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Molecular
Paleoclimatology - Expeditions
Expeditions
RV Meteor cruise M192-1, BridgeHell, August 2023
Mapping of hydrothermal gas emissions offshore Milos, Aegean Sea, and sampling of water column particulates, fluids, gases and sediments.
Chief scientist: Solveig Bühring
Cuvette Congolaise expedition, April-June 2022
Sampling of river particulates, river water and bedload sediments in major tributaries of the Cuvette Congolaise and retrieval of peat cores along transects
In cooperation with Dr. Yannick Garcin (IRD, Cerege, France) and Dr. Gael Bouka (Universite Marien Ngouabi, Brazzaville, Republic of Congo)
Congo River expedition, Feb/March 2020
Sampling of river particulates, river water and bedload sediments along the Congo River mainstem from Mbandaka to Kwamouth
In cooperation with Prof. Hans-Peter Wotzka (University of Cologne, Germany)
Mhkuze expedition, Nov/Dec 2018
Sampling of river particulates, plants, soils and sediments in the Mhkuze wetland system and Lake St. Lucia
In cooperation with Prof. Marc Humphries (Wits University, Johannesburg, South Africa)
Mfabeni and Limpopo expedition, March 2017
Sampling of Mfabeni peatland and Limpopo floodplain sediments
In cooperation with Profs. Trevor Hill and Jemma Finch (University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban, South Africa)
RV Meteor cruise M123, Feb 2016
MA-RAiN - Seismics and sediment coring offshore eastern South Africa and Mozambique
South-east African rivers, March 2015
Sampling suspension particulates of south-east African rivers and wetlands (S-Africa, Mozambique)
Orange River expedition, March/April 2014
Sampling suspension particulates and flood deposits of south-west African rivers and along the Orange River (S-Africa, Namibia)
In cooperation with Prof. Mike Meadows (University of Cape Town, South Africa)
RV Maria S. Merian cruise 20/3, Feb/March 2012
Response of Amazon sedimentation to deforestation, land use and climate variability
RV Meteor cruise 63/1, Jan/Feb 2005
Paleoceanography and Paleoclimatology of the Zambezi and Limpopo rivers
RV Marion Dufresne cruise MD134, Jul/Aug 2003
Long Calypso coring of African tropical rivers
RV Meteor cruise 56B, December 2002
Paleoceanography and Gashydrates of the Congo deep-sea fan
RV Pelagia cruise P178, April/May 2001
Somali Upwelling and Gulf of Aden Paleoceanography