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Multiproxy reconstruction of Eurasian Megalakes connectivity and isolation patterns during Neogene-Quaternary times – PNRR C9 I8 Project code 97/2023Palcu D.V., Stoica M., Briceag A., Melinte-Dobrinescu M.C

The 14th Romanian Symposium of Palaeontology, September 14-15, 2023
Bucharest, University of Bucharest

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The legacy of the Tethys Ocean: Anoxic seas, evaporitic basins, and megalakes in the Cenozoic of Central EuropeDan V. Palcu, Eliza Anton, Izabela Mariș, Arjan de Leeuw, Mihaela Melinte-Dobrinescu, Wout Krijgsman, Dumitru Frunzescu, Sergey Popov, Marius Stoica, Luigi Jovan

Earth-Science Reviews Volume 246, November 2023, 104594
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Calcareous nannofossil fluctuation related to the Messinian Salinity CrisisMihaela Melinte-Dobrinescu1, Jean-Pierre Suc 2, and Popescu Speranta-Maria3

1National Institute of Marine Geology and Geo-ecology - GeoEcoMar, Bucharest, Romania (melinte@geoecomar.ro)
2Institut des Sciences de la Terre Paris (ISTEP), Université P. et M. Curie, Paris, France
3GEOBIOSTRATDATA CONSULTING, RILLIEUX LA PAPE, France

EGU General Assembly 2024 Vienna, 14 – 19 april 2024
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Middle Miocene calcareous nannofossil and isotope fluctuations in the Central Paratethyan Realm (Eastern Carpathians)Eliza Anton1, Vlad Apotrosoaei1,2, Iulian Pojar1, Constantin Lazar1,2, and Mihaela Melinte-Dobrinescu1,2

1National Institute of Marine Geology and Geo-Ecology (GeoEcoMar), 23-25 Dimitrie Onciul St., 024053, Bucharest, Romania
2University of Bucharest, Doctoral School of Geology, 1 Nicolae Bălcescu Blvd., 010041, Bucharest, Romania

EGU General Assembly 2024 Vienna, 14 – 19 april 2024
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Fluctuations in the ostracod assemblages from the Black Sea since the Last Glacial MaximumAndrei Briceag, Mihaela C. Melinte-Dobrinescu, Marius Stoica

10th European Ostracodologists’ Meeting – University of Catania September 16th-20th 2024

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Late Pleistocene sedimentation processes from the NW Black SeaAndrei Briceag, Gabriel Ion, Vlad Apotrosoaei, Mihaela C. Melinte-Dobrinescu

IAS 2024: Aberdeen, 25 – 27 June 2024

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Preliminary results in searching for ancient delta deposits on the NW continental shelf of the Black SeaGabriel Ion, Constantin Lazăr, Vlad Apotrosoaei, Adrian Popa

IAS 2024: Aberdeen, 25 – 27 June 2024

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Sedimentary driven morphologies and structures in the NW Black SeaConstantin Lazăr, Gabriel Ion, Adrian Popa, Vlad Apotrosoaei

IAS 2024: Aberdeen, 25 – 27 June 2024

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From the Tethyan Ocean to the Paratethys Sea: changes in the marine sedimentation across the Eocene – Oligocene boundary intervalMihaela Melinte-Dobrinescu, Dan-Valentin Palcu, Relu-Dumitru Roban, Eliza Anton, Alina Magdaș, Gabriela Cristea

IAS 2024: Aberdeen, 25 – 27 June 2024

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Shallow methane accumulations on the Romanian continental shelf of the Black SeaGabriel Ion, Constantin Lazăr, Vlad Apotrosoaei, Adrian Popa

18th Workshop of the International Lithosphere Program, Task Force Sedimentary Basins, Krakow, 7-11 Oct. 2024

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From Eocene greenhouse to Oligocene icehouse: the marine record of the Paratethys (Eastern Carpathians and Transylvanian Basin, Romania)Mihaela Melinte-Dobrinescu, Relu-Dumitru Roban, Alina Magdaş, Gabriela Cristea

18th Workshop of the International Lithosphere Program, Task Force Sedimentary Basins, Krakow, 7-11 Oct. 2024

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Calcareous nannoplankton fluctuation within the Albian-Cenomanian Boundary Event of the Tethyan HimalayaMihaela Melinte-Dobrinescu1,2 *, Xi Chen3 , Eliza Anton1 , Vlad Apotrosoaei1,2 and Hanwei Yao3

1 National Institute of Marine Geology and Geo-Ecology, Bucharest, Romania,
2Doctoral School of Geology, University of Bucharest, Bucharest, Romania,
3 State Key Laboratory of Bio-Geology and Environmental Geology, China University of Geosciences, Beijing, China

Frontiers in Earth Science, 25 October 2024, Sec. Sedimentology, Stratigraphy and Diagenesis, Volume 12 – 2024
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Reshaping the understanding of the paratethys using paleogeographic reconstructions and geochronology studiesPopov Sergey V.1, Patina Irina S.2, Palcu Dan V.3, 4

1Borissiak Paleontological Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia
2Geological Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia
3National Institute of Marine Geology and Geo-ecology, GeoEcoMar, Bucharest, Romania
4Palaeomagnetic Laboratory Fort Hoofddijk, Department of Earth Sciences, Utrecht University, Utrecht, The Netherlands

Geoloski anali Balkanskoga poluostrva 2024 Volume 85, Issue 1, Pages: 97-105
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The Eocene-Oligocene Transition in Eastern Carpathians: global versus regional changes in the Paratethys RealmTeodora Babos1,2 ,Mihaela-Carmen Melinte-Dobrinescu1

1National Institute of Marine Geology and Geo-ecology (GeoEcoMar)
2University of Bucharest, Doctoral School of Geology

38th International Meeting of Sedimentology in Huelva, Spain, June 26-28, 2025

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Sedimentation processes during the last glacial-interglacial transition in the Black SeaAndrei Briceag1, Iulian Pojar1, Adrian Stanica1, Gabriel Ion1, Dan Vasiliu 2, Naliana Lupascu2, Florina Radulescu2, Bogdan Ispas2 and Mihaela-Carmen Melinte-Dobrinescu1

1National Institute of Marine Geology and Geo-ecology - GeoEcoMar Bucharest, Romania.
2National Institute of Marine Geology and Geo-ecology - GeoEcoMar Constanta, Romania.

38th International Meeting of Sedimentology in Huelva, Spain, June 26-28, 2025

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The flexure area as the gateway between shallow and deep marine sediment dynamics: NW Black Sea case studyGabriel Ion1, Adrian Popa1,2, Constantin Lazar1,2, Andrei-Rares Stoian1, Andrei Briceag1 si Mihaela-Carmen Melinte-Dobrinescu1

1National Institute of Marine Geology and Geo-ecology (GeoEcoMar)
2University of Bucharest, Doctoral School of Geology

38th International Meeting of Sedimentology in Huelva, Spain, June 26-28, 2025

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Pleistocene to Holocene palaeoenvironmental changes in the NW Black Sea: from isolation to connectionConstantin Lazar1,2, Gabriel Ion1, Dan Vasiliu1, Viorica Nagavciuc3, Naliana Lupascu1, Andrei Briceag1 si Mihaela-Carmen Melinte-Dobrinescu1

1National Institute of Marine Geology and Geo-ecology (GeoEcoMar)
2University of Bucharest, Doctoral School of Geology
3National Institute for Research and Development of Isotopic and Molecular Technologies, Department of Mass Spectrometry, Chromatography and Applied Physies, Cluj-Napoca

38th International Meeting of Sedimentology in Huelva, Spain, June 26-28, 2025

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Causes and consequences of the Messinian salinity crisisWout Krijgsman1 et al

1Department of Earth Sciences, Utrecht University, Utrecht, The Netherlands

Nature Reviews Earth & Environment 5, pages 335–350 (16 April 2024),
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Characterization of the Weissert oceanic anoxic event in lower Cretaceous limestones of the Guaniguanico terrain, Sierra de los Órganos, Western CubaJohanset Orihuela11, Mihaela C. Melinte Dobrinescu2 and Florentin J.-M. R. Maurrasse1

1Earth and Environment, Florida International University, Miami, FL, United States
2National Research and Development Institute for Marine Geology and Geoecology, Bucharest, Romania

Front. Earth Sci., 16 April 2025, Sec. Sedimentology, Stratigrafy si Diagenesys, Volume 13 – 2025
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Tracking Sediment Mixing Along the Lower Danube River From the Carpathians to the Black SeaIulian Pojar1 et al

1National Research and Development Institute for Marine Geology and Geoecology, Bucharest, Romania

Terra Nova. 14 July 2025
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Marine connectivity fluctuations during the Badenian, in the Carpathian Foredeep-Central ParatethysEliza Anton1, Mihaela Melinte-Dobrinescu1, Dan V. Palcu1,2,3

1National Institute of Marine Geology and Geo-ecology, GeoEcoMar, Bucharest, Romania
2Fort Hoofddijk Paleomagnetic Lab, Department of Earth Sciences, Utrecht University, Netherlands
33Department of Geological Oceanography, Oceanographic Institute, University of São Paulo, Brazil

RCMNS interim colloquium Vienna Austria, 2-5 May 2025

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Paleoenvironmental evolution of Eastern Paratethys: anoxic events, salinity fluctuations and marine incursionsDan V. Palcu et al.1

1National Institute of Marine Geology and Geo-ecology, GeoEcoMar, Bucharest, Romania

RCMNS interim colloquium Vienna Austria, 2-5 May 2025

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OLIGOCENE BLACK SHALE DEPOSITION OF THE PARATETHYAN REALM (TRANSYLVANIA AND THE EASTERN CARPATHIANS)Prof. Mihaela Melinte-Dobrinescu 1

1National Institute of Marine Geology and Geo-ecology, GeoEcoMar, Bucharest, Romania

International Sedimentological Congress (ISC 2026), Wellington, New Zealand, 25–30 ianuarie 2026 · 11:15–11:30 AM

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GEOLOGICAL HERITAGE AND GEODIVERSITY OF THE MESOZOIC SOUTHERN CARPATHIAN DINOSAUR WORLD: The Hațeg Country UNESCO Global GeoparkDr Andrei Briceag 1

1National Institute of Marine Geology and Geo-ecology, GeoEcoMar, Bucharest, Romania

International Sedimentological Congress (ISC 2026), Wellington, New Zealand, 25–30 ianuarie 2026 · 11:15–11:30 AM

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Coastal to shelf environments across time and space – Quaternary time, NW Black SeaPhD Gabriel Ion 1

1National Institute of Marine Geology and Geo-ecology, GeoEcoMar, Bucharest, Romania

International Sedimentological Congress (ISC 2026), Wellington, New Zealand, 25–30 ianuarie 2026

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Mapping marine sediments in the Romanian sector of the Black SeaConstantin Lazar1

1National Institute of Marine Geology and Geo-ecology, GeoEcoMar, Bucharest, Romania

International Sedimentological Congress (ISC 2026), Wellington, New Zealand, 25–30 ianuarie 2026

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SEDIMENTOLOGICAL FEATURES WITH RELATED GEOCHEMICAL AND BIOTICAL FLUCTUATIONS DURING MID CRETACEOUS OCEANIC ANOXIC EVENTS IN THE TETHYAN REALMVlad Apotrosoaei1

1National Institute of Marine Geology and Geo-ecology, GeoEcoMar, Bucharest, Romania

International Sedimentological Congress (ISC 2026), Wellington, New Zealand, 25–30 ianuarie 2026

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Climate controls on sediment mixing along the Lower Danube River from the Carpathians to the Black SeaIulian Pojar¹, Tomas Capaldi², Cornel Olariu³, Andrei-Gabriel Dragos¹˒⁴, Relu Dumitru Roban⁵, and Mihaela C. Melinte Dobrinescu¹
1 National Institute of Marine Geology and Geo-Ecology (GeoEcoMar), 23-25 Dimitrie Onciul St., 024053 Bucharest, Romania. +40723122076. iulianpojar@geoecomar.ro
2 Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA. tcapaldi@ucsd.edu
3 Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Jackson School of Geosciences, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX 78712, USA. cornelo@jsg.utexas.ed
4 Doctoral School of Geology, University of Bucharest, 1 Blvd. Nicolae Balcescu, Bucharest, Romania. d.andreigabriel@geoecomar.ro
5 Faculty of Geology and Geophysics, University of Bucharest, 1 Blvd. Nicolae Balcescu, Bucharest, Romania. melinte@geoecomar.ro

International Conference on Atmosferic Interactions with Geological Processes (ICAIGP-26) 28 February – 1 March 2026, Dallas, USA

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Kilometric sea level changes during the Messinian salinity crisis caused by river erosion and climateDaniel García-Castellanos1*, Hanneke Heida1, Dan V. Palcu2,3, Francesca Bulian4, and Francisco Sierro5

1 Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC), Geociencias Barcelona (Geo3BCN-CSIC), Barcelona, Spain.
2 GeoEcoMar, National Institute of Marine Geology and Geo-ecology, Bucharest, Romania.
3 Palaeomagnetic Laboratory Fort Hoofddijk, Utrecht University, Utrecht, Netherlands.
4 University of Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands.
5 Universidad de Salamanca, Salamanca, Spain.

*Corresponding author.

Science Advances Vol. 11, No. 28
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Paleoenvironmental evolution of the Eastern Paratethys: Tracing the Tethys Ocean legacy through geochemical proxiesDan V. Palcu Roliera,b,c,*, Zhanhong Liud, Wei Weie, Sergey Popovf, Larisa Golovinag, Iuliana Vasilievh, Wout Krijgsmanb, Thomas Algeoe,i,j

a National Institute of Marine Geology and Geo-ecology, GeoEcoMar, Bucharest, Romania
b Fort Hoofddijk Paleomagnetic Lab, Department of Earth Sciences, Utrecht University, Netherlands
c Department of Geological Oceanography, Oceanographic Institute, University of São Paulo, Brazil
d Hubei Key Laboratory of Marine Geological Resources, College of Marine Science and Technology, China University of Geosciences, Wuhan 430074, China
e State Key Laboratories of Geomicrobiology and Environmental Changes (GMEC) & Geological Processes and Mineral Resources (GPMR), China University of Geosciences, Wuhan 430074, China
f Geological Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences, Pyzhevskiy per. 7, Moscow 119017, Russia
g Borissiak Paleontological Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences, Profsoyuznaya ul. 123, Moscow 117997, Russia
h Senckenberg Biodiversity and Climate Research Centre (SBiK-F), Frankfurt am Main, Germany
i Department of Geosciences, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH 45221, USA
j State Key Laboratory of Oil and Gas Reservoir Geology and Exploitation & Institute of Sedimentary Geology, Chengdu University of Technology, Chengdu 610059, China

* Corresponding author at: National Institute of Marine Geology and Geo-ecology, GeoEcoMar, Bucharest, Romania.
E-mail addresses: D.v.palcu@uu.nl, dan.palcu@gmail.com (D.V. Palcu Rolier).

Chemical Geology, Volume 692, 30 September 2025, 122974
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Marine and inland biogeographical processes shaped Earth’s singular brackish biodiversity hotspotDenis Copilaș-Ciocianu1, Ivan Marin2, Eglė Šidagytė-Copilas1, Gavril Marius Berchi3, Konul Ahmadova4, Levan Mumladze5, Dan V. Palcu Rolier6,7, Dmitry Palatov2,#, Arthur F. Sands8,9,#

1 Laboratory of Evolutionary Ecology of Hydrobionts, State Scientific Research Institute Nature Research Centre, Vilnius, Lithuania
2 A.N. Severtsov Institute of Ecology and Evolution of RAS, Moscow, Russia
3 Department of Biology, Faculty of Chemistry, Biology, Geography, West University of Timișoara, Timișoara, Romania
4 Department of Natural Sciences, School of Higher Technologies and Innovative Engineering, Western Caspian University, Baku, Azerbaijan
5 Institute of Zoology, Ilia State University, Tbilisi, Georgia
6 National Institute of Marine Geology and Geo-ecology, GeoEcoMar, Bucharest, Romania
7 Fort Hoofddijk Paleomagnetic Lab, Department of Earth Sciences, Utrecht University, Utrecht, Netherlands
8 Area of Ecology and Biodiversity, School of Biological Sciences, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, Hong Kong
9 Department of Biological Sciences, National University of Singapore, Kent Ridge, Singapore

# Contributed equally.

Cladistics Volume41, Issue 6, December 2025 Pages 624-636
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Middle–Late Miocene Paleogeography of the Eastern Paratethys. Part VIII. Sea Level Fluctuations in the Middle–Late Miocene of the Eastern ParatethysS. V. Popov1, I. S. Patina2, T. N. Pinchuk3, D. V. Palcu4,5, S. Lazarev6,7, A. S. Zastrozhnov8

1 Borissiak Paleontological Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences, 117647, Moscow, Russia
2 Geological Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences, 119017, Moscow, Russia
3 Kuban State University, 350040, Krasnodar, Russia
4 Fort Hoofddijk Paleomagnetic Lab., Department of Earth Sciences, Utrecht University, Utrecht, The Netherlands
5 National Institute of Marine Geology and Geo-ecology, GeoEcoMar, Bucharest, Romania
6 Department of Geosciences, University of Fribourg, 1700, Fribourg, Switzerland
7 JURASSICA Museum, 2900, Porrentruy, Switzerland
8 Karpinsky Russian Geological Institute, 199106, St. Petersburg, Russia

Corresponding author: S. V. Popov (serg.pop@mail.ru).

Stratigraphy and Geological Correlation, Volume 33, pages 1001–1014 (2025)
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Late Holocene environmental dynamics and delta-lobe switching in the Razelm-Sinoe lagoon system, southern Danube delta (Romania)Sabin Rotaru a, Radu George Dimitriu a, Dan Vasiliu b, Bogdan Barbu a, Bogdan Ispas b, Andrei Briceag a

aNational Institute of Marine Geology and Geo-ecology, GeoEcoMar, 23-25 Dimitrie Onciul Street, Bucharest, Romania
bNational Institute of Marine Geology and Geo-ecology, GeoEcoMar, 304 Mamaia Blvd., Constanța, Romania

CATENA , Date: October 2026, Article: 110330, Volume 272
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