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Con­grat­u­la­tion Markus

Markus Niederstätter completed his MSc study with a thesis entitled: Limnogeological investigations of the Montiggler Seen reveal paleoseismic evidence for surface rupturing earthquake in South Tyrol 

Wel­come Ver­ena Meier as vis­it­ing PhD stu­dent

Verena Meier from Charles University in Prague joins us in September 2023 with a OEAD visiting scholarship

New Paper in The Inno­va­tion Geo­science

We contributed to the study published by Chu et al., discovering earthquake-induced redistribution and reburial of microbes in the Japan Trench

New Nature Com­mu­ni­ca­tions Paper

This first scientific results from IODP Expeditoin 386, co-lead by Michi Strasser, document earthquake-enhanced dissolved carbon
cycles in ultra-deep ocean sediments

Arne Ramisch intro­duces him­self

A new short video about Arne, the Austrian Core Facility and Core Logging Science Applications

Wel­come Mishelle as new PhD Stu­dent

We welcome Mishelle Muthre as new PhD student in our research group

Wel­come Katleen as new Post Doc

We welcome Katleen Wils as new Post Doc in our research group

A doc­u­men­tary movie about the Wal­ter Munk Lake Altausee Pro­ject

See our contribution to the interdisciplinary Altauseer See Expedition by the Walter Funk Foundation in the newly released documentary movie

Best The­sis Awards for Anja and Patrick

Congratulaion to Anja Grießer and Patrick Oswald for winning the 2023 Best Master and PhD Thesis Award from the Facutly Geo- and Atmospheric Sciences at University of Innsbruck

HypoTirol-Dis­ser­ta­tion­spreis 2023

Congratulaion to Patrick Oswald for winning a 2023 Hypo-Tirol Best Dissertation Prize

Wel­come Valentina as new PhD Stu­dent

We welcome Valentina Moreno Allende as new PhD student in our research group

New FWF projects fund­ed!

The Austrian Science Fund (FWF) granted a new project led by our research group to study subduction zone earthquake cycles in the Japan Trench 

New Paper on Quan­ti­ta­tive Lacus­trine Pale­o­seis­mol­ogy

This study by PhD student Christoph Daxer presents a new cal­i­brated 14.000-year lacus­trine pale­o­seis­mol­ogy record in lake Wörthersee that allows validation of the seismic hazard cuve using robust observational data.

Obergurgl Group Retreat 2022

On 7 to 9 October, we held the second Sedimentary Geology Group Retreat at the Universitätszentrum Obergurgl. Stefano Fabbri from the Université Savoie Mont Blanc joined as our external guest and showed his research on tsuname vs storm deposits in the Lesser Antilles. We enjoyed great and diverse scientific discussion, alternated with hiking and fireplace discussion.

New paper published in Earth and Planetary Science Letters

In this study by Schwestermann et al. just published in EPSL, we unravel a 2000-year record of event-dominated transport, provenance, and burial of organic carbon along the entire Japan Trench

In the news: Spuren massiver Bergstürze in Tiroler Alpenseen gefunden

Der Standard reports about our research investigating Tyrolian lakes to learn more about past earthquakes and rockslides.

Two new FWF projects funded!

The Austrian Science Fund (FWF) granted two new projects led by our research group

Con­grat­u­la­tion Marcel, MSc

Marcel Ortler successfully completed and defended his MSc thesis entitled Sedimentary record of historical flood events in Lake Millstatt (Carinthia, Austria).

New Paper on Pale­o­seis­mol­ogy

Michi Strasser contributed to a new study compiling a database of potential paleoseismic evidence in Switzerland

Tai­wan Excur­sion 2020

We are participating in the Uni-Innsbruck Geological Field Excursion to Taiwan organized by Steven Huang


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