ProjectAntarctica – Paleosols from King George Island, Maritime Antarctica – indicators of paleoenvironmental change…

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Acronym:
Antarctica
Title:
Paleosols from King George Island, Maritime Antarctica – indicators of paleoenvironmental change during the Eocene/Oligocene transition
Duration:
01/03/2014 to 31/03/2017
Abstract / short description:
The ice-free and forest dominated landscape changed progressively to periglacial conditions from the Eocene to the Oligocene, which is called the greenhouse-icehouse transition, being considered as the largest glaciation of the last 65 Ma. The main objective of this project is to reconstruct the environment from paleosols of the Maritime Antarctica during the Eocene-Oligocene transition. The specific objectives are: to estimate the intensity of paleoweathering, to identify the main pedogenic processes, to assess the mean annual paleotemperature (MAPT) and mean annual paleoprecipitation (MAPP) from soil-geochemical data and stable isotopes, to estimate the atmospheric CO2 concentration during the period of soil formation and to identify the paleovegetation and paleo-soilhydrological conditions.
Keywords:
Eocene
Paleosols
Tertiary
Paleoclimate
Pedogenesis
Antarctica
Antarktis

Involved staff

Managers

Department of Geoscience
Faculty of Science
Geography Research Area
Department of Geoscience, Faculty of Science
CRC 1070 - ResourceCultures. Socio-cultural Dynamics in the Treatment of Resources
Collaborative research centers and transregios

Contact persons

Department of Geoscience
Faculty of Science
Geography Research Area
Department of Geoscience, Faculty of Science
CRC 1070 - ResourceCultures. Socio-cultural Dynamics in the Treatment of Resources
Collaborative research centers and transregios

Other staff

Noses Spinola, Diogo
Geography Research Area
Department of Geoscience, Faculty of Science

Local organizational units

Geography Research Area
Department of Geoscience
Faculty of Science
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