Daniel Paul LE HERON, Univ.-Prof. Dr.
Room Number: 2B474
Mobile: +43 6706048318
Tel.: +43-1-4277-53608
Welcome to this page! I’m a sedimentologist / geologist with an enthusiasm for geologically-related travel and adventures. I am at my best in the field, and have a passion for both research and teaching in the great outdoors- from mountains to deserts and to the windswept corners of the world. Feel free to get in touch if you want to discuss any of the research we are doing or wish to explore any collaborative opportunities with us!
Current Research Interests:
- Glacial sedimentology - past deep time glacial records around the world. Both “pure” and “applied” research into these topics. Palaeoglaciological reconstructions.
- Soft-sediment deformation structures
- Aspects of Precambrian carbonates (e.g. post-glacial cap carbonates, Microbialites)
External Responsibilities:
- Associate Editor, Journal of Sedimentary Research
- Associate Editor, Indian Journal of Sedimentologists
- Associate Editor, Sedimentology (2016)
Recently Completed and Current Projects:
- The Cryogenian diamictites of Death Valley, California, and their palaeogeographic significance (in collaboration with Tom Vandyk, Dr Marie Busfield, and Saeed Tofaif)
- The Late Ordovician glacial record in the Tabuk area, Saudi Arabia (MPhil project of Saeed Tofaif, with Saudi Aramco)
- The Ediacaran / Cambrian glacial deposits and the striated pavements of the Luoquan Formation and equivalents, central China. PhD project of Tom Vandyk (currently at Royal Holloway, University of London)
- Soft-sediment deformation structures and striated pavements associated with the Late Paleozoic glaciations
PhD Project Opportunities:
I always welcome approaches from interested, field-oriented individuals to design new projects and work together! Feel free to drop me a line at daniel.le-heron@univie.ac.at
Short CV:
Born 1978 in Guernsey, Channel Islands (between England and France)
1997-2000: Bachelor’s degree in Geology at Aberystwyth University, Wales, United Kingdom
2000-2003: PhD degree in Geology specialising in Sedimentology also at Aberystwyth University. My studies were spent entirely in the offices of ENI-Lasmo, the former British/Italian oil company that was based in London. Thesis topic: “Development of the Murzuq Basin, SW Libya, during the Late Ordovician. During this I undertook the first 3 of 12 field seasons I have been lucky enough to undertake in the Sahara.
2004-2005: Postdoc, sponsored by TOTAL, in Strasbourg University, France. Field seasons in Morocco.
2006-2006: Geologist at CASP, a geological research organisation in Cambridge, UK, with further fieldwork in Libya and Siberia
2006-2007: Wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter, University of Hanover, Germany.
2008-2017: Lecturer, then Senior Lecturer, then Reader at Royal Holloway University of London. Conducted and directed field-based geological research in Brazil, Indonesia, Namibia, Saudi Arabia, USA, Australia and China.
2018: Joined University of Vienna in the Geodynamics and Sedimentology team.
Publications (taken from u:cris)
2023
Sedimentology of the Ediacaran barite-bearing cap dolostone from Gaolan, northern Three Gorges, South China. / Chen, Xiaoshuai; Kuang, Hongwei; Liu, Yongqing; Le Heron, Daniel Paul; Wang, Yuchong; Bai, Huaqing; Peng, Nan.
In: Sedimentology, Vol. 70, No. 2, 02.2023, p. 381-406.Publication: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
2022
Composite sand-ice wedge pseudomorphs suggestive of a frosty Ediacaran–Cambrian transition. / Wang, Yuchong; Kuang, Hongwei; Liu, Yongqing; Chen, Xiaoshuai; Zhao, Fenghua; Le Heron, Daniel Paul; Vandyk, Thomas Matthew; Peng, Nan; Yang, Zhenrui; Bai, Huaqing.
In: Precambrian Research, Vol. 382, 106873, 11.2022.Publication: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
A grounding zone wedge origin for the Palaeoproterozoic Makganyene Formation of South Africa. / Le Heron, D. P.; Busfield, M. E.; Smith, A. J.B.; Wimmer, S.
In: Frontiers in Earth Science, Vol. 10, 905602, 28.09.2022.Publication: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
The sedimentological death mask of a dying glacier. / Le Heron, Daniel Paul; Kettler, Christoph; Wawra, Arian; Schoepfer, Martin; Grasemann, Bernhard.
In: Depositional Record, Vol. 8, No. 3, 05.09.2022, p. 992-1007.Publication: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
The role of siliciclastics in carbonate fabric diversity and preservation : A case study from the Neoproterozoic carbonate − siliciclastic Horse Thief Springs Formation, Death Valley. / Smrzka, Daniel; Kuzel, Kristian; Chiarella, Domenico; Joachimski, Michael M.; Vandyk, Thomas M.; Kettler, Christoph; Le Heron, Dan P.
In: Sedimentology, Vol. 69, No. 5, 08.2022, p. 2284-2318.Publication: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
The Late Palaeozoic Ice Age unconformity in southern Namibia viewed as a patchwork mosaic. / Le Heron, Daniel P.; Kettler, Christoph; Griffis, Neil P.; Dietrich, Pierre; Montañez, Isabel P.; Osleger, David A.; Hofmann, Axel; Douillet, Guilhem; Mundil, Roland.
In: Depositional Record, Vol. 8, No. 2, 06.2022, p. 419-435.Publication: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
New Perspectives on Glacial Geomorphology in Earth’s Deep Time Record. / Le Heron, D. P.; Busfield, M. E.; Chen, X.; Corkeron, M.; Davies, B. J.; Dietrich, P.; Ghienne, J. F.; Kettler, C.; Scharfenberg, L.; Vandyk, T. M.; Wohlschlägl, R.
In: Frontiers in Earth Science, Vol. 10, 870359, 18.05.2022.Publication: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Rapid geomorphological and sedimentological changes at a modern Alpine ice margin: lessons from the Gepatsch Glacier, Tirol, Austria. / Le Heron, Daniel; Kettler, Christoph; Davies, Bethan; Scharfenberg, Lars; Eder, Lukas; Kettermann, Michael; Griesmeier, Gerit; Quinn, Rhiannon; Chen, Xiaoshuai; Vandyk, Thomas; Busfield, Marie.
In: Journal of the Geological Society, Vol. 179, No. 3, jgs2021-052, 05.2022.Publication: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Ediacaran cap dolomite of Shennongjia, northern Yangtze Craton, South China. / Kuang, Hongwei; Liu, Yongqing; Peng, Nan; Vandyk, Thomas M.; Le Heron, Daniel Paul; Zhu, Zhicai; Bai, Huaqing; Wang, Yuchong; Wang, Zhixian; Zhong, Quan; Chen, Jinxin; Yu, Huiliang; Chen, Xiaoshuai; Song, Changgui; Qi, Kening.
In: Precambrian Research, Vol. 368, 106483, 01.2022.Publication: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
2021
Fjord network in Namibia : A snapshot into the dynamics of the late Paleozoic glaciation. / Dietrich, Pierre; Griffis, Neil P.; Heron, Daniel P.Le; Montañez, Isabel P.; Kettler, Christoph; Robin, Cécile; Guillocheau, François.
In: Geology, Vol. 49, No. 12, 12.2021, p. 1521-1526.Publication: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Reassessing classic evidence for warm-based Cryogenian ice on the western Laurentian margin : The “striated pavement” of the Mineral Fork Formation, USA. / Vandyk, T. M.; Kettler, C.; Davies, B. J.; Shields, G. A.; Candy, I.; Le Heron, D. P.
In: Precambrian Research, Vol. 363, 106345, 09.2021.Publication: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Bedforms and sedimentary structures related to supercritical flows in glacigenic settings. / Lang, Jörg; Le Heron, Daniel P.; Van den Berg, Jan H.; Winsemann, Jutta.
In: Sedimentology, Vol. 68, No. 4, 06.2021, p. 1539-1579.Publication: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Revisiting the Nantuo Formation in Shennongjia, South China : A new depositional model and multiple glacial cycles in the Cryogenian. / Chen, Xiaoshuai; Kuang, Hongwei; Liu, Yongqing; Le Heron, Daniel Paul; Wang, Yuchong; Peng, Nan; Wang, Zhixian; Zhong, Quan; Yu, Huiliang; Chen, Jinxin.
In: Precambrian Research, Vol. 356, 106132, 05.2021.Publication: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Ice-rafted dropstones in “postglacial” Cryogenian cap carbonates. / Le Heron, D. P.; Busfield, M. E.; Kettler, C.
In: Geology, Vol. 49, No. 3, 03.2021, p. 263-267.Publication: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
High-latitude ice and climate control on sediment supply across SW Gondwana during the late Carboniferous and early Permian. / Griffis, N.; Montañez, I.; Mundil, R.; Le Heron, D.; Dietrich, P.; Kettler, C.; Linol, B.; Mottin, T.; Iannuzzi, R.; Huyskens, M.; Yin, Q. Z.; Vesely, Fernando Farias.
In: Bulletin of the Geological Society of America, Vol. 133, No. 9-10, 2021, p. 2113-2124.Publication: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
2020
Sediment deformation and production beneath soft-bedded Palaeozoic ice sheets. / Le Heron, D. P. (Corresponding author); Heninger, M.; Baal, C.; Bestmann, M.
In: Sedimentary Geology, Vol. 408, 105761, 10.2020.Publication: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Subglacial bedforms and landscapes formed by an ice sheet of Ediacaran-Cambrian age in west Henan, North China. / Chen, Xiaoshuai; Kuang, Hongwei; Liu, Yongqing; Wang, Yuchong; Yang, Zhenrui; Vandyk, Thomas Matthew; Le Heron, Daniel Paul; Wang, Shiyan; Geng, Yuansheng; Bai, Huaqing; Peng, Nan; Xia, Xiaoxu.
In: Precambrian Research, Vol. 344, 105727, 15.07.2020.Publication: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
A window into the Great Unconformity : Insights from geochemistry and geochronology of Ediacaran glaciogenic rocks in the North China Craton. / Li, Meng; Vandyk, Thomas Matthew; Wu, Guanghui; Liu, Wei; Le Heron, Daniel Paul; Xiao, Yang.
In: Journal of Asian Earth Sciences, Vol. 194, 104327, 01.06.2020.Publication: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
The laurentian neoproterozoic glacial interval : Reappraising the extent and timing of glaciation. / Le Heron, Daniel Paul; Eyles, Nicholas; Busfield, Marie Elen.
In: Austrian Journal of Earth Sciences, Vol. 113, No. 1, 01.2020, p. 59-70.Publication: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
2019
Scratching the surface : Footprint of a late Carboniferous ice sheet. / Le Heron, D. P.; Dietrich, P.; Busfield, M. E.; Kettler, C.; Bermanschlaeger, S.; Grasemann, B.
In: Geology, Vol. 47, No. 11, 11.2019, p. 1034-1038.Publication: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Temperate glaciation on a Snowball Earth : Glaciological and palaeogeographic insights from the Cryogenian Yuermeinak Formation of NW China. / Vandyk, T. M.; Wu, G.; Davies, B. J.; Xiao, Y.; Li, M.; Shields, G. A.; Le Heron, D. P.
In: Precambrian Research, Vol. 331, 105362, 01.09.2019.Publication: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Bird's-eye view of an Ediacaran subglacial landscape. / Le Heron, Daniel Paul; Vandyk, Thomas Matthew; Kuang, Hongwei; Liu, Yongqing; Chen, Xiaoshuai; Wang, Yuchong; Yang, Zhenrui; Scharfenberg, Lars; Davies, Bethan; Shields, Graham.
In: Geology, Vol. 47, No. 8, 01.08.2019, p. 705-709.Publication: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Bird’s-eye view of an Ediacaran subglacial landscape. / Le Heron, Daniel; Vandyk, Thomas Matthew; Kuang, Hongwei; Liu, Yongqing; Chen, Xiaoshuai; Wang, Yuchong; Yang, Zhenrui; Scharfenberg, Lars; Davies, Bethan; Shields, Graham.
In: Geology, Vol. 47, No. 8, 08.2019, p. 705-709.Publication: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
A slippery slope for Cryogenian diamictites. / Le Heron, Daniel.
In: The Depositional Record, Vol. 5, No. 2, 01.06.2019, p. 306-321.Publication: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Glaciers, flows, and fans : Origins of a Neoproterozoic diamictite in the Saratoga Hills, Death Valley, California. / Tofaif, Saeed; Vandyk, Thomas M.; Le Heron, Daniel P.; Melvin, John.
In: Sedimentary Geology, Vol. 385, 01.05.2019, p. 79-95.Publication: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review