Department for Geodynamics and Sedimentology
Research at the Department of Geodynamics and Sedimentology focuses on pure and applied research into both ductile/brittle lithospheric and Earth-surface processes. Field-based geology and quantitative modeling of geodynamic processes form the foundation of academic and applied Earth sciences research, in particular in petroleum geology and seismology. A close collaboration between research groups focuses on integrated geodynamics/tectonics and sedimentology/stratigraphy.
Head: Bernhard Grasemann, Jörn Peckmann, Michael Wagreich
News
Austrian Academy of Sciences
Bernhard Grasemann elected as corresponding member. [more]
Guest professor Adriano Guido at our department
Dr. Adriano Guido from the Department of Earth Sciences, University of Calabria, Italy, stays with us in April to carry out the research project [BIOMICRO] - Biomarkers in Microbialites: Relevance to Carbonatogenesis and... [more]
Tektonik - Wenn die Erde bebt
„Die Presse“ publishes article on Structural Geology Group project in the Cyclades [more]
Katrin Heindel has been awarded a Marie Curie Fellowship of the European Union
Start of the FP7 IEF Marie Curie Project “Formation mechanisms of Early Triassic microbialites” of Katrin Heindel and Jörn Peckmann in April 2012 [more]
Chemical Geology paper about the formation processes of post-glacial microbialites in coral reefs of the Pacific, Atlantic, and Indian Oceans
The occurrence of microbialites in post-glacial coral reefs has been interpreted to reflect an ecosystem response to environmental change. [more]
[CampOC]-Project on Upper Cretaceous Cyclostratigraphy approved by Austrian Science Fund
The Austrian Science Fund (FWF) granted a project (P24044-N24) on "Cyclostratigraphy and the astronomical time scale for the Tethyan Campanian (Late Cretaceous)" [Short title: Campanian Orbital Cyclostratigraphy - CampOC] by... [more]
AAPG Bulletin paper about curvature analysis performed on the Permam anticline, northern Iraq
Differential geometric methods are applied to compute and analyze curvature quantities of the Permam anticline (Iraq). [more]
Journal of Structural Geology paper about a major crustal strike-slip fault in Thailand
The NNE trending Khlong Marui strike-slip fault exhumed lenses of higher grade rocks together with low grade fault rocks associated with positive flower structures. [more]
Upcoming Talks
Earth Sciences Colloquium - 21.5.2012
Christa Göpel (CNRS Paris): Meteorite – Zeugen des frühen Sonnensystems. (ÖMG) [more]
Earth Sciences Colloquium - 22.5.2012
Fritz F. Steininger (Eggenburg): Die Fossillagerstätte Grube Messel - Ein Fenster in die Evolution des Lebens vor 45 Millionen Jahren und das erste fast vollständig erhaltene Skelett eines Trockennasenaffen („Menschenaffen“) -... [more]
Earth Sciences Colloquium - 24.5.2012
Florian Fußeis (Ruhr-Universität Bochum): 3D characterization of porosity and its temporal changes in metamorphic rocks using synchrotron X-ray microtomography. (ÖGG) [more]
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