Fieldwork
Alpine Geology
Under the frame of a more than 20 years long cooperation with the Geological Survey of Austria in Vienna our working group carries out geological mapping and field studies in various parts of the Northern Calcareous Alps. At present work is concentrated on compilation of the map sheet ÖK 114 Holzgau of the official geological map series of Austria in the scale 1:50,000. The area is located in the western part of the Northern Calcareous Alps, comprising parts of the Lechtal- and Allgäu Alps. Basic mapping and field work on this sheet carried out at the scale 1:10,000 is finished including 24 maps compiled by diploma students, which were supported by funds from the Geological Survey of Austria. In addition, R. Henrich has carried out continuously over the past 15 years own field studies and mapping campaigns in complex or difficult accessible parts of the mountains. At present final corrections and improvements are undertaken and the final map is compiled for digitalisation by Alfred Gruber from the Austrian Survey. Beside this main enterprise in the last years geological mapping concentrated on a new area, i.e. on sheet ÖK70 "Waidhofen an der Ybbs†located in the eastern part Northern Calcareous Alps which is constructed of comparably shallow elevated frontal mountain chains. Also here field work of master students carried out as master projects will be included in the compilation of the official geological sheet.

In addition to the geological mapping activity our group has carried out facies analysis of the Triassic, Jurassic and Cretaceous formations in the Lechtal- and Allgäu Alps as well as in the Berchtesgaden and Salzburg Alps. First publications (Henrich et al. 2014a,b; Henrich 2016) provide new results concerning the relation of synsedimentary tectonics and mass wasting events.

Beside this recently a Guide book introducing "Nature and geology of the Hinterstein Valley in the Allgäu Alps†(editors: Rüdiger Henrich, Claudia Henrich and Christoph Hieke) has been compiled for public use which appeared as a volume of the Munich publisher Pfeil series in 2014. Currently we (Claudia and Rüdiger Henrich, Josef Walch) have compiled a similar geologic giude book for the Lechtal Alps. The draft has been submitted to the Munich publisher Pfeil. Publication of the book is planned for 2022.



Geology of the Lahn-Dill syncline in the Rhenish Massif
In 2015 and 2016 a new guidebook for public use was initiated. Main goal of this project is to foster public understanding concerning the geologic evolution and development of natural settings in the region of the Lahn-Dill syncline in the Rhenish Slate Mountains in central Germany. Beside explaining the geological and natural settings emphasis is also put on developing a basic understanding how the industrial and cultural evolution has reshaped the natural environment in the area and influenced the socio- economic conditions of he population. The author team includes Wolfgang Bach from the Faculty of Geosciences here in Bremen contributing his expertise on volcanology, a team of karst researchers lead by Ingo Dorsten, Uli Horch – an expert on the history of industrial exploitation of the classical Lahn –Dill iron ore deposits, Friedrich Wilhelm Georg – founder of the natural protection academy in the region as well as Claudia and Rüdiger Henrich from our group. The new guidebook entitled "Riffe, Vulkane, Eisenerz und Karst" was published in the series "Wanderungen in die Erdgeschichte†by Pfeil publisher in 2017. In addition, in 2018 plans for a new geologic and karst trail were realized in the marginal region of Westerwald and Dill syncline. This cooperative project was sponsered by the local community of the village Breitscheid, the Geopark Westerwald-Lahn-Taunus and the administration of the Lahn-Dillkreis.


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University of Bremen Research Group Sedimentology – Palaeoceanography
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