Dr. Thomas Westerhold

Name:		Herr Dr. Thomas Westerhold
Room:		MARUM / 0190
Phone:		+49 421 218 - 65672
Fax:		+49 421 218 - 9865672
E-Mail:

Research Interests

Astronomically-tuning of the Geological Time Scale
The role of long-term astronomical cycles on climate change
Evaluation of the stability of current astronomical solutions
Climatic evolution of Cenozoic Oceans
Cyclostratigraphy of early Paleogene record
Non-destructive Core Logging/Scanning methods incl. XRF Core Scanning
Stable Isotopes (oxygen & carbon) to study paleoceanography

Related Projects

Integrated Ocean Drilling Program (IODP)

Expedition 320/321
PEAT - Pacific Equatorial Age Transect
Stratigraphic Correlator - more...

IODP Germany - DFG priority program (SPP527)

DFG priority program IODP/ODP Project: ‘Synthesis of Paleogene stratigraphy: Towards the first orbitally tuned stratigraphic framework for the early Paleogene’

EARTHTIME - The European Contribution

towards the next generation Geological Time Scale for the last 100 million years (GTSnext)
Collaborator in Task 2 - Calibrating the Paleogene Time Scale: Applying the tool more...

Recent Publications

Latest on the absolute age of the Paleocene - Eocene Thermal Maximum (PETM): new insights from exact stratigraphic position of key ash layers +19 and -17,
Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 287 (3-4) - link

High resolution cyclostratigraphy of the early Eocene - new insights into the origin of the Cenozoic cooling trend, Climate of the Past, 5(3) - link

Pacific Equatorial Transect, IODP Preliminary Report, 320 - link