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Paleomagnetic properties across the western Gotthard massif
The newly build “Bedretto Underground Laboratory for Geoenergies” is a unique research infrastructure of the ETH Zurich. The underground laboratory is a 5.2 kilometer long tunnel connecting the Bedretto valley with the Furka railway tunnel crosscutting sequences of gneiss and a granitic body intruded into the crystalline massif (see figure). The tunnel with its rock outcrops allows investigation of a gradient in rock magnetic properties across the strike of the regional metamorphic fabric.
Keywords: Paleomagnetism
Anisotropic Magnetic Susceptibility
Gotthard massif
Alpine tectonics
The student will sample the underground laboratory across the different zones. The student will then measure AMS and paleomagntic direction on the collected rock samples in the Laboratory of Natural Magnetism in Adlisberg. Finally, the student will interpret the results and set them in context with the tectonic evolution of the region.
We seek a Masters level student that is eager to connect paleomagnetism, structural geology and petrology. This thesis includes field work (in the tunnel), laboratory work, and interpretation and application of obtained data.
The student will sample the underground laboratory across the different zones. The student will then measure AMS and paleomagntic direction on the collected rock samples in the Laboratory of Natural Magnetism in Adlisberg. Finally, the student will interpret the results and set them in context with the tectonic evolution of the region. We seek a Masters level student that is eager to connect paleomagnetism, structural geology and petrology. This thesis includes field work (in the tunnel), laboratory work, and interpretation and application of obtained data.
The goal of the proposed M.S. thesis is to collect samples along the tunnel at a high spatial resolution and to measure anisotropic magnetic susceptibility and paleomagnetic direction to decipher tectonic overprint. Results will be compared to recently published laboratory data of tectonically-induced magnetic properties.
The goal of the proposed M.S. thesis is to collect samples along the tunnel at a high spatial resolution and to measure anisotropic magnetic susceptibility and paleomagnetic direction to decipher tectonic overprint. Results will be compared to recently published laboratory data of tectonically-induced magnetic properties.
For further information please contact Dr. Jonas Ruh (jonas.ruh@erdw.ethz.ch), Dr. Claudio Madonna (claudio.madonna@erdw.ethz.ch) and/or Prof. Dr. Whitney Behr (whitney.behr@erdw.ethz.ch).
For further information please contact Dr. Jonas Ruh (jonas.ruh@erdw.ethz.ch), Dr. Claudio Madonna (claudio.madonna@erdw.ethz.ch) and/or Prof. Dr. Whitney Behr (whitney.behr@erdw.ethz.ch).