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The Baer-Bassit ophiolite of NW Syria is one of a number of ophiolites that form a chain from Cyprus in the West to Oman in the East. Micropalaeontological analyses of samples collected from the Baer-Bassit area reveal details of the various stages of evolution of the ophiolite …

In this research I revealed evidence for two buried soils in the Aceh Province, Sumatra. I focused on the litho- and biostratigraphy of the lower buried soil, which is indicative of coseismic subsidence from a paleoearthquake estimated to have occurred ca. 6500-7000 years BP. Ap…

Fossilized microorganisms (microfossils) preserved within Precambrian sedimentary rocks represent a vital source of evidence for early life on Earth, and studies of such microfossils and the organic matter (kerogen) of which they are typically composed have helped guide the mode…