Recent developments in Paleo-environmental studies-Bremen University, National Taiwan University, Vietnam National University Hanoi
University of Science & Hokkaido University Joint Workshop-

14-17 Feb 2014
Sapporo, Japan

14 Feb, 2014 (Fri)10:00- 16:30

Pre-Workshop meeting with respective hosts

15 Feb, 2014 (Sat)10:00- 10:15

Welcome remarks and logistics

10:15- 10;45

Holocene changes in the Bering Strait inflow
Masanobu Yamamoto (Faculty of Environmental Earth Science, Hokkaido Univ.)-Coffee break-

11:00-11:30

Recent development in paleoclimate study in Vietnam
Nguyen Thuy Duong, and Nguyen Van Vuong (VNU-Hanoi Univ. of Science)

11:30-12:00

Tropical climate and vegetation response to Heinrich Event 1
Dian Handiani1, André Paul2,3, Matthias Prange2,3, Ute Merkel2,3, Lydie Dupont3, and Xiao
Zhang2 (1JAMSTEC, 2Dept. of Geosciences, Univ. of Bremen, 3MARUM, Univ. of Bremen)-Lunch Break-

13:30-14:00

Reconstruction of vertical thermal structure in the western tropical Pacific: A
Multi-planktonic foraminiferal Mg/Ca approach
Takuya Sagawa (Faculty of Sciences, Kyushu Univ.)

14:00-14:30

Seasonal to decadal climate signals in skeletal growth and trace elements of the Pacificsclerosponge
Kazuto Ohmori (Faculty of Science, Hokkaido Univ.)-Coffee Break and Poster Session-

15:45-16:15

Monthly resolved coral records of past Caribbean climate
Thomas Felis, Cyril Giry, Henry C. Wu, and William M. Brocas (MARUM, Univ. of Bremen)

16:15-16:45

Rapid events in the Arctic Ocean and their linkageto the global climate system
Ludvig Löwemark (Dept. of Geosciences, National Taiwan Univ.)

16:45-17:15

Mid- to Late-Holocene Australian-Indonesian summer monsoon variability
Stephan Steinke1, Mahyar Mohtadi1, Matthias Prange1, Vidya Varma1,2, Daniela Pittauerova3 ,and Helmut W. Fischer3 (1MARUM, Univ. of Bremen 2Dept. of Meteorology, Stockholm Univ.,
3Inst. of Environmental Physics, Univ. of Bremen)

16 Feb 2014 (Sun)9:30- 10:00

Evidence for coupling between CO2 and climate in the late Cenozoic cooling
Osamu Seki1, Daniela N. Schmidt2, Kimitaka Kawamura1, Richard D. Pancost3 (1Inst. of Low
Temperature Science, Hokkaido Univ., 2School of Earth Sciences, Univ. of Bristol, 3School ofChemistry, Univ. of Bristol)

10:00-10:30

Paleoceanographic change related to the Mediterranean Outflow Water around theIberian Margin: Implication for marine productivity reconstructed by biomarker analysis
Satoshi Furota, Ken Sawada (Faculty of Science, Hokkaido Univ.)-Coffee Break-

10:45-11:15

Coral evidence of El Niño variability during the Pliocene warm period
Tsuyoshi Watanabe1, Atsushi Suzuki2, Shoshiro Minobe1, Tatsunori Kawashima1, Koji Kameo3,
Kayo Minoshima2, Yolanda M. Aguilar4, Ryoji Wani5, Hodaka Kawahata6, Kohki Sowa1, TakayaNagai1, Tomoki Kase7 (1Faculty of Science, Hokkaido Univ., 2National Institute of Advanced
Industrial Science and Technology, Tsukuba, 3Faculty of Science, Chiba Univ., 4Petrolab, Minesand Geosciences Bureau, 5Interdisciplinary Research Center, Yokohama National Univ.,
6

Atmosphere and Ocean Research Inst., Univ. of Tokyo, 7Dept. of Geology and Paleontology,

National Museum of Nature and Science, Tokyo)

11:15-11:45

Variations in primary production of cyanobacteria, dinoflagellate and coccolithophorid
reconstructed by biomarkers analyses of the mid-Cretaceous Oceanic Anoxic Events(OAEs) sediments in the Vocontian Basin, SE France
Takuto Ando1, Ken Sawada1, Reishi Takashima2, Hiroshi Nishi2 (1Faculty of Science, Hokkaido
Univ., 2Museum of Tohoku Univ., Tohoku Univ.)

-Lunch Break-

13:15-13:45

Pacific Equatorial Age Transect: Exploring the Cenozoic History of the PacificHeiko Pälike1 et al. (1MARUM, Univ. of Bremen)

13:45-14:15

Variations in sea surface temperature and primary productivity reconstructed by algal
biomarkers in the Neogene equatorial Pacific sediments
Ken Sawada1, Hideto Nakamura1, Madoka Kobayashi1, Shinya Yamamoto2 (1Faculty of Science,Hokkaido Univ., 2Yamanashi Inst. of Environmental Sciences)-Coffee Break-14:30-15:00

A biomarker perspective on the variation of terrigenous matter transport in the Neogene
eastern equatorial Pacific sediment
Hideto Nakamura1, Ken Sawada1, Madoka Kobayashi1, Shinya Yamamoto2 (1Faculty of Science,
Hokkaido Univ., 2Yamanashi Inst. of Environmental Sciences)

15:00-15:30

Climate variability in the Andes during the last 25 m.y. deduced from the mineralcomposition of ODP Site 1237, the southeastern Pacific
Irino, T., Noma, E., Hasrizal, B.S., Yamamoto, M. (Faculty of Environmental Earth Science,
Hokkaido Univ.)

15:30-16:00

Patterns of Evolution and Environmental change: the Panama Gateway closure
Helena Fortunato (Faculty of Science, Hokkaido Univ.)-Break-16:15-16:45

TBA

16:45-17:15

TBA

17 Feb 2014 (Mon)
10:00-17:00

Discussion on future cooperation

17:30-Outreach activity “Sci-Tech Talk” (Stephan Steinke and Ludvig Lowemark)-Poster Session-

1.

Daily growth and trace elemental analysis in Tridacna shells from Okino-tori island, Japan: Possible
new typhoon proxy
Taro Komagoe1, Tsuyoshi Watanebe1, Kotaro Shirai2 (1Faculty of Science, Hokkaido Univ., 2Atmosphere andOcean Research Inst., Univ. of Tokyo)

2.

Lipid biomarker compositions in culture strains of marine picoplankton Parmales and Bolidomonas
Chisato Kanou1, Ken Sawada1, Akira Kuwata2, Shinya Yoshikawa3, Mutsuo Ichnomiya4, Masanobu Kawachi5(1Faculty of Science, Hokkaido Univ., 2Tohoku National Fisheries Research Inst., 3Fukui Prefectural Univ.,
4

Prefectural Univ. of Kumamoto, 5Center for Environmental Biology and Ecosystem studies, National Inst. forEnvironmental Studies, Tsukuba)

3.

High-resolution isotopic records in Oman corals: Indian Monsoon climate reconstructiond
Takaaki Watanabe1, Tsuyoshi Watanabe1, Atsuko Yamazaki2, Michel R Claereboudt3, Miriam Pfeiffer4(1Faculty of Science, Hokkaido Univ., 2Atmosphere and Ocean Research Inst., 3Sultan Qaboos Uinv., 4RWTHAachen)

4.

Multidecadal climatic reconstruction using sclerochronological and geochemical approaches offreshwater peal mussels in Hokkaido, JapanMayumi Suzuki1, Tsuyoshi Watanabe1, and Kotaro Shirai2 (1Faculty of Science, Hokkaido Univ.,
2

Atmosphere and Ocean Research Inst., Univ. of Tokyo)

5.

Diagenetic alteration of long chain alkenones during early stage of thermal maturation: examination for
haptophyte biomarker in ancient sediment
Ryohei Abe, Ken Sawada, Hideto Nakamura (Faculty of Science, Hokkaido Univ.)

6.

Paleoenvironmental variations recorded by kerogens in middle Miocene turbidite sediments of theKawabata Formation, central Hokkaido, JapanTakaaki Mori1, Ken Sawada1, Satoshi Furota1, Gentaro Kawakami2 (1Faculty of Science, Hokkaido Univ.,
2

Geological Survey of Hokkaido)

7.

Paleovegetation schanges reconstructed by new proxies for n-alkyl lipids released from terrestrial
plant-derived kerogens by hydrolysis in Cretaceous sediments, Hokkaido, JapanYuma Miyata, Hideto Nakamura, Ken Sawada (Faculty of Science, Hokkaido Univ.)

8.

Paleoenvironment and paleoecosystem reconstructed by thermochemolysis of kerogens in sedimentaryrocks at the Permian-Triassic transition in South China
Shuji Ogata1, Ken Sawada1, Kunio Kaiho2 (1Faculty of Science, Hokkaido Univ., 2Inst. of Geology andPaleontology, Tohoku Univ.)

9.

Surface ocean current and ice drift in the Northwind and Chukchi basins in the western Arctic Ocean
during the last 76,000 years
Kenta Suzuki (Faculty of Science, Hokkaido Univ.)

10. Variation of very fine grained black carbon supply to a northern island of Japan during the last 5 ky
Y. Nakai, T. Irino, and K. Kawamura (Faculty of Environmental Science, Hokkaido Univ.)