Department of Geology

Department of Geology

Research at the Department of Geology 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: Michael Wagreich, Bernhard Grasemann (Dep.), Daniel Le Heron (Dep.)

News and Events

July 2024

Certificate

Paper published by Michael Wagreich as co-author in Journal of Quaternary Science on behalf of Quaternary Research Association, is one of the top 10 most-cited papers published 1st January 2022 – 31st December 2023. https://doi.org/10.1002/jqs.3467

June 2024

Podcast

Was die Donau über die Menschheit zu erzählen weiß
Diana Hatzenbühler

May 2024

Presse/Gastkommentar

Der falsche Abgesang auf das Anthropozän
Robert Braun, Michael Wagreich

March 2024

New Publication in SCIENCE

Energiebilanz von Erbeben anhand von fossilem Gestein erhoben
Michel Bestmann
On-fault earthquake energy density partitioning from shocked garnet in an exhumed seismic midcrustal fault

February 2024

Ö1 Radiokolleg Anthropozän

Anthropozän - Das Zeitalter des Menschen (2)
Diana Hatzenbühler, Michael Weißl

February 2024

Article/Press

„Menschenzeitalter“ bleibt umstritten
Michael Wagreich, Christian Köberl

January 2024

New Publication/Press

New Publication in „Sedimentology“:
Stephanie Neuhuber, Susanne Gier, Erich Draganits, Peter Steier, Monika Bolka, Franz Ottner, Christoph Spötl, Dorothee Hippler, Patrick Meister: Radiocarbon ages of microcrystalline authigenic carbonate in Lake Neusiedl (Austria) suggest millennial-scale growth of Mg-calcite and protodolomite. (doi: 10.1111/sed.13161)