Eric Font
Profile
Research Group: RG3 – Solid Earth dynamics
Job: Associate Professor, FCTUC
Email: font_eric@hotmail.com
Academic Degree and field of specialization:
Phd in Geophysics and Geology
Scientific Informations
ORCID: http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0867-6529
SCOPUS ID: https://www2.scopus.com/authid/detail.uri?authorId=6603676575
Researcher ID: https://publons.com/researcher/1574103/eric-font/
Website: https://webpages.ciencias.ulisboa.pt/~ecfont/
Scientific Interests
Main Interests:
Mass extinction, Large igneous provinces, paleo- and environmental magnetism, speleothem magnetism, tsunami deposits, snowball Earth
Top 10 Publications:
Font, E., Duarte, L.V., Dekkers, M.J., Remazeilles, C., Egli, R., Spangenberg, J., Fantasia, A., Ribeiro, J., Gomes, E., Mirão, J. and T. Adatte (2022). Rapid light carbon releases and increased aridity linked to Karoo-Ferrar magmatism during the early Toarcian oceanic anoxic event. Scientific Report, 12, 4342, https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-08269-y.
Font, E., Chen, J., Regelous, M., Regelous, A., Adatte, T. (2022). Volcanic origin of the mercury anomalies at the Cretaceous-Paleogene transition of Bidart, France. Geology, 50 (2), 142-146, https://doi.org/10.1130/G49458.1
Fantasia, A., Adatte, T., Spagenberg, J., Font, E., Duarte, L. V., Fölmi, K. B. (2019). Global versus local processes during the Pliensbachian–Toarcian transition at the Peniche GSSP, Portugal: A multi-proxy record. Earth-Science Reviews, 198. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.earscirev.2019.102932
Font, E., Adatte, T. Andrade, M., Keller, G., Mhabi Bitchong, A., Carvallo, C. Ferreira*, F., Diogo*, Z. and J. Mirão (2018). Deccan volcanism induced high-stress environment during the Cretaceous-Paleogene transition at Zumaia, Spain: Evidence from magnetic, mineralogical and biostratigraphic records. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 484, 53-66, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.epsl.2017.11.055
Font, E., Carlut, J., Rémazeilles, C. Mather, T.A, Nédélec, A., Mirão, J. and S. Casale (2017). End-Cretaceous akaganéite and its potential as a mineral marker of Deccan volcanism in the global sedimentary record, Nature Scientific Reports, 7, doi. 10.1038/s41598-017-11954-y
Ponte, J., Font, E., Veiga-Pires, C., Hilaire-Marcel, C. and B. Ghaleb (2017). Speleothem shape and Natural Remanent Magnetization, Journal of Geophysical Research-Solid Earth, 122 (6), 4143–4156, doi:10.1002/2016JB013789.
Font, E., Adatte, T., Sial, A. N., Drude de Lacerda, L., Keller, G. and J. Punekar (2016). Mercury anomaly, Deccan Traps and the end-Cretaceous mass extinction. Geology. 44 (2), 171-174. doi.10.1130/G37451.1
Abrajevitch, A., Font, E., Florindo, F. and A. Roberts (2015). Asteroid impact vs. Deccan eruptions: The origin of low magnetic susceptibility beds below the Cretaceous-Paleogene boundary revisited. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 430, 209-223. doi:10.1016/j.epsl.2015.08.022
Font, E., Veiga-Pires. C.C., Pozo, M., Nave, S., Costas, S., Ruiz Muñoz, F., Abad, M., Simões, N. and S. Duarte (2013). Benchmarks and sedimentary source(s) of the 1755 Lisbon Tsunami deposit at Boca do Rio estuary. Marine Geology, 43, 1-14. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.margeo.2013.06.008
Font E., Nédélec A., Trindade R.I.F., Macouin, M. and A. Charrière (2006). Chemostratigraphy of the Neoproterozoic Mirassol d’Oeste cap dolostones (Mato Grosso, Brazil): implications for the Snowball Earth aftermath. Earth and Planetary Sciences Letters, 250, 89-103. doi:10.1016/j.epsl.2006.06.047
Projects (10 most relevant):
Principal Investigator
22022-2023: Paleomagnetism of cave deposits: comparing geomagnetic and climate events. MIT-FCT exploratory project funded by MIT (~63,000 $), PI-MIT: Eduardo Lima (MIT), PI-FCT: Eric Font (FCTUC).
2022-2023: SpeleoMag - Analyzing environmental and climate records in Portuguese speleothems using ultra-high sensitivity magnetic microscopy. Funded by FCT (MIT-EXPL/ACC/0023/2021; 48.698,29 €). PI-FCT: Eric Font (FCTUC), PI-MIT: Eduardo Lima (MIT). http://doi.org/10.54499/MIT-EXPL/ACC/0023/2021.
2022-2025: SAMEPA - Speleothems as magnetic, environmental and paleo-fire archives. Funded by FCT (ref. PTDC/CTA-GEO/0125/2021; 244.649,19 €).
2012-2015: Origin of the Cretaceous-Tertiary and Triassic-Jurassic Mass Extinction: Bolide impact, volcanism or both? Funded by FCT (ref. PTDC/CTE-GIX/117298/2012, 120,000.00 €).
2011-2014: A new multidisciplinary method for the identification of Tsunami-induced deposits and their frequency in the geological record. Funded by FCT (ref. PTDC/CTE-GIX/110205/2009, 120,000.00 €)
2006: Universal-CNPq Project (Brazil). Reservoirs and Petrophysic Modelling. Funded by CNPq (ref. 471614/2006-8; ~14,000.00 €).
Collaborator
2018-2022: SANDTRACK – Beach nourishment: an integrated methodology for coastal management support. Funded by FCT and supervised by Paulo Silva (University of Aveiro) (200,000.00 €).
2009-2012: MEGA Hazards. Plate reorganization in the Western Mediterranean: lithospheric causes and topographic consequences. Funded by FCT and supervised by Fernando Ornelas (IDL, Portugal) (ref. PTDC/CTE-GIX/108149/2008, ~200,000.00 €).
2009-2012: AMS Progress. Ab initio Multidisciplinary Study of AMS generation and relation to progressive strain: an experimental approach. Funded by FCT and supervised by Zuzana Kratinova (IDL) (ref. PTDC/CTE-GIX/098696/2008, ~170,000.00 €).
2008-2011: TOPOMED. Plate reorganization in the Western Mediterranean: lithospheric causes and topographic consequences. Funded by FCT (ref. TOPOEUROPE/0001/2007; ~170,000.00 €) and supervised by Pedro Terrinha (LNEG, Portugal).
Books & Chapters (up to 10):
Books as editor
Font, E., A. Abrajevitch and F. Florindo (2017). Magnetic Records of Extreme Geological Events, Frontiers in Earth Sciences – Geomagnetism and Paleomagnetism. link
Font, E., Adatte, T., Planke, S., Svensen, H. and W. Kürschner (2016). Special Issue on “Impact, Volcanism, Global Changes and Mass Extinction”, Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, 441, 222 pp. link.
Book Chapters
[04] Terrinha, P., Ramos, A., Neres, M., Valadares, V., Duarte, J., Martinez-Loriente, S., Silva, S., Mata, J., Kulberg, J., Casas-Sainz, A., Matias, L., Fernandez, O., Anton Munoz, J., Ribeiro, C., Font., E., Neves, C., Roque, C., Rosas, P., Pinheiro, L., Bartolomé, R., Sallares, V., Magalhaes, V., Medialdea, T., Somoza, L., Gràcia, E., Hensen, C., Gutscher, A., Ribeiro, A., Zitellini, N. (2019). Alpine orogeny: Deformation and structure in the West and Southwest Iberia Margins, in The Geology of Iberia: a Geodynamic Approach, volume 3, edited by Cecílio Quesada and José Tomás de Oliveira, doi. 10.1007/978-3-030-11190-8.
[03] Ruiz, F., Pozo, M., Olías, M., Núñez, M.C., Abad, M., Carretero, M.I., Rodríguez-Vidal, J., Cáceres, L.M., Prenda, J., Castellanos, E.M., Luque, C.J., Menor, A., Font, E., Toscano, A., García, E.X. (2013). The Doñana National Park (SW Spain): From the sea to the future. In: National Parks: Sustainable Development, Conservation Strategies and Environmental Impacts (Bigman, D., ed.). Nova Science Publishers Inc., New York. ID_11046.
[02] Pozo, M., Carretero, M. I., Ruiz, F. Olías, M., Abad, M., Rodríguez-Vidal, J. Cáceres, L. M., Prudêncio, M. I., Dias, M. I., Font, E., Muñoz, A.M., Izquierdo, T. and Toscano, A. (2013). Geochemistry of Lower Pliocene to Holocene formations from the Doñana National Park (SW Spain). In: Advances in Geochemistry Research (Sanjurjo-Sánchez, J., ed.). (Geology and Mineralogy Research Developments). Chapter 1. 1-10. Nova Science Publishers Inc, New York. ISBN: 978-1-62618-262-2
[01] Font E., Rapalini, A., Tomezzoli, R., Trindade, R.I.F. and E. Tohver (2012). Episodic remagnetizations in South America and links to tectonic events. Geological Society of London, Special Publications. In: Elmore, R. D., Muxworthy, A. R., Aldana, M.M. & Mena, M. (eds) 2012. Remagnetization and Chemical Alteration of Sedimentary Rocks. Geological Society of London, 371, doi.org/10.1144/SP371.7
Conferences (last 15 presentations):
Font, E., T. Adatte, M. A. Rostami, M.J., Razmjooei, Thibault, N., Frontalini, F. and M. Leckie, (2018). Deccan volcanism, acidification and ocean carbonate saturation overshoot. Geophysical Research Abstracts, vol. 21, EGU2019-8164, EGU General Assembly 2019, Vienna, Austria.
Font, E., T. Adatte, M. A. Rostami, M. Leckie, F. Frontalini and N. Thibault (2018). The global imprint of Deccan volcanism in the sedimentary record across the end-Cretaceous mass extinction (oral presentation). .Geophysical Research Abstracts, vol. 20, EGU2018-18715, EGU General Assembly 2018, Vienna, Austria.
Font, E., T. Adatte, M. A. Rostami, M. Leckie, F. Frontalini and N. Thibault (2018). Environmental acidification triggered by Deccan volcanism at the KPg Galanderud section, Iran. Geophysical Research Abstracts, vol. 20, EGU2018-18692, EGU General Assembly 2018, Vienna, Austria.
Font, E., T. Adatte, M. A. Rostami, M. Leckie, F. Frontalini, M. J. Razmjooei, N. Thibault (2018). Environmental acidification and carbonate overshoot triggered by Deccan volcanism at the aftermath of the Cretaceous-Paleogene mass extinction. IX Symposium on the Iberian Atlantic Margin Coimbra, 4-7 september 2018.
Font, E. Duarte, L.V., Fantasia, A., Adatte, T., Dekkers, M. and J. Mirão (2018). Magnetostratigraphy and environmental magnetism of the Toarcian Oceanic Anoxic Event at Peniche (Portugal). 2nd International Workshop on the Toarcian Oceanic Anoxic Event, Coimbra 2018.
Font, E. (2017). The magnetic, mineralogical and geochemical signature of the Deccan volcanism in the global sedimentary record. PMAG2017 conference, Magnétisme de la Biosphère aux Planètes telluriques, 17-19 oct. 2017 Toulouse (France). Oral.
Font, E. (2017). The magnetic, mineralogical and geochemical signature of the Deccan volcanism in the global sedimentary record. MAGIBER-X conference, Saragossa, 14-16th September 2017. Oral.
Font, E., Carlut, J., Rémazeilles, C. Mather, T.A, Nédélec, A., Mirão, J. and S. Casale (2017). End-Cretaceous akaganéite and its potential as a mineral marker of Deccan volcanism in the global sedimentary record. Geophysical Research Abstracts, vol. 19, EGU2017-9307, EGU General Assembly 2017.
Font, E., Adatte, T., Andrade, M., Keller, G., Mbabi Bitchong, A., Carvallo, C., Ferreira, J., Diogo, Z. and J. Mirão (2017). Deciphering the magnetic and mineralogical record of the Deccan Traps at the Cretaceous-Paleogene boundary of the Zumaia section, Basque-Cantabric basin (Spain). Geophysical Research Abstracts, vol. 19, EGU2017-9160, EGU General Assembly 2017.
Font, E., Sial, A.C: (2016). Mercury anomaly, Deccan volcanism and the end-Cretaceous mass extinction. 35th International Geological Congress, 27 august – 4 september 2016, Cape Town, South Africa.
Font, E., Adatte, T., Sial, A.N., de Lacerda, D., Keller, G. and Punekar, J. (2016). Mercury anomaly, Deccan volcanism and the end-Cretaceous mass extinction. Geophysical Research Abstracts, vol. 18, EGU2016-4551, EGU General Assembly 2016.
Font, E. (2016). The magnetic and mineralogical signature of the Deccan volcanism in the sedimentary record: a review. Geophysical Research Abstracts, vol. 18, EGU2016-6203, EGU General Assembly 2016.
Font, E., Duarte, L.V., Adatte, T. and Mirão, J. (2016). Environmental magnetism of the Toarcian Oceanic Anoxic Event at Peniche (Portugal). Geophysical Research Abstracts, vol. 18, EGU2016-17609, EGU General Assembly 2016.
Font, E. (2015). Paleomagnetism and environmental magnetism of Portuguese speleothems. Colloque PMAG 2015 : Magnétisme en Sciences de la Terre, de l’Univers, de l’Environnement et de l’Homme en France : résultats récents et prospective. Aix en Provence, 26-29 Mai 2015. Oral.
Font, E. (2015). The paleoenvironmental signature of the Deccan Phase 2 eruptions. Colloque PMAG 2015 : Magnétisme en Sciences de la Terre, de l’Univers, de l’Environnement et de l’Homme en France : résultats récents et prospective. Aix en Provence, 26-29 Mai 2015. Oral.
Awards:
2016: Prémio Científico Universidade de Lisboa / Caixa Geral de Depósitos 2016 – Best researcher in Earth Sciences and Geophysics.
2005: CAPES PhD award 2005 in Geosciences (Brazil).