Publications

The publications of the group include peer-reviewed articles, dissertations and conference proceedings

Peer Reviewed Publications

  • Bergh, E.W., and Jonk, L.W. 2024. Globorotalia truncatulinoides as indicator of Subtropical Convergence and thermocline change during the late Quaternary in the Southeast Atlantic. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 648: 112274.
  • Louw, P.J. and Bergh, E.W., 2024. A middle Miocene to Quaternary sedimentary and palaeoenvironmental record from the western continental shelf of South Africa. Marine Geology, 473: p.107304.
  • Turk, K.A., Pulsipher, M.A., Bergh, E.W., Laflamme, M. and Darroch, S.A., 2024. Archaeichnium haughtoni: a robust burrow lining from the Ediacaran–Cambrian transition of Namibia. Papers in Palaeontology, 10(1): p.e1546.
  • Bergh, E. W., and Compton, J.S. 2022. Palaeoceanographic and palaeoenvironmental controls on late Quaternary benthic foraminifera of the western continental slope of South Africa. Marine Micropaleontology, 177: 102180.
  • Bergh, E. W., and Compton, J.S. 2022. Taxonomy of Middle Miocene foraminifera from the northern Namibian continental shelf. Zootaxa, 5091(1): 1-55.
  • Cawthra, H.C., Bergh, E.W, Wiles, E. and Compton, J.S. 2021. Late Quaternary deep marine sediment records off southern Africa. South African Journal of Geology, 124: 1007-1032.
  • Bergh, E.W., von Koslowski, R. and Compton, J.S. 2021. Variations in deep water masses along the western margin of South Africa, spanning the last two glacial terminations. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, 562: 110148.
  • Bergh, E.W. and Compton, J.S. 2020. Quaternary foraminifera and mollusc assemblages on the southwestern African shelf. Palaeontologia Electronica, 23(2): a27
  • Bergh, E.W., Compton, J.S and Frenzel, P. 2018. Late Neogene foraminifera from the northern Namibian continental shelf and the transition to the Benguela Upwelling System. Journal of African Earth Sciences, 141: 33-48.
  • Compton, J.S. and Bergh, E.W. 2016. Phosphorite deposits on the Namibian shelf. Marine Geology, 280: 290-314.
  • Bergh, E.W and Compton, J.S. 2015. A one-year post-fire record of macronutrient cycling in a mountain sandstone fynbos ecosystem. South African Journal of Botany, 97: 48-58.

Abstracts in Conference Proceedings

  • Bergh, E.W. 2023. – Strontium isotope and biostratigraphy of the Namibian continental shelf and associated palaeoenvironmental changes during the Neogene to Quaternary. FORAMS symposium, Perugia, Italy.
  • Bergh, E.W., Reddiar, K., Fourie, M. 2023. How the remains of unicellular organisms can give us insight into Neogene to modern changes in southern African coastal and marine environments. GeoCongress. Stellenbosch, South Africa.
  • Bergh, E.W. 2022. Late Quaternary palaeoceanographic fluctuations associated with glacial-interglacial along the western margin of South Africa. Conference on Eastern Boundary Upwelling Systems. Lima, Peru.
  • Walsh, J.T., Bergh E.W., Fietz, S. 2022. Plio-Pleistocene Palaeoceanography of the Western Continental Shelf of Southern Africa under the Influence of the Benguela Upwelling System. Conference on Eastern Boundary Upwelling Systems. Lima, Peru.
  • Bergh, E.W., Compton, J.S. and Zabel, M. 2020. A combined approach in determining late Quaternary fluctuations in deep water masses derived from neodymium isotopes, faunal variations and d13C in foraminifera along the western continental slope of South Africa. European Geophysical Union Online
  • Bergh, E.W and Compton, J.S. 2016. From warm to cool: foraminiferal record the transition into the northern Benguela Upwelling System. Benguela Symposium, Cape Town, South Africa
  • Bergh, E.W., Naran, D and Taylor, W. 2016. The role of museums in palaeontological research. Abstracts. Paleontological Society of Southern Africa. Stellenbosch, South Africa.
  • Bergh, E.W. 2016. Stratigraphy and depositional environment of Namibian continental shelf sediments as indicated by fossil foraminifera. Abstracts. Paleontological Society of Southern Africa. Stellenbosch, South Africa.
  • Neumann, F.H., Roberts, D., Bergh, E.W., Carr, A.S., Cawthra, H., Humphries, M., Machutchon, M., Rossouw, L and Scott, L. 2014. A multi-proxy study of offshore Miocene fluvio-paludal sediments at the southwestern tip of Africa: implications for Neogene climate and vegetation evolution. Congress of the Paleontological Society of Southern Africa. Johannesburg, South Africa.
  • Hearty, P.J; O’Leary, M; Raymo, M.E; Rovere, A; Inglis, J; Roberts, D and Bergh, E.W. 2012. New geological estimates of Pliocene sea levels from the Western and Northern Cape provinces, Republic of South Africa. AGU abstracts. AGU Fall Meeting 2012. San Francisco, USA.
  • Bergh, E.W; Rogers, J and Compton, J.S. 2012. A Cenozoic foraminiferal record and its associated palaeoenvironmental conditions from the Namibian outer shelf. Abstracts. Paleontological Society of Southern Africa. Cape Town, South Africa.
  • Bergh, E.W and Compton, J.S. 2012. A one year post-fire biogeochemical cycling record of a sandstone mountain fynbos ecosystem, South Africa. EGU Abstracts. European Geophysical Union General Assembly 2012. Vienna, Austria.

Technical Reports

  • Frenzel, P., Bergh, E.W., Gander, L., Strachan, K. 2017. In: Zabel, M., and cruise participants. Climate archives in coastal waters of southern Africa–Cruise No. M123. Walvis Bay (Namibia)–Cape Town (Republic of South Africa). METEOR-Berichte M, 123, 50.
  • Frenzel, P., Bergh, E.W., Gander, L., Strachan, K. 2017. In: Zabel, M., and cruise participants. Climate archives in coastal waters of southern Africa–Cruise No. M123. Walvis Bay (Namibia)–Cape Town (Republic of South Africa). METEOR-Berichte M, 123, 50.

Dissertations


Walsh, J.T., 2023. Plio-Pleistocene Palaeoenvironment of the South Western Continental Shelf of South Africa: a Foraminiferal Perspective. M.Sc. thesis. Stellenbosch University. Supervised by Eugene Bergh and Susanne Fietz