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Carlos Alberto Sousa Melo
Collaborator

I am currently a PhD student in Geology (Palaeontology and Stratigraphy) at the Faculty of Sciences of the University of Lisbon), developing a work entitled “Fossil marine molluscs from the Last Interglacial stage MIS 5e: palaeoecology, palaeoclimatoloy, and palaeobiogeography”.

I’m graduated in Biology (minor in Geology) and Master in Geology of the Environment and Society, both degrees granted by the University of the Azores.

My research interests are related with the palaeoecology and palaeobiogeography of the marine molluscs from the geographical region of the Macaronesia, as also volcanic oceanic island ontogeny processes.

During my academic studies I have gained expertise in study of coastal geomorphology and in the acquisition of data using UAV’s.

Publications

Rebelo, A.C., Meireles, R.P., Barbin, V., Neto, A.I., Melo, C. & Avila, S.P. (2016). Diagenetic history of lower Pliocene rhodoliths of the Azores Archipelago (NE Atlantic): Application of cathodoluminescence techniques. Micron, 80, 112-121.
Rebelo, A.C., Rasser, M.W., Kroh, A., Johnson, M.E., Ramalho, R.S., Melo, C., et al. (2016). Rocking around a volcanic island shelf: Pliocene Rhodolith beds from Malbusca, Santa Maria Island (Azores, NE Atlantic). Facies, 62.
Uchman, A., Johnson, M.E., Rebelo, A.C., Melo, C., Cordeiro, R., Ramalho, R.S., et al. (2016). Vertically-oriented trace fossil Macaronichnus segregatis from Neogene of Santa Maria Island (Azores; NE Atlantic) records vertical fluctuations of the coastal groundwater mixing zone on a small oceanic island. Geobios, 49, 229-241.
Avila, S.P., Melo, C., Silva, L., Ramalho, R.S., Quartau, R., Hipolito, A., et al. (2015). A review of the MIS 5e highstand deposits from Santa Maria Island (Azores, NE Atlantic): palaeobiodiversity, palaeoecology and palaeobiogeography. Quaternary Science Reviews, 114, 126-148.
Avila, S.P., Madeira, P., Rebelo, A.C., Melo, C., Hipolito, A., Pombo, J., et al. (2015). Phorcus sauciatus (Koch, 1845) (Gastropoda: Trochidae) in Santa Maria, Azores archipelago: the onset of a biological invasion. Journal of Molluscan Studies, 81, 516-521.