Former Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. Gerold Wefer
Working Area
South Atlantic; continental slope off Chile/Peru; NW Africa and JapanMethods
Sampling of the water column and sediments; sedimentological and micropaleontological methods; dating; modelingProf. Dr. Dr. h.c. Gerold Wefer
Prof. Dr. Gerold Wefer, born in 1944, is a Professor of Marine Geology at Bremen University, Germany.
After studying and working in the Geology Department at Kiel University and Scripps Institution of Oceanography he moved to Bremen in 1985.
His main areas of research include:
sedimentation processes in shallow water; ecology of benthic foraminifera; carbonate production in boreal and tropical seas; distribution of stable isotopes in calcareous organisms; particle flux (carbon and associated elements) in high latitudes and in the South Atlantic; paleoclimate in the South Atlantic.
Dr. Wefer has participated in over 30 major research cruises, many of which as chief scientist.
Since 2001 he is director of the research center "The Ocean in the Earth System" - MARUM (former RCOM) of the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft.
Tel. +49 421 218 - 65550
gwefermarum.de
Marum - Zentrum für Marine Umweltwissenschaften
der Universität Bremen
MARUM1 building / room nr. 2490Leobener Straße
28359 Bremen
Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. Gerold Wefer
der Universität Bremen
Leobener Straße
28359 Bremen
Tel. +49 421 218 - 65550
gwefermarum.de
Secretariat
Britta Schilder-Lübben
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Marum - Zentrum für Marine Umweltwissenschaften
der Universität Bremen
MARUM1 building / room nr. 2470Leobener Straße
28359 Bremen
Curriculum Vitae
Prof. Dr. Gerold Wefer, born in 1944, is a Professor of Marine Geology at Bremen University, Germany.After studying and working in the Geology Department at Kiel University and Scripps Institution of Oceanography he moved to Bremen in 1985.
His main areas of research include:
sedimentation processes in shallow water; ecology of benthic foraminifera; carbonate production in boreal and tropical seas; distribution of stable isotopes in calcareous organisms; particle flux (carbon and associated elements) in high latitudes and in the South Atlantic; paleoclimate in the South Atlantic.
Dr. Wefer has participated in over 30 major research cruises, many of which as chief scientist.
Since 2001 he is director of the research center "The Ocean in the Earth System" - MARUM (former RCOM) of the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft.
gwefermarum.de