Dr. Paul Strobel

Late Quaternary climate and environmental reconstruction based on lake and peat sediments from South Africa

Project Description on GEPRISExterner Link

• Lake and peat sediments/deposits as archives for paleoenvironmental and climatic evolution and its dynamic in southern Africa during the late Quaternary
• Multi-proxy approach including: leaf-wax and plant-derived sugar biomarkers, compound-specific stable isotopes as well as various (in)organic (bio)geochemical analyses
• Sediment fluxes and transformation processes into lakes (source to sink) and sediment distribution in lakes

• South Africa
• Mongolia
• Germany

Since 09.2022
Research associate/postdoctoral researcher at the Institute of Geography, FSU Jena

01.2019 – 08.2022
PhD student at the Institute of Geography, FSU Jena (Landesgraduiertenstipendium 2019 and DFG)

10.2017 – 12.2018
Research associate at the Institute of Geography, FSU Jena

10.2014 – 09.2017
M. Sc. studies Geography (Physical Geography and Geoecology) at FSU Jena
Master thesis: Paleoenvironmental investigations on peat sediments from Vankervelsvlei in the year-round rainfall zone of South Africa

10.2011 – 09.2014
B. Sc. studies Geography at FSU Jena
Bachelor thesis: Vergleich gemessener und simulierter Klimadaten im Bundesstaat Rio de Janeiro im Hinblick auf hydrologische Modellierungen

06.2010
Abitur at Goethe-Gymnasium Weimar

11.2021  -  Strobel, P., Bliedtner, M., Carr, A.S., du Plessis, N., Glaser, B., Klaes, B., Quick, L.J., Salazar, G., Struck, J., Szidat, S., Zech, M., Zech, R., Haberzettl, T. (2021): Advantages of compound‐specific isotopes to reconstruct paleohydrological changes at South Africa’s southern Cape coast during the Holocene. Mid-European Geomorphology Meeting 2021, Munich (talk).

09.2021 -   Strobel, P., Bliedtner, M., Carr, A.S., du Plessis, N., Glaser, B., Klaes, B., Quick, L.J., Salazar, G., Struck, J., Szidat, S., Zech, M., Zech, R., Haberzettl, T. (2021): Calibration and application of molecular biomarker isotopes to reconstruct paleohydrological changes at South Africa’s southern Cape coast during the Holocene. DEUQUA, online (talk).

05.2020 - Bliedtner, M., Strobel, P., Struck, J., Enyedi, B., Bromm, T., Glaser, B., Salazar, G., Szidat, S., Loren, R., Dubois, N., Zech, R. (2020): Human-induced soil erosion and landscape changes in the Mongolian Altai - a biogeochemical multi-proxy approach from Lake Khar Nuur. Euopean Geoscience Union 2020, Vienna (poster).

05.2020 - Strobel, P., Zech, R., Bliedtner, M., Struck, J., Glaser, B.; Zech, M., Meadows, M.E., Haberzettl, T. (2020): Calibration of δ²H_n-alkane and δ¹⁸O_sugar for paleoclimate reconstructions in South Africa and its first application to peat sediments from Vankervelsvlei. Euopean Geoscience Union 2020, Vienna (poster).

05.2020 - Struck, J., Bliedtner, M., Strobel, P., Daut, G., Schumacher, J., Bittner, L., Plessen, B., Glaser, B., Klaes, B., Bazarradnaa, E., Salazar, G., Szidat, S. , Zech, M., Zech, R. (2020): Calibration and paleohydrological application of compound-specific isotope analyses (δ13Cwax, δ2Hwax and δ18Osugar) in semi-arid/arid Mongolia. Euopean Geoscience Union 2020, Vienna (poster).

09.2019 - Strobel, P., Haberzettl, T., Bliedtner, M., Kasper, T., Struck, J., Zabel, M., Zech, R. (2019): A 8.5 kyr high-resolution multi-proxy paleoclimate record from lake Voёlvlei, Southern Cape, South Africa. GeoMünster 2019, Münster (talk).

09.2019 - Zech, R., Bliedtner, M., Struck, J., Strobel, P., von Suchodoletz, H., Bazarradnaa, E., Zech, M. (2019): Calibrating Leaf Wax Pattern and Compound-Specific Isotopes. International Loess Symposium, Jerevan (talk).

07-08.2019 - Strobel, P., Haberzettl, T., Bliedtner, M., Kasper, T., Struck, J., Zabel, M., Mäusbacher, R., Meadows, M.E., Zech, R. (2019): A 8.5 kyr high-resolution multi-proxy paleoclimate record from lake Voёlvlei, Southern Cape, South Africa. International Union for Quaternary Research 2019, Dublin (poster).

07-08.2019 - Struck, J., Strobel, P., Bliedtner, M., Schumacher, J., Bittner, L., Bazarradnaa, E., Glaser, B., Zech, M., Zech, R. (2019): A 4 kyr high-resolution multi-proxy paleoclimate record from Lake Telmen, Central Mongolia. International Union for Quaternary Research 2019, Dublin (poster).

05.2019 - Strobel, P., Haberzettl, T., Bliedtner, M., Kasper, T., Struck, J., Zabel, M., Zech, R. (2019): A 8.5 kyr high-resolution multi-proxy paleoclimate record from lake Voёlvlei, Southern Cape, South Africa. 13^th International Young Geomorphologists Meeting, Wolfshausen (Giessen) (poster).

05.2019 - Struck, J., Bliedtner, M., Strobel, P., Schumacher, J., Bazarradnaa, E., Zech, R. (2019): Paleoclimate reconstructions in Mongolia using biomarkers - A regional scale calibration study on plants and topsoils. 13^th International Young Geomorphologists Meeting, Wolfshausen (Giessen) (poster).

04.2018 - Strobel, P., Haberzettl, T., Frenzel, P., Schittek, K., Quick, L., Kasper, T., Schefuß, E., Kirsten, K., Meadows, M.E., Mäusbacher, R. (2018): Late Quaternary paleoenvironmental change in the year-round rainfall zone of South Africa derived from peat sediments from Vankervelsvlei. Euopean Geoscience Union 2018, Vienna (poster).

09.2017 - Strobel, P., Haberzettl, T., Frenzel, P., Schittek, K., Quick, L., Kasper, T., Schefuß, E., Kirsten, K., Meadows, M.E., Mäusbacher, R. (2017): Paleoenvironmental investigations on peat sediments from Vankervelsvlei in the year round rainfall zone of South Africa. GeoBremen 2017, Bremen (poster).

2024

• Prochnow, M., K. Dulias, P. Strobel, M. Bliedtner, G. Daut, S. Szidat, G. Salazar, F. Lechleitner, S. Acharya, R. Abarca, A. Schwarz, A. Schwalb, R. Zech (2024): Paleohydrology and human driven paleoproductivity during the Late Holocene from Schliersee, Bavaria. Quaternary Science Reviews 345, 109012. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.quascirev.2024.109012Externer Link
• Acharya, S., P. Strobel, M. Prochnow, S. Taut, M. Zech, A. Schwalb, R. Zech: Paleoclimate, paleoenvironment, and human impact over the last 400 years based on lipid biomarkers from Lake Höglwörth, Germany. Quaternary Science Advances 15, 100231. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.qsa.2024.100231Externer Link
• Strobel, P., T. Henning, M. Bliedtner, S. G. Mosher, H. Rahimova, T. Haberzettl, K. L. Kirsten, E. Lehndorff, M. J. Power, M. Zech, R. Zech (2024): Holocene fire dynamics and their climatic controls on the southern Cape coast of South Africa – A 7.2 ka multi-proxy record from the peatland Vankervelsvlei. Quaternary Science Reviews 325, 108464. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.quascirev.2023.108464Externer Link

2023

• Prochnow, M., P. Strobel, M. Bliedtner, J. Struck, L. Bittner, S. Szidat, G. Salazar, H. Schneider, S. Acharya, M. Zech, R. Zech (2023): Summer paleohydrology during the Late Glacial and Early Holocene based on δ²H and δ¹⁸O from Bichlersee, Bavaria. Scientific Reports 13, 18487 (Collection "Holocene Paleoclimate"). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-023-45754-4Externer Link
• Acharya, S., R. Zech, P. Strobel, M. Bliedtner, M. Prochnow, C. De Jonge (2023): Environmental controls on the distribution of GDGT molecules in Lake Höglwörth, Southern Germany. – Organic Geochemistry 186. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.orggeochem.2023.104689Externer Link
• Bliedtner, M., Strobel, P., Struck, J., Prochnow, M., Bazarradnaa, E., Zech, R., 2023: Mid to Late Holocene moisture evolution of semi-arid Mongolia and its anti-phase relationship with monsoonal Asia. Quaternary Science Reviews 313, 108201. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.quascirev.2023.108201Externer Link
• Bliedtner, M., Haberzettl, T., Nowaczyk, N., Bazarradnaa, E., Zech, R., Strobel, P., 2023. Assessing lock-in depth and establishing a Late Holocene paleomagnetic secular variation record from the Mongolian Altai. Radiocarbon, 1–12. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/RDC.2023.38Externer Link

2022

• Strobel, P., Bliedtner, M., Carr, A. S., Struck, J., du Plessis, N., Glaser, B., Meadows, M.E., Quick, L.J., Zech, M., Zech, R., Haberzettl, T, (2022). Reconstructing Late Quaternary precipitation and its source on the southern Cape coast of South Africa: A multi-proxy paleoenvironmental record from Vankervelsvlei. Quaternary Science Reviews 284, 107467. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.quascirev.2022.107467Externer Link.
• Bliedtner, M., Strobel, P., Struck, J., Salazar, G., Szidat, S., Nowaczyk, N., Bazarradnaa, E., Lloren, R., Dubois, N., Haberzettl, T., Zech, R., 2022. Holocene Temperature Variations in Semi-Arid Central Mongolia—A Chronological and Sedimentological Perspective From a 7400-year Lake Sediment Record From the Khangai Mountains. Frontiers in Earth Science 10. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3389/feart.2022.910782Externer Link.
• Struck, J., Bliedtner, M., Strobel, P., Taylor, W., Biskop, S., Plessen, B., Klaes, B., Bittner, L., Jamsranjav, B., Salazar, G., Szidat, S., Brenning, A., Bazarradnaa, E., Glaser, B., Zech, M., Zech, R., 2022. Central Mongolian lake sediments reveal new insights on climate change and equestrian empires in the Eastern Steppes. Scientific reports 12(1). DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-06659-wExterner Link.
• Strobel, P., Struck, J., Bazarradnaa, E., Zech, M., Zech, R., Bliedtner, M., 2022. Precipitation and Lake Water Evaporation Recorded by Terrestrial and Aquatic n‐Alkane δ²H Isotopes in Lake Khar Nuur, Mongolia. Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems 23(2). DOI: https://doi.org/10.1029/2021GC010234Externer Link.

2021

• Bliedtner, M., Struck, J., Strobel, P., Salazar, G., Szidat, S., Bazarradnaa, E., Lloren, R., Dubois, N., Zech, R., 2021. Late Holocene Climate Changes in the Altai Region Based on a First High‐Resolution Biomarker Isotope Record From Lake Khar Nuur. Geophysical Research Letters 48 (20). DOI: https://doi.org/10.1029/2021GL094299Externer Link.
• Strobel, P., Bliedtner, M., Carr, A.S., Frenzel, P., Klaes, B., Salazar, G., Struck, J., Szidat, S., Zech, R., Haberzettl, T. (2021). Holocene sea level and environmental change at the southern Cape - an 8.5 kyr multi-proxy paleoclimate record from lake Voёlvlei, South Africa. Climate of the Past 17, 1567-1586. DOI: https://doi.org/10.5194/cp-17-1567-2021Externer Link.
• Strobel, P., Struck, J., Zech, R., Bliedtner, M. (2021): The spatial distribution of sedimentary compounds and their environmental implications in surface sediments of Lake Khar Nuur (Mongolian Altai). Earth Surface Processes and Landforms. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/esp.5049Externer Link.

2019 – 2020

• Struck, J., Bliedtner, M., Strobel, P., Bittner, L., Bazarradnaa, E., Andreeva, D., Zech, W., Glaser, B., Zech, M., Zech, R. (2020): Leaf waxes and hemicelluloses in topsoils reflect the δ²H and δ¹⁸O isotopic composition of precipitation in Mongolia. Frontiers in Earth Science 8, 343. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3389/feart.2020.00343Externer Link.
• Kirsten, K.L., Kasper, T., Cawthra, H.C., Strobel, P., Quick, L.J., Meadows, M.E., Haberzettl, T. (2020): Holocene variability in climate and oceanic conditions in the winter rainfall zone of South Africa—inferred from a high resolution diatom record from Verlorenvlei. Journal of Quaternary Science. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/jqs.3200Externer Link.
• Strobel, P., Haberzettl, T., Bliedtner, M., Struck, J., Glaser, B., Zech, M., Zech, R. (2020): The potential of δ²H_n-alkanes and δ¹⁸O_sugar for paleoclimate reconstruction – A regional calibration study for South Africa. Science of The Total Environment 716: 137045. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.137045Externer Link.
• Struck, J., Bliedtner, M., Strobel, P., Schumacher, J., Bazarradnaa, E., Zech, R. (2020): Leaf wax n-alkane patterns and compound-specific δ¹³C of plants and topsoils from semi-arid and arid Mongolia. Biogeosciences 17: 567-580. DOI: https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-17-567-2020Externer Link.
• Strobel, P., Kasper, T., Frenzel, P., Schittek, K., Quick, L.J., Meadows, M.E., Mäusbacher, R., Haberzettl, T. (2019): Late Quaternary palaeoenvironmental change in the year-round rainfall zone of South Africa derived from peat sediments from Vankervelsvlei. Quaternary Science Reviews 218: 200-214. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.quascirev.2019.06.014Externer Link.