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Steffen Mischke - Professor

Steffen Mischke

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School of Engineering and Natural Sciences

Steffen Mischke

Professor

Teaching courses on Sedimentology and Thesis skills, and doing research (paleoenvironmental and paleoclimate reconstructions mostly based on sediments and microfossils)

Location
Askja / N-236
Phone
525 - 4495
Email
smi [at] hi.is

Unit
Faculty of Earth Sciences
Website
http://earthice.hi.is/research_work_steffen_mischke
Published Work
Steffen Mischke - published work

Curriculum Vitae
Steffen Mischke - Curriculum Vitae
ORCID site
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3821-8497
Research portal – Steffen Mischke

Published works

2026

Ostracoda from Hvalfjörður (W Iceland)Journal of Sea Research

2025

Relative environmental stability in the Hula Valley (northern Israel) during the last glacial-interglacial transitionQuaternary Science Reviews

2024

The ostracod distribution in the Sea of Galilee (Levant)Journal of Paleolimnology
The East Asian monsoon variability in the Nihewan Basin, northern China, during the Early PleistoceneQuaternary Science Reviews
Tibetan terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems collapsed with cryosphere loss inferred from sedimentary ancient metagenomicsScience advances
Arid, mosaic environments during the Plio-Pleistocene transition and early hominin dispersals in northern AfricaNature Communications
Molecular to macrofossils indicating last millennium sea level in Lavsa saltpans, CroatiaQuaternary International
Early Pleistocene depositional and environmental conditions at Dachangliang, Nihewan Basin, NE ChinaFrontiers in Earth Science

2023

Implications of submonthly oxygen and carbon isotope variations in late Pleistocene Melanopsis shells for regional and local hydroclimate in the upper Jordan River valleyQuaternary Research (United States)
Hydrological variations in the Yellow River Source area (NE Tibetan Plateau) during the last 7.4 ka inferred from stable isotopes of ostracod valvesCatena
Sedimentology and stratigraphy of the Jordan River Dureijat archeological site reveal subtle late Pleistocene water-level changes at Lake Hula, Jordan Valley, IsraelJournal of Paleolimnology
Workshop reportScientific Drilling
How can past sea level be evaluated from traces of anthropogenic layers in ancient saltpans?PLoS ONE

2022

Pleistocene and Holocene peopling of Jerada province, eastern Morocco: introducing a research projectBulletin d’Archéologie Marocaine
Palynological evidence for the temporal stability of the plant community in the Yellow River Source Area over the last 7,400 yearsVegetation History and Archaeobotany
Holocene sea-level rise and coastal aquifer interactionsQuaternary Science Reviews
Intertidal Ostracoda from Fossvogur and Kópavogur bays (SW Iceland)Journal of Sea Research
EditorialFrontiers in Earth Science
Evolución del asentamiento humano en la región de Aïn Beni Mathar-Guefaït (Jerada, Marruecos Oriental). Investigaciones recientes y cartografía del poblamiento humano al norte del Sáhara
Large-Scale Geographic Size Variability of Cyprideis torosa (Ostracoda) and Its Taxonomic and Ecologic ImplicationsFrontiers in Ecology and Evolution
Late Holocene hydroclimatic history of the Galilee Mountains from sedimentary records of the Sea of Galilee, IsraelQuaternary Research (United States)
Late glacial and Holocene climate in the Kunlun Pass region (northern Tibetan Plateau) inferred from a multi-proxy lake recordQuaternary International
Reconstruction of early Paleogene landscapes and climate in the Jianghan Basin, central ChinaPalaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

2021

Föhn, fire and grazing in Southern Tibet? A 20,000-year multi-proxy record in an alpine ecotonal ecosystemQuaternary Science Reviews
A Late Pleistocene Wetland Setting in the Arid Jurf ed Darawish Region in Central JordanFrontiers in Earth Science
Major and trace-element geochemistry of Late Cretaceous clastic rocks in the Jitai Basin, southeast ChinaScientific Reports
DO RADIOCARBON AGES of PLANT WAX BIOMARKERS AGREE with ¹⁴C-TOC/OSL-BASED AGE MODELS in AN ARID HIGH-ALTITUDE LAKE SYSTEM?Radiocarbon
Mio–Pleistocene Ostracoda from the Zhada Basin (western Tibetan Plateau)PalZ
Sedimentary ancient DNA reveals a threat of warming-induced alpine habitat loss to Tibetan Plateau plant diversityNature Communications

2020

Discovery and investigation of the Paleolithic locality of Youfangbei, Nihewan Basin, Hebei ProvinceQuaternary Sciences
Lake Issyk-Kul
Magnetostratigraphy and Paleoenvironments of the Kuntila Lake Sediments, Southern Israel: Implications for Late Cenozoic Climate Variability at the Northern Fringe of the Saharo-Arabian Desert BeltFrontiers in Earth Science
Plant diversity in sedimentary DNA obtained from high-latitude (Siberia) and high-elevation lakes (China)Biodiversity Data Journal
PrefaceSpringer Water
Lop Nur in NW China
Jordan River Dureijat: 10,000 years of intermittent Epipaleolithic activity on the shore of Paleolake HulaPaleoAnthropology
Climate History of Southern Mongolia Since 17 kaFrontiers in Earth Science
Re-examination of Cyclotella lacunarum Hustedt (Bacillariophyta) from lakes in the Pamir Mountains, western China, and description of two similar Lindavia taxa collected from Tajikistan and NepalDiatom Research
Taxonomic and functional diversity differentiation of chironomid communities in northern Mongolian Plateau under complex environmental impactsHydrobiologia
Lake Balkhash (Kazakhstan)Journal of Great Lakes Research

2019

The Al Wathba Wetland Reserve Lake in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates and its ostracod (seed shrimp) faunaInternational Journal of Aquatic Biology
Western Mediterranean hydro-climatic consequences of Holocene ice-rafted debris (Bond) eventsClimate of the Past
Weak Summer Monsoon during the Early Holocene Inferred from the Dingxi Lujiagou Floodplain Lake-Eolian Sand Rhythm due to Solar ImpactingActa Geologica Sinica
Socio-environmental dynamics along the historical silk road
Hydroclimate in the Pamirs Was Driven by Changes in Precipitation‐Evaporation Seasonality Since the Last Glacial PeriodGeophysical Research Letters
Late Quaternary environments in the Gobi Desert of MongoliaPalaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology
Erq el Ahmar Elephant Site – A mammoth skeleton at a rare and controversial Plio-Pleistocene site along the mammal migration route out of AfricaQuaternary Science Reviews
Landscape response to climate and human impact in western China during the Han dynasty
Distribution of Recent non-marine ostracods in Icelandic lakes, springs, and cave poolsJournal of Crustacean Biology
The Holocene salinity history of Lake Lop Nur (Tarim Basin, NW China) inferred from ostracods, foraminifera, ooids and stable isotope dataGlobal and Planetary Change
On the paleo-climatic/environmental impacts and socio-cultural system resilience along the historical silk road

2018

Pliocene-Pleistocene waterbodies and associated deposits in southern Israel and southern JordanJournal of Arid Environments
Vegetation change in the eastern Pamir Mountains, Tajikistan, inferred from Lake Karakul pollen spectra of the last 28 kyrPalaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology
Evidence for climatic changes around the Matuyama-Brunhes Boundary (MBB) inferred from a multi-proxy palaeoenvironmental study of the GBY#2 core, Jordan River Valley, IsraelPalaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology
Late quaternary lake level changes of Taro Co and neighbouring lakes, southwestern Tibetan Plateau, based on OSL dating and ostracod analysisGlobal and Planetary Change

2017

The world’s earliest Aral-Sea type disaster: the decline of the Loulan Kingdom in the Tarim BasinScientific Reports
Fossil-based reconstructions of ancient water bodies in the Levantine deserts
Halite fluid inclusions and the late Aptian sea surface temperatures of the Congo Basin, northern South Atlantic OceanCretaceous Research
Climate variability in the past ∼19,000 yr in NE Tibetan Plateau inferred from biomarker and stable isotope records of Lake Donggi ConaQuaternary Science Reviews
Climatic and limnological changes at Lake Karakul (Tajikistan) during the last ~29 cal kaJournal of Paleolimnology
AMS radiocarbon dating of pollen concentrates in a karstic lake systemQuaternary Geochronology
Climate changes of the northeastern Tibetan Plateau since the late glaciation inferred from clay mineralogy of sediments in Kuhai LakeQuaternary International
Mid- to late Holocene climate-driven regime shifts inferred from diatom, ostracod and stable isotope records from Lake Son Kol (Central Tian Shan, Kyrgyzstan)Quaternary Science Reviews
Aquatic macrophyte dynamics in Lake Karakul (Eastern Pamir) over the last 29 cal ka revealed by sedimentary ancient DNA and geochemical analyses of macrofossil remainsJournal of Paleolimnology
Millennial-scale fluctuations in Saharan dust supply across the decline of the African Humid PeriodQuaternary Science Reviews
Radiocarbon and optically stimulated luminescence dating of sediments from Lake Karakul, TajikistanQuaternary Geochronology
Atlantic forcing of Western Mediterranean winter rain minima during the last 12,000 yearsQuaternary Science Reviews

2016

Spatio-temporal pattern of detrital clay-mineral supply to a lake system on the north-eastern Tibetan Plateau, and its relationship to late Quaternary paleoenvironmental changesCatena
The Holocene history of Lop Nur and its palaeoclimate implicationsQuaternary Science Reviews
Meteorological Impacts on Landform ChangesAdvances in Meteorology

2015

Sub-Recent sexual populations of Limnocythere inopinata recorded for the first time from > 3500 m altitude on the Tibetan PlateauActa Geologica Sinica
Reply to comment by Zhang (2014)Journal of Paleolimnology
Climate variability on the south-eastern Tibetan Plateau since the Lateglacial based on a multiproxy approach from Lake Naleng - comparing pollen and non-pollen signalsQuaternary Science Reviews
Vegetation, Climate, Man - Holocene Variability in Monsoonal Central Asia
The sub-recent bradleytriebella lineata (ostracoda, crustacea) in IsraelJournal of Micropalaeontology
Palaeoenvironmental inferences from late Quaternary sediments of the Al Jafr Basin, JordanQuaternary International
Quantitative temperature records of mid Cretaceous hothousePalaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology
The Middle Palaeolithic Nahal Mahanayeem Outlet site, IsraelJournal of Archaeological Science
Early to mid-Holocene lake high-stand sediments at Lake Donggi Cona, northeastern Tibetan Plateau, China - Comment to the paper published by Dietze et al., Quaternary Research 79 (2013), 325-336Quaternary Research (United States)
Holocene climate and landscape change in the northeastern Tibetan Plateau foreland inferred from the Zhuyeze Lake recordHolocene

2014

Introduction to "Late Pleistocene and Holocene climate change in continental Asia"Journal of Paleolimnology
Re-assessment of the paleoclimate implications of the Shell Bar in the Qaidam Basin, ChinaJournal of Paleolimnology
Geological setting and age of the Middle Paleolithic site of Nahal Mahanayeem Outlet (Upper Jordan Valley, Israel)Quaternary International
Ostracod evidence for the Acheulian environment of the ancient Hula Lake (Levant) during the early-mid Pleistocene transitionPalaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology
A modern pollen-climate calibration set from central-western Mongolia and its application to a late glacial-Holocene recordJournal of Biogeography
What drives the recent intensified vegetation degradation in Mongolia – Climate change or human activity?Holocene
An expanded ostracod-based conductivity transfer function for climate reconstruction in the LevantQuaternary Science Reviews
Moisture-advection feedback supports strong early-to-mid holocene monsoon climate on the eastern tibetan plateau as inferred from a pollen-based reconstructionPalaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology
Sclerochronological oxygen and carbon isotope ratios in Radix (Gastropoda) shells indicate changes of glacial meltwater flux and temperature since 4,200 cal yr BP at Lake Karakul, eastern Pamirs (Tajikistan)Journal of Paleolimnology
Recent ecological responses to climate variability and human impacts in the Nianbaoyeze Mountains (eastern Tibetan Plateau) inferred from pollen, diatom and tree-ring dataJournal of Paleolimnology
ErratumClimate of the Past
Quantitative reconstruction of precipitation changes on the NE Tibetan Plateau since the Last Glacial Maximum - Extending the concept of pollen source area to pollen-based climate reconstructions from large lakesClimate of the Past
Paleoenvironmental implications of new OSL dates on the formation of the "Shell Bar" in the Qaidam Basin, northeastern Qinghai-Tibetan PlateauJournal of Paleolimnology
Paleohydrology of Lake Kinneret during the Heinrich event H2Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

2013

Oxygen and carbon isotope patterns archived in shells of the aquatic gastropod RadixQuaternary International
Spatial variability of ¹⁴C reservoir effects in Tibetan Plateau lakesQuaternary International
Recent Freshwater Ostracods of the World: Crustacea, Ostracoda, PodocopidaJournal of Paleolimnology
Holocene lake stages and thermokarst dynamics in a discontinuous permafrost affected region, north-eastern Tibetan PlateauJournal of Asian Earth Sciences
Ostracod distribution and habitat relationships in the Kunlun Mountains, northern Tibetan PlateauQuaternary International
Carbon and oxygen isotopic compositionsActa Geologica Sinica
Environmental variability in the monsoon-westerlies transition zone during the last 1200 yearsQuaternary Science Reviews
Proxies for Quaternary monsoon reconstruction on the Tibetan PlateauQuaternary International

2012

Ostracods from water bodies in hyperarid Israel and Jordan as habitat and water chemistry indicatorsEcological Indicators
Quaternary Ostracods from the Tibetan Plateau and Their Significance for Environmental and Climate-Change Studies
Holocene hydrological and climatic change on the northern Mongolian Plateau based on multi-proxy records from Lake Gun NuurPalaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology
Ostracods from a Marmara Sea lagoon (Turkey) as tsunami indicatorsQuaternary International
Environmental constraints on lake sediment mineral compositions from the Tibetan Plateau and implications for paleoenvironment reconstructionJournal of Paleolimnology
Subfossil ostracode assemblages from Mongolia - Quantifying response for paleolimnological applicationsEcological Indicators
Stable isotope patterns archived in shells of the aquatic gastropod Radix: hydrologic and climatic signals across the Tibetan Plateau in sub-monthly resolutionQuaternary International
Late Glacial and Holocene development of Lake Donggi Cona, north-eastern Tibetan Plateau, inferred from sedimentological analysisPalaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology
Late Quaternary climate and landscape evolution in arid Central AsiaJournal of Asian Earth Sciences
Ecological development of Lake Donggi Cona, north-eastern Tibetan Plateau, since the late glacial on basis of organic geochemical proxies and non-pollen palynomorphsPalaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

2011

Reconstructing climate variability on the northeastern Tibetan Plateau since the last Lateglacial - a multi-proxy, dual-site approach comparing terrestrial and aquatic signalsQuaternary Science Reviews
Terrestrial and aquatic responses to climate change and human impact on the southeastern Tibetan Plateau during the past two centuriesGlobal Change Biology
Sedimentary record of coseismic subsidence in Hersek coastal lagoon (Izmit Bay, Turkey) and the late Holocene activity of the North Anatolian FaultGeochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems
Modest diatom responses to regional warming on the southeast Tibetan Plateau during the last two centuriesJournal of Paleolimnology
Ostracod distribution in Ulungur Lake (Xinjiang, China) and a reassessed Holocene recordEcological Research

2010

Basin morphology and seismic stratigraphy of Lake Donggi Cona, north-eastern Tibetan Plateau, ChinaQuaternary International
Using variations in the stable carbon isotope composition of macrophyte remains to quantify nutrient dynamics in lakesJournal of Paleolimnology
Lake nutrient variability inferred from elemental (C, N, S) and isotopic (δ¹³C, δ¹⁵N) analyses of aquatic plant macrofossilsQuaternary Science Reviews
Ostracods and stable isotopes of a late glacial and Holocene lake record from the NE Tibetan PlateauChemical Geology
Late Quaternary environmental history of the south-eastern Tibetan Plateau inferred from the Lake Naleng non-pollen palynomorph recordVegetation History and Archaeobotany
Lateglacial and Holocene variation in aeolian sediment flux over the northeastern Tibetan Plateau recorded by laminated sediments of a saline meromictic lakeJournal of Quaternary Science
Holocene treeline shifts and monsoon variability in the Hengduan Mountains (southeastern Tibetan Plateau), implications from palynological investigationsPalaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology
Modern hydrology and late Holocene history of Lake Karakul, eastern Pamirs (Tajikistan)Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology
Biomarker and compound-specific δ¹³C evidence for changing environmental conditions and carbon limitation at Lake Koucha, eastern Tibetan PlateauJournal of Paleolimnology
Quantitative relationship between water-depth and sub-fossil ostracod assemblages in Lake Donggi Cona, Qinghai Province, ChinaJournal of Paleolimnology
Holocene cold events on the Tibetan PlateauGlobal and Planetary Change
Late glacial vegetation and climate oscillations on the southeastern Tibetan Plateau inferred from the Lake Naleng pollen profileQuaternary Research
A modern pollen-climate calibration set based on lake sediments from the tibetan plateau and its application to a late quaternary pollen record from the qilian mountainsJournal of Biogeography
An ostracod-inferred large Middle Pleistocene freshwater lake in the presently hyper-arid Qaidam Basin (NW China)Quaternary International
Quantitative reconstruction of lake conductivity in the Quaternary of the Near East (Israel) using ostracodsJournal of Paleolimnology

2009

Quantitative climate and vegetation trends since the late glacial on the northeastern Tibetan Plateau deduced from Koucha Lake pollen spectraQuaternary Research
Carbon and oxygen isotopic composition of surface-sediment carbonate in Bosten Lake (Xinjiang, China) and its controlling factorsActa Geologica Sinica
A Lateglacial and Holocene lake record from the Nianbaoyeze Mountains and inferences of lake, glacier and climate evolution on the eastern Tibetan PlateauQuaternary Science Reviews
High-resolution records of the Holocene palaeoenvironmental variation reflected by carbonate and its isotopic compositions in Bosten lake and response to glacial activitiesActa Geologica Sinica

2008

Bias of ostracod stable isotope data caused by drying of sieve residues from waterJournal of Paleolimnology
Applications of lacustrine and marginal marine Ostracoda to palaeoenvironmental reconstructionPalaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology
Reduced early Holocene moisture availability in the Bayan Har Mountains, northeastern Tibetan Plateau, inferred from a multi-proxy lake recordPalaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology
A laminated tufa carbonate from the mid Holocene of the Qilian Mountains and its potential for palaeoclimate inferencesEpisodes

2007

An ostracod-conductivity transfer function for Tibetan lakesJournal of Paleolimnology
The palaeoenvironmental variation from the high-resolution record of the Holocene sedimentary carbonate and isotopic composition in Bosten Lake and its response to glacial activityActa Geologica Sinica

2006

A Holocene sedimentary record from Bosten Lake, ChinaPalaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology
Sino-Germany joint investigated environmental changes in Donggi Cona lake area on Qinghai- Tibet PlateauJournal of Glaciology and Geocryology
Temperature variability and vertical vegetation belt shifts during the last ∼50,000 yr in the Qilian Mountains (NE margin of the Tibetan Plateau, China)Quaternary Research
The Holocene salinity history of Bosten Lake (Xinjiang, China) inferred from ostracod species assemblages and shell chemistryQuaternary International
A late Middle Pleistocene large inland lake in a contemporary hyperarid desertEpisodes
Middle Pleistocene Ostracoda from a large freshwater lake in the presently dry Qaidam Basin (NW China)Journal of Micropalaeontology
A large Middle Pleistocene freshwater to oligohaline lake in the contemporary hyperarid Qaidam Basin (China)Episodes
The 15th International Symposium on OstracodaEpisodes

2005

New evidence for origin of the Badain Jaran Desert of Inner Mongolia from granulometry and thermoluminescence datingJournal of Palaeogeography
A Late Quaternary lake record from the Qilian Mountains (NW China)Global and Planetary Change
A late Quaternary lake record from the Qilian Mountains (NW China)Global and Planetary Change
Groundwater discharge to a Gobi desert lake during Mid and Late Holocene dry periodsPalaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology
Ground-water discharge to a Gobi desert lake during Mid and Late Holocene dry periodsPalaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

2004

Ostracod ecology of alluvial loess deposits in an eastern Tian Shan palaeo-lake (NW China)

2003

Sub-Recent Ostracoda from Qilian Mountains, NW ChinaJournal of Micropalaeontology
Palynological investigation of a Holocene profile section from the Palaeo-Gaxun-Nur-BasinChinese Science Bulletin
Holocene lake deposits of Bosten Lake, southern Xinjiang, ChinaChinese Science Bulletin
Hydrologic and climatic implications of a multi-disciplinary study of the mid to late Holocene Lake Eastern JuyanzeChinese Science Bulletin
Sub-Recent Ostracoda from Qilian Mountains (NW China) and their ecological significanceLimnologica

2002

Mid to Late Holocene palaeoenvironment of Lake Eastern Juyanze (north-western China) based on ostracods and stable isotopesGeobios
Formation, age and ostracod ecology of palaeo-lake deposits in the Gangou valley, eastern Tian Shan (NW-China)Zeitschrift fur Geomorphologie

2001

Sub-recent Ostracoda from Bosten Lake, NW ChinaJournal of Micropalaeontology

Keywords for Specialisation:

Quaternary geology

Aquatic ecology

Paleoenvironments