Basin Analyses
Contact
Address
Facultade de ciencias do mar (campus de Vigo, Lagoas-Marcosende).
Phone
986812651
Email
Website
http://basan.webs.uvigo.es/
Research areas
Research lines
Study of sedimentary units, sedimentary gaps and ages of the units.
Mapping of continental environments using field techniques.
Marine cartography using geophysical techniques.
Characterization of sedimentary environments (current and past) by mean of facies analysis, facies associations and sequences, in stratigraphic sections and seismic reflection records.
Palaeoenvironmental and paleontological reconstructions applied to studies of historical geology, climatic changes, anthropogenic changes and relative sea-level oscillations.
Ecological history and ecosystem restoration.
Determination of the transport and sedimentation processes.
Molecular techniques applied to studies of genetic expression, molecular identification of fish and mollusc species, integrates taxonomy, metagenomic identification in marine sediments and filtered water, evolutionary relationships and populations.
Keywords
Seismic sequence stratigraphy, side-scan sonar, ecosounders, biogenic methane, organic matter content, redox potential, pollen, dinocysts, non-pollen palynomorfs, metagenomic, DNA and ribosomal RNA 16S extraction in organisms and environmental samples, pollen, elementary analysis, granulometric distribution
Technological offer
Services offered
Cartography of current seabeds: side-scan sonar, echosounder mono-channel and multichannel.
Multibeam backscatter processing applied to the characterization of surface sediments.
Cartography of sedimentary bodies.
Isopach maps of sedimentary units and sedimentary infill.
Cartography of gas reservoirs, gas accumulations and gas seeps
Seismic stratigraphy (mono-channel and multichannel).
Detection and characterization of shallow gas reservoirs using geophysical techniques and sampling methods: identification of gas reservoirs and seeps. climatic environmental implications and geological risks.
Depth maps of gas reservoirs.
3D stratigraphic models.
Geophysical studies applied to underwater archaeology.
Geochemical studies (organic matter characterization, gases analyses, redox processes, molecular analysis) in continental and marine sediments.
Palynological and palaeobotanical analyses in continental media (lithological units, lakes, pools, peatbogs and soils), marine environments, and archaeological contexts.
Palaeoenvironmental and landscape reconstructions
Environmental restoration.
DNA barcoding (molluscs and fishes).
Genomic libraries production (ribosomal RNA 16S).
Metagenomic identification by using bayesian inference.