Institute of Geology

Research Projects

Quaternary Geology, Clastic Sedimentology , Basin analysis / Basin modelling, Neotectonics

Current projects

Showing results 1 - 4 out of 4

AvaFan: Allogenic vs Autogenic processes: On the preservation and shredding of environmental signals in submarine fans (

Spychala, Y. T. (Principal Investigator) & Winsemann, J. (Principal Investigator)

1 Dec 2023 → 30 Nov 2026

Project: Research

SAFETY: Analysis of the near-surface structure of the Aller fault system

Brandes, C. (Principal Investigator) & Winsemann, J. (Principal Investigator)

1 Dec 2023 → 31 Dec 2025

Project: Research

CCEHN: Climate Change and Early Humans in the North

Winsemann, J. (Principal Investigator)

1 Jan 2023 → 31 Dec 2025

Project: Research

Dynamical modelling of subglacial meltwater erosion during past and future glaciations

Winsemann, J. (Principal Investigator)

1 Apr 2022 → 31 Dec 2024

Project: Research

Finished projects

Structural characterization and dating of an active strike-slip fault that passes from bedrock into unconsolidated sediments

Brandes, C. (Principal Investigator)

1 Apr 2022 → 31 Mar 2024

Project: Research

Gutachten zur Eignung tertiären Tongesteins im Rahmen des Standortauswahlverfahrens zur Endlagerung radioaktiver Abfälle

Winsemann, J. (Principal Investigator), Achmus, M. (Co-Principal Investigator) & Brandes, C. (Co-Principal Investigator)

1 Oct 2021 → 28 Feb 2022

Project: Research

The Brenner base tunnel (BBT) natural laboratory – From cross-section construction over fabric and elastic anisotropy analysis to 4D structural modeling (project in the Priority Programme 2017: Mountain Building Process in Four Dimensions (4D-MB))

Brandes, C. (Principal Investigator)

1 Oct 2020 → 30 Sept 2023

Project: Research

The Last Pulse – dating the youngest deformation in the Alps with ESR thermochronometry (project in the Priority Programme 2017: Mountain Building Process in Four Dimensions (4D-MB))

Brandes, C. (Principal Investigator)

1 Oct 2020 → 30 Sept 2023

Project: Research

Palaeoseismological and tectonic investigation of the Regensburg-Rostock Fault zone

Brandes, C. (Principal Investigator) & Winsemann, J. (Co-Principal Investigator)

1 Apr 2019 → 30 Nov 2020

Project: Research

Tectonic deformation and paleostress field evolution of the western Pearya terrane, Arctic Canada

Brandes, C. (Principal Investigator)

15 Apr 2017 → 31 May 2021

Project: Research

Re-evaluation of the „Rotenburg 2004 Earthquake“

Brandes, C. (Principal Investigator) & Winsemann, J. (Co-Principal Investigator)

15 Mar 2017 → 14 Jan 2018

Project: Research

Palaeoseismological Investigation of Northern Germany

Brandes, C. (Principal Investigator) & Winsemann, J. (Co-Principal Investigator)

1 Oct 2016 → 30 Sept 2018

Project: Research

Recent earthquakes in NW Germany: a result of gas recovery and/ or glacial isostatic adjustment?

Brandes, C. (Principal Investigator) & Winsemann, J. (Co-Principal Investigator)

1 Mar 2014 → 31 Dec 2017

Project: Research

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