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 Nature Geoscience
Climatic pacing of extreme Nile floods during the North African Humid Period
New Paper in Marine & Petroleum Geology
New insights on detrital component and carbon burial in the eastern-central Mid-Adriatic deep
Congratulations Dr. Molenaar
On June 26 2024 Ariana Molenaar successfully defended her PhD.
New Paper in G-cubed
Jana Molenaar´s latest paper on Earthquake-Triggered Soft-Sediment Deformation Structures in Lake Sediments is now published
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
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)
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
