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Chair of Prof. Freiwald:
Tel. ++49(0)9131-85-22622
FAX ++49(0)9131-85-22690
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Chair of Prof. Fürsich:
Tel. ++49(0)9131-85-24849
FAX ++49(0)9131-85-24840
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Section PalaeoEnvironment at the GeoZentrum

Cameral deposits in an orthocone nautiloid from the Buckhorn Asphalt Quarry in Oklahoma/USA. pic by: Barbara Seuß

3D-reconstruction of the coldwater coral Lophelia pertusa with sponge boring (blue) pic by: Lydia Beuck

Cribrithalamia madoniensis (SENOWBARI-DARYAN). Chambered sponge, Upper Triassic (Norian-Rhaetian) Sicily. Pic by: Baba Senowbari-Daryan.

Coldwater corall Desmophyllum dianthus (Pleistocene) found on Rhodes - St. Paul's Bay. Pic by: Jürgen Titschack

'LULA' near the Azores; submarine for various experiments. Pic by: Max Wisshak

Jabal Kawr, leftover of an isolated carbonate plattform with an Upper Triassic Reef; Oman (Wadi Amqah). Pic by: Michaela Bernecker

Pectinid bivalves (Pleistocene) from Rhodes - Lardos-valley. Pic by: Jürgen Titschack

Permian Gharif Formation in Oman consisting of continental to marginal marine sediments; reservoir for oil in deeper parts of the sediments. Pic by: Michaela Bernecker

Organisation

Aquatic ecosystems in the Mesozoic
Oceanography/Cold-water coral-reefs

Working groups

Research group Freiwald

Generally reefs are associated with warm, even seas flooded by sunlight in the subtropic to tropic climatic regions of the world. Studies in "colder" regions like Norway, Ireland or Italy shows, that this is not completely true: carbonate-producing ecosystems with corals can also be found in cold seas in these areas. The working group of André Freiwald is specialised on the palaeontology and ecology of cold-water reefs in the cold and dark areas of the Northern Atlantic.

WG Fürsich

The working group pf Prof. Fürsich is specialised on Mesozoic ecosystems and combines palaeontology, sedimentology and modern methods like isotope studies, palaeecology and high-resolution stratigraphy. Areas of focus are NW-Europe, Egypt, Middle East and China.
The group is member of several international Projects like the MEBE-Program (Middle East Basins Evolution programme). The WG Fürsich is also a close partner of Chinese Universities and foundations (National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC) und dem Department of Earth Sciences der Sun Yat-Sen University in Guangzhou). undefined

Prof. Fürsich

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