Research Projects

Mineralogy section

Research projects of the research groups

Wehrlites in the ICDP OmanDP drill cores: a key to understand the nature of the hydrous magmatism in subduction zone initiation settings (project in the Priority Programme 1006: International Continental Scientific Drilling Program (ICDP))

Koepke, J. (Principal Investigator) & Almeev, R. (Principal Investigator)

1 Jul 202430 Jun 2025

Project: Research

Diffusion-driven isotope fractionation in feldspars, chain silicates and oxides (sub-project TP3 of the Research Unit 2881: Diffusion Chronometry of magmatic systems)

Oeser-Rabe, M. A. (Principal Investigator) & Weyer, S. (Co-applicant)

1 Jun 202431 Jan 2028

Project: Research

Amphibole: a mineral to unravel magma storage and timescales of sub-volcanic processes and eruptions

Ridolfi, F. (Principal Investigator)

15 May 202414 May 2025

Project: Research

Expansion and connection of Early Jurassic oceanic anoxia: A complementary approach based on coupled Mo-U isotopes of black shales and U isotope signatures of carbonates (project in the Priority Programme 1006: International Continental Scientific Drilling Program (ICDP))

Krencker, F.-N. F. (Principal Investigator) & Weyer, S. (Principal Investigator)

1 May 202430 Apr 2027

Project: Research

Large Scale Artificial Intelligence Augmented Mineral Analysis (LS-MAIner) – characterization of volcanic rocks for diffusion chronometry (sub-project TP8 of the Research Unit 2881: Diffusion Chronometry of magmatic systems)

Sester, M. (Principal Investigator), Almeev, R. (Principal Investigator), Holtz, F. (Co-Investigator) & Leichter, A. (Project staff)

1 Apr 202428 Feb 2028

Project: Research

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Transport processes of Sn and W within the crust: From a peraluminous granitic melt to a mineralising fluid (project in the Priority Programme 2238: Dynamics of Ore-Metals Enrichment (DOME))

Michaud, J.A.-S. (Principal Investigator)

1 Jan 202430 Oct 2026

Project: Research

Deciphering the metal stable isotope record of Sn-W ore deposits: a complementary approach based on experiments and case studies (project in the Priority Programme 2238: Dynamics of Ore-Metals Enrichment (DOME))

Weyer, S. (Principal Investigator) & Holtz, F. (Co-Investigator)

1 Dec 202330 Nov 2026

Project: Research

Fractionation of stable antimony isotopes as fingerprinting tool to determine sources and distribution of contamination

Viehmann, S. (Principal Investigator) & Kaufmann, A. B. (Principal Investigator)

16 Oct 202315 Oct 2026

Project: Research

MoVE: Mechanisms of Vanadium Enrichments in shale-hosted deposits: insights from a novel redox tracer (project in the Priority Programme 2238: Dynamics of Ore-Metals Enrichment (DOME))

Martin, A. N. (Principal Investigator) & Weyer, S. (Principal Investigator)

16 Oct 202315 Oct 2026

Project: Research

Steam ScrAIber (NFDI4Earth Incubator Project)

Leichter, A. (Principal Investigator)

1 Oct 202331 Mar 2024

Project: Research