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Earth Surface Processes and Paleoclimate Contact: Phone: +49 69 7542 1881 Office: Mertonstr. 17-21, 209C
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Prof. Dr. Andreas MulchVice-Director A2.10: EARTH SURFACE PROCESSES AND PALEOCLIMATE DYNAMICS Research Interests My primary research interest is the interplay between the processes that shape the Earth’s surface and their geodynamic counterparts at depth, in particular interactions between climate, landscape evolution, and mountain building. The terrestrial biosphere plays an important role in various aspects of this research including controls on the global carbon cycle, atmospheric moisture transport, and weathering and erosion. My current research involves the use of isotopes as tracers of (bio-)geochemical processes from the ecosystem to the orogen scale with a particular focus on the Cenozoic evolution of coupled climatic and tectonic processes. Projects currently underway include stable isotope paleoaltimetry and reconstruction of Cenozoic terrestrial paleoclimate in western North America, the Andes, the Alps, and the Anatolian Plateau including the Eastern Mediterranean region. Short CV Since 2012 Member of Board of Directors at Senckenberg Research Institute and Natural History Museums Current projects Stable isotope paleoaltimetry amd surface uplift of the Neogene Alps ESF-DFG TopoEurope (2009-2012) Recovering surface uplift histories and climate dynamics of the Cenozoic North American Cordillera through integrated climate modeling, sedimentology, stable isotopic and cooling age studies (PI Chamberlain,Stanford) (2010-2013) Cenozoic Migration of Topography in the North American Cordillera Recorded in Coupled Basin- How is rifting exhuming the youngest high-pressure and ultrahigh-pressure rocks on earth? U.S. NSF Continental Dynamics (coord. S. Baldwin, Syracuse) Professional Activities |
