Dr. Ann-Kathrin Schatz
Address:
Eberhard Karls University Tübingen
Soil Science and Geomorphology
Rümelinstraße 19-23
D-72070 Tübingen
Office: Room W312, Westbau
Tel.: +49(0)7071-29-77-523
E-Mail: ann.schatz(at)uni-tuebingen.de
Consulting hours:
By arrangement
Research Topics:
- Quaternary paleoclimate and paleoenvironment
- Loess as a terrestrial archive
- Paleosols
- Sediment provenance
- Geochronology (Luminescence Dating, Fission Track, U-Pb, U/Th-He)
- Radiogenic isotopes (Sr, Nd)
- Stable isotopes (C, N)
- Biomarkers
Regions:
- SE Europe (Hungary, Serbia)
- Alaska
Work Experience:
| 10/2016 - today | University of Tübingen, Soil Science and Geomorphology Group Visiting lecturer |
| 04/2011 - 09/2016 | University of Tübingen, Soil Science and Geomorphology Group Researcher (PALAEOENVI project) |
| 02/2013 - 03/2013 | University of Science and Technology of China (USTC), Hefei/China) Visiting researcher |
| 02/2010-03/2010 and 01/2011-03/2011 | The Nordic Centre for Luminescence Research / Center for Nuclear Technologies, DTU Risø, Technical University of Denmark, Roskilde Visiting researcher |
| 05/2007-12/2010 | University of Tübingen, Soil Science and Geomorphology Group |
| 09-11/2008 | Institute for Lake Research (LUBW), Langenargen, Germany Intern |
Education:
| 2011 - 2014 | University of Tübingen, Soil Science and Geomorphology Group funding: Landesgraduiertenförderung Baden-Württemberg, PhD grant (2012-2014) |
10/2007- 03/2008 | University of Exeter, UK Exchange student |
| 2005-2010 | University of Tübingen final thesis in collaboration with the University of Bayreuth, Germany (Soil Physics and Geomorphology group) |
Teaching:
| WS 2016/17 | GEO76 - Seminar "Methoden zur Landschafts- und Klimarekonstruktion" (MSc level) |
| WS 2015/16 | GEO76 - Seminar "Methoden zur Landschafts- und Klimarekonstruktion" (MSc level) |
| WS 2014/15 | GEO76 - Seminar "Methoden zur Landschafts- und Klimarekonstruktion" (MSc level) |
| WS 2013/14 | GEO75 - Spatial Pedology and Geomorphology (MSc level, with T. Scholten and K. Schmidt) |
| WS 2012/13 | "Quantitative Geomorphology" in: GEO75 - Spatial Pedology and Geomorphology (MSc level, with T. Scholten and K. Schmidt) |
Field Work:
| 2012 | Northern Rocky Mountains, BC (Canada), rock sampling for thermochronlogy |
| 2011 | Alaska (USA), rock and sediment sampling in glaciated areas |
| 2008 | Lake Constance, lake sediment core sampling |
| 2009 | Hungary & Serbia, sediment sampling for geochemical analyses and dating |
| 2008 | Serbia, sediment sampling for geochemical analyses and dating |
| others | SW England, USA, Germany, Switzerland, Austria |
Publications:
Peer-reviewed articles:
Schatz, A.-K., Qi, Y., Siebel, W., Wu, J., Zöller, L. (2015): Tracking potential source areas of Central European loess: examples from Tokaj (HU), Nussloch (D) and Grub (AT). Open Geosciences 7, 1, 678–720. doi: 10.1515/geo-2015-0048
Schatz, A.-K., Scholten, T., Kühn, P. (2015): Paleoclimate and weathering of the Tokaj (Hungary) loess-paleosol sequence. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 426, 170-182. doi: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2015.03.016
Schatz, A.-K., Scholten, T., Kühn, P. (2014): Paleoclimate and weathering of the Tokaj (NE Hungary) loess-paleosol sequence: a comparison of geochemical weathering indices and paleoclimate parameters. Clim. Past Discuss., 10, 469-507. doi: 10.5194/cpd-10-469-2014
Enkelmann, E., Ehlers, T.A., Buck, G., Schatz, A. (2012): Advantages and challenges of automated apatite fission track counting. Chemical Geology 322-323, 278-289. doi: 10.1016/j.chemgeo.2012.07.013
Schatz, A., Buylaert, J-P., Murray, A., Stevens, T., Scholten, T. (2012): Establishing a luminescence chronology for a palaeosol-loess profile at Tokaj (Hungary): a comparison of quartz OSL and polymineral IRSL signals. Quaternary Geochronology 10, 68-74. doi: 10.1016/j.quageo.2012.02.018
Schatz, A., Zech, M., Buggle, B., Gulyás, S., Hambach, U., Markovic, S., Sümegi, P., Scholten, T. (2011): The late Quaternary loess record of Tokaj, Hungary: Reconstructing palaeoenvironment, vegetation and climate using stable C and N isotopes and biomarkers. Quaternary International 240, 52-61. doi: 10.1016/j.quaint.2010.10.009
Theses / monographs:
Schatz, A.-K. (2014): Towards a quantification of environmental and climatic factors between 60 and 20 ka in SE Europe using geochemistry and luminescence dating. PhD thesis, University of Tübingen. [Link]
Schatz, A.-K. (2010): The late Quaternary loess record of Tokaj, Hungary – reconstructing palaeoenvironment, -vegetation and -climate using stable C and N isotopes and biomarkers. Diplomarbeit, University of Tübingen.