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PhD Project
'Impact of meltwater events on weathering and detrital fluxes along the coast of western Greenland, Baffin Bay'
Greenland ice sheet dynamics have a strong effect on meltwater input to Baffin Bay, potentially impacting the oceanic circulation and the ecosystem. This project will investigate the spatial and temporal variation of Greenland meltwater discharge into Baffin Bay and its influence on seawater signatures and circulation during the Holocene. This will be done by studying continental detritus, authigenic minerals and biogenic shell material from marine sediment cores along the northwestern coast of Greenland. The area of focus will be the northern and southern Melville Bay (Northeast Baffin Bay). The methodological focus of this study is based on the analysis of the radiogenic isotopes strontium (Sr), neodymium (Nd) and lead (Pb). The consequential isotope ratios will be used as proxies for source regions of continental detritus and hence transport directions, sea-water sources and advection, and potentially changing freshwater input and weathering through time.
This PhD project is part of the international research training group ArcTrain.
Greenland ice sheet dynamics have a strong effect on meltwater input to Baffin Bay, potentially impacting the oceanic circulation and the ecosystem. This project will investigate the spatial and temporal variation of Greenland meltwater discharge into Baffin Bay and its influence on seawater signatures and circulation during the Holocene. This will be done by studying continental detritus, authigenic minerals and biogenic shell material from marine sediment cores along the northwestern coast of Greenland. The area of focus will be the northern and southern Melville Bay (Northeast Baffin Bay). The methodological focus of this study is based on the analysis of the radiogenic isotopes strontium (Sr), neodymium (Nd) and lead (Pb). The consequential isotope ratios will be used as proxies for source regions of continental detritus and hence transport directions, sea-water sources and advection, and potentially changing freshwater input and weathering through time.
This PhD project is part of the international research training group ArcTrain.
Thesis Committee
| Prof. Dr. Simone Kasemann (Supervisor) | MARUM, University of Bremen |
| Prof. Dr. Claude Hillaire-Marcel | Université du Québec à Montréal |
| Dr. Friedrich Lucassen | MARUM, University of Bremen |
| Prof. Dr. Rüdiger Stein | Alfred-Wegener-Institute Bremerhaven |
| Prof. Dr. Dierk Hebbeln | MARUM, University of Bremen |
Scientific Interest
- Radiogenic Isotopes (Sr, Nd, Pb)
- Paleoceanography and -climatology
- Weathering and Ice Sheet Dynamics
- Arctic Research
Curriculum Vitae
| Since December 2016 | PhD Student (ArcTrain), MARUM |
| August 2014 – October 2016 | Master Earth Science, University of Gothenburg (M. Sc.) Thesis Title: ‘Holocene Organic Carbon and Carbonate Records from Northeast Baffin Bay - Preliminary Age Model and Paleoenvironmental Significance‘ Supervisors: Dr. Lennart Bornmalm, Prof. Dr. Rüdiger Stein (AWI) |
| October 2013 – August 2014 | Master Marine Geoscience, University of Bremen |
| October 2010 – October 2013 | Bachelor Geoscience, University of Bremen (B. Sc.) Thesis Title: ‘Medikamentenrückstände und deren Abbauprozesse in Böden am Beispiel von Paracetamol und Ibuprofen’ (Environmental fate and degradation processes of pharmaceuticals in soils, using the example of Paracetamol and Ibuprofen) Supervisors: Dr. Tobias Goldhammer, Dr. Marcus Elvert |
Research Cruises and Field Trips
| June 30th - July 30th 2015 | RV Maria S. Merian - MSM44 BAFFEAST, Baffin Bay |
| July 22nd - August 28th 2017 | RV Maria S. Merian - MSM66 BAFFWEST, Baffin Bay |