Publications
2024
- Arlinghaus, P., Schrum, C., Kröncke, I., & Zhang, W. (2024): Benthos as a key driver of morphological change in coastal regions. Earth Surf. Dynam., 12, 537–558, doi:10.5194/esurf-12-537-2024
- Mai, H., Wang, D., Chen, H., Qiu, C., Xu, H., Shang, X., & Zhang, W. (2024): Mid-Deep Circulation in the Western South China Sea and the Impacts of the Central Depression Belt and Complex Topography. J. Mar. Sci. Eng. 2024, 12(5), 700, doi:10.3390/jmse12050700
- Wang, X., Zhang, W., Xie, X., Chen, H., & Chen, B. (2024): Holocene sedimentary distribution and morphological characteristics reworked by East Asian monsoon dynamics in the Mekong River shelf, South Vietnam. Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science, Vol 302, 108784, doi:10.1016/j.ecss.2024.108784
2023
- Ma, M., Zhang, W., Chen, W., Deng, J., & Schrum, C. (2023): Impacts of morphological change and sea-level rise on stratification in the Pearl River Estuary. Front. Mar. Sci., 10:1072080, doi:10.3389/fmars.2023.1072080
- Porz, L., Zhang, W., & Schrum, C. (2023): Natural and anthropogenic influences on the development of mud depocenters in the southwestern Baltic Sea. Oceanologia, Vol. 65, 1, 182 - 193, doi:10.1016/j.oceano.2022.03.005
- Tian, D., Zhang, H., Wang, S., Zhang, W., Sun, X., Zhou, Y., Zheng, G., Jiang, H., Yang, S., & Zhou, F. (2023): Sea surface wind structure in the outer region of tropical cyclones observed by wave gliders. Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, 128, e2022JD037235, doi:10.1029/2022JD037235
- Wilckens, H., Schwenk, T., Lüdmann, T., Betzler, C., Zhang, W., Chen, J., Hernández-Molina, F.J., Lefebvre, A., Cattaneo, A., Spieß, V., & Miramontes, E. (2023): Factors controlling the morphology and internal sediment architecture of moats and their associated contourite drifts. Sedimentology, doi:10.1111/sed.13093
- Xu, Y., Zhou, F., Meng, Q., Zeng, D., Yan, T., & Zhang, W. (2023): How do topography and thermal front influence the water transport from the northern Laotieshan Channel to the Bohai Sea interior in summer? Deep Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography, Volume 208, 2023, 105261, doi:10.1016/j.dsr2.2023.105261
2022
- Arlinghaus, P., Zhang, W., & Schrum, C. (2022): Small-scale benthic faunal activities may lead to large-scale morphological change - A model based assessment. Front. Mar. Sci., 9:1011760, doi:10.3389/fmars.2022.1011760
- Chen, H., Zhang, W., Xie, X., Gao, Y., Liu, S., Ren, J., Wang, D., & Su, M. (2022): Linking oceanographic processes to contourite features: Numerical modelling of currents influencing a contourite depositional system on the northern South China Sea margin. Marine Geology, Volume 444, 106714, doi:10.1016/j.margeo.2021.106714
- Meier, H.E.M., Kniebusch, M., Dieterich, C., Gröger, M., Zorita, E., Elmgren, R., Myrberg, K., Ahola, M.P., Bartosova, A., Bonsdorff, E., Börgel, F., Capell, R., Carlén, I., Carlund, T., Carstensen, J., Christensen, O.B., Dierschke, V., Frauen, C., Frederiksen, M., Gaget, E., Galatius, A., Haapala, J. J., Halkka, A., Hugelius, G., Hünicke, B., Jaagus, J., Jüssi, M., Käyhkö, J., Kirchner, N., Kjellström, E., Kulinski, K., Lehmann, A., Lindström, G., May, W., Miller, P.A., Mohrholz, V., Müller-Karulis, B., Pavón-Jordán, D., Quante, M., Reckermann, M., Rutgersson, A., Savchuk, O.P., Stendel, M., Tuomi, L., Viitasalo, M., Weisse, R., & Zhang, W. (2022): Climate change in the Baltic Sea region: a summary. Earth Syst. Dynam., 13, 457–593, doi:10.5194/esd-13-457-2022
- Meng, Q., Zhang, W., Zhou, F., Liao, Y., Yu, P., Tang, Y., Ma, X., Tian, D., Ding, R., Ni, X., Zeng, D., & Schrum, C. (2022): Water oxygen consumption rather than sediment oxygen consumption drives the variation of hypoxia on the East China Sea shelf. Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences, 127, e2021JG006705, doi:10.1029/2021JG006705
- Meng, Q., Zhou, F., Ma, X., Xuan, J., Zhang, H., Wang, S., Ni, X., Zhang, W., Wang, B., Li, D., Tian, D., Li, J., Zeng, J., Chen, J., & Huang, D. (2022): Response Process of Coastal Hypoxia to a Passing Typhoon in the East China Sea. Front. Mar. Sci., 9:892797, doi:10.3389/fmars.2022.892797
- Tian, D., Zhou, F., Zhang, W., Zhang, H., Ma, X., & Guo, X. (2022): Effects of dissolved oxygen and nutrients from the Kuroshio on hypoxia off the Changjiang River estuary. J. Ocean. Limnol. 40, 515–529 (2022), doi:10.1007/s00343-021-0440-3
- Ye, Q., Yang, Z., Bao, M., Shi, W., Shi, H., You, Z., & Zhang, W. (2022): Distribution characteristics of wave energy in the Zhe-Min coastal area. Acta Oceanol. Sin. 41, 163–172, doi:10.1007/s13131-021-1859-2
- Zhang, W., & Arlinghaus, P. (2022): Climate, Coast, and Morphology. In: Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Climate Science. Oxford University Press, doi:10.1093/acrefore/9780190228620.013.814
2021
- Arlinghaus, A., Zhang, W., Wrede, A., Schrum, C., & Neumann, A. (2021): Impact of benthos on morphodynamics from a modeling perspective. Earth-Science Reviews, Volume 221, 103803, doi:10.1016/j.earscirev.2021.103803
- Chen, H., Stow, D.A.V., Xie, X., Ren, J., Mao, K., Gao, Y., Chen, B., Zhang, W., Vandorpe, T., & Van Rooij, D. (2021): Depositional architecture and evolution of basin-floor fan systems since the Late Miocene in the Northwest Sub-Basin, South China Sea. Marine and Petroleum Geology, Vol. 126, 2021, 104803, doi:10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2020.104803
- Porz, L., Zhang, W., Hanebuth T.J.J., & Schrum, C. (2021): Physical processes controlling mud depocenter development on continental shelves – Geological, oceanographic, and modeling concepts. Marine Geology, Volume 432, 2021,106402, doi:10.1016/j.margeo.2020.106402
- Porz, L., Zhang, W., & Schrum, C. (2021): Density-driven bottom currents control development of muddy basins in the southwestern Baltic Sea. Marine Geology, Volume 438, 106523, doi:10.1016/j.margeo.2021.106523
- Tian, D., Zhou, F., Zhang, W., Zhang, H., Ma, X., & Guo, X. (2021): Effects of dissolved oxygen and nutrients from the Kuroshio on hypoxia off the Changjiang River estuary. J. Ocean. Limnol., doi:10.1007/s00343-021-0440-3
- von Storch, H., Fennel, K., Jensen, J., Lewis, K., Ratter, B., Schlurmann, T., Wahl, T., & Zhang, W. (2021): Climate and Coast: Overview and Introduction. Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Climate Science, doi:10.1093/acrefore/9780190228620.013.816
- Weisse, R., Dailidienė, I., Hünicke, B., Kahma, K., Madsen, K., Omstedt, A., Parnell, K., Schöne, T., Soomere, T., Zhang, W., & Zorita, E. (2021): Sea level dynamics and coastal erosion in the Baltic Sea region. Earth Syst. Dynam., 12, 871–898, doi:10.5194/esd-12-871-2021
- Wilckens, H., Miramontes, E., Schwenk, T., Artana, C., Zhang, W., Piola, A.R., Baques, M., Provost, C., Hernández-Molina, F.J., Felgendreher, M., Spieß, V., & Kasten, S. (2021): The erosive power of the Malvinas Current: Influence of bottom currents on morpho-sedimentary features along the northern Argentine margin (SW Atlantic Ocean). Marine Geology, Volume 439, 106539, doi:10.1016/j.margeo.2021.106539
- Zhang, W., Neumann, A., Daewel, U., Wirtz, K., van Beusekom, J.E.E., Eisele, A., Ma, M., & Schrum, C. (2021): Quantifying importance of macrobenthos for benthic-pelagic coupling in a temperate coastal shelf sea. Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans, 126, e2020JC016995, doi:10.1029/2020JC016995
- Zhang, Y., Ren, J., Zhang, W., & Wu, J. (2021): Importance of salinity-induced stratification on flocculation in tidal estuaries. Journal of Hydrology, Volume 596, 2021, 126063, doi:10.1016/j.jhydrol.2021.126063
The department was established in 2021.