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Christian Ohlendorf

Christian Ohlendorf

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Earth Science

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42
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4828
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5383
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382

Overview

Christian Ohlendorf is affiliated with the University of Bremen in Germany and specializes in Earth and Planetary Sciences. Their research spans multiple subfields including Atmospheric Science, Earth-Surface Processes, Anthropology, Environmental Chemistry, and Molecular Biology. The focus areas in their work cover Geology and Paleoclimatology Research, Geological formations and processes, Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology, Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena, Geomagnetism and Paleomagnetism Studies, Hydrocarbon exploration and reservoir analysis, and broader Geological Studies and Exploration.

The scientist has contributed to several recent papers in various academic venues. Notable publications include:

  • Testing lake-level reconstructions based on rock magnetic proxies for the sediment record of Laguna Cháltel (Patagonia, Argentina), 2020, Quaternary Research
  • Holocene environmental and climate evolution of central west Patagonia as reconstructed from lacustrine sediments of Meseta Chile Chico (46.5° S, Chile), 2024, Climate of the past
  • Radiocarbon dates of sediment profile NTG16 from the northern Alps (Nesseltalgraben, Germany), 2020, Publishing Network for Geoscientific and Environmental Data (PANGAEA) (Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research)
  • Organic chemistry analyses of sediment profile NTG16 from the northern Alps (Nesseltalgraben, Germany), 2020, Publishing Network for Geoscientific and Environmental Data (PANGAEA) (Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research)
  • Geochemistry, grain size and radiocarbon ages of MIS 3 sediment record from Nesseltalgraben, Germany, 2020, Publishing Network for Geoscientific and Environmental Data (PANGAEA) (Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research)

Their frequent coauthors reflect collaborative work across various specialties, including Bernd Zolitschka, Christoph Mayr, Philipp Stojakowits, Bernhard Lempe, and Maarten Blaauw.

Christian Ohlendorf's works are regularly published in specific scientific venues, with multiple contributions to the Publishing Network for Geoscientific and Environmental Data (PANGAEA) hosted by the Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research. Other venues include Quaternary Research, Climate of the past, Marine Geology, and Quaternary Science Reviews.

Best Publications

  • 9000 years of geochemical evolution of lithogenic major and trace elements in the sediment of an alpine lake – the role of climate, vegetation, and land-use history

    Karin A. Koinig;William Shotyk;William Shotyk;André F. Lotter;André F. Lotter;Christian Ohlendorf

  • Climatically induced lake level changes during the last two millennia as reflected in sediments of Laguna Potrok Aike, southern Patagonia (Santa Cruz, Argentina)

    Torsten Haberzettl;Michael Fey;Andreas Lücke;Nora Maidana

  • Lateglacial and Holocene wet-dry cycles in southern Patagonia: chronology, sedimentology and geochemistry of a lacustrine record from Laguna Potrok Aike, Argentina

    Torsten Haberzettl;Hugo Corbella;Michael Fey;Stephanie Janssen

  • Precipitation origin and evaporation of lakes in semi-arid Patagonia (Argentina) inferred from stable isotopes (δ18O, δ2H)

    Christoph Mayr;Andreas Lücke;Willibald Stichler;Peter Trimborn

  • Holocene variability of the Southern Hemisphere westerlies in Argentinean Patagonia (52°S)

    Christoph Mayr;Michael Wille;Torsten Haberzettl;Michael Fey

  • Environmental history of southern Patagonia unravelled by the seismic stratigraphy of Laguna Potrok Aike

    Flavio S. Anselmetti;Daniel Ariztegui;Marc De Batist;A. Catalina Gebhardt

  • Crater lakes of the Pali Aike Volcanic Field as key sites for paleoclimatic and paleoecological reconstructions in southern Patagonia, Argentina

    Bernd Zolitschka;Frank Schäbitz;Andreas Lücke;Hugo Corbella

  • Palaeoenvironmental changes in southern Patagonia during the last millennium recorded in lake sediments from Laguna Azul (Argentina)

    Christoph Mayr;Michael Fey;Torsten Haberzettl;Stephanie Janssen

  • Vegetation and climate dynamics in southern South America: The microfossil record of Laguna Potrok Aike, Santa Cruz, Argentina

    Michael Wille;Nora I. Maidana;Frank Schäbitz;Michael Fey

  • Luminescence dating of the PASADO core 5022-1D from Laguna Potrok Aike (Argentina) using IRSL signals from feldspar

    Jan-Pieter Buylaert;A.S. Murray;A.C. Gebhardt;Reza Sohbati

  • Late Pleistocene dust deposition in the Patagonian steppe - extending and refining the paleoenvironmental and tephrochronological record from Laguna Potrok Aike back to 55 ka

    Torsten Haberzettl;Flavio S. Anselmetti;Sabine W. Bowen;Michael Fey

  • Chemical mapping of mine waste drill cores with laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy (LIBS) and energy dispersive X-ray fluorescence (EDXRF) for mineral resource exploration

    Kerstin Kuhn;Jeannet A. Meima;Dieter Rammlmair;Christian Ohlendorf

  • Hydrological variability in southeastern Patagonia and explosive volcanic activity in the southern Andean Cordillera during Oxygen Isotope Stage 3 and the Holocene inferred from lake sediments of Laguna Potrok Aike, Argentina

    Torsten Haberzettl;Torsten Haberzettl;Barbara Kück;Sabine Wulf;Flavio S. Anselmetti

  • Interactions of climate and land use documented in the varved sediments of Seebergsee in the Swiss Alps

    S. Hausmann;A. F. Lotter;J. F.N. van Leeuwen;Ch. Ohlendorf

  • Environment and climate of the last 51,000 years – new insights from the Potrok Aike maar lake Sediment Archive Drilling prOject (PASADO)

    Bernd Zolitschka;Flavio S. Anselmetti;Daniel Ariztegui;Hugo Corbella

  • Practical guidelines and recent advances in the Itrax XRF core-scanning procedure.

    Ludvig Löwemark;Menno Bloemsma;Ian Croudace;J. Stephen Daly

  • Glacial Varve Thickness and 127 Years of Instrumental Climate Data: A Comparison

    Christian Ohlendorf;Frank Niessen;Helmut Weissert

  • A modified method for biogenic silica determination

    Christian Ohlendorf;Michael Sturm

  • Isotopic fingerprints on lacustrine organic matter from Laguna Potrok Aike (southern Patagonia, Argentina) reflect environmental changes during the last 16,000 years

    Christoph Mayr;Andreas Lücke;Nora I. Maidana;Michael Wille

  • Laminated lake sediments in northeast Poland: distribution, preconditions for formation and potential for paleoenvironmental investigation

    Wojciech Tylmann;Bernd Zolitschka;Dirk Enters;Christian Ohlendorf

  • Transient simulations, empirical reconstructions and forcing mechanisms for the Mid-holocene hydrological climate in southern Patagonia

    Sebastian Wagner;Martin Widmann;Julie Jones;Torsten Haberzettl

  • Palaeoenvironmental changes during the last 1600 years inferred from the sediment record of a cirque lake in southern Patagonia (Laguna Las Vizcachas, Argentina)

    Michael Fey;Christian Korr;Nora I. Maidana;María L. Carrevedo

  • Precipitation origin and evaporation of lakes in semi-arid Patagonia (Argentina) inferred from

    Christoph Mayr;Willibald Stichler;Peter Trimborn;Bettina Ercolano

Frequent Co-Authors

Bernd Zolitschka
Bernd Zolitschka University of Bremen
Christoph Mayr
Christoph Mayr University of Erlangen-Nuremberg
Frank Schäbitz
Frank Schäbitz University of Cologne
Torsten Haberzettl
Torsten Haberzettl Friedrich Schiller University Jena
Andreas Lücke
Andreas Lücke Forschungszentrum Jülich
Catalina Gebhardt
Catalina Gebhardt Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research
Flavio S. Anselmetti
Flavio S. Anselmetti University of Bern
Gerhard H. Schleser
Gerhard H. Schleser Forschungszentrum Jülich
Pierre Francus
Pierre Francus Institut National de la Recherche Scientifique
Manfred Frechen
Manfred Frechen Leibniz Association

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