Analytical Methods and Applied Toolkit

ð Biostratigraphy: planktic foraminifera and calcareous nannofossils using quantitative methods as well as first and last appearance datums and marker horizons; regional and global comparison of databases.

ð High resolution age control: quantitative biotic database  of marine plankton (e.g., planktic foraminifera, calcareous nannofossils), high resolution cm-scale sample analysis and time control; integration of sedimentological, geochemical and mineralogical databases.

ð Paleontology: quantitative studies of species populations, evolution and extinction patterns, rates of faunal turnover, paleoceanographic and paleoclimatic reconstructions.

ð Global correlations: biostratigraphy, isotope stratigraphy and chemostratigraphy

ð Geochemistry: rare earth elements (REE), platinum group elements (PGE), TOC,

ð Stable isotope geochemistry: bulk rock and monospecific species analyses; isotopic depth ranking of individual species in the water column.

ð Mineralogy: clay and bulk rock analyses, determination of terrestrial influx related to sea level changes, clay mineralogical variations related to weathering and climate changes.
 

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