Holocene sea-level and climatic: Sediment dynamics of the island of Sylt (North Sea)

• Applicant: Professor Dr. Christian Betzler
• Subject Area: Palaeontology
• Term: from 2005 to 2007
• Project identifier: Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) - Project number 5452124

This project aims to reconstruct past sea-level and atmospheric conditions of the Holocene North Sea using a nearshore and subaerial sedimentary record. Ground penetrating radar, highresolution sedimentological data, and a solid radiocarbon age model will be combined in a new genetic sequence stratigraphic framework for the dune-dominated northern barrier and spit system of the island of Sylt... The anticipated results will cast new light on the Holocene climate development with a focus on wind speed and wind direction in this part of the north Sea. The proposed project will provide new and previously not existing data to assess the formation of a highly dynamic environment such as the Sylt barrier island in the past and also to predict fucture progressions under global climate change.

• DFG Programme: Research Grants
• Participating Person: Dr. Christian Hass (†)