Department of Lithospheric Research

The Department of Lithospheric Research deals with all aspects of the geological investigation of Earth's lithosphere. Main fields of interest are the petrological, geochemical and geochronological characterisation of magmatic, ophiolitic, and metamorphic rock units of the continental and oceanic crust, respectively, with an emphasis on understanding geological processes and on extracting information about timing and rates. Beyond natural samples, the research carried out at the Department  involves experimental analogues of natural systems as well as artificial (industrial) materials containing mineral phases. Other topics of interest include the role of mineral surfaces in atmospheric ice nucleation, the investigation of geochemical and metasomatic processes in the upper sub-continental mantle in South America and Siberia, the investigation of meteorite impacts on Earth and their influence on the environment, the investigation of meteorites, and the archaeometrical characterisation of artefacts.

 News

20.05.2025
 

Feldspar - the most common mineral in the Earth's crust - is also found up high in the sky as mineral dust, where it supposedly plays an important...
Forschung (DE), Research (EN), Lithosphere
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09.05.2025
 

Rund 400 interessierte Besucher*innen forschten am 27.04.2025 beim ersten Planet Earth Day der Uni Wien für unsere wunderbare Erde und erkundeten die...
Public, Astrophysik_DE, Geographie [DE], Lithosphere, Paläontologie [DE], Studium (DE)
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04.04.2025
 

Familien, Studierende, Lehrer*innen und Interessierte herzlich willkommen! Zum Start der EGU 2025, der größten erdwissenschaftlichen Konferenz Europas...
Public, Applied Sciences, Astrophysik_DE, Lithosphere, Paläontologie [DE], Presse, Geographie [DE]
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13.03.2025
 

The Core Facility Electron Beam Microanalysis (CFE) was officially opened on 13.03.2025 in the presence of Vice-Rector Hautsch and Vice-Dean Glatzel...
Core Facilities, Paläontologie [DE], Lithosphere, Palaeontology [EN], Public
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04.03.2025
 

In his work, Bernardo Cesare, Professor at the University of Padova, is exploring the intersection between science and art. In his lecture on...
Lithosphere
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18.02.2025
 

Students and lecturers of the Faculty of Earth Sciences, Geography and Astronomy are invited to nominate outstanding lecture courses for one of the...
Study (EN), Diversity_Gender, Geography [EN], Lithosphere, Palaeontology [EN], Astrophysics_EN
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 The Faculty for Earth Sciences, Geography and Astronomy in the public

ESO/H. Heyer, T.Exel. B. Schenk; 2nd row: CCO/Pai Shih/Flickr, T. Exel, R. Gold/IfP, NASA/R. Simmon