Personal profile
Research interests
- Stable isotope geochemistry and chemostratigraphy of sedimentary rocks
- Deposition and preservation of particulate organic matter
- Stratigraphic palynology and plant evolution
- Paleoclimatology and paleoceanography of the Mesozoic
Research output
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A mid-Cretaceous (late Albian–early Turonian) stable isotope record from southern Tibet – Pristine or diagenetically altered?
Han, M., Li, G., Wheeler, A., Heimhofer, U. & Mutterlose, J., 15 Mar 2026, In: Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology. 686, 113552.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer review
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More diverse and abundant than assumed: Eucommiidites pollen preserved in a deltaic setting (Lower Cretaceous) of the Araripe Basin (NE Brazil)
Hofmann, C. C., Heimhofer, U., Roberts, E. A. & Seyfullah, L. J., Feb 2026, In: Cretaceous research. 179, 106210.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer review
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Paleoenvironmental reconstruction based on Early Cretaceous lignite deposits from Central Mongolia (Tevshiin Govi mine)
Stoepke, F. L., Littke, R., Wheeler, A., Hasegawa, H., Ichinnorov, N. & Heimhofer, U., 27 Jan 2026, In: International Journal of Coal Geology. 314, 104924.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer review
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A numerical terrain analysis of the morphodynamic evolution of shelf-edge landforms proximal to a modern fold belt (NW Cuba): Isostacy versus climate
Dill, H. G., Buzatu, A., Balaban, S. I., Heimhofer, U., Rüscher, C., Dultz, S. & Hoffman, L., 15 Dec 2025, In: Journal of South American Earth Sciences. 168, 105803.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer review
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Barremian tricolpate pollen from Portugal: New evidence for the age of eudicot-related angiosperms
Gravendyck, J., Krencker, F.-N., Riding, J. B., Coimbra, R. & Heimhofer, U., 27 May 2025, In: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 122, 21, p. e2421470122 e2421470122.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer review
Open Access
Projects
- 6 Finished
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12. Internationales Kreide Symposion, Hannover, 31.08.25-05.09.25
Heimhofer, U. (Principal Investigator)
1 Jan 2025 → 31 Dec 2025
Project: Research
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Early Cretaceous lignites from inner-continental Asia as paleoclimate archive
Heimhofer, U. (Principal Investigator)
1 Apr 2022 → 31 Dec 2025
Project: Research
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Deciphering the very early phase of angiosperm evolution using palynology
Heimhofer, U. (Principal Investigator)
1 Oct 2020 → 30 Jun 2025
Project: Research
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Exploring the controls of Early Aptian Tethyan and proto-Atlantic reefal palaeoecology turnover
Huck, S. (Principal Investigator) & Heimhofer, U. (Co-Investigator)
1 Jan 2016 → 31 Dec 2018
Project: Research
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Reconstruction of Cenomanian shoal-water temperatures using integrated rudist shell sclerochemistry (oxygen isotopes, Mg/Ca, clumped isotopes)
Huck, S. (Principal Investigator) & Heimhofer, U. (Principal Investigator)
1 Nov 2015 → 31 Aug 2019
Project: Research
Equipment
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Isotope Ratio Mass Spectrometer (IRMS) with EA and GasBench coupling for 18O,13C and 15N analysis in solids.
Heimhofer, U. (Head)
Geology SectionFacility/equipment: Research Instrumentation