Susana Salazar

Mid-Miocene palaeohydrology archived in palaeosols of La Tatacoa, Colombia

Abstract Mid-Miocene palaeosols of the Baraya Member (Villavieja Formation, La Tatacoa, Colombia) record contrasting pedogenic pathways developed within fine-grained floodbasin environments under subhumid tropical conditions. The Ferruginous Red Bed (FRB) and La Venta Red Bed (LV...

Carotenoid-enriched endolithic phototrophic communities in Colombian gypsums

Gypsum has been shown to serve both as a protective shield against intense solar irradiation and as a microhabitat for microbial life, particularly under extreme environmental conditions. This study presents the first report of endolithic photosynthetic microbial communities and...