Provenance analysis

Here you will find an overview of all projects of the provenance analysis category:

Zircon U-Pb-Hf isotope systematics and whole rock geochemistry of basement rocks of the Bergsträsser Odenwald

The Mid-German Crystalline Zone (MGCZ) plays a key role for unravelling the complex pre- to syn-Variscan tectono-magmatic evolution in central Europe from the Neoproterozoic to the late Carboniferous. The most complete record of this evolution is preserved in basement rocks of the Bergsträsser Odenwald, even though highly ambivalent.

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Constraining the geodynamic evolution of the Alps with sedimentary provenance and detrital thermochronometer data

In this project we disentangle sedimentary signals related to changes in the deep lithosphere, the upper crust, and climate change in the Alps in the framework of the DFG Priority Program (SPP) “4D-MB: Mountain Building Processes in Four Dimensions”.

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Garnet geochemistry as a provenance proxy in the Swiss foreland basin

The Swiss foreland basin is one of the most important sedimentary archives storing information on the evolution of the Alpine orogen. Sediments supplied to this basin between ca. 31 and 13 Ma ago witnessed the last pulses of mountain building, the reorganization of the drainage system, as well as large-scale geodynamic and climatic changes.

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Palaeozoic source-to-sink relation in the northern trans-Gondwana Orogen (Eastern Africa, Arabia)

The Gondwana supercontinent amalgamated between 650 and 600 Ma before present by closure of the Mozambique Ocean. This led to the formation of the trans-Gondwana Orogen, a huge mountain range, from which massive amounts of detritus were transported towards the continental margins. The project aims to test the model of a super-fan system in the Palaeozoic of Gondwana.

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Spatial Distribution of modern Rates of Denudation from Sediment Yields throughout the Alps

The Alps offer excellent opportunities to study the interplay between elevation and erosion of a mountain range. The European research group TOPOAlps, in which around 20 are united, is therefore investigating the topographical history of the Alps and would like to clarify the question of which processes are responsible for the past and present topography.

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