Dr. Sara Tomás
Contact
University of Potsdam,
Institute of Earth and Environmental Science
Dr. Sara Tomás
Building 27, Room 2.32
Karl-Liebknecht-Str. 24-25
14476 Potsdam-Golm
- E-mail:
- stomas@geo.uni-potsdam.de
- Phone:
- +49 331 977 5851
- Fax:
- +49 331 977 5700
- Biography
- Research
- Teaching
- Publications
Biography
- since 2008
- Research Associate and Lecturer - University of Potsdam (Germany)
- 2007
- Research Assistant - Universitat de Barcelona (Spain), Department of Geochemistry, Petrology and Prospection Geology
- 2003- 2007
- PhD Thesis - Universitat de Barcelona (Spain): "Lower Cretaceous reefal systems of the Maestrat Basin (Eastern Spain): Sedimentological, Palaeontological and Diagenetical models"
- 1997-2002
- MSc in Geology - Universidad de Zaragoza (Spain). Thesis: "High-resolution Stratigraphy of the Upper and Middle Oxfordian in the Central Iberian Chain (NE Spain)"
Research
In general Sedimentology and Facies analysis of ancient carbonate systems, Palaeocology of reefs and Study of microbial buildups. Current interests focus on Dynamics of Mesozoic and Cenozoic depositional systems from the Tethys and the Mediterranean (Jurassic of Morocco and Spain; Paleogene of Oman; Miocene of Sardinia). Further research centers on 3D outcrop modelling of depositional architectures of carbonate systems.
Teaching
Introduction to Sedimentary Petrology (winter semester) - lectures
Events in Earth History (summer semester) - lectures
Stratigraphy and Regional Geology (winter semester) - lectures and fieldtrip
Advanced Sedimentary Petrology (summer semester) - lectures
Cartography of Sedimentary Rocks (summer semester) - fieldtrip
Modern Carbonate Environments: from microbes to reefs (winter semester) - lectures and fieldtrip
Publications
Journals and Books
Tomás, S., Homann, M., Mutti, M., Amour, F., Christ, N., Immenhauser, A., Agar, S. and Kabiri, L. (in review). Environmental significance of microbial mounds in a Bajocian oolitic ramp (High Atlas, Morocco). Journal of Sedimentary Research.
Amour, F., Mutti, M., Christ, N., Immenhauser, A., Agar, S., Benson, G., Tomás, S., Alway, R. and Kabiri, L. (2011). Capturing and modeling metre scale spatial facies heterogeneity in a Jurassic ramp setting (Central High Atlas, Morocco). Sedimentology. DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3091.2011.01299.x
Christ, N., Immenhauser, A., Amour, F., Mutti, M., Tomás, S., Agar, S., Alway, R. and Kabiri, L. (2012). Characterization and interpretation of discontinuity surfaces in a Jurassic ramp setting (High Atlas, Morocco). Sedimentology, 59, 249-290.
Agar, S., Geiger, S., Matthäi, S., Alway, R. Tomás, S., Immenhauser, A., Shekhar, R, Paul, J., Benson, G., Karcz, Z.and Kabiri, L. (2010) The impact of hierarchical fracture networks on flow partitioning in carbonate reservoirs: examples based on a Jurassic carbonate ramp analog from the High Atlas, Morocco. SPE ATCE 135135.
Tomás, S., Szurlies, M. and Mutti, M. (eds) (2010). SEPM-CES – GV (Sektion Sedimentologie) Sediment 2010. Schriftenreihe der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Geowissenschaften (SDGG), 72, 88 pp.
Tomás, S., Zitzmann, M., Homann, M., Rumpf, M., Amour, F., Benisek, M., Marcano, G., Mutti, M. and Betzler, C. (2010). From ramp to platform: building a 3D model of depositional geometries and facies architectures in transitional carbonates in the Miocene, northern Sardinia. Facies, 56, 195-210.
Bover-Arnal, T., Martín-Martín, J.D., Gomez-Rivas, E., Travé, A., Salas, R., Moreno-Bedmar, J.A., Tomás, S., (2009). Insights into the Upper Aptian carbonate succession of the South-Eastern Maestrat basin (E Iberia). Proceedings of the 27th IAS Meeting of Sedimentologists, 123-128.
Tomás, S., Löser, H. and Salas, R. (2008). Low-light and nutrient-rich coral associations in a Lower Aptian carbonate platform of the southwestern Maestrat Basin (Iberian Chain, E Spain). Cretaceous Research, 29, 509-534.Tomás, S., Aguirre, J., Braga, J. C. and Martín-Closas, C. (2007). Late Hauterivian coralline algae (Rhodophyta, Corallinales) from the Iberian Chain (E Spain). Taxonomy and the evolution of multisporanigal reproductive structures. Facies, 53, 79-95.
Tomás, S., Parcerisa, D. and Travé, A. (2007). Evolución diagenética de la plataforma carbonatada Aptiense superior del sector Benicàssim-Orpesa. Cuenca del Maestrat. Cadena Ibérica. Geogaceta, 41, 239-242.
Tomás, S., Comas, M. and Salas, R. (2007): La plataforma carbonatada Aptiense superior de Benicàssim-Orpesa (Cuenca del Maestrat, Cadena Ibérica): modelo de depósito. Geogaceta, 41, 235-238.
Riding, R. and Tomás, S. (2006). Bacterial origin of in situ precipitated peloid microspar? - stromatolite reef crusts, Early Cretaceous, Spain. Sedimentology, 53, 23-34.
Strasser, A., Aurell, M., Bádemas, B., Meléndez, G., and Tomás, S. (2005). From platform to basin to swell: high-resolution correlation of sedimentary sequences in the Oxfordian, Spain. Terranova, 17, 407-413.
Selected conference abstracts
Tomás, S., M., Homann, M., Mutti, Amour, F., Christ, N., Immenhauser, A., Frijia, G., and Agar, S., Microbial Mounds from the Middle Jurassic of the High Atlas (Morocco). AAPG International Conference and Exhibition, Milan, Italy, October 2011.
Tomás, S., M., Homann, M., Mutti, Amour, F., Christ, N., Immenhauser, A., Microbial Mounds from the Middle Jurassic of the High Atlas: sedimentology and ecological significance. 28th IAS Meeting of Sedimentology, Zaragoza, Spain, July 2011.
Tomás, S., Marcano, G., Benisek, M., Homann, M., Rumpf, M., Serno, S., Zitzmann, M., Mutti, M. and Betzler, C. From ramp to platform: building a 3D model of depositional geometries in transitional carbonates in the Miocene, Northern Sardinia. 26th IAS Meeting of Sedimentology, Bochum, Germany, September 2008.
Tomás, S. and Martín-Closas, C. Phylogenetic relationships between Sporolithaceae and Hapalidiaceae. 9th International Symposium on Fossil Algae. Zagreb, Croatia, September 2007.
Tomás, S., Aguirre, J. and Braga, J. C. Late Hauterivian-Early Barremian Coralline algae from the Llàcova Formation (Maestrat Basin, Iberian Cordillera). Taxonomic and Evolutionary Implications. 5thRegional Symposium of the International Fossil Algae. Ferrara, Italy, 30-31 August 2005. Museologia Scientifica e Naturalistica Vol. 1, 2005.
Tomás, S. and Riding, R. Reefal stromatolitic crusts from the Lower Cretaceous (Maestrat Basin, E Spain). Actas de las XX Jornadas de la Sociedad Española de Paleontología. Alcalá de Henares, Spain, 20-23 October 2004.
Selected workshops
Tomás, S., F. Amour, M. Homann, M. Zitzmann, M. Mutti, N. Christ, A. Immenhauser, S. Agar, R. Shekhar, G. Benson, K. Karcz, September 2009. "Bioconstructions on a Middle Jurassic ramp (High Atlas, Morocco): reef types and modes of operation" (talk). Exxonmobil annual meeting, Houston, USA.
Biography
- since 2008
- Research Associate and Lecturer - University of Potsdam (Germany)
- 2007
- Research Assistant - Universitat de Barcelona (Spain), Department of Geochemistry, Petrology and Prospection Geology
- 2003- 2007
- PhD Thesis - Universitat de Barcelona (Spain): "Lower Cretaceous reefal systems of the Maestrat Basin (Eastern Spain): Sedimentological, Palaeontological and Diagenetical models"
- 1997-2002
- MSc in Geology - Universidad de Zaragoza (Spain). Thesis: "High-resolution Stratigraphy of the Upper and Middle Oxfordian in the Central Iberian Chain (NE Spain)"
Research
In general Sedimentology and Facies analysis of ancient carbonate systems, Palaeocology of reefs and Study of microbial buildups. Current interests focus on Dynamics of Mesozoic and Cenozoic depositional systems from the Tethys and the Mediterranean (Jurassic of Morocco and Spain; Paleogene of Oman; Miocene of Sardinia). Further research centers on 3D outcrop modelling of depositional architectures of carbonate systems.
Teaching
Introduction to Sedimentary Petrology (winter semester) - lectures
Events in Earth History (summer semester) - lectures
Stratigraphy and Regional Geology (winter semester) - lectures and fieldtrip
Advanced Sedimentary Petrology (summer semester) - lectures
Cartography of Sedimentary Rocks (summer semester) - fieldtrip
Modern Carbonate Environments: from microbes to reefs (winter semester) - lectures and fieldtrip
Publications
Journals and Books
Tomás, S., Homann, M., Mutti, M., Amour, F., Christ, N., Immenhauser, A., Agar, S. and Kabiri, L. (in review). Environmental significance of microbial mounds in a Bajocian oolitic ramp (High Atlas, Morocco). Journal of Sedimentary Research.
Amour, F., Mutti, M., Christ, N., Immenhauser, A., Agar, S., Benson, G., Tomás, S., Alway, R. and Kabiri, L. (2011). Capturing and modeling metre scale spatial facies heterogeneity in a Jurassic ramp setting (Central High Atlas, Morocco). Sedimentology. DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3091.2011.01299.x
Christ, N., Immenhauser, A., Amour, F., Mutti, M., Tomás, S., Agar, S., Alway, R. and Kabiri, L. (2012). Characterization and interpretation of discontinuity surfaces in a Jurassic ramp setting (High Atlas, Morocco). Sedimentology, 59, 249-290.
Agar, S., Geiger, S., Matthäi, S., Alway, R. Tomás, S., Immenhauser, A., Shekhar, R, Paul, J., Benson, G., Karcz, Z.and Kabiri, L. (2010) The impact of hierarchical fracture networks on flow partitioning in carbonate reservoirs: examples based on a Jurassic carbonate ramp analog from the High Atlas, Morocco. SPE ATCE 135135.
Tomás, S., Szurlies, M. and Mutti, M. (eds) (2010). SEPM-CES – GV (Sektion Sedimentologie) Sediment 2010. Schriftenreihe der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Geowissenschaften (SDGG), 72, 88 pp.
Tomás, S., Zitzmann, M., Homann, M., Rumpf, M., Amour, F., Benisek, M., Marcano, G., Mutti, M. and Betzler, C. (2010). From ramp to platform: building a 3D model of depositional geometries and facies architectures in transitional carbonates in the Miocene, northern Sardinia. Facies, 56, 195-210.
Bover-Arnal, T., Martín-Martín, J.D., Gomez-Rivas, E., Travé, A., Salas, R., Moreno-Bedmar, J.A., Tomás, S., (2009). Insights into the Upper Aptian carbonate succession of the South-Eastern Maestrat basin (E Iberia). Proceedings of the 27th IAS Meeting of Sedimentologists, 123-128.
Tomás, S., Löser, H. and Salas, R. (2008). Low-light and nutrient-rich coral associations in a Lower Aptian carbonate platform of the southwestern Maestrat Basin (Iberian Chain, E Spain). Cretaceous Research, 29, 509-534.Tomás, S., Aguirre, J., Braga, J. C. and Martín-Closas, C. (2007). Late Hauterivian coralline algae (Rhodophyta, Corallinales) from the Iberian Chain (E Spain). Taxonomy and the evolution of multisporanigal reproductive structures. Facies, 53, 79-95.
Tomás, S., Parcerisa, D. and Travé, A. (2007). Evolución diagenética de la plataforma carbonatada Aptiense superior del sector Benicàssim-Orpesa. Cuenca del Maestrat. Cadena Ibérica. Geogaceta, 41, 239-242.
Tomás, S., Comas, M. and Salas, R. (2007): La plataforma carbonatada Aptiense superior de Benicàssim-Orpesa (Cuenca del Maestrat, Cadena Ibérica): modelo de depósito. Geogaceta, 41, 235-238.
Riding, R. and Tomás, S. (2006). Bacterial origin of in situ precipitated peloid microspar? - stromatolite reef crusts, Early Cretaceous, Spain. Sedimentology, 53, 23-34.
Strasser, A., Aurell, M., Bádemas, B., Meléndez, G., and Tomás, S. (2005). From platform to basin to swell: high-resolution correlation of sedimentary sequences in the Oxfordian, Spain. Terranova, 17, 407-413.
Selected conference abstracts
Tomás, S., M., Homann, M., Mutti, Amour, F., Christ, N., Immenhauser, A., Frijia, G., and Agar, S., Microbial Mounds from the Middle Jurassic of the High Atlas (Morocco). AAPG International Conference and Exhibition, Milan, Italy, October 2011.
Tomás, S., M., Homann, M., Mutti, Amour, F., Christ, N., Immenhauser, A., Microbial Mounds from the Middle Jurassic of the High Atlas: sedimentology and ecological significance. 28th IAS Meeting of Sedimentology, Zaragoza, Spain, July 2011.
Tomás, S., Marcano, G., Benisek, M., Homann, M., Rumpf, M., Serno, S., Zitzmann, M., Mutti, M. and Betzler, C. From ramp to platform: building a 3D model of depositional geometries in transitional carbonates in the Miocene, Northern Sardinia. 26th IAS Meeting of Sedimentology, Bochum, Germany, September 2008.
Tomás, S. and Martín-Closas, C. Phylogenetic relationships between Sporolithaceae and Hapalidiaceae. 9th International Symposium on Fossil Algae. Zagreb, Croatia, September 2007.
Tomás, S., Aguirre, J. and Braga, J. C. Late Hauterivian-Early Barremian Coralline algae from the Llàcova Formation (Maestrat Basin, Iberian Cordillera). Taxonomic and Evolutionary Implications. 5thRegional Symposium of the International Fossil Algae. Ferrara, Italy, 30-31 August 2005. Museologia Scientifica e Naturalistica Vol. 1, 2005.
Tomás, S. and Riding, R. Reefal stromatolitic crusts from the Lower Cretaceous (Maestrat Basin, E Spain). Actas de las XX Jornadas de la Sociedad Española de Paleontología. Alcalá de Henares, Spain, 20-23 October 2004.
Selected workshops
Tomás, S., F. Amour, M. Homann, M. Zitzmann, M. Mutti, N. Christ, A. Immenhauser, S. Agar, R. Shekhar, G. Benson, K. Karcz, September 2009. "Bioconstructions on a Middle Jurassic ramp (High Atlas, Morocco): reef types and modes of operation" (talk). Exxonmobil annual meeting, Houston, USA.