MÓNICA DUQUE CASTAÑO
FORAMINIFERA
2016-2023: Researcher at Instituto de Investigaciones en Estratigrafía – IIES; biostratigraphic and paleoceanographic reconstructions using planktonic and benthic foraminifera.
- Studies
B.Sc. in Geology- University of Caldas, Colombia (2016)
M.Sc. in Physical, Chemical and Geological Oceanography-Federal University of Rio Grande, Brazil (2019)
Ph.D. student in Marine, Earth and Environmental Sciences at University of Algarve and Portuguese Institute for Sea and Atmosphere (IPMA), Portugal (2023-present).
Monica is interested in paleoclimatic reconstructions and biostratigraphic studies using planktonic foraminifera, stable isotopes and radiocarbon dating. Currently, she is studying marine sedimentary cores drilled in the mid-latitudinal North Atlantic, in order to reconstruct spatial and temporal variations in planktonic foraminifera assemblages to determine sea surface temperature, paleoproductivity, and biodiversity changes at a millennial scale during the Early Pleistocene (1.2-1.5 Ma).
2023. Lower to Middle Miocene multiproxy biostratigraphy of the P-18 core-stratigraphic well in Sinú-San Jacinto Basin, Caribbean region of Colombia. Journal of South American Earth Sciences, 123. Duque-Castaño et al. doi.org/10.1016/j.jsames.2023.104228.
2023. Paleoenvironmental conditions over the Caribbean Large Igneous Province during the Late Cretaceous in NW of South American Margin: A sedimentological and ichnological approach. Cretaceous Research, 142 (7). Carlos A. Giraldo-Villegas, Francisco J. Rodríguez-Tovar, Sergio A. Celis, Andrés Pardo-Trujillo, Monica Duque-Castaño. doi.org/10.1016/j.cretres.2022.105407.
2019. Morphometric analysis in the shells of the planktonic foraminifera Orbulina universa: a source for paleoceanographic information?. Brazilian Journal of Oceanography, 67. Duque-Castaño et al. dx.doi.org/10.1590/S1679-87592019025206701.
- Abstracts for Meetings
2023. Surface water variations during MIS 44 to MIS 50 (1.36-1.5 Ma) on the Southern Portuguese margin–Evidence from planktonic foraminifera and biomarker data. International Symposium on Foraminifera (FORAMS 2023) -Perugia, Italy. Duque-Castaño, M., Voelker, A.H. L., Rodrigues, T.
2023. New insights into marine ecosystem changes during the early to middle Pleistocene at IODP Site U1387, southern Portuguese margin. International Symposium on Foraminifera (FORAMS 2023) -Perugia, Italy. Voelker, A.H.L., Mega, A., Molina, G., Duque-Castaño, M., O’Neill, E., Trotta, S.,Marino, M., Maiorano, P., Salgueiro, E., Rodrigues, T.