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פרופ' ניקולס וולדמן הוא גיאולוג בעל רקע בסדימנטולוגיה וניתוח סטרטיגרפיה סייסמית. הוא קיבל תואר ראשון ושני מהאוניברסיטה העברית בירושלים ואת הדוקטורט שלו מאוניברסיטת ז'נבה (שוויץ). כמו כן, הוא השלים מלגת פוסט-דוקטורט באוניברסיטת ברגן (נורבגיה). תחומי המחקר העיקריים שלו מתמקדים בגיאולוגיה ימית ולימנוגיאולוגיה עם יישומים לשחזור פליאו-אקלים ופליאו-סביבתיים, תוך פענוח תהליכים המתרחשים באגני ים ואגמים כאחד. פרופ' וולדמן מתעניין במיוחד בפענוח חתימות האקלים המוטבעות ברשומות הסדימנטריות באמצעות שילוב של גורמים פיזיקליים, כימיים וביולוגיים. יתר על כן, הוא תורם למחקרים הקשורים לארכיטקטורה הסדימנטרית של אגנים, שחזור סביבות השקעה באגן באופן בין-תחומי. הוא שימש כנציג ישראל ברקגון הECORD (2015-2018) ו-ICDP-SAG (2018-2021). כיום, הוא משמש כנציג ישראל בהאגודה הבינלאומית לסדימנטולוגים (IAS) וחבר בכיר בועדה של רירגון IAL.
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- Paleolimnological Analysis of Lakes in Central Mexico: Regional Comparisons, Human Forcing, and Teleconnections During the Late Quaternary, Hernández-Morales, R., Israde Alcantara, I., Waldmann, N. & Zanor, G. A., Jun 2026, In: Limnological Review. 26, 2, 20.
- Hydroclimate variability and human influence in southern Yemen over the past 1100 years: Insights from subfossil midge (Diptera: Chironomidae, Ceratopogonidae) assemblages from paleolake Gayal el Bazal, Rigterink, S., Parth, S., Waldmann, N., Russell, J., Schmidt, J. & Schwalb, A., Dec 2025, In: Holocene. 35, 12, p. 1203-1213 11 p.
- Integrated bio-chemo-cyclostratigraphy of early Eocene carbon cycle aberrations from the Northern Negev, Mannucci, A., Fokkema, C. D., Agnini, C., Bialik, O. M., Bats, Y. F., Mari, A., Theijse, B., Brinkhuis, H., Kelly, L., Waldmann, N. D., Sluijs, A. & Galeotti, S., 14 Oct 2025, In: Newsletters on Stratigraphy. 58, 3, p. 321-342 22 p.
- Late glacial and Holocene climate records from the Southern Hemisphere, Massaferro, J., Mayr, C. & Waldmann, N., 15 Aug 2025, In: Quaternary International. 741, 109892.
- Tectono-sedimentary evolution of a marginal fault: Insights from the Dead Sea Transform Fault System, Shtober-Zisu, N., Kranenburg, H., Waldmann, N., Porat, N., Shaar, R., Brook, A. & Greenbaum, N., 1 Feb 2025, In: Quaternary International. 718, 109637.
- Workshop report: Afar Dallol Drilling - ONset of sedimentary processes in an active rift basin (ADD-ON), The Add-On Workshop Consortium, 30 Aug 2024, In: Scientific Drilling. 33, 2, p. 207-218 12 p.
- Sediment-redox dynamics in an oligotrophic deep-water lake in Tierra del Fuego: insights from Fe isotopes, Ordoñez Rendón, L. G., Neugebauer, I., Thomas, C., Chiaradia, M., Waldmann, N. & Ariztegui, D., Aug 2024, In: Journal of Paleolimnology. 72, 2, p. 129-143 15 p.
- Disentangling influences of climate variability and lake-system evolution on climate proxies derived from isoprenoid and branched glycerol dialkyl glycerol tetraethers (GDGTs): The 250 kyr Lake Chala record, Baxter, A. J., Peterse, F., Verschuren, D., Maitituerdi, A., Waldmann, N. & Sinninghe Damsté, J. S., 14 Jun 2024, In: Biogeosciences. 21, 11, p. 2877-2908 32 p.
- Long-term carbon sequestration in the Eocene of the Levant Basin through transport of organic carbon from nearshore to deep marine environments, Meilijson, A., Bialik, O. M., Boudinot, F. G., Bown, P. R., Benjamini, C., Waldmann, N. D. & Sepúlveda, J., 30 Dec 2023, In: Chemical Geology. 642, 121800.
- Investigating the impact of climate change on the lake ecosystem during the late Holocene using a sedimentary record from the southern Arabian Desert, Yemen, Parth, S., Ankit, Y., Rigterink, S., Mazzini, I., Russell, J., Anoop, A. & Waldmann, N., 25 Nov 2023, In: Science of the Total Environment. 901, 165835.
- Workshop report: PlioWest-drilling Pliocene lakes in western North America, the PlioWest Working Consortium, 26 Oct 2023, In: Scientific Drilling. 32, p. 61-72 12 p.
- Modes of gas migration and seepage on the salt-rooted Palmahim Disturbance, southeastern Mediterranean, Lawal, M. A., Bialik, O. M., Lazar, M., Waldmann, N. D., Foubert, A. & Makovsky, Y., Jul 2023, In: Marine and Petroleum Geology. 153, 106256.
- Reconstruction of Dead Sea lake level and mass balance back to 237 ka BP using halite fluid inclusions, Guillerm, E., Gardien, V., Waldmann, N. D., Brall, N. S., Ariztegui, D., Schwab, M. J., Neugebauer, I., Lach, A. & Caupin, F., 1 Mar 2023, In: Quaternary Science Reviews. 303, 107964.
- Characterization of blocks within a near seafloor Neogene MTC, Orange Basin: Constraints from a high-resolution 3D seismic data, Amaechi, P. O., Waldmann, N. D., Makovsky, Y. & Opuwari, M., Feb 2023, In: Sedimentary Geology. 444, 106319.
- Giant paleo-seafloor craters and mass wasting associated with magma-induced uplift of the upper crust, Omosanya, K. O., Duffaut, K., Alves, T. M., Eruteya, O. E., Johansen, S. E. & Waldmann, N., Dec 2022, In: Scientific Reports. 12, 1, p. 4392 4392.
- Multilevel Composition: A new method for revealing complex geological features in three-dimensional seismic reflection data, Lawal, M. A., Pecher, I., Bialik, O. M., Waldmann, N. D., Bialas, J., Koren, Z. & Makovsky, Y., Dec 2022, In: Marine and Petroleum Geology. 146, 105938.
- Stratigraphic record reveals contrasting roles of overflows and underflows over glacial cycles in a hypersaline lake (Dead Sea), Lu, Y., Pope, E. L., Moernaut, J., Bookman, R., Waldmann, N., Agnon, A., Marco, S. & Strasser, M., 15 Sep 2022, In: Earth and Planetary Science Letters. 594, 117723.
- Late quaternary climate change in Australia's arid interior: Evidence from Kati Thanda – Lake Eyre, Cohen, T. J., Arnold, L. J., Gázquez, F., May, J. H., Marx, S. K., Jankowski, N. R., Chivas, A. R., Garćia, A., Cadd, H., Parker, A. G., Jansen, J. D., Fu, X., Waldmann, N., Nanson, G. C., Jones, B. G. & Gadd, P., 15 Sep 2022, In: Quaternary Science Reviews. 292, 107635.
- Late Paleocene to middle Eocene carbon isotope stratigraphy of the Northern Negev, Southern Israel: potential for paleoclimate reconstructions, Fokkema, C. D., Buijs, S., Bialik, O. M., Meilijson, A., Waldmann, N. D., Makovsky, Y., Frieling, J., Dickens, G. R. & Sluijs, A., Jun 2022, In: Newsletters on Stratigraphy. 55, 3, p. 361-384 24 p.
- Depositional history of Lake Chala (Mt. Kilimanjaro, equatorial East Africa) from high-resolution seismic stratigraphy, Maitituerdi, A., Van Daele, M., Verschuren, D., De Batist, M. & Waldmann, N., May 2022, In: Journal of African Earth Sciences. 189, 104499.
- Preservation of Fe/Mn-redox fronts in sediments of an oligotrophic, oxygenated deep-water lake (Lago Fagnano, Tierra del Fuego), Neugebauer, I., Thomas, C., Ordoñez, L., Waldmann, N. D., Recasens, C., Vizcaino, A., Jimenez-Espejo, F. J. & Ariztegui, D., 24 Feb 2022, In: Sedimentology. 69, 4, p. 1841-1860 20 p.
- Sedimentary response to current and nutrient regime rearrangement in the Eastern Mediterranean during the early to middle Miocene (Southwestern Cyprus), Bialik, O. M., Reolid, J., Kulhanek, D. K., Hincke, C., Waldmann, N. D. & Betzler, C., 15 Feb 2022, In: Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology. 588, 110819.
- Petroleum Potential of Cretaceous Source Rocks in the Levant Basin, Meilijson, A., Finkelman, E., Ashckenazi-Polivoda, S., Garrett Boudinot, F., Bialik, O. M., Coletti, G., Steinberg, J., Karcz, K., Waldmann, N. D., Sepúlveda, J. & Makovsky, Y., 1 Jan 2022, Advances in Geophysics, Tectonics and Petroleum Geosciences - Proceedings of the 2nd Springer Conference of the Arabian Journal of Geosciences CAJG-2, Tunisia 2019. Meghraoui, M., Sundararajan, N., Banerjee, S., Hinzen, K.-G., Eshagh, M., Roure, F., Chaminé, H. I., Maouche, S. & Michard, A. (eds.). Springer Nature, p. 379-381 3 p. (Advances in Science, Technology and Innovation).
- Reconstructing 1200 years of Hydroclimate Variability in the Southern Margins of the Arabian Desert: Insights From a Paleo-Lake in Southern Yemen, Parth, S., Russell, J. & Waldmann, N., 7 Dec 2021, In: Frontiers in Earth Science. 9, 712443.
- Delineation of Sandstone Reservoir Flow Zones in the Central Bredasdorp Basin, South Africa, Using Core Samples, Opuwari, M., Magoba, M., Dominick, N. & Waldmann, N., Oct 2021, In: Natural Resources Research. 30, 5, p. 3385-3406 22 p.
- Orbital- and Millennial-Scale Changes in Lake-Levels Facilitate Earthquake-Triggered Mass Failures in the Dead Sea Basin, Lu, Y., Moernaut, J., Waldmann, N., Bookman, R., Ian Alsop, G., Hubert-Ferrari, A., Strasser, M., Agnon, A. & Marco, S., 28 Jul 2021, In: Geophysical Research Letters. 48, 14, e2021GL093391.
- Response of Mg isotopes to dolomitization during fluctuations in sea level: Constraints on the hydrological conditions of massive dolomitization systems, Hu, Z., Bialik, O. M., Hohl, S. V., Xia, Z., Waldmann, N. D., Liu, C. & Li, W., Jul 2021, In: Sedimentary Geology. 420, 105922.
- The role of detrital components in the petrophysical parameters of Paleogene calcareous-dominated hemipelagic deposits, Opuwari, M., Bialik, O. M., Taha, N. & Waldmann, N. D., Jun 2021, In: Arabian Journal of Geosciences. 14, 11, 1027.
- Anatomy of a Catastrophe: Reconstructing the 1936 Rock Fall and Tsunami Event in Lake Lovatnet, Western Norway, Waldmann, N., Vasskog, K., Simpson, G., Chapron, E., Støren, E. W. N., Hansen, L., Loizeau, J. L., Nesje, A. & Ariztegui, D., 28 May 2021, In: Frontiers in Earth Science. 9, 671378.
- Benchmark study using a multi-scale, multi-methodological approach for the petrophysical characterization of reservoir sandstones, Haruzi, P., Katsman, R., Halisch, M., Waldmann, N. & Spiro, B., 19 Mar 2021, In: Solid Earth. 12, 3, p. 665-689 25 p., 34.
- Cyclic preservation of Fe/Mn-redox fronts in sediments of an oligotrophic, ventilated deep-water lake, Neugebauer, I., Thomas, C., Waldmann, D. N., Recasens, C. & Ariztegui, D., 2021, In: Sedimentology. 41 p.
- Significance to hydrocarbon exploration of terrestrial organic matter introduced into deep marine systems: Insights from the Lower Cretaceous in the Levant Basin, Meilijson, A., Finkelman-Torgeman, E., Bialik, O. M., Boudinot, F. G., Steinberg, J., Karcz, Z., Waldmann, N. D., Benjamini, C., Vinegar, H. & Makovsky, Y., Dec 2020, In: Marine and Petroleum Geology. 122, 104671.
- Characterizing scales of sedimentary heterogeneity in a fluvial—estuarine reservoir analog: An example from the Mulichinco Formation, Neuquén Basin, Argentina, Olivo, M. S., Kietzmann, D. A., Schencman, L. J., Minisini, D., Espínola, J. & Waldmann, N. D., Nov 2020, In: Marine and Petroleum Geology. 121, 104604.
- Source to sink reconstruction of a Holocene Fjord-infill: Depositional patterns, suspended sediment yields, wind-induced circulation patterns and trapping efficiency for Lake Strynevatnet, inner Nordfjord, Norway, Storms, J. E. A., Beylich, A. A., Hansen, L. & Waldmann, N., 1 Jun 2020, In: Depositional Record. 6, 2, p. 471-485 15 p.
- Lenticular-bedding-like bioturbation and the onshore recognition of carbonate drifts (Oligocene, Cyprus), Reolid, J., Betzler, C., Bialik, O. M. & Waldmann, D. N., 1 Feb 2020, In: Journal of Sedimentary Research. 90, 12, p. 1667-1677 11 p.
- Monsoons, Upwelling, and the Deoxygenation of the Northwestern Indian Ocean in Response to Middle to Late Miocene Global Climatic Shifts, Bialik, O. M., Auer, G., Ogawa, N. O., Kroon, D., Waldmann, N. D. & Ohkouchi, N., 1 Feb 2020, In: Paleoceanography and Paleoclimatology. 35, 2, e2019PA003762.
- Estimation of the physical, petrophysical and mineralogical properties of Messinian salt rocks, Sicily: Implications for multidisciplinary applications, Samperi, L., Giorgio, M., Kamaldeen, O. O., Alba, Z., Nicolas, W., Sabrina, N., Pauselli, C. & Francesco, B., Feb 2020, In: Marine and Petroleum Geology. 112, 104032.
- The Lake CHAd Deep DRILLing project (CHADRILL) - targeting ~ 10 million years of environmental and climate change in Africa, the ICDP CHADRILL Consortium, 22 Oct 2018, In: Scientific Drilling. 24, p. 71-78 8 p.
- Mg isotope response to dolomitization in hinterland-attached carbonate platforms: Outlook of δ26Mg as a tracer of basin restriction and seawater Mg/Ca ratio, Bialik, O. M., Wang, X., Zhao, S., Waldmann, N. D., Frank, R. & Li, W., 15 Aug 2018, In: Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta. 235, p. 189-207 19 p.
- Interpreting Soft Sediment Deformation and Mass Transport Deposits as Seismites in the Dead Sea Depocenter, Lu, Y., Waldmann, N., Ian Alsop, G. & Marco, S., Oct 2017, In: Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth. 122, 10, p. 8305-8325 21 p.
- The stratigraphy and chronology of the Samra Formation, Waldmann, D. N., 2017, Quaternary of the Levant: Environments, Climate Change, and Humans. Y. E. & O.B.-Y. (eds.). Cambridge University Press, p. 91-98
- Sedimentology of the Lacustrine Formations in the Dead Sea Basin, Neugebauer, I., Palchan, D., Hadzhiivanova, E., Taha, N., Brauer, A., Enzel, Y. & Waldmann, D. N., 2017, Quaternary of the Levant: Environments, Climate Change, and Humans. Bar-Yosef, O. & Enzel, Y. (eds.). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, p. 83-90 8 p.
- Late-Pleistocene evolution of the continental shelf of central Israel, a case study from Hadera, Shtienberg, G., Dix, J., Waldmann, N., Makovsky, Y., Golan, A. & Sivan, D., 15 May 2016, In: Geomorphology. 261, p. 200-211 12 p.
- Seismic geomorphology of the Israel slump complex in the Levant Basin (SE Mediterranean), Eruteya, O. E., Safadi, M., Waldmann, N., Makovsky, Y. & Ben-Avraham, Z., 2016, Advances in Natural and Technological Hazards Research. Springer Netherlands, p. 39-47 9 p. (Advances in Natural and Technological Hazards Research; vol. 41).
- Morphological signatures of mass wasting and delta processes in a fjord-lake system: Insights from Lovatnet, western Norway, Hansen, L., Waldmann, N., Storms, J. E. A., Eilertsen, R. S., Ariztegui, D., Chapron, E. & Nesje, A., 2016, In: Norwegian Journal of Geology. 96, 3
- Understanding glacier-induced wind-driven circulation patterns in Strynevatnet Fjord (Norway) and their implications for fjord-infill patterns, Storms, J. E. A., Schoenmakers, M., Hansen, L., Waldmann, N. & Beylich, A., 2016, 2nd Conference on Forward Modelling of Sedimentary Systems: From Desert to Deep Marine Depositioned Systems. European Association of Geoscientists and Engineers, EAGE, p. 37-41 5 p. (2nd Conference on Forward Modelling of Sedimentary Systems: From Desert to Deep Marine Depositioned Systems).
- Lithology of the long sediment record recovered by the ICDP Dead Sea Deep Drilling Project (DSDDP), DSDDP Scientific Party, 5 Oct 2014, In: Quaternary Science Reviews. 102, p. 149-165 17 p.
- Evidence for Storegga tsunami run-up at the head of Nordfjord, western Norway, Vasskog, K., Waldmann, N., Bondevik, S., Nesje, A., Chapron, E. & Ariztegui, D., May 2013, In: Journal of Quaternary Science. 28, 4, p. 391-402 12 p.
- Active gas migration systems offshore northern Israel, first evidence from seafloor and subsurface data, Schattner, U., Lazar, M., Harari, D. & Waldmann, N., 1 Oct 2012, In: Continental Shelf Research. 48, p. 167-172 6 p.
- Holocene mass-wasting events in Lago Fagnano, Tierra del Fuego (54°S): Implications for paleoseismicity of the Magallanes-Fagnano transform fault, Waldmann, N., Anselmetti, F. S., Ariztegui, D., Austin, J. A., Pirouz, M., Moy, C. M. & Dunbar, R., Apr 2011, In: Basin Research. 23, 2, p. 171-190 20 p.
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