Markus PALZER-KHOMENKO, MSc.

markus.palzer@gmx.at

Raumnummer: 2B351
Tel.: +43-1-4277-53435


Markus Palzer-Khomenko


Main Fields of Research:

  • Foreland sediments and stratigraphy
  • Sedimentology
  • Well cores correlation and interpretation


PhD Thesis:

Markus thesis project is part of the University - OMV cooperation project "Regional Tectonics, Sedimentation and Chronology of the Molasse Basin in Eastern Austria" (OMV Molasse Project)" (FA536022).
He is working on Lower Miocene (Ottnangian-Karapatian) sedimentation and palaeogeography of the Northern Alpine Foreland Basin in eastern Lower Austria.
Methods applied include facies analysis, OMV well data correlation, geochemistry, chemostratigraphy and biostratigraphy. A distinct carbonate-minimum-interval was recognized and related to the sea-level lowstand during the late Ottnangian, and the establishment of the Rzehakia Lake System.

Membership

Österreichische Geologische Gesellschaft

Traisen Formation, Lower Miocene

Fine-grained part of the Traisen Formation, Lower Miocene (upper Ottnangian), lower Austria (© M. Wagreich).