Sedimentary Geology Innsbruck
Research Highlights
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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.
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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.
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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
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New Paper in Nature Geoscience
Climatic pacing of extreme Nile floods during the North African Humid Period
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New Paper in Marine & Petroleum Geology
New insights on detrital component and carbon burial in the eastern-central Mid-Adriatic deep
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Congratulations Dr. Molenaar
On June 26 2024 Ariana Molenaar successfully defended her PhD.
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New Paper in G-cubed
Jana Molenaar´s latest paper on Earthquake-Triggered Soft-Sediment Deformation Structures in Lake Sediments is now published
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New Papers in PAGES Magazine
Katleen Wils co-edited a special issue on (Paleo)-Earthquake and -Tsunami Science now published in PAGES Magazin, also featuring an article by Charlotte Pizer et al., on Combining onshore-offshore paleoseismic records to test for synchronicity of coastal deformation
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New Paper in Sedimentologika
We document contrasting sedimentary and long-lasting geochemical imprints of seismic shaking in a small, groundwater-fed lake basin (Klopeiner See, Eastern European Alps)
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New Paper in Scientific Drilling
We present the Late Glacial to Holocene Late Pleistocene to Holocene event stratigraphy of Lake Hallstatt revealed by the Hipercorig drilling system and borehole logging