Daniel Paul LE HERON, Univ.-Prof. Dr.
Raumnummer: 2B474
Mobil: +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.
Veröffentlichungen (aus u:cris)
2013
Normalograptus kufraensis, a new species of graptolite from the western margin of the Kufra Basin, Libya. / Page, Alex; Meinhold, Guido; Le Heron, Daniel P.; Elgadry, Mohamed.
in: Geological Magazine, Band 150, Nr. 4, 07.2013, S. 743-755.Veröffentlichung: Beitrag in Fachzeitschrift › Artikel › Peer-Review
Did lingering ice sheets moderate anoxia in the Early Palaeozoic of Libya? / Le Heron, Daniel Paul; Meinhold, Guido; Page, Alex; Whitham, Andrew.
in: Journal of the Geological Society, Band 170, Nr. 2, 03.2013, S. 327-339.Veröffentlichung: Beitrag in Fachzeitschrift › Artikel › Peer-Review
An interglacial on snowball Earth? Dynamic ice behaviour revealed in the Chuos Formation, Namibia. / Le Heron, Daniel P.; Busfield, Marie E.; Kamona, Fred.
in: Sedimentology, Band 60, Nr. 2, 02.2013, S. 411-427.Veröffentlichung: Beitrag in Fachzeitschrift › Artikel › Peer-Review
Neoproterozoic-Devonian stratigraphic evolution of the eastern Murzuq Basin, Libya : A tale of tilting in the central Sahara. / Le Heron, Daniel Paul; Meinhold, Guido; Bergig, Khalid A.
in: Basin Research, Band 25, Nr. 1, 02.2013, S. 52-73.Veröffentlichung: Beitrag in Fachzeitschrift › Artikel › Peer-Review
The palaeobiology and geochemistry of Precambrian hydrocarbon source rocks. / Craig, J.; Biffi, U.; Galimberti, R. F.; Ghori, K. A.R.; Gorter, J. D.; Hakhoo, N.; Le Heron, D. P.; Thurow, J.; Vecoli, M.
in: Marine and Petroleum Geology, Band 40, Nr. 1, 02.2013, S. 1-47.Veröffentlichung: Beitrag in Fachzeitschrift › Artikel › Peer-Review
Neoproterozoic ironstones in northern Namibia : Biogenic precipitation and Cryogenian glaciation. / Le Heron, D. P.; Busfield, M. E.; Le Ber, E.; Kamona, A. F.
in: Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, Band 369, 01.01.2013, S. 48-57.Veröffentlichung: Beitrag in Fachzeitschrift › Artikel › Peer-Review
2012
Depositional architecture and sequence stratigraphic correlation of Upper Ordovician glaciogenic deposits, Illizi Basin, Algeria. / Lang, Jörg; Dixon, Richard J.; Le Heron, Daniel P.; Winsemann, Jutta.
in: Geological Society Special Publications, Band 368, Nr. 1, 01.12.2012, S. 293-317.Veröffentlichung: Beitrag in Fachzeitschrift › Artikel › Peer-Review
Neoproterozoic deglacial sediments and their hydrocarbon source rock potential. / Le Heron, Daniel Paul; Craig, Jonathan.
in: Geological Society Special Publications, Band 368, Nr. 1, 01.12.2012, S. 381-393.Veröffentlichung: Beitrag in Fachzeitschrift › Artikel › Peer-Review
High resolution facies analysis and sequence stratigraphy of the Siluro-Devonian succession of Al Kufrah basin (SE Libya). / Gindre, Laurent; Le Heron, Daniel; Bjørnseth, Hans Morten.
in: Journal of African Earth Sciences, Band 76, 07.11.2012, S. 8-26.Veröffentlichung: Beitrag in Fachzeitschrift › Artikel › Peer-Review
The location and styles of ice-free "Oases" during neoproterozoic glaciations with evolutionary implications. / Le Heron, Daniel Paul.
in: Geosciences, Band 2, Nr. 2, 06.2012, S. 90-108.Veröffentlichung: Beitrag in Fachzeitschrift › Artikel › Peer-Review
Sandstones, glaciers, burrows and transgressions : The Lower Palaeozoic of Jabel az-Zalmah, Al Kufrah Basin, Libya. / Le Heron, Daniel Paul; Howard, James P.
in: Sedimentary Geology, Band 245-246, 01.03.2012, S. 63-75.Veröffentlichung: Beitrag in Fachzeitschrift › Artikel › Peer-Review
The Cryogenian record of glaciation and deglaciation in South Australia. / Le Heron, Daniel Paul.
in: Sedimentary Geology, Band 243-244, 01.01.2012, S. 57-69.Veröffentlichung: Beitrag in Fachzeitschrift › Artikel › Peer-Review
Glaciogenic reservoirs and hydrocarbon systems : An introduction. / Huuse, M.; Le Heron, D. P.; Dixon, R.; Redfern, J.; Moscariello, A.; Craig, J.
in: Geological Society Special Publications, Band 368, Nr. 1, 2012, S. 1-28.Veröffentlichung: Beitrag in Fachzeitschrift › Artikel › Peer-Review
Late Ordovician glaciogenic reservoir heterogeneity : An example from the Murzuq Basin, Libya. / Heron, Daniel Paul Le; Craig, Jonathan; Sutcliffe, Owen E.; Whittington, Robert.
Regional Geology and Tectonics. Elsevier, 2012. S. 452-489.Veröffentlichung: Beitrag in Buch › Beitrag in Buch/Sammelband › Peer-Review
2011
Two Cryogenian glacial successions compared : Aspects of the Sturt and Elatina sediment records of South Australia. / Le Heron, Daniel Paul; Cox, Grant; Trundley, Anita; Collins, Alan S.
in: Precambrian Research, Band 186, Nr. 1-4, 01.04.2011, S. 147-168.Veröffentlichung: Beitrag in Fachzeitschrift › Artikel › Peer-Review
Sea ice-free conditions during the Sturtian glaciation (early Cryogenian), South Australia. / Le Heron, Daniel Paul; Cox, Grant; Trundley, Anita; Collins, Alan.
in: Geology, Band 39, Nr. 1, 01.2011, S. 31-34.Veröffentlichung: Beitrag in Fachzeitschrift › Artikel › Peer-Review
2010
Trace fossils on a Late Ordovician glacially striated pavement in Algeria. / Le Heron, Daniel Paul.
in: Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, Band 297, Nr. 1, 11.2010, S. 138-143.Veröffentlichung: Beitrag in Fachzeitschrift › Artikel › Peer-Review
Evidence for Late Ordovician glaciation of Al Kufrah Basin, Libya. / Le Heron, Daniel Paul (Korresp. Autor*in); Howard, James.
in: Journal of African Earth Sciences, Band 58, Nr. 2, 01.09.2010, S. 354-364.Veröffentlichung: Beitrag in Fachzeitschrift › Artikel › Peer-Review
The glaciotectonic deformation of Quaternary sediments by fault-propagation folding. / Brandes, Christian; Le Heron, Daniel Paul.
in: Proceedings of the Geologists' Association, Band 121, Nr. 3, 07.04.2010, S. 270-280.Veröffentlichung: Beitrag in Fachzeitschrift › Artikel › Peer-Review
Interpretation of Late Ordovician glaciogenic reservoirs from 3-D seismic data : An example from the Murzuq Basin, Libya. / Le Heron, Daniel Paul.
in: Geological Magazine, Band 147, Nr. 1, 01.01.2010, S. 28-41.Veröffentlichung: Beitrag in Fachzeitschrift › Artikel › Peer-Review
Glaciation and deglaciation of the Libyan Desert : The Late Ordovician record. / Le Heron, D. P.; Armstrong, H. A.; Wilson, C.; Howard, J. P.; Gindre, L.
in: Sedimentary Geology, Band 223, Nr. 1-2, 01.2010, S. 100-125.Veröffentlichung: Beitrag in Fachzeitschrift › Artikel › Peer-Review
2009
Field-based investigations of an 'Infracambrian' clastic succession in SE Libya and its bearing on the evolution of the Al Kufrah Basin. / Heron, Daniel Paul Le; Howard, James P.; Alhassi, Aiyad Mohamed; Anderson, Lester; Fanning, Andrew Morton; Mark Fanning, C.
in: Geological Society Special Publications, Band 326, 01.12.2009, S. 193-210.Veröffentlichung: Beitrag in Fachzeitschrift › Artikel › Peer-Review
The Jebel Hadid structure (Al Kufrah Basin, SE Libya)-A possible impact structure and potential hydrocarbon trap? / Schmieder, Martin; Buchner, Elmar; Le Heron, Daniel Paul.
in: Marine and Petroleum Geology, Band 26, Nr. 3, 01.03.2009, S. 310-318.Veröffentlichung: Beitrag in Fachzeitschrift › Artikel › Peer-Review
Calculating ice volumes and ice flux to constrain the dimensions of a 440 Ma North African ice sheet. / le Heron, Daniel Paul; Dowdeswell, Julian A.
in: Journal of the Geological Society, Band 166, Nr. 2, 03.2009, S. 277-281.Veröffentlichung: Beitrag in Fachzeitschrift › Artikel › Peer-Review
2008
Evolution of Mesozoic fluvial systems along the SE flank of the West Siberian Basin, Russia. / Le Heron, Daniel Paul; Buslov, Micha M.; Davies, Clare; Richards, Keith; Safonova, Inna.
in: Sedimentary Geology, Band 208, Nr. 1-2, 20.07.2008, S. 45-60.Veröffentlichung: Beitrag in Fachzeitschrift › Artikel › Peer-Review