Research Projects at the Institute of Earth System Sciences

Our research projects

Transport and reactions of light elements (Li, B) in pegmatitic systems under thermal disequilibrium - implications for magmatic/hydrothermal ore deposits (project in the Priority Programme 2238: Dynamics of Ore-Metals Enrichment (DOME))

Behrens, H. (Principal Investigator), Weyer, S. (Principal Investigator) & Singer, C. (Co-Investigator)

1 Apr 202130 Jun 2024

Project: Research

3D-organisation of the solid, pore and organic phases in soil microaggregates and its control on mechanical stability (sub-project SP7 of the Research Unit 2179: MAD Soil - Microaggregates: Formation and turnover of the structural building blocks of soils)

Peth, S. (Principal Investigator)

1 Mar 202130 Jun 2024

Project: Research

Effects of land use intensification and soil management practices on field water cycles and water use efficiency (sub-project A02 of the Research Unit 2432: Social-Ecological Systems in the Indian Rural-Urban Interface: Functions, Scales, and Dynamics of Transition)

Peth, S. (Principal Investigator)

1 Mar 202131 Dec 2023

Project: Research

Localization and quantification of physical and mechanical rhizosphere properties using X-ray microtomography and micro-sensing techniques (project in the Priority Programme 2089/1: Rhizosphere Spatiotemporal Organisation - a Key to Rhizosphere Functions)

Peth, S. (Principal Investigator)

1 Mar 202128 Feb 2024

Project: Research

Digispecies: Digitization of plant and animal species occurence records for documenting the extent of biodiversity loss

Nejdl, W. (Principal Investigator), Küster, H. (Principal Investigator) & Auer, S. (Principal Investigator)

1 Feb 202131 Jan 2024

Project: Research

ALAN: The agricultural landscape and arthropod biodiversity nexus

Leybourne, D. (Principal Investigator) & Poppenborg Martin, E. A. (Principal Investigator)

1 Jan 202131 Dec 2022

Project: Research

Transport and enrichment of tungsten and tin in melts and fluids at magmatic-hydrothermal stages: experimental approach and application to the Argemela district (Portugal) (project in the Priority Programme 2238: Dynamics of Ore-Metals Enrichment (DOME))

Holtz, F. (Principal Investigator)

1 Jan 202131 Dec 2023

Project: Research

X-ray Diffractometer

Mikutta, C. (Principal Investigator)

23 Nov 202031 Dec 2021

Project: Research

Chronometry in plutonic rocks: cooling rates of ancient oceanic crust (sub-project TP7 of the Research Unit 2881: Diffusion Chronometry of magmatic systems)

Kirchenbaur da Fonseca, M. (Principal Investigator)

1 Nov 202031 Jul 2024

Project: Research

Diffusion-driven Fe-Mg and Li isotope fractionation in olivine: An experimental investigation and new modeling approach (sub-project TP3 of the Research Unit 2881: Diffusion Chronometry of magmatic systems)

Weyer, S. (Principal Investigator)

1 Nov 202031 May 2024

Project: Research