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.

