Research
Expertise and interests

My research currently involves applying geochronology and geochemistry to solve and understand a diverse series of questions about sedimentary basins evolution and geodynamics.

It is based mainly around: 

(i) The application of laser-ablation ICP-MS techniques to isotopic dating of sedimentary deposits and sedimentary provenance analysis;

(ii) The use of Electron Probe Microanalyzer (EPMA) techniques to geochemical analysis of accessory minerals in sedimentary sequences (primarily sedimentary provenance analysis using detrital rutile);

(iii) Characterization of minerals using Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM);

(iv) The integrated analysis between sedimentological and stratigraphical analysis and geochronological and provenance data;

(v) Secular changes in metamorphism and the onset of plate tectonics;

(vi) Geodynamics and crustal evolution.

Other research interests are:

(i) The role of reliquiar tectonical structures preserved in tropical soils in the occurrence of landslides in the Serra do Mar mountain range;

(ii) The mechanical stratigraphy analysis and studies of the Irati, Corumbataí and Pirambóia formations (Paraná Basin, São Paulo State) and its role in the hydrocarbon migration and accumulation.