Publications
Helmholtz Centre Potsdam
GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences

(Co) Author: Oberhänsli, H.






































  • Oberhänsli, H. (2005): Book Review: Dying and Dead Seas, Climatic versus Anthropic Causes, edited by J.C.J. Nihoul, P.O. Zavialov and P.P. Micklin, 2004, 384 pp. Kluwer Academic Publisher, Dordrecht.. Journal of Paleolimnology, 34, 4, 529-530.









  • Demske, D.; Mohr, B.; Oberhänsli, H. (2002): Late Pliocene vegetation and climate of the Lake Baikal region, southern East Siberia, reconstructed from palynological data. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, 184, 1-2, 107-129.




  • Oberhänsli, H.; Benjamovski, V. (2000): Dysoxic bottom water events in the peri-Tethys during the late Ypresian: A result of changes in the evaporation/precipitation balance in adjacent continental regions. GFF, 122, 1, 121-123.









  • Oberhänsli, H. (1996): Klimatische und ozeanographische Veränderungen im Eozän. Zeitschrift der deutschen geologischen Gesellschaft, 147, 3, 303-413.














  • Beniamovski, V. N.; Alekseev, A. S.; Ovechkina, M. N.; Oberhänsli, H. (2003): Middle to upper Eocene dysoxic-anoxic Kuma Formation (Northeast Peri-Tethys); biostratigraphy and paleoenvironments. - In: Wing, S. L.; Gingerich, P. D.; Schmitz, B.; Thomas, E. (Eds.), Causes and consequences of globally warm climates in the early Paleogene, Geological Society of America, 95-112.

  • Gavrilov, Yu. O.; Shcherbinina, E. A.; Oberhänsli, H. (2003): Paleocene-Eocene boundary events in the northeastern Peri-Tethys. - In: Wing, S. L.; Gingerich, P. D.; Schmitz, B.; Thomas, E. (Eds.), Causes and consequences of globally warm climates in the early Paleogene, Geological Society of America, 147-168.


  • Heim, B.; Oberhänsli, H.; Kaufmann, H. (2003): Recent remote sensing SeaWiFS data reveal the dynamics of water constituents in Lake Baikal (Siberia) within the scope of the international paleoclimate project CONTINENT. - In: Mischke, S.; Wuennemann, B.; Riedel, F. (Eds.), International Symposium Environmental Change in Central Asia : climate, geodynamics, evolution, human impact ; March 10 - 15, 2003 ; abstracts, Freie Universiät, 41-43.

  • Oreshkina, T.; Oberhänsli, H. (2003): Diatom turnover in the early Paleogene diatomite of the Sengiley section, middle Povolzhie, Russia; a response to the initial Eocene thermal maximum?. - In: Wing, S. L.; Gingerich, P. D.; Schmitz, B.; Thomas, E. (Eds.), Causes and consequences of globally warm climates in the early Paleogene, Geological Society of America, 169-179.

  • Swiercz, S.; Heim, B.; Pekdeger, A.; Oberhänsli, H. (2003): GIS supported characterization of the Lake Baikal catchment area. - In: Mischke, S.; Wuennemann, B.; Riedel, F. (Eds.), International Symposium Environmental Change in Central Asia : climate, geodynamics, evolution, human impact ; March 10 - 15, 2003 ; abstracts, Freie Universität, 116-118.


  • Demske, D.; Mohr, B.; Oberhänsli, H. (2000): Palaeoclimatic changes from 3.6 to 2.2 Ma B.P. derived from palynological studies on Lake Baikal sediments. - In: Minoura, K. (Eds.), Lake Baikal : a mirror in time and space for understanding global change processes, Elsevier, 85-89.

  • Eckert, C.; Veinberg, E. V.; Kienel, U.; Oberhänsli, H. (2000): A new preparation method for quantitative and qualitative analyses of fossil sponge spicules by light microscope. - In: Minoura, K. (Eds.), Lake Baikal : a mirror in time and space for understanding global change processes, Elsevier, 136-145.



  • Kemle-von Mücke, S.; Oberhänsli, H. (1999): The distribution of living planktic foraminifera in relation to southeast Atlantic oceanography. - In: Fischer, G.; Wefer, G. (Eds.), Use of proxies in paleoceanography : examples from the South Atlantic, Springer-Verlag, 91-115.




  • Schmidt, F.; Oberhänsli, H.; Wilkes, H. (2011): Hydrological and biogeochemical variations in the hypersaline Lake Tswaing (South Africa) during the last 84 ka BP. Book of Abstracts, 25th International Meeting on Organic Geochemistry - IMOG (Interlaken, Switzerland 2011), P-465.



  • Brehme, M.; Schettler, G.; Oberhänsli, H.; Stulina, G. (2010): Grundwassercharakterisierung im Amu-Darya-Flussdelta südlich des Aral-Sees anhand von Radon- und Hydrochemie-Daten. Grundwasser für die Zukunft : Kurzfassungen der Vorträge und Poster ; Tagung der Fachsektion Hydrogeologie in der DGG (FH-DGG) ; Tübingen, 12. bis 16. Mai 2010, Tagung der Fachsektion Hydrogeologie in der DGG (FH-DGG) (Tübingen 2010), 198.















  • Escala, M.; Oberhänsli, H.; Rosell-Melé, A. (2007): Dansgaard/Oeschger cycles signature in a surface water temperature (TEX86) record of Lake Baikal. 4th International Limnogeology Congress (ILIC 2007) - Limnogeology: tales of an evolving Earth. Programme and abstracts book, 4th International Limnogeology Congress (ILIC 2007) (Barcelona 2007), 167-168.

  • Kristen, I.; Wilkes, H.; Plessen, B.; Vieth, A.; Thorpe, J.; Oberhänsli, H. (2007): Tracing environmental change in Lake Tswaing (South Africa) using biomarker and stable carbon isotopes. 4th International Limnogeology Congress (ILIC 2007) - Limnogeology: tales of an evolving Earth. Programme and abstracts book, 4th International Limnogeology Congress (ILIC 2007) (Barcelona 2007), 163-164.






  • Donner, R.; Witt, A.; Oberhänsli, H. (2006): Modelling Grain-Size Distributions of Aeolian Dust with Finite Mixture Models - Power and Pitfalls. 3rd General Assembly European Geosciences Union (Vienna, Austria 2006).






  • Oberhänsli, H.; Boroffka, N. G. O.; Sorrel, P. (2006): Climate variability and human settlements in the Lake Aral Basin. Shaping the Earth's Surface: Dynamics and Changing Environments, GV International Conference 2006 and 96th Annual Meeting of the Geologische Vereinigung e. V. (Potsdam 2006), 80.

  • Sorrel, P.; Boroffka, N.; Oberhänsli, H. (2006): Impact of climate variability on human activities in the Aral Sea Basin during the late Holocene. 3rd General Assembly European Geosciences Union (Vienna, Austria 2006).




  • Friedrich, J.; Oberhänsli, H. (2005): Present geochemical state of the Aral Sea and consequences for the ecosystem. 2nd General Assembly European Geosciences Union (Vienna, Austria 2005).

  • Heim, B.; Fietz, S.; Oberhänsli, H.; Kaufmann, H. (2005): Investigation of terrigenous input and phytoplankton in Lake Baikal (RU) using SeaWiFS Ocean Colour data. INTAS Strategic Scientific Workshop 'Towards Europe-wide coherent and harmonized management/protection of inland, coastal and marine ecosystems and global climate change study: role of remote sensing means' (Saint Petersburg, Russia 2005), CD-ROM.






  • Demory, F.; Oberhänsli, H.; Trentesaux, A. (2004): Evidences for teleconnections between the North Atlantic and Central Asia: A grain size record from Lake Baikal covering 140 ka. 1st General Assembly European Geosciences Union (Nice 2004).








  • Heim, B.; Oberhänsli, H.; Kaufmann, H. (2002): Investigation of water constituents in the Lake Baikal (Siberia, Russia) using SEAWIFS satellite data and ground truth data. Proceedings of the 7th International Conference on Remote Sensing for Marine and Coastal Environments (Miami 2002), CD.


  • Eckert, C.; Demske, D.; Hegner, E.; Veinberg, E.; Müller, J.; Oberhänsli, H. (2000): Multidisciplinary sediment record in Lake Baikal over the past 100,000 years. Erstes 'Erdsystemwissenschaftliches Symposium' Geotectonic activities and climate change in the Baikalian region : a search for climatic fingerprints in lake sediments jointly with 1st Baikal-Sed, International Workshop on Sedimentology of Lake Baikal, Erstes Erdsystemwissenschaftliches Symposium ; First Baikal-Sed (Berlin 1999), 238-239.

  • Eckert, C.; Veinberg, E.; Oberhänsli, H.; Mehl-Janussen, D. (2000): Utilization of sponge spicules in studies on ancient lakes - perspectives for paleoecological reconstruction of sediments in Lake Baikal. Erstes 'Erdsystemwissenschaftliches Symposium' Geotectonic activities and climate change in the Baikalian region : a search for climatic fingerprints in lake sediments jointly with 1st Baikal-Sed, International Workshop on Sedimentology of Lake Baikal, Erstes Erdsystemwissenschaftliches Symposium ; First Baikal-Sed (Berlin 1999), 236-237.

  • Fagel, N.; Thorez, J.; Oberhänsli, H.; André, L.; Boski, T.; Likhoshway, L. (2000): The VER-98-1-3 core, Academician Ridge, Baikal Lake: Preliminary data about the bulk mineralogy, geochemistry and sedimentology of the last 250,000 years. Erstes 'Erdsystemwissenschaftliches Symposium' Geotectonic activities and climate change in the Baikalian region : a search for climatic fingerprints in lake sediments jointly with 1st Baikal-Sed, International Workshop on Sedimentology of Lake Baikal, Erstes Erdsystemwissenschaftliches Symposium ; First Baikal-Sed (Berlin 1999), 240-241.

  • Oberhänsli, H. (2000): Searching for climate proxies stored in Lake Baikal sediments: A few comments. Erstes 'Erdsystemwissenschaftliches Symposium' Geotectonic activities and climate change in the Baikalian region : a search for climatic fingerprints in lake sediments jointly with 1st Baikal-Sed, International Workshop on Sedimentology of Lake Baikal, Erstes Erdsystemwissenschaftliches Symposium ; First Baikal-Sed (Berlin 1999), 140-147.