Publications

Zhu, QZ, Elvert, M, Meador, TB, Schröder, JM, Doeana, KD, Becker, KW, Elling, FJ, Lipp, JS, Heuer, VB, Zabel, M and Hinrichs, KU (2024) Comprehensive molecular‐isotopic characterization of archaeal lipids in the Black Sea water column and underlying sediments. Geobiology, 22(2). doi:10.1111/gbi.12589

Behrendt, N, Menapace, W, Bohrmann, G, Zabel, M and Kopf, AJ (2023) Pore water signatures and gas hydrates occurrence in and around the Olimpi mud volcano field, south of Crete. Marine and Petroleum Geology, 156. 106429. doi:10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2023.106429

Kossack, M, Scholz, F, Anderson, CH, Vosteen, P, Su, CC, Mohrholz, V and Zabel, M (2023) Sedimentary molybdenum and uranium cycling under seasonally contrasting redox conditions on the Namibian Shelf. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 358. 174-191. doi:10.1016/j.gca.2023.08.014

Flores, E, Fernández‐Urruzola, I, Cantarero, SI, Pizarro‐Koch, M, Zabel, M, Sepúlveda, J and Ulloa, O (2023) Particulate organic matter in the Atacama Trench: tracing sources and possible transport mechanisms to the hadal seafloor. Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences, 128(8). doi:10.1029/2023JG007401

Arnault, J, Niezgoda, K, Jung, G, Hahn, A, Zabel, M, Schefuß, E and Kunstmann, H (2022) Disentangling the contribution of moisture source change to isotopic proxy signatures: deuterium tracing with WRF-Hydro-iso-tag and application to southern African Holocene sediment archives. Journal of Climate, 35(22). 3855-3879. doi:10.1175/JCLI-D-22-0041.1

Chuang, PC, Anderson, CH, Kossack, M, Fabian, J, Su, CC, Vosteen, P, Zabel, M, Scholz, F, Schulz-Vogt, HN, Sommer, S and Dale, AW (2022) Nutrient turnover by large sulfur bacteria on the Namibian mud belt during the low productivity season. Frontiers in Marine Science, 9. doi:10.3389/fmars.2022.929913

Flores, E, Cantarero, SI, Ruiz-Fernández, P, Dildar, N, Zabel, M, Ulloa, O and Sepúlveda, J (2022) Bacterial and eukaryotic intact polar lipids point to in situ production as a key source of labile organic matter in hadal surface sediment of the Atacama Trench. Biogeosciences, 19(5). 1395-1420. doi:10.5194/bg-19-1395-2022

Gensel, J, Humphries, MS, Zabel, M, Sebag, D, Hahn, A and Schefuß, E (2022) Origin, transport, and retention of fluvial sedimentary organic matter in South Africa's largest freshwater wetland, Mkhuze Wetland System. Biogeosciences, 19(11). 2881-2902. doi:10.5194/bg-19-2881-2022

Green, AN, Cooper, JAG, Loureiro, C, Dixon, S, Hahn, A and Zabel, M (2022) Stormier mid-Holocene southwest Indian Ocean due to poleward trending tropical cyclones. Nature Geoscience, 15(1). 60-66. doi:10.1038/s41561-021-00842-w

Oguri, K, Masqué, P, Zabel, M, Stewart, HA, MacKinnon, G, Rowden, AA, Berg, P, Wenzhöfer, F and Glud, RN (2022) Sediment accumulation and carbon burial in four hadal trench systems. Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences, 127(10). doi:10.1029/2022JG006814

Vosteen, P, Spiegel, T, Gledhill, M, Frank, M, Zabel, M and Scholz, F (2022) The fate of sedimentary reactive iron at the land‐ocean interface: a case study from the Amazon shelf. Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems, 23(11). doi:10.1029/2022GC010543

Zabel, M, Glud, RN, Sanei, H, Elvert, M, Pape, T, Chuang, PC, Okuma, E, Geprägs, P and Kölling, M (2022) High carbon mineralization rates in subseafloor hadal sediments — Result of frequent mass wasting. Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems, 23(9). doi:10.1029/2022GC010502

Chuang, PC, Dale, AW, Heuer, VB, Hinrichs, KU and Zabel, M (2021) Coupling of dissolved organic carbon, sulfur and iron cycling in Black Sea sediments over the Holocene and the late Pleistocene: Insights from an empirical dynamic model. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 307. 302-318. doi:10.1016/j.gca.2021.04.032

Dyer, SE, Green, AN, Cooper, JAG, Hahn, A and Zabel, M (2021) Response of a wave-dominated coastline and delta to antecedent conditioning and fluctuating rates of postglacial sea-level rise. Marine Geology, 434. 106435. doi:10.1016/j.margeo.2021.106435

Hahn, A, Neumann, FH, Miller, C, Finch, J, Frankland, T, Cawthra, HC, Schefuß, E and Zabel, M (2021) Mid-to Late Holocene climatic and anthropogenic influences in Mpondoland, South Africa. Quaternary Science Reviews, 261. 106938. doi:10.1016/j.quascirev.2021.106938

Hahn, A, Schefuß, E, Groeneveld, J, Miller, C and Zabel, M (2021) Glacial to interglacial climate variability in the southeastern African subtropics (25–20° S). Climate of the Past, 17(1). 345-360. doi:10.5194/cp-17-345-2021

Riedinger, N, Scholz, F, Abshire, ML and Zabel, M (2021) Persistent deep water anoxia in the eastern South Atlantic during the last ice age. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 118(49). e2107034118. doi:10.1073/pnas.2107034118

Wenau, S, Spiess, V and Zabel, M (2021) Giant Seafloor Depressions Caused by Slope Failures and Bottom Currents on the Namibia Continental Margin. Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems, 22(7). doi:10.1029/2020GC009548

Aiello, IW, Beaufort, L, Goldhammer, T, Heuer, VB, Hinrichs, KU and Zabel, M (2020) Anatomy of a ‘suspended’ seafloor in the dense brine waters of the deep hypersaline Urania Basin. Deep Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography, 171. 104626. doi:10.1016/j.dsr2.2019.07.014

Cawthra, HC, Frenzel, P, Hahn, A, Compton, JS, Gander, L and Zabel, M (2020) Seismic stratigraphy of the inner to mid Agulhas bank, South Africa. Quaternary Science Reviews, 235. 105979. doi:10.1016/j.quascirev.2019.105979

Engelbrecht, L, Green, AN, Cooper, JAG, Hahn, A, Zabel, M and Mackay, CF (2020) Construction and evolution of submerged deltaic bodies on the high energy SE African coastline: The interplay between relative sea level and antecedent controls. Marine Geology, 424. 106170. doi:10.1016/j.margeo.2020.106170

Humphries, M, Green, A, Higgs, C, Strachan, K, Hahn, A, Pillay, L and Zabel, M (2020) High-resolution geochemical records of extreme drought in southeastern Africa during the past 7000 years. Quaternary Science Reviews, 236. 106294. doi:10.1016/j.quascirev.2020.106294

Miller, C, Hahn, A, Liebrand, D, Zabel, M and Schefuß, E (2020) Mid- and low latitude effects on eastern South African rainfall over the Holocene. Quaternary Science Reviews, 229. 106088. doi:10.1016/j.quascirev.2019.106088

Pape, T, Ruffine, L, Hong, WL, Sultan, N, Riboulot, V, Peters, CA, Kölling, M, Zabel, M, Garziglia, S and Bohrmann, G (2020) Shallow gas hydrate accumulations at a Nigerian deepwater pockmark — quantities and dynamics. Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth, 125(9). doi:10.1029/2019JB018283

Bertassoli, DJ, Sawakuchi, AO, Chiessi, CM, Schefuß, E, Hartmann, GA, Häggi, C, Cruz, FW, Zabel, M, McGlue, MM, Santos, RA and Pupim, FN (2019) Spatiotemporal variations of riverine discharge within the Amazon Basin during the late Holocene coincide with extratropical temperature anomalies. Geophysical Research Letters, 46(15). 9013-9022. doi:10.1029/2019GL082936

Häggi, C, Schefuß, E, Sawakuchi, AO, Chiessi, CM, Mulitza, S, Bertassoli, DJ, Hefter, J, Zabel, M, Baker, PA and Schouten, S (2019) Modern and late Pleistocene particulate organic carbon transport by the Amazon River: Insights from long-chain alkyl diols. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 262. 1-19. doi:10.1016/j.gca.2019.07.018

Kölling, M, Bouimetarhan, I, Bowles, MW, Felis, T, Goldhammer, T, Hinrichs, KU, Schulz, M and Zabel, M (2019) Consistent CO2 release by pyrite oxidation on continental shelves prior to glacial terminations. Nature Geoscience, 12. 929-934. doi:10.1038/s41561-019-0465-9

Miller, C, Finch, J, Hill, T, Peterse, F, Humphries, M, Zabel, M and Schefuß, E (2019) Late Quaternary climate variability at Mfabeni peatland, eastern South Africa. Climate of the Past, 15(3). 1153-1170. doi:10.5194/cp-15-1153-2019

Pretorius, L, Green, AN, Cooper, JAG, Hahn, A and Zabel, M (2019) Outer- to inner-shelf response to stepped sea-level rise: Insights from incised valleys and submerged shorelines. Marine Geology, 416. 105979. doi:10.1016/j.margeo.2019.105979

Schüürman, J, Hahn, A and Zabel, M (2019) In search of sediment deposits from the Limpopo (Delagoa Bight, southern Africa): Deciphering the catchment provenance of coastal sediments. Sedimentary Geology, 380. 94-104. doi:10.1016/j.sedgeo.2018.11.012

Becker, KW, Elling, FJ, Schröder, JM, Lipp, JS, Goldhammer, T, Zabel, M, Elvert, M, Overmann, J and Hinrichs, KU (2018) Isoprenoid quinones resolve the stratification of redox processes in a biogeochemical continuum from the photic zone to deep anoxic sediments of the Black Sea. Applied and Environmental Microbiology, 84(10). e02736-17. doi:10.1128/AEM.02736-17

Burdanowitz, N, Dupont, LM, Zabel, M and Schefuß, E (2018) Holocene hydrologic and vegetation developments in the Orange River catchment (South Africa) and their controls. The Holocene, 28(8). 1288-1300. doi:10.1177/0959683618771484

Granger, R, Meadows, ME, Hahn, A, Zabel, M, Stuut, JBW, Herrmann, N and Schefuß, E (2018) Late-Holocene dynamics of sea-surface temperature and terrestrial hydrology in southwestern Africa. The Holocene, 28(5). 695-705. doi:10.1177/0959683617744259

Hahn, A, Miller, C, Andò, S, Bouimetarhan, I, Cawthra, HC, Garzanti, E, Green, AN, Radeff, G, Schefuß, E and Zabel, M (2018) The provenance of terrigenous components in marine sediments along the east coast of Southern Africa. Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems. doi:10.1029/2017GC007228

Hahn, A, Vogel, H, Andò, S, Garzanti, E, Kuhn, G, Lantzsch, H, Schüürman, J, Vogt, C and Zabel, M (2018) Using Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy to determine mineral phases in sediments. Sedimentary Geology, 375. 27-35. doi:10.1016/j.sedgeo.2018.03.010

Sawakuchi, AO, Jain, M, Mineli, TD, Nogueira, L, Bertassoli, DJ, Häggi, C, Sawakuchi, HO, Pupim, FN, Grohmann, CH, Chiessi, CM, Zabel, M, Mulitza, S, Mazoca, CEM and Cunha, DF (2018) Luminescence of quartz and feldspar fingerprints provenance and correlates with the source area denudation in the Amazon River basin. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 492. 152-162. doi:10.1016/j.epsl.2018.04.006

Wündsch, M, Haberzettl, T, Cawthra, HC, Kirsten, KL, Quick, LJ, Zabel, M, Frenzel, P, Hahn, A, Baade, J, Daut, G, Kasper, T, Meadows, ME and Mäusbacher, R (2018) Holocene environmental change along the southern Cape coast of South Africa – Insights from the Eilandvlei sediment record spanning the last 8.9 kyr. Global and Planetary Change, 163. 51-66. doi:10.1016/j.gloplacha.2018.02.002

Bertassoli, DJ, Sawakuchi, AO, Sawakuchi, HO, Pupim, FN, Hartmann, GA, McGlue, MM, Chiessi, CM, Zabel, M, Schefuß, E, Pereira, TS, Santos, RA, Faustino, SB, Oliveira, PE and Bicudo, DC (2017) The Fate of Carbon in Sediments of the Xingu and Tapajós Clearwater Rivers, Eastern Amazon. Frontiers in Marine Science, 4. doi:10.3389/fmars.2017.00044

Grant, KM, Rohling, EJ, Westerhold, T, Zabel, M, Heslop, D, Konijnendijk, T and Lourens, L (2017) A 3 million year index for North African humidity/aridity and the implication of potential pan-African Humid periods. Quaternary Science Reviews, 171. 100-118. doi:10.1016/j.quascirev.2017.07.005

Hahn, A, Schefuß, E, Andò, S, Cawthra, HC, Frenzel, P, Kugel, M, Meschner, S, Mollenhauer, G and Zabel, M (2017) Southern Hemisphere anticyclonic circulation drives oceanic and climatic conditions in late Holocene southernmost Africa. Climate of the Past, 13(6). 649-665. doi:10.5194/cp-13-649-2017

Herrmann, N, Boom, A, Carr, AS, Chase, BM, West, AG, Zabel, M and Schefuß, E (2017) Hydrogen isotope fractionation of leaf wax n -alkanes in southern African soils. Organic Geochemistry, 109. 1-13. doi:10.1016/j.orggeochem.2017.03.008

Lin, YS, Koch, BP, Feseker, T, Ziervogel, K, Goldhammer, T, Schmidt, F, Witt, M, Kellermann, MY, Zabel, M, Teske, A and Hinrichs, KU (2017) Near-surface heating of young rift sediment causes mass production and discharge of reactive dissolved organic matter. Scientific Reports, 7. 44864. doi:10.1038/srep44864

Schmidt, F, Koch, BP, Goldhammer, T, Elvert, M, Witt, M, Lin, YS, Wendt, J, Zabel, M, Heuer, VB and Hinrichs, KU (2017) Unraveling signatures of biogeochemical processes and the depositional setting in the molecular composition of pore water DOM across different marine environments. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 207. 57-80. doi:10.1016/j.gca.2017.03.005

Sun, S, Schefuß, E, Mulitza, S, Chiessi, CM, Sawakuchi, AO, Zabel, M, Baker, PA, Hefter, J and Mollenhauer, G (2017) Origin and processing of terrestrial organic carbon in the Amazon system: lignin phenols in river, shelf, and fan sediments. Biogeosciences, 14(9). 2495-2512. doi:10.5194/bg-14-2495-2017

Voigt, I, Cruz, APS, Mulitza, S, Chiessi, CM, Mackensen, A, Lippold, J, Antz, B, Zabel, M, Zhang, Y, Barbosa, CF and Tisserand, AA (2017) Variability in mid-depth ventilation of the western Atlantic Ocean during the last deglaciation. Paleoceanography, 32(9). 948-965. doi:10.1002/2017PA003095

Zhang, Y, Chiessi, CM, Mulitza, S, Sawakuchi, AO, Häggi, C, Zabel, M, Portilho-Ramos, RC, Schefuß, E, Crivellari, S and Wefer, G (2017) Different precipitation patterns across tropical South America during Heinrich and Dansgaard-Oeschger stadials. Quaternary Science Reviews, 177. 1-9. doi:10.1016/j.quascirev.2017.10.012

Hahn, A, Compton, JS, Meyer-Jacob, C, Kirsten, KL, Lucasssen, F, Pérez Mayo, M, Schefuß, E and Zabel, M (2016) Holocene paleo-climatic record from the South African Namaqualand mudbelt: A source to sink approach. Quaternary International, 404. 121-135. doi:10.1016/j.quaint.2015.10.017

Herrmann, N, Boom, A, Carr, AS, Chase, BM, Granger, R, Hahn, A, Zabel, M and Schefuß, E (2016) Sources, transport and deposition of terrestrial organic material: A case study from southwestern Africa. Quaternary Science Reviews, 149. 215-229. doi:10.1016/j.quascirev.2016.07.028

Häggi, C, Sawakuchi, AO, Chiessi, CM, Mulitza, S, Mollenhauer, G, Sawakuchi, HO, Baker, PA, Zabel, M and Schefuß, E (2016) Origin, transport and deposition of leaf-wax biomarkers in the Amazon Basin and the adjacent Atlantic. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 192. 149-165. doi:10.1016/j.gca.2016.07.002

Weiser, J, Baumann, KH, Hahn, A and Zabel, M (2016) Late Holocene paleoceanographic changes off south-western Africa as inferred from coccolithophore assemblages. Journal of Nannoplankton Research, 36(2). 161-171.

Wündsch, M, Haberzettl, T, Kirsten, KL, Kasper, T, Zabel, M, Dietze, E, Baade, J, Daut, G, Meschner, S, Meadows, ME and Mäusbacher, R (2016) Sea level and climate change at the southern Cape coast, South Africa, during the past 4.2 kyr. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, 446. 295-307. doi:10.1016/j.palaeo.2016.01.027

Zhang, Y, Zhang, X, Chiessi, CM, Mulitza, S, Zhang, X, Lohmann, G, Prange, M, Behling, H, Zabel, M, Govin, A, Sawakuchi, AO, Cruz, FW and Wefer, G (2016) Equatorial Pacific forcing of western Amazonian precipitation during Heinrich Stadial 1. Scientific Reports, 6. 35866. doi:10.1038/srep35866

Goldhammer, T, Schwärzle, A, Aiello, IW and Zabel, M (2015) Temporal stability and origin of chemoclines in the deep hypersaline anoxic Urania basin. Geophysical Research Letters, 42(12). 4888-4895. doi:10.1002/2015GL063758

Zhang, Y, Chiessi, CM, Mulitza, S, Zabel, M, Trindade, RIF, Hollanda, MHBM, Dantas, EL, Govin, A, Tiedemann, R and Wefer, G (2015) Origin of increased terrigenous supply to the NE South American continental margin during Heinrich Stadial 1 and the Younger Dryas. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 432. 493-500. doi:10.1016/j.epsl.2015.09.054

Bowles, MW, Mogollón, JM, Kasten, S, Zabel, M and Hinrichs, KU (2014) Global rates of marine sulfate reduction and implications for sub-sea-floor metabolic activities. Science, 344(6186). 889-891. doi:10.1126/science.1249213

Govin, A, Chiessi, CM, Zabel, M, Sawakuchi, AO, Heslop, D, Hörner, T, Zhang, Y and Mulitza, S (2014) Terrigenous input off northern South America driven by changes in Amazonian climate and the North Brazil Current retroflection during the last 250 ka. Climate of the Past, 10(2). 843-862. doi:10.5194/cp-10-843-2014

Haberzettl, T, Baade, J, Compton, J, Daut, G, Dupont, LM, Finch, J, Frenzel, P, Green, A, Hahn, A, Hebbeln, D, Helmschrot, J, Humphries, M, Kasper, T, Kirsten, K, Mäusbacher, R, Meadows, M, Meschner, S, Quick, L, Schefuß, E, Wündsch, M and Zabel, M (2014) Paleoenvironmental investigations using a combination of terrestrial and marine sediments from South Africa - The RAIN (Regional Archives for Integrated iNvestigations) approach. Zentralblatt für Geologie und Paläontologie, Teil I, 2014(1). 55-73. doi:10.1127/zgpI/2014/0055-0073

Wagner, T, Kallweit, W, Talbot, HM, Mollenhauer, G, Boom, A and Zabel, M (2014) Microbial biomarkers support organic carbon transport from methane-rich Amazon wetlands to the shelf and deep sea fan during recent and glacial climate conditions. Organic Geochemistry, 67. 85-98. doi:10.1016/j.orggeochem.2013.12.003

Wörmer, L, Elvert, M, Fuchser, J, Lipp, JS, Buttigieg, PL, Zabel, M and Hinrichs, KU (2014) Ultra-high-resolution paleoenvironmental records via direct laser-based analysis of lipid biomarkers in sediment core samples. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 111(44). 15669-15674. doi:10.1073/pnas.1405237111

Collins, JA, Govin, A, Mulitza, S, Heslop, D, Zabel, M, Hartmann, J, Röhl, U and Wefer, G (2013) Abrupt shifts of the Sahara-Sahel boundary during Heinrich Stadials. Climate of the Past , 9. 1181-1191. doi:10.5194/cp-9-1181-2013

Bloemsma, MR, Zabel, M, Stuut, JB, Tjallingii, R, Collins, JA and Weltje, GJ (2012) Modelling the joint variability of grain size and chemical composition in sediments. Sedimentary Geology, 280. 135-148. doi:10.1016/j.sedgeo.2012.04.009

Dong, A, Zhai, S, Zabel, M, Yu, Z, Zhang, H and Liu, F (2012) Heavy metals in Changjiang estuarine and offshore sediments: responding to human activities. Acta Oceanologica Sinica, 31(2). 88-101. doi:10.1007/s13131-012-0195-y

Fischer, D, Sahling, H, Nöthen, K, Bohrmann, G, Zabel, M and Kasten, S (2012) Interaction between hydrocarbon seepage, chemosynthetic communities, and bottom water redox at cold seeps of the Makran accretionary prism: insights from habitat-specific pore water sampling and modeling. Biogeosciences, 9(6). 2012-2031. doi:10.5194/bg-9-2013-2012

Govin, A, Holzwarth, U, Heslop, D, Ford Keeling, L, Zabel, M, Mulitza, S, Collins, JA and Chiessi, CM (2012) Distribution of major elements in Atlantic surface sediments (36°N-49°S): Imprint of terrigenous input and continental weathering. Geochemistry Geophysics Geosystems, 13(1). Q01013. doi:10.1029/2011gc003785

Just, J, Heslop, D, von Dobeneck, T, Bickert, T, Dekkers, MJ, Frederichs, T, Meyer, I and Zabel, M (2012) Multi-proxy characterization and budgeting of terrigenous end-members at the NW African continental margin. Geochemistry Geophysics Geosystems, 13. Q0AO01. doi:10.1029/2012GC004148

Kallweit, W, Mollenhauer, G and Zabel, M (2012) Multi-proxy reconstruction of terrigenous input and sea-surface temperatures in the eastern Gulf of Guinea over the last ~35 ka. Marine Geology, 319-32. 35-46. doi:10.1016/j.margeo.2012.06.007

Lin, YS, Heuer, VB, Goldhammer, T, Kellermann, MY, Zabel, M and Hinrichs, KU (2012) Towards constraining H2 concentration in subseafloor sediment: a proposal for combined analysis by two distinct approaches. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 77(15). 186-201. doi:10.1016/j.gca.2011.11.008

Plewa, K, Meggers, H, Kuhlmann, H, Freudenthal, T, Zabel, M and Kasten, S (2012) Geochemical distribution patterns as indicators for productivity and terrigenous input off NW Africa. Deep Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers, 66. 51-66. doi:10.1016/j.dsr.2012.04.005

Pop Ristova, P, Wenzhöfer, F, Ramette, A, Zabel, M, Fischer, D, Kasten, S and Boetius, A (2012) Bacterial diversity and biogeochemistry of different chemosynthetic habitats of the REGAB cold seep (West African margin, 3160 m water depth). Biogeosciences, 9. 5031-5048. doi:10.5194/bg-9-5031-2012

Collins, JA, Schefuß, E, Heslop, D, Mulitza, S, Prange, M, Zabel, M, Tjallingii, R, Dokken, T, Huang, E, Mackensen, A, Schulz, M, Tian, J, Zarriess, M and Wefer, G (2011) Interhemispheric symmetry of tropical African rainbelt over the past 23,000 years. Nature Geoscience, 4(1). 42-45. doi:10.1038/ngeo1039

Goldhammer, T, Brunner, B, Bernasconi, SM, Ferdelman, TG and Zabel, M (2011) Phosphate oxygen isotopes: Insights into sedimentary phoshorus cycling from the Benguela upwelling system. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 75(13). 3741-3756. doi:10.1016/j.gca.2011.04.006

Goldhammer, T, Max, T, Brunner, B, Einsiedl, F and Zabel, M (2011) Marine sediment pore-water profiles of phosphate d18O using a refined micro-extraction. Limnology and Oceanography-Methods, 9. 110-120. doi:10.4319/lom.2011.9.110

Schubotz, F, Lipp, JS, Elvert, M, Kasten, S, Mollar, XP, Zabel, M, Bohrmann, G and Hinrichs, KU (2011) Petroleum degradation and associated microbial signatures at the Chapopote asphalt volcano, Southern Gulf of Mexico. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 75(16). 4377-4398. doi:10.1016/j.gca.2011.05.025

Blumenberg, M, Mollenhauer, G, Zabel, M, Reimer, A and Thiel, V (2010) Decoupling of bio- and geohopanoids in sediments of the Benguela Upwelling System (BUS). Organic Geochemistry, 41(10). 119-1129. doi:10.1016/j.orggeochem.2010.06.005

Goldhammer, T, Brüchert, V, Ferdelman, TG and Zabel, M (2010) Microbial sequestration of phosphorus in anoxic upwelling sediments. Nature Geoscience, 3(8). 557-561. doi:10.1038/ngeo913

Holmkvist, L, Arning, ET, Küster-Heins, K, Vandieken, V, Peckmann, JL, Zabel, M and Jørgensen, BB (2010) Phosphate geochemistry, mineralization processes, and Thioploca distribution in shelf sediments off central Chile. Marine Geology, 277(1-4). 61-72. doi:10.1016/j.margeo.2010.08.011

Jaeschke, A, Abbas, B, Zabel, M, Hopmans, EC, Schouten, S and Sinninghe Damsté, JS (2010) Molecular evidence for anaerobic ammonium-oxidizing (anammox) bacteria in continental shelf and slope sediments off northwest Africa. Limnology and Oceanography, 55(1). 365-376. doi:10.4319/lo.2010.55.1.0365

Küster-Heins, K, Steinmetz, E, de Lange, GJ and Zabel, M (2010) Phosphorus cycling in marine sediments from the continental margin off Namibia. Marine Geology, 274(1-4). 95-106. doi:10.1016/j.margeo.2010.03.008

Küster-Heins, K, de Lange, GJ and Zabel, M (2010) Benthic phosphorus and iron budgets for three NW African slope sediments: a balance approach. Biogeosciences, 7(2). 469-480. doi:10.5194/bg-7-469-2010

Mulitza, S, Heslop, D, Pittauerová, D, Fischer, HW, Meyer, I, Stuut, JB, Zabel, M, Mollenhauer, G, Collins, JA, Kuhnert, H and Schulz, M (2010) Increase in African dust flux at the onset of commercial agriculture in the Sahel region. Nature, 466. 226-228. doi:10.1038/nature09213

Pape, T, Kasten, S, Zabel, M, Bahr, A, Abegg, F, Hohnberg, HJ and Bohrmann, G (2010) Gas hydrates in shallow deposits of the Amsterdam mud volcano, Anaximander Mountains, Northeastern Mediterranean Sea. Geo-Marine Letters, 30(3-4). 187-206. doi:10.1007/s00367-010-0197-8

Seiter, K, Hensen, C and Zabel, M (2010) Coupling of benthic oxygen uptake and silica release: implications for estimating biogenic particle fluxes to the sea floor. Geo-Marine Letters, 30(5). 493-509. doi:10.1007/s00367-010-0209-8

Mulitza, S, Prange, M, Stuut, JB, Zabel, M, von Dobeneck, T, Itambi, AC, Nizou, J, Schulz, M and Wefer, G (2008) Sahel megadroughts triggered by glacial slowdowns of Atlantic meridional overturning. Paleoceanography, 23. PA4206. doi:10.1029/2008PA001637

Aspetsberger, F, Zabel, M, Ferdelman, TG, Struck, U, Mackensen, A, Ahke, A and Witte, U (2007) Instantaneous benthic response to different organic matter quality: In situ experiments in the Benguela Upwelling System. Marine Biological Research, 3(5). 342-356. doi:10.1080/17451000701632885

Mollenhauer, G, Inthorn, M, Vogt, T, Zabel, M, Sinninghe Damsté, JS and Eglinton, TI (2007) Aging of marine organic matter during cross-shelf lateral transport in the Benguela upwelling system revealed by compound-specific radiocarbon dating. Geochemistry Geophysics Geosystems, 8. Q09004. doi:10.1029/2007GC001603

Inthorn, M, Mohrholz, V and Zabel, M (2006) Nepheloid layer distribution in the Benguela upwelling area offshore Namibia. Deep Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers, 53(8). 1423-1438. doi:10.1016/j.dsr.2006.06.004

Inthorn, M, Rutgers van der Loeff, MM and Zabel, M (2006) A study of particle exchange at the sediment-water interface in the Benguela upwelling area based ibnn 234Th/238U disequilibrium. Deep Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers, 53(11). 1742-1761. doi:10.1016/j.dsr.2006.08.004

Inthorn, M, Wagner, T, Scheeder, G and Zabel, M (2006) Lateral transport controls distribution, quality and burial of organic matter along continental slopes in high-productivity areas. Geology, 34(3). 205-208. doi:10.1130/G22153.1

Zabel, M and Hensen, C (2006) Quantifiaction and regionalization of benthic reflux. In: Schulz, HD and Zabel, M (eds.) Marine Geochemistry, 2nd ed. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg, 429-456. doi:10.1007/3-540-32144-6_12

Zabel, M, Hensen, C and Schulz, HN (2006) Early diagenesis at the benthic boundary layer: oxygen, nitrogen, and phosphorus in marine sediments. In: Schulz, HD and Zabel, M (eds.) Marine Geochemistry, 2nd ed. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg, New York, 207-240.

Seiter, K, Hensen, C and Zabel, M (2005) Benthic carbon mineralization on a global scale. Global Biogeochemical Cycles, 19. GB1010. doi:10.1029/2004GB002225

Stuut, JB, Zabel, M, Ratmeyer, V, Helmke, P, Schefuß, E, Lavik, G and Schneider, RR (2005) Provenance of present-day eolian dust collected off NW Africa. Journal of Geophysical Research-Atmospheres, 110. D04202. doi:10.1029/2004JD005161

Abouchami, W and Zabel, M (2004) Climate forcing of the Pb isotope record of terrigenous input into the Equatorial Atlantic. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 213(3-4). 221-234. doi:10.1016/S0012-821X(03)00304-2

Seiter, K, Hensen, C, Schröter, J and Zabel, M (2004) Organic carbon content in surface sediments-defining regional provinces. Deep Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers, 51(12). 2001-2026. doi:10.1016/j.dsr.2004.06.014

Wagner, T, Zabel, M, Dupont, LM, Holtvoeth, J and Schubert, CJ (2004) Terrigenous Signals in Sediments of the Low Latitude Atlantic - Implications for Environmental Variations during the Late Quaternary: Part I: Organic Carbon. In: Wefer, G, Mulitza, S and Ratmeyer, V (eds.) The South Atlantic in the Late Quaternary: Reconstruction of Material Budgets and Current Systems. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg, New York, 295-322. doi:10.1007/978-3-642-18917-3_15

Hensen, C, Zabel, M, Pfeifer, K, Schwenk, T, Kasten, S, Riedinger, N, Schulz, HD and Boetius, A (2003) Control of sulfate pore-water profiles by sedimentary events and the significance of anaerobic oxidation of methane for the burial of sulfur in marine sediments. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 67(14). 2631-2647. doi:10.1016/S0016-7037(03)00199-6

Kasten, S, Zabel, M, Heuer, VB and Hensen, C (2003) Processes and Signals of Non-Steady-State Diagenesis in Deep-Sea Sediments and their Pore Waters. In: Wefer, G, Mulitza, S and Ratmeyer, V (eds.) The South Atlantic in the Late Quaternary: Reconstruction of Material Budgets and Current Systems. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg, New York, 431-459. doi:10.1007/978-3-642-18917-3_20

Freudenthal, T, Wagner, T, Wenzhöfer, F, Zabel, M and Wefer, G (2001) Early diagenesis of organic matter from sediments of the eastern subtropical Atlantic: Evidence from stable nitrogen and carbon isotopes. Geochimica Cosmochimica Acta, 65(11). 1795-1808. doi:10.1016/S0016-7037(01)00554-3

Zabel, M, Schneider, RR, Wagner, T, Adegbie, AT, de Vries, U and Kolonic, S (2001) Late Quaternary Climate Changes in Central Africa as Inferred from Terrigenous Input to the Niger Fan. Quaternary Research, 56(2). 207-217. doi:10.1006/qres.2001.2261

Zabel, M and Schulz, HD (2001) Importance of submarine landslides for non-steady state conditions in pore water systems - lower Zaire (Congo) deep-sea fan. Marine Geology, 176(1-4). 87-99. doi:10.1016/S0025-3227(01)00164-5