OLMO MIGUEZ-SALAS
ABOUT ME
I am a first-year postdoctoral researcher (Humboldt Fellow) in the Dpt. Marine Zoology at the Senckenberg Research Institute, Frankfurt. I am interested in ichnological analysis, both paleoichnology (Trace fossils) and neoichnology (Lebensspuren). That is to say that my research deals with traces left behind in sediments (and other substrates) by the activities of organisms. By recording the interaction between animals and substrates, traces can provide a great deal of information about the depositional environment where organisms live or lived. Thus, I primarily study traces to characterize basin sedimentary conditions, including the interpretation of (paleo-)environmental changes.
POSITION
PH.D. FELLOW AT THE UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA (FPU SCHOLARSHIP)
10/2017-10/2021
Ichnological analysis of ancient contourites: scientific and economic implications
ADR POSTDOC (UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA)
11/2021-01/2022
Ophiomorpha trace fossil and its economical implications in turbidite deposits
HUMBOLDT FELLOW AT SENCKENBERG FRANKFURT
02/2022-01/2023
Coupling present and past environmental changes: bioturbation as a bridge between two worlds
MARGARITA SALAS FELLOW (UGR/SENCKENBERG)
01/2023-
AleutBio Bioturbation
RESEARCH AND PROJECTS
ICHNOLOGICAL ANALYSIS OF THE TOARCIAN OCEANIC ANOXIC EVENT (T-OAE) IN THE LUSITANIAN BASIN, PORTUGAL
2016 - 2018
The project studied one of the global extinction bioevents associated with the Toarcian anoxic event (Lower Jurassic, T-OAE), based on the analysis of bioturbation structures at the Lusitanian basin.
ACCUMULATION AND PRESERVATION OF ORGANIC MATTER IN SEDIMENTS OF THE ALBORÁN SEA BASIN DURING THE LAST 30,000 YEARS
2016-2017
The project studied (TOC analysis) the increase of buried organic matter (related to sapropels layers) in the western Mediterranean.
ICHNOLOGICAL AND SEDIMENTOLOGICAL RECORDS OF PALEOENVIRONMENTAL CHANGES DURING THE MIOCENE (TAIWAN)
2018-2019
The projects addressed the trace fossil diversity and sedimentological features of shallow marine (delta) Miocene deposits in the northeastern coast of Taiwan.
BIOTURBATIONAL ANALYSIS OF HIGH ENERGETIC EVENTS AT DEEP-SEA STATIONS
2019
The project studied the evolution of modern biogenic structures through different benthic storm events.
ICHNOLOGICAL ANALYSIS OF ANCIENT CONTOURITES: SCIENTIFIC AND ECONOMIC IMPLICATIONS
2017 - 2021
This project addressed an ichnological characterization of contourite deposits.
KURAMBIO BIOTURBATIONAL ANALYSIS
February 2022-January 2023
Neoichnological analysis of the bioturbational features in the trench and abyssal stations at the Kuril-Kamtchatka region.
PUBLICATIONS
1- Miguez‐Salas, O., Rodríguez‐Tovar, F. J., & Duarte, L. V. (2017). Selective incidence of the toarcian oceanic anoxic event on macroinvertebrate marine communities: a case from the Lusitanian basin, Portugal. Lethaia, 50 (4), 548-560.
2- Rodríguez-Tovar, F. J., Miguez-Salas, O., & Duarte, L. V. (2017). Toarcian Oceanic Anoxic Event induced unusual behaviour and palaeobiological changes in Thalassinoides tracemakers. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, 485, 46-56.
3- Miguez‐Salas, O., Rodríguez‐Tovar, F. J., & Duarte, L. V. (2018). Ichnological analysis at the Fonte Coberta section (Lusitanian Basin, Portugal): Approaching depositional environment during the Toarcian oceanic anoxic event (T-OAE). Spanish Journal of Paleontology, 33 (2), 261-276.
4- Miguez‐Salas, O., & Rodríguez‐Tovar, F. J. (2019). Stable deep-sea macrobenthic trace maker associations in disturbed environments: Eocene Lefkara Formation, Cyprus. Geobios, 52, 37-45.
5- Rodríguez-Tovar, F. J., Miguez-Salas, O., Dorador, J., & Duarte, L. V. (2019). Opportunistic behaviour after the Toarcian Oceanic Anoxic Event: The trace fossil Halimedides. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, 520, 240-250.
6- Miguez‐Salas, O., Dorador, J., & Rodríguez‐Tovar, F. J. (2019). Introducing Fiji and ICY image processing techniques in ichnological research as a tool for sedimentary basin analysis. Marine Geology, 413, 1-9.
7- Rodríguez-Tovar, F. J., Hernández-Molina, F. J., Hüneke, H., Chiarella, D., Llave, E., Mena, A., Miguez-Salas, O., Dorador, J., De Castro, S. & Stow, D. A. V., (2019). Key evidence for distal turbiditic-and bottom-current interactions from tubular turbidite infills. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, p.109233.
8- Miguez‐Salas, O., & Rodríguez‐Tovar, F. J. (2019). Ichnofacies distribution in the Eocene-Early Miocene Petra Tou Romiou outcrop, Cyprus: sea level dynamics and palaeoenvironmental implications in a contourite environment. International Journal of Earth Sciences, 108(8), 2531-2544.
9- Miguez-Salas, O., Rodríguez-Tovar, F. J., & Uchman, A. (2019). A new teichichnoid trace fossil Syringomorpha cyprensis from the Miocene of Cyprus. Palaios, 34(10), 506-514.
10- Rodríguez-Tovar, F. J., Miguez-Salas, O., Hernández-Molina, F. J., & Hüneke, H. (2020). First record of graphoglyptids in Cyprus: indicative presence of turbidite deposits at the Pakhna Formation. Ichnos, 1-7.
11- Miguez-Salas, O., Rodríguez-Tovar, F. J., & De Weger, W. (2020). Macaronichnus and contourite depositional settings: Bottom currents and nutrients as coupling factors. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, 545, 109639.
12- Miguez-Salas, O., Huffard, C. L., Smith Jr, K. L., McGill, P. R., & Rodríguez-Tovar, F. J. (2020). Faunal assemblage changes, bioturbation and benthic storms at an abyssal station in the northeastern Pacific. Deep Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers, 103277.
13- Rodríguez-Tovar, F. J., Miguez-Salas, O., & Dorador, J. (2020). Image processing techniques to improve characterization of composite ichnofabrics. Ichnos, 1-10.
14- Miguez-Salas, O., & Rodríguez-Tovar, F. J. (2021). Trace fossil analysis of sandy clastic contouritic deposits in the late Miocene Rifian Corridor (Morocco): Ichnotaxonomical and palaeoenvironmental insights. Journal of African Earth Sciences, 174, 104054.
15- Miguez-Salas, O., Rodríguez-Tovar, F. J., & De Weger, W. (2021). The Late Miocene Rifian corridor as a natural laboratory to explore a case of ichnofacies distribution in ancient gateways. Scientific Reports, 11(1), 1-10.
16- Dorador, J., Rodríguez-Tovar, F. J., & Miguez-Salas, O. (2021). The complex case of Macaronichnus trace fossil affecting rock porosity. Scientific Reports, 11(1), 1-7.
17- Pan, Y. Y., Nara, M., Löwemark, L., Miguez-Salas, O., Gunnarson, B., Iizuka, Y., ... & Dashtgard, S. E. (2021). The 20-million-year old lair of an ambush-predatory worm preserved in northeast Taiwan. Scientific reports, 11(1), 1-10.
18- Rodríguez-Tovar, F. J., Miguez-Salas, O., & Dorador, J. (2021). Mercury intrusion porosimetry to evaluate the incidence of bioturbation on porosity of contourites. Rivista Italiana Di Paleotologia e Stratigrafia, 127.
19- Miguez-Salas, O., Löwemark, L., Pan, Y. Y., & Rodríguez-Tovar, F. J. (2021). Selective colonization after storm events in a delta environment: applied ichnology from the early Miocene of Taiwan. Ichnos.
20- de Weger, W., Hernández-Molina, F. J., Miguez-Salas, O., de Castro, S., Bruno, M., Chiarella, D., Sierro, F. J., Blackbourn, G., & Manar, M. A. (2021). Contourite depositional system after the exit of a strait: case study from the late Miocene Rifian Corridor, Morocco. Sedimentology.
21- Miguez-Salas, O., Rodríguez-Tovar, F. J., Dorador, J., & Linares, F. (2021). X-ray microtomography analysis to approach bioturbation's influence on minor-scale porosity distribution: A novel approach in contourite deposits. Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering.
22- de Weger, W., Chiarella, D., Rodríguez Tovar, F. J., Sierro, F. J., Miguez-Salas, O., Manar, M. A., & Hernández-Molina, F. J. (2021). Tide-dominated deltas responding to high-frequency sea-level changes, Pre-Messinian Rifian Corridor, Morocco: Discussion. Journal of Sedimentary Research, 91(8), 876-879. https://doi.org/10.2110/jsr.2021.030.
23- Miguez‐Salas, O., & Rodríguez‐Tovar, F. J. (2021). Ichnofabric analysis as a tool for characterization and differentiation between calcareous contourites and calciturbidites. Journal of Sedimentary Research, 91, 1151-1165.
24- Miguez‐Salas, O., Dorador, J., & Rodríguez‐Tovar, F. J. (2022). Multi-technique comparison to assess the effect of bioturbation on porosity – A study case for reservoir quality in contourites. Facies. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10347-022-00650-7.
25- Miguez‐Salas, O., Vardaro, M., Rodriguez-Tovar, F.J., Pérez-Claros, J.P., & Huffard, C. (2022). Deep-sea echinoid trails and seafloor nutrient distribution: present and past implications. Frontiers of Marine Sciences. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2022.903864.
26- de Weger, W., Hernandez‐Molina, F.J., Sierro, F.J., Chiarella, D., Llave, E., Fedele, J.J., Francisco Javier, R.T., Miguez‐Salas, O. & Manar, M.A. (2022). Contourite channels–facies model and channel evolution. Sedimentology.
27- Sigwart JD, Brandt A, Di Franco D, Briones EE, Gerken S, Gooday AJ, Grimes CJ, Głuchowska K, Hoffmann S, Jażdżewska AM, Kamyab E, Kelch A, Knauber H, Kohlenbach K, Miguez-Salas O, Moreau C, Ogawa A, Poliseno A, Santín Muriel A, Tandberg AHS, Theising FI, Walter T, Wölfl A-C & Chen C (2023) Heterogeneity on the abyssal plains: A case study in the Bering Sea. Front. Mar. Sci. 9:1037482. doi: 10.3389/fmars.2022.1037482
28- Brandt, A., Chen, C., Tandberg, A.H.S., Miguez-Salas O., & Sigwart, J., (2023). Complex sublinear burrows in the deep sea may be constructed by amphipods. Ecology and Evolution.
29- Miguez-Salas, O., Bett, B. J., Torres-Montilla, S., Rodríguez-Tovar, F. J., & Durden, J. M. (2023). Comparison of rosette-shape traces in abyssal terrains: Environmental and faunal implications. Deep Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers, 104051.
30- Miguez-Salas, O., Rodríguez-Tovar, F. J., Ekdale, A. A., Kaiser, S., Brandt, A., & Gooday, A. J. (2023). Northernmost (Subarctic) and deepest record of Paleodictyon: paleoecological and biological implications. Scientific Reports, 13(1), 7181.
https://doi.org/10.1111/sed.13042.
31- Miguez‐Salas, O., Cabrera Ortíz, J., Dorador, J., & Rodríguez‐Tovar, F. J. (2022). The puzzling influence of Ophiomorpha (trace fossil) on reservoir porosity: X-ray microtomography analysis. Frontiers of Earth Sciences. https://doi.org/10.3389/feart.2022.1010729.
CONTACT
Av. Fuentenueva, Facultad de Ciencias, Departamento Estratigrafía y Paleontología, Universidad de Granada, España.
olmo.miguez-salas@ senckenberg.de // olmoms@ugr.es
