Antonietta Cherchi

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Maria Antonietta Pomesano Cherchi (* before 1940) is an Italian micro paleontologist . She was a professor at the University of Cagliari , where she has been since the early 1960s.

She conducts research on Cenozoic and Mesozoic microfossils and especially foraminifera . One of her main research interests is the Tertiary of Sardinia , but she also dealt with the conodont biostratigraphy of the Triassic . She was involved in the Deep Sea Drilling Project and also studies recent foraminifera as an indicator of pollution.

She is a corresponding member of the Paleontological Society . From 2000 to 2003 she was President of the Italian Paleontological Society, of which she has been a member since 1963.

Fonts

  • Editor: Autecology of selected fossil organisms: achievements and problems, Modena: Mucchi 1996
  • Editor with Carlo Corradini: Crisi biologiche, radiazioni adattative e dinamica delle piattaforme carbonatiche: convegno di fine progetto nazionale di ricerca COFIN 97: Modena, 13-14 giugno 2000, Bologna 2000
  • Publisher: Paleogeografia del Terziario sardo nell'ambito del Mediterraneo occidentale: Cagliari, 23–27 July 1973, Bologna 1974
  • Micropaleontological researches in Sardinia: guidebook, 19th European Micropaleontological Colloquium, Sardinia, October 1-10, 1985, Agip 1985
  • with L. Montadert: The Oligo-Miocene rift of Sardinia and the early history of the West Mediterranean Basin. Nature, 298, 1982, 736-739.

Web links

References and comments

  1. ^ I conodonti del Muschelkalk della Nurra (Sardegna north-occidentale), Riv. Ital. Paleont., 73, No. 1, 1967, 206-272
  2. ^ Website of the Italian Paleontological Society
personal data
SURNAME Cherchi, Antonietta
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Cherchi, Maria Antonietta Pomesano (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Italian micropalaeontologist
DATE OF BIRTH before 1940