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<img alt="EGU logo" src="https://www.egu.eu/static/104194bb/logos/egu/egu_plain_blue/egu_plain_blue.svg" loading="lazy" /> <hr> <p>European Geosciences Union</p> <small>Division on Stratigraphy, Sedimentology and Palaeontology<br>ssp.egu.eu</small> </header>  <main id="main"> <div id="content" class="container"> <h1 class="d-none d-print-block">Division on Stratigraphy, Sedimentology and Palaeontology</h1> <noscript> <div class="alert alert-warning" role="alert"> Some features of www.egu.eu will not appear or function properly if your browser does not have JavaScript enabled, or does not support it. </div> </noscript> <div class="row"> <div class="col-lg-9" id="leftcontent"> <p class="h6 mb-3"> <b>President:</b> Cinzia Bottini (<i class="fal fa-envelope mr-1" title="Email" aria-hidden="true"></i><span class="sr-only">Email</span><a href="mailto:ssp@egu.eu">ssp@egu.eu</a>) <br> <b>Deputy President:</b> Marc De Batist (<a href="/login/?next={request.path}" aria-label="Log in to see this 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About 70% of the Earth surface is covered by sedimentary deposits, which are eroded and deposited right at the contact between the solid lithosphere and the atmosphere, biosphere and hydrosphere. Sedimentary rocks record the history of our planet since almost 4 billion of years and play a pivotal role for our understanding of the evolution of life. This deep-time archive of Earth history is studied with a wide range of analytical techniques providing ever stunning details on the evolution of our planet. Sedimentary basins host important natural resources like coal, gas, oil, ore deposits and groundwater and therefore a better understanding of the physical, chemical and biological processes controlling the formation and distribution of sediments and sedimentary rocks is of utmost importance for our society.</p> <div class="headline"> <h2>Latest posts from the SSP blog</h2> </div> <article class="media"> <img role="presentation" alt="" class="img-fluid img-thumbnail" src="https://www.egu.eu/media/news/blogmessages/2024/11/19/9cead853-7468-4a84-9ca5-7a04cf80a4b4.jpg.120x120_q90_crop-smart_upscale.webp" srcset="https://www.egu.eu/media/news/blogmessages/2024/11/19/9cead853-7468-4a84-9ca5-7a04cf80a4b4.jpg.120x120_q90_crop-smart_upscale.webp 1x, https://www.egu.eu/media/news/blogmessages/2024/11/19/9cead853-7468-4a84-9ca5-7a04cf80a4b4.jpg.240x240_q90_crop-smart_upscale.webp 2x" loading="lazy"> <div class="media-body"> <a class="h4 external" href="https://blogs.egu.eu/divisions/ssp/2024/11/19/drilling-on-worlds-rooftop-the-nam-co-icdp-campaign-on-the-tibetan-plateau/">Drilling on world’s rooftop – the Nam Co-ICDP campaign on the Tibetan Plateau</a> <ul class="list-inline mt-1"> <li class="list-inline-item"><i class="fab fa-fw fa-wordpress"></i> <a class="external" href="https://blogs.egu.eu/divisions/ssp/">Stratigraphy, Sedimentology and Palaeontology</a></li> <li class="list-inline-item"><i class="far fa-fw fa-calendar-plus"></i> posted 4 days ago</li> </ul> <p>International Scientific Continental Drilling Program (ICDP) campaigns may lead scientists from all over the world to most exciting places that are often of extraordinary beauty and remoteness. All these attributes certainly apply to Lake Nam Co situated at an altitude of 4700 m above sea level on the Tibetan Plateau in the Himalayas. Today this area supplies one third of the humankind with fresh water via the great rivers of Asia that mostly have their springs here. Lake Nam Co …</p> <p class="more-link my-1 text-right "><a class="external"href="https://blogs.egu.eu/divisions/ssp/2024/11/19/drilling-on-worlds-rooftop-the-nam-co-icdp-campaign-on-the-tibetan-plateau/" aria-label="Read more about Drilling on world’s rooftop – the Nam Co-ICDP campaign on the Tibetan Plateau">Read more</a> </div> </article> <hr> <article class="media"> <img role="presentation" alt="" class="img-fluid img-thumbnail" src="https://www.egu.eu/media/news/blogmessages/2024/07/24/34ccbf5d-451f-411f-92e6-e89e3bbb165a.png.120x120_q90_crop-smart_upscale.png" srcset="https://www.egu.eu/media/news/blogmessages/2024/07/24/34ccbf5d-451f-411f-92e6-e89e3bbb165a.png.120x120_q90_crop-smart_upscale.png 1x, https://www.egu.eu/media/news/blogmessages/2024/07/24/34ccbf5d-451f-411f-92e6-e89e3bbb165a.png.240x240_q90_crop-smart_upscale.png 2x" loading="lazy"> <div class="media-body"> <a class="h4 external" href="https://blogs.egu.eu/divisions/ssp/2024/07/24/fossilized-tree-trunks-preservation-in-continental-and-marine-ancient-outcrops-of-baja-california/">Fossilized Tree Trunks: Preservation in Continental and Marine Ancient Outcrops of Baja California</a> <ul class="list-inline mt-1"> <li class="list-inline-item"><i class="fab fa-fw fa-wordpress"></i> <a class="external" href="https://blogs.egu.eu/divisions/ssp/">Stratigraphy, Sedimentology and Palaeontology</a></li> <li class="list-inline-item"><i class="far fa-fw fa-calendar-plus"></i> posted 4 months ago</li> </ul> <p>While working on the exceptional, but remote outcrops of Baja California, I have encountered an extraordinary quantity of fossilized tree fragments from the Cretaceous. These fossils were preserved in both subaerial, fluvial, and marine environments. Does this mean that preservation of tree trunks is easy? How can wood be preserved for more than 70 million years? What kind of information can we obtain from fossilized trees? Let’s try answer all these questions. Fossil wood can be preserved through various mechanisms, …</p> <p class="more-link my-1 text-right "><a class="external"href="https://blogs.egu.eu/divisions/ssp/2024/07/24/fossilized-tree-trunks-preservation-in-continental-and-marine-ancient-outcrops-of-baja-california/" aria-label="Read more about Fossilized Tree Trunks: Preservation in Continental and Marine Ancient Outcrops of Baja California">Read more</a> </div> </article> <hr> <article class="media"> <img role="presentation" alt="" class="img-fluid img-thumbnail" src="https://www.egu.eu/media/news/blogmessages/2024/06/07/458e366a-068d-441d-9e57-2785930e93a2.jpg.120x120_q90_crop-smart_upscale.webp" srcset="https://www.egu.eu/media/news/blogmessages/2024/06/07/458e366a-068d-441d-9e57-2785930e93a2.jpg.120x120_q90_crop-smart_upscale.webp 1x, https://www.egu.eu/media/news/blogmessages/2024/06/07/458e366a-068d-441d-9e57-2785930e93a2.jpg.240x240_q90_crop-smart_upscale.webp 2x" loading="lazy"> <div class="media-body"> <a class="h4 external" href="https://blogs.egu.eu/divisions/ssp/2024/06/07/a-story-of-fertilizer-and-the-colour-purple/">A Story of Fertilizer and the Colour Purple</a> <ul class="list-inline mt-1"> <li class="list-inline-item"><i class="fab fa-fw fa-wordpress"></i> <a class="external" href="https://blogs.egu.eu/divisions/ssp/">Stratigraphy, Sedimentology and Palaeontology</a></li> <li class="list-inline-item"><i class="far fa-fw fa-calendar-plus"></i> posted 5 months ago</li> </ul> <p>Introduction It is sometimes difficult to admit that you are (officially) a nerd, but I have a confession to make. I have collected dinosaurs on stamps for the last thirty years. Over 10,000 of these stamps have been issued across the world, and the vast majority of these issues are in my collection. One question that I am often asked is when the first dinosaur stamp was issued, which turns out to be the Chinese 1958 “Chinese Fossils” set of …</p> <p class="more-link my-1 text-right "><a class="external"href="https://blogs.egu.eu/divisions/ssp/2024/06/07/a-story-of-fertilizer-and-the-colour-purple/" aria-label="Read more about A Story of Fertilizer and the Colour Purple">Read more</a> </div> </article> <div class="headline"> <h2>Recent awardees</h2> </div> <article class="media"> <img class="img-fluid img-thumbnail" alt="Silvia Frisia" src="https://www.egu.eu/media/awards/jean-baptiste-lamarck/2024/silvia_frisia.jpeg.120x120_q90_crop_target-50%2C48_upscale.webp" srcset="https://www.egu.eu/media/awards/jean-baptiste-lamarck/2024/silvia_frisia.jpeg.120x120_q90_crop_target-50%2C48_upscale.webp 1x, https://www.egu.eu/media/awards/jean-baptiste-lamarck/2024/silvia_frisia.jpeg.240x240_q90_crop_target-50%2C48_upscale.webp 2x" loading="lazy"> <div class="media-body"> <h2 class="h4"><a href="/awards-medals/jean-baptiste-lamarck/2024/silvia-frisia/">Silvia Frisia</a></h2> <ul class="list-inline"> <li class="list-inline-item"><i class="far fa-fw fa-calendar-alt"></i> 2024</li> <li class="list-inline-item"><i class="fas fa-fw fa-trophy"></i> Jean Baptiste Lamarck Medal</li> </ul> <p> The 2024 Jean Baptiste Lamarck Medal is awarded to Silvia Frisia for her highly significant impact as a sedimentologist researching carbonate-based palaeoclimate science, in particular through her work on carbonate fabrics in cave deposits, or speleothems. </p> <p class="more-link my-1 text-right "><a href="/awards-medals/jean-baptiste-lamarck/2024/silvia-frisia/" aria-label="Read more about Silvia Frisia">Read more</a> </div> </article> <hr> <article class="media"> <img class="img-fluid img-thumbnail" alt="Miguel Ángel Maté González" src="https://www.egu.eu/media/awards/photos/2024/01/23/50f56fe5-404b-428d-b709-719cf8acfd4eb.jpg.120x120_q90_crop_target-38%2C48_upscale_zoom-283.webp" srcset="https://www.egu.eu/media/awards/photos/2024/01/23/50f56fe5-404b-428d-b709-719cf8acfd4eb.jpg.120x120_q90_crop_target-38%2C48_upscale_zoom-283.webp 1x, https://www.egu.eu/media/awards/photos/2024/01/23/50f56fe5-404b-428d-b709-719cf8acfd4eb.jpg.240x240_q90_crop_target-38%2C48_upscale_zoom-283.webp 2x" loading="lazy"> <div class="media-body"> <h2 class="h4"><a href="/awards-medals/division-outstanding-ecs-award/2024/miguel-angel-mate-gonzalez/">Miguel Ángel Maté González</a></h2> <ul class="list-inline"> <li class="list-inline-item"><i class="far fa-fw fa-calendar-alt"></i> 2024</li> <li class="list-inline-item"><i class="fas fa-fw fa-trophy"></i> Division Outstanding Early Career Scientist Award</li> </ul> <p> The 2024 Division Outstanding Early Career Scientist Award is awarded to Miguel Ángel Maté González for his outstanding work in palaeontology and archaeology developing a new methodology for the analysis of 3D cut marks on bones. </p> <p class="more-link my-1 text-right "><a href="/awards-medals/division-outstanding-ecs-award/2024/miguel-angel-mate-gonzalez/" aria-label="Read more about Miguel Ángel Maté González">Read more</a> </div> </article> <hr> <article class="media"> <img class="img-fluid img-thumbnail" alt="Mélinda Martins" src="https://www.egu.eu/media/awards/photos/2024/09/10/25753081-2ed2-4207-a241-a55a657eb985.jpg.120x120_q90_crop_target-50%2C50_upscale.webp" srcset="https://www.egu.eu/media/awards/photos/2024/09/10/25753081-2ed2-4207-a241-a55a657eb985.jpg.120x120_q90_crop_target-50%2C50_upscale.webp 1x, https://www.egu.eu/media/awards/photos/2024/09/10/25753081-2ed2-4207-a241-a55a657eb985.jpg.240x240_q90_crop_target-50%2C50_upscale.webp 2x" loading="lazy"> <div class="media-body"> <h2 class="h4"><a href="/awards-medals/ospp-award/2024/melinda-martins/">Mélinda Martins</a></h2> <ul class="list-inline"> <li class="list-inline-item"><i class="far fa-fw fa-calendar-alt"></i> 2024</li> <li class="list-inline-item"><i class="fas fa-fw fa-trophy"></i> Outstanding Student and PhD candidate Presentation (OSPP) Award</li> </ul> <p> The 2024 Outstanding Student and PhD candidate Presentation (OSPP) Award is awarded to Mélinda Martins Deciphering local from global signals in Portimão Bank sedimentary dynamics </p> <p class="more-link my-1 text-right "><a href="/awards-medals/ospp-award/2024/melinda-martins/" aria-label="Read more about Mélinda Martins">Read more</a> </div> </article> <hr> <article class="media"> <img class="img-fluid img-thumbnail" alt="David A. T. Harper" src="https://www.egu.eu/media/awards/jean-baptiste-lamarck/2023/david_a_t.harper.jpeg.120x120_q90_crop_target-69%2C50_upscale_zoom-71.webp" srcset="https://www.egu.eu/media/awards/jean-baptiste-lamarck/2023/david_a_t.harper.jpeg.120x120_q90_crop_target-69%2C50_upscale_zoom-71.webp 1x, https://www.egu.eu/media/awards/jean-baptiste-lamarck/2023/david_a_t.harper.jpeg.240x240_q90_crop_target-69%2C50_upscale_zoom-71.webp 2x" loading="lazy"> <div class="media-body"> <h2 class="h4"><a href="/awards-medals/jean-baptiste-lamarck/2023/david-a-t-harper/">David A. T. Harper</a></h2> <ul class="list-inline"> <li class="list-inline-item"><i class="far fa-fw fa-calendar-alt"></i> 2023</li> <li class="list-inline-item"><i class="fas fa-fw fa-trophy"></i> Jean Baptiste Lamarck Medal</li> </ul> <p> The 2023 Jean Baptiste Lamarck Medal is awarded to David A. T. Harper in recognition of his outstanding work on the evolution and biostratigraphy of Lower Paleozoic invertebrate faunas, as well as his important contributions to quantitative palaeontology education. </p> <p class="more-link my-1 text-right "><a href="/awards-medals/jean-baptiste-lamarck/2023/david-a-t-harper/" aria-label="Read more about David A. T. 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