Institute of Earth System Sciences Research groups
Tectonics, structural geology and tectonic geomorphology

Tectonics, Structural Geology and Tectonic Geomorphology

Research group | Prof. Dr. Andrea Hampel

Valley near Jiuquan, China Valley near Jiuquan, China Valley near Jiuquan, China

The research of the working group Prof. Hampel is dedicated to tectonics and structural geology as well as to the investigation of the Earth's surface as the expression of the interplay betweeen endogeneous and exogeneous processes. As methods, numerical modelling, field work, low-temperature thermochronology and cosmogenic nuclides are applied. Main working areas are the European Alps, western Turkey, China, the Andes and the Basin-and-Range Province in the western U.S..

Research topics

  • Neotectonics and tectonic geomorphology
  • Interaction of tectonics and Earth surface processes
  • Geodynamics of subduction zones
  • Mechanics of faults
  • Response of faults to climate-induced mass changes on the Earth's surface
  • Numerical modelling of earthquake cycles
  • Analysis of co- and postseismic Coulomb stress changes
  • Numerical modelling of landscape evolution and tectonic processes

Laboratories

  • Sample preparation for apatite and zircon fission track and (U-Th)/He analysis
  • Microscope system for the analysis of fission tracks in apatite and zircon

Head of group

Prof. Dr. Andrea Hampel
Address
Callinstraße 30
30167 Hannover
Building
Room
131
Prof. Dr. Andrea Hampel
Address
Callinstraße 30
30167 Hannover
Building
Room
131