Editorial Board Members’ Collection Series “Paleoecology and Paleoenvironment Reconstruction”
A special issue of Journal of Marine Science and Engineering (ISSN 2077-1312). This special issue belongs to the section "Geological Oceanography".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (10 May 2023) | Viewed by 3104
Special Issue Editors
2. Department of Earth Sciences Marine Palynology and Paleoceanography, Utrecht University, Utrecht, The Netherlands
Interests: marine geology; marine palynology; marine micropaleontology; geochemistry; paleoceanography; paleoecology; paleoclimatology
Interests: stratigraphy; geochemistry; palaeontology; climate; mass extinctions; oceanic anoxic events
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
When dealing with the impact of climate change on modern ecosystems on short and longer timescales, one approach is to employ past environmental perturbations as analogues for present and future developments. The following statement represents a central theme of this Special Issue: the present as a key to the past and the past as a key to the future.
The purpose of the invited Special Issue is to publish the most exciting paleoenvironmental and paleoclimate research, particularly the studies that deal with the Mesozoic and Cenozoic ‘Hothouse Earth’ period and the geological intervals characterized by the occurrence of “black shales”. We also welcome actuopaleontological studies that emphasize the important role of modern biological assemblages as analogues for understanding the past. The Special Issue manuscripts will experience a rapid turn-around time regarding reviewing and publishing. Furthermore, authors may disseminate the articles freely for research, teaching, and reference purposes. It must be noted that multidisciplinary studies that involve novel techniques are encouraged.
Topics may include the following:
- Carbon cycling in the Hothouse Earth period;
- Dynamics of ancient warm oceans and atmosphere;
- Extreme weather conditions in the Hothouse Earth period;
- Sea level variations during the Hothouse Earth period;
- Evolutionary change during the Hothouse Earth period;
- Biotic turnovers and extinctions during the Hothouse Earth period;
- CO2 concentration and black shales deposition;
- Ecology of phytoplankton and zooplankton in high organic matter modern environments: an actuopalaeontological approach.
Prof. Dr. Henk Brinkhuis
Prof. Dr. Manuel Rigo
Prof. Dr. Alessandra Negri
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- high resolution paleoclimate
- paleoenvironmental
- paleoecological reconstructions
- hothouse earth
- inorganic and organic biogeochemistry
- micropaleontology
- palaeontology
- paleobotany
- palynology
- actuopaleontology
- climate modelling
- earth system
- carbon cycle
- black shales
- turnovers
- extinctions
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