Sedimentary Geology Innsbruck
Research Highlights
Earthquake control of large prehistoric rockslides in the Eastern Alps
We shed new light on a long-lasting debate about the trigger mechanism of large rockslides in the Tyrolian Alps. Our state-of-the-art lake paleoseismolgy approach documents prehistoric earthquakes, larger than any of the reported historical events, that degraded the steep rock slopes towards failure.
Organic carbon export to the hadal seafloor triggered by large earthquakes
We have integrated state-of-the-art methods to reveal drastic export of organic carbon to the hadal trench, shedding new light on the impact of large earthquakes on the deep-sea carbon cycle.
A lake sediment perspective on time-dependent recurrence of strong earthquake shaking near plate boundaries
A worldwide review of lacustrine paleoseismology reveals contrasting recurrence patterns for strong earthquakes at plate boundaries and intra-plate settings.
News
Congratulation Markus
Markus Niederstätter completed his MSc study with a thesis entitled: Limnogeological investigations of the Montiggler Seen reveal paleoseismicevidence for surface rupturing earthquake in South Tyrol
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