Research Projects at the Institute of Earth System Sciences

Our research projects

Diffusion in common mineral phases. Part 1: pyroxene (sub-project TP1 of the Research Unit 2881: Diffusion Chronometry of magmatic systems)

Behrens, H. (Principal Investigator)

1 Nov 202031 Oct 2023

Project: Research

Diffusion in common mineral phases. Part 2: plagioclase (sub-project TP2 of the Research Unit 2881: Diffusion Chronometry of magmatic systems)

Behrens, H. (Principal Investigator)

1 Nov 202031 Mar 2024

Project: Research

Influence of hydroxamate siderophores on redox-sensitive trace elements and their isotopes and their relevance for the application of redox proxies in paleo-climate reconstruction studies

Weyer, S. (Principal Investigator)

1 Nov 202031 Oct 2022

Project: Research

Phase stability fields in calc-alkaline magmatic systems and textural evolution of crystalline aggregates (sub-project TP4 of the Research Unit 2881: Diffusion Chronometry of magmatic systems)

Holtz, F. (Principal Investigator)

1 Nov 202031 May 2024

Project: Research

Spatial patterns of organic matter formation in subsoil: Formation of mineral-associated organic matter

Guggenberger, G. (Principal Investigator)

1 Nov 202030 Jun 2025

Project: Research

UPSCALE: Upscaling the Benefits of Push-Pull Technlogy for Sustainable Agricultural Intensification in East Africa

Poppenborg Martin, E. A. (Principal Investigator)

1 Nov 202031 Oct 2025

Project: Research

URL: https://upscale-h2020.eu/
https://cordis.europa.eu/project/id/861998

Deciphering the very early phase of angiosperm evolution using palynology

Heimhofer, U. (Principal Investigator)

1 Oct 202030 Jun 2025

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 202030 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 202030 Sept 2023

Project: Research

ICDP: Priority Programme 1006: International Continental Drilling Program (ICDP) (Coordination funds)

Koepke, J. (Principal Investigator) & Mikutta, C. (Principal Investigator)

1 Aug 202031 Jul 2021

Project: Research