@article{MischkeOpitzKalbeetal.2015,
  author    = {Mischke, Steffen and Opitz, Stephan and Kalbe, Johannes and Ginat, Hanan and Al-Saqarat, Bety},
  title     = {Palaeoenvironmental inferences from late Quaternary sediments of the Al Jafr Basin, Jordan},
  series = {Quaternary international : the journal of the International Union for Quaternary Research},
  volume    = {382},
  journal   = {Quaternary international : the journal of the International Union for Quaternary Research},
  publisher = {Elsevier},
  address   = {Oxford},
  issn      = {1040-6182},
  doi       = {10.1016/j.quaint.2014.12.041},
  pages     = {154 -- 167},
  year      = {2015},
  abstract  = {Sedimentological, palaeontological and mineralogical analyses of sediments from the endorheic Al Jafr Basin were conducted to better understand the depositional and hydrological conditions on the southern Jordan Plateau in the late Quaternary. Surficially exposed carbonate-rich sediments in the western part of the basin contain ostracod (micro-crustacean) shells of Ilyocypris cf. bradyi, Candona neglecta, Heterocypris salina, Fabaeformiscandona fabaeformis, Pseudocandona sp. and Herpetocypris brevicaudata. The shells of these and other more rare species, and charophyte and mollusc remains indicate that the sediments were formed in a wetland setting of shallow freshwater to slightly oligohaline ponds, streams and swamps. The present more northern distribution of some of the recorded taxa implies that climate conditions were probably cooler during the wetland formation. Radiocarbon age data for biogenic carbonate from two locations suggest that the wetland setting existed during the second half of Marine Isotope Stage (MIS) 3 or possibly earlier. A significantly higher water table must have existed in the basin during wetland formation; and wetter climate conditions are inferred for the catchment or at least for its highest and most humid westernmost part. Deflation and local sediment accumulation by wind and occasional sheet-wash events apparently prevailed in the region since MIS 2. Our newly presented data and inferences do not support the reconstruction of a previously reported large and relatively deep Pleistocene lake in the Al Jafr Basin. However, more extensive studies are certainly required for a detailed assessment of the Quaternary hydrological conditions in southern Jordan. (C) 2014 Elsevier Ltd and INQUA. All rights reserved.},
  language  = {en}
}
@unpublished{MischkeMadsenZhangetal.2015,
  author    = {Mischke, Steffen and Madsen, David and Zhang, Chengjun and Lai, Zhongping},
  title     = {Reply to comment by Zhang (2014): The Shell Bar in the Qaidam Basin: fluvial or lake deposit, and OSL versus C-14 age data},
  series = {Journal of paleolimnolog},
  volume    = {53},
  journal   = {Journal of paleolimnolog},
  number    = {3},
  publisher = {Springer},
  address   = {Dordrecht},
  issn      = {0921-2728},
  doi       = {10.1007/s10933-014-9817-z},
  pages     = {335 -- 344},
  year      = {2015},
  language  = {en}
}
@article{KalbeMischkeDulskietal.2015,
  author    = {Kalbe, Johannes and Mischke, Steffen and Dulski, Peter and Sharon, Gonen},
  title     = {The Middle Palaeolithic Nahal Mahanayeem Outlet site, Israel: reconstructing the environment of Late Pleistocene wetlands in the eastern Mediterranean from ostracods},
  series = {Journal of archaeological science},
  volume    = {54},
  journal   = {Journal of archaeological science},
  publisher = {Elsevier},
  address   = {London},
  issn      = {0305-4403},
  doi       = {10.1016/j.jas.2014.04.018},
  pages     = {385 -- 395},
  year      = {2015},
  abstract  = {We present ostracod data from the Middle Palaeolithic open air site of Nahal Mahanayeem Outlet (NMO) at the southern edge of the Hula Basin, northern Israel. Sediments of two Pleistocene water bodies are exposed at the site. The first one is an archaeologically sterile, light-colored limnic carbonate with an Early Pleistocene age. It contains an ostracod fauna assemblage dominated by Candona neglecta, Candonopsis kingsleii, and Pseudocandona sp., and, in minor abundances, Cypria ophtalmica, Cyprideis sp., Humphcypris sp., Fabaeformiscandona cf. fabaeformis and Ilyocypris sp. These sediments were deposited in a shallow, freshwater to oligohaline lake under stable conditions. Sediments of the second water body are silty and dark-colored with a depositional age of 65 ka, belonging to the Late Pleistocene Ashmura Formation. The unit covers a geologically complex topography of tectonically uplifted limnic deposits and a hill-like gravel bar at the site. The most important archaeological layer is situated at its base, containing a lithic assemblage ascribed primarily to the Middle Palaeolithic Mousterian tradition and very well preserved flora and fauna. In the sediments from the archaeological layers, the brackish water ostracod Cyprideis torosa and the foraminifer Ammonia tepida could be identified. In sediments of the Ashmura Formation taken near the site, C. neglecta, Candona angulata, Ilyogpris sp., C kingsleii, Pseudocandona sp., C ophtalmica, Darwinula stevensoni, Trajancypris sp. and Potamogpris smaragdina were found, indicating a freshwater to slightly oligohaline stagnant water body. The ostracod fauna of the NMO site, together with geochemical data, allow us to reconstruct a depositional environment of the margin at a shallow lake with brackish or saline springs nearby during the site's occupation by Middle Palaeolithic humans. Additionally, Candona weltneri, Candona cf. meerfeldiana, C kingsleii, Cyclocypris laevis, C ophtalmica, Cyprideis sp., Fabaeformiscandona cf. fabaeformis, P. smaragdina, Pseudocandona depressa, Trajancypris sp, Zonocypris cf. costata and A. tepida could be recorded for the first time for the Pleistocene limnic strata of the Hula Basin. (C) 2014 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.},
  language  = {en}
}
@misc{MischkeZhangFan2015,
  author    = {Mischke, Steffen and Zhang, Chengjun and Fan, Rong},
  title     = {Early to mid-Holocene lake high-stand sediments at Lake Donggi Cona, northeastern Tibetan Plateau, China -},
  series = {Quaternary research : an interdisciplinary journal},
  volume    = {83},
  journal   = {Quaternary research : an interdisciplinary journal},
  number    = {1},
  publisher = {Elsevier},
  address   = {San Diego},
  issn      = {0033-5894},
  doi       = {10.1016/j.yqres.2014.06.005},
  pages     = {256 -- 258},
  year      = {2015},
  language  = {en}
}