Late Quaternary environmental change and ecological response along the Sumatra-Java-Flores transect in tropical SW and S Indonesia

尽管印度尼西亚群岛对现代和未来全球环境变化的重要性，但对其过去知之甚少。新的高分辨率沉积物岩心主要是在“索内”号考察船SO-184巡航期间收集的，提供了极好的环境档案。本项目将利用沿着苏门答腊-爪哇-弗洛雷斯样带的几个海洋沉积物岩心研究晚第四纪（海洋同位素阶段1 - 3）环境动力学，研究过去的环境变化和生态响应将为理解现代和未来的全球变化提供重要的见解。特别感兴趣的是末次冰期，特别是全新世的重建（1）从潮湿到季节性气候梯度上的植被变化，（2）气候变化，以了解热带辐合带（ITCZ），ENSO事件和季风系统的动态，（3）洋流的变化，包括印度尼西亚洋流（ITF）及其在大陆环境变化中的作用，（4）火灾历史及其对生态系统的影响;（5）过去人类活动的影响，以了解现代和未来的环境变化和生态响应。特别令人感兴趣的还将是与发现弗洛雷斯人有关的环境动力学，弗洛雷斯人是从弗洛雷斯岛的第四纪晚期沉积物中发现的。

Despite the importance of the Indonesian Archipelago to modern and future global environmental change little is known about its past. New high resolution sediment cores mostly collected during RV SONNE cruise SO-184 provide excellent environmental archives. In this project, late Quaternary (Marine Isotope Stage 1 to 3) environmental dynamics, will be studied using several marine sediment cores along the Sumatra - Java - Flores transect in tropical SW and S Indonesia, Studies of past environmental change and ecological response will provide important insights into understanding modern and future global changes. Of special interest are the reconstruction of last glacial and in particular Holocene (1) vegetation changes on a gradient from humid to seasonal climate, (2) climate changes to understand the dynamic of the Intertropical Convergence Zone (ITCZ), ENSO-Events and the Monsoon system, (3) changes of the marine currents including the Indonesian Throughflow (ITF) and its role in continental environmental changes, (4) fire history and its impact on ecosystems and (5) the human impact during the past to understand modern and future environmental changes and ecological response. Of particular interest will be also the environmental dynamics related to the discovery of Homo floresiensis which was recovered from late Quaternary deposits on Flores Island.