Michael WAGREICH, Univ. Prof. Dr.
Room Number: 2B477
Tel.: +43-1-4277-53465
Research Interests:
- sedimentology and stratigraphy of events in Earth history
- past and present global change
- Anthropocene definition and markers
- geodynamics and basin formation in Alpine mountain belts
- isotope stratigraphy
Current Professional Service Activities:
- Associate Editor of the Austrian Journal of Earth Sciences
- Member of the editorial boards of Geologica Carpathica and Palaegeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology
- Vice-Chair of the Subcommission on Cretaceous Stratigraphy of the International Commission on Stratigraphy and Member of the Working Group on the ‘Anthropocene’
Current Projects:
- From Romans to the Anthropocene, from Carnuntum to Vienna: An Urban Anthropocene Field Lab (WWTF ESR20-027)
- UNESCO/IUGS-IGCP 732 - LANGUAGE of the Anthropocene
- Anisian Carbonate Reservoir Property Project [ACRP Project] (cooperation with OMV)
- The Anthropocene Surge - evolution, expansion and depth of Vienna’s urban environment
Link: Full Publication List
Publications (taken from u:cris)
2017
Polyphase tectonic subsidence evolution of the Vienna Basin inferred from quantitative subsidence analysis of the northern and central parts. / Lee, Eun Young; Wagreich, Michael.
In: International Journal of Earth Sciences, Vol. 106, No. 2, 03.2017, p. 687-705.Publications: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Mid-Cretaceous desert system in the Simao Basin, southwestern China, and its implications for sea-level change during a greenhouse climate. / Wu, Chihua; Liu, Chenglin; Yi, Haisheng et al.
In: Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, Vol. 468, 15.02.2017, p. 529-544.Publications: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Integrated stratigraphy of the upper Santonian (Upper Cretaceous) Hochmoos and Bibereck Formations of the Schattaugraben section (Gosau Group; Northern Calcareous Alps, Austria). / Summesberger, Herbert; Kennedy, William J.; Wolfgring, Erik et al.
In: Abhandlungen der Geologischen Bundesanstalt, Vol. 71, 2017, p. 151-248.Publications: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
2016
3D visualization of the sedimentary fill and subsidence evolution in the northern and central Vienna Basin (Miocene). / Lee, Eun Young; Wagreich, Michael.
In: Austrian Journal of Earth Sciences, Vol. 109, No. 2, 11.2016, p. 241-251.Publications: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
BasinVis 1.0 : A MATLAB®-based program for sedimentary basin subsidence analysis and visualization. / Lee, Eun Young (Corresponding author); Novotny, Johannes; Wagreich, Michael.
In: Computers & Geosciences, Vol. 91, 06.2016, p. 119-127.Publications: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
A quantitative look on northwestern Tethyan foraminiferal assemblages, Campanian Nierental Formation, Austria. / Wolfgring, Erik; Wagreich, Michael.
In: PeerJ, Vol. 2016, No. 3, e1757, 08.03.2016.Publications: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
The Anthropocene: A conspicuous stratigraphical signal of anthropogenic changes in production and consumption across the biosphere. / Williams, Mark; Zalasiewicz, Jan; Waters, Colin N. et al.
In: Earth's future, Vol. 4, No. 3, 01.03.2016, p. 34-53.Publications: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
The geological cycle of plastics and their use as a stratigraphic indicator of the Anthropocene. / Zalasiewicz, Jan; Waters, Colin N.; Ivar do Sul, Juliana A. et al.
In: Anthropocene, Vol. 13, 01.03.2016, p. 4-17.Publications: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
The sedimentology of the Lower Permian Dandot Formation: A component of the Gondwana deglaciation sequence of the Salt Range, Pakistan. / Jan, Irfan U.; Shah, Azeem; Stephenson, Michael H. et al.
In: Rivista Italiana di Paleontologia e Stratigrafia, Vol. 122, No. 1, 03.2016, p. 75-90.Publications: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Palaeoenvironmental changes in the northwestern Tethys during the Late Campanian Radotruncana calcarata Zone : Implications from stable isotopes and geochemistry. / Neuhuber, Stephanie; Gier, Susanne; Hohenegger, Johann et al.
In: Chemical Geology, Vol. 420, 20.01.2016, p. 280-296.Publications: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
The Anthropocene is functionally and stratigraphically distinct from the Holocene. / Waters, Colin N.; Zalasiewicz, Jan; Summerhayes, Colin et al.
In: Science, Vol. 351, No. 6269, aad2622, 08.01.2016.Publications: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Assessing pelagic palaeoenvironments using foraminiferal assemblages : A case study from the late Campanian Radotruncana calcarata Zone (Upper Cretaceous, Austrian Alps). / Wolfgring, E.; Hohenegger, J.; Wagreich, Michael.
In: Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, Vol. 441, No. 3, 01.01.2016, p. 467-492.Publications: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
A geological snapshot from the front of the Northern Calcareous Alps : Well Obermoos Th-1, Salzburg, Austria. / Wessely, Godfrid; Neubauer, Franz; Salcher, Bernhard et al.
In: Austrian Journal of Earth Sciences, Vol. 109, No. 2, 2016.Publications: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Greenhouse sea-level changes: Growing evidence for aquifer-driven eustasy. / Wagreich, Michael; Wendler, Jens; Sames, Benjamin et al.
2016. Paper presented at Historical Studies of Gondwana. 35th International Geological Congress, Cape Town, South Africa.Publications: Contribution to conference › Paper › peer-review
Microbially-driven formation of Cenozoic siderite and calcite concretions from eastern Austria. / Baumann, Lydia M. F.; Birgel, Daniel; Wagreich, Michael et al.
In: Austrian Journal of Earth Sciences, Vol. 109, No. 2, 2016, p. 211-232.Publications: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Unravelling short-term climate and sea-level changes in a greenhouse world – Evidence from the Cretaceous (IGCP 609). / Sames, Benjamin; Wagreich, Michael.
2016. Paper presented at Historical Studies of Gondwana. 35th International Geological Congress, Cape Town, South Africa.Publications: Contribution to conference › Paper › peer-review
2015
When did the Anthropocene begin? A mid-twentieth century boundary level is stratigraphically optimal. / Zalasiewicz, Jan; Waters, Colin N.; Williams, Mark et al.
In: Quaternary International, Vol. 383, 05.10.2015, p. 196-203.Publications: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Colonization of the Americas, ‘little ice age’ climate, and bombproduced carbon : Their role in defining the anthropocene. / Zalasiewicz, Jan; Waters, Colin N.; Barnosky, Anthony D. et al.
In: The Antropocene Review, Vol. 2, No. 2, 08.2015, p. 117-127.Publications: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Lithostratigraphy of the late miocene to early pleistocene, hominid-bearing galili formation, southern afar depression, Ethiopia. / Hujer, Wolfgang (Corresponding author); Kuiper, Klaudia; Viola, Thomas Bence et al.
In: Austrian Journal of Earth Sciences, Vol. 108, No. 2, 01.01.2015, p. 105-127.Publications: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
2014
Palaeoecological and post-depositional changes recorded in Campanian-Maastrichtian black shales, Abu Tartur plateau, Egypt. / El-Shafeiy, Moataz; Birgel-Rennebeck, Daniel; El-Kammar, Ahmed et al.
In: Cretaceous Research, Vol. 50, 07.2014, p. 38-51.Publications: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Do Old Mining Waste Deposits from Austria Define an “Old” Anthropocene? / Wagreich, Michael.
STRATI 2013: First International Congress on Stratigraphy At the Cutting Edge of Stratigraphy. ed. / Rogério Rocha; João Pais; José Carlos Kullberg. Cham : Springer, 2014. p. 981-982 (Springer Geology).Publications: Contribution to book › Chapter › peer-review
Eustasy, its controlling factors, and the limno-eustatic hypothesis – concepts inspired by Eduard Suess. / Wagreich, Michael; Lein, Richard; Sames, Benjamin.
In: Austrian Journal of Earth Sciences, Vol. 107, No. 1, 2014, p. 115 - 131.Publications: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Sedimentology of the late Pleistocene to Holocene paleolake Merzbacher in the northern Inylchek Valley (central Tien Shan, Kyrgyzstan). / Häusler, Hermann; Kopecny, Alexander (Contributor); Leber, Diethard et al.
In: Austrian Journal of Earth Sciences, Vol. 107, No. 2, 2014, p. 74-88.Publications: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Timing of the Middle Miocene Badenian Stage of the Central Paratethys. / Hohenegger, Johann; Coric, Stjepan; Wagreich, Michael.
In: Geologica Carpathica, Vol. 65, No. 1, 2014, p. 55 - 66.Publications: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
2013
Microfacies analysis and paleoenvironmental significance of palustrine carbonates in the Thakkhola-Mustang Graben (Nepal Himalaya). / Adhikari, B.R.; Wagreich, M.
In: Journal of Asian Earth Sciences, Vol. 77, 15.11.2013, p. 117-126.Publications: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review