Prof. Dr. Harald Stollhofen
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Contact
- Reservoir geology: Reservoir petrology and petrophysics (clastic rocks)
- Deep geothermal energy and near-surface geothermal energy: The geological subsurface as a controlling factor
- Sticking the continents together: Offshore/onshore correlations and seismic modelling of post-breakup strata in Namibia and Brazil
- Plio-Pleistocene paleoenvironments, explosive volcanism, and hominid evolution, Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania
- Fluvio-aeolian interaction in the Namib Desert: processes, controlling factors, reservoir analogues
- Fluvio-marine terraces, diamonds, tectonics & sea level changes: Offshore/onshore archives of post-breakup continental margin evolution in South Africa, Namibia, and Angola
From 01/09: Chair of Geology
Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen-Nuremberg
04/06- 12/08: Research assistant (Head of Applied Sedimentology Working Group)
Geological Institute of RWTH Aachen University
04/05 – 03/06: Acting Professor, Chair of Sedimentology & Historical Geology
Geological-Paleontological Institute, University of Heidelberg
08/03 – 03/05: Research Assistant (Head of Applied Sedimentology Working Group)
Geological Institute, RWTH Aachen University
05/01 – 07/03: Senior Assistant C2
Geological Institute of RWTH Aachen University
11/99 – 04/01: Acting Professor C3 Structural Geology and Photogeology
Institute of Geology, University of Würzburg
01/98 – 10/99: Senior Assistant C2
Institute of Geology, University of Würzburg
02/92 – 12/97: Research Assistant C1
Institute of Geology, University of Würzburg
05/87 – 01/92: Research Associate
Institute of Geology, University of Würzburg
10/86 – 04/87: Research Associate
Geological Institute, University of Mainz
2026
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Biomarker δ13C values record consistent savanna vegetation and variable alkalinity of Lake Olduvai during Pleistocene wet/dry cycles
In: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 123 (2026), p. e2508896122
ISSN: 0027-8424
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2508896122 - , , , , , , :
Applying a wide and deep learning model to core-scan XRF data to reconstruct mineral assemblages for Pleistocene paleolake Olduvai, Tanzania
In: Quaternary Research (2026)
ISSN: 0033-5894
DOI: 10.1017/qua.2025.10060
2025
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Neogene sedimentary processes forming the NAMIB sand sea
In: Earth-Science Reviews (2025), p. 105247
ISSN: 0012-8252
DOI: 10.1016/j.earscirev.2025.105247 - , , , , :
A catalogue of calcite vein types in porous sandstone and their formation conditions (Huab Basin, Namibia)
In: Journal of Structural Geology 200 (2025), p. 105506
ISSN: 0191-8141
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsg.2025.105506 - , , , , , , , :
Luminescence and radiocarbon dating the Naisiusiu Beds type section and timing of the Middle Stone Age/Later Stone Age transition at Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania
In: Journal of Human Evolution 207 (2025), Article No.: 103675
ISSN: 0047-2484
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhevol.2025.103675 - , , , , , :
A novel multi-scale approach to fault network analysis and visualization: test case Franconian Platform (SE Germany)
In: Journal of Structural Geology 199 (2025), Article No.: 105481
ISSN: 0191-8141
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsg.2025.105481
2024
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From loose sand to sandstone: An experimental approach on early calcite precipitation in sands of siliciclastic and mixed carbonate-siliciclastic composition
In: PLoS ONE 19 (2024), Article No.: e0312479
ISSN: 1932-6203
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0312479 - , , , , , , :
Wide & deep learning for predicting relative mineral compositions of sediment cores solely based on XRF scans, a case study from Pleistocene Paleolake Olduvai, Tanzania
In: Artificial Intelligence in Geosciences 5 (2024), Article No.: 100088
ISSN: 2666-5441
DOI: 10.1016/j.aiig.2024.100088 - , , , , , :
Burial of a sand sea: Heterogeneous compaction and cementation of the jurassic Etjo Formation, Namibia and what it tells
In: Marine and Petroleum Geology 168 (2024), p. 107044
ISSN: 0264-8172
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2024.107044 - , , , , , , :
Age-depth model for uppermost Ndutu Beds constrains Middle Stone Age technology and climate-induced paleoenvironmental changes at Olduvai Gorge (Tanzania)
In: Journal of Human Evolution 186 (2024), p. 103465-
ISSN: 0047-2484
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhevol.2023.103465
2023
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Climatic, depositional and environmental controls on early carbonate cementation in fluvial and shallow marine sandstones
In: Marine and Petroleum Geology 156 (2023), Article No.: 106433
ISSN: 0264-8172
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2023.106433 - , , , :
Towards an improved discrimination and correlation of Permian-Lower Triassic sediments in Central Europe: A chemostratigraphic approach
In: Sedimentary Geology 452 (2023), Article No.: 106408
ISSN: 0037-0738
DOI: 10.1016/j.sedgeo.2023.106408 - , , , , , , , :
Regional mudstone compaction trends in the Vienna Basin: top seal assessment and implications for uplift history
In: International Journal of Earth Sciences (2023)
ISSN: 1437-3254
DOI: 10.1007/s00531-023-02331-4
2022
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Alkenones in Pleistocene Upper Bed I (1.803–1.900 Ma) sediments from Paleolake Olduvai, Tanzania
In: Organic Geochemistry 170 (2022), Article No.: 104437
ISSN: 0146-6380
DOI: 10.1016/j.orggeochem.2022.104437 - , , :
Variscan structures and their control on latest to post-Variscan basin architecture: Insights from the westernmost Bohemian Massif and southeastern Germany
In: Solid Earth 13 (2022), p. 393-416
ISSN: 1869-9510
DOI: 10.5194/se-13-393-2022 - , , , , , :
Reconstructing post-Jurassic overburden in central Europe: new insights from mudstone compaction and thermal history analyses of the Franconian Alb, SE Germany
In: Solid Earth 13 (2022), p. 1003-1026
ISSN: 1869-9510
DOI: 10.5194/se-13-1003-2022 - , , , , , , , :
Petrophysical characterization, BIB-SEM imaging, and permeability models of tight carbonates from the Upper Jurassic (Malm ss), SE Germany
In: Geothermal Energy 10 (2022)
ISSN: 2195-9706
DOI: 10.1186/s40517-022-00239-x - , , , , , , , , , , , , :
New Oldowan localities at high level within Kilombe Caldera, Kenya De nouvelles localités oldowayennes à un niveau élevé dans la caldeira de Kilombe, au Kenya
In: Anthropologie 126 (2022), Article No.: 102976
ISSN: 0003-5521
DOI: 10.1016/j.anthro.2021.102976 - , , :
Syn-kinematic inversion in an intracontinental extensional field? A structural analysis of the Waterberg Thrust, northern Namibia
In: Journal of Structural Geology 161 (2022), Article No.: 104660
ISSN: 0191-8141
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsg.2022.104660 - , , , , , :
Reconstruction of cyclic Mesozoic-Cenozoic stress development in SE Germany using fault-slip and stylolite inversion
In: Geological Magazine (2022)
ISSN: 0016-7568
DOI: 10.1017/S0016756822000656 - , , , , :
Scaling analysis, correlation length and compaction estimates of natural and simulated stylolites
In: Journal of Structural Geology 161 (2022), Article No.: 104670
ISSN: 0191-8141
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsg.2022.104670
2021
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Reconstructing environmental signals across the Permian-Triassic boundary in the SE Germanic Basin: A Quantitative Provenance Analysis (QPA) approach
In: Global and Planetary Change 206 (2021), Article No.: 103631
ISSN: 0921-8181
DOI: 10.1016/j.gloplacha.2021.103631 - , , , , , :
Late to post-Variscan basement segmentation and differential exhumation along the SW Bohemian Massif, central Europe
In: Solid Earth 12 (2021), p. 2277-2301
ISSN: 1869-9510
DOI: 10.5194/se-12-2277-2021 - , , , , , , , , , :
Biased preservation of Pleistocene climate variability proxies at Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania
In: Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 562 (2021), Article No.: 109940
ISSN: 0031-0182
DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2020.109940 - , , , , , , , , , :
Geochronology of a long Pleistocene sequence at Kilombe volcano, Kenya: from the Oldowan to Middle Stone Age
In: Journal of Archaeological Science 125 (2021), Article No.: 105273
ISSN: 0305-4403
DOI: 10.1016/j.jas.2020.105273 - , , , , , :
The Olduvai Gorge Coring Project: Drilling high resolution palaeoclimatic and palaeoenvironmental archives to constrain hominin evolution
In: Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 561 (2021), Article No.: 110059
ISSN: 0031-0182
DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2020.110059 - , , , , :
Drainage and environmental evolution across the Permo–Triassic boundary in the south-east Germanic Basin (north-east Bavaria)
In: Sedimentology (2021)
ISSN: 1365-3091
DOI: 10.1111/sed.12913 - , , , :
Reconstructing environmental signals across the Permian-Triassic boundary in the SE Germanic basin: Paleodrainage modelling and quantification of sediment flux
In: Global and Planetary Change 206 (2021), Article No.: 103632
ISSN: 0921-8181
DOI: 10.1016/j.gloplacha.2021.103632 - , , , , , , , , , , , , , :
Olduvai's oldest Oldowan
In: Journal of Human Evolution 150 (2021)
ISSN: 0047-2484
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhevol.2020.102910 - , , , , , , , , :
New excavations in the MNK Skull site, and the last appearance of the Oldowan and Homo habilis at Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania
In: Journal of Anthropological Archaeology 61 (2021), Article No.: 101255
ISSN: 0278-4165
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaa.2020.101255
2020
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Chronostratigraphy and age modeling of Pleistocene drill cores from the Olduvai Basin, Tanzania (Olduvai Gorge Coring Project)
In: Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology (2020), Article No.: 109990
ISSN: 0031-0182
DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2020.109990 - , , , , :
Predictability and controlling factors of overpressure in the North Alpine Foreland Basin, SE Germany: an interdisciplinary post-drill analysis of the Geretsried GEN-1 deep geothermal well
In: Geothermal Energy 8 (2020)
ISSN: 2195-9706
DOI: 10.1186/s40517-020-00175-8 - , , :
The Franconian Basin thermal anomaly, SE Germany revised: New thermal conductivity and uniformly corrected temperature data
In: Zeitschrift der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Geowissenschaften 171 (2020), p. 21-44
ISSN: 1860-1804
DOI: 10.1127/zdgg/2020/0204 - , , , , , , :
Lake conditions and detrital sources of Paleolake Olduvai, Tanzania, reconstructed using X-ray Diffraction analysis of cores
In: Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 556 (2020), Article No.: 109855
ISSN: 0031-0182
DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2020.109855 - , , , , , :
Tuff fingerprinting and correlations between OGCP cores and outcrops for Pre-Bed I and Beds I/II at Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania
In: Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 548 (2020), Article No.: 109630
ISSN: 0031-0182
DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2020.109630 - , , , , , , , , :
Core stratigraphy constrains Bed IV archaeological record at HEB site, Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania
In: Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 552 (2020), Article No.: 109773
ISSN: 0031-0182
DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2020.109773 - , , , , , , , , , , :
Palaeovegetation changes recorded in Palaeolake Olduvai OGCP Core 2A (2.09–2.12 Ma) Naibor Soit Formation Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania
In: Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 557 (2020), Article No.: 109928
ISSN: 0031-0182
DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2020.109928 - , , , , , , , , , , :
Biogeochemical evidence from OGCP Core 2A sediments for environmental changes preceding deposition of Tuff IB and climatic transitions in Upper Bed I of the Olduvai Basin
In: Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 555 (2020), Article No.: 109824
ISSN: 0031-0182
DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2020.109824 - , , , , , , , , :
Palaeosalinity and palaeoclimatic geochemical proxies (elements Ti, Mg, Al) vary with Milankovitch cyclicity (1.3 to 2.0 Ma), OGCP cores, Palaeolake Olduvai, Tanzania
In: Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 546 (2020), Article No.: 109656
ISSN: 0031-0182
DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2020.109656 - , , , , , , , :
Changing depocentre environments of Palaeolake Olduvai and carbonates as marker horizons for hiatuses and lake-level extremes
In: Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 560 (2020), Article No.: 110032
ISSN: 0031-0182
DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2020.110032 - , , , , , , :
New Olduvai Basin stratigraphy and stratigraphic concepts revealed by OGCP cores into the Palaeolake Olduvai depocentre, Tanzania
In: Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 554 (2020), Article No.: 109751
ISSN: 0031-0182
DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2020.109751
2019
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Aquatic biomarkers record Pleistocene environmental changes at Paleolake Olduvai, Tanzania
In: Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 524 (2019), p. 250-261
ISSN: 0031-0182
DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2019.04.001 - , , , :
Corrigendum to “Disequilibrium compaction overpressure in shales of the Bavarian Foreland Molasse Basin: Results and geographical distribution from velocity-based analyses” [Mar. Pet. Geol. 92 (2018) 37–50](S0264817218300618)(10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2018.02.017)
In: Marine and Petroleum Geology (2019), Article No.: 104102
ISSN: 0264-8172
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2019.104102 - , , , , , , , :
Ursachenforschung zur geothermischen Anomalie in Nordbayern
In: Geothermische Energie 91 (2019), p. 10-13
ISSN: 0948-6615
URL: https://www.geothermie.de/fileadmin/user_upload/Bibliothek/GTE/GTE_91_Inhaltsverzeichnis.pdf - , , , , :
A normal-faulting stress regime in the Bavarian Foreland Molasse Basin? New evidence from detailed analysis of leak-off and formation integrity tests in the greater Munich area, SE-Germany
In: Tectonophysics 755 (2019), p. 1-9
ISSN: 0040-1951
DOI: 10.1016/j.tecto.2019.02.011
URL: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0040195119300563 - , , :
The Franconian Basin thermal anomaly: testing its origin by conceptual 2‑D models of deep‑seated heat sources covered by low thermal conductivity sediments
In: International Journal of Energy and Environmental Engineering 10 (2019), p. 389-412
ISSN: 2251-6832
DOI: 10.1007/s40095-019-00315-2 - , :
Lithology-specific influence of particle size distribution and mineralogical composition on thermal conductivity measurements of rock fragments
In: Geothermics 80 (2019), p. 119-128
ISSN: 0375-6505
DOI: 10.1016/j.geothermics.2019.03.001 - , :
Pore‑fluid‑dependent controls of matrix and bulk thermal conductivity of mineralogically heterogeneous sandstones
In: Geothermal Energy 7:13 (2019)
ISSN: 2195-9706
DOI: 10.1186/s40517-019-0129-4
URL: https://geothermal-energy-journal.springeropen.com/articles/10.1186/s40517-019-0129-4 - , , , , , , , :
Seismic imaging of the Olduvai Basin, Tanzania
In: Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 533 (2019), Article No.: 109246
ISSN: 0031-0182
DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2019.109246 - , , , , , , , , , , :
Biogeochemical evidence for environmental changes of Pleistocene Lake Olduvai during the transitional sequence of OGCP core 2A that encompasses Tuff IB (~1.848 Ma)
In: Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 532 (2019), Article No.: 109267
ISSN: 0031-0182
DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2019.109267
2018
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River-fed wetland palaeovegetation and palaeoecology at the HWK W site, Bed I, Olduvai Gorge
In: Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology 259 (2018), p. 223-241
ISSN: 0034-6667
DOI: 10.1016/j.revpalbo.2018.09.010 - , , , , , , , , , :
Sub-Milankovitch paleoclimatic and paleoenvironmental variability in East Africa recorded by Pleistocene lacustrine sediments from Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania
In: Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 495 (2018), p. 284-291
ISSN: 0031-0182
DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2018.01.023 - , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , :
The Southwest Indian Ocean Bathymetric Compilation (swIOBC)
In: Geochemistry Geophysics Geosystems (2018)
ISSN: 1525-2027
DOI: 10.1002/2017GC007274 - , , , :
Disequilibrium compaction overpressure in shales of the Bavarian Foreland Molasse Basin: Results and geographical distribution from velocity-based analyses
In: Marine and Petroleum Geology 92 (2018), p. 37-50
ISSN: 0264-8172
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2018.02.017 - , , :
Porenüberdruck im Bayerischen Molassebecken
In: Erdoel Erdgas Kohle/EKEP 134 (2018), p. 308-310
ISSN: 0179-3187 - , , , , , :
Fluvial-aeolian sedimentary facies, Sossusvlei, Namib Desert
In: Journal of Maps 14 (2018), p. 630–643
ISSN: 1744-5647
DOI: 10.1080/17445647.2018.1526719 - , , , :
Bed II Sequence Stratigraphic context of EF-HR and HWK EE archaeological sites, and the Oldowan/Acheulean succession at Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania
In: Journal of Human Evolution (2018)
ISSN: 0047-2484
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhevol.2018.01.005 - , , , , , , , :
Lahar inundated, modified, and preserved 1.88 Ma early hominin (OH24 and OH56) Olduvai DK site
In: Journal of Human Evolution 116 (2018), p. 27-42
ISSN: 0047-2484
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhevol.2017.11.011 - , , , , :
Oberflächennah bis kilometertief – Lehre und Forschung zur Geothermie an der FAU Erlangen
In: Geothermische Energie 89 (2018), p. 30-32
ISSN: 0948-6615
2017
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OH 83: A new early modern human fossil cranium from the Ndutu beds of Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania
In: American Journal of Physical Anthropology 164 (2017), p. 533-545
ISSN: 0002-9483
DOI: 10.1002/ajpa.23292 - , , , , , , , , , , , , :
New excavations at the HWK EE site: Archaeology, paleoenvironment and site formation processes during late Oldowan times at Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania
In: Journal of Human Evolution (2017)
ISSN: 0047-2484
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhevol.2017.07.018 - , , , , , , , :
The contexts and early Acheulean archaeology of the EF-HR paleo-landscape (Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania)
In: Journal of Human Evolution (2017)
ISSN: 0047-2484
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhevol.2017.06.012
2016
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Discrimination, correlation, and provenance of Bed I tephrostratigraphic markers, Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania, based on multivariate analyses of phenocryst compositions
In: Sedimentary Geology 339 (2016), p. 115-133
ISSN: 0037-0738
DOI: 10.1016/j.sedgeo.2016.03.026 - , , , , , , , :
In situ ~2.0 Ma trees discovered as fossil rooted stumps, lowermost Bed I, Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania
In: Journal of Human Evolution 90 (2016), p. 74-87
ISSN: 0047-2484
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhevol.2015.09.011 - , , , , , , , :
How to identify oceanic crust—Evidence for a complex break-up in the Mozambique Channel, off East Africa
In: Tectonophysics 693 (2016), p. 436-452
ISSN: 0040-1951
DOI: 10.1016/j.tecto.2015.10.012
2015
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Vegetation landscape at DK locality, Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania
In: Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 426 (2015), p. 34-45
ISSN: 0031-0182
DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2015.02.022 - , , , , , , , , :
The offshore East African Rift System: Structural framework at the toe of a juvenile rift
In: Tectonics 34 (2015), p. 2086-2104
ISSN: 0278-7407
DOI: 10.1002/2015TC003922
2014
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Pliocene-Pleistocene climate change, sea-level and uplift history recorded by the Horingbaai fan-delta, NW Namibia.
In: Sedimentary Geology 309 (2014), p. 15-32
ISSN: 0037-0738
DOI: 10.1016/j.sedgeo.2014.05.008
2013
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Assessing accuracy of gas-driven permeability measurements: a comparative study of diverse Hassler-cell and probe permeameter devices.
In: Solid Earth Discussions 5 (2013), p. 1163-1190
ISSN: 1869-9537
DOI: 10.5194/sed-5-1163-2013. - , , , , , , :
Segmentation and volcano-tectonic characteristics along the SW African continental margin, South Atlantic, as derived from multichannel seismic and potential field data
In: Marine and Petroleum Geology 50 (2013), p. 22-39
ISSN: 0264-8172
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2013.10.016 - , , :
Use of single-grain geochemistry of cryptic tuffs and volcaniclastic sandstones improves the tephrostratigraphic framework of Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania.
In: Quaternary Research 80 (2013), p. 235-249
ISSN: 0033-5894
DOI: 10.1016/j.yqres.2013.05.006 - , , , , , :
Salt kinematics and regional tectonics across a Permian gas field: a case study from East Frisia, NW Germany.
In: International Journal of Earth Sciences 102 (2013), p. 1701-1716.
ISSN: 1437-3254
DOI: 10.1007/s00531-013-0887-3
2012
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Controls on reservoir compartmentalization of an upper Permian tight gas field in Germany and links to a modern analogue in the western U.S.
In: Petroleum Geoscience 18 (2012), p. 289-304
ISSN: 1354-0793
DOI: 10.1144/1354-079311-037 - , , , , :
Impact of arid surface mega-cracks on hydrocarbon reservoir properties
In: Aapg Bulletin 96 (2012), p. 1279-1299
ISSN: 0149-1423
DOI: 10.1306/11211111069 - , , , , , , , :
Landscape Distribution of Oldowan Stone Artifact Assemblages across the Fault Compartments of the Eastern Olduvai Lake Basin during Early Lowermost Bed II Times
In: Journal of Human Evolution 63 (2012), p. 384-394
ISSN: 0047-2484
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhevol.2011.05.003 - , , , , , , , , , , , , :
Environments and activity traces of Oldowan hominins across the FLK Peninsula during Zinjanthropus times (1.84 Ma), Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania
In: Journal of Human Evolution 63 (2012), p. 364-383
ISSN: 0047-2484
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhevol.2011.10.001 - , , :
High-resolution ultrasonic measurements as proxies to resolve clastic reservoir heterogeneity in a salt-cemented gas reservoir
In: Aapg Bulletin 96 (2012), p. 1197-1209
ISSN: 0149-1423
DOI: 10.1306/01021211100 - , :
Plio-Pleistocene syn-sedimentary fault compartments underpin lake margin paleoenvironmental mosaic, Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania
In: Journal of Human Evolution 63 (2012), p. 309-327
ISSN: 0047-2484
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhevol.2011.10.002 - , , , , , :
Reconstructing the Upper Permian sedimentary facies distribution of a tight gas field in Central Europe on the basis of an analog field study in the Panamint Valley, western U.S.
In: Geosphere 8 (2012), p. 1129-1145
ISSN: 1553-040X
DOI: 10.1130/GES00726.1
2011
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Ultrasonic logging across unconformities outcrop and core logger sonic patterns of the Early Triassic Middle Buntsandstein Hardegsen unconformity, southern Germany.
In: Sedimentary Geology 236 (2011), p. 185-196
ISSN: 0037-0738
DOI: 10.1016/j.sedgeo.2011.01.005 - , , , , , :
Syndepositional Tectonic Controls and Palaeo-Topography of a Permian Tight Gas Reservoir in NW Germany
In: Journal of Petroleum Geology 34 (2011), p. 411-428.
ISSN: 0141-6421
DOI: 10.1111/j.1747-5457.2011.00512.x
2009
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Über das Alter und Altern von Gesteinen
In: Geologische Blätter für Nordost-Bayern und angrenzende Gebiete 59 (2009), p. 259-268
ISSN: 0016-7797
2008
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Late Pliocene grassland from Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania.
In: Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology (2008), p. 280-293
ISSN: 0031-0182
DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2007.09.003 - , , , :
Late Carboniferous hydrocarbon-seep carbonates from the glaciomarine Dwyka Group, southern Namibia.
In: Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology (2008), p. 185-195
ISSN: 0031-0182
DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2007.09.018 - , , , , , :
Fingerprinting facies of the Tuff IF marker, with implications for early hominin palaeoecology, Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania.
In: Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology (2008), p. 382-409
ISSN: 0031-0182
DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2007.09.024
2007
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Postvulkanische Rotliegend-Schwemmfächersysteme am Hunsrück-Südrand, Saar-Nahe-Becken, SW-Deutschland.
In: Jahresberichte und Mitteilungen des Oberrheinischen Geologischen Vereins (2007), p. 285-306
ISSN: 0078-2947 - , , , :
Facies discrimination in a mixed fluvio-eolian setting using elemental whole-rock geochemistry - Applications for reservoir characterization.
In: Journal of Sedimentary Research (2007), p. 23-33
ISSN: 1527-1404
DOI: 10.2110/jsr.2007.008
2005
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Synsedimentary faults and amalgamated unconformities : Insights from 3D-seismic and core analysis of the Lower Triassic Middle Buntsandstein, Ems Trough, north-western Germany.
In: International Journal of Earth Sciences (2005), p. 863-875
ISSN: 1437-3254
DOI: 10.1007/s00531-005-0009-y - , , , :
Syn-tectonic generation of potential reservoir-sandstones in arid low-gradient depositional systems - the Lower Triassic Middle Buntsandstein at the western margin of the Ems Trough, NW Germany.
In: Oil Gas-European Magazine (2005), p. 201-205
ISSN: 0342-5622 - , , , :
Syn-tectonic sequence generation in low gradient desert margin systems - the Lower Triassic Middle Buntsandstein at the western margin of the Ems Basin, NW Germany.
In: DGMK Tagungsbericht (2005), p. 137-145
ISSN: 1433-9013
2003
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Contrasting styles of ephemeral river systems and their interaction with dunes of the Skeleton Coast erg (Namibia).
In: Quaternary international (2003), p. 41-52
ISSN: 1040-6182
DOI: 10.1016/S1040-6182(02)00134-9 - , , , :
Mass and hyperconcentrated flow deposits record dune damming and catastrophic breakthrough of ephemeral rivers, Skeleton Coast Erg, Namibia.
In: Sedimentary Geology (2003), p. 7-31
ISSN: 0037-0738
DOI: 10.1016/S0037-0738(02)00334-2
2002
- , :
Lava/sediment interaction in desert settings; are all peperite-like textures the result of magma-water interaction?
In: Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research (2002), p. 231-249
ISSN: 0377-0273
DOI: 10.1016/S0377-0273(01)00279-7 - , , , :
Origin, age and stratigraphic significance of distal fallout ash tuffs from the Carbonifereous-Permian continental Saar-Nahe Basin (SW-Germany)
In: International Journal of Earth Sciences (2002), p. 341-356
ISSN: 1437-3254
DOI: 10.1007/s005310100221 - , :
Hoanib River flood deposits of Namib Desert interdunes as analogues for thin permeability barrier mudstone layers in aeolianite reservoirs.
In: Sedimentology (2002), p. 719-736
ISSN: 0037-0746
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3091.2002.00458.x
2001
- Warren A.A., Rubidge B.S., Stanistreet I.G., Stollhofen Harald, Wanke A., Latimer E.M., Marsicano C.A., Damiani R.J.:
Oldest known Stereospondylous amphibian from the Early Permian of Namibia.
In: PalArch's Journal of Vertebrate Palaeontology (2001), p. 34-39
ISSN: 1567-2158
DOI: 10.1671/0272-4634(2001)021[0034:OKSAFT]2.0.CO;2
2000
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High resolution tephrostratigraphy, fossil record and age of Carboniferous-Permian glaciomarine mudstones within the Dwyka Group of southern Namibia.
In: Communications - Geological Survey of Namibia (2000), p. 235-245
ISSN: 1026-2954 - , , :
Early Permian deposits of the Huab area, Namibia: A continental to marine transition.
In: Communications - Geological Survey of Namibia (2000), p. 247-257
ISSN: 1026-2954 - , , , , :
Death of a Sand Sea: An active erg systematically buried by the Etendeka flood basalts of NW Namibia.
In: Journal of the Geological Society (2000), p. 513-516
ISSN: 0016-7649
DOI: 10.1144/jgs.157.3.513 - , , , :
The fossilised desert: recent developments in our understanding of the Lower Cretaceous deposits in the Huab Basin, NW Namibia.
In: Communications - Geological Survey of Namibia (2000), p. 269-278
ISSN: 1026-2954 - :
Sequence stratigraphy in continental settings - examples from the Permo-Carboniferous Saar-Nahe Basin, SW Germany.
In: Zentralblatt für Geologie und Paläontologie, Teil I, Geologie Teil I 1999/3-4 (2000), p. 233-260
ISSN: 0340-5109 - , , , :
Tuffs, tectonism and glacially related sea-level changes, Carboniferous-Permian, Southern Namibia.
In: Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology (2000), p. 127-150
ISSN: 0031-0182
DOI: 10.1016/S0031-0182(00)00120-6 - , , , :
Karoo unconformities in NW Namibia and their tectonic implications.
In: Communications - Geological Survey of Namibia (2000), p. 259-268
ISSN: 1026-2954
1999
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A sequence stratigraphic model for the Lower Coal Measures (Upper Carboniferous) of the Ruhr District, North-West Germany.
In: Sedimentology (1999), p. 1190-1231
ISSN: 0037-0746
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3091.1999.00273.x - , , :
Lithostratigraphy and depositional environments in the Waterberg-Erongo area, central Namibia, and correlation with the main Karoo Basin, South Africa.
In: Journal of African Earth Sciences (1999), p. 105-123
ISSN: 0899-5362
DOI: 10.1016/S0899-5362(99)00083-4 - , , , :
Internal stratigraphic relationships in the Etendeka Group in the Huab Basin, NW Namibia: Understanding the onset of flood volcanism.
In: Journal of Geodynamics (1999), p. 393-418
ISSN: 0264-3707
DOI: 10.1016/S0264-3707(99)00018-6 - :
Karoo Synrift-Sedimentation und ihre tektonische Kontrolle am entstehenden Kontinentalrand Namibias.
In: Zeitschrift der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Geowissenschaften (1999), p. 519-632
ISSN: 1860-1804 - , , , :
The geochronology and significance of ash-fall tuffs in the glaciogenic Carboniferous-Permian Dwyka Group of Namibia and South Africa
In: Journal of African Earth Sciences (1999), p. 33-49
ISSN: 0899-5362
DOI: 10.1016/S0899-5362(99)00078-0 - , , :
Volcanic rocks as discriminants in evaluating tectonic versus climatic control on depositional sequences, Permo-Carboniferous continental Saar-Nahe Basin
In: Journal of the Geological Society 156 (1999), p. 801-808
ISSN: 0016-7649
DOI: 10.1144/gsjgs.156.4.0801
1998
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Facies architecture variations and seismogenic structures in the Carboniferous-Permian Saar-Nahe Basin (SW Germany): Evidence for extension-related transfer fault activity.
In: Sedimentary Geology (1998), p. 47-83
ISSN: 0037-0738
DOI: 10.1016/S0037-0738(98)00040-2 - , , , :
Tectonic and volcanic controls on Early Jurassic rift-valley lake deposits interleaved with Karoo flood basalts, Southern Namibia.
In: Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology (1998), p. 185-215
ISSN: 0031-0182
DOI: 10.1016/S0031-0182(98)00029-7
1995
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Tuff layers in the Lower Rotliegend Lebach group of the Saar-Nahe Basin (SW-Germany): Occurence, sedimentation patterns and significance.
In: Terra Nova (1995), p. 79-83
ISSN: 0954-4879
1994
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Das lithostratigraphische Profil der Forschungsbohrung "Münsterappel I".
In: Mainzer Geowissenschaftliche Mitteilungen (1994), p. 221-228
ISSN: 0340-4404 - :
Synvulkanische Sedimentation in einem fluviatilen Ablagerungsraum: Das basale "Oberrotliegend" im permokarbonen Saar-Nahe-Becken
In: Zeitschrift der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Geowissenschaften 145 (1994), p. 343-378
ISSN: 1860-1804 - :
Vulkaniklastika und Siliziklastika des basalen Oberrotliegend im Saar-Nahe-Becken (SW-Deutschland): Terminologie und Ablagerungsprozesse
In: Mainzer Geowissenschaftliche Mitteilungen 23 (1994), p. 95-138
ISSN: 0340-4404
URL: https://www.scopus.com/record/display.uri?eid=2-s2.0-0028571712&origin=inward - , :
Interaction between bimodal volcanism, fluvial sedimentation and basin development in the Permo-Carboniferous Saar-Nahe Basin (south-west Germany)
In: Basin Research 6 (1994), p. 245-267
ISSN: 0950-091X
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2117.1994.tb00088.x
Soil2heat- Vibra-Pflug - Vibrations-Anbaupflug zur einfachen Kopplung an Trägermaschinen für die Einbringung von geothermischen Erdkollektoren
(Third Party Funds Single)Project leader: ,
Term: 1. July 2021 - 30. June 2023
Acronym: Vibra-Pflug
Funding source: Bundesministerium für Wirtschaft und Energie (BMWE)Ermittlung der Verteilung von Störungsgesteinen und clay smear auf Störungsflächen in Kalk-Mergel-Wechsellagerungen zur Untersuchung der Abdichtungswirkung von Störungen
(Third Party Funds Group – Sub project)Overall project: Deformationsabhängige Entwicklung von Störungszonen und der Einfluss von Clay Smear auf deren Barriereverhalten.
Project leader: ,
Term: 1. November 2020 - 31. October 2022
Acronym: PERMEA2
Funding source: Bundesministerium für Forschung, Technologie und Raumfahrt (BMFTR)Rapide Versenkung eines trockenen Sandsteins – die besondere kompaktionsdominierte Diagenese der Twyfelfontein Formation, NW Namibia
(Third Party Funds Single)Project leader: ,
Term: 1. October 2019 - 30. September 2022
Funding source: DFG-Einzelförderung / Sachbeihilfe (EIN-SBH)Geochemische Untersuchungen an der Kreide/Paläogen Grenze im Lattengebirge (Berchtesgadener Land)
(Third Party Funds Single)Project leader:
Term: 24. August 2018 - 19. July 2019
Funding source: Bayerisches Landesamt für UmweltSuedLink und SuedOst-Link: Thermische Bodenclusterung
(Third Party Funds Single)Project leader: ,
Term: since 1. October 2017
Funding source: IndustriePalaeoanthropological Research in Kilombe Caldera, Kenya
(Non-FAU Project)Project leader:
Term: 1. August 2017 - 31. July 2022
Acronym: Kilombe
Funding source: andere FörderorganisationMechanische und hydraulische Entwicklung von Bruchzonen – Effekt von Deformationsgeschichte und -bedingungen auf aktuelle Permeabilitätseigenschaften
(Third Party Funds Single)Project leader:
Term: 1. July 2017 - 30. June 2020
Acronym: PERMEA
Funding source: Bundesministerium für Forschung, Technologie und Raumfahrt (BMFTR)Reconstructing high-resolution paleoenvironmental contexts of hominin evolution through core records at Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania
(Non-FAU Project)Project leader:
Term: 1. September 2016 - 30. November 2019
Funding source: National Science Foundation (NSF)The environmental hypotheses of human evolution postulate that climate-derived environmental
changes and tectonic forcing were the driving factors of the evolution of African fauna, including
early humans. In these models, major evolutionary events were associated with African climate
change at 2.7-2.5 Ma, 1.9-1.6 Ma and 1-0.7 Ma intervals, which appear to coincide with the
timing of key evolutionary milestones in human history. Recent scientific drilling in various
paleolakes of the East African Rift has produced multiple high-resolution records of climate
variability, which can be used to reconstruct the regional climate history. However, previous
attempts to test the environmental hypotheses by applying this record directly to human evolution
have been limited by the difficulty of linking core records directly to time-equivalent outcrops
containing the fossil and archaeological record. We will therefore apply a novel approach
in archaeology - a combination of tephrostratigraphic and sequence stratigraphic concepts.OLAPP Field Season for June 2016
(Third Party Funds Single)Project leader:
Term: 16. June 2016 - 7. July 2016
Acronym: OLAPP
Funding source: andere FörderorganisationErmittlung hydrogeologischer Eigenschaften inkl. des dezentralen Speicherpotentials für das Untersuchungsgebiet Weiden West IV
(Third Party Funds Single)Project leader: ,
Term: 1. January 2016 - 31. December 2016
Acronym: Weiden West
Funding source: Industrie"SondEX“ Entwicklung eines kleinkalibrigen Verfahrens zum Rückbau von Erdwärmesonden
(Third Party Funds Group – Overall project)Project leader: ,
Term: 1. January 2016 - 31. December 2017
Acronym: SondEX
Funding source: Bundesministerium für Wirtschaft und Energie (BMWE)Charakterisierung, Langzeitverhalten und Engineering des Reservoirs zur Minimierung des Fündigkeitsrisikos
(Third Party Funds Group – Sub project)Overall project: Geothermie-Allianz Bayern (GAB)
Project leader: ,
Term: 1. January 2016 - 31. December 2020
Acronym: Reservoir
Funding source: Bayerisches Staatsministerium für Bildung und Kultus, Wissenschaft und Kunst (ab 10/2013)Das bayerische Molassebecken ist bislang das einzige Vorlandbecken weltweit aus dem erfolgreich geothermisch Strom und Wärme produziert wird. Die Machbarkeit der geothermischen Energiegewinnung aus niederen Temperaturen von etwa 150°C ist damit bewiesen und die Geothermie hat damit das Potenzial, einen wesentlichen Anteil des Energiebedarfs in Bayern regenerativ abzudecken.
Die Erfahrungen aus den bisherigen installierten oder in der Entwicklung befindlichen Geothermiefeldern zeigen aber auch, dass wesentliche Fragen in der geothermischen Technologienentwicklung bislang nicht geklärt werden konnten. So sind für die Planung und Durchführung von Geothermie-Projekte hohe Investitionen notwendig, die insbesondere am Beginn des Projekts durch die Niederbringung der Bohrungen erforderlich sind. Ob und in welchem Maße ein Geothermie-Projekt wirtschaftlich erfolgreich ist hängt unmittelbar mit Risiken bei der geologischen Erschließung und deren Fündigkeit zusammen. So entstanden
in der Vergangenheit durch nicht erfolgreiche Bohrungen bzw. dem Verfehlen von wirtschaftlich
gesetzten Zielen bei Geothermie-Projekten Unsicherheiten für Investoren, Versicherer
und Betreiber. Eine optimierte Explorationsstrategie und ein verbessertes Verständnis der hydrogeologischen und thermischen Ausprägung des Reservoirs sollen das Bohr- und Fündigkeitsrisiken senken, die Planungssicherheit erhöhen und damit die Attraktivität der Geothermie für Investoren steigern. Die Kenntnis des langfristigen dynamischen Verhaltens des Reservoirs bezüglich der nutzbaren Volumenströme und thermischen Entwicklung bietet zudem eine höhere Sicherheit für die Planung der Wirtschaftlichkeit geothermischer Anlagen und Optimierungsmöglichkeiten ihrer Betriebsweise.Eine systematische wissenschaftliche Begleitung von Geothermieprojekten und die daraus zu gewinnenden Rückschlüsse auf das Reservoir und deren Fündigkeit bis hin zu einem Testfeld für
geothermische Technologienentwicklung, die von der Erkundung und Bohrung bis zur Reservoir-
Evaluierung und dem Reservoir-Engineering reicht, fehlen bislang. Das vorliegende Forschungsprojekt soll diese relevanten Fragestellungen aufgreifen und beantworten.Die übergeordneten Ziele des vorliegenden Projektes sind das Risiko für eine geothermische Fündigkeit im süddeutschen Molassebecken zu reduzieren und Unsicherheiten des Reservoir-Engineering und des geothermischen Langzeitbetriebs einzuschränken und somit den Betrieb zu optimieren.Masterstudiengang "GeoThermie/GeoEnergie"
(Third Party Funds Group – Sub project)Overall project: Geothermie-Allianz Bayern (GAB)
Project leader:
Term: 1. January 2016 - 31. December 2021
Acronym: GeoT/GeoE
Funding source: Bayerisches Staatsministerium für Bildung und Kultus, Wissenschaft und Kunst (ab 10/2013)
URL: https://www.geoenergy.nat.fau.de/studium/In Bayern gibt es bisher keinen Studiengang, der auf Geothermie/Geoenergieressourcen fokussiert ist und relevante Lehrinhalte ganzheitlich - von der Aufsuchung und Erschließung bis zur energetischen Nutzung und Speicherung der Ressource - an Studierende vermittelt. Die an den beiden Standorten TU München und FAU Erlangen vorhandenen Lehr- und Forschungskompetenzen sollen durch die Einrichtung eines in der Verantwortung der FAU liegenden interdisziplinären Master-Studiengangs "GeoThermie/GeoEnergie" zusammengeführt und und inhaltlich ergänzt werden. Dies erfordert einen personellen Ausbau der Fachrichtungen I) Seismische Interpretation & Untergrund-Modellierung und II) Reservoirgeologie & Geohydraulik.
Für den Master-Studiengang "GeoThermie/GeoEnergie" wird ein interdisziplinärer Ansatz angestrebt:
Neben der geowissenschaftlichen Komponente soll auch die technische Erschließung
und energietechnische Nutzung von geothermischen Reservoiren, ergänzt durch energiewirtschaftliche
und berg-/umweltrechtliche Aspekte behandelt werden. Somit kann den Studierenden
sowohl das angestrebte ganzheitliche Systemverständnis als auch das einem modernen
Anforderungsprofil der Energiewirtschaft entsprechende Methodenspektrum vermittelt werden.
Die den Studierenden vermittelten Methoden sind jedoch keinesfalls nur auf Anwendungen in
der Geothermie beschränkt, sondern auch auf sehr viele andere, das Verständnis des tieferen
geologischen Untergrunds betreffende Fragestellungen (z.B. Gas-, Fluid- und
Wärmespeicherung) direkt übertragbar.Cheap and efficient application of reliable Ground Source Heat Exchangers and Pumps
(Third Party Funds Group – Sub project)Overall project: LCE-03-2014 - Demonstration of renewable electricity and heating/cooling technologies
Project leader: ,
Term: 1. June 2015 - 31. May 2019
Acronym: Cheap-GSHPs
Funding source: EU - 8. Rahmenprogramm - Horizon 2020
URL: http://cheap-gshp.eu/To reduce the total cost of low enthalpy geothermal systems by 20-30 % the project will improve actual drilling/installation technologies and designs of Ground Source Heat Exchangers (GSHE’s). This will be combined with an holistic approach for optimum selection, design and implementation of complete systems across different underground and climate conditions. The proposal will focus on one hand on the development of more efficient and safe shallow geothermal systems and the reduction of the installation costs. This will be realized by improving drastically an existing, innovative vertical borehole installation technology of coaxial steel GSHE and by developing a helix type GSHE with a new, innovative installation methodology. These GSHE’s will be installed to a depth of 40 – 50 meters ensuring improved safety and faster permitting.
Improving Thermal Efficiency of horizontal ground heat exchangers (Marie Sklodowska-Curie Individual Fellowship)
(Third Party Funds Single)Project leader: ,
Term: since 1. April 2015
Acronym: ITER
Funding source: Marie-Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA)“GeoSurf” – Neuentwicklung eines Messsystems zur Ermittlung geothermischer Bodenkenngrößen zur effizienteren Planung von oberflächennahen geothermischen Anlagen
(Third Party Funds Group – Sub project)Overall project: “GeoSurf” – Neuentwicklung eines Messsystems zur Ermittlung geothermischer Bodenkenngrößen zur effizienteren Planung von oberflächennahen geothermischen Anlagen
Project leader: ,
Term: 1. January 2015 - 31. December 2016
Acronym: GeoSurf
Funding source: Bundesministerium für Wirtschaft und Energie (BMWE)Interpretation der Reflexionsseismik
(Third Party Funds Group – Sub project)Overall project: SO231 - PAGE FOUR Leg1: Der passive und der gescherte Kontinentrand vor Mosambik
Project leader:
Term: 1. January 2014 - 28. August 2016
Acronym: PAGE4
Funding source: BMFTR / VerbundprojektStarkregen-Überflutungs-Schutz in Kommunen (SÜS-Kom)
(Third Party Funds Group – Sub project)Overall project: Starkregen-Überflutungs-Schutz in Kommunen (SÜS-Kom)
Project leader: , ,
Term: since 1. March 2013
Acronym: SÜS-Kom
Funding source: AIF Arbeitsgemeinschaft industrieller ForschungsvereinigungenDie Bedrohung durch Starkniederschlag und Hochwasser ist regelmäßig an deren Präsenz in den Medien zu erkennen. Bilder verheerender Verwüstungsszenarien, verursacht durch Überschwemmungsereignisse, verdeutlichen die Notwendigkeit eines effektiven Hochwasserschutzprogramms. Der Hochwasserschutz ist eine dauerhafte Verantwortung, auch wenn es sich um zeitlich begrenzte Ereignisse mit eventuell langen Ruheintervallen handelt. Des Weiteren ist in Hinblick auf den Klimawandel von einer zukünftig zunehmenden Frequenz der Starkregenereignisse auszugehen. Katastrophenvorsorge und Katastrophenmanagement werden daher an Relevanz gewinnen und in ihrer alltäglichen Präsenz zunehmen. Die Analyse der bei Hochwasserereignissen wirkenden Faktoren und die Entwicklung von Ansätzen zur Prävention bzw. Eindämmung sind eine zentrale Verantwortung der Forschung, insbesondere in den Geo- und Ingenieurswissenschaften.
Das Projekt „Starkregen-Überflutungs-Schutz in Kommunen (SÜS-Kom)“ beschäftigt sich mit der Lokalisierung und Prognose der durch Starkregen ausgelösten, oberflächigen Abflussströme in kleinen kommunalen Einzugsgebieten. Dabei sollen bereits vorliegende Datensätze zur Topologie und Hydrodynamik in Kombination mit neuen Datensätzen zu Bewuchs, Bodenbeschaffenheit und Versickerungsverhalten sowie Liegenschaftsdaten und aktuellen Wetterdaten für die Prognose zum Einsatz kommen. Im Anschluss soll eine Gefahrenreduzierung durch kostengünstige, nachhaltige und dezentrale Maßnahmen stattfinden.
Ziel des Projektes ist die Entwicklung einer Systemsoftware zur Identifizierung der von Starkregen gefährdeten Liegenschaften, für ein computergestütztes Anwendungs- und Kommunikationssystem auf kommunaler Ebene. Die Software soll an ein individuelles Warnsystem gekoppelt werden, welches betroffene Grundeigentümer und Gewerbebetriebe per Onlinedienst (SMS, Email, Mobile App) über mögliche Risiken informiert.Area mapping of superficial geothermic resources by soil and groundwater data
(Third Party Funds Group – Sub project)Overall project: Area mapping of superficial geothermic resources by soil and groundwater data
Project leader:
Term: 1. September 2010 - 31. August 2013
Acronym: ThermoMap
Funding source: Sonstige EU-Programme (z. B. RFCS, DG Health, IMI, Artemis)Plio-Pleistocene volcanism of Lower Bed I, Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania: transportation mechanisms, volcaniclastic sedimentation and ecological significance
(Third Party Funds Single)Project leader:
Term: 1. July 2010 - 31. July 2016
Funding source: DFG-Einzelförderung / Sachbeihilfe (EIN-SBH)The Plio-Pleistocene Bed I succession at Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania is renowned for hominin remains, rich artefacts and fossil assemblages. Tuff beds provide the basis for the stratigraphic framework and for the correlation and dating of archaeological finds. The Tuff IA to Tuff IB interval (c. 1.98-1.84 Ma), choosen for this study, is especially important from a multidisciplinary perspective: (a) It provides the earliest record of Homo habilis in the Gorge, (b) it records the earliest antiquity of Human technology, known as Oldowan culture, (c) it is associated with several important occupation floors , and (d) it includes dated Palaeo-lake Olduvai sequences that have records of orbital forcing across the Plio-Pleistocene boundary. The tuff beds themselves provide important archives of (e) the correlation between the eastern and the yet poorly studied western Olduvai Basin, (f) a change from bimodal basaltic-rhyolitic to trachytic-phonolitic compositons, (g) the occurrence of flow-stripping/decoupling effects when pyroclastic flows crossed synsedimentary active faults, (h) the interaction of volcanic systems with the ecologically attractive eastern lake margin zone, and (i) the relative importance of volcanic effects versus regional climate influences on flora and fauna.A detailed dataset is to be developed using high resolution sedimentological logging, facies, petrographic and geochemical analysis. Lateral correlations and process-oriented facies analyses across palaeo-Lake Olduvai will be the critical aim of this research, allowing a thorough understanding of the complex interactions between the volcanics and the ecology of the lake. The project integrates data on palaeoenvironments, palaeoclimate, synsedimentary tectonism and volcanism with hominin land use models contributed by palaeoanthropologists and archaeologists of the multidisciplinary OLAPP research group. OLAPP trenches excavated over the next few years will provide an exceptional opportunity for combined sedimentological, volcanological and palaeoecological studies at an extremely high resolution (mm to cm scale).
Late Cretaceous to Recent post-breakup evolution of the African S-Atlantic margin: integrating onshore field studies; sequence development, offshore seismic data, numerical dating and modelling
(Third Party Funds Group – Sub project)Overall project: SPP 1375: SAMPLE: South Atlantic Margin Processes and Links with onshore Evolution
Project leader:
Term: 1. November 2008 - 31. July 2017
Funding source: DFG / Schwerpunktprogramm (SPP)Multiple phases of volcanism, uplift and subsidence are recorded after the breakup of the Namibian South Atlantic margin segment – features which are regarded as atypical when compared to published examples of other post-breakup continental margin successions. It is currently not understood whether these geodynamic processes are only of regional or a broader, South Atlantic intercontinental importance. Existing low T thermochronometric analyses, cosmogenic isotope measurements on bedrock surfaces and tectonic and stratigraphic analysis of the post-breakup succession could be advantageously completed and calibrated by (A) the interpretation of offshore industrial seismic and well log data (uppermost 2s TWT) and (B) the analysis of onshore sedimentary archives such as post-breakup fluvial depositional sequences, marine terraces, aeolianites, palaeo-seacliffs, incised valleys and syntectonic strata in the hanging-walls of normal faults. Both, onshore and offshore strata provide a high-resolution archive of processes accompanying the breakup and post-breakup evolution of the South Atlantic margin. Many of the coastal marine terraces contain dateable material suitable for biostratigraphic analysis combined with ESR and OSL dating. Offshore seismic structural and stratigraphic analysis and well data will be integrated with a detailed 3D stratigraphic and structural analysis as well as dynamic retro- and forward modelling which forms the basis for a combined 3D onshore-offshore surface-subsurface model.