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  1. Geometry and stratigraphic relationships of lower Oligocene coral reefs in Lumignano (Berici Hills, northern Italy)

    Article • Italian Journal of Geosciences, February 2024, Societa Geologica Italiana

    Dr Marco Brandano

  2. Biogenic calcium carbonate as evidence for life

    Article • Biogeosciences, October 2023, Copernicus GmbH

    Dr Marco Brandano

  3. Recent benthic foraminiferal assemblages and sedimentary facies from two atolls of Maldivian Archipelago (Indian Ocean): Reef and seagrass indicators

    Article • Marine Geology, October 2023, Elsevier

    Dr Marco Brandano

  4. Controlling Factors of Meteoric Diagenesis in Karst Reservoirs: An Example from the Majiagou Formation, Ordos Basin, China

    Article • Minerals, June 2023, MDPI AG

    Dr Marco Brandano

  5. Is it Possible to Inventory Geoheritage Without Available Geological Maps? The Case of Lumignano and Costozza (Berici Hills, Northern Italy)

    Article • Geoheritage, April 2023, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Marco Brandano

  6. Biogenic calcium carbonate as evidence for life

    Article • December 2022, Copernicus GmbH

    Dr Marco Brandano

  7. Supplementary material to "Biogenic calcium carbonate as evidence for life"

    Article • December 2022, Copernicus GmbH

    Dr Marco Brandano

  8. Late Burdigalian to early Messinian environmental and climatic evolution of the central paleo Adriatic domain from the shallow water sedimentary record (Bolognano Fm, Eastern Majella, Central Apennines)

    Article • Sedimentary Geology, October 2022, Elsevier

    Dr Marco Brandano

  9. Fault-Block Platform Evolution between Late Cretaceous and Early Miocene along the Margin of the Latium-Abruzzi Carbonate Platform (Southern Prenestini Mountains, Central Apennines, Italy)

    Article • Geosciences, September 2022, MDPI AG

    Dr Marco Brandano

  10. Reply to Comment by John J.G. Reijmer on ‘Understanding carbonate factories through palaeoecological and sedimentological signals – Tribute to Luis Pomar’ by Brandano et al. (2022), Sedimentology, 69, 5–23

    Article • Sedimentology, August 2022, Wiley

    Dr Marco Brandano

  11. Carbonate factory of Pietra di Finale coastal wedge (Miocene): the unusual abundance of stylasterids (Cnidaria, Hydrozoa)

    Article • Facies, June 2022, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Marco Brandano

  12. Neodymium isotopes of central Mediterranean phosphatic hardgrounds reveal Miocene paleoceanography

    Article • Geology, May 2022, Geological Society of America

    Dr Marco Brandano

  13. Geochemical and mineralogical investigations of the Bonarelli level (Gubbio, Italy): evidence of Hg anomalies

    Article • March 2022, Copernicus GmbH

    Dr Marco Brandano

  14. Understanding carbonate factories through palaeoecological and sedimentological signals – Tribute to Luis Pomar

    Article • Sedimentology, December 2021, Wiley

    Dr Marco Brandano

  15. Stratigraphical and sedimentological relationships of the Bolognano Formation (Oligocene–Miocene, Majella Mountain, Central Apennines, Italy) revealed by geological mapping and 3D visualizations

    Article • Geologica Carpathica, March 2021, De Gruyter

    Dr Marco Brandano

  16. MECO and Alpine orogenesis: Constraints for facies evolution of the Bartonian nummulitic and Solenomeris limestone in the Argentina Valley (Ligurian Alps)

    Article • Sedimentology, December 2020, Wiley

    Dr Marco Brandano

  17. Factors controlling fracture distribution within a carbonate-hosted relay ramp: insights from the Tre Monti fault (Central Apennines)

    Article • March 2020, Copernicus GmbH

    Dr Marco Brandano

  18. Petrophysical properties of heavy oil-bearing carbonate rocks and their implications on petroleum system evolution: Insights from the Majella Massif

    Article • Marine and Petroleum Geology, January 2020, Elsevier

    Dr Marco Brandano

  19. Erosion of Tortonian phosphatic intervals in upwelling zones: The role of internal waves

    Article • Palaeogeography Palaeoclimatology Palaeoecology, October 2019, Elsevier

    Dr Marco Brandano

  20. The role of oceanographic conditions on Cenozoic carbonate platform drowning: Insights from Alpine and Apennine foreland basins

    Article • Terra Nova, February 2019, Wiley

    Dr Marco Brandano

  21. The lower Rupelian cluster reefs of Majella platform, the shallow water record of Eocene to Oligocene transition

    Article • Sedimentary Geology, February 2019, Elsevier

    Dr Marco Brandano, Dr Laura Tomassetti

  22. Modeling lateral facies heterogeneity of an upper Oligocene carbonate ramp (Salento, southern Italy)

    Article • Marine and Petroleum Geology, September 2018, Elsevier

    Dr Marco Brandano, Dr Laura Tomassetti

  23. The Eocene–Oligocene transition in the C-isotope record of the carbonate successions in the Central Mediterranean

    Article • Global and Planetary Change, August 2018, Elsevier

    Dr Marco Brandano, Dr Laura Tomassetti, Professor Isabella Raffi

  24. Oil distribution in outcropping carbonate-ramp reservoirs (Maiella Mountain, Central Italy): Three-dimensional models constrained by dense historical well data and laboratory measurements

    Article • AAPG Bulletin, July 2018, American Association of Petroleum Geologists (AAPG)

    Dr Marco Brandano, Lorenzo Lipparini

  25. Miocene Oceanographic Evolution Based on the Sr and Nd Isotope Record of the Central Mediterranean

    Article • Paleoceanography and Paleoclimatology, January 2018, Wiley

    Dr Marco Brandano

  26. Response: Commentary: Evaluating the Role of Seagrass in Cenozoic CO2 Variations

    Article • Frontiers in Environmental Science, November 2017, Frontiers

    Dr Marco Brandano

  27. Unravelling the origin of a Paleogene unconformity in the Latium-Abruzzi carbonate succession: A shaved platform

    Article • Palaeogeography Palaeoclimatology Palaeoecology, November 2017, Elsevier

    Dr Marco Brandano

  28. Global versus regional influence on the carbonate factories of Oligo-Miocene carbonate platforms in the Mediterranean area

    Article • Marine and Petroleum Geology, November 2017, Elsevier

    Dr Marco Brandano, Dr Laura Tomassetti

  29. The sedimentary facies of Posidonia oceanica seagrass meadows from the central Mediterranean Sea

    Article • Facies, September 2017, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Marco Brandano

  30. Strontium stratigraphy of the upper MioceneLithothamnionLimestone in the Majella Mountain, central Italy, and its palaeoenvironmental implications

    Article • Lethaia, April 2017, Wiley

    Per Andersson, Dr Marco Brandano

  31. Post-rift sequence architecture and stratigraphy in the Oligo–Miocene Sardinia Rift (Western Mediterranean Sea)

    Article • Marine and Petroleum Geology, January 2017, Elsevier

    Dr Marco Brandano

  32. The Monterey Event within the Central Mediterranean area: The shallow‐water record

    Article • Sedimentology, December 2016, Wiley

    Dr Marco Brandano, Dr Laura Tomassetti

  33. Ancient upwelling record in a phosphate hardground (Tortonian of Menorca, Balearic Islands, Spain)

    Article • Marine and Petroleum Geology, December 2016, Elsevier

    Dr Marco Brandano

  34. Sedimentology and depositional architecture of tidal compound dunes on a carbonate ramp: The lower Miocene deposits of the central Apennine (Latium, Italy)

    Article • Marine and Petroleum Geology, December 2016, Elsevier

    Dr Marco Brandano

  35. Evaluating the Role of Seagrass in Cenozoic CO2 Variations

    Article • Frontiers in Environmental Science, November 2016, Frontiers

    Dr Marco Brandano

  36. Frequency analysis across the drowning of a Lower Jurassic carbonate platform: The Calcare Massiccio Formation (Apennines, Italy)

    Article • Marine and Petroleum Geology, September 2016, Elsevier

    Dr Marco Brandano, Dr Laura Tomassetti

  37. Calcareous nannofossils as a dating tool in shallow marine environment: an example from an upper Paleogene carbonate platform succession in the Mediterranean

    Article • Newsletters on Stratigraphy, August 2016, Schweizerbart

    Dr Marco Brandano, Dr Laura Tomassetti, Professor Isabella Raffi

  38. Middle Eocene seagrass facies from Apennine carbonate platforms (Italy)

    Article • Sedimentary Geology, April 2016, Elsevier

    Dr Marco Brandano, Dr Laura Tomassetti

  39. PROGRESSIVE DETERIORATION OF TROPHIC CONDITIONS IN A CARBONATE RAMP ENVIRONMENT: THELITHOTHAMNIONLIMESTONE, MAJELLA MOUNTAIN (TORTONIAN–EARLY MESSINIAN, CENTRAL APENNINES, ITALY)

    Article • Palaios, April 2016, Society for Sedimentary Geology

    Dr Marco Brandano, Dr Laura Tomassetti

  40. The Oligocene–Miocene stratigraphic evolution of the Majella carbonate platform (Central Apennines, Italy)

    Article • Sedimentary Geology, March 2016, Elsevier

    Dr Marco Brandano, Dr Laura Tomassetti

  41. Halimeda dominance in the coastal wedge of Pietra di Finale (Ligurian Alps, Italy): The role of trophic conditions

    Article • Sedimentary Geology, May 2015, Elsevier

    Dr Marco Brandano, Dr Laura Tomassetti

  42. On the peritidal cycles and their diagenetic evolution in the Lower Jurassic carbonates of the Calcare Massiccio Formation (Central Apennines)

    Article • Geologica Carpathica, January 2015, De Gruyter

    Dr Marco Brandano, Dr Laura Tomassetti

  43. Global and regional factors responsible for the drowning of the Central Apennine Chattian carbonate platforms

    Article • Geological Journal, June 2014, Wiley

    Dr Marco Brandano

  44. Carbonate ramp evolution during the Late Oligocene (Chattian), Salento Peninsula, southern Italy

    Article • Palaeogeography Palaeoclimatology Palaeoecology, June 2014, Elsevier

    Dr Marco Brandano, MICHELE MORSILLI

  45. FOSSIL PSAMMOBIONTIC SPONGES AND THEIR FORAMINIFERAL RESIDENTS, CENTRAL APENNINES, ITALY

    Article • Palaios, January 2014, Society for Sedimentary Geology

    Dr Marco Brandano

  46. The Coniacian–Campanian Latium–Abruzzi carbonate platform, an example of a facies mosaic

    Article • Facies, January 2014, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Marco Brandano

  47. Correlating Mediterranean shallow water deposits with global Oligocene–Miocene stratigraphy and oceanic events

    Article • Global and Planetary Change, December 2013, Elsevier

    Dr Marco Brandano

  48. Sea level changes recorded in mixed siliciclastic–carbonate shallow-water deposits: The Cala di Labra Formation (Burdigalian, Corsica)

    Article • Sedimentary Geology, August 2013, Elsevier

    Dr Marco Brandano, Dr Laura Tomassetti

  49. Depositional processes of the mixed carbonate–siliciclastic rhodolith beds of the Miocene Saint-Florent Basin, northern Corsica

    Article • Facies, March 2013, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Marco Brandano

  50. Growth and demise of a Burdigalian coral bioconstruction on a granite rocky substrate (Bonifacio Basin, southeastern Corsica)

    Article • Facies, November 2012, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Marco Brandano, Dr Laura Tomassetti

  51. Seagrass-Meadow Sedimentary Facies In A Mixed Siliciclastic-Carbonate Temperate System In the Tyrrhenian Sea (Pontinian Islands, Western Mediterranean)

    Article • Journal of Sedimentary Research, July 2012, Society for Sedimentary Geology

    Dr Marco Brandano

  52. Impact of carbonate producing biota on platform architecture: Insights from Miocene examples of the Mediterranean region

    Article • Earth-Science Reviews, July 2012, Elsevier

    Dr Marco Brandano

  53. Downslope-migrating large dunes in the Chattian carbonate ramp of the Majella Mountains (Central Apennines, Italy)

    Article • Sedimentary Geology, May 2012, Elsevier

    Dr Marco Brandano, Dr Laura Tomassetti

  54. Coralline algae as environmental indicators: a case study from the Attard member (Chattian, Malta)

    Article • Geodiversitas, March 2012, Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris, France

    Dr Marco Brandano, Dr Laura Tomassetti

  55. Mixed carbonate-siliclastic sediments and benthic foraminiferal assemblages from Posidonia oceanica seagrass meadows of the central Tyrrhenian continental shelf (Latium, Italy)

    Article • Italian Journal of Geosciences, December 2011, Societa Geologica Italiana

    Dr Marco Brandano

  56. Strontium stratigraphy of the Burdigalian transgression in the Western Mediterranean

    Article • Lethaia, July 2011, Wiley

    Dr Marco Brandano

  57. Miocene C-isotope signature from the central Apennine successions (Italy): Monterey vs. regional controlling factors

    Article • Terra Nova, April 2010, Wiley

    Dr Marco Brandano

  58. Reply to the Discussion by Peter A. Gatt on “Facies analysis and palaeoenvironmental interpretation of the Late Oligocene Attard Member (Lower Coralline Limestone Formation), Malta” by Brandano et al. (2009), Sedimentology, 56, 1138-1158

    Article • January 2010, Wiley

    Dr Marco Brandano, Dr Laura Tomassetti

  59. Rhodolith-rich lithofacies of the Porto Badisco Calcarenites (upper Chattian, Salento, southern Italy)

    Article • Italian Journal of Geosciences, January 2010, Societa Geologica Italiana

    Dr Marco Brandano, MICHELE MORSILLI

  60. Genesis of microbialites as contemporaneous framework components of deglacial coral reefs, Tahiti (IODP 310)

    Article • Facies, December 2009, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Marco Brandano

  61. Depositional model and paleodepth reconstruction of a coral-rich, mixed siliciclastic-carbonate system: the Burdigalian of Capo Testa (northern Sardinia, Italy)

    Article • Facies, December 2009, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Marco Brandano, Dr Laura Tomassetti

  62. Facies analysis and palaeoenvironmental interpretation of the Late Oligocene Attard Member (Lower Coralline Limestone Formation), Malta

    Article • June 2009, Wiley

    Dr Marco Brandano, Dr Laura Tomassetti

  63. Heterozoan carbonates in oligotrophic tropical waters: The Attard member of the lower coralline limestone formation (Upper Oligocene, Malta)

    Article • Palaeogeography Palaeoclimatology Palaeoecology, April 2009, Elsevier

    Dr Marco Brandano, Dr Laura Tomassetti

  64. Effects of diagenesis on the astrochronological approach of defining stratigraphic boundaries in calcareous rhythmites: The Tortonian GSSP

    Article • Lethaia, December 2008, Wiley

    Dr Marco Brandano

  65. A DEPOSITIONAL MODEL AND PALEOECOLOGICAL RECONSTRUCTION OF THE LOWER TORTONIAN DISTALLY STEEPENED RAMP OF MENORCA (BALEARIC ISLANDS, SPAIN)

    Article • Palaios, July 2008, Society for Sedimentary Geology

    Dr Marco Brandano

  66. Non-seagrass meadow sedimentary facies of the Pontinian Islands, Tyrrhenian Sea: A modern example of mixed carbonate–siliciclastic sedimentation

    Article • Sedimentary Geology, October 2007, Elsevier

    Dr Marco Brandano

  67. Tectonic control on the architecture of a Miocene carbonate ramp in the Central Apennines (Italy): Insights from facies and backstripping analyses

    Article • Sedimentary Geology, June 2007, Elsevier

    Dr Marco Brandano

  68. Rhodolith assemblages from the lower Tortonian carbonate ramp of Menorca (Spain): Environmental and paleoclimatic implications

    Article • Palaeogeography Palaeoclimatology Palaeoecology, October 2005, Elsevier

    Dr Marco Brandano

  69. Orbital forcing recorded in subtidal cycles from a Lower Miocene siliciclastic-carbonate ramp system (Central Italy)

    Article • Terra Nova, October 2005, Wiley

    Dr Marco Brandano

  70. Environmental factors influencing skeletal grain sediment associations: a critical review of Miocene examples from the western Mediterranean

    Article • May 2004, Wiley

    Dr Marco Brandano

  71. Aphotic zone carbonate production on a Miocene ramp, Central Apennines, Italy

    Article • Sedimentary Geology, September 2003, Elsevier

    Dr Marco Brandano

  72. Nutrients, sea level and tectonics: constrains for the facies architecture of a Miocene carbonate ramp in central Italy

    Article • Terra Nova, August 2002, Wiley

    Dr Marco Brandano

  73. Indicators of paleoseismicity in the lower to middle Miocene Guadagnolo Formation, Central Apennines, Italy

    Article • January 2002, Geological Society of America

    Dr Marco Brandano