Maurasse, Florentin

Maurasse, Florentin
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Professor, Earth and Environment , College of Arts, Sciences & Education

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maurrass@fiu.edu

overview

Florentin Maurasse is a Professor in the Department of Earth and Environment, specializing in Sedimentology and Statigraphy.

PhD Columbia University, 1973
Diplome d'Etudes Supérieures (Stratigraphy-Paleontology), Marseilles, 1967
Licence des Sciences, Marseilles, 1966

research interests

Stratigraphy, paleoceanography, and paleogeography of the Caribbean. Radiolarian and smaller foraminiferal biostratigraphy. Litho- and biostratigraphy of deep sea sequences in the Caribbean Sea and exposed deep sea sequences on land. Climate changes as recorded in pelagic sequences. The Cretaceous-Tertiary Boundary in southern Haiti and other Caribbean sites.

Other interests include carbonate facies development and distribution in the Plio-Pleistocene carbonates of South Florida and their relation to the region's hydrogeology.

selected publications

Article
- 2022
  
  Chemostratigraphic characteristics of trace elements, biomarkers and clay mineralogy indicating environmental conditions within Aptian sediments of the Organya Basin, North-east Spain, prior to the onset of OAE 1a
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1002/dep2.186 Web of Science: 000788194600001
- 2020
  
  Regional palaeoenvironmental influence on organic matter sequestration and characteristics of carbon isotope segment C5 in a hemipelagic sequence, Organya Basin, northeast Spain. DEPOSITIONAL RECORD. 6:552-580.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1002/dep2.111 Web of Science: 000543201000001
- 2020
  
  Regional palaeoenvironmental influence on organic matter sequestration and characteristics of carbon isotope segment C5 in a hemipelagic sequence, Organya Basin, northeast Spain
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1002/dep2.111 Web of Science: 000543201000001
- 2019
  
  Lithologic controls on hydrologic and geochemical processes in constructed Everglades tree islands. CHEMICAL GEOLOGY. 527.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1016/j.chemgeo.2018.04.001 Web of Science: 000501718200012
- 2019
  
  A seismically induced onshore surge deposit at the KPg boundary, North Dakota. PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. 116:8190-8199.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1817407116 Web of Science: 000465363700023
- 2019
  
  Continuous accumulation of organic matter-rich sediments associated with Oceanic Anoxic Event 1a in the El Pujal section, Organya Basin, Catalunya Spain and its relation to episodic dysoxia. CRETACEOUS RESEARCH. 95.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1016/j.cretres.2018.11.009 Web of Science: 000458940600017
- 2017
  
  Characterization of the negative carbon isotope shift in segment C2, its global implications as a harbinger of OAE1a. SCIENCE CHINA-EARTH SCIENCES. 60:30-43.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1007/s11430-016-0092-5 Web of Science: 000392207400004
- 2016
  
  The influence of regional factors in the expression of oceanic anoxic event 1a (OAE1a) in the semi-restricted Organya Basin, south-central Pyrenees, Spain. PALAEOGEOGRAPHY PALAEOCLIMATOLOGY PALAEOECOLOGY. 441:582-598.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2015.06.031 Web of Science: 000367113800013
- 2014
  
  Assessing the factors controlling high sedimentation rates from the latest Barremian-earliest Aptian in the hemipelagic setting of the restricted Organya Basin, NE Spain. CRETACEOUS RESEARCH. 51:1-21.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1016/j.cretres.2014.05.010 Web of Science: 000343336800001
- 2014
  
  Endocranial morphology of the extinct Antillean shrew Nesophontes (Lipotyphla: Nesophontidae) from natural and digital endocasts of Cuban taxa. PALAEONTOLOGIA ELECTRONICA. 17.
  Web of Science: 000345392800004
- 2014
  
  Geochemical characterization and redox signals from the latest Barremian to the earliest Aptian in a restricted marine basin: El Pui section, Organya Basin, south-central Pyrenees. CHEMICAL GEOLOGY. 372:12-31.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1016/j.chemgeo.2014.02.011 Web of Science: 000333404100002
- 2014
  
  Petrographic evidence of structures of algal/bacterial origin in the Agua Nueva Formation carbonates (Cenomanian/Turonian: Upper Cretaceous) in Xilitla, S.L.P. Central Mexico
- 2014
  
  Petrographic evidences of structures of algal/bacterial origin in carbonates of the Agua Nueva Formation (Cenomanian/Turonian: Upper Cretaceous) in Xilitla, SLP central Mexico. BOLETIN DE LA SOCIEDAD GEOLOGICA MEXICANA. 66:397-412.
  Web of Science: 000341641300013
- 2013
  
  Stable carbon-isotope stratigraphy and ammonite biochronology at Madotz, Navarra, northern Spain: implications for the timing and duration of oxygen depletion during OAE-1a
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1016/j.cretres.2012.06.005 Web of Science: 000312685200013
- 2013
  
  Geochemistry, palaeoenvironments and timing of Aptian organic-rich beds of the Paja Formation (Curiti, Eastern Cordillera, Colombia). ISOTOPIC STUDIES IN CRETACEOUS RESEARCH. 382:31-48.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1144/SP382.6 Web of Science: 000343322600003
- 2013
  
  Geochemistry, palaeoenvironments and timing of Aptian organic-rich beds of the Paja Formation (Curiti, Eastern Cordillera, Colombia)
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1144/SP382.6 Web of Science: 000343322600003
- 2013
  
  Stable carbon-isotope stratigraphy and ammonite biochronology at Madotz, Navarra, northern Spain: implications for the timing and duration of oxygen depletion during OAE-1a. CRETACEOUS RESEARCH. 40:143-157.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1016/j.cretres.2012.06.005 Web of Science: 000312685200013
- 2012
  
  Lower Aptian ammonite and carbon isotope stratigraphy in the eastern Prebetic Domain (Betic Cordillera, southeastern Spain). GEOLOGICA ACTA. 10:333-350.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1344/105.000001752 Web of Science: 000312690700002
- 2010
  
  Lower Aptian ammonite biostratigraphy in the Maestrat Basin (Eastern Iberian Chain, Eastern Spain). A Tethyan transgressive record enhanced by synrift subsidence. GEOLOGICA ACTA. 8:281-299.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1344/105.000001534 Web of Science: 000281024900004
- 2008
  
  Lower aptian (Lower Cretaceous) ammonites from the basal strata of the La Pena Formation of Nuevo Leon state, northeast Mexico: biochronostratigraphic implications. REVISTA MEXICANA DE CIENCIAS GEOLOGICAS. 25:145-157.
  Web of Science: 000254871100009
- 2008
  
  Role of cyanobacteria in C-org-rich deposits: an example from the Indidura Formation (Cenomanian-Turonian), northeastern Mexico. CRETACEOUS RESEARCH. 29:957-964.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1016/j.cretres.2008.05.015 Web of Science: 000260761400020
- 2004
  
  Haq receives 2004 Ocean Sciences Award
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1029/2004eo160006
- 2003
  
  Microbiological reduction of chromium(VI) in presence of pyrolusite-coated sand by Shewanella alga Simidu ATCC 55627 in laboratory column experiments. CHEMOSPHERE. 52.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1016/S0045-6535(03)00104-8 Web of Science: 000182897100018
- 2001
  
  Kinetics of chromium (VI) reduction by a type strain Shewanella alga under different growth conditions. ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION. 115.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1016/S0269-7491(01)00108-7 Web of Science: 000171915200007
- 1992
  
  COEVAL AR-40/AR-39 AGES OF 65.0 MILLION YEARS AGO FROM CHICXULUB CRATER MELT ROCK AND CRETACEOUS-TERTIARY BOUNDARY TEKTITES. SCIENCE. 257.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1126/science.257.5072.954 Web of Science: A1992JH82700032
- 1991
  
  IMPACTS, TSUNAMIS, AND THE HAITIAN CRETACEOUS-TERTIARY BOUNDARY-LAYER. SCIENCE. 252.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1126/science.252.5013.1690 Web of Science: A1991FT11400041
- 1988
  
  GEOCHEMISTRY OF BASALTS FROM THE DUMISSEAU FORMATION, SOUTHERN HAITI - IMPLICATIONS FOR THE ORIGIN OF THE CARIBBEAN SEA CRUST. EARTH AND PLANETARY SCIENCE LETTERS. 87.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1016/0012-821X(88)90006-4 Web of Science: A1988M722800006
- 1983
  
  PLEISTOCENE SEA LEVELS FROM RAISED CORAL REEFS OF HAITI. SCIENCE. 219.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1126/science.219.4591.1423 Web of Science: A1983QF93900026
Conference
Meeting Abstract
- 2007
  
  Geochemical, lithologic and biotic variations of the K/P boundary record, implications for seiche-like movements as causal factors in the observed mix-up. GEOCHIMICA ET COSMOCHIMICA ACTA. A640-A640.
  Web of Science: 000248789901496
- 1977
  
  PALEOTECTONIC IMPLICATIONS OF SUBAQUEOUS FLOW STRUCTURES IN MESOZOIC-CENOZOIC CARIBBEAN DEEP-SEA SEDIMENTS. AAPG BULLETIN.
  Web of Science: A1977DL33400186
- 1976
  
  PALEOGENE RADIOLARIAN PALEOBIOGEOGRAPHY - IMPLICATIONS CONCERNING PLATE TECTONICS AND CLIMATIC CYCLES. AAPG BULLETIN.
  Web of Science: A1976BQ68300177
Proceedings Paper
- 2009
  
  MICROSPHEROID ACCUMULATIONS AND GEOCHEMICAL CHARACTERISTICS OF A CENOMANIAN-TURONIAN ANOXIC BASIN: THE RECORD OF THE INDIDURA FORMATION, NE MEXICO. GEOLOGIC PROBLEM SOLVING WITH MICROFOSSILS: A VOLUME IN HONOR OF GARRY D. JONES. 171-+.
  Web of Science: 000276449500012
Review
- 1979
  
  CENOZOIC RADIOLARIAN PALEOBIOGEOGRAPHY - IMPLICATIONS CONCERNING PLATE TECTONICS AND CLIMATIC CYCLES. PALAEOGEOGRAPHY PALAEOCLIMATOLOGY PALAEOECOLOGY.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1016/0031-0182(79)90151-2 Web of Science: A1979GS96100003

chaired theses and dissertations

Llaguno, Jose R, Paleoenvironments, origin, and relative maturity of organic matter in Barremian-Aptian limestones of the eastern Prada Quarry, Organyà Basin, NE Spain 2017
Hernandez, Yosmel Sanchez, Paleoenvironments and Geochemical Signals from the Late Barremian to the Middle Aptian in a Tethyan Marginal Basin, Northeast Spain: Implications for Carbon Sequestration in Restricted Basins 2014
Narvaez, Tatiana Gaona, Lower Aptian Comparative Stratigraphy of the Basco-Cantabrian Region (Spain) and Eastern Cordillera (Colombia): implications for local factors in the depositional record of Oceanic Anoxic Event 1a (OAE-1a) 2013
Barragan, Ricardo, Ammonite biostratigraphy, lithofacies variations, and paleoceanographic implications for barremian-aptian sequences of northeastern Mexico 2000
Cuevas, Elba Dayton, The radiolarian biostratigraphy of the oceanic formation, Conset Bay, Barbados, West Indies 1994

principal investigator on

Laboratory and Post-doctoral Support for Core and Seismic Reflection Analyses and Magnetostratigraphy. awarded by U.S. Geological Survey 2008 - 2009

co-principal investigator on

Acquisition of an Inductively Coupled Plasma Optical Emission Spectrometer for Department of Earth & Enviroment at Florida International University awarded by National Science Foundation 2011 - 2013
Get Educators in Mathematics and Science (GEMS). awarded by National Science Foundation 2009 - 2013

full name

Florentin Maurasse

ORCID iD

https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2383-1969 (confirmed)

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