Dr. Eric Salomon

Professorship for Tectonics

Research associates

Address

Schlossgarten 591054 Erlangen

02.121, 02

Contact

Email: eric.salomon@fau.de
Phone: +49 9131 85 – 25915

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My research focuses on structural geology, structural diagenesis, sedimentology, and fluid circulation. Topics range from large-scale tectonics (e.g. continental breakup) to local scale deformation and alteration (e.g. grain breakage and cementation). My studies aim for a cross-disciplinary approach combining field work, remote sensing, microstructural observations, geochronology, and geochemical / stable isotope analyses.

Current projects are

Effects of rapid burial on compaction of dry aeolian sandstone (NW Namibia)
Fracturing, vein formation, and fluid circulation in porous sandstone (NW Namibia)
Petrophysical analyses of limestone lithofacies and fault rock tied to geothermal energy production (northern Bavaria, Germany)
Structural evolution of syn-rift border faults and its impact on fluid circulation and basin sediment diagenesis (Wollaston Forland, NE Greenland)
Evolution of fault-controlled fluid circulation in geothermal target fields (Menderes Massif, W Turkey)

2025

Grundvåg SA., Henstra GA., Rotevatn A., Salomon E., Kristensen TB.:
Signatures of hydraulic jump-related scouring in a deep-marine rift basin, Wollaston Forland Group, NE Greenland
In: Sedimentary Geology (2025), p. 106944
ISSN: 0037-0738
DOI: 10.1016/j.sedgeo.2025.106944
Salomon E., Meckler AN., Gerdes A., Albert R., Stollhofen H.:
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

2024

Salomon E., Stollhofen H., Caracciolo L., Bonnell LM., Lander RH., Kittel M.:
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

2023

Salomon E.:
Rate of E–W extension in the Volcanic Tableland, California (USA): A comparison of strain rates on two different timescales
In: Geosphere (2023)
ISSN: 1553-040X
DOI: 10.1130/GES02633.1

2022

Salomon E., Caracciolo L., Stollhofen H., Bonnell L., Lander RH., Kittel M.:
The impact of Etendeka flood basalts on the diagenesis of the fluvio-aeolian Jurassic Etjo Formation, Namibia
The impacts of volcanism on sedimentary basins and their energy resources (The Geological Society, Burlington House, Piccadilly London, 8. September 2022 - 9. September 2022)

2021

Salomon E., Rotevatn A., Kristensen TB., Grundvåg SA., Henstra GA.:
Microstructure and fluid flow in the vicinity of basin bounding faults in rifts – The Dombjerg Fault, NE Greenland rift system
In: Journal of Structural Geology 153 (2021), Article No.: 104463
ISSN: 0191-8141
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsg.2021.104463
URL: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0191814121001875

2020

Krob FC, Eldracher DP, Glasmacher UA, Husch S, Salomon E, Hackspacher PC, Titus NP:
Late Neoproterozoic-to-recent long-term t-T-evolution of the Kaoko and Damara belts in NW Namibia
In: International Journal of Earth Sciences 109 (2020), p. 537-567
DOI: 10.1007/s00531-020-01819-7
Salomon E., Rotevatn A., Kristensen TB., Grundvåg SA., Henstra GA., Meckler AN., Albert R., Gerdes A.:
Fault-controlled fluid circulation and diagenesis along basin-bounding fault systems in rifts -- insights from the East Greenland rift system
In: Solid Earth 11 (2020), p. 1987--2013
ISSN: 1869-9510
DOI: 10.5194/se-11-1987-2020
URL: https://se.copernicus.org/articles/11/1987/2020/

2017

Salomon E., Passchier C., Koehn D.:
Asymmetric continental deformation during South Atlantic rifting along southern Brazil and Namibia
In: Gondwana Research 51 (2017), p. 170-176
ISSN: 1342-937X
DOI: 10.1016/j.gr.2017.08.001

2016

Salomon E., Koehn D., Passchier C., Chung P., Haeger T., Salvona A., Davis J.:
Deformation and fluid flow in the Huab Basin and Etendeka Plateau, NW Namibia
In: Journal of Structural Geology 88 (2016), p. 46-62
ISSN: 0191-8141
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsg.2016.05.001

2015

Salomon E., Koehn D., Passchier C.:
Brittle reactivation of ductile shear zones in NW Namibia in relation to South Atlantic rifting
In: Tectonics 34 (2015), p. 70-85
ISSN: 0278-7407
DOI: 10.1002/2014TC003728
Salomon E., Koehn D., Passchier C., Hackspacher PC., Glasmacher UA.:
Contrasting stress fields on correlating margins of the South Atlantic
In: Gondwana Research 28 (2015), p. 1152-1167
ISSN: 1342-937X
DOI: 10.1016/j.gr.2014.09.006

2013

Salomon E., Schmidt S., Hetzel R., Mingorance F., Hampel A.:
Repeated Folding during Late Holocene Earthquakes on the La Cal Thrust Fault near Mendoza City (Argentina)
In: Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America 103 (2013), p. 936-949
ISSN: 0037-1106
DOI: 10.1785/0120110335

2012

Schmidt S., Tsukamoto S., Salomon E., Frechen M., Hetzel R.:
Optical dating of alluvial deposits at the orogenic front of the Andean Precordillera (Mendoza, Argentina)
In: Geochronometria 39 (2012), p. 62-75
ISSN: 1733-8387
DOI: 10.2478/s13386-011-0050-5