Universität Münster
Fachbereich 11 - Physik
Institut für Geophysik
Address
Corrensstraße 24
48149 Münster
Deutschland
GERiT
This institution in GERiT
48149 Münster
Projects
Research Grants
Current projects
Constraining the Evolution of Continental Cores
(Applicant
Klöcking, Marthe
)
Deep Earth Rotational Seismology
(Applicant
Thomas, Christine
)
Geodynamic modelling of intra-plate deformation guided by 3D electromagnetic imaging of the lithosphere below Mongolia
(Applicant
Becken, Michael
)
Investigation of the influence of mantle structures on Earth's core observations
(Applicant
Thomas, Christine
)
Lower Mantle Seismic structures investigated with unusual seismic phases
(Applicant
Thomas, Christine
)
Onset of Plate Tectonics and Thermochemical Evolution of the Early Earth
(Applicant
Hansen, Ulrich
)
Physical properties of deep subducted lithosphere
(Applicant
Thomas, Christine
)
Completed projects
Array study of the Reunion hotspot region from the mantle transition zone to the core-mantle boundary
(Applicant
Thomas, Christine
)
Crust-mantle interactions beneath the Hangai Mountains in western Mongolia: Insights from 3D magnetotelluric studies and 4D thermo-mechanical modelling
(Applicant
Becken, Michael
)
Deep seismic structures beneath India and South Atlantic
(Applicant
Thomas, Christine
)
Dynamik eines terrestrischen Magmaozeans
(Applicant
Hansen, Ulrich
)
Eigenschaften und Skalierungsgesetze von Strong-Field Dynamos
(Applicant
Hansen, Ulrich
)
Einfluss von elektromagnetischer und thermischer Kern-Mantel Kopplung auf den Geodynamo
(Applicant
Hansen, Ulrich
)
Heterogeneities, Anisotropy and Attenuation in the Deep Earth through Seismic waveform studies (HAADES)
(Applicant
Durand, Stephanie
)
High-resolution investigation of upper mantle discontinuities
(Applicant
Thomas, Christine
)
HYPO-TZ - Generation and assessment of hypothetical seismic mantle transition zone structures
(Applicants
Schuberth, Bernhard
;
Thomas, Christine
)
Investigation of Island uplift of the Azores Island region
(Applicant
Thomas, Christine
)
Investigation of the anisotropy of the mantle transition zone using PP and SS precursors
(Applicant
Thomas, Christine
)
Investigation of the magnetic and dielectric properties and their anisotropy of salt rocks
(Applicant
Schmidt, Volkmar
)
Kinetic equations for turbulent fields
(Applicant
Hansen, Ulrich
)
Layering processes in the evolution of planetary mantle
(Applicant
Hansen, Ulrich
)
Magnetotellurik auf dem nordpolaren Meereis über dem Gakkel Rücken
(Applicant
Jödicke, Hartmut
)
Numerische Simulation des Geodynamos
(Applicant
Hansen, Ulrich
)
Numerische Simulationen des Geodynamos mit thermo-chemischem Antrieb
(Applicant
Hansen, Ulrich
)
Numerische Studie zur Strömungsdynamik des äußeren Erdkerns
(Applicant
Hansen, Ulrich
)
Oberflächensignale der Mantelkonvektion
(Applicant
Hansen, Ulrich
)
Phase Transformations, Microstructures, and their Seismic Signals from the Earth's mantle
(Applicants
Sanchez-Valle, Ph.D., Carmen
;
Speziale, Sergio
;
Thomas, Christine
)
Plate motion and mantle plumes in thermal and themochemical convection
(Applicant
Hansen, Ulrich
)
RHUM-RUM (Réunion Hotspot and Upper Mantle & Réunions Unterer Mantel): Seismological imaging of a mantle plume under La Réunion, western Indian Ocean
(Applicants
Igel, Heiner
;
Rümpker, Georg
;
Schlindwein, Vera
;
Sigloch, Karin
;
Thomas, Christine
)
Selbstkonsistente Modelle von Plattentektonik und Mantelkonvektion
(Applicant
Hansen, Ulrich
)
Synergy of passive seismic methods for geothermal applications (SynPaTh)
(Applicant
Löer, Katrin
)
Thermische und chemische Entwicklung eines terrestrischen Magmaozeans
(Applicant
Hansen, Ulrich
)
Untersuchungen zur Mantelkonvektion in sphärischer Geometrie unter Einbeziehung stark temperaturabhängiger Viskosität
(Applicant
Hansen, Ulrich
)
Utilizing impressed cathodic corrosion protection currents to determine the electrical conductivity in the upper few kilometers of the earth
(Applicant
Becken, Michael
)
Priority Programmes
Current projects
Double diffusive convection in stable layers within Earth’s core
(Applicant
Stellmach, Stephan
)
Global characteristics of geomagnetic field reversals from data and numerical simulations
(Applicant
Korte, Monika
)
The new core paradox, the stable layer, and double diffusive convection in Earth’s core
(Applicants
Wicht, Johannes
;
Zhu, Ph.D., Xiaojue
)
Understanding the influence of deep seismic mantle structures at the core-mantle boundary on intense magnetic flux regions
(Applicants
Ritter, Joachim
;
Thomas, Christine
)
Completed projects
Effects of Density Stratification on Convective Turbulence and Dynamo Action
(Applicant
Stellmach, Stephan
)
Geodynamic models of the relation of subduction under South America and plumes and Large Igneous Provinces in the South Atlantic, with constraints by seismology
(Applicant
Steinberger, Bernhard
)
Influence of Earth's rotation on the differentiation of a terrestrial magma ocean
(Applicant
Hansen, Ulrich
)
Magnetotelluric soundings through the centre of the North German Basin
(Applicant
Jödicke, Hartmut
)
Numerical simulation of dynamos on massively parallel computers in cartesian domains
(Applicant
Hansen, Ulrich
)
Numerische Simulation des Geodynamos
(Applicant
Hansen, Ulrich
)
Precession-driven dynamos in ellipsoidal planets
(Applicant
Hansen, Ulrich
)
Seismic heterogeneities beneath the Atlantic and Africa - thermal or chemical?
(Applicant
Thomas, Christine
)
Surface tectonics and internal dynamics of Mars
(Applicant
Hansen, Ulrich
)
Towards realistic models for the interior dynamics of Jupiter and Saturn
(Applicant
Wicht, Johannes
)
UNIBRA / DSEBRA -- the German seismological contri-bution to AlpArray
(Applicants
Friederich, Wolfgang
;
Korn, Michael
;
Meier, Thomas
;
Rümpker, Georg
;
Thomas, Christine
;
Tilmann, Frederik
;
Wassermann, Joachim
)
Emmy Noether International Fellowships
Completed projects
Untersuchung von Heterogenitäten und seismischer Anisotropie des unteren Erdmantels mit Arraydaten
(Applicant
Thomas, Christine
)
Heisenberg Professorships
Completed projects
Deep electromagnetic exploration
(Applicant
Becken, Michael
)
Heisenberg Grants
Completed projects
Deep electromagnetic exploration
(Applicant
Becken, Michael
)
Major Research Instrumentation
Completed projects
Controlled source EM array
Seismisches 20-Komponenten Array
CRC/Transregios
Completed projects
182W heterogeneities in Earth's mantle – early differentiation, late accretion, and core-mantle interaction
(Project Heads
Hansen, Ulrich
;
Kleine, Thorsten
;
Stracke, Ph.D., Andreas
)
From the Moon-forming impact to the era of late bombardment: the thermochemical evolution of the early Earth-Moon system
(Project Heads
Breuer, Doris
;
Hansen, Ulrich
;
Wünnemann, Kai
)
Modelling giant impacts and the subsequent thermochemical evolution of liquid metal in a convecting magma ocean
(Project Heads
Hansen, Ulrich
;
Wünnemann, Kai
)
Infrastructure Priority Programmes
Completed projects
Dynamics of fluid flow in Westbohemia/ Vogtland: Imaging and Detection (Bohemian FluID)
(Applicant
Ohrnberger, Matthias
)
Research Training Groups
Completed projects
GRK 247: Nonlinear Continuous Systems and their Investigation with Numerical, Qualitative and Experimental Methods
(Spokesperson
Purwins, Hans-Georg
)
