Paper๐Ÿšจ

Noto et al. develop a new paleoenvironmental reconstruction and depositional history of the Middle Cenomanian Arlington Archosaur Site (Woodbine Group, Texas) through high-resolution palynogical and sedimentological analysis.

Read the full publication here: bit.ly/Notoetal2025

06.01.2025 15:15 ๐Ÿ‘ 2 ๐Ÿ” 2 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Example of 3D pore structures extracted from ฮผCT images. The image show a complex pattern of connected spaces where CO2 could be trapped

Example of 3D pore structures extracted from ฮผCT images. The image show a complex pattern of connected spaces where CO2 could be trapped

Thinking of using (or just curious to explore potentiality and limitations) X-ray micro computed tomography (ฮผCT)? This simple intro could be a good starting point (Not for experts ๐Ÿ™‚)
#Sedimentologika
Free access here doi.org/10.57035/jou...

@sedimentologika.bsky.social
@RyanPayton @AndrewKingdon

24.11.2024 12:40 ๐Ÿ‘ 19 ๐Ÿ” 3 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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๐ŸšจNew Paper!๐Ÿšจ

Kimitsuki et al. investigate modern trace makers in a high latitude lake setting to further develop ichnological models and understand the influence of environmental factors.

Check out the full article here: oap.unige.ch/journals/sdk...

17.11.2024 22:36 ๐Ÿ‘ 9 ๐Ÿ” 3 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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๐ŸšจNew Paper๐Ÿšจ

Azzam et al. explore machine learning techniques for automated petrographic analyses and provide 2 novel open source tools (GrainSight and PetroSeg) for grain detection, grain characterization, and porosity calculations.

Check out the full article here: oap.unige.ch/journals/sdk...

09.11.2024 05:14 ๐Ÿ‘ 8 ๐Ÿ” 4 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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๐ŸŽ† ๐ŸŽ‰ ๐ŸŽ‰ โ—
We are happy to announce that we are now on DOAJ, the Directory of Open Access Journals AND that we have been awarded the ๐ŸŽ–๏ธ DOAJ Seal ๐ŸŽ–๏ธ for best practice in open access publishing! Check us out and support your Diamond Open Access community journals!
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17.10.2024 13:17 ๐Ÿ‘ 18 ๐Ÿ” 6 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0