SPPKickoffMeeting- May17,2017

Mountain-Building Processes in4-Dimensions(4D-MB)SPP2017

MeetingProgram

Morning: 10-12:30

Introductory remarksNewsSPPand AlpArray structures &administration

Lunch: 12:30-13:30

Afternoon: 13:30-16:00

Reports• DSEBRA,LOBSTER,SWATH(Friederich, Kopp-Lange,Weber)• Geological&Modelling projects (Handy,Kaus)

SPP:• Datahandling (Elger)• Advertisement of SPPpositions• Scheduleof geophysical and geological/geodynamic activities• Nextmeetings

Detailed meeting programMorning:10-12:30Introductory remarksNews• Feedbackfrom the DFGpanel,projects funded• AlpArray –current activities,report from EGU2017SPPstructure• Researchthemes and activity fields• Connectionto AlpArrayworking groups and science committee members• Internationaladvisory board

Lunch,12:30-13:30

Afternoon: 13:30-16:00Reports• DSEBRA(Friederich,Rümpker)• LOBSTER(Kopp,Lange)• SWATH(Weber)• Overviews of Geodynamic &Thermomechanical Modelling projects (Handy,Kaus)

Other• Datahandling• Advertisement of SPPpositions• Scheduleof geophysical and geological/geodynamic activities• Nextmeetings

Projectsfunded

• 75%ofproposals funded (usually≤50%);high rateattributedtorelativelyfewapplicantsrelativetolargeamountofmoneygranted(seenextslide)

• SwathCnotfunded (notwellconnectedtootherproposals)• MajorcutstoDSEBRA- postdocposition inFrankfurtnotfunded• MajorcutstoCoordinationproposal -only36monthpostdocproposalwasfunded;24

monthpostdocposition wastreatedasaPhDrequest(?)andrejected

Locationof fundedprojects (22)

Unifiedfield, laband/or modelling,targeted seismology

Orogen-scale modelling &AAnetwork seismologyEntire Alps6

3

85

Feedbackfrom DFGpanel onproposalsReviewers’impressionoftheproposals:

• Exemplaryinterdisciplinarity andcogencyofthemes;majorchallengewillbetobringdisciplines togetherforthedurationof theproject

• Qualityofproposals ratherlowgiventheambitiouspre-proposal (FrauSonntag–thisisunfortunatelyusualforSPPs);reviewersexpectedmorecompetitionamongproposalswithsimilaraims(BasedonpastSPPexperience,wetriedtoavoiduncoordinatedproposals)

• Weakaspects:inefficientmanagementofseismicstationsamongthedepts.involved (toomuchpersonel);overallweaknessesinthermochronology andgeodesy

Forthefuture:

• 2nd roundoftheSPPmayreceivelessfunding duelargeamountappropriatedandrelativelysmallnumber ofproposals inthe1st round

• Qualityofproposals submittedfor2nd roundmustbeimproved• Buildmultidisciplinary database withaccessbyallmembers• Involvegeodesy

Originalbudget &positions

Details in SPP-Application 2015, Appendix V, VI, VII; NOTE: values above only approximate; see DFG sheets for more accurate values

Total 11.800.000 €

Res. Projects All PIs , all disciplines 6.100.000 €

31 PhDs + 4 PostDocs (2 PostDoc own-pos, 1 PostDoc 1 yr)

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CH

Scientific data synthesis, Handy /FU Berlin (1 PostDoc 3 yrs) 600.000 €coordination, support

Central seismological Handy/FU-Berlin (Weber/GFZ) (1 PostDoc 2 yrs) 100.000 €Data management

Sum incl. 2 PostDocs (1 PostDoc 2 yrs) 700.000 €CO

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Seismological DSEBRA Friederich/Bochum + 6 others (2 PostDocs 3 yrs) 900.000 €experiments

LOBSTER Kopp / GEOMAR (1 PostDoc 3 yrs) 400.000 €

SWATH C Parolai/GFZ + Rackwitz/TU Berlin (1 PostDoc 2 yrs) 300.000 €SWATH D Weber, Tilmann, Haberland / GFZ (1 PostDoc 2 yrs) 400.000 €

Sum incl. 5 PostDocs (2 PostDoc 2 yrs) 2.000.000 €

SEIS

M.

EXPE

RIM

.

100 stations DSEBRA Friederich / Bochum + 6 others 3.000.000 €

INFR

A-ST

RU

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Activity Acronym Principle Investigator (PostDocs) Costs €

52%

25%

6%

17%

Incomplete!- funded budget &positions

Total xx.000.000 €

Res. Projects All PIs , all disciplines x.xxx.000 €

31 PhDs + 4 PostDocs (2 PostDoc own-pos, 1 PostDoc 1 yr)

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EAR

CH

Scientific data synthesis, Handy /FU Berlin (1 PostDoc 3 yrs) xxx.000 €coordination, support

Central seismologicalData management

Sum incl. 1 PostDoc xxx.000 €CO

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Seismological DSEBRA Friederich/Bochum + 6 others (1 PostDoc 3 yrs) xxx.000 €experiments

LOBSTER Kopp / GEOMAR (1 PostDoc 3 yrs) xxx.000 €SWATH D Weber, Tilmann, Haberland / GFZ (1 PostDoc 2 yrs) xxx.000 €

Sum incl. 3 PostDocs (2 PostDoc 2 yrs) x.xxx.000 €

SEIS

M.

EXPE

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100 stations DSEBRA Friederich / Bochum + 6 others 3.000.000 €

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Schedulefor 4D-MB- 1st Phase

ActivityField

Activity Preparation 1st FundingPhase

ResearchTheme

A Deployment &data aquire

Modelresults1,2,3,4

B Deployment &data aquire

Modelresults

D Deployment &data acquire

Modelresults

E Structural &thermo-chronological analysis ofactive &fossilfault

Petrophysical studies ofhigh-P rock

Determine burial,denudation &uplift rates

2,3,4

1, 3

1,2,4

F Develop lithosphericmodel of the EasternAlps

Thermo-mechanicalmodelling of crust &mantle

1,3,4

1,2,3,4

Synthesis&Publication

2017 2018 2019 2020

Seism

ology

Geodynam

ics

UNIBRAS DSEBRA

SWATH

LOBSTER

field

field

field

develop

develop

AlpArray developmentsReportonstations• Land-based network is almost complete and operational• Almost 1yr transpiredsince endof station evaluationperiod;only a

few stations are deliveringpoor-qualitydata• Permanentstations notas consistentas the mobilestations• Stationdeploymentwillendin2nd halfof 2018,butwillbe extended

for some countries(await summaryof GyörgeHetenyi)• OBSwillbe deployed inJune2017,collected inSpring2018(see

below)

Related projects• EASI (EasternAlpsSeismic Investigation– Prag-Vienna-Zürich)• CASE (CentralAdriatic Seismic Experiment)meeting inZagrebonJune

13-14,2017(M.Handywillattend)

Upcoming• WorkingGroupsneed to be activated;these help to avoid

unnecessary overlap,encourage networkingof young researchers

EasternAlpsSeismicInvestigation(EASI)

Prag-Vienna-Zürich,55BBStationsAugust2014-August2015

CentralAdriaticSeismic

Experiment(CASE)

Zürich-Zagreb-Bosnia-INGV

SPPStructure

ResearchThemes

Reorgan.oflithosphere

M.Handy

1

SurfaceresponseT.Ehlers

2

Deform.ofcrust&mantleL.Scheck-Wenderoth

3

Motionpatterns&seismicity

K.Reicherter

4Thermomechanical

modelingB.Kaus

Geologicalactivities

T.John

DSEBRAW.Friederich,G.Rümpker

LOBSTERH.Kopp

SwathM.Weber

ActivityFields

CoordinatorsM.Handy,M.Weber

SteeringCommitteeW. Friederich Bochum SeismologyM. Handy Berlin TectonicsT. John Berlin PetrologyB. Kaus Mainz ModellingH. Kopp Kiel/GEOMAR Marine GeophysK. Reicherter Aachen NeotectonicsL. Scheck-W. Aachen/GFZ Basin dynamicsT. Ehlers Tübingen Surface, ThermochronM. Weber GFZ-Potsdam Seismology

RelationSPPto AlpArray

SPPSteering CommitteeW.Friederich Bochum SeismologyM.Handy Berlin TectonicsT.John Berlin PetrologyB.Kaus Mainz ModellingH.Kopp Kiel/GEOMAR MarineGeophyK.Reicherter Aachen NeotectonicsL.Scheck-W. Aachen/GFZ Basin dynamicsT.Ehlers Tübingen Surface,ThermochronM.Weber Potsdam/GFZ Seismology

AlpArray ScienceCouncilT.Ehlers - surface,thermochrM.Korn - seismologyT.Meier - seismologyG.Rümpker - seismologyJ.Wassermann - seismology

AlpArray Steering CommitteM.HandyM.Weber

SPPSC+additionalmembers

Germanmembers

InternationalSPPAdvisoryBoard

Alternative:Ask colleagues external to the SPPto holdkeynote talks at SPPmeetings;these colleagues can then be consulted during the preparatory stages of the 2ndphase

Advantages:• Moreflexible,less burocratic

Thecreation of aninternationaladvisory board wassuggested by the DFGPanel.

Advantages:• Possibly gives the SPPahighvisibility,atleastformally

Disadvantages:• Unwieldy administrativework to keep members informed, regular invitations,

etc.• Membersmay exert undue influence onthe SPP

Lunch- 12:30-13:30

SPPactivity fields

Thermomechanicalmodeling

B.Kaus

Geologicalactivities

T.John

DSEBRAW.Friederich,G.Rümpker

LOBSTERH.Kopp

SwathM.Weber

Envisaged AlpArray network configuration in2018

Seismological Activities – DSEBRA,LOBSTER,SWATH

Permanentstations 2015Temp stations F,I,CH,SL,etc.

GermancontributionsUNIBRAS/DSEBRAsta 2015-18DSEBRAadditional sta 2018LOBSTEROBS 2017-18Swath D 2017-19

SPPcontributions totheAAnetwork:

Deployment&operationof100landstations(DSEBRA)&23of32ocean-bottomstations(LOBSTER)

100

24(total33)

DSEBRA

LOBSTER

SPPtargetedstudy:

Densified stationswath(153stations)deployment, operation,dataacquisition&researchprojects

Report– UNIBRAS&DSEBRA (W.Friederich)Task Action Who Until When

Orderingofinstruments

Technicaldescriptionofseismometersanddataloggers

WF,JW,TM,GR,CT

May25

Teilnahmewettbewerb forseismometersanddataloggers

DFG

3offersforlessexpensiveitemsbelow209.000Euronet

WF,JW,TM,GR,CT

June16

Hiringofpersonnel

Jobadvertisementfor1scientistand1technician

JW Done

Selectionandcontract JW July,31

Aquisition ofinstruments

Orderingofseismometers,orderingofdataloggers

DFG

Orderingofotherparts DFGDeliveryofseismometers Manufacturer 12/17-03/18Deliveryofloggers Manufacturer 10/17-01/18

InstallationofDSEBRA

Preparationandassemblyofstations,Testing

Personnel+PIs 09/17-

Deploymentofstations Personnel+Pis 01/18-

Report– UNIBRAS&DSEBRA (W.Friederich)Dataquality– PPSDSpectra

Report– UNIBRAS&DSEBRA (W.Friederich)

Fundingreality:Ø Fundsforpersonnelcutby50%(proposalGR)Ø Travelfundsformaintenancecutby50%(byaccident?)Ø Fundsforoperation(power,datatransfer,Seiscomp support)cutby50%(by

accident?)Ø Totallossofabout60.000Euros!!

Potentialworkarounds:Ø PersonnelsupportbyotherDSEBRAPIs(PhDstudents,HiWis)Ø ContinuationoffundingofoperationbyDSEBRAPIsuntilgrantedmoneyis

spenttosavecentraloperationfunds.Ø ReduceSeisComp supportand/orshifttoinvestments(?)Ø ReducecostsfordatatransferØ StretchmaintenanceintervalsØ UseProgrammpauschale fundsforoperationØ De-installearlierthanplanned

Report– SWATH(M.Weber)153station locations(pre-scouted,spacingc.700m)M.Weber,Ch.Haberland,F.Tilmann,B.Heit

Report– SWATH(M.Weber)

SHAREcatalog1000– 2006,ML >3 Localnetworks,13months,ML 0-4

SeismicitywithintheSwath

Report– SWATH(M.Weber)

Scheduleof activities

2017• Siteassessment May/June/July• Deployment June/July/August/September

2018• Maintenance• Maintenance

2019• 1.De-installment Summer

Report– LOBSTER(H.Kopp)23German&7FrenchOBSstations,Deployment:14-28.6.2017,Gathering: spring2018

Additional - active seismics during the cruises

Report- funded geodynamic projects (M.Handy)7geodynamic&4geodyn-seismologyor -modelling

• Structure &rheology of foreland basin• Pleistocene faulting-stresstransfer crust-mantle

• Relate subduction-exhumationstructures to imaged slab interface

• Surface response to slab polarity switch4

• Inherited rift structure &subduction

• Linksurface structures to deepcrustal &mantle structure

• Elastic properties ofsubducted-exhumed rocks

• Paleo-elevation&-climate• Fluid-flow &thermalstructure

322

Report- funded geodynamic projects (M.Handy)

Worksites at the surface

1- Reorg.of the lithosphere2- Surface response to deep processes3- Deform.of crust &mantle4- Motionpatterns &seismicity

ResearchThemes

Report– ThermomechanicalModelling (B.Kaus)Overallgoalofmodelling

Linkobservations (geological/geophysical)with

Mechanicsofmountain-buildingprocessesin4D

Keyquestions:• Structure/geometryofthelithosphere?• Rheologyofthecrustandlithosphere?• Whichdynamic/mechanicalmodelsareconsistentwith

variousgeophysicaldata(GPS,gravity,seismictomography,seismicanisotropy,EQfocalmechanisms)?

Keyquestions:• Howdoeslithosphericcollisionwork?• Howdospecificprocesseswork (subductionpolarity

switch,nappefolding)• Whatistheinteractionbetweenlarge-scalemantle

flowandregionalscaleplatecollisionprocesses?

Geodynamicdata

Handyetal. (2015)

Geophysicaldata

Lippitsch etal.(2003),Spada etal.(2013)

Report– ThermomechanicalModelling (B.Kaus)

Present-dayAlps• Constraining thedynamicsof thepresent-dayAlpswith3Dgeodynamic inverse

models.Kaus/Friederich/Meier• INTEGRATE:Integrated3Dstructural,thermal,gravityandrheologicalmodeling

oftheAlpsandtheirforelands.Scheck-Wenderoth/Ebbing/Götze/Sippel

4DEvolution• MantledeformationbeneaththeAlpsandthephysicsofthesubduction

polarityswitch- Constraintsfromthermomechanicalmodelling, seismicanisotropyandwaveformmodelling.Rümpker/Schmeling

• IFMMALPO:Inverseandforwardmultiscalenumericalmodelingof theAlpineorogeny.Petrunin.

Fundedmodelling projects

Report– ThermomechanicalModelling (B.Kaus)Fundedprojectswithamodelling component

Present-dayAlps• ImagingstructureandgeometryofAlpineslabsbyfullwaveforminversionof

teleseismic bodywaves(comparison with3Dgeodynamicmodels).Friederich/Meier/Kaus

• SurfaceWavefield Tomography oftheAlpineRegion toConstrainSlabGeometries, LithosphericDeformationandAsthenospheric FlowintheAlpineRegion (comparison with3Dgeodynamicmodels).Meier/Friederich/Ebbing

4DEvolution• Constraining thenear-surfaceresponse tolithospheric reorientation- Structural

thermochronology alongAlpArray geophysicaltransects(thermokinematiccooling-agemodelling).Glotzbach/Kley

• Neogenepaleoelevation andpaleoclimate oftheCentralAlps– LinkingEarthsurfaceprocessestolithospheric dynamics(thermokinematic coolingagemodelling).Mulch/Ehlers/Methner-Mutz.

• Understandingsubduction bylinking surfaceexposuresofsubducted andexhumedcrusttogeophysicalimagesofslabs(geodynamicmodelsoffolding inthesubduction channel).Pleuger/John/Tilmann/Handy/Kaus/Yuan/Mechie

Jan Feb Mar Apr May JulJun SepAug Oct Nov Dec

SPP– proposed annual schedule

AGUEGU DGGVDGG

SPPworkshops&shortcourses

SPPmeeting- Results &Goals- Int‘l guest lects- SCconvenes2days during the 4th week of Jan.

29.01.-02.02.201828.01.-01.02.2019 2days during the 2nd week of Nov.

06-10.11.201705-09.11.201804-08.11.2019

AlpArray- Steering Committee- ScienceCommittee- Workinggroups

SPP- Data management (KirstenElger,GFZ)

Requirement:DFGrequires SPPtomake metadata from project

available during or after publicationof papers

Challenge: no SPPdata manager wasfunded

What we seek:

• To collect data and make it available to SPPmembers

• To render the collecteddata citeable inpublications

• To make publisheddata accessible to broader geosciencecommunity afterpublication

Somethoughts fortheSPP

SPP- Data management (KirstenElger,GFZ)

Datapossible to be collected:• Seismological - waveforms stored inGEOFONwhich provides

standardised,archived DOIsfor seismic networks

• Geological- structural measurements,thermochronologicaldata,geomorphological data,etc.

Dataproducts:• Seismological data products =>e.g.,tomographic slices

• Geologicaldata products =>data plottedon3-4standardizedmaps of the Alps,possibly alsocross sections,data tables

Somethoughts fortheSPP

SPP- Data management (KirstenElger,GFZ)

• Toolslikethe GFZMetadata Editor(ME)can facilitatemetadatageneration and distribution (for Discovery)

• Metadata standards,machineexecutable,interoperable

• MEcan easily be adapted to includeadditionalmetadata fields relevantfor SPP/AlpArray (example:EPOS)

• We can build the database for aSPP/AlpArrayDiscoveryPortal,providedthat researchers submitmetadata for their data

• MEcan be used to register DOIs

• Datapublication viadata repositories guarantees the availability of databeyond the SPPfundingperiod

Somethoughts fortheSPP

Conclusion:SPPSteering Committewillfind4colleagues from differentdisciplines to developaconcept for data management along the lines presented above by the next SPPmeeting inNovember2017

Advertisement of SPPpositions

Suggestion: One overall advertisement (example:SPP-Earthworks) thatlists allPhD project names and universities (one line perproject,eachwith alinkto the full advertisement onthe corresponding webpage ofthe project group).Advertisement sent to Earthworks and EOS.

Advantages:• Highvisibility of 4D-MBinthe community• Highattractivity for PhDs and Postdocs• Does notqualify as anofficial advertisement under Germanlaw

Disadvantages:• If notification appears before the official advertisment is published,

the website musttell the prospective applicant when applicationscan be accepted.

AlpArray WorkingGroupshttp://www.alparray.ethz.ch/home/

• SurfaceWaves =>1st meeting inBologna,17/18.11.2016• Gravity• Local Earthquake Tomography• Earthquake catalogue

=>Furthergroups can/shouldbe founded!

AlpArray CollaborativeProjectshttp://www.alparray.ethz.ch/home/

Topics• Structure, fabric and flow of lithosphere-mantle system beneath the Alpine region• Geodynamics of AlpineOrogeny• Seismicity,Seismotectonics and Seismic Hazard• NewMethods and Opportunities inSeismic Imaging

RegionalThemes:• WesternAlpinearc and NorthernApennines: resolving slab interaction• EasternAlps,Dinarides and Bohemian Massif• Alpine forelands - establishing structure,composition and deformation history

=>NeedSPPmembers to take the initiativeonthese projects!

Seeyou allatthe SPPmeeting inNovember!

Extraslides

MeetingLocation

Summaryof Funded Projects- 1Friederich,Korn,Meier,Rümpker,Tilmann,Thomas,WassermannGoals: Determine elastic properties of deep AlpinelithosphereChallenge:Methods:applicationof FWIto teleseismic body waves (P&S)Targets:allPersonel:2PhDsTheme(s):1(3)Activity field(s):A,F

Friederich,Meier,KausGoals: Obtain data for highresolution images of Alpinecrust and mantleChallenge:DSEBRA- Deploy and operate land-based BBseismometersMethods:Deployment &operation of BBseismometersTargets:northernand easternparts of AlpsPersonel:2PostdocsTheme(s):relevantfor allActivity field(s):A

Summaryof Funded Projects- 2Froitzheim&KepplerGoals: Relate inherited rift and spreading structure of Alpinemargins to current slab geometryChallenge:Reconstruct kinematics and timing of opening of ocean basinsMethods: structural geology,U-Pb and Lu-Hf datingTargets:WAlps(Versoyen,MonteRosa,Cogne,Canvese,DoraMaira)Personel:1PhDTheme(s):3(1)Activity field(s):E(B)

Glotzbach &KleyGoals: Surface response to slab breakoff and polarity switchChallenge:Methods:AHe,ZrHe;cross-section balancingTargets:Sampling;SubalpineMolasse,Sof SEMPalong EASItransect;Balancing (NFP20E,TRANSALP,EASI)Personel:1PhDTheme(s):2,3Activity field(s):F

Gruetzer,Reicherter,vonBlankenburgGoals: Surface response to Pliocene faultingChallenge:Determine age and kinematics of active faults at surface,connect these withdeep crustal images (swathC)Methods: tectonophysical mapof the Alps,Targets:entire AlpsPersonel:1Postdoc (own position),1PhDTheme(s): 4,3Activity field(s):E(C,D)

Summaryof Funded Projects- 3Handy,LeBreton,HaberlandGoals: Link faults at surfacewithdeep crustalChallenge:Traceactive faults from surface to depth, reconstruct Giudiacrie Beltback intimeMethods:cross section construction and balancing,processing and interpretation of seismological data (swaths D,C)Targets:transitionCand EAlpsPersonel:2PhDsTheme(s): 1,3Activity field(s):D,E(C)

Kaus,Friederich,MeierGoals: Understand which crust/mantle,thermalstates and rheologies are consistent with geophysical properties of the AlpsChallenge:Compare model results with geophysical dataMethods:geodynamic inversemodellingTargets:Alpineupper mantlePersonel:1PhDTheme(s): 1Activity field(s):F

Keppler,Stipp,FroitzhiemGoals: Determine elasticwave anisotropies of subducted rocksChallenge:Provide adata base for interpretation of seismic imagesMethods:measure CPO(NeutronDiffraction);measure Vp,Vs of samples at hiPTargets:W&CAlps(DoraMaira,GranParadiso,MonteRosa,Monviso,etc.)Personel:1PhDTheme(s): 1Activity field(s):E

Summaryof Funded Projects- 4KindGoals: 3D-seismicimaging of sub-lithospheric discontinuitiesChallenge:Distinguishmantle discontinuities invicinity of slabsMethods:applicationof S-receiverfunction techniqueTargets:Alpinemantle betweenMoho and 410kmdiscontinuitiyPersonel:noneTheme(s): 1Activity field(s):A

Kopp,Lange,GrevemeyerGoals: Obtain data for highresolution images of Alpinecrust and mantleChallenge:LOBSTER- Deployand operate land-basedBBseismometersMethods:Deploy and operate land-based BBseismometersTargets:Ligurian SeaPersonel:1PostdocTheme(s): relevantfor allActivity field(s):B

Kummerow,Cesca,Wassermann,PlenefischGoals:Quantify stressand deformation inthe EAlpsChallenge:Analyselinkbetween shallow crust and deep mantle structures,mapactive faults,map stressfieldMethods:Apply novel moment tensor inversion technique to microseismicityTargets:EasternAlpslithospherePersonel:2PhDsTheme(s): 3Activity field(s):D

Summaryof Funded Projects- 5Lange,Thorwart,GrevemeyerGoals: Resolve structure of Ligurian Sea withnew OBSdata and adjacent land stationsChallenge:Detection nad location of local seismiicityMethods:Ambient noise cross correlation techniques,Rayleighwave analysisTargets:Ligurian lithosphere,slab geometry at transitionAlps-DinaridesPersonel:1PhDTheme(s): 1Activity field(s):B

Luijendijk &vonHagkeGoals:Quantify crustal fluidflow and its role inthe thermalstructure of the AlpsChallenge:Determine contribution of fluidflow to thermalregime of AlpinecrustMethods:compile thermaldata,numerical modelling of coupled,density-driven fluidflow and heat flowTargets:Thermalsprings inthe MolasseBasinnear endof Jurachain (their Fig.2)Personel:noneTheme(s): 4(2)Activity field(s):E

Meier,Friederich,EbbingGoals: Surface-wave tomographyof the AlpineregionChallenge:Constrain slab geometry,lithospheric deformationand asthenospheric flowMethods:analysis of surfacewaves (R&L),seismic anisotropyTargets:allPersonel:1Postdoc,1PhDTheme(s): 1Activity field(s):A

Summaryof Funded Projects- 6Mulch,Ehler,Metner,MutzGoals: NeogenePaleoelevationand Paleoclimate of CentralAlpsChallenge:Establish long-termelevationhistory of CentralAlps(location,timing of elevation changes)and relate this to changes inslabdynamicsMethods: stable isotopealtimetry,clumped isotopestudies,paleoclimatemodelling of 7timeslices (Present backto Pliocene,2Middle Miocene from lit)Targets:SwissMolasseBasin,highAlps(SimplonFault)Personel:2PhDsTheme(s): 2Activity field(s):E

PetruninGoals: Cenozoic evolution of the AlpsChallenge:NotmentionedMethods: Inverseand forwardmultiscalemodellingTargets:AlpsPersonel:1Postdoc (own position)Theme(s): 1Activity field(s):F

Pleuger, John,Tilmann,Handy,Kaus,Yuan, MechieGoals: Linkingimages of subducted continental crust with geophysical slab imagesChallenge:Develop 4Dview of subduction and exhumation by comparing fossilsubduction zones with current slab imagesMethods:multiscale structural &kinematic analysis of subducted &exhumed crust,petrophysical measurements of CPO (Vp,Vs)and receiver function analysis,synthetic seismograms,forwardnumerical modellingTargets: EAlpsslab,hI-Procks &structures (Tauern,Adula,DoraMaira,Tenda)Personel:3PhDsTheme(s):1,3Activity field(s):D,E,F

Summaryof Funded Projects- 7Reicherter &RitterGoals: Understand stresstransfer&Quaternary faulting inAlpineforelandChallenge:Correlating seismicitywith shallow crustal faulting,faultreactivation and stressstateMethods:paleostress analysis,3Dimaging of crust with receiver functionsTargets:MolasseBasin (Albstadt,GermanMolasse),Upper RhineGrabenPersonel:1PhDTheme(s): 4Activity field(s):A,E

Rümpker &SchmelingGoals: Understand mantle deformationbeneath the Alpsand the physics of subduction polarity switchChallenge:4Dmodelling of surface response to subduction-polarity switchMethods: thermomechanical modelling,seismic anisotropy and waveformmodellingTargets:Alps-Apennines &Alps- Dinarides transitionsPersonel:2PhDsTheme(s):1Activity fields:A,F

Scheck-Wenderoth,Ebbing,Sippel,GötzeGoals: 3Dmodel of structure,thermalstate and rheology of the EasternAlpsand their northernand southern forelandbasins alongTRANSALPChallenge:Combinegeothermal,seismological,gravitydata to make aninternally consistent modelMethods:3Dgravity and thermalmodellingTargets:EasternAlpsand Molasse&Venetobasins along TRANSALPPersonel:1Postdoc,1PhDTheme(s):3Activity fields:E,F

Summaryof Funded Projects- 8

vanHagke,Luijendijk,Hindle,KleyGoals: Link forelandbasin evolution to deep crustal processesChallenge:Mantleprocesses manifesteddifferently indifferentparts of Molasse(W– slabbreakoff,E– polarity reversal)Methods:AFT,AHe,thermalmodelling,balanced cross sectionsTargets:3transects across Molasse(Wof Moho gap to Nof TauernW,across Molassebetween Zürichand Salzburg)Personel:1PhDTheme(s):2,3Activity field(s):E

Weber,Tilmann,HaberlandGoals: Depict 3Dgeometry of lithosphere and upper mantle across slab gap,along EAlpsslab and alongMoho „hole“,providebetter database for seismic hazard assessmentChallenge:Obtain sufficient high-resolutiondata to improve constraint ongeometeryof structures aboveMethods:Deployment of closely spaced BBseismometersTargets:SwathDPersonel:1PostdocTheme(s):relevantfor allActivity field(s):D