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Prof. Dr. Dierk Hebbeln
Name: | Prof. Dr. Dierk Hebbeln | |
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Department: | General Geology - Marine Geology | |
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Phone: | +49 421 218 - 65650 | |
Fax: | +49 421 218 - 65654 | |
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Information about the MARUM working group MARINE SEDIMENTOLOGY you will find here
Information about GLOMAR - the Bremen International Graduate School for Marine Sciences is avilable here
Research Topics
Paleoceanography of
- the Nordic Seas
- the SE-Pacific
- the eastern Indian Ocean
Particle fluxes in the ocean
Coastal morphodynamics
Long-term development of cold water coral ecosystems
Statement of Research
Being a paleoceanographer by training I had two major regional foci in the early years of my career: the Nordic Seas and the SE-Pacific. In both areas I followed a kind of comprehensive approach, not only looking on marine sediments as paleoarchives, but also trying to understand the sedimentation processes that finally produced these archives. Thus, by linking plankton net, sediment trap and surface sediment investigations, a solid base for the interpretation of older sediments has been developed that contributed considerably to the quality of the reconstructions of the paleoenvironment. Recently, a new project following the same approach has been started off Indonesia. Over the last years two new research topics have evolved: sedimentation processes in coastal settings, which is followed mainly within the DFG Research Center Ocean Margins and the long-term development of cold-water coral ecosystems, in which I am involved mainly through a number of EU- and ESF-projects.