Research Topics:

• Soil genesis
• Palaeopedology
• Palaeoclimatic and palaeoenvironmental reconstructions
• Periglacial processes

Regions:

• Antarctica
• Southern South America

PhD Project:

Palaeosols from King George Island, Maritime Antarctica - Indicators of climate change during the Eocene/Oligocene transition
 

CV:

Education:

Field Experience:

• 07/2012 – Cordillera Blanca, Ancash, Peruvian Andes: Soil, rocks and vegetation sampling.

• 02/2012 – Seymour Island, Antarctica: Soil, rocks, vegetation sampling and maintenance of soil sensors (temperature and humidity).

• 01/2012 – Byers Peninsula, Antarctica: Maintenance of soil sensors (temperature and humidity).

• 03/2011 – Torres del Paine, Chilean Patagonia: Soil and vegetation sampling. Installation of soil sensors (temperature and humidity).

• 02/2011 – Seymour Island Antarctica: Soil, rocks, vegetation sampling and installation of soil sensors (temperature and humidity).

• 10/2010 – Cabo Frio Island, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil: Soil sampling.

• 10/2009 – Bragança, Portugal: Mapping of chestnut farms.

• 06/2009 – Serra do Cabral, Minas Gerais, Brazil: Hydromorphic soils mapping.

Publications:

Spinola, D.N., Pi-Puig, T., Solleiro-Rebolledo, E., Sedov, S., Egli, M., Plötze, M., Sudo, M., Kühn, P. (2017): Origin of clay minerals in Early Eocene volcanic paleosols on King George Island, Maritime Antarctica. Scientific Reports 7, 6368. doi: 10.1038/s41598-017-06617-x

Spinola, D. N., de Castro Portes, R., Schaefer, C. E. G. R., Solleiro-Rebolledo, E., Pi-Puig, T., Kühn, P. (2017): Eocene paleosols on King George Island, Maritime Antarctica: Macromorphology, micromorphology and mineralogy. Catena 152, 69-81. doi: 10.1016/j.catena.2017.01.004

de Castro Portes, R., Spinola, D. N., Reis, J. S., Ker, J. C., da Costa, L. M., Fernandes Filho, E. I., Kühn, P., Schaefer, C. E. G. R. (2016): Pedogenesis across a climatic gradient in tropical high mountains, Cordillera Blanca — Peruvian Andes. Catena 147, 441–452. doi: 10.1016/j.catena.2016.07.027