Eocene – Oligocene transition is marked by severe glaciations in Antarctica and cooling of global climate. Apart from this, paleogeographic reorganisation in Eurasia facilitating arrival of Asian forms to Europe, an event known as Grande Coupure. West Asia is suggested one of the routes for the dispersal of vertebrate faunas. However, the fossil and geological record stays largely unstudied. To understand the climate evolution at the Eo-Oligocene transition in the West Asian region, two newly-discovered section with continental record will be studied. The organic geochemical methods on GDGTs and n-alkenons will be applied to recontruct the paleotemperature evolution, vegetation composition and the paleoprecipitation trends over this period of time.
Advisors: PD Dr. Davit Vasilyan
Specialities: ELE
University: FR