Maximiliano Paz
(he/him/his)
- Visiting Assistant Professor
Areas of Study
Education
- BS, Universidad Nacional de Rio Negro, 2015
- PhD, University of Saskatchewan, 2021
Biography
I am a sedimentologist, ichnologist (the study of trace fossils), and stratigrapher, teaching courses related to understanding sedimentary rocks and processes, paleoenvironments, paleoecology, and the evolution of life on Earth. Moreover, I teach a Spring course on the role of geoscientists during the present energy transition.
My research focuses on the study of organic-rich mudstone (black shales) and other marine shallow- and deep-water siliciclastic rocks in Argentina, China, Spain, and Canada, as well as the development of a trace-fossil database to recognize the timing of substrate colonization during Earth's history.
Sedimentology, Ichnology, Stratigraphy, Geochemistry of oxygen-deficient environments
Paz, M., Mángano, M.G., Buatois, L.A., Campetella, D.M., Sproat, C., Pérez Pueyo, M., Piñuela, L. and García-Ramos, J.C., 2023d. Deep-sea Ordovician lingulide brachiopods and their associated burrows suggest an early colonization of proximal turbidite systems: Scientific Reports, v. 13, n. 22753. DOI: 10.1038/s41598-023-49875-8
Paz, M., Buatois, L.A., Mángano, M.G., Desjardins, P.R., Rodríguez, M.N., Ponce, J.J., Minisini, D., González Tomassini, F., Pereira, E., Carmona, N.B., Fantín, M., and Vallejo, M.D., 2023a, Basin circulation affecting sediment partitioning in a fine-grained carbonate-siliciclastic, subaqueous clinoform: The Upper Jurassic-Lower Cretaceous Vaca Muerta Formation, Neuquén Basin, Argentina: Journal of the Geological Society, v. 180, n. jgs2022-055. DOI: 10.1144/jgs2022-055
Paz, M., Buatois, L.A., Mángano, M.G., Desjardins, P.R., Notta, R., González Tomassini, F., Carmona, N.B. and Minisini, D., 2022a, Organic-rich, fine-grained contourites in an epicontinental basin, the Upper Jurassic-Lower Cretaceous Vaca Muerta Formation, Argentina: Marine and Petroleum Geology, v. 142, n. 105757. DOI: 10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2022.105757
Saleh, F., Qi, C., Buatois, L.A., Mángano, M.G., Paz, M., Vaucher, R., Zheng, Q., Hou, X.G., Gabbott, S.E. and Ma, X., 2022. The Chengjiang Biota inhabited a deltaic environment. Nature Communications, v. 13, p. 1–9. DOI: 10.1038/s41467-022-29246-z
Paz, M., Ponce, J.J., Buatois, L.A., Mángano, M.G., Carmona, N.B., Pereira, E., and Desjardins, P.R. 2019. Bottomset and foreset sedimentary processes in the mixed carbonate-siliciclastic Upper Jurassic-Lower Cretaceous Vaca Muerta Formation, Picún Leufú Area, Argentina. Sedimentary Geology, v. 389, p. 161–185. DOI: 10.1016/j.sedgeo.2019.06.007
Fall 2024
Geology and Paleontology of Patagonia — GEOS 118
Sedimentology and Stratigraphy — GEOS 330
Spring 2025
Geosciences during the Energy Transition — GEOS 125
Evolution of the Earth — GEOS 204