Department
Department of Paleoceanology
Organization
GEOMAR Research Center for Marine Geosciences
Email
ddethleff@gmx.de

Location

Kiel
Germany

Interests

Sea Ice

Science Specialties

glacimarine processes, marine sedimentology, sea ice dynamics

Current Research

Radionuclide transport from the Kara Sea toward the central Arctic by sea ice. Dense water formation subsequent to lead ice formation on the Siberian shelves. Entrainment of sediment particles into newly forming lab-tank salt water ice supported by Langmuir circulation. Pollution transport by sea ice and sea-ice sediments. Arctic shelf dense water formation. Arctic meteorology.