Prof. Dr. Helge Wolfgang Arz

• Marine Geology
• Paleoceanography
• Sedimentology
• Paleoclimatology

Research Topics

• Sedimentation processes in lacustrine and shallow marine environments
• “Multi-proxy” paleoenvironmental reconstructions
• Stable oxygen and carbon isotopes in calcareous microfossils
• Late Quaternary climate variability
• Mechanisms of millennial scale climate variability and ocean dynamics

Research Areas

• The “fresh water” and marine stages of the Black Sea
• Postglacial evolution of the Baltic Sea System
• Postglacial evolution of the Chilean fjord region; SE-Pacific paleoceanography
• Ligurian Sea climate and ocean variability during the last glacial interglacial cycle
• Western tropical Atlantic ocean and climate dynamics
• Late Quaternary environmental changes in the Red Sea region