Matthias Sinnesael Paleoclimatology Cyclostratigraphy

Sinnesael M., De Vleeschouwer D., Coccioni R., Claeys P., Frontalini F., Jovane l., Savian J., and Montanari A. (2016): High-resolution multiproxy cyclostratigraphic analysis of environmental and climatic events across the K-Pg boundary in the classic pelagic succession of Gubbio (Italy). Geological Society of America, Special Paper, v. 524, doi:10.1130/2016.2524(09). (link).

Sinnesael M., Zivanovic, M., De Vleeschouwer D., Claeys P., and Schoukens, J. (2016): Astronomical component estimation (ACE v.1) by time-variant sinusoidal modeling. Geoscientific Model Development Discussions, doi:10.5194/gmd-2016-104. (link)

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2026 Division Outstanding Early Career Scientist Award for the Division on Stratigraphy, Sedimentology and Palaeontology (SSP) of the European Geosciences Union (EGU)

RTE Radio 1 interview: "Dinosaurs: What Happened To Them?"

PAPERS 2026:

Morris M.A., Parnell-Turner R.E., Hochmuth K., McNamara D.D., Briais A., LeVay L., Di Chiara A., Dunkley Jones T., Karatsolis B.T., Pearson P.N., Sinnesael M., and Expedition 395 Scientists (2026): Middle Miocene intensification of the deep western boundary current offshore eastern Greenland. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, v. 692, 120244. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.epsl.2026.120244. (link) (pdf)

Pas D., Sinnesael M., Mghazli K., Jamart V., Geyer G., Landing E., Youbi N., Ounar J., Omar H., Boumedhi M.A., Arts M., Huygh J.J.C., Da Silva A.C., and Daley A.C. (2026): A new chronostratigraphic anchor for the early Cambrian: Integrating δ13C chemostratigraphy and Bayesian astrochronology in West Gondwana (Anti-Atlas, Morocco). Earth-Science Reviews, v. 280, 105557. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.earscirev.2026.105557. (link) (pdf)

Pearman C., Tien C.-Y., White N., Maclennan J., Murton B., Gibson S., Day J., Parnell-Turner R., and Expedition 395 Scientists (2026): Collapse and resurgence of the Iceland mantle plume. Nature Communications, v. 17, 4104. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-026-71618-2. (link) (pdf)

White N., Tien C.-Y., Pearman C., Maclennan J., Murton B., and Expedition 395 Scientists (2026): Geochemical Analysis of Diachronous V‐Shaped Ridges and Troughs That Flank the Reykjanes Ridge South of Iceland. Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems, v. 27, e2025GC012729. https://doi.org/10.1029/2025GC012729. (link) (pdf)

Esteves C.d.J.P., Mclaughlin P.I., Paton T., Cane G., Sinnesael M., Emsbo P., and Vandenbroucke T.A.V. (2026): Upper Ordovician integrated chitinozoan biostratigraphy and chemostratigraphy in the Cincinnati area: strengthening a regional chronostratigraphic anchor point. Geological Magazine, v. 163 (e40), 1-19. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0016756826100788. (link) (pdf)

Cyclostratigraphy Intercomparison Project 1.0:

Sinnesael M., De Vleeschouwer D., Zeeden C., Batenburg S.J., Da Silva A.-C., de Winter N.J., Dinarès-Turell J., Drury A.J., Gambacorta G., Hilgen F., Hinnov L., Hudson A.J.L., Kemp D.B., Lantink M., Laurin J., Li M., Liebrand D., Ma C., Meyers S., Monkenbusch J., Montanari A., Nohl T., Pälike H., Pas D., Ruhl M., Thibault N., Vahlenkamp M., Valero L., Wouters S., Wu H., and Claeys P. (2019): The Cyclostratigraphy Intercomparison Project (CIP): consistency, merits and pitfalls. Earth-Science Reviews, v. 199, 102965, doi:10.1016/j.earscirev.2019.102965. (link) (pdf)

www.cyclostratigraphy.org:https://www.cyclostratigraphy.org/the-cip-initiative

Old Website:http://we.vub.ac.be/en/cyclostratigraphy-intercomparison-project

Case studies:http://we.vub.ac.be/en/cyclostratigraphy-intercomparison-project/case-studies

Last update: 06/2025