Multidisciplinary study Of Continental/ocean Climate dynamics using High-resolution records from the eastern mediterraneAn

• Applicants: Dr. Gerardus Johannes Maria Versteegh; Professorin Dr. Karin Zonneveld
• Subject Area: Palaeontology
• Term: from 2007 to 2011
• Project identifier: Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) - Project number 39706673

Continuous marine high-resolution climate records with sufficient time resolution are needed to detecthigh-frequency variations in paleo-climate. Such records rare but vital for our understanding of causesand consequences of climate environmental change at decadal to millennial time scales. Our initialstudies near-coastal and a deep Mediterranean anoxic basin site seem to provide continuous marinepaleo-climate record that permits such high-resolution dated climate reconstructions for at least thelast few kyrs.We propose to extend our pilot projects to assess if these sites are suitable resolution studies ofpaleoclimate > 35 kyr, i.e. for future IODP drilling.

• DFG Programme: Research Grants
• International Connection: Netherlands, Switzerland
• Participating Persons: Professor Dr. Stefano Bernasconi; Professor Dr. Gert J. de Lange; Professor Dr. Gert-Jan Reichart