The Earth’s Interior as the Driving Force Behind Geological Processes

The support for "The Earth’s Interior as the Driving Force Behind Geological Processes" by the German Research Foundation (DFG) ended in October 2006.

The following projects where funded within the SPP 1097 »Erdmagnetische Variationen: Raum-Zeitliche Struktur, Prozesse und Wirkungen auf das System Erde (Earth Magnetic Variations)«:

Scaling properties of dynamo models and planetary dynamos
Christensen, Ulrich · Katlenburg-Lindau

Linking Dynamo Simulations and Palaeomagnetism
Christensen, Ulrich · Katlenburg-Lindau

The physical mechanisms of geomagnetic field recording in sediments
Dobeneck, Tilo von · Bremen ; Bleil, Ulrich · Bremen ; Huhn, Katrin · Bremen

Time-Space Dependent Multiscale Modelling of the Magnetic Field Using Satellite Data (i.e. CHAMP-data)
Freeden, Willi · Kaiserslautern

The missing link: What can dynamo simulations learn from dynamo experiments?
Gerbeth, Gunter · Dresden ; Stefani, Frank · Dresden

Numerical simulation of dynamos on massively parallel computers in cartesian domains
Hansen, Ulrich · Münster

Numerische Simulation des Geodynamos
Hansen, Ulrich · Münster

Numerical simulation of the atmospheric ionization and the generation of cosmogenic nuclides for different topologies of the geomagnetic field
Kallenrode, May-Britt · Osnabrück

Decadal and subdecadal secular variation of the Earth`s magnetic field deduced from ground based measurements and multiple satellite measurements
Korte, Monika · Potsdam

Improvement of satellite data main field modelling through a better separation of internal from external contributions
Lühr, Hermann · Potsdam

Comprehensive magnetic field modelling by joint inversion of multiple satellite and observatory data
Maus, Stefan · Boulder USA

Develop a methodology for merging marine, airborne, and satellite magnetic surveys and compile a world digital magnetic anomaly map
Maus, Stefan · Boulder USA

Full vector geomagnetic secular variation in central Mexico as derived from volcanic rocks younger than about 50 ka
Nowaczyk, Norbert R. · Potsdam

High-resolution magnetostratigraphic investigation of geomagnetic reversal excursions younger than 60 ka using arctic marine sediments. - Precise analysis of directional and relative paleointensity characteristics. Absolute age determinations
Nowaczyk, Norbert R. · Potsdam

Model calculations of long-time changes in the middle and upper atmospheric chemical composition, temperature and circulation resulting from a changing Earth magnetic field
Sinnhuber, Miriam · Bremen ; Burrows, John Phillip · Bremen ; Künzi, Klaus F. · Bremen ; Notholt, Justus · Bremen

Direction and intensity of the geomagnetic field before, during and after a reversal - paleo- and rockmagnetic studies on mesozoic and paleozoic volcanic rocks
Soffel, Heinrich · München ; Bachtadse, Valerian · München

Direction and paleointensity of the Earth`s magnetic field during reversals and excursions recorded in basaltic lava flows (0.5 - 15 Myr)
Soffel, Heinrich · München

Geomagnetic Field Reversals in the Palaeozoic and Cenozoic: Palaeomagnetic Evidence from Russia and Turkmenia
Tait, Jennifer A. · München ; Bachtadse, Valerian · München

Alternative driving mechanisms for the geodynamo: Precession and double diffusive convection
Tilgner, Andreas · Göttingen

Studies of paleomagnetospheric processes: Structure and dynamics of the geomagnetic environment in space during polarity transitions
Vogt, Joachim · Bremen ; Glaßmeier, Karl-Heinz · Braunschweig

Palaeomagnetic variations across transitional lava flows: geomagnetic-field impulses or recording artifacts?
Winklhofer, Michael · München ; Fabian, Karl · Bremen

Geodynamo a-effect from box simulations of magnetoconvection
Ziegler, Udo · Potsdam ; Rüdiger, Günther · Potsdam


Co-ordination:Prof. Dr. Karl-Heinz Glaßmeier
Institut für Geophysik und extraterrestrische Physik
Technische Universität Braunschweig

DFG-website of the SPP 1097

Additional legwork was done by the satellite missions CHAMP and GRACE within the key research area Observation of System Earth from Space


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