Dr. Georg Heumann
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Contact
Nußallee 8
Raum 1.005
Telefon: +49 (0)228 73-68708
Fax.:++49 (0)228 73-3509
E-Mail: g.heumann [at] uni-bonn.de
Research interest
- Quaternary lacustrine sediments: Palynology, Palaeoecology, Sedimentology (Lake Baikal, Lake Van, Lake Iznik, Lake Kinnereth, Lake Birkat Ram, Maar lakes and peatland).
- Tertiary of the Lower Rhine Embayement: Palaeoflora, Genesis of Lignites, Sedimentology.
- Devonian of the Rhenish Slate Mountains: Evolution of early land plants and Palaeoecosystems.
Ongoing projects
- „Heidelberger Becken: Lockergesteinskernbohrungen im nördlichen Oberrheingraben“ (PAK 582) (since 2011).
- Lake Van Drilling Project, Turkey – PaleoVan. International Continental Scientific Drilling Program (since 2005).
Selected publications
- Litt, T., Krastel, S., Sturm, M., Kipfer, R., Örcen, S., Heumann, G., Franz, S.O., Ülgen, U.B., Niessen, F. (2009): ‘PALEOVAN’, International Continental Scientific Drilling Program (ICDP): site survey results and perspectives. - Quaternary Science Reviews, 28: 1555-1567.
- Demske, D., Heumann, G., Granozewski, W., Nita, M., Mamakowa, K., Tarasov, P. E., Oberhänsli, H. (2005): Lateglacial and Holocene vegetation and climate variability evidenced in high-resolution pollen records from Lake Baikal. - Journal Global and Planetary Change, 46:255-279; Amsterdam.
- Heumann, G. & Litt, T. (2002): Stratigraphy and paleoecology of the late Pliocene and early Pleistocene in the open-cast mine Hambach (Lower Rhine Basin, Germany). - Netherlands Journal of Geosciences / Geologie en Mijnbouw, 81(2):193-199; Utrecht.
- Heumann, G. (2001): Stratigraphie und Paläoökologie des Jungpliozän und des Altpleistozän im Tagebau 'Hambach' (Niederrheinische Bucht). - Dissertation, Universität Bonn, 109 S.
- Schweitzer, H.-J. & Heumann, G. (1993): Die Unterdevon-Flora von Røragen in Norwegen. Palaeontographica, B, 229:1-52; Stuttgart.