Inhaltsbereich
Dr. Helga Kemnitz
Helmholtz Centre PotsdamGFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences
Section 3.1, Lithosphere Dynamics
Telegrafenberg, D 222
D-14473 Potsdam
Phone: +49 331 288 1317, +49 331 288 1367
Fax: +49 331 288 1370
Mail: helga.kemnitz@gfz-potsdam.de
Scientific interests:
- Sedimentary processes and lithologies reflecting provenance and orogenic processes;
- lithogical and compositional/geochemical control on deformation processes ;
- sediments as environmental archives;
- sediment-petrographic/petrological methods applied: detrital component analysis, quartz grain surface analysis
Projects:
- Interactions of land use, climate and soil development in the context of settlement history in the Decapolis-Region (Northern Jordan)
- Control of grain characteristics on stick-slip behavior of granular materials
Career:
- 1987 Dr. rer. nat., Academy of Sciences of the GDR (AdW)/Central Institute of Physics of the Earth (ZIPE); topics: Lithology, geochemistry, and deformation processes in metamorphosed sedimentary complexes, Osterzgebirge/Germany
- 1978 Diploma in Geology at the TU Mining Academy Freiberg; topics: Mapping, petrographic-petrological, and structural interpretation of metamorphic complexes of the Middle Erzgebirge/Germany
- 1969 Vocational training (technical assistant of geology)
Experience:
- 1992 - Senior scientist at the GFZ, Potsdam, Germany; in charge of the SEM laboratory
- 1978 - 1991 Scientist/PhD student at the ZIPE, Potsdam, Germany
- 1969 - 1974 Technical assistant at the Geotektonische Institut (AdW)/ ZIPE, Berlin
Selected publications:
- Kemnitz, H. (2007): The Lausitz graywackes, Saxo-Thuringia, Germany – witness to the Cadomian orogeny. In: Linnemann, U.; Nance, R. D.; Kraft, P.; Zulauf, G. (Eds.): The evolution of Rheic Ocean: From Avalonin-Cadomian active margin to Alleghenian-Variscan collision, GSA Special Paper 423, 97 – 141.
- LeRoux, J. P., Nielsen, S. N., Kemnitz, H. & Henriquez, A. (2007): A Pliocene mega-tsunami deposit and associated features in the Ranquil Formation, southern Chile, Sedimentary Geology (online available)