Geophysics

Geophysical measurements (Photo: MET/UFZ)

Head

Dr. Ulrike Werban

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    Staff

  • Marco Pohle (Field Technician - Geophysics)
  • Andreas Schoßland (Technician)
  • Matteo Bauckholt (Field Technician - third party)
  • Susann Birnstengel (Researcher)
  • Felix Thomas (Researcher, project HANDYWATER)
  • Peter Jung (researcher, project GEWS)
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  • Rust, G.L., Weissmann, G.S., Werban, U., Frechette, J.D., Wawrzyniec, T.F. (2011):
    Outcrop-based GPR tomography through braided-stream deposits
    In: Martinsen, O.J., Pullham, A.J., Haughton, P.D.W., Sullivan, M.D. (eds.)
    Outcrops Revitalized: Tools, Techniques and Appications (Concepts in Sedimentology and Paleontology No. 10)
    Society for Sedimentary Geology (SEPM), Tulsa, OK, p. 227 - 238
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Karin Marschall

Dr. Steffen Popp-Hoffmann

Anne-Kathrin Nüsch

Claudia Dierke

Dr. Jörg Hausmann

Sophie Steigerwald

Dr. Edoardo Martini


Research Topics

  • Further development and evaluation of geophysical methods in the context of the investigation of soil, groundwater and biodiversity
  • Coordination of the research platform Model Driven Site Assessment, Information and Control (MOSAIC)

Projects

  • DFG 2361 Priority Programme “On the Way to the Fluvial Anthroposphere” - Local pathways to the Fluvial Anthroposphere at Echaz (Rhine) and Eger (Danube). A comparative analysis from c. AD 1100 to 1800
  • DFG 2361 Priority Programme “On the Way to the Fluvial Anthroposphere” - The Lower Havel River and Greater Donaumoos Regions: ‘Failed’ or ‘successful’ reclamation of floodplains and peatlands? – A comparative analysis
  • KONATES - Design and pilot plant testing for the use of contaminated aquifers for heat management with ATES plants (BMBF)
  • GEWS - Development and construction of a geological ice-heat storage system as a demonstration facility at the test site TestUM/Wittstock (BMBF)
  • HANDYWATER - Handy tools for sustainable irrigation management in Mediterranean crops (PRIMA, Horizon 2020, BMBF)
  • MARSoluT - Managed Aquifer Recharge Solutions Training Network (Innovative Training Network, EU)
  • MeSsHumus - Development of methods and sensors for in situ mapping of soil organic carbon and recommendations for agricultural management (KMU-innovativ, BMBF)
  • DigiHumus - Application of VNIR spectroscopy for the derivation of humus properties in soil mapping at forest locations (BMEL)
  • TestUM - Methods and strategies for adaptive investigation and observation of reactive processes in groundwater (BMBF)

completed projects

  • MuSaWa - Multi-scale S-wave tomography for exploration and risk assessment of development sites (BMBF - GEOTECHNOLOGIES)
  • CO2-Leakage - Development and assessment of the reliable, efficient and cost-effective monitoring concepts in order to detect and characterize possible near-surface CO2- leakages (BMBF, GEOTECHNOLOGIES)
  • iSOIL - Interactions between soil related sciences – Linking geophysics, soil science and digital soil mapping (EU FP7)
  • SIMULTAN - Sinkhole instability: integrated multi-scale monitoring and analysis; subproject Rock-Soil-Water interaction in sinkhole formations (BMBF - GEOTECHNOLOGIES)