Publications Arabia

Matter, A., Mahjoub, A., Neubert, E., Preusser, F., Schwalb, A., Szidat, S., Wulf, G. 2016. Reactivation of the Pleistocene trans-Arabian Wadi ad Dawasir fluvial system (Saudi Arabia) during the Holocene humid phase. Geomorphology 270, 88-101.

Hoffmann, G., Grützner, C., Reicherter, K., Preusser, F. 2015. Geo-archaeological evidence for a Holocene extreme flooding event within the Arabian Sea (Ras al- Hadd, Oman). Quaternary Science Reviews 113, 123–133.

Hoffmann, G., Rupprechter, M., Rahn, M., Preusser, F. 2015. Fluvio-lacustrine deposits reveal precipitation pattern in SE Arabia during early MIS 3. Quaternary International 382, 145-153. Summary

Matter, A., Neubert, E., Preusser, F., Rosenberg, T.M., Al-Wagdani, K. 2015. Palaeo-environmental implications derived from lake and sabkha deposits of the southern Rub’ al-Khali, Saudi Arabia and Oman. Quaternary International 382, 120-131.

Parker, A.G., Preusser, F., Eberle, J., Jasim, S., Uerpmann, H.-P. 2014. Establishing a chronology for Holocene climate and environmental change from Mleiha, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates. Tribulus 22, 77-81.

Rosenberg, T.M., Preusser, F., Risberg, J., Plikk, A., Kadi, K.A., Matter, A., Fleitmann, D. 2013. Middle and Late Pleistocene humid periods recorded in palaeolake deposits of the Nafud desert, Saudi Arabia. Quaternary Science Reviews 70, 109-123.

Rosenberg, T.M., Preusser, F., Blechschmidt, I., Fleitmann, D., Jagher, R., Matter, A. 2012. Late Pleistocene palaeolake in the interior of Oman: A potential key-area for the dispersal of anatomically modern humans out-of-Africa? Journal of Quaternary Science 27, 13-16.

Wade A.J., Smith S.J., Black E.C.L., Brayshaw D.J., Holmes P.A., El-Bastawesy M., Rambeau C.M.C., Mithen S.J. 2012. A New Method for the Determination of Holocene Palaeohydrology. Journal of Hydrology 420-421, 1-16.

Black E., Brayshaw D., Black S., Rambeau C.M.C.  2011. Using proxy data, historical climate data and climate models to investigate aridification during the Holocene. In: Mithen, S., Black, E. (Eds.): Water Life and Civilisation: Climate, Environment and Society in the Jordan Valley, 105-112. Cambridge University Press.

Black S., Robinson S., Fitton R., Goodship R., Rambeau C.M.C. 2011. Palaeoenvironmental and limnological reconstruction of Lake Lisan and the Dead Sea. In: Mithen, S., Black, E. (Eds.): Water Life and Civilisation: Climate, Environment and Society in the Jordan Valley, 113-128.  Cambridge University Press.

Brayshaw D., Rambeau C.M.C., Smith S. 2011. Changes in Mediterranean climate during the Holocene: Insights from global and regional climate modelling. The Holocene 21, 15-31.

Gennari, G., Rosenberg, T., Spezzaferri, S., Berger, J.-P., Fleitmann, D., Preusser, F., Al-shanti, M., Matter, A. 2011. Faunal evidence of a Holocene pluvial phase in Southern Arabia with remarks on the morphological variability of Helenina anderseni. The Journal of Foraminiferal Research 41, 248-259.

Rosenberg, T.M., Preusser, F., Fleitmann, D., Schwalb, A., Penkman, K., Schmid, T.W., Al-Shanti, M.A., Kadi, K., Matter, A. 2011. Humid periods in southern Arabia - Windows of opportunity for modern human dispersal. Geology 39, 1115-1118.

Rambeau C.M.C., Black S. 2011. Palaeoenvironments of the southern Levant 5,000 BP to present: linking the geological and archaeological records. In: Mithen, S., Black, E. (Eds.): Water Life and Civilisation: Climate, Environment and Society in the Jordan Valley, 94-104.  Cambridge University Press.

Rambeau C.M.C., Finlayson B., Smith S., Black S., Inglis R., Robinson S. 2011. Palaeoenvironmental reconstruction at Beidha, southern Jordan (c. 18,000–8,500 BP): implications for human occupation during the Natufian and Pre-Pottery Neolithic. In: Mithen, S., Black, E. (Eds.): Water Life and Civilisation: Climate, Environment and Society in the Jordan Valley, 245-268.  Cambridge University Press.

Smith S., Wade A., Black E., Brayshaw D., Rambeau C.M.C., Mithen S. 2011. From global climate change to local impact in Wadi Faynan, southern Jordan: ten millennia of human settlement in its hydrological context. In: Mithen, S., Black, E. (Eds.): Water Life and Civilisation: Climate, Environment and Society in the Jordan Valley, 218-244. Cambridge University Press.

Black E., Brayshaw D., Rambeau C.M.C. 2010. Past, present and future precipitation in the Middle East: insights from models and observations. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society Academy A 368, 5173-5184.

Rambeau, C.M.C. 2010. Palaeoenvironmental reconstruction in the Southern Levant: synthesis, challenges, recent developments and perspectives. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A 368, 5225-5248.

Robinson S., Black S., Sellwood B.W., Rambeau C.M.C., Valdes P.J. 2010. A Geological Perspective on Climatic and Environmental Change in the Levant and Eastern Mediterranean from 25,000 to 5000 years BP. In: Finlayson, B., WarrenG. (Eds.), Landscapes in Transition. Levant Supplementary Series 8, 55-65. Council for British Research in the Levant and Oxbow Books.

Blechschmidt, I., Matter, A., Preusser, F., Rieke-Zapp, D. 2009. Monsoon triggered formation of Quaternary alluvial megafans in the interior of Oman. Geomorphology 110, 128-137. Summary

Preusser, F. 2009. Chronology of the impact of Quaternary climate change on continental environments in the Arabian Peninsula. Comptes Rendus Geoscience 341, 621-632.

Zander, A., Degering, D., Preusser, F., Kasper, H.U., Brückner, H. 2007. Optically stimulated luminescence dating of sublittoral and intertidal sediments from Dubai, UAE.: Radioactive disequilibria in the uranium decay series. Quaternary Geochronology 2, 123-128.

Preusser, F., Radies, D., Driehorst, F., Matter, A. 2005. Late Quaternary history of the coastal Wahiba Sands, Sultanate of Oman. Journal of Quaternary Science 20, 395-405.

Radies, D., Hasiotis, S.T, Preusser, F., Neubert, E., Matter, A. 2005. Paleoclimatic significance of Early Holocene faunal assemblages in wet interdune deposits of the Wahiba Sand Sea, Sultanate of Oman. Journal of Arid Environments 62, 109-125.

Radies, D., Preusser, F., Matter, A., Mange, M. 2004. Eustatic and climatic controls on the development of the Wahiba Sand Sea, Sultanate of Oman. Sedimentology 51, 1359-1385.

Preusser, F., Radies, D., Matter, A. 2002. A 160,000-Year record of dune development and atmospheric circulation in Southern Arabia. Science 296, 2018-2020. Summary