Grit Warratz Dr. Karl-Heinz Baumann Catarina Dinis Cavaleiro Dr. Catarina Guerreiro Prof. Dr. Rüdiger Henrich Brit Kockisch Dr. Hendrik Lantzsch Susanne Müller-Wünsch Deborah N. Tangunan Dr. Mariem Saavedra Pellitero Grit Warratz		Grit Warratz Grit Warratz Phone: +49 421 218 - 99499 Fax: +49 421 218 - 65219 Email: warratz@uni-bremen.de Address: Department of Geosciences University of Bremen GEO Building, Room 3620 Klagenfurter Strasse 28359 Bremen Research Profile I have a scientific background in Geology and Geosciences/Environment. During my studies at the University of Greifswald (Germany) I focused on regional Geology, Sedimentology and Clay-Mineralogy. My master thesis was an interdisciplinary subject including sedimentology of carbonates and (clay-) mineralogy with regard to the Stassfurt Carbonate of the Permian Zechstein in the area of Mecklenburg - Western Pomerania. I especially investigated clay mineral composition and diagenetic processes and compared different facies of the northern Ca2 platform. Within my PhD in Bremen, I am investigating contouritic depositional systems (CDS) and intersecting submarine (mid-slope) canyons in the South Atlantic with focus on the current dominated slope off Argentina/Uruguay. The architecture of the drift deposits is controlled by the interaction of ocean currents whose strengths and boundaries are forced by variations in climate and sea level in addition to local factors such as sediment supply and bottom topography. The relative impacts of these forces on depositional geometries will be assessed. Why study submarine canyons? There is a general lack of understanding as how these canyons are major player shaping continental margin and guiding sediments from the shallow to deep water marine systems. Decoding the interaction between contour currents and canyon deposition requires more integrated research if canyon floor sediments are to be used as a paleoceanographic archive. As a main part of this study, I am evaluating the sediments delivered to Mar del Plata Canyon (off Argentina) during the last 20 ka. Since the canyon head is situated at a mid-slope position, it is well suited to study all intermediate and deep water masses shaping the continental slope off Argentina. The received information can be used to improve the basic understanding of submarine canyons as a sink and to investigate the interplay of paleoceanographic variations. Scientific Interests Marine Geology, Sedimentology and Paleoceanography:- investigation of along- and downslope sedimentation processes - X-ray fluorescence - Grain-size analysis (especially silt-analysis as a paleocurrent proxy) - Clay mineral analysis Ship Expeditions RV POSEIDON, March 2015: CADISED – Locally defined transgressive and highstand sediment depocentres in the Gulf of Cadiz: reconstruction of formation history and environmental changes.

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