Master's Thesis Topics in Geosciences

Research topics geosciences students recently focused on in their Master's thesis, sorted by work groups (year)

Biogeology / Prof. Hervé Bocherens

Paleoecological Reconstruction of Messel & Schöningen Fauna using stable Isotopes (δ¹³C, δ¹⁵N & δ¹⁵N_Glu, δ¹⁵N_Phe) (2021)
Isotopic Paleoecology of Bovids and Cervids from Southeast Asia (2022)
Paleoecology and Phylogeny of Secondarily Terrestrial Crocodile-Relatives (2023)

Large wood in the rivers of low mountain ranges in BW - A missing component in risk assessment (2022)

A feasibility study on bimodal magma injection experiments: chances and limitations in the experimental and analytical procedure (2021)
H₂O Phase Separation in Iron- and Polyvalent Ion-free Phonolitic Melts (2022)
Experimentelle Untersuchung der Bildung von Magnetit-Nanolithen in einer rhyolitischen Schmelze (2022)

Geomicrobiology / Prof. Andreas Kappler

The influence of environmental conditions on the formation of biogenic magnetite (2021)
Combined impact of elevated atmospheric CO₂ and soil Cd on the nitrogen cycle in agricultural soils (2022)
Mineralogy and Geochemistry of iron microbialites from an extremely acidic environments, Rio Tinto, Spain (2023)

Hydrogeochemistry / Prof. Peter Grathwohl

Chemische und physikalische Charakterisierung des Oberen Muschelkalkes anhand eines Bohrkernes aus Baisingen (2022)

Hydrogeology / Prof. Olaf Cirpka

Identification of trace fossil samples from the Lower Jurassic of Southern Germany using surface scanned 3D-models (2022)
Säulenpermeametermessungen und numerische Modellierungen von Karbonaten aus der Unterkreide Katars (2022)
Facies analysis and paleoenvironmental reconstructions of a middle-upper eocene carbonate succession of Monti Berci, Italy (2022)
Central Adriatic Core POS514-33-11GC off Croatia: Sedimentation, Coarse Fraction Analysis and Preliminary Age Model (2023)
A muddy conundrum: Micritic matrix of bioclastic limestone (Lower Oligocene, Lower Inn Valley, Austria (2024)

Isotope Geochemistry / Prof. Ronny Schönberg

Coupled δ⁵⁶Fe and δ⁹⁸Mo measurements of the Hotazel Banded Iron Formation - Implications for the Paleoproterozoic ocean oxygenation state (2022)
Evaporative stable Cr and Fe isotope signals in 3.2 Ga old impact spherule layers from the Barberton Greenstone Belt, South Africa (2022)
Geochemical Signatures in Ocean Island Basalts: Comparison between Canary Islands and French Polynesia (2023)
Geochemical and Isotope Fingerprints of the Chaîne des Puys Volcanoes (2024)
Establishing the Cadmium Stable Isotope System Using Ion Exchange Chromatography and 111Cd-113Cd Double Spike Measurements (2024)

Micropaleontology / Dr. Annett Junginger

Seismic refraction tomography survey to determine internal structures of the Grabfeld-Formation in the Ammer valley, Tübingen (2022)
Towards detection of the groundwater table using phase-sensitive radar (2022)

Untersuchung von Sulfid-Silikat-Texturen der Sulfiderzlagerstätte Silbergerg des Bodenmais (2022)
Emulsions-Texturen magmatischer Sulfide in Sora (Oberlausitz) (2023)
Melt inclusions in alkaline rocks of the Gardiner (Greenland) and Oka (Canada) complexes (2023)
Melt inclusions in alkaline rocks of the Kovdor (Russia) and Oka (Canada) complexes (2023)
Variations in Pyroxenites of the Palabora Igneous Complex, South Africa (2023)
Possible sulfide anatexis during medium-grade metamorphism at the Schneeberg Zn-Pb deposit, South Tyrol, Italy (2024)
The Kongsberg-type Native Silver Deposit Elizabeth Hill in Western Australia (2024)

Textural analysis of the RECAP ice core regarding the recently developed step model (2021)
Petrophysical Characterization of the Well Logs and Modeling of the Meletta Sandstones in the Upper Rhein Graben for deep Geothermal Heat Storage Systems (2022)
Microstructural analysis of an ice core from a fast-flowing Greenlandic ice stream regarding deformation and recrystallization processes (2023)