Late quaternary pelagic aragonite preservation in the Arabian Sea and its paleoceanographic implications [Elektronische Ressource] / vorgelegt von Ralph Klöcker

Late Quaternary pelagic aragonite preservation in the Arabian Sea and its paleoceanographic implications Dissertation zur Erlangung des Doktorgrades der Naturwissenschaften am Fachbereich Geowissenschaften der Universität Bremen vorgelegt von Ralph Klöcker Bremen 2005 Tag des Kolloquiums: 21.12.2005 Gutachter: Professor Dr. Rüdiger Henrich Dr. Gerald Ganssen Prüfer: Professor Dr. Gerhard Bohrmann Professor Dr. Kai-Uwe Hinrichs Table of contents Table of contents Table of contents .........................................................................................................................I Abstract ...................................................................................................................................... 1 Zusammenfassung...................................................................................................................... 3 Part I Introduction................................................................................................................... 5 1. Motivation and objectives..............................................................................................5 1.1. Previous studies on Late Quaternary paleoceanography and paleoclimate in the Indian Ocean and Arabian Sea........................................................ 5 2. Climatic and oceanographic conditions ............