Quaternary Geology & Sedimentary Palaeoclimate Records (Land, Lakes, and Ocean)
Sedimentary deposits from terrestrial environments (lakes, moraines, dunes, loess, and permafrost) and the polar oceans represent unique palaeoclimate archives used for the reconstruction of the late Pleistocene to Holocene environmental history of the periglacial and offshore realm. The inference of palaeoenvironmental scenarios is based on sedimentological, geochemical, and micropalaeontological (diatoms, chironomids, ostracods, pollen) data. Study areas are:
- Palaeoenvironment Verkhoyansk Mountains, Eastern Siberia
- Lake Billyakh, Verkhoyansk Mountains, Eastern Siberia
- Thermokarst Lakes of Central Yakutia, Eastern Siberia
- Lakes of Northern Yakutia, Eastern Siberia
- Lake Records on Kamchatka, Far East Russia
- Lake Records of the Altay Region, Southern Siberia/Mongolia
- Lake Donggi Cona, Tibetan Plateau
- Gaxun-Nur Basin, Central China
- Amery Oasis, East Antarctica
- Prydz Bay, East Antarctica
The above picture gives an impression of the field campaign to Lake Billyakh in the Verkhoyansk Mountains (Yakutia) that took place in spring 2005. The ice-based tripod, equipped with a piston corer, was used for the recovery of up to 10 metre long lacustrine sediment cores from the lake bottom.
The studies contribute to the AWI research programme PACES, Topic 1, WP1, "Lessons from the Past - Past Polar Climate and Interhemispheric Coupling".
Working Group
• apl. Prof. Dr. Bernhard Diekmann, Group Leader
• Dr. Boris Biskaborn, Post-Doc Researcher, Yakutia
• Arne Ramisch, PhD Student, Tibetan Plateau
• Stefan Schimpf, PhD Student, Tibetan Plateau
• Rong Wang, PhD Student, Marine Geology, Northern Pacific
• Philipp Schleusner, Diploma Student from University Leipzig, Yakutia
• Alexandra Roth, Diploma Student from Humboldt University Berlin, Kamchatka
• Janina Stapel, Master Student from University Potsdam, Yakutia
• Andreas Hansche, Master Student from Dresden University, Yakutia
• Caroline Noerling, Bachelor Student from University Potsdam, Tibetan Plateau
• Julia Thom, Bachelor Student from University Potsdam, Yakutia
• Ute Bastian, Technician, Sedimentology Laboratory
• Antje Eulenburg, Technician, Geochemistry Laboratory
Contributions from other AWI working groups
• Prof. Dr. Hans-Wolfgang Hubberten, Stable Isotopes,
Head of Periglacial Research Section
• Dr. Larisa Nazarova, Chironomids
• Dr. Hanno Meyer, Stable Isotopes
• Conrad Copsch, Engineer, Seismics/Geophysics
• Gerald Müller, Field Logistics
Former Group Members
• Dr. Stephan Opitz, PhD finished at University Potsdam, 2012 (Tibetan Plateau, China)
• Dr. Andreas Borchers, PhD finished at University Potsdam, 2011 (Prydz Bay, Antarctic Ocean)
• Dr. Ulrike Hoff, PhD finished at University Potsdam, 2010 (Kamchatka)
• Dr. Steffen Popp, PhD finished at University Potsdam 2006 (Verkhoyansk Mountains)
• Dr. Nadja Hultzsch, PhD finished at University Potsdam, 2006 (Amery Oasis, Antarctica)
• Christiane Funk, Diploma Thesis, Free University Berlin, 2012
• Annette Bleibtreu, Diploma Thesis, Potsdam University, 2012
• Denis Henning, Diploma Thesis, Potsdam University, 2011
• Verena de Hoog, Diploma Thesis, Potsdam University, 2011
• Dennis Bunke, Diploma Thesis, Potsdam University, 2011
• Katja Hockun, Diploma Thesis, Potsdam University, 2010
• Anna Plotzki, Diploma Thesis, Trier University, 2009
• Ines Voigt, Diploma Thesis, Potsdam University, 2009
• Martin Olchewski, Bachelor Thesis, Hannover University, 2008
• Annika Förster, Diploma Thesis, Technical University Clausthal-Zellerfeld, 2006
• Kirstin Werner, Diploma Thesis, Potsdam University, 2006
• Hermann Lüpfert, Magister Thesis, Humboldt University Berlin, 2006
• Jana Hofmann, Diploma Thesis, University Leipzig, 2004
• Toni Papakrivos, Diploma Thesis, University Marburg, 2002
