Innsbruck Tectonics Research Group
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Wie sind die Dolomiten entstanden?
Wie verformen sich die Dolomiten noch immer und was sagen die Gesteine über künftige Erdbeben aus?
Geolog:innen um Hannah Pomella vom Institut für Geologie der Universität Innsbruck beschäftigen sich in einem breit angelegten Forschungsprojekt mit diesen Fragestellungen.
Skitour of the Tectonics Research Group
In Feburary 2024, some active members and one alumni of our working group shared their passion for skiing in alpine terrain.
Kick-off of the new interdisciplinary project „GeoEN-Inntal“
Hugo Ortner and Simon Hinterwirth are involved in the project "GeoEn-Inntal", with the aim of making geotehermal energy useable in Tyrol.
Interview with Anna Sieberer for the podcast Greenhorn Science
Felix Pik from the podcast Greenhornscience interviewed Anna-Katharina Sieberer about our Dolomites project.
Analogue modelling in Utrecht University's TecLab
As part of her PhD project, Anna-Katharina Sieberer studies large-scale crustal to lithospheric deformation processes of the Dolomites Indenter in the Tectonic Modelling laboratory ("TecLab") at Utrecht University.
Fieldwork in the Dolomites
Thomas Klotz and Anna Sieberer on one of their sample and data collecting missions in the eastern Southern Alps, aiming to reveal the thermo-tectonic evolution of the Dolomites Indenter in high resolution.
New Paper published in International Journal of Earth Sciences
Kathrin Faßmer published a study about rapid subduction and exhumation of an ultra-high-pressure unit in the Caledonides of Northern Norway (Tromsø).
New Paper published in Journal of Structural Geology
Sinah Killian and Hugo Ortner published a study about buckle folding in the Northern Calcareous Alps. They present results from field observations and numeric experiments.
New Paper published in International Journal of Earth Sciences
Hugo Ortner and Sinah Kilian published a new paper presenting a revised tectonic subdivision of the western Northern Calcareous Alps.