Dr. Britta Beckmann

Name:		Dr. Britta Beckmann
Abteilung:		Marine Geology
Raum:		MARUM I / 1350
Sprechzeiten:		Mo. - Fr.: 8-16h
Telefon:		0421 218 - 65748
Fax:		0421 218 - 65505
E-Mail:

Research Interests

Organic Geochemistry (lipid biomarkers as environmental indicators)
Isotope Geochemistry (molecular 13C, D/H)
Paleo-Climatology (hydrology & temperature, water & carbon cycling, dust
supply)
Paleo-oceanography (coupling of oceanic and continental climate changes
& river discharge)

CV

Since Jan 2010	Postdoctoral Researcher in the project “HYDRACENE – A new hydrogen-isotope approach to understand North African monsoon changes in the Holocene” (within the SPP INTERDYNAMIC)
Jan 2008 – Jan 2010	Postdoctoral Researcher (BGR, Hannover) in the project “OCIMAR – Ocean-continent interactions in the mid Cretaceous Equatorial realm” (within the SPP IODP)
Jun 2005 – Jan 2008	Research Scientist (University of Cologne) in the project “Land-ocean interaction and oceanic response in the Mid-Cretaceous western tropical Atlantic” (within the SPP IODP)
2005	Dissertation, thesis title “Development and controls of the final Cretaceous black-shale event, Coniacian to lower Campanian (OAE 3): A reference section from the tropical Atlantic at Milankovitch time-scales
2001 – 2005	PhD student at the University of Bremen
2000	Diploma in Geology/Palaeontology

Work Abroad

Oct – Nov 2010	Division of Geological and Planetary Sciences, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, USA
Jan – Jun 2007	School of Civil Engineering and Geosciences, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK
Apr – May 2006	Department of Marine Biogeochemistry and Toxicology , Royal NIOZ, Den Burg, NL
Jun – Jul 2005	Department of Marine Biogeochemistry and Toxicology , Royal NIOZ, Den Burg, NL

Publications

März, C., Beckmann, B., Franke, C., Vogt, C., Wagner, T., Kasten, S., 2009. Geochemical environment of the Coniacian-Santonian western tropical Atlantic at Demerara Rise. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, v. 273, 286-301, doi:10.1016/j.palaeo.2008.05.004.
Beckmann, B., Hofmann, P., März, C., Schouten, S., Sinninghe Damsté, J.S., Wagner, T., 2008. Coniacian-Santonian deep ocean anoxia/euxinia inferred from molecular and inorganic markers: Results from the Demerara Rise (ODP Leg 207). Organic Geochemistry, v. 39, p. 1092-1096.
Bornemann, A., Norris, R.D., Friedrich, O., Beckmann, B., Schouten, S., Sinninghe Damsté, J.S., Vogel, J., Hofmann, P., Wagner, T., 2008. Isotopic Evidence for Glaciation during the Cretaceous Supergreenhouse. Science, v. 319, p. 189-192.
Flögel, S., Beckmann, B., Hofmann, P., Bornemann, A., Westerhold, T., Norris, R.D., Dullo, C., Wagner, T., 2008. Evolution of tropical watersheds and continental hydrology during the Late Cretaceous greenhouse; impact on marine carbon burial and possible implications for the future. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, v. 274, p. 1-13.
Friedrich, O., Norris, R.D., Bornemann, A., Beckmann, B., Pälike, H., Worstell, P., Hofmann, P., Wagner, T., 2008. Cyclic changes in Turonian to Coniacian planktic foraminiferal assemblages from the tropical Atlantic Ocean. Marine Micropaleontology, v. 68, p. 299-313.
März, C., Poulton, S.W., Beckmann, B., Küster, K., Wagner, T., Kasten, S., 2008. Redox sensitivity of P cycling during marine black shale formation: Dynamcis of sulfidic and anoxic, non-sulfidic bottom waters. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, v. 72, p. 3703-3717.
Beckmann, B., Flögel., S., Hofmann, P., Schulz, M., Wagner, T., 2005. Orbital forcing of Cretaceous river discharge in tropical Africa and ocean response. Nature v. 347, p. 241-244.
Beckmann, B., Hofmann, P., & Wagner, T., 2005. Linking Coniacian-Santonian (OAE3) black shale formation to African climate variability: a reference section from the eastern tropical Atlantic at orbital time scales (ODP Site 959, off Ivory Coast/Ghana). In: N. Harris (Ed.) Source Rock Development: Bioproductivity, Organic Preservation, or Sedimentation Rate?: SEPM Special Publication, v. 82, p. 125-143.
Wagner, T., Sinninghe Damsté, J.S., Hofmann, P., Beckmann, B., 2004. Euxinia and primary production in Upper Cretaceous eastern equatorial Atlantic surface waters fostered orbital-driven formation of marine black shales. Paleoceanography, v. 19 (3), PA 3009, p. 1-13.
Hofmann, P., Wagner, T., Beckmann, B., 2003. A millenial- to centennial-scale record of African climate variability and organic carbon accumulation in the Coniacian-Santonian eastern tropical Atlantic (ODP Site 959, off Ivory Coast/Ghana). Geology, v. 31, p. 135-138.
Kolonic, S., Sinninghe Damsté, J.S., Böttcher, M.E., Kuypers, M.M.M., Kuhnt, W., Beckmann, B., Scheeder, G., Wagner, T., 2002. Geochemical charcterization of Cenomanian/Turonian black shales from the Tarfaya Basin (SW Morocco): relationships between paleoenvironmental conditions and early sulphurization of sedimentary organic matter. Journal of Petroleum Geology, v. 25, 323-350.
Kuhnt, W., Chellai, E. H., Holbourn, A., Luderer, F., Thurow, J., Wagner, T., El Albani, A., Beckmann, B., Herbin, J.-P., Kawamura, H., Kolonic, S., Nederbragt, S., Street, C., 2001. Centennial record of Cretaceous paleoceanographic events and sealevel fluctuations in the Moroccan Tarfaya-Laayoune Basin. Eos Transactions, American Geophysical Union, v. 82, p. 361-364.