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Open Master/bachelor thesis in Petrology at the Institute of Geoscience, University of Potsdam

1) Rocks from the 2.8-3.0 Ga Archean basement (metasediments, TTGs, amphibolites) of eastern Greenland

2) Lower crustal mafic granulites from the Adirondacks, NY (US)

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In the Masters and Bachelors study programs we teach how to use natural sciences for understanding the structure, evolution and dynamic of planet Earth. This covers processes ranging from the deep inner Earth to those at the Earth's surface. Understanding processes of the solid Earth is the essence of geoscientific research and an important part for solving current, societally relevant environmental problems. Therefore, our curriculum offers a wide spectrum of methods and research topics drawn from the different research groups within the institute, as well as a range of international study programs, and an excellent graduate school.

The institut occupies a central position in the Research Focus Earth Sciences (RFES) and is an active partner in the Geo.X coordinating platform, in which the Earth and Enviromental Science research institutes in the Berlin-Potsdam area are tightly networked.

The institute hosts the GeoUnion (M.Strecker).

The Olorgesailie Basin in the Kenya Rift Valley, part of the Eastern Branch of the East African Rift System. In the background the high topography of the Rift’s border faults.

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Increased ecological resource variability during a critical transistion in hominin evolution
Potts R., Dommain R., Riedl S., et al., 2020 Science Advances Vol. 6, no. 43,DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.abc8975
Illuminating subduction zone rheological properties in the wake of a giant earthquake
Weiss, J. R., Qiu Q., Barbot S., Wright T. J., Foster J. H., Saunders A., Brooks B. A., Bevis M., Kendrick E., Ericksen T. L., Avery J., Smalley R., Cimbaro S. R., Lenzon L. E., Báron J., Báez J. C., Wechalar A.. 2019. Science Advances Vol. 5, no. 12, eaax6720, DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.aax6720
Victoria continental microplate dynamics controlled by the lithospheric strength distribution of the East African Rift
Glerum, A., Brune, S., Stamps, D. S., Strecker, M., 2020. Nature Communications. DOI: 10.1038/s41467-020-16176-x
A portable on-axis laser-heating system for near-90° X-ray spectroscopy: application to ferropericlase and iron silicide.
G. Spiekermann, Kupenko I., Petitgirard S., Harder M., Nyrow A., Weis C., Albers C., Biedermann N., Libon L., Sahle C. J., Cerantola V., Glazyrin K., Konôpková Z., Sinmyo R., Morgenroth W., Sergueev I., Yavaş H., Dubrovinsky L., Tolan M., Sternemann C. and Wilke M.. Journal of Synchrotron Radiation. Vol.27, 414-424. DOI: 10.1107/S1600577519017041
Exploring the efficiency of stepwise dissolution in removal of stubborn non-radiogenic Pb Condrule U-Pb dating
Merle, R., Amelin, Y., Yin, Q.-Z., Huyskens, M. H., Sanborn, M. E., Nagashima, K., Yamashita, K., Ireland, T., Krot, A., and Sieber, M.J..2020. Geochemica et Cosmochimica Acta. DOI:/10.1016/j.gca.2020.03.010
The Bayesian Earthquake Analysis Tool
Vasyura-Bathke, H., Dettmer, J., Steinberg, A., Heimann, S., Isken, M. P., Zielke, O., Mai, P. M., Sudhaus, H., & Jónsson, S., 2020. Seismological Research Letters. DOI: 10.1785/0220190075
Illuminating subduction zone rheological properties in the wake of a giant earthquake
Weiss, J. R., Qiu Q., Barbot S., Wright T. J., Foster J. H., Saunders A., Brooks B. A., BEvis M., Kendrick E., Ericksen T. L., Avery J., Smalley R., Cimbaro S. R., LEnzon L. E., Báron J., Báez J. C., EWchalar A.. 2019. Science Advances Vol. 5, no. 12, eaax6720, DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.aax6720
Surface erosion events controlled the evolution of plate tectonics on Earth
Sobolev, S, Brown, M. (2019). Nature volume 570, pages 52-57 (2019). doi: 10.1038/s41586-019-1258-4

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