Effects of historical climate variability and anthropogenic action in coastal flood basins-wetlands: variations in sedimentation rates, phreatic fluctuations, changes in salinity.
Microvertebrates are distributed according to a few bioclimatic variables, and these conditions can be characterised according to the area occupied by their populations. GIS makes it possible to relate the area of distribution and the bioclimatic variables, which allows us to know the real conditions of the past.
Application of remote sensing techniques in the study of climatic processes, especially those related to radiation, energy and water balances on the Earth's Surface.
The use of image analysis tools and GIS makes it possible to recognise the shape of vertebrate cranial and postcranial skeletal remains. Vector analysis of shape, direct or based on statistical analysis, allows a novel approach to the theoretical study of shape.
Evolutionary and functional genomics.
Bones and teeth are the only remains located in palaeontological contexts. The analysis of their chemical composition allows us to understand the palaeobiology, palaeoecology and habitat use of these organisms, reflecting environmental parameters and palaeoclimatic conditions.
Palaeoenvironmental analysis and evolution of Devonian carbonate paltforms. Detailed multidisciplinary records and analysis of climatic and palaeographic changes in the Devonian. Palaeogeographical distribution of taxa.
Several outcrops are studied in CV containing palaeontological deposits from the Upper Miocene-Lower Pliocene (5-6 Ma), which record the so-called Messinian Salinity Crisis, which involved the drying of the Mediterranean and a faunal exchange between Africa and the Iberian Peninsula.
A very limited number of Neogene sites in Ecuador host a rich and spectacular micro- and macrovertebrate fauna (Eocene cetaceans, Pleistocene megafauna). The data from these sites should allow us to delve deeper into the origins of cetaceans and the extinction of the South American megafauna.
In the area of Morteral (Magro) and Araia (Ribesalbes-Alcora), micromammals from the Aragonian period have been studied in high-resolution series. The results provide evidence of hitherto unknown paleontological information of great interest in the temporal context under study.
Analysis of the Cambrian invertebrate biota, mainly trilobite systematics and stratigraphic and palaeogeographic distributions. High-resolution biostratigraphy, chronostratigraphy, definition and official subdivision of the Cambrian Floors.
Analysis of the biota of Devonian invertebrates, especially brachiopod systematics and stratigraphic and palaeogeographic distributions. Palaeoecology and evolution of brachiopods from the Devonian System. Devonian oysterpods, palaeoecology and biostratigraphy.
Analysis of the biota of Devonian vertebrate and plant remains, especially systematics and phylogeny of conodonts, fish and spores and stratigraphic distributions. High-resolution biostratigraphy, chronostratigraphy, definition and official subdivision of the Devonian Floors.
Aplicacions en tractament de senyals i imatges de teledetecció: estimació de paràmetres biofísics i variables de fluxos, inversió de models, segmentació d'imatges, detecció de canvis i anomalies, fusió d'imatges i multiresolució, restauració, causalitat i atribució, rànquing.
