Veronika KOUKAL, Mag. Dr.
Room Number: 2B484B
Tel.: +43-1-4277-53621
Main Fields of Research:
- Sedimentology, especially turbidites and submarine fan systems
- (Event) Stratigraphy with focus on the Cretaceous, Paleogene and Quaternary
- Anthropocene markers
- FTIR spectroscopy of microplastics
- Paleoclimatology and geological characteristics of past and present climate change
Current Projects:
UNESCO IGCP 732 - LANGUAGE of the Anthropocene
Late Cretaceous palaeoclimate events and stage boundary correlations - evidence from Tethyan key sections of Bulgaria and Austria
PhD Thesis:
„Paleogene deep-water facies of the Upper Gosau Subgroup at Gams (Styria, Austria)”
Diploma Thesis (Master's equivalent):
„Sedimentologie und Definition der Rohrbach-Formation („Rohrbacher Konglomerat“, Pliozän) im Steinbruch Rohrbach / Ternitz (NÖ)“
October 2021: Host and member of organizing committee UNESCO IGCP 732 LANGUAGE of the Anthropocene Kick-Off Meeting
Since October 2021: Secretary, UNESCO International Geoscience Programme IGCP 732, Department of Geology, University of Vienna
March-June 2021: Organizer and host of lecture Anthropozän, a collaboration of the University of Vienna and Forum Anthropozän
September 2018: Organizer Pangeo Austria 2018, Vienna
August 2017: Member of organizing committee 10th International Symposium on the Cretaceous, Vienna.
2016-2019: Secretary, UNESCO/IUGS - International Geoscience Program IGCP 609, Department of Geodynamics und Sedimentology, University of Vienna, Austria
Publications:
Koukal, V., Wagreich, M. (Eds.) (2018): PANGEO Austria 2018: Abstracts: 24-26/09/2018 Universität Wien. – In: Berichte der Geologischen Bundesanstalt 128.
Bryda, G., Van Husen, D., Kreuss, O., Koukal, V., Moser, M., Pavlik, W., Schönlaub, H. P., Wagreich, M., Ahl, A. (Beitr.), Heinrich, M. (Beitr.), Lenhardt, W. A. (Beitr.), Moshammer, B. (Beitr.), Pfleiderer, S. (Beitr.), Plan, L. (Beitr.), Schedl, A. (Beitr.), Slapansky, P. (Beitr.) (2013): Erläuterungen zu Blatt 101 Eisenerz. - Geologische Karte der Republik Österreich 1:50.000.
Koukal, V., Wagreich, M. (2009): Sedimentologie und Definition der Rohrbach-Formation („Rohrbacher Konglomerat“, Ober-Miozän – Pliozän) im Steinbruch Rohrbach/Ternitz (NÖ). - Jb. Geol. B.-A., 149. 4: 453-462.
Publications (taken from u:cris)
2022
The urban sediments of Karlsplatz, Vienna (Austria) as a candidate Auxiliary Boundary Stratotype Section and Point for the Anthropocene series. / Wagreich, Michael (Corresponding author); Meszar, Maria; Lappé, Kira; Wolf, Janis; Mosser, Martin; Hornek, Katrin; Koukal, Veronika; Litschauer, Constance; Piperakis, Nikolaos; Hain, Karin.
In: The Anthropocene Review, 01.12.2022, p. 1-14.Publication: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
The Paleogene Gosau Group Slope Basins of the Incipient Eastern Alpine Orogenic Wedge : A Case Study at the Gams Basin (Austria). / Koukal, Veronika; Wagreich, Michael; Kallanxhi, Madalina-Elena; Knierzinger, Wolfgang.
In: Minerals, Vol. 12, No. 2, 178, 02.2022.Publication: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
SANTONIAN–CAMPANIAN BOUNDARY INTERVAL IN THE KYUNETSA SECTION, WESTERN SREDNOGORIE ZONE, BULGARIA. / Wagreich, Michael; Dochev, Docho; Pavlishina, Polina; Koukal, Veronika.
In: Dokladi na Bălgarskata Akademija na Naukite = Comptes rendus de l'Académie Bulgare des Sciences, Vol. 75, No. 11, 2022, p. 1604-1612.Publication: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
2020
The pelagic archive of short-term sea-level change in the cretaceous : A review of proxies linked to orbital forcing. / Wagreich, Michael; Koukal, Veronika.
Geological Society Special Publication. 1. ed. Geological Society of London, 2020. p. 39-56 (Geological Society Special Publications; No. 1, Vol. 498).Publication: Contribution to book › Chapter › peer-review
2019
Provenance and palaeogeographic evolution of Lower Miocene sediments in the eastern North Alpine Foreland Basin. / Knierzinger, Wolfgang (Corresponding author); Wagreich, Michael; Palzer-Khomenko, Markus; Gier, Susanne; Meszar, Maria; Lee, Eun Young; Koukal, Veronika; Strauss, Philipp.
In: Swiss Journal of Geosciences, Vol. 112, No. 2-3, 12.2019, p. 269–286 .Publication: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
2018
Jurassic-Cretaceous radiolarian-bearing strata from the Gresten Klippen Zone and the St. Veit Klippen Zone (Wienerwald, Eastern Alps, Austria) : Implications for stratigraphy and paleogeography. / Slaczka, Andrzej; Bak, Marta; Pfersmann, Clemens; Koukal, Veronika; Wagreich, Michael; Kowalik, Szymon; Maslo, Martin.
In: Austrian Journal of Earth Sciences, Vol. 111, No. 2, 12.2018, p. 204-222.Publication: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
2011
A new expanded record of the Paleocene-Eocene transition in the Gosau Group of Gams (Eastern Alps, Austria). / Wagreich, Michael; Egger, Hans; Gebhardt, Holger; Mohamed, Omar; Spötl, Christoph; Koukal, Veronika; Hobiger, Gerhard.
In: Annalen des Naturhistorischen Museums Wien: Serie A, Vol. 113, 2011, p. 35-65.Publication: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review