Paleoceanography - Case Studies

Elements of the Paleoceanographic proxy toolbox (obtaining and retrieving datasets from PANGAEA)
Interpreting contemporaneous CO2 and ocean proxies.
Interpreting global SST reconstructions
The sedimentological and micropaleontological contents of sediment cores (with Microscopy / smear slides)
d18O mass balance calculations
Calculations with d18O data from planktonic and benthic foraminifera
Applying paleoproductivity proxies from sediment cores
Analysing d13C and other proxy records to reconstruct ocean circulation
Data and Proxy analysis from the PETM
Time series analysis of paleoceanographic proxy data I (simple correlations, AnalySeries)
Advanced time series analysis (evolutive spectra)
Spatial coherence of high time resolution proxy records
Data and Proxy analysis from the Eocene/Oligocene climate transition
Open Topics and Revision

- Competency in applying the paleoproxy Toolbox and understanding their limitations
- mass balance calculations with respect to stable isotope measurements
- time series analysis
- case studies in major Cenozoic climate transitions

Summative assessment through written exam in parallel lecture course 05-BMG-PO1-1.

Formative assessment through exercise sheets.

Bearbeitung von Übungsaufgaben

1st SWS: Elements of the Paleoceanographic proxy toolbox (obtaining and retrieving datasets from PANGAEA)
2nd SWS: Interpreting contemporaneous CO2 and ocean proxies.
3rd SWS: Interpreting global SST reconstructions
4th SWS: The sedimentological and micropaleontological contents of sediment cores (with Microscopy / smear slides)
5th SWS: d18O mass balance calculations
6th SWS: Calculations with d18O data from planktonic and benthic foraminifera
7th SWS: Applying paleoproductivity proxies from sediment cores
8th SWS: Analysing d13C and other proxy records to reconstruct ocean circulation
9th SWS: Data and Proxy analysis from the PETM
10th SWS: Time series analysis of paleoceanographic proxy data I (simple correlations, AnalySeries)
11th SWS: Advanced time series analysis (evolutive spectra)
12th SWS: Spatial coherence of high time resolution proxy records
13th SWS: Data and Proxy analysis from the Eocene/Oligocene climate transition
14th SWS: Open Topics and Revision

Notebook-Pool, Tabellenkalkulation mit Excel, Binokular-Mikroskope