Background

Driven by overpressure or material contrasts, magma movements change the stresses in the crust, fractures form, magma chambers develop and extensive deformations cover the surface. Volcanoes therefore create their own tectonic environment, which in turn interacts closely with regional tectonic processes. Many of these volcanic tectonic processes are accompanied by hazards, such as landslides, earthquakes, the opening of fissures, or the collapse of entire volcanic sectors and calderas.

Our working group monitors volcanoes with satellites, drones and geophysical field sensors to study the structural and physical processes of volcanic tectonics before, during and after volcanic eruptions and their hazards. We conduct remote sensing and field experimental studies; the methods include a wide range of geophysical methods, but also InSAR, pixel offset and digital image correlation, radiometric (thermal) and spectral imaging, and image classification.

We work in the field on active volcanoes, mapping and measuring processes and developing new methods to understand the evolution of craters and domes on active volcanoes. Further analysis is carried out using data science approaches and various modeling techniques. These include mathematical and numerical models, boundary element models, and experimental simulations in the volcano and bubble labs.

We conduct research in an interdisciplinary environment in the scientific fields of geophysics, geology, geodesy, physics and remote sensing. Interested students and cooperation partners: Please do not hesitate to contact us or just stop by!

Further information about the team can be found here.

Related projects

• https://www.geomar.de/multi-marex
• https://www.rottnrock.org/
• DAAD Project -  Fault divergence and asymmetric volcanic graben-structures investigated by remote sensing and modelling
• Central European Volcanic Province Observatory | CVO