Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
Fakultät für Geowissenschaften
Sektion Mineralogie, Petrologie und Geochemie
Address
Theresienstraße 41
80333 München
Deutschland
GERiT
This institution in GERiT
80333 München
Projects
Research Grants
Current projects
Identification, targeted extraction and source apportionment of magnetic micro- and nanoparticles in particulate matter
(Applicants
Gilder, Stuart Alan
;
Trepmann, Claudia
)
PYTON: analysing PYroclast Textures to understand vOlcaNic behaviour
(Applicant
Küppers, Ulrich
)
Rapid scrubbing of sulfur dioxide during explosive volcanic eruptions
(Applicants
Lavallée, Yan
;
Vasseur, Jérémie
)
Completed projects
Bio-gene magnetite in organisms: its structure and putative function for orientation in the Earths magnetic field
(Applicant
Eder, Stephan
)
Correlation of major geological units between southern India and Sri Lanka and tectonic models for East Gondwana amalgamation
(Applicant
Kröner, Alfred
)
Dune bedfroms generated by pyroclastic density currents
(Applicant
Küppers, Ulrich
)
Ejection speed of pyroclasts
(Applicant
Küppers, Ulrich
)
Experimental determination of the rheology and acoustic emissions of Colima (Mexico) dome lavas
(Applicant
Lavallée, Yan
)
Exploring the conditions for occurrence of volcanic lightning
(Applicants
Cimarelli, Corrado
;
Hort, Matthias
)
Generation and age of early Archaean greenstone belt remnants in the southeastern Kaapvaal craton of South Africa
(Applicant
Rojas-Agramonte, Ph.D., Yamirka
)
Geochronology, geochemistry and geodynamic interpretation of magmatic dyke swarms on the South Shetland Islands, West Antarctica
(Applicant
Miller, Hubert
)
High resolution reconstruction of climate during the Late Quaternary - sedimentological and isotopic proxy data for the Arctic and Antarctic regions
(Applicant
Hegner, Ernst Josef
)
Identifizierung der Eisenquellen im atlantischen Sektor des Südpolarmeeres mit Hilfe der Radium- und Neodym-Isotopie
(Applicant
Hegner, Ernst Josef
)
Late Archaean high-grade metamorphism in the Central Zone of the Limpopo Belt, South Africa
(Applicant
Kröner, Alfred
)
Lithospheric structure and evolution of the metamorphic basement of Sri Lanka and comparisons with southern India: Gondwana amalgamation in the Neoproterozoic
(Applicants
Hegner, Ernst Josef
;
Kröner, Alfred
)
Mit Hilfe eines neu entwickelten experimentellen Aufbaus sollen die Entstehungsmechanismen hydromagmatischer Aschen näher untersucht werden
(Applicant
Dingwell, Donald Bruce
)
Origin of island arc signatures in Icelandic rhyodacites
(Applicant
Hegner, Ernst Josef
)
Probing the 4D evolution of active magmatic systems through magnetotelluric monitoring
(Applicants
Cimarelli, Corrado
;
Moorkamp, Max
)
Rheology of the 2006 Plinian and effusive eruption of Tungurahua valcano, Ecuador
(Applicant
Lavallée, Yan
)
Sedimentary peels from pyroclastic density current deposits: revealing basal flow-boundary processes.
(Applicant
Küppers, Ulrich
)
Shock wave hazards during explosive volcanic eruptions: an experimental investigation
(Applicant
Scolamacchia, Teresa
)
UNcovering the role of Pyroclasts on volcanIc jet Noise – UNPIN
(Applicant
Küppers, Ulrich
)
Zeitliche Entwicklung der varistischen orogenen Wurzel in Süd- und Ost-Böhmen
(Applicant
Hegner, Ernst Josef
)
Zeitliche Entwicklung der varistischen orogenen Wurzel in Süd- und Ost-Böhmen
(Applicant
Kröner, Alfred
)
Infrastructure Priority Programmes
Current projects
Carbonatite metasomatism of the deep crust: Tracing melt-rock interaction dynamics during drilling the Ivrea-Verbano Zone (ICDP, "DIVE") through high-pressure experiments
(Applicant
Weidendorfer, Daniel
)
Completed projects
2D and 3D fabric quantification of conduit textures to understand eruption dynamics and mechanisms: unique in situ example of Mt Unzen
(Applicant
Hess, Kai-Uwe
)
Chemical, isotopic, and mineralogical proxy data for aeolian input into the Lake Baikal system during the last 150 ka
(Applicant
Hegner, Ernst Josef
)
Conditions for nanocrystals formation in Krafla shallow rhyolitic magma: A potential site for explosive eruptions
(Applicant
Cáceres Acevedo, Francisco
)
Decompression of Krafla magma: From immobile magma mush to explosive foaming?
(Applicants
Dingwell, Donald Bruce
;
Scheu, Bettina
)
Development of an ultra-high resolution neutron computed tomography system for the characterisation of drill cores.
(Applicant
Hess, Kai-Uwe
)
Permeability’s role around magma bodies: a way for gradually deforming or suddenly erupting
(Applicant
Montanaro, Cristian
)
Viscous flow of magmas from Unzen volcano, Japan - Implications for magma ascent and emplacement
(Applicant
Hess, Kai-Uwe
)
Priority Programmes
Completed projects
Determination of the molar volumes of Lanthanide-bearing silicate melts
(Applicant
Courtial, Philippe
)
Die Neodym-Isotopenentwicklung des Meerwassers im Oberdevon-Unterkarbon
(Applicant
Hegner, Ernst Josef
)
Experimental determination of the physico-chemical properties of Fe-rich silicate melts relevant to mars
(Applicant
Courtial, Philippe
)
How pressure influences the magnetic properties of titanomagnetite and iron with implications for magnetic anomalies and core fields
(Applicants
Gilder, Stuart Alan
;
McCammon, Catherine
)
Major Research Instrumentation
Completed projects
Thermionen-Massenspektrometer
CRC/Transregios
Current projects
Magmatic enrichment of prebiotic elements
(Project Head
Weidendorfer, Daniel
)
Shallow geothermal systems: Physico-chemical factories for molecular evolution
(Project Head
Scheu, Bettina
)
Completed projects
Constraining geochemical boundary conditions of Hadean hydrothermal systems and the implications for early life
(Project Heads
Braun, Dieter
;
Orsi, Ph.D., William
;
Schwille, Petra
;
Weidendorfer, Daniel
)
Enhanced phosphate cycling in 3 phase-systems – Heat fluxes trigger the liberation and back-precipitation of phosphate, boosting prebiotic chemistry
(Project Heads
Eisenreich, Wolfgang
;
Mast, Christof Friedrich Bernhard
;
Scheu, Bettina
)
Fluid flows and RNA-trapping in 2D and 3D Hadean hydrothermal submarine vent models
(Project Heads
Alim, Karen
;
Braun, Dieter
;
Orsi, Ph.D., William
;
Scheu, Bettina
)
Subaerial magma-driven hydrothermal systems in the Hadean as physical and chemical factory
(Project Heads
Huber, Claudia
;
Scheu, Bettina
;
Schmitt-Kopplin, Philippe
;
Trapp, Oliver
)
