Patrick Monien

Patrick Monien in front of omani mountain landscape.

Dr. Patrick Monien

GEO Room 5310
Klagenfurter Straße 2-4
28359 Bremen, Germany


Phone: +49 421 218 65403
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View of the Argentine Antarctic Station Carlini and the Tres Hermanos rock formation on King George Island.
View of the Argentine Antarctic Station Carlini and the Tres Hermanos on King George Island

Since the middle of the 20th century the western Antarctic Peninsula (WAP) belongs to the regions with the most rapid warming on Earth and is therefore considered to be one of the hotspots of climate change. During the last six decades an increase in mean annual air temperatures of more than 3°C is observed along the WAP​​​​​​​ causing severe changes in local cryospheric and ecosystems. The overarching aim is to assess, whether the documented temperature increase and associated glacier retreat at WAP​​​​​​​ is reflected in the geochemistry of sedimentary records and if such episodes did occur during other periods within the Holocene. Moreover, a focus is on biogeochemical processes in maritime Antarctic sediments and their implications for local benthic and pelagic communities.

 

  • Investigation of temporal changes in the geochemical composition of marine sediments derived from Maxwell Bay (King George Island, WAP​​​​​​​) that may be directly related to changing source areas due glacier retreats and re-advances during the Holocene.
  • Dating of surface sediments using 210Pb in order to assess whether the rapid glacier retreat and the concurrent increase in sediment-laden meltwater input in costal regions had an influence on local sediment accumulation rates since the middle of the last century.
  • Reconstruction of historical penguin colonies on Ardley Island (WAP​​​​​​​) using guano-associated bio-elements (e.g., Ca, P, Cu, Se, Zn) in lake sediments and determination of possible factors controlling local penguin population dynamics during the Holocene (climate change, sea ice extent, relative sea level and volcanic eruptions).
  • Determination of major pathways of organic matter degradation in coastal Antarctic sediments using pore water data (nutrients, trace metals, like Mn and Fe). In combination with mathematical models the significance of Antarctic shelf areas as a source for bioavailable iron in the HNLC (high nutrient – low chlorophyll) Southern Ocean will be assessed.

Curriculum vitae

Scientific career

since Aug. 2013Lab engineer, Bremen University, Germany
Feb. 2014PhD in Geochemistry, Carl von Ossietzky University Oldenburg, Germany
2009 - 2014Doctorate student in Microbiogeochemistry, ICBM, University of Oldenburg, Germany
Dec. 2008Diploma in Environmental Science, Carl von Ossietzky University Oldenburg, Germany
2004 - 2008Student of Marine Environmental Science, University of Oldenburg, Germany

Expeditions

  • The red remotely operated underwater vehicle on the deck of the research vessel Meteor.

    2023: M190 (Mid-Atlantic Ridge)

    Las Palmas de Gran Canaria (Spain) - Algeciras (Spain) / 08.06.2023 - 10.07.2023

  • A researcher works on the water samplers attached to the red, remotely operated underwater vehicle MARUM Quest 4000, which sits on the research vessel's brightly lit working deck.

    2018: SO263 (Northern Tonga Arc)

    Suva (Fiji) - Suva (Fiji) / 01.06.2018 - 27.06.2018

  • Picture of a rock formation in Oman, for size comparison a geologist's hammer is shown next to the rock.

    2015: Oman Ophiolite (northern Oman)

    Muscat (Oman) - Muscat (Oman) / 09.02.2015 - 22.02.2015

  • View over Potter Cove to the Fourcade Glacier on King George Island during sunset.

    2010/2011: King George Island, Western Antarctic Peninsula

    Dallmann Laboratory & Carlini Station (ARG) / 12.12.2010 - 28.02.2011

  • A group of gentoo penguins nesting on King George Island. Mountains can be seen in the background, some of which are covered in ice.

    2010: King George Island, Western Antarctic Peninsula

    Dallmann Laboratory & Carlini Station (ARG) / 12.01.2010 - 13.04.2010

  • A Norwegian fjord at dusk.

    2009: Kyllaren Fjord, Norway

    Sogndal (Norway) - Sogndal (Norway) / 09.05.2009 - 13.05.2009

  • View out of the hangar of the research vessel Heincke onto the rear deck, the ship lies crooked in the waves.

    2007: R/V Heincke (German Bight)

    Bremerhaven (Germany) - Bremerhaven (Germany) / 10.05.2007 - 15.05.2007


Publications

  • Meier K, O'Sullivan P, Jochmann M, Wallrath T, Monien P, Piepjohn K, Lisker F, Spiegel C (2024): Shallow thermal anomalies and their role in the breakup evolution along the conjugate margins of the Fram Strait (Svalbard and eastern North Greenland), indicated by low-temperature thermochronology. Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems 25(3), e2023GC011074.
    doi:10.1029/2023GC011074 |
  • Smrzka D, Lin Z, Monien P, Chen T, Bach W, Peckmann J, Bohrmann G (2024): Pyrite-based trace element fingerprints for methane and oil seepage. Geochemical Perspective Letters  29, 33-37.
    doi:10.7185/geochemlet.2409 |
  • Spiegel C, Sohi MS, Reiter W, Meier K, Ventura B, Lisker F, Estrada S, Piepjohn K, Berglar K, Koglin N, Klügel A, Monien P, Gerdes A, Linnemann U (2023): Phanerozoic tectonic and sedimentation history of the Arctic: Constraints from deep-time low-temperature thermochronology data of Ellesmere Island and Northwest Greenland. Tectonics  42(7), e2022TC007579.
    | doi:10.1029/2022TC007579 |
  • Sun Y, Smrzka D, Feng D, Monien P, Lu Y, Peckmann J (2022): Well-preserved clotted micrite in a diagenetically altered Jurassic seep deposit. Sedimentary Geology  438, 106195.
    | doi:10.1016/j.sedgeo.2022.106195 |
  • Prause S, Weisenberger TB, Kleine BI, Monien P, Rispoli C, Stefánsson A (2022): Alteration of basaltic glass within the Surtsey hydrothermal system, Iceland – Implication to oceanic crust seawater interaction. Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research  429, 107581.
    | doi:10.1016/j.jvolgeores.2022.107581 |
  • Smrzka D, Zwicker J, Lu Y, Sun Y, Feng D, Monien P, Bohrmann G, Peckmann J (2021): Trace element distribution in methane-seep carbonates: The role of mineralogy and dissolved sulfide. Chemical Geology  580, 120357.
    | doi:10.1016/j.chemgeo.2021.120357 |
  • Jonkers L, Gopalakrishnan A, Weßel L, Chiessi C, Groeneveld J, Monien P, Lessa D, Morard R (2021): Morphotype and crust effects on the geochemistry ofGloborotalia inflata. Paleoceanography and Paleoclimatology  36(4), e2021PA004224.
    | doi:10.1029/2021PA004224 |
  • Smrzka D, Feng D, Himmler T, Zwicker J, Hu Y, Monien P, Tribovillard N, Chen D, Peckmann J (2020): Trace elements in methane-seep carbonates – Potentials, limitations, and perspectives. Earth-Science Reviews  208, 103263.
    | doi:10.1016/j.earscirev.2020.103263 |
  • Giampouras M, Garrido GC, Bach W, Los C, Fussmann D, Monien P, Garcia-Ruiz JM (2020): On the controls of mineral assemblages and textures in alkaline springs, Samail Ophiolite, Oman. Chemical Geology  533, 119435.
    | doi:10.1016/j.chemgeo.2019.119435 |
  • Zundel M, Spiegel C, Lisker F, Monien P (2019): Post-mid-Cretaceous tectonic and topographic evolution of western Marie Byrd Land, West Antarctica: Insights from apatite fission track and (U-Th-Sm)/He data. Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems  20(12), 5831-5848.
    | doi:10.1029/2019GC008667 |
  • Vamvaka A, Pross J, Monien P, Piepjohn K, Estrada S, Lisker F, Spiegel C (2019): Exhuming the top end of North America: episodic evolution of the Eurekan belt and its potential relationships to North Atlantic plate tectonics and Arctic climate change. Tectonics  38(12), 4207-4228.
    | doi:10.1029/2019TC005621 |
  • Smrzka D, Zwicker J, Misch D, Walkner C, Gier S, Monien P, Bohrmann G, Peckmann J (2019): Oil seepage and carbonate formation: A case study from the southern Gulf of Mexico. Sedimentology  66(6), 2318-2353.
    | doi:10.1111/sed.12593 |
  • Zundel M, Spiegel C, Mehling A, Lisker F, Hillenbrand C-D, Monien P, Klügel A (2019): Thurston Island (West Antarctica) between Gondwana subduction and continental separation: A multi-stage evolution revealed by apatite thermochronology. Tectonics  38(3), 878-897.
    | doi:10.1029/2018TC005150 |
  • Kibaroglu M, Klügel A, Kozal E, Hartmann G, Monien P (2019): New evidence on the provenance of red lustrous wheel-made ware (RLW): Petrographic, elemental and Sr-Nd isotope analysis. Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports  24, 412-433.
    | doi:10.1016/j.jasrep.2019.02.004 |
  • Zwicker J, Smrzka D, Himmler T, Monien P, Gier S, Goedert J, Peckmann J (2018): Rare earth elements as tracers for microbial activity and early diagenesis: A new perspective from carbonate cements of ancient methane-seep deposits. Chemical Geology  501, 77-85.
    | doi:10.1016/j.chemgeo.2018.10.010 |
  • Jerosch K, Pehlke H, Monien P, Scharf FK, Weber L, Kuhn G, Braun MH, Abele D (2018): Benthic meltwater fjord habitats formed by rapid glacier recession on King George Island, Antarctica. Phil. Trans. R. Soc. A  376(2122):20170178.
    | doi:10.1098/rsta.2017.0178 |
  • Ritterbusch D, Fladung E, Simon J, Pietrock M, Lewin C, Kettler N, Klügel A, Kirchner T, Monien P, Schmidt T (2018): Die Quappe (Lota lota) in der Elbe. Schriften des Instituts für Binnenfischerei e.V. Potsdam-Sacrow, 51.
    | ISSN 1438-4876 |
  • Vázquez S, Monien P, Minetti RP, Jürgens J, Curtosi A, Villalba Primatz J, Frickenhaus S, Abele D, Mac Cormack W, Helmke E (2017): Bacterial communities and chemical parameters in soils and coastal sediments in response to diesel spills at Carlini Station, Antarctica. Science of the Total Environment 605-606, 26-37.
    | doi:10.1016/j.scitotenv.2017.06.129 |
  • Roberts SJ*, Monien P*, Foster LC*, Loftfield J, Hocking EP, Schnetger B, Pearson EJ, Juggins S, Fretwell P, Ireland L, Ochyra R, Haworth AR, Allen CS, Moreton SG, Davies SJ, Brumsack H-J, Bentley MJ, Hodgson DA (2017): Past penguin colony responses to explosive volcanism on the Antarctic Peninsula. Nature Communications  8, 14914.
    | doi:10.1038/ncomms14914 |
  • Monien D, Monien P, Brünjes R, Widmer T, Kappenberg A, Silva Busso AA, Schnetger B, Brumsack H-J (2017): Meltwater as a source of potentially bioavailable iron to Antarctica waters. Antarctic Science  29(3), 277-291.
    | doi:10.1017/S095410201600064X |
  • Smrzka D, Zwicker J, Klügel A, Monien P, Bach W, Bohrmann G, Peckmann J (2016): Establishing criteria to distinguish oil- from methane-seep carbonates. Geology 44(8), 667-670.
    | doi:10.1130/G38029.1 |
  • Sahade R, Lagger C, Torre L, Momo F, Monien P, Schloss I, Barnes DKA, Servetto N, Tarantelli S, Tatián M, Zamboni NS, Abele D (2015): Climate change and glacier retreat drive shifts in an Antarctic benthic ecosystem. Science Advances  1, e1500050.
    | doi:10.1126/sciadv.1500050 |
  • Schroeder T, Bach W, Jöns N, Jöns S, Monien P, Klügel A (2015): Fluid circulation and carbonate vein precipitation in the footwall of an oceanic core complex, Ocean Drilling Program Site 175, Mid-Atlantic Ridge. Geochemistry Geophysics Geosystems  16, 3716-3732.
    | doi:10.1002/2015GC006041 |
  • Monien P, Lettmann KA, Monien D, Asendorf S, Wölfl A-C, Lim CH, Thal J, Schnetger B, Brumsack H-J (2014): Redox conditions and trace metal cycling in coastal sediments from the maritime Antarctic. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta  141, 26-44.
    | doi:10.1016/j.gca.2014.06.003 |
  • Schloss IR, Wasilowska A, Dumont D, Almandoz GO, Hernando MP, Michaud-Tremblay C-A, Saravia L, Rzepecki M, Monien P, Monien D, Kopczyńska EE, Bers V, Ferreyra GA (2014): On the phytoplankton bloom in coastal waters of southern King George Island (Antarctica) in January 2010: An exceptional feature? Limnology & Oceanography  59(1), 195-210.
    | doi:10.4319/lo.2014.59.1.0195 |
  • Poigner H, Monien P, Monien D, Kriews M, Brumsack H-J, Wilhelms-Dick D, Abele D (2013): Influence of the pore water geochemistry on Fe and Mn assimilation in Laternula elliptica at King George Island (Antarctica). Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science 135, 285-295.
    | doi:10.1016/j.ecss.2013.10.027 |
  • Husmann G, Abele D, Kriews M, Monien P, Philipp EER (2012): The influence of sedimentation on metal accumulation and cellular oxidative stress markers in the Antarctic bivalve Laternula elliptica. Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science 111, 48-59.
    doi:10.1016/j.ecss.2012.06.003 |
  • Watcham EP, Bentley MJ, Hodgson DA, Roberts SJ, Fretwell PT, Lloyd JM, Larter RD, Whitehouse PL, Leng MJ, Monien P, Moreton SG (2011): A new relative sea level curve for the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica. Quaternary Science Reviews  30, 3152-3170.
    | doi:10.1016/j.quascirev.2011.07.021 |
  • Monien P, Brumsack H-J, Schnetger B, Hass HC, Kuhn G (2011): A geochemical record of Late Holocene paleoenvironmental changes at King George Island (maritime Antarctica). Antarctic Science 23(3), 255-267.
    | doi:10.1017/S095410201100006X |
  • Hass HC, Kuhn G, Monien P, Brumsack H-J, Forwick M (2010): Climate fluctuations during the past two millennia as recorded in sediments from Maxwell Bay, South Shetland Islands, West Antarctica. In: Howe J, Austin WEN, Paetzel M and Forwick M (eds.): Fjordic Depositional Systems and Archives. Geological Society of London Special Publications 344, 243-260.
    | doi:10.1144/SP344.17 |
  • Poigner H, Badewien T, Suckow B, Monien P (2009): Stickstoff und Phosphoreleminierung von Bodenfiltern - Vergleichende Untersuchung eines Horizontal- und eines Vertikalfiltersystems in Niedersachsen außerhalb der Vegetationsperiode. GWF - Wasser/Abwasser, Nr. 10/2009.
  • Smrzka D, Lin Z, Monien P, Bach W, Peckmann J, Bohrmann G (2024): Pyrite-based trace element fingerprints for methane and oil seepage. European Geosciences Union General Assembly 2024, Vienna, Austria.
  • Smrzka D, Lin Z, Monien P, Bach W, Peckmann J, Bohrmann G (2023): Trace element behavior at natural marine hydrocarbon seeps: Preliminary results and new insights from oil and methane seepage-derived authigenic pyrite.Goldschmidt Conference 2023, Lyon, France.
  • Galerne CY, Bach W, Wiggers C, Neumann F, Hoefig TW, Lizarralde D, Kahl W-A, Teske A, Cheviet A, Buatier M, Peña-Salinas M, Stock J, Karsten J, Berndt C, Monien P, Negrete-Aranda R, Böttner C (2023): Geology of a steady state low-temperature hydrothermal system at the subseafloor, a live example from the Guaymas Basin, Gulf of California. AGU Chapman Conference, Agros, Cyprus.
  • Sun Y, Smrzka D, Feng D, Monien P, Peckmann J (2022): Mineral formation and life at methane seeps through time and space: A journey from the Himalaya to the South China Sea. 21. International Sedimentological Congress, Bejing, China.
  • Smrzka D, Zwicker J, Lu Y, Sun Y, Feng D, Monien P, Bohrmann G, Peckmann J (2022): Trace element distribution in methane-seep carbonates: The role of mineralogy and dissolved sulfide. 21. International Sedimentological Congress, Bejing, China.
  • Galerne C, Bach W, Berndt C, Schwark L, Höfig T, Buatier M, Cheviet A, Kahl W-A, Hasenclever J, Lizarralde D, Stockhausen M, Wiggers C, Karstens J, Monien Pand the IODP Expedition 385 scientists (2022): Magma-sediment mingling processes, control and longevity of related hydrothermal systems - Implications for the Earth’s Carbon-, Plate-, Life-Cycles (IODP Exp 385, Guaymas Basin, Gulf of California). European Geosciences Union General Assembly 2022, Vienna, Austria.
  • Wiggers C, Galerne C, Acosta M, Pistone M, Bach W, Kahl W-A, Burwicz-Galerne E, Monien P, Baumgartner LP, Höfig T, Klügel A (2022): Microstructural and chemical investigation of magma-sediment mingling in natural and laboratory samples. European Geosciences Union General Assembly 2022, Vienna, Austria.
  • Meier K, O'Sullivan P, Monien P, Piepjohn K, Lisker F, Spiegel C (2022): The Eurekan in eastern North Greenland: insights from thermochronology. European Geosciences Union General Assembly 2022, Vienna, Austria.
  • Meier K, O'Sullivan P, Jochmann M. Monien P, Piepjohn K, Lisker F, Spiegel C (2022): Connecting the thermal evolution of Northern Greenland and Svalbard by dating thermal anomalies in Upper Cretaceous-Paleogene sediments. 28. Internationale Polartagung 2022, Potsdam.
  • Meier K, O'Sullivan P, Jochmann M, Monien P, Piepjohn K, Lisker F, Spiegel C (2021): Thermal imprints along conjugated continental margins in response to the opening of the northern North Atlantic - case studies from eastern North Greenland and western Svalbard. European Geosciences Union General Assembly 2021, Vienna, Austria.
  • Smrzka D, Vandyk T, Kettler C, Monien P, Le Heron DP (2020): A Neoproterozoic, shallow marine, anoxic stromatolite habitat from the mixed carbonate – clastic Horse Thief Springs Formation, Death Valley. 59th British Sedimentological Research Group Annual General Meeting 2020, Liverpool, UNited Kingdom.
  • Meier K, Jochmann M, Blumenberg M, Kus J, Piepjohn K, O'Sullivan P, Monien P, Kolb V, Lisker F, Spiegel C (2020): Thermal anomalies in Late Mesozoic to Cenozoic basin deposits: What can they tell us about the separation of Greenland from Svalbard? European Geosciences Union General Assembly 2020, Vienna, Austria.
  • Kibaroğlu M, Kozal E, Klügel A, Hartmann G, Monien P (2019): Tracing the provenance of red lustrous wheel-made ware (RLW): Petrographic, geochemical and Sr-Nd isotope analysis. EMAC 2019, Barcelona, Spain.
  • Vamvaka A, Pross J, Monien P, Piepjohn K, Estrada S, Lisker F, Spiegel C (2019): Episodic exhumation along the northern Canadian margin, with implications of the tectonic, geotectonic and environmental evolution of the Arctic from Paleocene to Oligocene times. European Geosciences Union General Assembly 2019, Vienna, Austria.
  • Kibaroğlu M, Kozla E, Klügel A, Hartmann G, Monien P (2018): On the origin of Red Lustrous wheel-made ware (RLW): Preliminary results of chemical, Sr and Nd isotopic analysis and archaeological interpretation. 11. Internationaler Kongress über die Archäologie des alten Nahen Ostens (ICAANE), Munich, Germany.
  • Meier K, Spiegel C, Monien P, Klügel A, Kolb V (2018): Tracing trails of fault activity along a major shear zone in Calabria, Southern Italy – Implications for the geodynamic evolution and for methodological aspects of (U-Th-Sm)/He-thermochronology. 17th Symposium of Tectonics, Structural Geology and Crystalline Geology, Jena, Germany.
  • Giampouras M, Garcia-Ruiz JM, Bach W, Garrido CJ, Los CL, Fußmann D, Monien P (2017): Effect of hydrochemistry on mineral precipitation and textural diversity in serpentinization-driven alkaline environments; Insights from thermal springs in the Oman Ophiolite. American Geoscience Union, Fall Meeting 2017, New Orleans, USA.
  • Türke A, Bach W, Boetius A, Diehl A, German C, Köhler J, Mertens C, Monien P, Prause S, Sueltenfuss J (2017): Dissolved-particulate exchange in the proximal hydrothermal plume at the Aurora Vent Field, Gakkel Ridge, Arctic Ocean. Goldschmidt Conference 2017, Paris, France (Poster).
  • Roberts S, Monien P, Foster L, Loftfield J, Hocking E, Schnetger B, Pearson E, Juggins S, Fretwell P, Ireland L, Ochyra R, Haworth A, Allen C, Moreton S, Davies S, Brumsack H-J, Bentley MJ, Hodgson DA, Verleyen E (2017): Past penguin colony responses to explosive volcanism and climate change on the Antarctic Peninsula. SCAR Biology Symposium 2017, Leuven, Belgium.
  • Kibaroğlu M, Kozal E, Klügel A, Hartmann G, Monien P (2017): On the origin of red lustrous wheel-made ware (RLW): Preliminary results of chemical, Sr and Nd iotopic analysis and archaeological outcomes. European Meeting on Ancient Ceramics 2017, Bordeaux, France.
  • Giampouras M, Garcia-Ruiz JM, Bach W, Garrido CJ, Los CL, Fussmann D, Monien P (2017): Mineral textures in serpentine-hosted alkaline springs from the Oman ophiolite. European Geosciences Union General Assembly 2017, Vienna, Austria.
  • Monien P, Roberts S, Foster L, Loftfield J, Schnetger B, Pearson E, Hocking E, Fretwell P, Ireland L, Ochyra R, Haworth A, Allen C, Brumsack H-J, Bentley M, Hodgson D (2016): Past penguin colony linkages to climate change and catastrophic volcanism on the northern Antarctic Peninsula. American Geoscience Union, Fall Meeting 2016, San Francisco, USA.
  • Spiegel C, Klügel A, Monien P, Kolb V (2016): Potential influence of apatite chlorine content on (U-Th-Sm)/He thermochronology. 15th Int. Conference on Thermochronology, Maresias, Brazil.
  • Schroeder T, Bach W, Jöns N, Rausch S, Monien P, Klügel A (2014): Olivine carbonation and multiple episodes of carbonate veining during basement rock denudation in an oceanic core complex, ODP Site 1275, Mid-Atlantic Ridge: A natural analog for engineered carbon sequestration. American Geoscience Union, Fall Meeting 2014, San Francisco, USA.
  • Roberts SJ, Monien P, Watcham E, Hodgson D, Bentley M, Brumsack H-J, Loftfield J, Schnetger B, Fretwell P, Ochyra R, Hey A, Allen C, Moreton S, Pearson E, Taylor L, Manograsso-Czalbowski T, del Valle R (2014): Holocene deglaciation & ecosystem change on the South Shetland Islands. SCAR Open Science Conference 2014, Auckland, New Zealand.
  • Roberts SJ, Heredia P, Monien P, Taylor L et al. (2014): Deglaciation and Holocene climate change on the South Shetland Islands, Western Antarctic Peninsula (WAP). UK Antarctic Research Symposium, Bristol, United Kingdom (Poster).
  • Manograsso-Czalbowski NT, Monien P, Moretti L, Chaparro MAE, Böhnel HN, Morrás H, Paladino IR, Brumsack H-J, Schnetger B (2014): Geochemistry and mineralogy as tools for sediment provenance and sedimentary dynamics studies in Potter Cove, Isla 25 de Mayo (King George Island).1stIMCONetWP5 Workshop, Bremerhaven, Germany.
  • Manograsso-Czalbowski NT, Monien P, Moretti L, Chaparro MAE, Böhnel HN, Morrás H, Paladino IR, Brumsack H-J, Schnetger B (2013): Geoquímica y mineralogía de los sedimentos de Península y Caleta Potter, Isla 25 de Mayo (KGI): Sus implicancias en los ambientes sedimentarios actuales de Antártida. 7th Latin American Congress of Antarctic Science 2013, La Serena, Chile.
  • Monien D, Monien P, Brünjes RM, Widmer T, Schnetger B, Brumsack H-J (2013): Sedimentary regimes at Potter Cove, King George Island, maritime Antarctica - from source source to sink. European Geosciences Union General Assembly 2013, Vienna, Austria (Poster).
  • Roberts SJ, Monien P, Watcham EP, Pearson EJ, Taylor L, Manograsso-Czalbowski NT, Hodgson DA, Bentley MJ, Loftfield J, Schnetger B, Brumsack H-J, Griffiths HJ, Juggins D, del Valle R (2013): Linking past environmental and ecosystem changes on the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica. XI. SCAR Biology Symposium, Barcelona, Spain.
  • Abele D, Quartino L, Falk U, Schloss IR, Monien D, Bers V, Piquet A, Sahade R, Dominguez C, Wasilowska A, Braun M, Hass HC, Torre L, Monien P, Hernando MP (2012): ESF-IMCOAST: an integrated multi-disciplinary study of coastal climate change effects in Western Antarctica. SCAR Open Science Conference 2012, Portland, USA.
  • Roberts SJ, Hodgson DA, Watcham EP, Bentley MJ, Monien P, Brumsack H-J, Pearson E, Juggins S, Taylor L, Manograsso Czalbowski NT, del Valle R. (2012): Reconstructing past environmental & relative sea level change on the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica, from lake sediment and terrestrial records (2012). UK Antarctic Science Conference, Cambridge, United Kingdom (Poster).
  • Poigner H, Monien D, Monien P, Kriews M, Brumsack H-J, Wilhelms-Dick D, Abele D (2012): Element ratios between digestive gland and gill tissues of the Antarctic bivalve Laternula elliptica as a proxy for element uptake from different environmental sources. European Geosciences Union General Assembly 2012, Vienna, Austria.
  • Poigner H, Monien P, Monien D, Brumsack H-J, Wilhelms-Dick D, Abele D (2012): Redox conditions in coastal sediments as a controlling factor of iron assimilation in the Antarctic bivalve Laternula elliptica. IMCOAST Workshop 2012, Buenos Aires, Argentinien.
  • Roberts SJ, Hodgson DA, Watcham EP, Monien P, Brumsack H-J, Pearson E, Juggins S, Taylor L, Manograsso Czalbowski NT, del Valle R (2012): Reconstructing past environmental & relative sea level change on the South Shetland Islands from lake sediment and terrestrial records. IMCOAST Workshop 2012, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
  • Vázquez SC, Mac Cormack WP, Monien P, Jürgens J, Helmke E (2012): Response of bacterial soil communities to a small oil-spill at the Argentine base Jubany on King George Island (Antarctic). Int. Conference on Contaminants in Freezing Ground, Obergurgl, Austria (Poster).
  • Vázquez SC, Jürgens J, Monien P, Minetti RP, Mac Cormack WP, Helmke E (2012): Response of bacterial soil communities to a small diesel-spill at the Argentine station Carlini on King George Island (Antarctic). 14thInt. Symposium on Microbial Ecology (ISME), Copenhagen, Denmark (Poster).
  • Monien P, Watcham EP, Roberts SJ, Loftfield J, Hodgson DA, Bentley MJ, Schnetger B, Brumsack H-J (2011) A 9000-year history of climate change as recorded by ornithogenic lake sediments at Ardley Island (maritime Antarctica). INQUA 2011, Bern, Switzerland (Poster).
  • Monien P, Roberts SJ, Loftfield J, Watcham EP, Hodgson DA, Bentley MJ, Schnetger B, Brumsack H-J (2011): Penguin droppings vs. magmatic rocks: Evidence of Holocene climate variability as recorded by lake sediment geochemistry at Ardley Island (maritime Antarctic Peninsula). ISAES 2011, Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom.
  • Watcham EP, Bentley MJ, Hodgson DA, Monien P, Fretwell P, Lloyd J, Larter R (2011): A new relative sea level curve for the South Shetland Islands. ISAES 2011, Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom.
  • Roberts SJ, Hodgson DA, Verleyen E, Vyverman W, Bentley MJ, Watcham EP, Pearson E, Monien P, McCulloch MJ & University of Ghent project members (2011): Reconstructing Holocene climate change across the Polar Frontal Zone. ISAES 2011, Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom.
  • Monien P, Loftfield J, Roberts SJ, Schnetger B, Brumsack H-J (2010): Holocene paleoenvironmental changes at King George Island (maritime Antarctica) as recorded by lake sediment geochemistry. IMCOAST Workshop 2010, Cordoba, Argentina.
  • Hass HC, Kuhn G, Monien P, Wittenberg N, Wölfl A-C (2010): Periods of stronger and weaker meltwater discharge into Maxwell Bay (King George Island, Antarctica) during the past two Millenia. IMCOAST Workshop 2010, Cordoba, Argentina.
  • Kuhn G, Wittenberg N, Monien P, Hass HC (2010): Sedimentary and geochemical cycles in the Maxwell Bay cores. IMCOAST Workshop 2010, Cordoba, Argentina.
  • Abele D, Braun M, Dominguez C, Monien P, Wasiłowska A, Tatur A, Schloss IR, Hernando MP, Quartino L, Torre L, Sahade R, Philipp EER et al. (2010): Rapid climate related change at King-George Island: an interdisciplinary approach to coastal systems change. SCAR Open Science Conference 2010, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
  • Hass HC, Kuhn G, Monien P, Brumsack H-J (2010): Late Holocene sedimentation processes in Maxwell Bay, King George Island, Antarctica. SCAR Open Science Conference 2010, Buenos Aires, Argentina (Poster).
  • Monien P, Schnetger B, Hass HC, Kuhn G, Brumsack H-J (2010): Geochemical characterization of Maxwell Bay sediments – evidence for late Holocene climate variability at King George Island, maritime Antarctica. SCAR Open Science Conference 2010, Buenos Aires, Argentina (Poster).
  • Hass HC, Kuhn G, Monien P, Brumsack H-J (2009): Late Holocene climate dynamics: A high-resolution sediment core from Maxwell Bay, South Shetland Islands, Antarctica. American Geoscience Union, Fall Meeting 2009, San Francisco, USA (Poster).
  • Monien P, Hass HC, Kuhn G, Brumsack H-J (2009): Late Holocene climate variability at the Western Antarctic Peninsula as evidenced by geochemical proxies from coastal sediments. Workshop on the response of marine and terrestrial biota along the Western Antarctic Peninsula to climate change and the global context of the observed change, Madralin, Poland (Poster).

 

 

 

 

Doctorate Thesis

Diploma Thesis

  • Monien P (2008): A geochemical comparison of Holocene sediments from Maxwell Bay and Potter Cove off King George Island (Antarctic Peninsula). Diploma Thesis, Carl von Ossietzky University Oldenburg.