aNKIT'S mASTERS SEMINAR

1. Sauer et al.: nFK → Regenerationspotential von Wäldern der mongolischen Waldsteppe 1
Dr. Ankit → Landscape Geoscience & Fire (3rd Floor, 3.177)
Climate-Bio-Geo-Chemical feedbacks during the extreme environmental conditions on planet Earth
Molecular tracers

2. Sauer et al.: nFK → Regenerationspotential von Wäldern der mongolischen Waldsteppe 2
• Pliocene environmental changes in the Levantine Corridor (Near East)
• Changes in Black Carbon composition and sequestration: an assessment based on lake sediments in Higher
Himalayas
• Change, Resilience, Transitions and Sustainability in the Indian subcontinent during the late Holocene:
Investigating environmental variability and human disturbances with biogeochemical fingerprinting of
lacustrine records
• Climate-Biogeochemical feedbacks during the extreme environmental conditions in the history of planet
Earth: A picture from PETM and end-Permian mass extinction

3. Sauer et al.: nFK → Regenerationspotential von Wäldern der mongolischen Waldsteppe 3
The core hypothesis is that insolation maxima in the tropics is
the main controlling mechanism behind the sustainability of
ephemeral palustrine systems in mid-latitude regions during
the Plio-Pleistocene, which in turn served as windows of
opportunity that greened the path and permitted large-scale
faunal dispersal (including humans)
Pliocene environmental changes in the Levantine Corridor (Near East)

4. Sauer et al.: nFK → Regenerationspotential von Wäldern der mongolischen Waldsteppe 4
Changes in Black Carbon (BC) composition and sequestration
Deposition of Organic contaminants in the high-altitude lakes
Source apportionment using molecular fossils and their isotopic composition

5. Sauer et al.: nFK → Regenerationspotential von Wäldern der mongolischen Waldsteppe 5
Anthropogenic forcing of each region?
Regional differences in sensitivity of different components of the ecosystem to climate forcings?
Change, Resilience, Transitions and Sustainability in the Indian subcontinent during
the late Holocene: Investigating climate variability and human disturbances with
biogeochemical fingerprinting of lacustrine records

6. Sauer et al.: nFK → Regenerationspotential von Wäldern der mongolischen Waldsteppe 6
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Climate-Biogeochemistry feedbacks during the extreme environmental conditions in the history of planet Earth
A picture from PETM and end-Permian mass extinction
Causal Mechanisms (Flooding, Fire and etc.)
Relative greenhouse gas concentrations
Recovery of different environments