Publications

Publications
peer-reviewed publications in journals and books
in preparation/in review/in revision

Ruebsam, W., Scholz, F., Böttcher, M., Grice, K., Schwark, L., Photic zone euxinia in a ferruginous lagoon. (in preparation)

Ruebsam, W., Al-Husseini, M., Thibault, N., Diachronicity of early Toarcian ammonite biozones between paleoceanographic realms – Implications for the early Toarcian timescale. (in preparation) 

Ansorge, J., Franz, M., Götz, A.E., Obst, K., Reich, M., Ruebsam, W., Schwark, L., The Grimmen Formation of Northeast Germany - a unique facies of the lower Toarcian in the Central European Basin (in preparation)

Marten, T., Ruebsam, W., Mutterlose, J., Wiesenberg, G., Schwark, L., Latest Pliensbachian to Early Toarcian depositional environment and organo-facies evolution in the North-German Basin (Hondelage Section). (in review)
 
De Keyser, T., Ruebsam, W., Al-Husseini, M., Crespo de Cabrera, S., Al-Sahlan, G., Swart, P.K., Carbon isotope stratigraphy of the Toarcian in Kuwait. Gondwana Research (in revision)

Reolid, M., Ruebsam, W., Reolid, J., Benton, M., Impact of early Toarcian climatic change (Jenkyns Event) on marine reptile assemblages. Earth Science-Reviews (in revision) 

Farouk, S., Abdeldaim, A., Ahmad, F., Wolfgang Ruebsam, W., Alsuwaidi, M., Al‑Kahtany, K.,  Astronomical timescale for the upper Cenomanian-Turonian strata and Cretaceous Oceanic Anoxic Event 2 in Jordan. (in review)

Mansour, A., Wang, J., Tahoun, S.S., Fu, X., Ruebsam, W., Regional to global correlation of the early late Cenomanian sea level transgression: New perspectives. Earth-Science Reviews (in revision)

2024

38. Schwark, L., Ruebsam, W., 2024. Climate cyclicity controlled recurrent bottom-water ventilation events in the aftermath of the early Toarcian Jenkyns Event.
       International Journal of Earth Sciences (accepted)

37. Ruebsam, W., Franz, M., Ansorge, J., Ost, K., Schwark, L., 2024. Late Triassic to Early Jurassic carbon isotope chemostratigraphy and organo-facies evolution
       in a distal to proximal transect of the North German Basin. International Journal of Earth Sciences (accepted)

36. Ruebsam, W., Schwark, L., 2024. Disparity between Toarcian Anoxic Event and Toarcian Carbon Isotope Excursion. International Journal of Earth Sciences,     
       https://doi.org/10.1007/s00531-024-02408-8   
       
35. Mansour, A., Wang, J., Ruebsam, W., Tahoun, S.S., Ahmed, M.S., Fu, X., Abdelhalim, L.A., 2024. Late Albian-Cenomanian paleoenvironmental and
       paleoclimatic reconstructions in northeastern Gondwana: Palynological perceptions. Cretaceous Research 160, 105878,doi.org/10.1016/j.cretres.2024.105878

34. Mansour, A.,  Ruebsam, W., Tahoun, S.S., Wang, J., Ahmed, M.S., Fu, X., 2024. Palynological sequence stratigraphic development and eustatic sea-level        
      controls during the Late Albian-Cenomanian from fluvio-deltaic to the shallow platform settings at the northern paleo-Gondwana margin (Egypt). 
      Marine and Petroleum Geology  163, 106781, doi.org/10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2024.106781

33. Kovács, E.B., Ruhl, M., Silva, R.L., McElwain, J., Reolid, M., Korte, C., Ruebsam, W., Hesselbo, S.P., 2024. Mercury sequestration pathways under different
      depositional conditions during Early Jurassic (Pliensbachian–Toarcian) Karoo-Ferrar volcanism. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 637,
      111977, doi.org/10.1016/j.palaeo.2023.111977

2023

32. Reolid, M., Soussi, M., Ruebsam, W., Taher, B.H., Mattioli, E., Said, M., Schwark, L., 2023. Ecosystem recovery after the T-OAE (Early Jurassic) in the Tunisian
       Atlas (the Châabet El Attaris section). Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 631, 111832, doi.org/10.1016/j.palaeo.2023.111832

31. Jonas, A.S., Kars, M., Bauersachs, T., Ruebsam, W., Schwark, L., 2023. Southwards displacement of the glacial westerly jet over Asia driven by enhanced Arctic 
      amplification after the Mid-Brunhes Event. Global and Planetary Change 227, 104173, doi.org/10.1016/j.gloplacha.2023.104173

30. Ruebsam, W., Al-Husseini, M., Schmid-Röhl, A., 2023. Astronomical timescale for the early Toarcian (Early Jurassic) Posidonia Shale and global environmental 
       changes. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 623, 111619, doi.org/10.1016/j.palaeo.2023.111619

29. Ruebsam, W., Schwark, L., 2023. Phytoplankton dynamics and nitrogen cycling during Oceanic Anoxic Event 2 (Cenomanian/Turonian) in the upwelling zone
      of the NE proto-North Atlantic. Global and Planetary Change 224, 104117, doi.org/10.1016/j.gloplacha.2023.104117

2022

28. Reolid, M., Ruebsam, W., Benton, M.J., 2022. Dinosaur extinctions related to the Jenkyns Event (early Toarcian, Jurassic). Spanish Journal of Palaeontology, 
      https://doi.org/10.7203/sjp.25683

27. Wang, D., Schwark, L., Ruebsam, W., Holman, A.I., Böttcher, M.E., Idiz, E., Coolen, M.J.L., Grice , K., 2022. Eccentricity paced paleoenvironment evolution and
      microbial community structure in the Gulf of Mexico during the outgoing Early Eocene Climate Optimum. Earth and Planetary Science Letters 599, 117857,
     doi.org/10.1016/j.epsl.2022.117857

26. Reolid, M., Ruebsam, W., Benton, M.J., 2022. Impact of the Jenkyns Event (early Toarcian OAE) on dinosaurs: comparison with the Triassic/Jurassic transition.
      Earth-Science Reviews 234, 104196, doi.org/10.1016/j.earscirev.2022.104196

25. Ruebsam, W., Mattioli, E., Schwark, L., 2022. Weakening of the biological pump induced by a biocalcification crisis during the early Toarcian oceanic anoxic    
      event. Global and Planetary Change 217, 103954, doi.org/10.1016/j.gloplacha.2022.103954

24. Ruebsam, W., Mattioli, E., Schwark, L., 2022. Molecular fossils and calcareous nannofossils reveal recurrent phytoplanktonic events in the early Toarcian.      
       Global and Planetary Change 212,103812, doi.org/10.1016/j.gloplacha.2022.103812

23. Baghli, H., Mattioli, E., Spangenberg, J.E., Ruebsam, W., Schwark, L., Bensalah, M., Sebane, A., Pittet, B., Pellenard, P., Suan, G., 2022. Stratification versus                 productivity as a trigger of environmental changes in the NW Algeria during the early Toarcian. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 591,
      110864, doi.org/10.1016/j.palaeo.2022.110864

22. Ruebsam, W., Reolid, M., Mattioli, E., Schwark, L., 2022. Organic carbon accumulation at the northern Gondwana paleo-margin (Tunisia) during the Toarcian         Oceanic Anoxic Event: Sedimentological and geochemical evidence. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 586, 110781,                                                   doi.org/10.1016/j.palaeo.2021.110781

2021

21. Ruebsam, W., Al-Husseini, M., 2021. Orbitally synchronized late Pliensbachian–early Toarcian carbon-isotope and glacio-eustatic cycles. Palaeogeography,
       Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 577, 110562. doi.org/10.1016/j.palaeo.2021.110562

20. Reolid, M.,  Mattioli, E., Duarte, L.V., Ruebsam, W., 2021. The early Toarcian Oceanic Anoxic Event: Where do we stand? In: Reolid, M., Mattioli, E., Duarte, L.V., 
      Ruebsam, W. (Eds.), Carbon Cycle and Ecosystem Response to the Jenkyns Event in the Early Toarcian (Jurassic). GSL Special Publications 514,      
      doi.org/10.1144/SP514-2021-74

19. Reolid, M., Soussi, M., Reolid, J., Ruebsam, W., Taher, I.B., Mattioli, E., Saidi, M., Schwark, L., 2021. The onset of the Early Toarcian flooding over the 
      Pliensbachian shallow carbonate platform in the North-South Axis (Tunisia): interpretation from trace fossil analysis and geochemistry. In: Reolid, M., Mattioli,
      E., Duarte, L.V., Ruebsam, W. (Eds.), Carbon Cycle and Ecosystem Response to the Jenkyns Event in the Early Toarcian (Jurassic). GSL Special Publications 514,
      doi.org/10.1144/SP514-2021-10

18. Silva, R., Ruhl, M., Barry, C., Reolid, M., Ruebsam, W., 2021. Pacing of Late Pliensbachian and Early Toarcian carbon cycle perturbations and environmental 
      change in the westernmost Tethys (La Cerradura section, Subbetic Zone of the Betic Cordillera, Spain). In: Reolid, M., Mattioli, E., Duarte, L.V., Ruebsam, W.
      (Eds.), Carbon Cycle and Ecosystem Response to the Jenkyns Event in the Early Toarcian (Jurassic). GSL Special Publications 514, 
      doi.org/10.1144/SP514-2021-27

17. Ruebsam, W., Schwark, L., 2021. Impact of north-hemispherical cryosphere on early Toarcian climate and environmental perturbation. In: Reolid, M., Mattioli,
      E., Duarte, L.V., Ruebsam, W. (Eds.), Carbon Cycle and Ecosystem Response to the Jenkyns Event in the Early Toarcian (Jurassic). GSL Special Publications 514,
      doi.org/10.1144/SP514-2021-11

2020

16. Ruebsam, W., Reolid, M., Sabatino, N., Masetti, D., Schwark, L., 2020. Molecular paleothermometry of early Toarcian climate perturbation. Global and
      Planetary Change 195, 103351. doi: 10.1016/j.gloplacha.2020.103351

15. Ruebsam, W., Thibault, N., Al-Husseini, M., 2020.  Early Toarcian glacio-eustatic unconformities and chemostratigraphic black holes. In: Montenari, M. (Ed.),
       Stratigraphy & Timescales, Volume 5, Case Studies in Isotope Stratigraphy, p. 629-676. doi: 10.1016/bs.sats.2020.08.006

14. Al-Husseini, M., Ruebsam, W., 2020.  Interpreting Phanerozoic δ13C patterns as periodic glacio-eustatic sequences. In: Montenari, M. (Ed.), Stratigraphy &
      Timescales, Volume 5, Case Studies in Isotope Stratigraphy, p. 41-106. doi: 10.1016/bs.sats.2020.08.005

13. Ruebsam, W., Pienkowski, G., Schwark, L., 2020. Toarcian climate and carbon cycle perturbations - its impact on sea-level changes, enhanced mobilization
      and oxidation of fossil organic matter. Earth and Planetary Science Letters 546, 116417. doi: 10.1016/j.epsl.2020.116417

12. Ruebsam, W., Reolid, M., Marok, A., Schwark, L., 2020. Drivers of benthic extinction during the early Toarcian (Early Jurassic) at the northern Gondwana
      paleomargin: implications for paleoceanographic conditions. Earth Science Reviews 203, 103117. doi: 10.1016/j.earscirev.2020.103117

11. Ruebsam, W., Al-Husseini, M., 2020. Calibrating the Early Toarcian (Early Jurassic) with stratigraphic black holes (SBH). Gondwana Research 82, 317–336. 
       doi: 10.1016/j.gr.2020.01.011

10. Plet, C., Grice, K., Scarlett, A., Ruebsam, W., Schwark, L., 2020. Aromatic hydrocarbons provide new insight into carbonate concretion formation and the
      impact of eogenesis on organic matter. Organic Geochemistry 143, 103961. doi: 10.1016/j.orggeochem.2019.103961

9.  Ruebsam, W., Reolid, M., Schwark, L., 2020. δ13C of terrestrial vegetation records Toarcian CO2 and climate gradients. Nature Scientific Reports 10, 117. 
     doi: 10.1038/s41598-019-56710-6

-2019

8.  Ruebsam, W., Mayer, B, Schwark, L., 2019. Cryosphere carbon dynamics control early Toarcian global warming and sea level evolution. Global and Planetary
     Change 172, 440-453. doi: 10.1016/j.gloplacha.2018.11.003

7.  Ruebsam, W., Müller, T., Kovács, J., Pálfy, J., Schwark, L., 2018. Environmental response to the early Toarcian carbon cycle and climate perturbations in the 
     northeastern part of the West-Tethys shelf. Gondwana Research 59, 144-158. doi: 10.1016/j.gr.2018.03.013

6.  Plet, C., Grice, K., Pages, A., Verrall, M., Coolen, M.J.L., Ruebsam, W., Schwark, L., 2017. Jurassic World: Soft tissue, molecular, and cellular palaeobiology of an 
     ichthyosaur. Nature Scientific Reports 7, 13776. doi: 10.1038/s41598-017-13873-4

5.  Kars, M., Musgrave, R.J., Kodama, K., Jonas, A.J., Bordiga, M., Ruebsam, W., Bauersachs, T., 2017. Impact of climate change on the magnetic mineral 
     assemblage in marine sediments from Izu rear arc, NW Pacific Ocean, over the last 1 Ma. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 480, 53 – 69. 
     doi: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2017.05.016

4.  Ruebsam, W., Dickson, A.J., Hoyer, E.M., Schwark, L., 2017. Multiproxy reconstruction of oceanographic conditions in the southern epeiric Kupferschiefer Sea         (Late Permian) based on redox-sensitive trace elements, molybdenum isotopes and biomarkers. Gondwana Research 44, 205 – 218. 
     doi: 10.1016/j.gr.2016.10.017

3.  Plet, C., Grice, K., Pagès, A., Ruebsam, W., Coolen, M.J.L., Schwark, L., 2016. Microbially-mediated fossil-bearing carbonate concretions and their significance
     for palaeoenvironmental reconstructions: A multi-proxy organic and inorganic geochemical appraisal. Chemical Geology 426, 95 – 108. 
     doi: 10.1016/j.chemgeo.2016.01.026

2.  Ruebsam, W., Münzberger, P., Schwark, L., 2015. Reply to the comment by Boulia & Hinnov towards: "Chronology of the Early Toarcian environmental crisis in      the Lorraine Sub-Basin (NE Paris Basin)". Earth and Planetary Science Letters 416, 147 – 150. doi: 10.1016/j.epsl.2015.02.022

1.  Ruebsam, W., Münzberger, P., Schwark, L., 2014. Chronology of the Early Toarcian environmental crisis in the Lorraine Sub-Basin (NE Paris Basin). Earth and          Planetary Science Letters 404, 273 – 282. doi: 10.1016/j.epsl.2014.08.005
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