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Please <a href="https://www.enable-javascript.com/">enable JavaScript</a> in your browser. </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 email address"><i class="fal fa-envelope" title="Log in to see this email address" aria-hidden="true"></i><span class="sr-only" title="Log in to see this email address">Email</span></a>) <br> <b>ECS Representative:</b> Shradha Menon (<i class="fal fa-envelope mr-1" title="Email" aria-hidden="true"></i><span class="sr-only">Email</span><a href="mailto:ecs-ssp@egu.eu">ecs-ssp@egu.eu</a>) <br> </p> <p>The Stratigraphy, Sedimentology and Palaeontology Division (SSP) focuses its activities on all aspects of the sedimentary record. 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/2025/03/14/5c8ad7f0-7532-417d-8f08-497fba5a019d.jpg.120x120_q90_crop-smart_upscale.webp" srcset="https://www.egu.eu/media/news/blogmessages/2025/03/14/5c8ad7f0-7532-417d-8f08-497fba5a019d.jpg.120x120_q90_crop-smart_upscale.webp 1x, https://www.egu.eu/media/news/blogmessages/2025/03/14/5c8ad7f0-7532-417d-8f08-497fba5a019d.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/2025/03/14/unlocking-the-secrets-of-ancient-estuarine-deposits/">Unlocking the Secrets of Ancient Estuarine Deposits</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 1 week ago</li> </ul> <p>In recent months, I had the opportunity to work on a project analysing subsurface data from a rock sequence previously interpreted as the product of an estuarine depositional environment. The client sought subsurface maps to characterize the spatial distribution of various geobodies associated with sedimentary deposits typically found in modern estuaries. In other words, the goal was to reconstruct the sedimentary architecture of the subsurface beyond seismic resolution, identifying geobodies that cannot be resolved through seismic surveys. This task was …</p> <p class="more-link my-1 text-right "><a class="external"href="https://blogs.egu.eu/divisions/ssp/2025/03/14/unlocking-the-secrets-of-ancient-estuarine-deposits/" aria-label="Read more about Unlocking the Secrets of Ancient Estuarine Deposits">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/2025/02/06/db04cf16-bf39-468f-a41c-0f2807ae79a4.jpg.120x120_q90_crop-smart_upscale.webp" srcset="https://www.egu.eu/media/news/blogmessages/2025/02/06/db04cf16-bf39-468f-a41c-0f2807ae79a4.jpg.120x120_q90_crop-smart_upscale.webp 1x, https://www.egu.eu/media/news/blogmessages/2025/02/06/db04cf16-bf39-468f-a41c-0f2807ae79a4.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/2025/02/06/broadening-our-understanding-of-bird-ichnology-through-neoichnology/">Broadening our Understanding of Bird Ichnology through Neoichnology</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 1 month ago</li> </ul> <p>Miocene bird footprints from Sandakan, eastern Borneo Introduction Bird footprints are some of the most recognizable traces in the fossil record. Yet birds exhibit a wide variety of behaviours which may be preserved as ancient traces (Belaústegui et al 2017). Records include feeding traces like probing, nesting structures and possibly coprolites, but the study of the traces left by modern birds extends their scope to courtship-related scrapes, swimming and diving traces, bird resting and perching traces and feather impressions, as …</p> <p class="more-link my-1 text-right "><a class="external"href="https://blogs.egu.eu/divisions/ssp/2025/02/06/broadening-our-understanding-of-bird-ichnology-through-neoichnology/" aria-label="Read more about Broadening our Understanding of Bird Ichnology through Neoichnology">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/2024/11/19/9cead853-7468-4a84-9ca5-7a04cf80a4b4.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 months 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> <div class="headline"> <h2>Recent awardees</h2> </div> <article class="media"> <img class="img-fluid img-thumbnail" alt="Donald Ross Prothero" src="https://www.egu.eu/media/awards/photos/2024/11/08/fce2bbad-bf22-4649-9e92-ca4bdfd0f707.jpg.120x120_q90_crop_target-50%2C46_upscale.webp" srcset="https://www.egu.eu/media/awards/photos/2024/11/08/fce2bbad-bf22-4649-9e92-ca4bdfd0f707.jpg.120x120_q90_crop_target-50%2C46_upscale.webp 1x, https://www.egu.eu/media/awards/photos/2024/11/08/fce2bbad-bf22-4649-9e92-ca4bdfd0f707.jpg.240x240_q90_crop_target-50%2C46_upscale.webp 2x" loading="lazy"> <div class="media-body"> <h2 class="h4"><a href="/awards-medals/jean-baptiste-lamarck/2025/donald-ross-prothero/">Donald Ross Prothero</a></h2> <ul class="list-inline"> <li class="list-inline-item"><i class="far fa-fw fa-calendar-alt"></i> 2025</li> <li class="list-inline-item"><i class="fas fa-fw fa-trophy"></i> Jean Baptiste Lamarck Medal</li> </ul> <p> The 2025 Jean Baptiste Lamarck Medal is awarded to Donald Ross Prothero in recognition of a strong research profile in terrestrial stratigraphy, and unwavering support and education of the next generation. </p> <p class="more-link my-1 text-right "><a href="/awards-medals/jean-baptiste-lamarck/2025/donald-ross-prothero/" aria-label="Read more about Donald Ross Prothero">Read more</a> </div> </article> <hr> <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, 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