WWU Münster – Institute of Geology and Paleontology
The Münster Sedimentary Geology Working Group focusses its research in three areas. We analyse sedimentary basin fills for their facies development as products of a basin‘s tectonic setting; we apply provenance research methods to reconstruct surface process systems and sediment routing pathways; we analyse the sedimentology and preservation potential of tsunami deposits as a means to reconstruct modern and ancient tsunami hazards at basin margins. In all topics we either apply geochemical and statistical methods or conduct numerical experiments to quantify pertinent processes.
- Currently the following research topics are covered in Münster
- Clastic sedimentology
- Basin analysis, plate-tectonic evolution of sedimentary basins
- Sedimentary petrography and geochemistry
- Geochronology (U-Pb)
- Geohazards, Tsunamis
- Sedimentology and diagenesis of tsunami deposits
Analytical equipment in the field of sedimentary geology
- Vibracoring equipment including hydraulic retrieval
- Laboratory for processing sediments and sedimentary rocks, mineral separation
- Grain-size analysis by sieving
- Digital-optical grain-size analysis (PartAn 2001 F/L, AnaTec SA)
- Settling tube
- Thin section lab
- Leica DMRX polarisation microscope with camera, Binocular microscopes
- LA-HR-ICP-MS (Element 2, Photon Machines Analyte G2)(via Institute of Mineralogy)
- Electron microprobe JEOL 8530F (via ICEM)
- REM JEOL 6610 (via ICEM)
Regional focus of sedimentary geology research
South America, particularly the Andes; Gulf of Alaska, Central and Western Europe, China, Indonesia, Seychelles
Study offer
B.Sc. and M.Sc. in Geosciences
Service
Grain-size analysis (sieving, settling tube, digital-optical), single grain mineral analysis (microprobe, SEM), U-Pb dating of single grains (zircon, rutile)
Contact:
Prof. Dr. Heinrich Bahlburg
Institut für Geologie und Paläontologie
Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster
Corrensstrasse 24
D-48149 Münster
hbahlburg@uni-muenster.de
