Our research interest

Our research contributes to the overall understanding of the role of oceans and freshwater on our planet. The expertise of our research interests can be highlighted in the following groups ->

Geochemical proxies

  • Geochemistry of the oceans mirrored in biogenic carbonate – testing geochemical proxies in extreme conditions
  • New analytical approaches to cutting-edge geochemical proxies
  • Biogeochemical cycles in terrestrial ecosystems tracked in lake sediments – cycles of phosphorus and silica, leaching of dissolved organic matter, pedogenesis

Key papers:

Palaeoenvironmental analysis

  • Stratigraphy and age determination based on calcareous nannoplankton and Foraminifera or using chemostratigraphic methods – Sr stratigraphy
  • Palaeoenvironmental reconstructions of marine and freshwater environments based on ecological markers, geochemical proxies and palaeobiological approaches
  • Palaeoclimatic reconstructions based on multi-proxy approaches – palaeoenvironmental analyses, direct proxies and palaeobiological analyses

Key papers:

Ecological and evolutionary micropalaeontology

  • Ecology and evolution of the marine microplankton
  • Bioproduction and carbon binding as mediated by the marine microplankton

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