Evaluating eustatic and tectonic control on Late Jurassic (Oxfordian to Kimmeridgian) sedimentary successions in the Lower Saxony Basin (NW Germany)

• Applicant: Professor Dr. Immo Schülke
• Subject Area: Palaeontology
• Term: from 2004 to 2009
• Project identifier: Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) - Project number 5427579

... During this project we focus on the basin development that is controlled by a varyingregional subsidence released by crustal extension during the rifting processes in the North Sea area (North Sea Rift dome). Sea level fluctuations and geotectonic processes mainly trigger deposition in a shallow water depositional area that is very susceptible towards changes in subsidence rates and sea level and, hence, an important archive for the reconstruction of the basin development. The developed sequence stratigraphic scheme is neccessary for the long- distance correlation with successions of other European basins.

• DFG Programme: Priority Programmes
• Subproject of: SPP 1135: Dynamics of Sedimentary Systems under Varying Stress Regimes: The Example of the Central European Basin System
• Participating Person: Professorin Dr. Jutta Winsemann