About the Authors

Christiane Schmidt

cschmidt@marum.de

Affiliation MARUM, Center for Marine Environmental Sciences, University of Bremen, Bremen, Germany

Raphael Morard

Affiliation MARUM, Center for Marine Environmental Sciences, University of Bremen, Bremen, Germany

Ahuva Almogi-Labin

Affiliation Geological Survey of Israel, Jerusalem, Israel

Anna E. Weinmann

Affiliations Department of Geology, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, United States of America, Steinmann-Institute for Geology, Mineralogy und Paleontology, University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany

Danna Titelboim

Affiliation Department of Geological and Environmental Sciences, Ben Gurion University of the Negev, Beer-Sheva, Israel

Sigal Abramovich

Affiliation Department of Geological and Environmental Sciences, Ben Gurion University of the Negev, Beer-Sheva, Israel

Michal Kucera

Affiliation MARUM, Center for Marine Environmental Sciences, University of Bremen, Bremen, Germany

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: CS RM AW MK. Performed the experiments: CS RM AW. Analyzed the data: CS RM AW. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: CS MK RM AAL AW SA DT. Wrote the paper: CS MK RM AAL SA AW DT.