Sedimentary transport processes in the water column Kuhrts et al., 2004; González-Álvarez et al., 2005; Struck et al., 2004
Quantification and indicators of autochthonous and allochthonous inputs in particular of terrestrial origin
Processes at the sediment-water interface, bioturbation, redox conditions
and consequences for preservation and interpretation of sedimentary
components and proxies
Nameroff et al., 2004: Glacial-interglacial variability in the eastern tropical North Pacific oxygen minimum zone recorded by redox-sensitive trace metals
Terrestrial input and indicators
Post-depositional diagenetic overprinting in sedimentary climate archives
(trace metals, organic matter, effects on stable isotopes, redistribution of
elements within the sediment column)
Westphal et al, 2004: Orbital frequencies in the carbonate sedimentary record:
distorted by diagenesis?
Modelling of aquatic sedimentary processes
Conditions of formation and challenges presented by ultra high-resolution
climate archives (tropical and cold water corals, stalagmites, varved
sediments), dating (U/Th, 14C), diagenetic overprint
Betancourt et al., 2002: A Test of "Annual Resolution" in Stalagmites Using Tree Rings;
U/Th Dating of Pleistocene Climate Change
Occurence of Cold water corals
Cobb et al., 2003: U/Th-dating living and young fossil corals from the central tropical Pacific
U/Th Dating of Authigenic Sediments
Statistical analysis of raw data