Former Prof. Dr. Andreas Mackensen
Our principal research interests focus on the documentation and better understanding of climate changes as recorded in marine sediments in different time scales. Especially interesting are the role of polar oceans and the documentation of environmental changes in high-latitude sediments. This includes the reconstruction of water-mass properties and circulation. We use foraminiferal species assemblages and the stable isotopic composition of foraminferal calcareous tests as basic proxies. To reconstruct late Pleistocene ocean circulation and deep-ocean ventilation more precisely, we for example investigate if changes in sea-ice distribution have substantially influenced the relationship between nutrients and carbon isotopes in deep and bottom water masses.
Working Area
Southern Ocean, Atlantic, Indian Ocean, Arctic OceanMethods
Collection of foraminiferal species assemblages and reconstruction of paleoenvironments. Determination of stable isotope ratios of dissolved inorganic carbon, water, and calciteProf. Dr. Andreas Mackensen
(only in German)
1981 Diplom Universität Kiel; 1985 Promotion Universität Kiel; 1997 Habilitation Universität Bremen
Anstellungen:
1982-84 Universitetet i Bergen, Norwegen; 1984-85 Universität Kiel; 1985-1986 NATO-Stipendiat, University of Southern California, USA; seit 1986 am Alfred-Wegener-Institut Bremerhaven
Professor in Bremen 2003 - 2019
Forschungsgebiete:
Rekonstruktion der Klimageschichte anhand mariner Mikrofossilien, Paläoökologie benthischer Foraminiferen
andreas.mackensenawi.de
Fachbereich Geowissenschaften
der Universität Bremen
Klagenfurter Straße 2-4
28359 Bremen
Prof. Dr. Andreas Mackensen
Fachbereich Geowissenschaften
der Universität Bremen
Klagenfurter Straße 2-4
28359 Bremen andreas.mackensenawi.de
der Universität Bremen
Klagenfurter Straße 2-4
28359 Bremen andreas.mackensenawi.de
Curriculum Vitae
(only in German)1981 Diplom Universität Kiel; 1985 Promotion Universität Kiel; 1997 Habilitation Universität Bremen
Anstellungen:
1982-84 Universitetet i Bergen, Norwegen; 1984-85 Universität Kiel; 1985-1986 NATO-Stipendiat, University of Southern California, USA; seit 1986 am Alfred-Wegener-Institut Bremerhaven
Professor in Bremen 2003 - 2019
Forschungsgebiete:
Rekonstruktion der Klimageschichte anhand mariner Mikrofossilien, Paläoökologie benthischer Foraminiferen
andreas.mackensenawi.de