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Elda Miramontes

@elda-miramontes.bsky.social
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Professor in Sedimentology at MARUM University of Bremen. Interested in deep-sea sedimentary processes and plastic pollution 🌊

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Elda Miramontes @elda-miramontes.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
Are you interested in submarine canyons and channels and want to know what factors control their morphology? Check out the new manuscript led by Nadezhda Lagunova that also shows that channel asymmetry alone cannot be used to interpret mixed turbidite-contourite systems. doi.org/10.1016/j.ge...
Graphical abstract of the manuscript.
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Elda Miramontes @elda-miramontes.bsky.social · 16/03/2026
📢 2 weeks left to submit your abstract to the 5th Deep Water Circulation Research Conference! We have now confirmed keynote speakers, pre-conference workshop, field trips and social activities. Check it out in our website: www.marum.de/en/5th-Deep-...
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Elda Miramontes @elda-miramontes.bsky.social · 10/03/2026
🚨Paper alert🚨 In our new study, we show how internal waves shape the seafloor and affect sediment distribution and resuspension. Check it out here in open access 👇 doi.org/10.1002/esp....
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Interaction of internal waves with the seafloor on the Namibian shelf (SE Atlantic Ocean): Implications for seafloor geomorphology
Over geological timescales, internal waves play a significant role in shaping the seafloor morphology. They generate nepheloid layers, slope-parallel channels and escarpments with erosional surfaces.
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Elda Miramontes @elda-miramontes.bsky.social · 09/03/2026
I had the pleasure to share the 8th of March with a great team of female scientists 🤩 We collected sediment samples for analysing the contribution of microplastics and black carbon to the carbon cycle for Victoria Wegner's PhD project at @marumunibremen.bsky.social
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Elda Miramontes @elda-miramontes.bsky.social · 22/02/2026
💶 The @sedimentology.bsky.social sponsors the 5dwc with travel grants for IAS student members. If you would like to join, submit your abstract and your travel grant application as soon as possible because there is a limited amount of travel grants. More info 👇 www.marum.de/en/5th-Deep-...
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Elda Miramontes @elda-miramontes.bsky.social · 01/02/2026
🌊Call for abstracts🌊 It is now already possible to submit your abstract for the 5th Deep Water Circulation Research Conference (Bremen, 2-4 September 2026). You can find all the information about preparing and submitting your abstract on our website. www.marum.de/5th-deep-wat...
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Elda Miramontes @elda-miramontes.bsky.social · 02/01/2026
Oysters also play golf 🏌️🌊🦪
Golf ball with an oyster.
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Elda Miramontes @elda-miramontes.bsky.social · 02/12/2025
🚨 Permanent job alert🚨 We are looking for a professor in Marine Seismic at @unibremen.bsky.social and @marumunibremen.bsky.social Check all details here 👇 www.uni-bremen.de/en/universit...
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Elda Miramontes @elda-miramontes.bsky.social · 26/09/2025
📢 Save the date! 📢 Between 2-4 September 2026, we will organise the 5th Deep Water Circulation Research conference in Bremen at @marumunibremen.bsky.social You can find the first information in the attached document and in the website that will be updated regularly: www.marum.de/en/5th-Deep-...
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Elda Miramontes @elda-miramontes.bsky.social · 25/09/2025
🚨Paper alert🚨 What happens when a turbidity current meets a contour current? And how is this combined flow affected by channel morphology? Check it out in the new publication led by Pelle Adema 👇 authors.elsevier.com/sd/article/S...
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Elda Miramontes @elda-miramontes.bsky.social · 07/09/2025
The ocean keeps bringing back super old yogurt cups. This one is from Frigo and has a logo that was used in the 60s 😱
Piece of a yogurt cup from Frigo.
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Elda Miramontes @elda-miramontes.bsky.social · 07/09/2025
Muchas gracias a Sandra Penelas del @farodevigo.es por esta entrevista tan maravillosa en la que pude explicar a qué me dedico 😊 www.farodevigo.es/estela/2025/...
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«Tenemos mapas de la Luna, pero desconocemos el océano profundo»
La geóloga marina Elda Miramontes García, que lidera su propio grupo en el centro de investigación MARUM de Bremen, dirigirá una campaña sobre el trasporte de microplásticos en las Rías Altas el año q...
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Elda Miramontes @elda-miramontes.bsky.social · 17/08/2025
A couple of years ago I found at the beach a yogurt cup in almost perfect state with a logo probably from the 80s. Just a couple of days ago, I found the same type of cup at the beach but completely shrunk! I would love to know where they have been hiding all this time and what happened to them!
Two yogurt cups of Danone with an old logo probably from the 80s. One is in perfect state and the other one is has shrunk.
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Elda Miramontes @elda-miramontes.bsky.social · 28/06/2025
🚨Job alert PhD 🚨 We are looking for 15 new doctoral researchers at @marumunibremen.bsky.social @unibremen.bsky.social. Don't miss this fantastic opportunity! The deadline is the 25th of July. More information about the projects and how to apply can be found here 👇 www.uni-bremen.de/en/universit...
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Elda Miramontes @elda-miramontes.bsky.social · 03/06/2025
🚨Permanent job🚨 Are you a reasearcher with experience in geotechnics and/or hydrogeology and a passion for teaching? Come and join us at @unibremen.bsky.social 👇 www.uni-bremen.de/en/universit...
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Elda Miramontes @elda-miramontes.bsky.social · 13/05/2025
🚨Paper alert🚨Check out how alongslope currents and internal waves create terrace-drift systems on continental slopes in a new study led by Ling Wang at @marumunibremen.bsky.social @unibremen.bsky.social 👇 www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Sketch showing how ocean currents and internal waves shape the seafloor.
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Elda Miramontes @elda-miramontes.bsky.social · 01/05/2025
In the last days we have been doing a full program to investigate the transport of particles in the Rockall Bank using many different methods. Check the new post in our cruise log 👇 www.marum.de/en/Ship-slog...
Researcher taking a filter full of particles from an in situ pump. Researcher deploying a drifting trap. Researcher describing a sediment core. Researcher looking at aggregates under the microscope.
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Elda Miramontes @elda-miramontes.bsky.social · 21/04/2025
The Sedimentology team of @unibremen.bsky.social @marumunibremen.bsky.social is back at sea 🌊 We are going to the Irish margin to investigate the lateral transport of organic matter. Follow our activities here 👇 www.marum.de/en/MSM136sta...
Sedimentology team in front of the research vessel Maria S Merian.
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Elda Miramontes @elda-miramontes.bsky.social · 31/03/2025
Still 4 days to apply for this fantastic PhD project on coastal geomorphology! Don't miss the opportunity! www.uni-bremen.de/en/universit...
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Elda Miramontes @elda-miramontes.bsky.social · 15/03/2025
🚨Permanent job alert🚨 At @marumunibremen.bsky.social @unibremen.bsky.social, we are looking for a new professor in the field of Marine Geology. Check out the job description and how to apply here 👇 www.uni-bremen.de/en/universit...
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Elda Miramontes @elda-miramontes.bsky.social · 12/03/2025
🚨PhD offer🚨 We are looking for a doctoral researcher at @marumunibremen.bsky.social to work on a project on dunes in the German Bight and the German tidal estuaries. More information about the project and how to apply can be found here👇 www.marum.de/Binaries/Bin...
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Elda Miramontes @elda-miramontes.bsky.social · 21/01/2025
I am shocked by the sexism of Google search! 😠 I was looking for an article of my colleague Claudia Wienberg, which google found very well. Actually all the searches are correct, but it asked me if I meant Claude Weinberg! Only man can do research? I only find a chiropractor under this name.
Screenshot showing the results of the google shearch.
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Elda Miramontes @elda-miramontes.bsky.social · 15/01/2025
We are back at sea 🌊 We are participating in the MSM133 cruise on board the R/V Maria S. Merian offshore Mauritania to investigate how particles (inorganic and organic particles and microplastics) get transported from the shelf to the deep sea.
Members of the sedimentology research group in front of the R/V Maria S. Merian
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Elda Miramontes @elda-miramontes.bsky.social · 11/01/2025
🚨Paper alert🚨Pelle Adema did fantastic flume experiments that show the 3D flow structure of turbidity currents and combined turbidity current-contour current flows. Contour currents collapse the bi-cellular structure of turbidity currents and modulate overspilling 👇 doi.org/10.1016/j.ma...
Sketch of the main results of the article that show that turbidity currents have a bi-cellular structure that collapses with the interaction of contour currents.
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Elda Miramontes @elda-miramontes.bsky.social · 10/11/2024
🚨Paper alert🚨 In our new study from the Irish margin, we show that rapid downslope transport related to the Ekman drain delivers large amounts of fresh dissolved organic carbon to the deep sea. Check it out here 👇 doi.org/10.1029/2024....
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Rapid Down‐Slope Transport of Fresh Dissolved Organic Matter to the Deep Ocean in the Eastern North Atlantic
Rapid down-slope transport delivers substantial amounts of fresh dissolved organic matter (DOM) from shelves into the deep North Atlantic Conservative mixing (dominated by physical processes) det...
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Elda Miramontes @elda-miramontes.bsky.social · 10/11/2024
Just out of curiosity. Does this sudden increase in followers over here has something to do with the elections in the US and everyone leaving the other place or is this just coincidence?
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Elda Miramontes @elda-miramontes.bsky.social · 13/10/2024
I am looking forward to this new phase in my career as vice-director from MARUM – Center for Marine Environmental Sciences, University of Bremen. I will give my best to help the development of the institute and its wonderful team.
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Elda Miramontes @elda-miramontes.bsky.social · 13/10/2024
Join us in the 38th International Meeting of Sedimentology @sedimentology.bsky.social in Huelva, Spain (June 26-28, 2025) ⏳ Submissions Deadline: Nov 25, 2024 iasmeetinghuelva25.com 🌅 Session SO1.5: Deep Marine Clastics
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MARUM @marumunibremen.bsky.social · 04/09/2024
Morgen geht's endlich los! Dann heißt es wieder "Explore Science" im Bremer Bürgerpark 🧑‍🔬🔬🧪 Bis zum 7. September können spannende Experimente an unzähligen Mitmachstationen zum Thema "Klima und Umwelt" ausprobiert werden. Kommt vorbei! Mehr dazu hier ➡️ www.marum.de/Explore-Scie...
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Elda Miramontes @elda-miramontes.bsky.social · 25/07/2024
Do you know what's the weather like in the deep sea? If you want to know more about near-seafloor circulation in the deep sea and its implications for sediment and particle transport, check out our new publication in Nature Geoscience led by Lewis Bailey 👇 rdcu.be/dOVTt
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Highly variable deep-sea currents over tidal and seasonal timescales
Nature Geoscience - Mooring observations suggest that deep-sea currents exhibit substantial variability over tidal and seasonal timescales, driving a complex pattern of sediment transport.
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Elda Miramontes @elda-miramontes.bsky.social · 12/07/2024
🚨Paper alert🚨The Argentine Basin is an amazing area where ocean currents strongly shape the seafloor and control sedimentation. Check out our new study led by Gastón Kreps in which we analyse bottom currents and contourites, combining Physical Oceanography and Marine Geology👇 doi.org/10.2110/jsr....
Figure showing bottom currents and contourites.
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Elda Miramontes @elda-miramontes.bsky.social · 05/07/2024
The Conference on Seafloor Landforms, Processes and Evolution is always amazing! Great organization, fantastic research and a beautiful island! Ling Wang and @nadya-lagunova.bsky.social presented their PhD projects, some new research coming out soon!
Elda, Ling and Nadya in front of King's poster.View of Lipari Marina.
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mariaansine @mariaansine.bsky.social · 26/03/2024
Come work with me: Calling geologists with Arctic interests ⚒️⛰️❄️. Permanent position as associate professor in Arctic Basin Geology @UNISvalbard. Please rt and spread to interested candidates. Get in touch if you want to know more. www.jobbnorge.no/en/available...
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Elda Miramontes @elda-miramontes.bsky.social · 21/03/2024
🚨Paper alert🚨New publication led by Kaiqi Yu, in which we show how the concavity of submarine canyons affects sedimentation. Check it out here 👇 authors.elsevier.com/c/1inj2,3sl3...
Summary of the study, which shows how different concavities affect accumulation of turbidites.
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Elda Miramontes @elda-miramontes.bsky.social · 16/03/2024
In our first dive in the submarine canyon Swatch of No Ground, we found a fish highway! 😅
Fish swimming at the seafloor along a white stripe in the sediment.
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Elda Miramontes @elda-miramontes.bsky.social · 08/03/2024
A great team of women, from the scientific team and the crew, is making possible this cruise on board the R/V Sonne on the Bengal Fan. You are all fantastic! Thank you! 🤩
Group of women participating in the SO304 cruise on board the R/V Sonne in the Bay of Bengal.
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Elda Miramontes @elda-miramontes.bsky.social · 27/02/2024
While shooting some seismic, we are starting to get ready for our first mooring deployment in the Bengal fan. Today we even saw a 🐢 swimming next to the ship. The bay of Bengal is bringing a lot of surprises 😊
Person preparing the floats for the mooring on deck.Deck of the ship with the streamer on the water and the sun in the sky behind clouds.
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Elda Miramontes @elda-miramontes.bsky.social · 22/02/2024
For the next 40 days, we will be studying the Bengal Fan, one of the largest turbidite systems in the world! We will investigate how sediments and other particles such as microplastics and organic carbon are tranfered from the continent to the deep sea. We will keep you updated 😉
Sedimentology team in front of the Sonne research vessel.
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Elda Miramontes @elda-miramontes.bsky.social · 13/02/2024
All the people out there interested in deep-ocean currents and contourites, should not miss this great compilation of articles in Marine Geology: doi.org/10.1016/j.ma... Thanks @uisdeannicholson.bsky.social and all other collaborations for making this happen.
Map with the location of all the studies that are part of the special issue.
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MARUM @marumunibremen.bsky.social · 08/02/2024
Hallo Bluesky 👋 Ab jetzt geht es hier mit uns aus dem blauen Himmel in die Tiefsee! Wir sind das MARUM – Zentrum für Marine Umweltwissenschaften @unibremen.bsky.social und erforschen die Rolle des Ozeans und des Meeresbodens im gesamten Erdsystem 🌊 Mehr gibt es hier ➡️ www.marum.de
Das Foto zeigt das MARUM-Hauptgebäude an einem sonnigen Tag.Das MARUM-Meeresbodenbohrgerät MeBo200 taucht im blauen Ozean ab.
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Elda Miramontes @elda-miramontes.bsky.social · 06/12/2023
Siempre es un placer conocer a las nuevas generaciones de oceanógraf@s! Gracias por la invitación @batidivulga.bsky.social!
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Elda Miramontes @elda-miramontes.bsky.social · 21/11/2023
🚨 Paper alert 🚨 In our new paper led by Mélissa Hanafi-Portier, we investigate how ocean currents, seafloor morphology and the type of substrate control the distribution, abundance and diversity of benthic fauna in seamounts of the Mozambique Channel. Check it out 👇 doi.org/10.1016/j.ds...
Submarine images of the fauna investigated in the study.
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Elda Miramontes @elda-miramontes.bsky.social · 10/11/2023
Hemipelagite, turbidite, debrite, slump? It was fun practicing core descriptions of deep-marine sediments with our master students!
Photo of a sediment core being described by students on a table.
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Geomorphica @geomorphica.bsky.social · 06/11/2023
Hello new followers! Please repost so we can reach a much wider audience!
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Elda Miramontes @elda-miramontes.bsky.social · 04/11/2023
🚨Paper alert🚨 For those interested in the deep sedimentology and in the interaction of ocean currents with turbidite systems, you shouldn't miss the new study led by Mei Chen: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1...
Sketch of the evolution of the submarine lobes. The previous asymmetric channel-levee systems formed by the interaction of contour currents and turbidity flows induce a migration of the lobes in the upslope direction of bottom currents.
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Elda Miramontes @elda-miramontes.bsky.social · 03/11/2023
🍂🍄 Autumn is fully back in campus!
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Elda Miramontes @elda-miramontes.bsky.social · 27/10/2023
Hi Bluesky community! 👋 I have been here only for a couple of days and this looks very promising. I have already found some of you, but I am still missing many from the oceanography, geology and environment communities. Suggestions are welcome!
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