CURRENT RESEARCH PROJECTS

• Elevated Low Relief Landscapes in the Alps
  FWF project P31609-NBL funded to J. Robl.
  This project project tackles the nature of low-relief landscapes at high elevations in the eastern Alps. Current discussions interpret them either as a product of the glacial buzz saw or as Miocene relict landscapes and we use burial dating to solve this debate. The project involves two PhD student – one in Salzburg and one in Graz. More details at: http://www.geodynamics.at/GD.at/

Annual Research Group Reports of Past Years

• Research Group Report for 2023
• Research Group Report for 2022
• Research Group Report for 2021
• Research Group Report for 2020
• Research Group Report for 2019
• Research Group Report for 2018
• Research Group Report for 2017
• Research Group Report for 2016
• Research Group Report for 2015
• Research Group Report for 2014
• Research Group Report for 2013
• Research Group Report for 2012
• Research Group Report for 2011
• Research Group Report for 2010
• Research Group Report for 2009
• Research Group Report for 2008
• Research Group Report for 2007
• Research Group Report for 2006
• Research Group Report for 2005
• Research Group Report for 2004
• Research Group Report for 2002
• Research Group Report for 2001
• Research Group Report for 2000
  

PAST RESEARCH PROJECTS

• EarthShape
  DFG project  on interaction of Biological and geological processes.
  This project is part of the German priority program EarthShape. See http://earthshape.net for more details.
  This project tackles interactions between biological and geological processes using numerical modelling techniques and the Chilean coastal ranges as a testing ground.
• Wegener Memorial Expedition
  Funded by the Austrian Academy of Science
  This project involved an expedition to Greenland to trace the footsteps of Alfred Wegeners most famous Greenland expedition from the year of the discovery of continental drift.
• Economic geology of the Arabian-Nubian Shield (2008-2013)
  Industry financed research project funded by SPmining / Madrid
  This project treats the economic geology of the Arabian Nubian Shield with particular focus on mining concessions in Chad and Sudan of the Madrid based mining company SPmining. We focus on scientific work paralleling the exploration effort in these regions. Pan-African Meeting
• Proterozoic Evolution of the Najd Fault System (2007-2011)
  FWF project P22351-N22
  This project follows our long standing interest in the Pan-African evolution of the Arabian nubian shield. The project will begin in the 2010 / 2011 season and will involve one Postdoc, one PhD student and several MSc students. Positions will be advertised shortly or: contact the PI Stuewe. Collaborators: M. El Shafei (Ismailia), M Hassan (Ismailia), Tom Fowler (Saudi Arabia).
• Topo-Alps: 4D kinematic evolution of the Alps (2008-2012)
  Funded through FWF project I 152; by EUROCORES Topo-Europe
  This project is embeded in the project "TOPO-ALPS" which investigates the landscape and tectonic evolution of the Alps since the Miocene. Within this project, we build a catalogue of fault activity of the major structures in the eastern Alps and use low temperature geochronology to measure young uplift processes. Andreas Wolfler and Nicolas Legrain works on this project. Collaborators: H Fritz (Graz), Stefan Hergarten (Graz), TopoAlps Research Group
• Geologischer Luftbild Atlas der Alpen (2008-2011)
  Funded through various sources including ÖsterreichWerbung, Land Steiermark, University of Graz
  We are currently in the process of writing a book with the working title "Geological aerial photography Atlas of the Alps.". The main work for this volume will be done in 2009 and 2010 but some photography was shot in autumn 2008 together with Swiss photographer Ruedi Homberger. The book information is located at www.alpengeologie.org
• Extrusion of the Chugach Metamorphic Complex, southern Alaska (2007-2010)
  FWF PROJECT P19366
  The Chugach Metamorphic Complex is a high grade metamorphic wedge of triangular shape in southern Alaska. In this project we use structural, metamorphic and geochronological methods to extract conceptual information on wedge extrusion processes from this region. Deta Gasser and Emilie Bruand work on this project. External collaborators: T Pavlis (El Paso), D. Rubatto (ANU), J. Sisson (Texas), D. Foster (Florida), B. Grasemann (Wien)
• Dynamics of carbonate systems (2007-2010)
  Funded by GASS to Doctorate School of Earth Science in Graz
  Within this project a large range of aspects of carbonate genesis and dynamics are studied by a total of 6 PhD students. Within the "GEODYNAMICS AT GRAZ" group Tom Wagner works on this project studying landscape evolution of the highlands of Graz using cosmogenic nuclei dating of caves. Collaborators: D. Fabel (Glasgow), M. Fiebig (Wien), P. Haeuselmann (Bern).
• Metamorphic Evolution of the Wadi Feiran Migmatites, Sinai, Egypt (2006-2010)
  OeAD grant to Tamer Abu-Alam
  The Wadi Feiran migmatites in Sinai are the highest grade rocks found in Egypt, but their metamorphic evolution is barely know. With this project we continue a long tradition of involvement with north African geology of the Earth Science Department at Graz. Tamer Abu-Alam works as a PhD student on the project. Collaborators: M. El Shafei (Ismailia), M Hassan (Ismailia).
• Drainage development in the India - Asia collision zone (2004-2008)
  During the postdoctoral Fellowship of Robl a numerical code was developed that allows to describe landscape evolution during mechanically driven deformation up to large finite strains. Together with S. Hergarten and J. Robl we now apply this code to problems associated with drainage development in inner Asia.