Project Details
Projekt
Scientific Collaboration on Past Speciation Conditions in Lake Ohrid (SCOPSCO): Coring and Sedimentology
Applicant
Professor Dr. Bernd Wagner
Subject Area
Palaeontology
Term
from 2011 to 2019
Project identifier
Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) - Project number 194235217
The proposed project is the central part of a DFG bundle proposal of several German research institutions and is integrated in a collaborative research program, mainly with partners from European research institutions. Within the scope of the ICDP project Scientific Collaboration On Past Speciation Conditions in Lake Ohrid (SCOPSCO) five up to 680 m long sediment sequences shall be recovered from Lake Ohrid (Albania and Macedonia). The ICDP project aims to study the age and origin of Lake Ohrid, to achieve detailed information about geological, environmental and climate variations during the Quaternary and to improve the knowledge of the driving forces for biotic speciation. The project applied for here is intended (1) to ensure a successful coring campaign of Lake Ohrid in spring 2011 within the scope of the ICDP drilling campaign, (2) to carry out initial studies on the recovered sediment sequences in order to establish lithological profiles, define periods of major environmental changes and provide, in cooperation, robust age-depth models on the cores and (3) to provide a reliable scientific and logistic basis for future collaboration with other research institutions involved in the project.
DFG Programme
Infrastructure Priority Programmes
Participating Persons
Professor Dr. Sebastian Krastel; Dr. Thomas Wonik
