2021- Current
Scientific Papers
Lima, M.M.C., Silva, T.R., Ferreira, V.P., Sial, A.N., Carvalho, B.M.B, 2021. Crustal growth during Western Gondwana amalgamation and onset of the Brasiliano orogeny: Insights from geochemistry and Pb–Sr–Nd–O isotopes from granites in northeastern Brazil. Lithos 396-397, 106223. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.lithos.2021.106223
Saucedo-Samaniego, J.C., Madhavaraju, J., Sial, A.N., Monreal, R., Scotte, R.W., Perez-Arvizu, O. , 2021. Upper Aptian-lower albian seawater composition and OAEs: Geochemistry of Agua Salada and Lampazos Formations, Sonora, Mexico. Journal of Souh American Earth Sciences 109 (2021) 103193. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jsames.2021.103193
Lima, B.T., Ferreira,V.P., Ardila, D.H., Neves, C.H.F.S., Sial, A.N., 2021. Crystallization conditions of the Carmo stock, NE Brazil: implications for magmatic epidote-bearing granitoids. Journal of South American Earth Sciences.https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jsames.2021.103427
Sial, A.N., Chen, J-B, Korte, C., Pandit, M.K., Spangenberg, J.E., Silva-Tamayo, J.C., Lacerda, L.D., Ferreira, V.P., Barbosa, J.A., Gaucher, C., Pereira, N.S., Riedel, P.R., 2021. Hg isotopes and enhanced Hg concentration in the Meishan and Guryul Ravine sucessions: proxies for volcanism across the Permian-Triassic Boundary. Frontiers in Earth Science. https://doi.org/10.3389/feart.2021.651224
Usma, C.D., Sial, A.N., Gaucher, C., Frei, R., Ferreira, V.P., 2021. Ediacaran banded iron formations and carbonates of the Cachoerinha Group of NE Brazil: paleoenvironmental and paleoredox conditions. Journal of South American Earth Sciences 109 (artigo eletrônico 103282), special issue in honour to Marcio Pimentel.https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jsames.2021.103282
Ferreira, V.P., Neves, C.H., Silva, T.R., Lima, M.C., Sial, A.N., Silva-Filho, A.F., 2021. Neoproterozoic high-magmatic addition rate episode building a composite batholith in northeastern Brazil, and implications for the western Gondwana assembly. Precambrian Research 363 (2021) 106331. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.precamres.2021.106331
Madhavaraju, M., Scott, R.W., Sial, A.N., Ramirez-Montoya, E., 2021. Chemo- and biostratigraphy of the Cretaceous Dalmiapuram Formation, Uttatur Group, Kallakudi II section, Cauvery Basin, South India. Arabian Jour. of Geosciences 14:1868. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12517-021-07902-w
Caxito, F.A., Lana, C., Frei, R., Uhlein, G.J., Sial, A.N., Dantas, E.L., Pinto, A.G., Campos, P. Galvão, F.C., Warren, L.V., Ganade, C.E., 2021. Goldilocks at the dawn of complex life: calibrating the metazoan/mountain links. Scientific Reports 11:20010. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-99526-z
Adler, P.B., De Ros, L.F., Mansur, K.L., Ferrari, A.L., Fernandes, L., Sial, A.N., 2021. Calcretes and travertines from the early evolution of the Itaboraí Basin, Southeastern Brazil Continental Rift. Sedimentology 68, 477–511. https://doi.org/10.1111/sed.12788
Siqueira, R., Sial, A.N., Ferreira, V.P., 2021. Crystallization conditions of two adjacent epidote + diopside-bearing granitic stocks, northeastern Brazil. Annals of the Brazilian Academy of Science 93 (Suppl. 4): e20210535. https://doi.org/10.1590/0001-3765202120210535
Krahl, G., Kochhann, K.G.D., Fauth, G., Sial, A.N., Lacerda, L.D, 2021. Evaluation of deep-water environmental conditions during the latest Maastrichtian-early Danian: Insights from the western south atlantic ocean. Journal of South American Earth Sciences 112, part 2. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jsames.2021.103630
Pereira, N.S., Sial, A.N., Pinheiro, P.B., Freitas, F.L., Cunha, A.M., 2021. Carbon and oxygen stable isotope of fresh water fish otoliths from the São Francisco River, Northeastern-Brazil. Annals of the Brazilian Academy of Science 93, e20191050. https://doi.org/10.1590/0001-3765202120191050
Lopes, Renato P., Dillenbrug, S.R., Pereira, J.C., Sial, A.N., 2021. The paleoecology of pleistocene giant Megatheriid sloths: stable isotopes (δ13C, δ18O) of co-occurring Megatherium and Eremotherium from southern Brazil. Revista Brasileira de Paleontologia 24, 245–264. https://doi.org/10.4072/rbp.2021.3.06
A.F., Silva Filho, I.P., Guimarães, R.A., Armstrong; J.M.R, Silva, W.R., Schumus; D.S., Farias, V.P., Ferreira, J.V.A., Amorim; K., Souza, L.M., Cocentino, 2021. A major neoproterozoic crustal boundary in the Borborema province of ne Brazil. International Geology Review, v. 30, p. 1-27.https://doi.org/10.1080/00206814.2021.1966681
Dias Veras, J.D., De Souza Neto, J.A., Sial, A.N., Ferreira, V.P., Neumann. V.H.M.L., 2021. Stable isotope and chemical stratigraphy of the Eocene Tambaba Formation: correlations with the Palaeocene-Eocene Thermal Maximum event. Geological Society Special Publication, v. 31, p. SP507-2020-35-21.https://doi.org/10.1144/SP507-2020-35
Richiano, S., Varela, A.N., D’Elia, L., Bilmes, A., Gómez-Dacal, A., Sial, A.N., Aguirre, M.L., Mari, F., Scivetti, N., 2022. Beach Ridge evolution during the Holocene climatic optimum at Río de La Plata estuary, Argentina: former answers for future questions? Quaternary International. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.quaint.2022.02.013
Lopes, R.P., Pereira, J.C., Sial, A.N., Dillenburg, S.R., 2022. Isotopic evidence for a diet shift in a Pleistocene sub-adult mastodon from the Brazilian Pampa. Historical Biology.https://doi.org/10.1080/08912963.2022.2043293
Diniz, Jaqueline L.,Tognoli, F.M.W., Claes, H., Miranda, T.S., Neumann, V.H.M.L., Sial, A.N., Inocencio, L.C., Souza, L.V., , 2022. Tufa associated with karst features in a fracture-system fed by meteoric water, Araripe basin, NE Brazil. Journal of South American Earth Sciences 115, 103772. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jsames.2022.103772
Hauser, N., Fuck, R.A., Sial, A.N., Ramos,V.A., Reimold, W.U., 2022. Introduction to the Special Issue of the South American Journal of Earth Sciences A Tribute to Márcio M. Pimentel – A True Leader in South American Geology and Isotope Geology. Journal of South American Earth Science 115. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jsames.2022.103726
Pereira, N.S., Clarke, L.J., Chiessi, C., Crivellari, S., Kilbourne, K.H., Cruz, F.W., Shen, C.-C., Kikuchi, R.K.P., Pinheiro, B.R., Longo, G., Sial, A.N., Felis, T., 2022. Mid to late 20th century surface seawater δ18O reconstruction and freshening event recorded in western tropical South Atlantic coral geochemical records. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 597, 111013. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.palaeo.2022.111013
Venu, U.A.,Velmayil, P., Udayanapillai, A.V, Armstrong-Altrin, J.S., Sial, A. N., Satyanarayanan, M., 2022. Petro-mineralogy, geochemistry and stable isotopes (δ13C, δ18O) of regolith calcrete in Pandalgudi region, Tamilnadu: an implication for palaeoclimate. Arabian Journal of Geosciences 15(913):1–19. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12517-022-10134-1
Castiglioni E., Gaucher C., Perillo, G.M.E., Sial, A.N., 2022. Marine deposits of the Chuy Formation (Late Pleistocene) and isostatic readjustments in the area of Laguna de Rocha (Uruguay). Agrociencia Uruguay 26 (NE1): e799. https://doi.org/10.31285/AGRO.26.799
Neves, C.H.S., Ferreira, V.P., Sial, A.N., Lima, B.T.A., Ardila, D.H., Neves, S.P., 2023. Successive granitic magma pulses from heterogeneous source, emplaced in medium to deep crust: The case of The Parnamirim Batholith (Brazil). Lithos, 442–443. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.lithos.2023.107061
Silva, T.R., Ferreira, V.P., Lima, M.M.C., Sial, A.N. 2023. Formation and tectonic evolution of a Cryogenian-Ediacaran continental magmatic arc at the South Borborema Province, heart of West Gondwana. Lithos, v. 442443, p. 107086. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.lithos.2023.107086
Gómez-Peral, L.E., Arrouy, M.J., Raigemborn, M.S., Ferreyra, C., Penzo, V., Sial, A.N., Poiré, D.G., 2023. Two karst events bounding drastic changes in the Neoproterozoic Tandilia Basin history, Argentina: paleogeographic relevance. International Journal of Earth Sciences. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00531-023-02308-3
Silva, T.R., Lima, M.M.C., Ferreira, V.P., Sial, A.N. 2023. Ferroan A-type metagranites from the Pernambuco–Alagoas Domain, northeastern Brazil attest Tonian crustal extension. Journal of South America Earth Sciences, 126. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jsames.2023.104321
Ferreira, V.P., Silva, T.R., Lima, M.M.C., Sial, A.N., da Silva Filho, A.F., Neves, C.H.F.S., Tchouankoue, J.P., Lima, S.S. 2023. Tracing a Neoproterozoic subduction to collision magmatism in the eastern Pernambuco–Alagoas domain, northeastern Brazil. Journal of South American Earth Sciences, 128. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jsames.2023.104457
Lima, B.T.A. Ferreira, V.P., Ardila, D.H., Sial, A.N., Neves, C.H.F.S. 2023. Petrogenesis of the late Neoproterozoic Carmo stock, northeastern Brazil: Implications for partial melting of oceanic crust and sediments in a syn-collisional setting. Journal of South American Earth Sciences, 128. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jsames.2023.104482
Pereira, N.S., Kilbourne, K.H., Kikuchi, R.K.P., Chiessi, C.M., Pinheiro, B.R., Gregorio, M.M., dos Santos M.P., Sial, A.N. 2023. Sr/Ca-temperature calibration for the coral Montastraea cavernosa. Journal of South American Earth Sciences, 129. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jsames.2023.104524
De Paula, J.T., Caxito, F.A., Sial, A.N., Ribeiro, D.T., Alkmim, A.R., Lana, C., Endo, I. 2023. Trace elements, C–O isotopes and U–Pb geochronology of the Minas Supergroup in the Segredo deposit, Quadrilatero Ferrífero, Brazil. Journal of South American Earth Sciences, 129. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jsames.2023.104525
Gómez, J.C., Peralta, S.H., Sial, A.N., di Pasquo, M.M. 2023. Timeline of events in the Ordovician–Silurian Transition of the Precordillera (Argentina): Paleoenvironmental, paleoclimatic and paleobiologic implications. Journal of South American Earth Sciences, 131. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jsames.2023.104630
Usma, C.D., Sial, A.N., Ferreira, P.F., Gaucher, C., Frei, R. 2024. Chemostratigraphy of early Ediacaran carbonate rocks of the Cachoeirinha Group (Northeastern Brazil): Implications for paleonvironmental conditions and atmospheric oxygenation. Journal of South American Earth Sciences 134. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jsames.2023.104744
Lopes, R.P., Pereira J.C., Dillenburg, S.R., Sial, A.N., Tatumi, S.H., Yee, M., Guadagnin, F., Caron, F. 2024. Paleoclimatic and paleoenvironmental signifiance of late Pleistocene pedogenic carbonates (‘Caliche Cordao˜ ’) from the coastal Pampa of southern Brazil. Quaternary Science Reviews 325. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.quascirev.2023.108488
Caxito, F. A., Sperling, E., Fazio, G., Adorno, R.R., Denezine, M., Do Carmo, D. A., Giorgioni, M., Uhlein, G.J., Sial, A.N. 2024. A shift in redox conditions near the Ediacaran/Cambrian transition and its possible influence on early animal evolution, Corumbá Group, Brazil. Geoscience Frontiers 15. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gsf.2024.101810
Ardila, D.H., Ferreira, V.P., Lima, B.T.A., Sial, A.N., Neves, C.H.F.S, Siqueira, R. 2024. Post-collisional magmatism and local lithospheric thinning in the Neoproterozoic Alto Pajeú Domain, northeastern Brazil: Geochemical and isotopic evidence. Lithos 472–473. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.lithos.2024.107563
Ferreira, V.P., Gaucher, C., Riccomini, C., Campos, C.P. 2024. Honoring Alcides N. Sial – A pioneer in stable isotope geology and granite petrology in South America. Journal of South American Earth Science. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jsames.2024.104938
Sial, A.N., Chen, J., Peralta, S.H., Gaucher, C., Korte, C, V. P. Ferreira, Lacerda, L.D., Barbosa, J.A., Pereira, N.S., Riedel, P.R., Gómez, J. 2024. C, N, Hg isotopes and elemental chemostratigraphy across the Ordovician–Silurian transition in the Argentine Precordillera: Implications for the link between volcanism and extinctions. Gondwana Research 133 (2024) 270-296. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gr.2024.06.008
Pereira, N. S., Chiessi, C. M., Crivellari, S., Kilbourne, K. H., Kikuchi, R. K. P., Ferreira, B. P., et al. 2024. South Atlantic multi‐site calibration of coral oxygen isotope paleothermometer. Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems, 25, e2023GC011395. https://doi.org/10.1029/2023GC011395
Ribeiro, T.S., Misi, A., Oliveira, L.R.S., Garcia, P.M.P., Sá, J.H.S., Rios, D.C., Santana, P.R.R., Câmara, I., Sial, A.N. 2024. The lomagundi-jatuli carbon isotopic event recorded in the marbles from the northeast São Francisco Craton, Brazil: a review, new data, palaeogeography and phosphogenetic correlation. International Geology Review. https://doi.org/10.1080/00206814.2024.2389556
Sepeda, L.F., Nogueira, A.C.R., dos Santos, R.F., Okubo, J., Silva, P.A.S., Marques, J.C., Milhomem, J.M.N., Luvizotto, G.L., Macambira, M.J.B., Sial, A.N. 2024. Diagenetic and hydrothermal events revealed by an Ediacaran dolomite breccia from the Araras-Alto Paraguai basin, southern Amazon Craton. Marine and Petroleum Geology 170. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2024.107089
Hamid, I., Martins, M.S., Saraiva, A.A.F., Benigno, A.P.A., de Lima, F. J., Bantim, R.A.M., Sial, A.N., Aguiar, J.E., Duong, M.T.N., Dang, D.H., de Lacerda, L.D. 2024. Geochemical analysis of mass mortality events in the Cretaceous (Aptian) Konservatt-Lagerstatte of Crato paleolake, Brazil. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 655. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.palaeo.2024.112558
Neves, C.H.F.S., Neves, S.P., Ferreira, V.P. et al. 2025. Multistage emplacement of a composite intrusion: magnetic fabric and zircon U–Pb age of the Parnamirim Pluton, NE Brazil. International Journal of Earth Sciences. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00531-024-02486-8