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
New Paper in Global and Planetary Change
We contributed to a new study on event deposits in IODP cores from the South China Sea revealing clustered slumping between 0.6 and 0.4 Ma
New Paper in PAGES Magazine
We contribute a paper highlighting the achievments of IODP Expedition 386 Japan Trench Paleoseismology to the PAGES special issue on Scientific Drilling in Paleosciences
Congratulation Dr. Daxer
On September 30 2024 Christoph Daxer successfully defended his PhD dissertation
Best Poster Award for Marcel Ortler
The Poster "Signals of two earthquakes at Lake Altaussee" was award with the "Earth Surface Dynamics" Best Poster Award during the Pengeo /DEUQUA 2024 Conference in Salzburg
New Paper in Terra Nova
We have re-evaluated the famous Annot Sandstone (where the Bouma sequence was defined) in terms of flow criticality. The results revealing advanced process-understanding of deep-marine depositional environments are now published in Terra Nova
New Paper in Quaternary Science Reviews
Charlotte Pizer´s latest research integrating onshore-offshore paleoseismic record reveal multiple slip styles on the plate interface, central Hikurangi subduction margin.
Congratulation Lukas
Lukas Loaker completed his MSc study with a thesis entitled: Central Japan Trench Event Stratigraphy
New Paper in Marine Geology
The first comprehensive event-stratigraphy results from IODP coring in the hadal Japan Trench are now published online in a paper led by Michi Strasser
Congratulation Stephanie
Stephanie Benischke completed her MSc study with a thesis entitled: Reconstructing Holocene Lake Level Changes at Lake Llanquihue (South-Central Chile) based on field mapping, seismic-stratigraphic analysis and lacustrine sediment core analysis