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Carolina Fonseca is an Invited Assistant Professor at the University of Minho since 2021. She completed the Bachelor in Geology in 2014 and the Master in Geosciences in 2016 by the University of Coimbra, and the PhD in Earth and Solid Planets Sciences in 2020 by the Université de Toulouse III - Paul Sabatier. Currently, she is also attending the Master in Data Science at the Faculty of Sciences of the University of Porto. Her main research interests focus on organic petrology and organic geochemistry applied to the study of Oceanic Anoxic Events' sedimentary record. Carolina Fonseca has been a collaborator with the International Committee for Coal and Organic Petrology (ICCP) having obtained, in the Accreditation Program, the certification in Vitrinite Reflectance in Dispersed Organic Matter.
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Identification

Personal identification

Full name
Carolina Maria Flores Marcelo da Fonseca
Date of birth
1990/03/01
Gender
Female

Citation names

  • Fonseca, Carolina
  • Fonseca, C.

Author identifiers

Ciência ID
C11D-95BE-FAF7
ORCID iD
0000-0002-4794-3271
Google Scholar ID
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Scopus Author Id
57197833753

Email addresses

  • cmfonseca13@gmail.com (Professional)
  • carolina@lafo.geologia.ufrj.br (Professional)
  • cmfonseca13@gmail.com (Personal)

Addresses

  • LAFO - Laboratório de Palinofácies & Fácies Orgânica Geologia/IGEO/CCMN/UFRJ Av. Athos da Silveira Ramos, 274 - Bloco J1 - Sala 20 Ilha do Fundão, 21941-916, Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (Professional)

Knowledge fields

  • Natural sciences - Earth and Environmental Sciences - Geosciences, Multidisciplinary

Languages

Language Speaking Reading Writing Listening Peer-review
English Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1)
Portuguese Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1)
French Beginner (A1) Intermediate (B1) Beginner (A1) Beginner (A1)
Italian Intermediate (B1) Intermediate (B1) Beginner (A1) Intermediate (B1)
Education
Degree Classification
2021/09 - 2022/07
Attended
 Ciência de Dados (Data Science) (Mestrado)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
2017/10/01 - 2020/12/08
Concluded
 Sciences de la Terre et des Planètes Solides (Doctorat)
Université de Toulouse Ecole Doctorale Sciences De l'Univers de l'Environnement et de l'Espace, France
"Organic facies variability during the Toarcian and Cenomanian—Turonian oceanic anoxic events: local versus global paleoenvironmental control" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
2014 - 2016
Concluded
 Master in Geosciences (Mestrado)
Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Ciencias e Tecnologia, Portugal
"Organic facies variability during the Toarcian Oceanic Anoxic Event recorded in southern France: Grands Causses, Quercy and Pyrenean basins" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 19
2011 - 2014
Concluded
 Bachelor in Geology (Licenciatura)
Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Ciencias e Tecnologia, Portugal
"n/a" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 15
2008 - 2011
Attended
 Medicine (Mestrado integrado)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Medicina, Portugal
 n/a
Affiliation

Science

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2022/10 - Current Postdoc (Research) Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro - Laboratório de Geologia Sedimentar, Brazil
Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro Instituto de Geociências, Brazil
2019 - Current Researcher (Research) Laboratório de Palinofácies e Fácies Orgânicas da Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
2017 - Current Visiting Researcher (Research) Centro de Ciências do Mar e do Ambiente, Portugal
2015 - 2017 Research Trainee (Research) Centro de Ciências do Mar e do Ambiente, Portugal
Universidade de Coimbra Departamento de Ciências da Terra, Portugal

Teaching in Higher Education

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2021/09/01 - 2022/08/31 Invited Assistant Professor (University Teacher) Universidade do Minho, Portugal

Others

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2023/09/25 - Current Training Course Instructor ICCP - International Committee of Coal and Organic Petrology, Australia
Panepistemio Patron, Greece
2017/10/01 - 2020 PhD Candidate Université Toulouse III Paul Sabatier, France
Projects

Grant

Designation Funders
2022/10 - Current PRESAL-II - Impacto dos controles tectonoestratigráficos na qualidade e distribuição de reservatórios do intervalo Pré-sal da Bacia de Santos
IGEO-24.590
Post-doc
Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro - Laboratório de Geologia Sedimentar, Brazil
 Shell Brasil Petróleo Ltda
Ongoing
2019 - 2020 Variabilité du facies organique et de la matière organique d'origine animale au cours des événements anoxiques : implications paléoenvironnementales
TelluS, Syster Project
Principal investigator
Institut national des sciences de l'univers, France

Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, France
Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique
Concluded
2019 - 2019 Travel grant awarded to students and researchers from emerging countries to attend the 3rd International Workshop on the Toarcian Oceanic Anoxic Event in Erlangen, Germany
IGCP 655
Other
International Union of Geological Sciences

United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organization
Concluded
2018 - 2018 Travel grant awarded to students and researchers from emerging countries to attend the 2nd International Workshop on the Toarcian Oceanic Anoxic Event in Coimbra, Portugal
IGCP 655
Other
International Union of Geological Sciences

United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organization
Concluded
2018 - 2018 Travel grant awarded to young researchers to attend the X National Congress of Geology in Ponta Delgada, Azores, Portugal
Sociedade Geológica de Portugal
Other
Sociedade Geológica de Portugal
Concluded

Contract

Designation Funders
2019/01/01 - Current MARE - Centro de Ciências do Mar e do Ambiente
UID/MAR/04292/2019
Invited Scientist Fellow
FCiênciasID Associação para a Investigação e Desenvolvimento de Ciências, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
2017/10/01 - 2020/12/30 Organic facies variability during the Toarcian and Cenomanian-Turonian oceanic anoxic events: local versus global paleoenvironmental control
Contrats Doctoraux Uniques 2017
PhD Student Fellow
Université Toulouse III Paul Sabatier, France
 Ministre chargé de l'Enseignement supérieur, de la Recherche et de l'Innovation
Concluded

Other

Designation Funders
2017 - 2019 IGCP 655 Project "Toarcian Oceanic Anoxic Event: Impact on marine carbon cycle and ecosystems"
IGCP 655 Project
Researcher
International Union of Geological Sciences

United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organization
Concluded
Outputs

Publications

Book chapter
  1. Mendonça Filho, João Graciano; Fonseca, Carolina; Gonçalves, Paula Alexandra. Corresponding author: Mendonça Filho, João Graciano. "Synergy between Brazil and ICCP: a bost for organic petrology". In The 75th Meeting, A Commemorative Book, 155-162. Oviedo, Spain, 2024.
    Published
  2. Mendonça Filho, João Graciano; Menezes, T. R.; Mendonça, J.O.; Fonseca, Carolina; Gonçalves, P.A.. "Chapter 10: Palynofacies Analysis (Palynomorph Group)". In 15th ICCP Training Course on Dispersed Organic Matter, edited by Mendonça Filho, João Graciano; Borrego, A. G., 115-130. Patras, Greece: ICCP, 2023.
    Published
Conference abstract
  1. Meyvisch, Pjotr; Baranyi, V.; Borondics, F.; Bringué, M.; Correia, V.; Fensome, R.; Fonseca, Carolina; et al. Corresponding author: Meyvisch, Pjotr. "Fossil biomolecules illuminate biological affinities of enigmatic acritarchs". Paper presented in 68th Annual Meeting of the Palaeontological Association, Erlangen, 2024.
    Published
  2. Riquier, Laurent; Munier, Thomas; Fonseca, Carolina; Lézin, Carine. Corresponding author: Riquier, Laurent. "Evolution des cortèges argileux au cours de l’OAE2 (~94 Ma): Exemple de la coupe de Pont d’Issole (Bassin Vocontien).". Paper presented in 19ème Congrès de l'Association des Sédimentologues Français, Lille, 2024.
    Published
  3. Manga, William Gaspard Owona; Fonseca, Carolina; Bessong, Moise; Franco, Noelia; de Oliveira, Antonio Donizeti; Meying, Arsène; Tonye, Marie Diane; João Graciano Mendonça Filho. Corresponding author: Fonseca, Carolina. "Understanding Paleoenvironmental Control on Organic-Rich Deposits in the Babouri-Figuil Basin, Northern Cameroon.". Paper presented in 75th International Committee for Coal and Organic Petrology Annual Meeting, Oviedo, 2024.
    Published
  4. Fonseca, Carolina; João Graciano Mendonça Filho; Bitchong, A.M.; Flores, Deolinda. Corresponding author: Fonseca, Carolina. "Lamalginite: Comparative Insights from Petrographic Analysis". Paper presented in 75th International Committee for Coal and Organic Petrology Annual Meeting, Oviedo, 2024.
    Published
  5. Meyvisch, Pjotr; Borondics, F.; Sandt, C.; Locquet, A.; Podor, R.; Wiemann, J.; Correia, V.; et al. Corresponding author: Meyvisch, Pjotr. "Monitoring the transformation of resistant bio- to geomolecules: a micropaleontological perspective and applications". Paper presented in 20th European Conference on the Spectroscopy of Biological Molecules, Lodz, 2024.
    Published
  6. Fonseca, Carolina; Jaqueline Torres Souza; António Donizeti de Oliveira; Mendonça, J.O.; João Graciano Mendonça Filho; Borghi, Leonardo. "Sulfur Differentiation via Open-System Programmed Pyrolysis and Oxidation: a study case from the Barra Velha Formation (Santos Basin, offshore Brazil)". Paper presented in XVI Congresso de Geoquímica dos Países de Língua Portuguesa, Aveiro, 2024.
    Published
  7. Marques-Lima, Danielle; Lília D Sabaraense; Fonseca, Carolina; Aristóteles M. Rios-Netto; João Graciano Mendonça Filho. Corresponding author: Marques-Lima, Danielle. "Caracterização Geoquímica do evento anóxico oceânico 1b na Bacia do Araripe (Brasil)". Paper presented in XVI Congresso de Geoquímica dos Países de Língua Portuguesa, Aveiro, 2024.
    Published • https://doi.org/10.48528/kdqa-r788
  8. Meyvisch, Pjotr; Neil Mertens, Kenneth; Borondics, F.; Sandt, C.; Podor, R.; Fensome, R.; Correia, V.; et al. Corresponding author: Meyvisch, Pjotr. "Using infrared spectroscopy to understand the macromolecular taphonomy of organic-walled dinocysts: a phylogenetic perspective, and implications on dinocyst ecological functions and affinity studies of organic microfossils.". Paper presented in 56th Annual Meeting AASP-The Palynological Society, Montpellier, 2024.
    Submitted
  9. Riquier, Laurent; Munier, Thomas; Torq, Lou; Guillot, Iseline; Fonseca, Carolina; Lézin, Carine. Corresponding author: Riquier, Laurent. "Evolution des cortèges argileux de la coupe de Pont d'Issole (Bassin Vocontien) au cours de l'OAE2 (~94 Ma)". Paper presented in 28e Réunion des Sciences de la Terre, Rennes, 2023.
    Published
  10. Meyvisch, Pjotr; Neil Mertens, Kenneth; Fonseca, Carolina; João Graciano Mendonça Filho; Matias Reolid; Luís Vítor da Fonseca Pinto Duarte. Corresponding author: Meyvisch, Pjotr. "First Macromolecular Characterization of Fossil Choanoflagellates". Paper presented in 2023 Joint 74th International Committee for Coal and Organic Petrology (ICCP) and 39th The Society of Organic Petrology (TSOP) Meeting, Patras, 2023.
    Published
  11. Fonseca, Carolina; Jaqueline Torres Souza; António Donizeti de Oliveira; Mendonça, J.O.; Mendonça Filho, João Graciano; Borghi, Leonardo. Corresponding author: Fonseca, Carolina. "Organic matter characterization of a sedimentary succession of the Barra Velha Formation carbonates from the Santos Basin, offshore Brazil". Paper presented in 2023 Joint 74th International Committee for Coal and Organic Petrology (ICCP) and 39th The Society of Organic Petrology (TSOP) Meeting, Patras, 2023.
    Published
  12. Marques de Lima, Danielle; Mendonça Filho, João Graciano; Fonseca, Carolina; António Donizeti de Oliveira; Mendonça, J.O.; Gonçalves, Paula Alexandra. Corresponding author: Marques de Lima, Danielle. "Organic Facies Variability and Paleoenvironmental Characterization of the Codó and Itapecuru Formations (Aptian-Albian) of Parnaíba Basin, Brazil.". Paper presented in 2023 Joint 74th International Committee for Coal and Organic Petrology (ICCP) and 39th The Society of Organic Petrology (TSOP) Meeting, Patras, 2023.
    Published
  13. Fonseca, C.; João Graciano Mendonça Filho; Matias Reolid; Luís Vítor da Fonseca Pinto Duarte; Jaqueline Torres Souza; António Donizeti de Oliveira; Carine Lézin. Corresponding author: Fonseca, C.. "Choanoflagellates: first occurrence of the sister group of Metazoa in the fossil record". Paper presented in 73rd Annual Meeting of the International Committee for Coal and Organic Petrology, New Delhi, 2022.
    Published
  14. Fonseca, C.; João Graciano Mendonça Filho; Carine Lézin; Luís Vítor da Fonseca Pinto Duarte. Corresponding author: Fonseca, C.. "Organic matter characterization of the Early Toarcian record in the SW German Basin". Paper presented in 38th Annual Meeting of The Society for Organic Petrology, 2022.
    Published
  15. Fonseca, Carolina; Mendonça Filho, João Graciano; Lézin, Carine; Luís Vítor da Fonseca Pinto Duarte. Corresponding author: Fonseca, Carolina. "O registo orgânico do Toarciano inferior da Bacia de Paris: uma origem fitoplanctónica ou bacteriana?". Paper presented in XIII Congreso Nacional y XIII Congreso Ibérico de Geoquímica, Puertollano, 2022.
    Published
  16. Fonseca, Carolina; Mendonça Filho, João Graciano; Lézin, Carine; Luís Vítor da Fonseca Pinto Duarte. Corresponding author: Fonseca, Carolina. "The Cenomanian-Turonian organic record of the Moroccan Atlantic Coast". Paper presented in 72nd Annual Meeting of the International Committee for Coal and Organic Petrology, Prague, 2021.
    Published
  17. Fonseca, Carolina; Mendonça Filho, João Graciano; Reolid, Matias; Luís Vítor da Fonseca Pinto Duarte; Lézin, Carine. Corresponding author: Fonseca, Carolina. "Organic facies variability and paleoenvironmental conditions across the Oceanic Anoxic Event 2 in the South Iberian Paleomargin". Paper presented in 37th The Society for Organic Petrology (TSOP) Annual Meeting, Sofia, 2021.
    Published
  18. Fonseca, C.; Mendonça Filho, João Graciano; Matias Reolid; Luís Vítor da Fonseca Pinto Duarte; Lézin, Carine. Corresponding author: Fonseca, C.. "The Oceanic Anoxic Event 2 organic record in the South Iberian Paleomargin.". Paper presented in EGU 2021, 2021.
    Published • 10.5194/egusphere-egu21-11868
  19. Fonseca, Carolina; João Graciano Mendonça Filho; Lézin, Carine; François Baudin; António Donizeti de Oliveira; Jaqueline Torres Souza; Luís Vítor da Fonseca Pinto Duarte. Corresponding author: Fonseca, Carolina. "The organic matter of Lower Toarcian Schistes Carton (Paris Basin): phytoplanktonic vs bacterial source.". Paper presented in 4th International Workshop on Toarcian Oceanic Anoxic Event; 27e édition de la Réunion des Sciences de la Terre, Lyon, 2021.
    Published
  20. Fonseca, Carolina; João Graciano Mendonça Filho; Lézin, Carine; Luís Vítor da Fonseca Pinto Duarte. "The organic record of Oceanic Anoxic Events: Toarcian vs Cenomanian-Turonian.". Paper presented in 3rd International Workshop on Toarcian Oceanic Anoxic Event (PeerJ Preprints), Erlangen, 2019.
    Published • https://doi.org/10.7287/peerj.preprints.27978v1
  21. Fonseca, Carolina; João Graciano Mendonça Filho; Lézin, Carine; Luís Vítor da Fonseca Pinto Duarte; Phillipe Fauré. "Organic facies variability and paleoenvironmental interpretation of the Early Toarcian of the Pyrenean Basin: the Bizanet and the Pont de Suert sections". Paper presented in 3rd International Workshop on Toarcian Oceanic Anoxic Event (PeerJ Preprints), Erlangen, 2019.
    Published • https://doi.org/10.7287/peerj.preprints.27977v1
  22. Fonseca, Carolina; João Graciano Mendonça Filho; Matias Reolid; Luís Vítor da Fonseca Pinto Duarte; Lézin, Carine. "Relationship between bituminite and solid bitumen and their correlation with the kerogen group components". Paper presented in 71st Annual Meeting of the International Committee for Coal and Organic Petrology, Haia, 2019.
    Published
  23. Fonseca, Carolina; João Graciano Mendonça Filho; Lézin, Carine; Luís Vítor da Fonseca Pinto Duarte. "Avaliação do grau de maturação térmica da matéria orgânica do limite Cenomaniano-Turoniano da Bacia Subalpina (SE França)". Paper presented in XII Congresso Ibérico de Geoquímica e XX Semana da Geoquímica, Évora, 2019.
    Published
  24. Fonseca, Carolina; João Graciano Mendonça Filho; Carine Lézin; Luís Vítor da Fonseca Pinto Duarte. "Evidences of organic matter reworking across the Cenomanian-Turonian boundary of the Subalpine Basin (SE France).". Paper presented in 70th Annual Meeting of the International Committee for Coal and Organic Petrology, Brisbane, 2018.
    Published
  25. Fonseca, Carolina; João Graciano Mendonça Filho; Carine Lézin; Luís Vítor da Fonseca Pinto Duarte. "Animal-derived organic matter record: a new contribution to the definition of paleoenvironmental conditions of the Toarcian Oceanic Anoxic Event.". Paper presented in 2nd International Workshop on Toarcian Oceanic Anoxic Event, Coimbra, 2018.
    Published
  26. Fonseca, Carolina; João Graciano Mendonça Filho; Carine Lézin; Luís Vítor da Fonseca Pinto Duarte; Fonseca, C.; Mendonça Filho, João Graciano; Lézin, Carine. "New evidences on the organic matter record of the early Toarcian of the Paris Basin, France". Paper presented in 2nd International Workshop on Toarcian Oceanic Anoxic Event, Coimbra, 2018.
    Published
  27. Fonseca, Carolina; João Graciano Mendonça Filho; Carine Lézin; Luís Vítor da Fonseca Pinto Duarte. "Deposição de matéria orgânica de origem animal: uma nova contribuição para a definição das condições paleoambientais de Eventos Oceânicos Anóxicos". Paper presented in X Congresso Nacional de Geologia, Ponta Delgada, 2018.
    Published
  28. Fonseca, Carolina; João Graciano Mendonça Filho; Carine Lézin; Luís Vítor da Fonseca Pinto Duarte; Phillipe Fauré. "Organic facies variability and paleoenvironmental changes across the Early Toarcian of the Pyrenean Basin". Paper presented in 69th Annual Meeting of the International Committee for Coal and Organic Petrology, Bucareste, 2017.
    Published
  29. Fonseca, Carolina; João Graciano Mendonça Filho; Carine Lézin; Luís Vítor da Fonseca Pinto Duarte; Phillipe Fauré. "New paleoenvironmental evidences for the Toarcian Oceanic Anoxic Event recorded in organic matter of the Quercy and Grands Causses basins (Southern France)". Paper presented in TSOP/ICCP/AASP 2016 Joint Meeting, Houston, 2016.
    Published
  30. Fonseca, Carolina; João Graciano Mendonça Filho; Carine Lézin; Luís Vítor da Fonseca Pinto Duarte. "Evaluation of thermal maturity in the late Pliensbachian-early Toarcian organic-rich sediments of different basins of Southern France". Paper presented in TSOP/ICCP/AASP 2016 Joint Meeting, Houston, 2016.
    Published
Journal article
  1. Manga, William Gaspard Owona; Fonseca, Carolina; Bessong, Moise; Franco, Noelia; de Oliveira, Antonio Donizeti; Meying, Arsène; Tonye, Marie Diane; Filho, João Graciano Mendonça. "Paleoenvironmental factors controlling organic-rich formations deposition in the Babouri-Figuil Basin (Northern Cameroon)". International Journal of Coal Geology 292 (2024): 104589. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.coal.2024.104589.
    Published • 10.1016/j.coal.2024.104589
  2. Manga, William Gaspard Owona; Fonseca, C.; Meying, Arsène; Filho, João Graciano Mendonça; Bessong, Moise. Corresponding author: Manga, William Gaspard Owona. "Thermal and hydrothermal effects of magmatic intrusions on cretaceous formations of the Babouri-Figuil basin (northern Cameroon): Perspectives on atypical petroleum system". Journal of African Earth Sciences 216 (2024): 105297. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jafrearsci.2024.105297.
    10.1016/j.jafrearsci.2024.105297
  3. Fonseca, Carolina; Mendonça Filho, João Graciano; Reolid, Matías; Duarte, Luís V.; de Oliveira, António Donizeti; Souza, Jaqueline Torres; Lézin, Carine. Corresponding author: Fonseca, Carolina. "First putative occurrence in the fossil record of choanoflagellates, the sister group of Metazoa". Scientific Reports 13 1 (2023): http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-26972-8.
    Open access • Published • 10.1038/s41598-022-26972-8
  4. Marques-Lima, Danielle; Mendonça Filho, João Graciano; Fonseca, Carolina; Oliveira, António Donizeti; Mendonça, J.O.; Gonçalves, Paula Alexandra. Corresponding author: Marques-Lima, Danielle. "Organic Facies Variability and Paleoenvironmental Characterization of the Codó and Itapecuru Formations (Aptian-Albian) of Parnaíba Basin, Brazil.". International Journal of Coal Geology (2023):
    Open access • Submitted
  5. Fonseca, Carolina; Mendonça Filho, João Graciano; Lézin, Carine; Sobrinho da Silva, Frederico; Duarte, Luís V.. Corresponding author: Fonseca, Carolina. "Solid Bitumen Occurrences in the Pyrenean Basin (Southern France): A Case Study across the Pliensbachian–Toarcian Boundary". Minerals 11 12 (2021): 1338. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/min11121338.
    Published • 10.3390/min11121338
  6. Fonseca, Carolina; Mendonça Filho, João Graciano; Lézin, Carine; Baudin, François; de Oliveira, António Donizeti; Souza, Jaqueline Torres; Duarte, Luís V.. Corresponding author: Fonseca, Carolina. "Boosted microbial productivity during the Toarcian Oceanic Anoxic Event in the Paris Basin, France: new evidence from organic geochemistry and petrographic analysis". Geological Society, London, Special Publications 514 1 (2021): 309-334. http://dx.doi.org/10.1144/sp514-2020-167.
    Published • 10.1144/sp514-2020-167
  7. Fonseca, Carolina; João Graciano Mendonça Filho; Lézin, Carine; Luís Vítor da Fonseca Pinto Duarte. Corresponding author: Fonseca, Carolina. "Organic facies variability and paleoenvironmental changes on the Moroccan Atlantic coast across the Cenomanian-Turonian Oceanic Anoxic Event (OAE2)". International Journal of Coal Geology 230 (2020): 103587. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.coal.2020.103587.
    Published • 10.1016/j.coal.2020.103587
  8. Fonseca, Carolina; João Graciano Mendonça Filho; Lézin, Carine; António Donizeti de Oliveira; Luís Vítor da Fonseca Pinto Duarte. Corresponding author: Fonseca, Carolina. "Organic matter deposition and paleoenvironmental implications across the Cenomanian-Turonian boundary of the Subalpine Basin (SE France): Local and global controls". International Journal of Coal Geology 218 (2020): 103364. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.coal.2019.103364.
    Published • 10.1016/j.coal.2019.103364
  9. Fonseca, Carolina; Mendonça Filho, João Graciano; Lézin, Carine; Duarte, Luis V.; Fauré, Phillipe. Corresponding author: Fonseca, Carolina. "Organic facies variability during the Toarcian Oceanic Anoxic Event record of the Grands Causses and Quercy basins (southern France)". International Journal of Coal Geology 190 (2018): 218-235. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.coal.2017.10.006.
    10.1016/j.coal.2017.10.006
  10. Fonseca, C.; Mendonça, J.O.; Mendonça Filho, J.G.; Lézin, C.; Duarte, L.V.. Corresponding author: Fonseca, C.. "Thermal maturity assessment study of the late Pliensbachian-early Toarcian organic-rich sediments in southern France: Grands Causses, Quercy and Pyrenean basins". Marine and Petroleum Geology 91 (2018): 338-349. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85044397728&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2018.01.017
Magazine article
  1. Fonseca, Carolina; Gonçalves, Paula Alexandra. Corresponding author: Fonseca, Carolina. "A matéria orgânica no sistema geológico. Contributos para o conhecimento dos processos geológicos e antropogénicos", Revista de Ciência Elementar, 2022, https://rce.casadasciencias.org/rceapp/art/2022/028/.
    10.24927/rce2022.028
Newsletter article
  1. Fonseca, Carolina. "Published article “First occurrence of Choanoflagellates, the closest living relative of animals, in the fossil record”", ICCP News , 2023, https://www.iccop.org/documents/iccp-news-no-85.pdf/.
Report
  1. Fonseca, Carolina; João Graciano Mendonça Filho; Flores, Deolinda. Corresponding author: Fonseca, Carolina. 2024. Organic Matter Characterization of the Mayo-Figuil Sedimentary Section, Babouri-Figuil Basin (Northern Cameroon)..
  2. Fonseca, Carolina; João Graciano Mendonça Filho. 2023. Organic Facies Characterization of a Sedimentary Section from the Babouri-Figuil Sedimentary Basin (Northern Cameroon)..
Thesis / Dissertation
  1. Fonseca, C.. "Variabilité des faciès organiques durant les événements anoxiques Toarcien et Cénomano-Turonien: influence des facteurs environnementaux locaux et globaux". PhD, Université de Toulouse Ecole Doctorale Sciences De l'Univers de l'Environnement et de l'Espace, 2020.
  2. Fonseca, Carolina. "Organic facies variability during the Toarcian Oceanic Anoxic Event recorded in southern France: Grands Causses, Quercy and Pyrenean Basins". Master, Universidade de Coimbra, 2016.
Activities

Oral presentation

Presentation title Event name
Host (Event location)
2024/09 Lamalginite: Comparative Insights from Petrographic Analysis. 75th International Committee for Coal and Organic Petrology Annual Meeting
Instituto de Ciencia y Tecnología del Carbono (INCAR-CSIC) (Oviedo, Spain)
2023/09 Organic Facies Variability and Paleoenvironmental Characterization of the Codó and Itapecuru Formations (Aptian-Albian) of Parnaíba Basin, Brazil. Joint 74th International Committee for Coal and Organic Petrology and 39th The Society for Organic Petrology Annual Meeting
University of Patras (Patras, Greece)
2023/09 Organic matter characterization of a sedimentary succession of the Barra Velha Formation carbonates from the Santos Basin, offshore Brazil. Joint 74th International Committee for Coal and Organic Petrology and 39th The Society for Organic Petrology Annual Meeting
University of Patras (Patras, Greece)
2022 O registo orgânico do Toarciano inferior da Bacia de Paria: uma origem fitoplanctónica ou bacteriana? XIII Congreso Nacional y XIII Congreso Ibérico de Geoquímica
Colegio Oficial Químicos de Madrid (Puertollano, Spain)
2022 Organic matter characterization of the Early Toarcian record in the SW German Basin 38th Annual Meeting of The Society for Organic Petrology
TSOP - The Society for Organic Petrology
2022 Choanoflagellates: first occurrence of the sister group of Metazoa in the fossil record 73rd Annual Meeting of the International Committee for Coal and Organic Petrology
ICCP - International Committee for Coal and Organic Petrology (New Delhi, India)
2021/09/24 The Cenomanian-Turonian organic record of the Moroccan Atlantic coast 72nd ICCP Meeting
International Committee for Coal and Organic Petrology (Prague, Czech Republic)
2021/09/14 Organic facies variability and paleoenvironmental conditions across the Oceanic Anoxic Event 2 in the South Iberian Paleomargin 37th TSOP Annual Meeting
The Society for Organic Petrology (Sofia, Bulgaria)
2021/04/27 The Oceanic Anoxic Event 2 organic record in the South Iberian Paleomargin. EGU General Assembly 2021
(Vienna, Austria)
2020/12/17 Organic matter deposition and paleoenvironmental implications across the Cenomanian-Turonian boundary of the Subalpine Basin (SE France): Local and global controls. Assemblée générale du Groupe Français du Crétacé (GFC)
Groupe Français du Crétacé (GFC) (France)
2019 Thermal maturity assessment study of the Cenomanian-Turonian boundary organic-rich sediments of the Subalpine Basin (SE France). XII Congresso Ibérico de Geoquímica e XX Semana da Geoquímica
(Évora, Portugal)
2019 Relationship between bituminite and solid bitumen and their correlation with the kerogen group components. 71st Annual Meeting of the International Committee for Coal and Organic Petrology
(The Hague, Netherlands)
2019 Organic facies variability and paleoenvironmental interpretation of the Early Toarcian of the Pyrenean Basin: the Bizanet and the Pont de Suert sections. 3rd International Workshop on Toarcian Oceanic Anoxic Event
(Erlangen, Germany)
2019 The organic record of Oceanic Anoxic Events: Toarcian vs Cenomanian-Turonian. 3rd International Workshop on Toarcian Oceanic Anoxic Event
(Erlangen, Germany)
2018/09/09 Training course on "Organic matter characterization in anoxic marine facies: palynofacies and organic geochemistry approaches" 2nd International Workshop on Toarcian Oceanic Anoxic Event
Universidade de Coimbra (Coimbra, Portugal)
2018/09 Animal-derived organic matter record: a new contribution to the definition of paleoenvironmental conditions of the Toarcian Oceanic Anoxic Event 2nd International Workshop on Toarcian Oceanic Anoxic Event
(Coimbra, Portugal)
2018/07 Deposição de matéria orgânica de origem animal: uma nova contribuição para a definição das condições paleoambientais de Eventos Oceânicos Anóxicos X Congresso Nacional de Geologia
(Ponta Delgada, Portugal)
2017/09 Organic facies variability and paleoenvironmental changes across the Early Toarcian of the Pyrenean Basin 69th Annual Meeting of the International Committee for Coal and Organic Petrology
(Bucareste, Romania)
2016/09 New paleoenvironmental evidences for the Toarcian Oceanic Anoxic Event recorded in organic matter of the Quercy and Grands Causses basins (Southern France) TSOP/ICCP/AASP 2016 Joint Meeting
(Houston, United States)
2016/09 Evaluation of thermal maturity in the late Pliensbachian-early Toarcian organic-rich sediments of different basins of Southern France TSOP/ICCP/AASP 2016 Joint Meeting
(Houston, United States)

Supervision

Thesis Title
Role 		Degree Subject (Type)
Institution / Organization
2023/02 - 2025/02 Generation of saturated and aromatic biomarkers through hydrous pyrolysis of type I/II kerogen in samples from the Tarfaya Basin, Morocco.
Co-supervisor
 Geologia Regional e Econômica (Master)
Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Event organisation

Event name
Type of event (Role) 		Institution / Organization
2017/10/10 - 2017/10/12 International Meeting of Sedimentology, 33rd IAS, 16th ASF Joint Meeting (2017/10/10 - 2017/10/12)
Congress (Member of the Organising Committee)
 Géosciences Environnement Toulouse, France
2012/05/12 - 2012/05/19 Organizing Staff of I International Congress of "Geociences in CPLP" (2012/05/12 - 2012/05/19)
Congress (Other)
 Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Ciencias e Tecnologia, Portugal

Event participation

Activity description
Type of event 		Event name
Institution / Organization
2024/09 - 2024/09 Chair of Technical Session “Symposium on Organic Petrology Research and Applications for the 21st Century- Third Session”
Congress
 75th International Committee for Coal and Organic Petrology Annual Meeting
ICCP - International Committee of Coal and Organic Petrology, Australia
2023/09 - 2023/09 Chair of Technical Session “TSOP Technical Session D”
Congress
 Joint 74th International Committee for Coal and Organic Petrology and 39th The Society for Organic Petrology Annual Meeting
ICCP - International Committee of Coal and Organic Petrology, Australia

TSOP - The Society for Organic Petrology, United States
2016/11/14 - 2016/11/15 Training course "Organic Geochemistry Applied to Petroleum Exploration" by Prof. João Graciano Mendonça Filho (Full Professor at Federal University of Rio de Janeiro).
Other
 XIII Congresso de Geoquímica dos Países de Língua Portuguesa/I Workshop de Geomatemática nas Ciências da Terra
Universidade Federal do Ceará, Brazil

Sociedade Brasileira de Geoquímica, Brazil
2016/09/17 - 2016/09/17 Training course "Integration Of Microscopy And Geochemistry In Petroleum Source Rock Evaluation" by Prof. Richard Tyson (Getech, UK)
Other
 TSOP, AASP, ICCP Joint Meeting
ICCP - International Committee of Coal and Organic Petrology, Australia

TSOP - The Society for Organic Petrology, United States

AASP - The Palynological Society, United States
2015/06/25 - 2015/06/25 Attended to the presentation of the results of the ECOAL project
Workshop
 ECOAL - Gestão Ecológica de Pilhas de Resíduos de Carvão
2015 - 2015 Theoretical and practical course (45 hours) on "Coal Petrography" from the Post-Graduation Program in Geology, lectured by Prof. Deolinda Flores (Full Professor at University of Porto) and Prof. João Graciano Mendonça Filho (Full Professor at Federal University of Rio de Janeiro).
Seminar
Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
2014/07/18 - 2014/07/19 Training course "Organic Geochemistry Applied to Petroleum Exploration: From Source to Oil" by Prof. João Graciano Mendonça Filho (Full Professor at Federal University of Rio de Janeiro)
Other
 IX Congresso Nacional de Geologia / 2º Congresso de Geologia dos Países de Língua Portuguesa
Universidade do Porto, Portugal

Ad Hoc journal article review

Journal title (ISSN) Publisher
2021/06 - Current International Journal of Coal Geology (0166-5162) Elsevier
2021/01 - Current Minerals (2075-163X) MDPI
2021 - Current Revista de Ciência Elementar (2183-1270) Casa das Ciências
2020/02 - Current Marine and Petroleum Geology (0264-8172) Elsevier
2019/01 - Current Fuel (0016-2361) Elsevier

Association member

Society Organization name Role
2022 - Current Sociedade Geológica de Portugal Member
2021 - Current European Geosciences Union
2021 - Current TSOP - The Society for Organic Petrology Full Member
2019/09 - Current International Committee for Coal and Organic Petrology Full Member
2018 - Current International Association of Sedimentologists Full Member

Committee member

Activity description
Role 		Institution / Organization
2024/09 - Current Elected Secretary of Commission I of the International Committee for Coal and Organic Petrology (ICCP)
Other
 ICCP - International Committee for Coal and Organic Petrology, Australia
2024/09 - Current Member of the Estimation of Maceral Composition in Samples with Low Organic Matter Content Working Group (https://www.iccop.org/)
Member
 ICCP - International Committee of Coal and Organic Petrology, Australia
2024/09 - Current Member of the Biochar Reflectance Working Group (https://www.iccop.org/)
Member
 ICCP - International Committee of Coal and Organic Petrology, Australia
2024/09 - Current Member of the Coke Petrography Working Group (https://www.iccop.org/workinggroup/coke-petrography/)
Member
 ICCP - International Committee of Coal and Organic Petrology, Australia
2023/09 - Current Member of the Geological Application of Graptolite Reflectance Working Group (https://www.iccop.org/workinggroup/geological-application-of-graptolite-reflectance/)
Member
 ICCP - International Committee of Coal and Organic Petrology, Australia
2022/09 - Current Member of the Radiolytical alteration of the organic matter in coal and rocks enriched in radioactive minerals Working Group (https://www.iccop.org/workinggroup/radiolytical-alteration-of-the-organic-matter-in-coal-and-rocks-enriched-in-radioactive-minerals/)
Member
 ICCP - International Committee of Coal and Organic Petrology, Australia
2021/09 - Current Member of the Environmental Application of Organic Petrology Working Group (https://www.iccop.org/workinggroup/environmental-application-of-organic-petrology/)
Member
 ICCP - International Committee of Coal and Organic Petrology, Australia
2018 - Current Member of the Identification of Dispersed Organic Matter Working Group (https://www.iccop.org/workinggroup/identification-of-dispersed-organic-matter/) ICCP - International Committee of Coal and Organic Petrology, Australia
2016 - Current Member of the Palynofacies Working Group (https://www.iccop.org/workinggroup/palynofacies/)
Member
 ICCP - International Committee of Coal and Organic Petrology, Australia
2023/09 - 2024/09 Chair of the Student Travel Award Committee
Coordinator
 TSOP - The Society for Organic Petrology, United States
2022/09 - 2024/09 Councilor of The Society for Organic Petrology (TSOP)
Other
 TSOP - The Society for Organic Petrology, United States

Conference scientific committee

Conference name Conference host
2023/09/17 - 2023/09/24 2023 Joint 74th International Committee for Coal and Organic Petrology (ICCP) and 39th The Society of Organic Petrology (TSOP) Meeting University of Patras

Course / Discipline taught

Academic session Degree Subject (Type) Institution / Organization
2023/08 - 2023/12 Organic Geochemistry Geoquímica Orgânica (Graduado) Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
2023/09/25 - 2023/09/29 ICCP Trainning Course on Dispersed Organic Matter Training Course on Dispersed Organic Matter ICCP - International Committee for Coal and Organic Petrology, Australia
2022/02 - 2022/07 Global Change and Land Use Geociências (Mestrado integrado) Universidade do Minho, Portugal
2022/02 - 2022/07 Geochemistry Geologia (Licenciatura) Universidade do Minho, Portugal
2021/09 - 2022/02 Geological Materials Ciências do Ambiente (Licenciatura) Universidade do Minho, Portugal
2021/09 - 2022/02 Landscape Resources Ciências do Ambiente (Licenciatura) Universidade do Minho, Portugal
2022/01/03 - 2022/01/03 Organic Petrology (by invitation) Geologia (Mestrado integrado) Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
2019/04/23 - 2019/04/23 Organic Petrology (by invitation) Mestrado em Geologia e Mestrado em Geomateriais e Recursos Geológicos (Mestrado) Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
2018/10 - 2018/10 Paleoenvironments (by invitation) M2 terre et géoressources (Master) Université Toulouse III Paul Sabatier, France

Journal scientific committee

Journal title (ISSN) Publisher
2022 - Current Frontiers in Earth Science (2296-6463) Frontiers
2021/06 - Current International Journal of Coal Geology (0166-5162) Elsevier
2021/01 - Current Minerals (2075-163X) MDPI
2021 - Current Revista de Ciência Elementar (2183-1270) Casa das Ciências
2020/02 - Current Marine and Petroleum Geology (0264-8172) Elsevier
2019/01 - Current Fuel (0016-2361) Elsevier

Mentoring / Tutoring

Topic Student name
2022 - 2026 Mentor of PhD Candidate Jaqueline Torres de Souza Bernardo
2021 - 2025 Mentor of PhD Candidate Agathe Catherine Ngo Ndje Ndjebet
2020 - 2024 Mentor of PhD Candidate Gaspard William Manga Owona
2018 - 2024 Mentor of PhD Candidate Pjotr Meyvisch
2021 - 2023 Mentor of Master Student Danielle Marques de Lima

Other jury / evaluation

Activity description Institution / Organization
2023/12/07 - 2023/12/07 Membro da Banca Examinadora do Seminário de Mestrado “Geração de biomarcadores saturados a partir da hidropirólise do querogênio tipo I/II em amostras da Bacia de Tarfaya, Marrocos” - Programa de Pós-Graduação em Geologia. Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
2023/12/04 - 2023/12/04 Membro da Banca Examinadora do Seminário de Mestrado "Estudo das Características Paleoambientais do Membro Fundão (Formação Rio da Batateira) da Bacia do Araripe, Brasil" - Programa de Pós-Graduação em Geologia. Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Distinctions

Award

2017 ICCP Award - Contribution as co-author in the 69th Anual Meeting of the International Committee for Coal and Organic Petrology - ICCP
ICCP - International Committee of Coal and Organic Petrology, Australia
2015 3% Best Students Award
Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
2015 Merit Scholarship
Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
2013 3% Best Students Award
Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
2011 3% Best Students Award
Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal

Title

2019 Accredited Petrographer
ICCP - International Committee for Coal and Organic Petrology, Australia