Contact

E-Mail: janet.rethemeyer@uni-koeln.de
Fon: +49 221 470 7317
Homepage: http://www.geologie.uni-koeln.de/1952.html

Research topics

• Radiocarbon dating using AMS: dating of wood and plant remains, sediments and soil, charcoal and bones
• Carbon Cycle: Investigation of the dynamics of organic carbon in terrestrial and marine systems
• Paleoenvironment: reconstruction of paleoenvironmental conditions
• Development of sample preparation methods: application and improvement of organic and isotope geochemical techniques

Resources and technologies

• Cologne AMS (¹⁴C): Accelerator mass spectrometer to measure cosmic nuclids
• Geodating platform
• GC-MS: Gaschromatogrphy-mass spectrometry of organic molecules
• LC-MS: Liquidchromatography-mass spectrometry of organic molecules

Publications

• full publication list: http://www.researcherid.com/rid/G-4019-2013