Source to sink
Source to sink
One focus is on the impact of environmental changes on the Rio de la Plata and Amazon River dynamics and the sediment and elemental supply to the ocean over time. We perfom detailed multi-proxy isotope investigations of the Rio de la Plata and Amazon riverine discharge to gain insight into changing river dynamics and chemical weathering due to changes in climate, vegetation and land use, and to characterize the elemental influx and isotope composition to the ocean.
Related Publications
Höppner, N., Lucassen, F., Chiessi, C.M., Sawakuchi, A.O., Kasemann, S.A. (2018). Holocene provenance shift of suspended particulate matter in the Amazon River basin. Quaternary Science Reviews 190, 66-80, DOI: 10.1016/j.quascirev.2018.04.021.
Castañeda, I.S., Schouten, S., Pätzold, J., Lucassen, F., Kasemann, S., Kuhlmann, H., Schefuß, E. (2016). Hydroclimate variability in the Nile River Basin during the past 28,000 years. Earth and Planetary Science Letters 438, 47-56.
Hahn, A., Compton, J.S., Meyer-.Jacob, C., Kirsten, K.L., Lucassen, F., Perez Mayo, M., Schefuß, E. Zabel, M. (2015). Holocene paleoclimatic record from the South African Namaqualand mudbelt: A source to sink approach. Quaternary International, DOI: 10.1016/j.quaint.2015.10.017.
