Dr. Nereo Preto

Profile

Academic positionAssociate Professor, Senior Lecturer, Reader
Research fieldsSedimentology,Geochemistry (Inorganic, Organic, Biological)
Keywordscarbon dioxide, molecular fossils, triassic, carbon cycle, carbonate platforms

Current contact address

CountryItaly
CityPadova
InstitutionUniversita degli Studi di Padova
InstituteDipartimento di Geoscienze

Host during sponsorship

Prof. Dr. Hildegard WestphalFachbereich 05 - Geowissenschaften, Universität Bremen, Bremen
Prof. Dr. Hildegard WestphalLeibniz-Zentrum für Marine Tropenforschung (ZMT) GmbH, Bremen
Start of initial sponsorship01/01/2010

Programme(s)

2009Humboldt Research Fellowship Programme for Experienced Researchers

Publications (partial selection)

2015Jacopo Dal Corso, Piero Gianolla, Robert J. Newton, Marco Franceschi, Guido Roghi, Marcello Caggiati, Béla Raucsik, Tamás Budai, János Haas, Nereo Preto: Carbon isotope records reveal synchronicity between carbon cycle perturbation and the “Carnian Pluvial Event” in the Tethys realm (Late Triassic). In: Global and Planetary Change, 2015, 79-90
2015Gattolin G., Preto N., Breda A., Franceschi M., Isotton M., Gianolla P.: Sequence stratigraphy after the demise of a high-relief carbonate platform (Carnian of the Dolomites): sea-level and climate disentangled. In: Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, 2015, 1-17
2013Nereo Preto, Helmut Willems, Chiara Guaiumi, Hildegard Westphal: Onset of significant pelagic carbonate accumulation after the Carnian Pluvial Event (CPE) in the western Tethys. In: Facies, 2013, 891-914
2013Nereo Preto, Claudia Agnini, Manuel Rigo, Mario Sprovieri, Hildegard Westphal: The calcareous nannofossil Prinsiosphaera achieved rock-forming abundances in the latest Triassic of western Tethys: consequences for the d13C of bulk carbonate. In: Biogeosciences, 2013, 6053-6068
2012Nereo Preto: Petrology of carbonate beds from the stratotype of the Carnian (Stuores Wiesen section, Dolomites, Italy): the contribution of platform-derived microbialites.. In: Geo.Alp, 2012, 12-29
2012Manuel Rigo, Nereo Preto, Marco Franceschi, Chiara Guaiumi: Stratigraphy of the Carnian-Norian Calcari con Selce Formation in the Lagonegro Basin, Southern Apennines. In: Rivista Italiana di Paleontologia e Stratigrafia, 2012, 143-154
2012Nereo Preto, Manuel Rigo, Claudia Agnini, Angela Bertinelli, Chiara Guaiumi, Stefano Borello, Hildegard Westphal: Triassic and Jurassic calcareous nannofossils of the Pizzo Mondello section: a SEM study. In: Rivista Italiana di Paleontologia e Stratigrafia, 2012, 131-141
2010Nereo Preto, Evelyn Kustatscher, Paul B. Wignall: Triassic climates – state of the art and perspectives. In: Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, 2010, 1-10