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Ostracode Research Activities inFRANCE
Correspondent: Jean-Francois Babinot <reef@newsup.univ-mrs.fr>
Andreu, Bernard. Working on: a) Lias and Dogger from the "Grands Causses", France, b) Callovian to Oxfordian from Portugal, c) Callovian - Oxfordian and Cretaceous from High and Middle Atlas, High Moulouya, Morocco, d) Late Cretaceous from Pyrenees, France, e) Late Cretaceous from Tercis (Landes, France). Projects: a) Synthesis on stracode assemblages from the Cretaceous of Agadir and Essaouira Basins, Morocco, b) Ostracode assemblages from the Lias - Dogger and Cretaceous of Pyrenees, France. Long-term project: Synthesis on ostracode assemblages from the Cretaceous of Morocco: biostratigraphy, paleocology, paleobiogeography. Thesis supervision (co management): M. El Attachfini: " Cenomanian - Turonian moroccan series : lithology, micropalaeontology and sequence stratigraphy"; E. Lara Corona: "Comparative studies of cretaceous series from the Sierra Madre (Mexico) and Pyrenees (France)"; O. Nzaba Macaya: " Ostracode assemblages from the Carixian-Domerian of Quercy and Grands Causses, South France : systematics, biostratigraphy, sequence analysis, palaeoecology and palaeobiogeography ; comparisons with Portugal"; M. A. Rossi: "Lower Cretaceous ostracodes from the Agadir and Essaouira regions, Morocco".
Babinot, Jean-François. Working on : a) Aptian ostracodes (stratotypes, Lower/Late Aptian crisis) from Southeastern France, b) Maastrichtian to Danian ostracode assemblages (Cretaceous/Tertiary boundary) from Mahajunga Basin, Malagasy Republic (with J.P. Colin, Cl. Guernet and G. Bignot), c) Messinian basinal and carbonate platforms deposits from Western Algeria and Southeastern Spain, d) Ostracodes from quaternary human sites (S. France, Spain).
Bodergat, Anne-Marie. Working on : a) Distribution and geochenistry of Recent ostracides from Kagoshima Bay, Japan (with K. ISHIZAKI and K. OKI, Japan), b) Palaeoecology of Lower Jurassic Ostracodes, c) Studies of microfaunal colonization following the construction of Maka Diama Dam (Senegal). Thesis supervision: Mohamed Hajjaji: "Ostracods from the Plio-Pleistocene of Rhode (Greece)"; Radovan Pipik: "Neogene freshwater ostracodes from Slovakia" (Co-direction : G. Carbonnel).
Braccini, Eric. Petroleum routine analyses (ostracodology and mainly palynology). All geological setting worldwide.
Carbonnel, Gilles. Working on a) Propositions for a new approach of ostracode ornamentation, based on the disturbances of both primary, reticulated and hexagonal networks (see Carbonnel, 1998), b) Upper Neogene ostracods from Lebanon (with T.H. Chahine, Beyruth Univ.), c) Paleogene ostracods from the Ivory Coast (level with or without Togoina) (with B. Igbehi, Coccody Univ., Abidjan) d) Outside Ostracode works: Software "FLORALP" for alpine flora (now available 1500 pictures, 500 species and more). Thesis supervision: Ali Bachnou: "Modélisation mathématique du contour latéral externe des ostracodes. Traitement informatique graphique"; Radovan Pipic (Comenius University, Facullty of Sciences, Department of Geology and Paleontology, Mlynska dolina, SK 842 15 Bratislava, Slovakia): " Ostracodes lacustres (formes et habitats) des bassins intramontagneux de la Slovaquie (Miocène moyen - supérieur)" (co-direction with A.M. Bodergat).
Colin, Jean-Paul. Working on: a) Callovian-oxfordian non-marine ostracodes from Tunisia, Morocco and Portugal (with M.C. Cabral, Lisbon, F. Depeche, Paris and W. Mette, Innsbrück; papers in preparation with description of a new genus of Timiriaseviinae and Candoninae), b) Upper Cretaceous from Gosau, Austria (with W. Mette, Innsbrück), c) Maastrichtian ostracodes from Madagascar, d) Upper Cretaceous from Mexico and Paleogene ostracodes from Pakistan (with Y. Tambrareau), e) Non-marine ostracodes from inter-trappean beds of Rajasthan, India (with A. Bandhari, Dehra Dun), f) Upper Jurassic form Oleron Island, W. France (with P. Hantzpergue, Lyon), g) Middle Jurassic non-marine ostracodes from Brazil and Zaire (with J. Guzzo, Petrobras, Rio de Janeiro), h) Maastrichtian-Danian ostracodes from Brazil (with G. Fauth and P. Bengtson, Heidelberg and E. Koutzoukos, Petrobras, Ro de Janeiro, i) On the genus Nucleolina (with J.F. Babinot, Marseille and Y. Tambareau, Toulouse).
Crasquin-Soleau, Sylvie. This year 1998 was mainly devoted to defend the "Habilitation à diriger les recherches", a french examination for professor position. Working on: a) Peri-Tethys Program with edition of books, 2 were published in 1998 and 3 are in preparation for 1999, b) Palaeogeography of Eastern European Basin during the Late Carboniferous - Early Permian (with B. Chuvachov) and Late Permlan - Early Triassic of Precaspian Depression (with D. M. Kukhtinov), c) researches in progress on the Late Permian of Oman.
Guernet, Claude. Working on: bathyal ostracodes from Paleocene to Eocene in the Atlantic Ocean. Thesis supervision: Chait, Rafika: Ostracode distribution (bathymetry) in some transects on the Atlantic and Mediterranean borderlands (France, Iberic Peninsula and Morocco).
Lethiers, Francis. Working on: 1) Devonian to Permian ostracode faunas; biostratigraphy, palaeogeography and Palaeoecology , 2) Uper Devonian events with reference to ostracode faunas, c) Permian freswater ostracodes.
Marmonier, Pierre. Working on: a) Hypogean Candoninae from Morocco (collaboration with Univ. Rabat and Marrakech): systematics, morphology, biogeography, b) Benthic and intersticial ostracods from an alpine floodplain in Switzerland : assemblage composition, spatial distribution, temporal sucession after snow melt, biogeography (with J. Ward, EAWAG Zurich, Switzerland).
N'Zaba-Makaya, Odette. Working on: a) Comparative analysis on domerian ostracode assemlblages from South Quercy and West Grands-Causses: biostratigraphy, palaeobiogeography, sequence analysis, palaeoecology, correspondance analysis) (D.E.A., Toulouse Univ. 1996), b) Ostracode assemblages from the Carixian-Domerian (Pliensbachian) from Quercy and Grands-Causses, Southern France (Thesis).
Oertli, Henri J. Continues abstracting of papers on Post-Paleozoic ostracodes for the "Zentralblatt für Geologie und Paläontologie" (approx. 170 papers analysed in 1998; increase en signht for 1999!). Thesis supervision: Jacques Sauvagnat (Geneva Univ., Switzerland) on Aptian-Albian ostracodes of the Jura Mountains (thesis to be achieved in spring 1999).
Sauvagnat, Jacques. Working on Aptian to Albian ostracodes from the Jura Mountains. Dissertation achieved, with maintaining on April 15, 1999 (Geneva University, Switzerland).
Tambareau, Yvette. Yvette retired recently but continues studies on Tethyan Upper Cretaceous and Lower Paleogene microfaunas from Pakistan to Mexico. We wish to our friend a merry new life and a very good health. Working on: a) Ostracodes from Pakistan (with J.P. Colin), b) Field trips and studies in Jamaica, Cuba and Oman (foraminifers and ostracodes).
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