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Steffen Mischke - Professor

Steffen Mischke

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School of Engineering and Natural Sciences

Steffen Mischke

Professor

Teaching courses on Sedimentology and Thesis skills, and doing research (paleoenvironmental and paleoclimate reconstructions mostly based on sediments and microfossils)

Location
Askja / N-236
Phone
525 - 4495
Email
smi [at] hi.is

Unit
Faculty of Earth Sciences
Website
http://earthice.hi.is/research_work_steffen_mischke

Published works

2024

Early Pleistocene depositional and environmental conditions at Dachangliang, Nihewan Basin, NE ChinaFrontiers in Earth Science
Arid, mosaic environments during the Plio-Pleistocene transition and early hominin dispersals in northern AfricaNature Communications
Molecular to macrofossils indicating last millennium sea level in Lavsa saltpans, CroatiaQuaternary International
Tibetan terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems collapsed with cryosphere loss inferred from sedimentary ancient metagenomicsScience advances

2023

How can past sea level be evaluated from traces of anthropogenic layers in ancient saltpans?PLoS ONE
Sedimentology and stratigraphy of the Jordan River Dureijat archeological site reveal subtle late Pleistocene water-level changes at Lake Hula, Jordan Valley, IsraelJournal of Paleolimnology
Hydrological variations in the Yellow River Source area (NE Tibetan Plateau) during the last 7.4 ka inferred from stable isotopes of ostracod valvesCatena
Implications of submonthly oxygen and carbon isotope variations in late Pleistocene Melanopsis shells for regional and local hydroclimate in the upper Jordan River valleyQuaternary Research (United States)

2022

Holocene sea-level rise and coastal aquifer interactionsQuaternary Science Reviews
Palynological evidence for the temporal stability of the plant community in the Yellow River Source Area over the last 7,400 yearsVegetation History and Archaeobotany
Reconstruction of early Paleogene landscapes and climate in the Jianghan Basin, central ChinaPalaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology
Pleistocene and Holocene peopling of Jerada province, eastern Morocco: introducing a research projectBulletin d’Archéologie Marocaine
Evolución del asentamiento humano en la región de Aïn Beni Mathar-Guefaït (Jerada, Marruecos Oriental). Investigaciones recientes y cartografía del poblamiento humano al norte del Sáhara
Intertidal Ostracoda from Fossvogur and Kópavogur bays (SW Iceland)Journal of Sea Research
Late Holocene hydroclimatic history of the Galilee Mountains from sedimentary records of the Sea of Galilee, IsraelQuaternary Research (United States)
Large-Scale Geographic Size Variability of Cyprideis torosa (Ostracoda) and Its Taxonomic and Ecologic ImplicationsFrontiers in Ecology and Evolution
EditorialFrontiers in Earth Science
Late glacial and Holocene climate in the Kunlun Pass region (northern Tibetan Plateau) inferred from a multi-proxy lake recordQuaternary International

2021

Föhn, fire and grazing in Southern Tibet? A 20,000-year multi-proxy record in an alpine ecotonal ecosystemQuaternary Science Reviews
Sedimentary ancient DNA reveals a threat of warming-induced alpine habitat loss to Tibetan Plateau plant diversityNature Communications
Major and trace-element geochemistry of Late Cretaceous clastic rocks in the Jitai Basin, southeast ChinaScientific Reports
DO RADIOCARBON AGES of PLANT WAX BIOMARKERS AGREE with ¹⁴C-TOC/OSL-BASED AGE MODELS in AN ARID HIGH-ALTITUDE LAKE SYSTEM?Radiocarbon
A Late Pleistocene Wetland Setting in the Arid Jurf ed Darawish Region in Central JordanFrontiers in Earth Science
Mio–Pleistocene Ostracoda from the Zhada Basin (western Tibetan Plateau)PalZ

2020

Discovery and investigation of the Paleolithic locality of Youfangbei, Nihewan Basin, Hebei ProvinceQuaternary Sciences
Climate History of Southern Mongolia Since 17 kaFrontiers in Earth Science
Jordan River Dureijat: 10,000 years of intermittent Epipaleolithic activity on the shore of Paleolake HulaPaleoAnthropology
Taxonomic and functional diversity differentiation of chironomid communities in northern Mongolian Plateau under complex environmental impactsHydrobiologia
Re-examination of Cyclotella lacunarum Hustedt (Bacillariophyta) from lakes in the Pamir Mountains, western China, and description of two similar Lindavia taxa collected from Tajikistan and NepalDiatom Research
Plant diversity in sedimentary DNA obtained from high-latitude (Siberia) and high-elevation lakes (China)Biodiversity Data Journal
Lop Nur in NW China
PrefaceSpringer Water
Lake Issyk-Kul
Magnetostratigraphy and Paleoenvironments of the Kuntila Lake Sediments, Southern Israel: Implications for Late Cenozoic Climate Variability at the Northern Fringe of the Saharo-Arabian Desert BeltFrontiers in Earth Science
Lake Balkhash (Kazakhstan)Journal of Great Lakes Research

2019

Western Mediterranean hydro-climatic consequences of Holocene ice-rafted debris (Bond) eventsClimate of the Past
Weak Summer Monsoon during the Early Holocene Inferred from the Dingxi Lujiagou Floodplain Lake-Eolian Sand Rhythm due to Solar ImpactingActa Geologica Sinica
Erq el Ahmar Elephant Site – A mammoth skeleton at a rare and controversial Plio-Pleistocene site along the mammal migration route out of AfricaQuaternary Science Reviews
Late Quaternary environments in the Gobi Desert of MongoliaPalaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology
The Holocene salinity history of Lake Lop Nur (Tarim Basin, NW China) inferred from ostracods, foraminifera, ooids and stable isotope dataGlobal and Planetary Change
Distribution of Recent non-marine ostracods in Icelandic lakes, springs, and cave poolsJournal of Crustacean Biology
Socio-environmental dynamics along the historical silk road
The Al Wathba Wetland Reserve Lake in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates and its ostracod (seed shrimp) faunaInternational Journal of Aquatic Biology
On the paleo-climatic/environmental impacts and socio-cultural system resilience along the historical silk road
Hydroclimate in the Pamirs Was Driven by Changes in Precipitation‐Evaporation Seasonality Since the Last Glacial PeriodGeophysical Research Letters
Landscape response to climate and human impact in western China during the Han dynasty

2018

Late quaternary lake level changes of Taro Co and neighbouring lakes, southwestern Tibetan Plateau, based on OSL dating and ostracod analysisGlobal and Planetary Change
Vegetation change in the eastern Pamir Mountains, Tajikistan, inferred from Lake Karakul pollen spectra of the last 28 kyrPalaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology
Pliocene-Pleistocene waterbodies and associated deposits in southern Israel and southern JordanJournal of Arid Environments
Evidence for climatic changes around the Matuyama-Brunhes Boundary (MBB) inferred from a multi-proxy palaeoenvironmental study of the GBY#2 core, Jordan River Valley, IsraelPalaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

2017

Fossil-based reconstructions of ancient water bodies in the Levantine deserts
Climate variability in the past ∼19,000 yr in NE Tibetan Plateau inferred from biomarker and stable isotope records of Lake Donggi ConaQuaternary Science Reviews
Millennial-scale fluctuations in Saharan dust supply across the decline of the African Humid PeriodQuaternary Science Reviews
Atlantic forcing of Western Mediterranean winter rain minima during the last 12,000 yearsQuaternary Science Reviews
Radiocarbon and optically stimulated luminescence dating of sediments from Lake Karakul, TajikistanQuaternary Geochronology
The world’s earliest Aral-Sea type disaster: the decline of the Loulan Kingdom in the Tarim BasinScientific Reports
Climatic and limnological changes at Lake Karakul (Tajikistan) during the last ~29 cal kaJournal of Paleolimnology
Aquatic macrophyte dynamics in Lake Karakul (Eastern Pamir) over the last 29 cal ka revealed by sedimentary ancient DNA and geochemical analyses of macrofossil remainsJournal of Paleolimnology
Mid- to late Holocene climate-driven regime shifts inferred from diatom, ostracod and stable isotope records from Lake Son Kol (Central Tian Shan, Kyrgyzstan)Quaternary Science Reviews
Climate changes of the northeastern Tibetan Plateau since the late glaciation inferred from clay mineralogy of sediments in Kuhai LakeQuaternary International
Halite fluid inclusions and the late Aptian sea surface temperatures of the Congo Basin, northern South Atlantic OceanCretaceous Research
AMS radiocarbon dating of pollen concentrates in a karstic lake systemQuaternary Geochronology

2016

Spatio-temporal pattern of detrital clay-mineral supply to a lake system on the north-eastern Tibetan Plateau, and its relationship to late Quaternary paleoenvironmental changesCatena
Meteorological Impacts on Landform ChangesAdvances in Meteorology
The Holocene history of Lop Nur and its palaeoclimate implicationsQuaternary Science Reviews

2015

Early to mid-Holocene lake high-stand sediments at Lake Donggi Cona, northeastern Tibetan Plateau, China - Comment to the paper published by Dietze et al., Quaternary Research 79 (2013), 325-336Quaternary Research (United States)
Sub-Recent sexual populations of Limnocythere inopinata recorded for the first time from > 3500 m altitude on the Tibetan PlateauActa Geologica Sinica
Reply to comment by Zhang (2014)Journal of Paleolimnology
Climate variability on the south-eastern Tibetan Plateau since the Lateglacial based on a multiproxy approach from Lake Naleng - comparing pollen and non-pollen signalsQuaternary Science Reviews
Quantitative temperature records of mid Cretaceous hothousePalaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology
The Middle Palaeolithic Nahal Mahanayeem Outlet site, IsraelJournal of Archaeological Science
Vegetation, Climate, Man - Holocene Variability in Monsoonal Central Asia
The sub-recent bradleytriebella lineata (ostracoda, crustacea) in IsraelJournal of Micropalaeontology
Holocene climate and landscape change in the northeastern Tibetan Plateau foreland inferred from the Zhuyeze Lake recordHolocene
Palaeoenvironmental inferences from late Quaternary sediments of the Al Jafr Basin, JordanQuaternary International

2014

A modern pollen-climate calibration set from central-western Mongolia and its application to a late glacial-Holocene recordJournal of Biogeography
Moisture-advection feedback supports strong early-to-mid holocene monsoon climate on the eastern tibetan plateau as inferred from a pollen-based reconstructionPalaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology
Quantitative reconstruction of precipitation changes on the NE Tibetan Plateau since the Last Glacial Maximum - Extending the concept of pollen source area to pollen-based climate reconstructions from large lakesClimate of the Past
ErratumClimate of the Past
An expanded ostracod-based conductivity transfer function for climate reconstruction in the LevantQuaternary Science Reviews
Ostracod evidence for the Acheulian environment of the ancient Hula Lake (Levant) during the early-mid Pleistocene transitionPalaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology
Geological setting and age of the Middle Paleolithic site of Nahal Mahanayeem Outlet (Upper Jordan Valley, Israel)Quaternary International
Paleoenvironmental implications of new OSL dates on the formation of the "Shell Bar" in the Qaidam Basin, northeastern Qinghai-Tibetan PlateauJournal of Paleolimnology
Recent ecological responses to climate variability and human impacts in the Nianbaoyeze Mountains (eastern Tibetan Plateau) inferred from pollen, diatom and tree-ring dataJournal of Paleolimnology
Introduction to "Late Pleistocene and Holocene climate change in continental Asia"Journal of Paleolimnology
Re-assessment of the paleoclimate implications of the Shell Bar in the Qaidam Basin, ChinaJournal of Paleolimnology
What drives the recent intensified vegetation degradation in Mongolia – Climate change or human activity?Holocene
Sclerochronological oxygen and carbon isotope ratios in Radix (Gastropoda) shells indicate changes of glacial meltwater flux and temperature since 4,200 cal yr BP at Lake Karakul, eastern Pamirs (Tajikistan)Journal of Paleolimnology
Paleohydrology of Lake Kinneret during the Heinrich event H2Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

2013

Proxies for Quaternary monsoon reconstruction on the Tibetan PlateauQuaternary International
Oxygen and carbon isotope patterns archived in shells of the aquatic gastropod RadixQuaternary International
Spatial variability of ¹⁴C reservoir effects in Tibetan Plateau lakesQuaternary International
Carbon and oxygen isotopic compositionsActa Geologica Sinica
Ostracod distribution and habitat relationships in the Kunlun Mountains, northern Tibetan PlateauQuaternary International
Recent Freshwater Ostracods of the World: Crustacea, Ostracoda, PodocopidaJournal of Paleolimnology
Environmental variability in the monsoon-westerlies transition zone during the last 1200 yearsQuaternary Science Reviews
Holocene lake stages and thermokarst dynamics in a discontinuous permafrost affected region, north-eastern Tibetan PlateauJournal of Asian Earth Sciences

2012

Ostracods from water bodies in hyperarid Israel and Jordan as habitat and water chemistry indicatorsEcological Indicators
Subfossil ostracode assemblages from Mongolia - Quantifying response for paleolimnological applicationsEcological Indicators
Holocene hydrological and climatic change on the northern Mongolian Plateau based on multi-proxy records from Lake Gun NuurPalaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology
Quaternary Ostracods from the Tibetan Plateau and Their Significance for Environmental and Climate-Change Studies
Late Quaternary climate and landscape evolution in arid Central AsiaJournal of Asian Earth Sciences
Ecological development of Lake Donggi Cona, north-eastern Tibetan Plateau, since the late glacial on basis of organic geochemical proxies and non-pollen palynomorphsPalaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology
Environmental constraints on lake sediment mineral compositions from the Tibetan Plateau and implications for paleoenvironment reconstructionJournal of Paleolimnology
Late Glacial and Holocene development of Lake Donggi Cona, north-eastern Tibetan Plateau, inferred from sedimentological analysisPalaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology
Ostracods from a Marmara Sea lagoon (Turkey) as tsunami indicatorsQuaternary International
Stable isotope patterns archived in shells of the aquatic gastropod Radix: hydrologic and climatic signals across the Tibetan Plateau in sub-monthly resolutionQuaternary International

2011

Ostracod distribution in Ulungur Lake (Xinjiang, China) and a reassessed Holocene recordEcological Research
Modest diatom responses to regional warming on the southeast Tibetan Plateau during the last two centuriesJournal of Paleolimnology
Terrestrial and aquatic responses to climate change and human impact on the southeastern Tibetan Plateau during the past two centuriesGlobal Change Biology
Reconstructing climate variability on the northeastern Tibetan Plateau since the last Lateglacial - a multi-proxy, dual-site approach comparing terrestrial and aquatic signalsQuaternary Science Reviews
Sedimentary record of coseismic subsidence in Hersek coastal lagoon (Izmit Bay, Turkey) and the late Holocene activity of the North Anatolian FaultGeochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems

2010

Quantitative reconstruction of lake conductivity in the Quaternary of the Near East (Israel) using ostracodsJournal of Paleolimnology
Modern hydrology and late Holocene history of Lake Karakul, eastern Pamirs (Tajikistan)Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology
Late glacial vegetation and climate oscillations on the southeastern Tibetan Plateau inferred from the Lake Naleng pollen profileQuaternary Research
Holocene cold events on the Tibetan PlateauGlobal and Planetary Change
Lake nutrient variability inferred from elemental (C, N, S) and isotopic (δ¹³C, δ¹⁵N) analyses of aquatic plant macrofossilsQuaternary Science Reviews
Ostracods and stable isotopes of a late glacial and Holocene lake record from the NE Tibetan PlateauChemical Geology
Holocene treeline shifts and monsoon variability in the Hengduan Mountains (southeastern Tibetan Plateau), implications from palynological investigationsPalaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology
A modern pollen-climate calibration set based on lake sediments from the tibetan plateau and its application to a late quaternary pollen record from the qilian mountainsJournal of Biogeography
Late Quaternary environmental history of the south-eastern Tibetan Plateau inferred from the Lake Naleng non-pollen palynomorph recordVegetation History and Archaeobotany
Quantitative relationship between water-depth and sub-fossil ostracod assemblages in Lake Donggi Cona, Qinghai Province, ChinaJournal of Paleolimnology
Using variations in the stable carbon isotope composition of macrophyte remains to quantify nutrient dynamics in lakesJournal of Paleolimnology
Biomarker and compound-specific δ¹³C evidence for changing environmental conditions and carbon limitation at Lake Koucha, eastern Tibetan PlateauJournal of Paleolimnology
Basin morphology and seismic stratigraphy of Lake Donggi Cona, north-eastern Tibetan Plateau, ChinaQuaternary International
An ostracod-inferred large Middle Pleistocene freshwater lake in the presently hyper-arid Qaidam Basin (NW China)Quaternary International
Lateglacial and Holocene variation in aeolian sediment flux over the northeastern Tibetan Plateau recorded by laminated sediments of a saline meromictic lakeJournal of Quaternary Science

2009

High-resolution records of the Holocene palaeoenvironmental variation reflected by carbonate and its isotopic compositions in Bosten lake and response to glacial activitiesActa Geologica Sinica
A Lateglacial and Holocene lake record from the Nianbaoyeze Mountains and inferences of lake, glacier and climate evolution on the eastern Tibetan PlateauQuaternary Science Reviews
Quantitative climate and vegetation trends since the late glacial on the northeastern Tibetan Plateau deduced from Koucha Lake pollen spectraQuaternary Research
Carbon and oxygen isotopic composition of surface-sediment carbonate in Bosten Lake (Xinjiang, China) and its controlling factorsActa Geologica Sinica

2008

A laminated tufa carbonate from the mid Holocene of the Qilian Mountains and its potential for palaeoclimate inferencesEpisodes
Bias of ostracod stable isotope data caused by drying of sieve residues from waterJournal of Paleolimnology
Applications of lacustrine and marginal marine Ostracoda to palaeoenvironmental reconstructionPalaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology
Reduced early Holocene moisture availability in the Bayan Har Mountains, northeastern Tibetan Plateau, inferred from a multi-proxy lake recordPalaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

2007

The palaeoenvironmental variation from the high-resolution record of the Holocene sedimentary carbonate and isotopic composition in Bosten Lake and its response to glacial activityActa Geologica Sinica
An ostracod-conductivity transfer function for Tibetan lakesJournal of Paleolimnology

2006

The 15th International Symposium on OstracodaEpisodes
A Holocene sedimentary record from Bosten Lake, ChinaPalaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology
A large Middle Pleistocene freshwater to oligohaline lake in the contemporary hyperarid Qaidam Basin (China)Episodes
A late Middle Pleistocene large inland lake in a contemporary hyperarid desertEpisodes
Sino-Germany joint investigated environmental changes in Donggi Cona lake area on Qinghai- Tibet PlateauJournal of Glaciology and Geocryology
The Holocene salinity history of Bosten Lake (Xinjiang, China) inferred from ostracod species assemblages and shell chemistryQuaternary International
Temperature variability and vertical vegetation belt shifts during the last ∼50,000 yr in the Qilian Mountains (NE margin of the Tibetan Plateau, China)Quaternary Research
Middle Pleistocene Ostracoda from a large freshwater lake in the presently dry Qaidam Basin (NW China)Journal of Micropalaeontology

2005

New evidence for origin of the Badain Jaran Desert of Inner Mongolia from granulometry and thermoluminescence datingJournal of Palaeogeography
A Late Quaternary lake record from the Qilian Mountains (NW China)Global and Planetary Change
Ground-water discharge to a Gobi desert lake during Mid and Late Holocene dry periodsPalaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology
Groundwater discharge to a Gobi desert lake during Mid and Late Holocene dry periodsPalaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology
A late Quaternary lake record from the Qilian Mountains (NW China)Global and Planetary Change

2004

Ostracod ecology of alluvial loess deposits in an eastern Tian Shan palaeo-lake (NW China)

2003

Sub-Recent Ostracoda from Qilian Mountains (NW China) and their ecological significanceLimnologica
Hydrologic and climatic implications of a multi-disciplinary study of the mid to late Holocene Lake Eastern JuyanzeChinese Science Bulletin
Palynological investigation of a Holocene profile section from the Palaeo-Gaxun-Nur-BasinChinese Science Bulletin
Sub-Recent Ostracoda from Qilian Mountains, NW ChinaJournal of Micropalaeontology
Holocene lake deposits of Bosten Lake, southern Xinjiang, ChinaChinese Science Bulletin

2002

Formation, age and ostracod ecology of palaeo-lake deposits in the Gangou valley, eastern Tian Shan (NW-China)Zeitschrift fur Geomorphologie
Mid to Late Holocene palaeoenvironment of Lake Eastern Juyanze (north-western China) based on ostracods and stable isotopesGeobios

2001

Sub-recent Ostracoda from Bosten Lake, NW ChinaJournal of Micropalaeontology

Keywords for Specialisation:

Quaternary geology

Aquatic ecology

Paleoenvironments