Moorings
A mooring describes a measurement platform with autonomously registering sensors at various depths where the entire platform is “moored” at a fixed location by a bottom weight (often made of
Biogeochemical and ecological tipping points in the Humboldt Upwelling System
Inorganic nitrogen is a key nutrient limiting primary production in many marine ecosystems. In the highly productive
Calibration and reconstruction of Holocene variability of water mass properties inferred from stable isotopes in foraminifers
Contact: Dr. Robert F. Spielhagen
Isotopic and geochemical analyses
1. Foraminiferal Geochemistry
In the calcitic skeletons of marine organisms, the Ca atom is often replaced by other cations such as magnesium, cadmium, barium, strontium, iron, cobalt, zinc or
3. Present-day water column (GEOTRACES)
Several trace metals and their isotope compositions (TEIs) can be used as proxies for the chemical composition and physical state of the past ocean. The
SO203 project Woodlark
Magma genesis, tectonics and hydrothermalism along the propagating spreading axis in the Woodlark Basin
Continental rifting and break-up have changed the face of our
Argon Geochronology in Oceanography (ArGO) Laboratory
40Ar/39Ar dating utilizes the radioactive decay of 40K to 40Ar in potassium-bearing rocks and minerals (e.g., basaltic groundmass, K-feldspars,
HARDWARE SUMMARY
JEOL JXA 8200 Electron Probe Microanalyzer (www.jeol.com)
Five wavelength dispersive (WD) spectrometers One energy dispersive (ED) detector Backscatter electron
International Conference on
End User Needs for Regional Climate Change Scenarios
7-9 March 2012
GEOMAR | Helmholtz Center for Ocean Research Kiel, Germany
Organising
LA-ICP-MS lab
Established in 2010 the LA-ICP-MS (laser-ablation inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry) lab analyses a large variety of solid samples (silicates, sulfides, carbonates etc.) for
