A5014312805- Geology and Paleoclimatology Research
- Marine and environmental studies
- Ancient and Medieval Archaeology Studies
- Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology
- Geological Formations and Processes Exploration
- Archaeology and ancient environmental studies
- Image Processing and 3D Reconstruction
- Biocrusts and Microbial Ecology
- Isotope Analysis in Ecology
- Aeolian processes and effects
- Landslides and related hazards
- Soil and Environmental Studies
- Lichen and fungal ecology
- Maritime and Coastal Archaeology
- Historical and Archaeological Studies
- Soil erosion and sediment transport
- Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils
- Planetary Science and Exploration
- Mineralogy and Gemology Studies
- Geological formations and processes
- Magnetic and Electromagnetic Effects
- Aquatic Ecosystems and Phytoplankton Dynamics
- Marine and coastal ecosystems
- Slime Mold and Myxomycetes Research
- Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena
University of Bremen
2017-2025
Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz
2025
RWTH Aachen University
2015-2021
University of Novi Sad
2009-2015
Paleoenvironmental reconstructions on a (supra-)regional scale have gained attention in Quaternary sciences during the last decades. In terrestrial realms, loess deposits and especially intercalations of buried soils, so called loess-paleosol sequences (LPS) are important archives to unravel response e.g. climatic fluctuations reconstruct paleoenvironments Pleistocene. The analysis LPS requires knowledge several key factors, such as distribution aeolian sediments, their location relative...
The dynamics of the particulate organic carbon (POC) pool in ocean are central to marine cycle. POC is link between surface primary production, deep ocean, and sediments. rate at which degraded dark can impact atmospheric CO2 concentration. Therefore, a focus geochemistry studies improve our understanding distribution, composition, cycling. last few decades have seen improvements analytical techniques that greatly expanded what we measure, both terms compound structural diversity isotopic...
Abstract In September 2016, the annual meeting of International Union for Quaternary Research’s Loess and Pedostratigraphy Focus Group, traditionally referred to as a LoessFest, met in Eau Claire, Wisconsin, USA. The 2016 LoessFest focused on “thin” loess deposits transportation surfaces. This included 75 registered participants from 10 countries. Almost half were outside United States, 18 students. review is introduction special issue Research that originated presentations discussions at...
Loess-palaeosol sequences are valuable archives of past environmental changes. Although regional palaeoclimatic trends and conditions in Southeastern Europe have been inferred from loess sequences, large scale forcing mechanisms responsible for their formation yet to be determined. is a climatically sensitive region, existing under the strong influence both Mediterranean continental climates. Establishment spatial temporal evolution interaction these climatic areas essential understand...
Understanding the past dynamics of large-scale atmospheric systems is crucial for our knowledge palaeoclimate conditions in Europe. Southeastern Europe currently lies at border between Atlantic, Mediterranean, and continental climate zones. Past changes relative influence associated must have been recorded region's palaeoarchives. By comparing high-resolution grain-size, environmental magnetic geochemical data from two loess-palaeosol sequences Lower Danube Basin with other Eurasian...
The Carpathian Basin contains some of the best preserved loess deposits in Europe, including continent's longest and resolved climate records. Large areas basin have been intensively investigated recent years, although east remain largely unstudied, despite considerable regional variation Here we discuss sedimentary record exposed Orlovat brickyard using detailed litho- pedo-stratigraphic, enviromagnetic parameters luminescence dating. results show an atypical Late Pleistocene succession for...
The loess-palaeosol sequence of Batajnica (Vojvodina region, Serbia) is considered as one the most complete and thickest terrestrial palaeoclimate archives for Middle Late Pleistocene. In order to achieve a numerical chronology this profile, four sets ages were obtained on 18 individual samples. Equivalent doses determined using SAR protocol fine (4-11 μm) coarse (63-90 quartz fractions, well polymineral grains by two elevated temperature infrared stimulation methods, pIRIR
Supraregional (palaeo)geoecological studies require detailed knowledge of the distribution aeolian sediments and their sources. Such spatial data can be visualised shared in maps, but often these are constrained resolution or extent. This is case for Carpathian Basin, where cross-border maps not enough to answer many research questions. Problems occur especially along political borders due different geological mapping standards varying lithological definitions. Using a Geographic Information...
The regional patterns and timing of the Younger Dryas cooling in North Atlantic realm were complex are mechanistically incompletely understood. To enhance understanding climate patterns, we present molecular biomarker records at subannual to annual resolution by mass spectrometry imaging (MSI) sediments from Lake Meerfelder Maar covering Allerød-Younger transition. These analyses supported conventional extraction-based molecular-isotopic analyses, which both validate results constrain...
Mineral dust records distant from sources are crucial in establishing wider atmospheric loads the past. However, detailed, independent chronologies for loess-palaeosol sequences local still rare Europe. In this study we present a high-resolution OSL and pIRIR290 chronology multi-proxy investigation of Irig sequence (LPS), Vojvodina, Serbia. Our results show that 4–11 μm quartz is reliable dosimeter only up to ~59 ka (179 Gy), after which ages underestimate expected based on stratigraphy. The...
The Mediterranean Sea is expected to be one of the regions most severely impacted by current and future climate change. In fact, it already experiencing more frequent severe hydro-extremes (floods droughts), which are exacerbated in near future, together with thermal-extremes (heat cold waves) as yet evaluated seasonality predictability. While past centennial-scale fluctuations this region have been investigated, however, little known about higher frequency variability, i.e....