Research Projects

BU 2012/7-1

Rapid plate motion variationa as a probe into plate boundary forces in the South Atlantic basin

BU 2012/8-1

Proman

DI 880/3-1

Long-term evolution of the Argentine continental margin: implications for hydrocarbon generation, migration, leakage and climate feedback

FR 2119/2-1

Transition from a sheared to a volcanic rifted margin: The crustal structure of the southern South Atlantic margin off Argentina

GL 182/14-1 FO 232/3-1

Thermal history, exhumation, uplift, and long-term landscape evolution of the Western South Atlantic passive continental margin, Brazil

GR 682/13-1 TR 256/1-1

Structures and mechanisms of dyke emplacement at a volcanic rifted margin – AMS, microfabric analyses and geochronology of mafic dyke swarms from NW Namibia

HO 1833/17-1

WALVIS I: Ar/Ar Geochronology and Geochemistry of existing samples from the Walvis Ridge and Rio Grande Rise

MA 2135/13-1

Petrogenesis of gabbroic and doleritic Etendeka rocks East of Cape Fria, NW Namibia

NA 411/2-1

Spliting continental lithosphere during early rifting in the South Atlantic with emphasis on the role of magmatism

NE 1193/1-1

Geophysical image of the continent-ocean boundary, implications on mantle dynamics and lithospheric controls on continental breakup in the South Atlantic

SCHE 674/5-1

3D lithosphere-scale modelling of the South Atlantic passive continental margins with focus on the South African and Argentine segments

SO 425/4-1

Three-dimensional thermomechanical modeling of continental break-up in South Atlantic

STE 1105/6-1

Mineralogical and Dynamic Origin of the South African Superplume

STO 275/8-1

Late Cretaceous to Recent post-breakup evolution of the African S-Atlantic margin: integrating onshore field studies, sequence development, offshore seismic data, numerical dating and modelling

STR 641/3-1

The role of mantle plumes in the formation of Large Igneous Provinces: constraints from noble gases

TR 256/2-1

Composition and melting conditions of primary mantle magmas in the Etendeka igneous province, NW Nambia, from melt inclusion and phenocryst microanalysis

UE 49/11-1

Argentine Basin: A key to understand the evolution of oceanic current systems - Argentine Basin drifts I -

ZU 78/3-1

Integrated basin analysis of the Brazilian Atlantic continental margin, sequence stratigraphy and numerical basin modeling