A study of the paleoenvironmental evolution middle Eocene platforms recognized in westernmost Tethys has been carried out well-exposed succession from Sierra Espuña-Mula basin (Betic Cordillera, S Spain). Eight microfacies (Mf1 to Mf8) have recognized, based mainly on fossil assemblages (principally larger benthic foraminifera), and rock texture fabric. The fossiliferous assemblage can be assig...

Introduction: Saturn’s E ring is the second largest planetary ring in the solar system, encompassing the icy satellites of Mimas (rM = 3.07RS), Enceladus (rE = 3.95RS), Tethys (rT = 4.88RS), Dione (rD = 6.25RS), Rhea (rR = 8.73R), and Titan (rR = 20.25RS). Enceladus was proposed early on as the dominant source of ring particles [1], since the edge-on brightness profile peaks near the moon’s mea...

Primers were developed for 10 microsatellite loci for two species of Oceanodroma storm-petrels. Variability was tested in 27 O. castro and 22 O. monteiroi from the Azores, and 24 O. leucorhoa from Norway. At least six loci amplified reliably and were polymorphic in each species. The number of alleles per locus averaged 4.6, and observed heterozygosities averaged 0.41. Most primers also yielded ...

Submit Manuscript | http://medcraveonline.com Pontides in the south, the Balkans in the west and the Crimean Mountains in the north. The Black Sea Basin consists of two deep sub-basins (the West Black Sea BasinWBS and the East Black Sea Basin EBS) that are separated by the mid–Black Sea Ridge—an NW trending basement uplift [1]. The origin of the Black Sea and its evolution are still a matter of...

Introduction: When using a planetary surface’s impact cratering record to investigate the object’s geologic history, it is important to understand the sources of impactors generating the unmodified record. For Saturn’s satellites, this implies that impactor populations pertinent to the Saturn system should be characterized in order to acceptably interpret cratering records modified by geologic ...

Most plastic ingestion studies rely on dissection of dead birds, which are found opportunistically, and may be biased. We used Leach's Storm-petrels (Oceanodroma leucorhoa) in Newfoundland to study the effect of dose volume, and the efficacy of emesis using syrup of ipecac as an emetic. Ipecac is a safe method of non-lethally sampling stomach contents, and recovered all ingested plastic. Almost...

The geodynamic evolution of the Western Mediterranean related to closure Ligurian-Tethys ocean is not yet fully resolved. We present a new 3D numerical model double subduction with opposite polarities fostered by inherited segmentation margins and rifting system between Iberia NW Africa. constrained plate kinematic reconstructions assumes that both Alboran-Tethys Algerian-Tethys segments are se...