Departamento de Procesos Geoambientales y Cambio Global

Mario Morellon

 Mario Morellón Morteles

Contratado Predoctoral

Licenciado en Geología

mariomm@ipe.csic.es

 

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- EDUCATION AND TRAINING

Education
BSc GEOLOGY                University of Zaragoza                           (1999-2003)
BSc GEOLOGY                Cardiff University (United Kingdom)         (2003-2004)
MSc GEOLOGY               University of Zaragoza / IPE-CSIC           (2004-2006)
PhD  GEOLOGY               University of Zaragoza / IPE-CSIC           (2005-in progress)
PhD advisor: Dr Blas Valero Garcés


Language skills

SPANISH          mother tongue

ENGLISH          good speaking skills, excellent reading and writing

    Cambridge University First Certificate of English (2005)
    Up to 1 year of experience in English-speaking countries

FRENCH           beginner level

 

Specialized training
PROPER: Proxies in Palaeoclimatology: Education and Research. Palaeoclimate II: Orbital Forcing and data models. Bratislava (Slovakian Republic), 7th -14th October 2005.

Stays in other scientific research centres

- Limnological Research Center – University of Minnesota (United States), October – December 2007. Supervisors: Dr. Emi Ito, Dr. Ana Moreno. Stable isotopes and trace element analyses in ostracod shells from the Lake Estanya sedimentary sequence and U/Th dating of tufa samples.

- Center for Marine Environmental Sciences (MARUM). University of Bremen (Germany), December 2006. Supervisor: Dr. Ursula Röhl. High resolution analysis of light elements by X-ray Fluorescence (XRF) core scanner (AAVATECH), physical properties analysis by Geotek and digital imaging of sediment cores from Lake Estanya.

- Section Des Sciences de la Terre. Université de Genève (Switzerland), November 2006, Supervisor: Dr. Daniel Ariztegui. High-resolution micro X-ray Fluorescence (XRF) analysis of sediment thin sections from laminated intervals of the Lake Estanya sequence.

- Geological Institute. Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, ETH-Zürich (Switzerland), October 2006. Supervisor: Dr. Flavio Anselmetti. Basic analysis, interpretation and mapping of seismic lines from Lake Estanya basin by Kingdom-Suite 8.0 software.

- Estación Experimental del Zaidín (EEZ-CSIC) (Granada, Spain), November - December 2006. Supervisor: Dr. Antonio Delgado Huertas. Stable isotope analyses on organic matter (d13C) and carbonates (d13C, d18O) in sediment samples from the Lake Estanya sequence.

- Facultad de Ciencias del Mar y Ambientales. Universidad de Cádiz (UCA) (Cádiz, Spain), October - November 2006 Supervisor: Dr. Pilar Mata Campo. Interpretation of X-ray diffraction diagrams, Scanning Electronic Microscope (SEM) imaging and EDAX microprobe XRF analysis of sediment samples from the Lake Estanya sequence.

 

RESEARCH INTERESTS

  • Late Quaternary palaeoclimatology
  • Sedimentology, elemental and isotopic geochemistry and geochronology of lake sediment sequences
  • Physical-chemical limnology, present-day sedimentary processes
  • Sedimentology and geochronology of Quaternary tufa deposits

 

PUBLICATIONS
Articles in peer reviewed journals included in the SCI

    • Morellón, M., Valero-Garcés, B., González-Sampériz, P., Vegas-Vilarrúbia, T., Rubio, E., Rieradevall, M., Delgado-Huertas, A., Mata, P., Romero, Ó., Engstrom, D.R., López-Vicente, M., Navas, A., Soto, J., accepted. Climate and human signatures during the Medieval Warm Period and the Little Ice Age in the Spanish Pre-Pyrenees: the Lake Estanya record. Journal of Paleolimnology, in press.
    • Morellón, M., Valero-Garcés, B., Vegas, T., González-Sampériz, P., Delgado-Huertas, A., Mata, P., Moreno, A., Rico, M., Corella, J.P., in review. Late glacial and Holocene palaeohydrology in the western Mediterranean region: the Lake Estanya record (NE Spain). Quaternary Science Reviews.
    • Morellón, M., Valero-Garcés, B.L., Anselmetti, F., Ariztegui, D., Schnellmann, M., Moreno, A., Mata, P., Rico, M., Corella, J.P., 2009. Late Quaternary deposition and facies model for karstic Lake Estanya (NE Spain). Sedimentology, doi: 10.1111/j.1365-3091.2008.01044.x.
    • Moreno, A., Valero-Garcés, B.L., Jiménez-Sánchez, M., Domínguez, M.J., Mata, P., Navas, A., González-Sampériz, P., Stoll, H., Farias, P., Morellón, M., Corella, J.P., Rico, M., 2009. The last deglaciation in the Picos de Europa National Park (Cantabrian Mountains, Northern Spain). Journal of Quaternary Science, accepted.
    • González-Sampériz, P., Utrilla, P., Mazo, C., Valero-Garcés, B., Sopena, M.C., Morellón, M., Sebastián, M., Moreno, A., Martínez-Bea, M., 2009. Patterns of  human occupation during the Early Holocene in the Central Ebro Basin (NE Spain): A response to the 8200-year climatic event? Quaternary Research, 71, 121-132.
    • Morellón, M., Valero-Garcés, B., Moreno, A., González-Sampériz, P., Mata, P., Romero, O., Maestro, M., Navas, A., 2008. Holocene palaeohydrology and climate variability in Northeastern Spain: The sedimentary record of Lake Estanya (Pre-Pyrenean range). Quaternary International, 181, 15-31.
    • González-Sampériz, P., Valero-Garcés, B.L., Moreno, A., Morellón, M., Navas, A., Machín, J., Delgado-Huertas, A., 2008. Vegetation changes and hydrological fluctuations in the Central Ebro Basin (NE Spain) since the Late Glacial period: Saline lake records. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, 259(2-3), 157-181.
    • Valero-Garcés, B.L., Moreno, A., Navas, A., Mata, P., Machín, J., Delgado-Huertas, A., González-Sampériz, P., Schwalb, A., Morellón, M., Cheng, H., Edwards, R.L., 2008. The Taravilla lake and tufa deposits (Central Iberian Range, Spain) as palaeohydrological and palaeoclimatic indicators. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, 259(2-3), 136-156.

    Articles in peer reviewed Spanish journals

    • Morellón, M., Valero-Garcés, B., Rico, M., Mata, P., Delgado-Huertas, A., Romero, Ó., 2009. Evolución sedimentaria y geoquímica del Lago de Estanya (Huesca) durante los últimos 21.000 años. Geogaceta, in review.
    • Corella, J.P., Valero-Garcés, B.L., Moreno, A., Morellón, M., González-Sampériz, P., Rico, M.T., Pérez, A., 2009. Reconstrucción sedimentaria y paleoambiental de un lago kárstico del Prepirineo durante los últimos 6000 años: El lago de Montcortés (Lleida). Geogaceta, in review.
    • Valero Garcés, B., Morellón, M., Martín Puertas, C., Moreno, A., Corella, P., González Sampériz, P., Rico, M., Mata, P., Navas, A., 2009. Una visión paleolimnológica de tres lagos kársticos (Zoñar, Estanya y Taravilla): evolución sedimentaria y paleohidrológica, clima e impacto humano e implicaciones para la gestión y conservación. Boletín Geológico y Minero, in press.

     

    CONTRIBUTIONS TO INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCES

    • AGU Fall Meeting 2007. San Francisco (United States), 10-14th December 2007. Poster.
    • IV International Limnogeology Congress. Barcelona (Spain), 11-14th July 2007. Poster.
    • European Geophysical Union (EGU) Assembly 2007, Viena (Austria), 15-20th April 2007. Contribution to oral presentation.
    • ALTER-Net All-Parties Conference. Palma de Mallorca (Spain), 5-9th February 2007. Oral presentation.
    • Workshop 'Circum-Iberia Paleoceanography and Paleoclimate: what do we know and what do we still need to study/verify? Peniche (Portugal), 15-18th January 2007. Oral presentation.
    • 1st MedClivar workshop. Carmona (Sevilla, Spain), 9-11th November 2006. Contribution to oral presentation.
    • AMQUA Meeting 2006. Bozeman (United States),18-20th August 2006. Contribution to poster
    • 10th International Paleolimnology Symposium. Duluth (EE UU), 25-29th June 2006. Contribution to oral presentation.
    • HOLIVAR 2006. Natural Climate Variability and Global Warming. Final Open Science Meeting. London (United Kingdom), 12-15th June 2006. Poster.
    • EGU General Assembly 2006. Viena (Austria), 2- 7th April 2006. Poster.
    • Workshop ‘The last 15ka of Environmental Change in Mediterranean Regions: Interpreting different archives’. Baeza (Jaén, Spain), 17-19th November, 2005. Poster.
    • XVII Annual Conference on Ecological Restoration, Zaragoza (Spain), 12-18th September 2005. Contribution to oral presentation.
    • VI International Conference on Geomorphology, Zaragoza (Spain), 7-11th September 2005. Poster.
    • EGU 2005 Assembly. Viena (Austria), 24-29th April 2005. Poster.

     

    PARTICIPATION IN ONGOING RESEARCH PROJECTS

      • CONSOLIDER-Ingenio 2010: Gradual and Abrupt Climate Changes, and their Impacts on the Environment (GRACCIE) (2007-2011). Funded by the Spanish Interministerial Commission of Science and Technology (CICYT). Participants: CSIC, U. Barcelona, U. Salamanca, U. Vigo, U. A Coruña, ICREA, U. Alcalá de Henares, U. Cádiz, U. Murcia, U. Cádiz, U. Bern. Main researcher: Joan Grimalt Obrador
      • Formaciones de espeleotemas en Aragón: una innovadora aproximación a la reconstrucción del clima de los últimos milenios (2009-2010). Funded by Obra Social ‘La Caixa’ – Regional Aragonese Government. Participants: CSIC, U. Barcelona, U. Zaragoza, U. Oviedo. Main researcher: Ana Moreno Caballud
      • Reconstrucción de la variabilidad climática de los últimos 2000 años en un transecto altitudinal en Chile a partir de sondeos lacustres (2008-2009). Funded by the Spanish Agency of International Cooperation for Development (AECID). Participants:  CSIC - Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile (PUC). Main researcher: Ana Moreno Caballud
      • CALIBRE: Rapid climate changes in the Iberian Peninsula based on proxy calibration, long term instrumental series and high resolution analyses of terrestrial and marine records. (2007-2009). Funded by CICYT. Participants:  CSIC, U. Cádiz, U. Córdoba, U. A Coruña, U. Barcelona, LRC – U. Minnesota, U. País Vasco, Ebro River Watershed Authority, U. Rovira i Virgili, U. Oviedo, U. Málaga, U. Lisbon, U. Granada, ETH-Zürich, U. Stanford, Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology. Main researcher: Blas Valero Garcés
      • La investigación en el lago de Sanabria dentro del proyecto calibre: perspectivas y posibilidades (2007-2009). Funded byFundación Patrimonio Natural de Castilla y León. Participants: CSIC, U. Oviedo, U. Cádiz, U. Barcelona, U. A Coruña. Main researchers: Blas Valero Garcés and Penélope González Sampériz
      • Los cambios climáticos abruptos y su influencia en los ecosistemas y las sociedades humanas en el Pirineo Central y Occidental (2007-2009). Funded by Regional Aragonese Government. Participants: CSIC, U. Zaragoza. Main researchers: Blas Valero Garcés
      • Evolución climática y ambiental del Parque Nacional de Picos de Europa desde el Último Máximo Glaciar (2007-2009). Funded by Scientific Committee of the Spanish National Parks Network. Participants: CSIC, U. Oviedo, U. Barcelona, U. Cádiz, U. A Coruña. Main researcher: Blas Valero Garcés

       

      TECHNICAL SKILLS
      Fieldwork skills and participation in coring campaigns

      • In-situ measurements of physical-chemical water profiles in lakes and wetlands with different multi-parametric probes and water sampling with Niskins bottle.
      • Sampling of superficial sediments in lakes and wetlands with dredges and different short-coring systems.
      • Recovery of Livingstone system cores in peatbogs and wetlands and long Uwitec cores on floating platform in shallow and deep lakes
      • Recovery of short-cores by Uwitec system and sampling in-situ for 137Cs / 210Pb dating.
      • Participation in coring campaigns:
        • LINCG campaign (December 2008): recovery of short cores in coastal and high mountain lakes and inland shallow wetlands from the Santiago de Chile area.
        • PYRENEES (PM073/2007) project campaign (Spain, July 2008): recovery of two Uwitec cores in ‘Basa de la Mora’ high-mountain lake and livingstone cores from nearby peatbog.
        • CALIBRE project campaign (Spain, 2007-2008): recovery of Uwitec short-cores and in-situ sampling in lakes Arreo, El Tobar, Montcortés, Sanabria, and Estanya
        • LIMNOCLIBER project coring campaign (Spain, January 2007): recovery of a long Uwitec core in Lake Estanya.

      Analytical laboratory skills

      • Sedimentological description of lacustrine cores, preparation and analysis of smear slides with petrographic microscope
      • Preparation of samples and imaging of samples for Scanning Electronic Microscope (SEM) and elemental analysis by associated EDAX XRF microprobe.
      • Basic identification and separation of organic macroremains for AMS 14C dating
      • Elemental analysis (C, N, S) by LECO SC144DR and VARIOMAX C/N systems
      • Interpretation of X-Ray Diffraction diagrams and semi-quantitative estimations of mineralogical content of bulk sediment samples.
      • Preparation of sediment samples for stable isotopes analyses in organic matter (d13C and d15N) and carbonate mineral phases (d13C and d18O)
      • Preparation, separation and cleaning of ostracods samples for trace elements and stable isotopes analyses (d13C and d18O)
      • Digital imaging of sediment cores and continuous analysis of physical properties by GEOTEK multi sensor core logger.
      • High-resolution analysis of light elements by XRF core-scanner (AAVATECH, ITRAX) on sediment cores.
      • Ultra High-resolution elemental analysis of thin sections of laminated sediment intervals by EAGLE III Micro-XRF analytic device.
      • Basic preparation procedures for U/Th dating of carbonate samples.
      • Physical-chemical analysis of water samples
      • Grain size analysis of sediment samples by laser COULTER system.

      Data processing skills

      • 2D and 3D mapping of physical and chemical parameters by different interpolation tools with Surfer 7.0 and ArcMap 9.0 software.
      • Interpretation and mapping of seismic lines with KingdomSuite 8.0 software (basic level).
      • Construction of age models by linear and spline interpolation of calibrated dates with Analyseries and R software.
      • Multi-variate, statistical analysis of sediment properties databases with SPSS 14.0, Multi-Variate Statistical Package (MSPV 3.1) and Sigmaplot 10.

       

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      Actualizado:16.04.2009