Sedimentology & Marine Paleoenvironmental Dynamics
Dr. Swaantje Brzelinski
Address: |
Institut für Geowissenschaften |
Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg |
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Im Neuenheimer Feld 234 |
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D-69120 Heidelberg |
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Room: |
208 |
Phone: |
+49 (0)6221-54 6053 |
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Research Profile
- Application of benthic and planktic foraminifera as paleoclimatic and paleoceanographic proxies
- Application of Nd isotopes as marine proxy for glacial weathering dynamics
- Project: Short-term climate and ice-volume variability of the Late Oligocene (combined geochemical approach based on Mg/Ca, δ18O, and Nd-isotopes)
Academic Education
Aug 2020 – present |
Postdoc, Institute for Geosciences, Heidelberg University, Germany |
Jan 2017 – Jul 2020 |
Doctorate in Geology (Dr. rer. nat.), Institute for Geosciences, Heidelberg University, Germany |
Oct 2013 – Sep 2016 |
M.Sc. Geosciences (Geology), University of Hamburg, Germany |
Oct 2010 – Oct 2013 |
B.Sc. Geosciences, Georg-August-Universität Göttingen, Germany |
Expeditions
Jan 2020 – Feb 2020 |
IODP Expedition 378, Scientific Participant, Lautoka, Fiji, to Papeete, Tahiti |
Dec 2017 – Jan 2018 |
RV Meteor Cruise M144, Scientific Participant, Heraklion, Greece to Catania, Italy |
Research Grants and Awards
2020 |
3-month BGR Grant for participation in IODP Expedition 378 |
2018 |
Poster Award at the Urbino Summer School in Paleoclimatology. Poster Title: Glacial/Interglacial climate variability during the Late Oligocene |
2018 |
ECORD Scholarship for the Urbino Summer School in Paleoclimatology – Past Global Change Reconstruction and Modelling Techniques (Urbino, Italy). |
Publications
(as of 02/2022)
Röhl, U., Thomas, D.J., Childress, L.B., Anagnostou, E., Ausín, B., Borba Dias, B., Boscolo-Galazzo, F., Brzelinski, S., Dunlea, A.G., George, S.C., Haynes, L.L., Hendy, I.L., Jones, H.L., Khanolkar, S.S., Kitch, G.D., Lee, H., Raffi, I., Reis, A.J., Sheward, R.M., Sibert, E., Tanaka, E., Wilkens, R., Yasukawa, K., Yuan, W., Zhang, Q., Zhang, Y., Drury, A.J., and Hollis, C.J., 2022. Site U1553. In Röhl, U., Thomas, D.J., Childress, L.B., and the Expedition 378 Scientists, South Pacific Paleogene Climate. Proceedings of the International Ocean Discovery Program, 378: College Station, TX (International Ocean Discovery Program). https://doi.org/10.14379/iodp.proc.378.103.2022
Röhl, U., Thomas, D.J., Childress, L.B., Anagnostou, E., Ausín, B., Borba Dias, B., Boscolo-Galazzo, F., Brzelinski, S., Dunlea, A.G., George, S.C., Haynes, L.L., Hendy, I.L., Jones, H.L., Khanolkar, S.S., Kitch, G.D., Lee, H., Raffi, I., Reis, A.J., Sheward, R.M., Sibert, E., Tanaka, E., Wilkens, R., Yasukawa, K., Yuan, W., Zhang, Q., Zhang, Y., Drury, A.J., and Hollis, C.J., 2022. Expedition 378 summary. In Röhl, U., Thomas, D.J., Childress, L.B., and the Expedition 378 Scientists, South Pacific Paleogene Climate. Proceedings of the International Ocean Discovery Program, 378: College Station, TX (International Ocean Discovery Program). https://doi.org/10.14379/iodp.proc.378.101.2022
Röhl, U., Thomas, D.J., Childress, L.B., Anagnostou, E., Ausín, B., Borba Dias, B., Boscolo-Galazzo, F., Brzelinski, S., Dunlea, A.G., George, S.C., Haynes, L.L., Hendy, I.L., Jones, H.L., Khanolkar, S.S., Kitch, G.D., Lee, H., Raffi, I., Reis, A.J., Sheward, R.M., Sibert, E., Tanaka, E., Wilkens, R., Yasukawa, K., Yuan, W., Zhang, Q., Zhang, Y., Drury, A.J., and Hollis, C.J., 2022. Expedition 378 methods. In Röhl, U., Thomas, D.J., Childress, L.B., and the Expedition 378 Scientists, South Pacific Paleogene Climate. Proceedings of the International Ocean Discovery Program, 378: College Station, TX (International Ocean Discovery Program). https://doi.org/10.14379/iodp.proc.378.102.2022
Pross, J., Bahr, A., Berke, M., Blum, M., Brzelinski, S., Campos, H., Catunda, M.C., Evers, F., Kaboth, S., Kotthoff, U., Koutsodendris, A., Krengel, T., Lange, D., Lippold, J., Mächtle, B., Manta, K., Maicher, D., Norris, R.D., Pöppelmeier, F., Ravani, A., Schulz, H., Süfke, F., Sugla, R., Vakhrameeva, P., Vannacci, M., Otte, F., Raeke, A., 2021. Eastern Mediterranean paleoclimate and ecosystems during the rise of early civilizations, Cruise No. M144, December 27, 2017 – January 18, 2018, Heraklion (Greece) – Catania (Italy). METEOR-Berichte, M144, 1, 1-40, DOI: https://doi.org/10. 48433/ cr_m144.
Thomas, D.J., Röhl, U., and Childress, L.B., and the Expedition 378 Scientists, 2020, Expedition 378 Preliminary Report: South Pacific Paleogene Climate: International Ocean Discovery Program, International Ocean Discovery Program Preliminary Report, v. 378, doi:10.14379/iodp.pr.378.2020.
Menke, V., Ehrmann, W., Milker, Y., Brzelinski, S., Moebius, J., Mikolajewicz, U., Zolitschka, B., Zonneveld, K., Emeis, K., and Schmiedl, G., 2017, Combined North Atlantic and anthropogenic forcing of changes in the marine environments in the Gulf of Taranto (Italy) during the last millennium: Climate of the Past Discussions, doi:10.5194/cp-2017-139.
Conference Contributions
Brzelinski, S., Friedrich, O., Bornemann, A., 2019. Late Oligocene glacial-interglacial climate variability and ice-volume changes. Joint IODP/ICDP Meeting, 18/03/19– 20/03/19, Cologne, Germany [Talk]
Brzelinski, S., Friedrich, O., Bornemann, A., 2018. Mechanisms of glacial/interglacial changes during the Late Oligocene. FORAMS 2018, 18/06/18 – 22/06/18, Edinburgh, Scotland [Talk]
Brzelinski, S., Friedrich, O., Bornemann, A., 2018. Mechanisms of glacial/interglacial changes during the Late Oligocene. Joint IODP/ICDP Meeting, 14/03/18 – 16/03/18, Bochum, Germany [Poster]
Brzelinski, S., Friedrich, O., Bornemann, A. (2017): Mechanisms of glacial/interglacial changes during the “middle” Oligocene. Joint IODP/ICDP Meeting, 14/03/17 – 16/03/17, Braunschweig, Germany [Poster]
Menke, V., Brzelinski, S., Emeis, K.-C., Schmiedl, G. (2016): Late Holocene benthic ecosystem variability and geochemical processes in the Gulf of Taranto (Italy). International Conference on Paleoceanography, 29/08/16 – 02/09/16, Utrecht, Netherlands [Poster]